Octagonal: The All-Media Show is the annual, juried all-media exhibition at the Octagon Center for the Arts in Ames, IA. This year's exhibit runs through March 14 and includes a reception on Thurs., Jan. 22.
Children of all ages and their grown-ups are invited to this storytime to build listening, language, and literacy skills through music, movement, song and action rhymes. Each week will feature a new theme.
The 30th International Festival of Women Composers is organized by Dr. Miriam Zach. The concert with her ISU Organ/Harpsichord studio is Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 1:30pm in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall in Simon Estes Music Hall on the Iowa State University campus. Additionally, a service with music by women composers will be on Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 10am at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ames, Iowa.
Please contact festival founder Dr. Miriam Zach at minerva@iastate.edu for more information.
This concert will have a livestream.
Gather (in person or online) for casual conversations in French. Chat in your native language or get comfortable speaking in another language.
Gather (in person or online) for casual conversations in Russian. Chat in your native language or get comfortable speaking in another language.
KHOI Radio presents a Music From the Heart of Iowa event with the Australian-tinged jazz music quintet, Uralla.
Gather (in person or online) for casual conversations in French. Chat in your native language or get comfortable speaking in another language.
ISU's Cyclone Cinema presents The Running Man!
Calling all school-aged Poké-Kids! Come learn how to play the Pokémon Trading Card Game and use a Library-supplied deck to battle other players. You can bring your decks to talk and strategize with other players, but card trading will not be allowed.
Families are invited to help celebrate the Chinese New Year through cultural food, crafts, and presentations.