Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of all the events that are fit to print!

This week there’s a medium, a wind concerto and trains. Plus a few events for Valentine’s Day on Saturday and a lecture on Iowa history.

As always, if you have an event you’d like to be included, email us at [email protected]. Event links and photos ahead of the event are appreciated.

Co-Editors: Anthony Capps & Amber Mohmand
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Calendar of Events

Ongoing

🎥 Cyclone Cinema: Lilo & Stitch
7 p.m. Thursday through Sunday | Carver 101

A lonely Hawaiian girl befriends a runaway alien, helping to mend her fragmented family.

FREE

Tuesday, Feb. 10

👩‍🏫 America @ 250 Presents: Our American Experiment — 250 Years On
7 p.m. | Great Hall, Memorial Union

Asma Khalid, co-host of the BBC daily news podcast The Global Story and former NPR White House correspondent, examines the U.S. 250 years after its founding.

FREE

👩‍🏫 From Engagement to Decoupling: U.S.-China Relations Since the End of the Cold War
7 p.m. | Ames History Museum

Tao Wang, associate professor of history at Iowa State, explains how and why cooperation between the U.S. and China gave way to confrontation, but also that confrontation was not inevitable.

FREE

Thursday, Feb. 12

🍪 30th Annual Senior Variety Show Kickoff/Social
3:30 to 5:30 p.m. | Northminster Presbyterian Church

Enjoy snacks and camaraderie and then connect, celebrate and learn about the vision of the annual August variety show.

FREE

👨‍🏫 Mapping Change: Norwood Viviano Artist Lecture
5 p.m. | Brunnier Art Museum

Norwood Viviano provides insights into his research methods and the use of computer modeling, printing technology and engineering in his creative process. Artist Beth Lipman will join Viviano for a discussion.

FREE

🎤 Ego Death with Chris Patterson
7 p.m. | Alluvial Brewing

Exhilarating folk, world and prog group from Cedar Falls.

$7+

Friday, Feb. 13

🎶 ISU Wind Ensemble Premier Concert
7:30 p.m. | Martha-Ellen Tye Hall, Music Hall

Hear the world premiere of Concerto for Wind Ensemble by Iowa State Director of Bands Michael Golemo. The concerto is inspired by the works of nationally-recognized artist Beth Lipman, including the newest sculpture in the Art on Campus Collection, Hive Mind.

FREE

🤼‍♂️ Wrestling: Iowa State vs. West Virginia
7 p.m. | Hilton Coliseum

The Cyclones take on the West Virginia Mountaineers.

$11+

🎤 Meadowbrook Circle
7 p.m. | Alluvial Brewing

Live Americana and alternative folk band from Central Iowa.

$7+

Saturday, Feb. 14 ❤️

🏀 Men's Basketball: Iowa State vs. Kansas
Noon | Hilton Coliseum

The highly anticipated home game against conference rival Kansas. If you can’t score tickets, the game airs on ABC.

🎨 Valentine’s Date Night Paint & Sip
7 p.m. | Homewood Golf Course

It’s a Valentine’s Day paint-and-sip in front of the clubhouse fireplace at Homewood Golf Course. We’re painting “Petals and Peaks” on canvas. Seating is limited, so register early.

$42 per person

🎤 A Romantic Evening with Bad Friends
8 p.m. | Time Out

Des Moines band Bad Friends will be pumping out the love on Valentine's Day at their favorite Ames stage.

Sunday, Feb. 15

🏀 Women's Basketball: Iowa State vs. Kansas State
1 p.m. | Hilton Coliseum

The Cyclones take on the Kansas State Wildcats. If you can’t score tickets, the game airs on ESPN 2.

$22+

🤼‍♂️ Wrestling: Iowa State vs. Northern Iowa
7 p.m. | Hilton Coliseum

Intra-state rivalry meet against the Panthers.

$15+

Monday, Feb. 16

👨‍🏫 Our State's Surprising Past: A New History of Iowa
6 p.m. | 2630 Memorial Union

Jeff Bremer, professor of history at Iowa State, shares a new, detailed history of Iowa.

FREE

Upcoming events on our radar

🎤 Feb. 24: The Simon & Garfunkel Story, Stephens Auditorium

🎤 Feb. 27: Southbound, Ames City Auditorium

🎻 Mar. 1: Central Iowa Symphony: Young Artists Concert, Ames City Auditorium

📷 Mar 26: The National Geographic Photo Ark: One Man's Quest to Document the World's Animals, Memorial Union