Happy first day of fall!
There are just over three weeks until the Voice’s anniversary celebration. We hope you can attend, and here is the RSVP form. It’s at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15.
Our highlight this week is the inaugural Ames Documentary Film Festival. This celebration of nonfiction moviemaking will present 11 short films, including some made my local filmmakers.
Also this week, artists of all kinds bring their best to the Octagon Art Festival, horror rock comes to Mary Jane’s, author Ryan T. Pozzi stops by the library, Mango Soul closes the Railyard’s season, the organist of Iowa visits and Ames staff make a final connection.
Anthony Capps, Editor
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Event Spotlight
Movies
10 a.m. Sunday, Ames Public Library
This inaugural festival brings a full day of nonfiction storytelling to Ames. Audiences will have the opportunity to view a curated selection of 11 short documentary films that highlight compelling stories and the power of real-world storytelling while connecting the community through the arts.
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Calendar of Events
Ongoing
🎥 Cyclone Cinema: Supergirl
7 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, Carver 101 — Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, joins forces with an unlikely companion on an interstellar journey of vengeance and justice when an unexpected adversary strikes too close to home. (Free)
Tuesday, Sept. 22
📖 Better Birding Book Club (The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson) — 5:30 p.m., Ames Public Library (Free)
🇺🇸 America @ 250 Presents: What Do We Stand For?: The Political Philosophy of Our Country on Its 250th Birthday — 6 p.m., 2630 Memorial Union (Free)
📖 BetterMENt Book Club (Beautiful Boy by David Sheff) — 7 p.m., Ames Public Library (Free)
Wednesday, Sept. 23
⚖️ Where are the Women? Preventing the Erasure of Women Judges through Wikipedia
6 p.m., 2630 Memorial Union — Sally Kenney, professor emerita of political science at Tulane University and prominent scholar of public law and women judges, hosts the podcast Deconstructing Rape and is the author of Gender and Justice: Why Women in the Judiciary Really Matter. (Free)
🏘️ Neighborhood Connections Road Trip Stop: Roosevelt Park — 4 p.m., Roosevelt Park (Free)
🧠 Brains & Brews Trivia — 7 p.m., Alluvial Brewing (Free)
🎥 Heaven in Stone and Glass — 4:35 and 6:45 p.m., Movies 12 ($11.50)
Sports
🥎 Softball: Iowa State vs. DMACC — 4 p.m., Cyclone Sports Complex
Thursday, Sept. 24
🖼️ Museum Meetup: The Fabric of America
6 p.m., Farm House Museum — Create a personalized paper quilt square that will become part of The Fabric of America, a collaborative community quilt displayed in the Farm House’s education space. (Free)
🏡 Homebuying: Preparing to Purchase a Home — 6:30 p.m., Ames Public Library (Free)
🎶 Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames (blues) — 8 p.m., Maintenance Shop ($16 public/$12 ISU students)
🎶 Miss Christine and Holly Figueroa (indie rock) — 8 p.m., Mary Jane’s ($7)
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Friday, Sept. 25
🎶 Rick Exner (western) — 3 p.m., Chocolaterie Stam (Free)
📖 BOO*-k Club (Good and Evil by Samanta Schweblin) — 6 p.m., Raygun (Free)
🎶 Craig Swalwell (classic rock) — 7 p.m., Mucky Duck Pub (Free)
🎶 Dickie w/ Joel Sires (folk, indie) — 7 p.m., Alluvial Brewing ($10/$13)
🎶 Surf Zombies w/ Steam Boars (surf instrumental) — 9 p.m., Mary Jane’s ($10)
Saturday, Sept. 26
🎶 Narly’s Night of Horror Rock
7 p.m., Mary Jane’s — Come join Narly as he presents three rock bands. Grave Corps and St. October, Iowa originals, play with New York City’s Witchforce. ($15)
🌽 Main Street Farmers Market with Hovick Family Petting Zoo and Patricia Holly — 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Main Street
🎥 Sesame Street and the Great Elephant Adventure — 10:30 a.m., Ames Public Library (Free)
🎶 Barn Owl Band (string band) — 1 p.m., Chocolaterie Stam (Free)
📖 Good Books Young Troublemakers (New Kid by Jerry Craft) — 4 p.m., Ames Public Library (Free)
🎶 Live @ The Railyard with Mango Soul (soul, funk) — 6 p.m., Cornbred (Free)
Sports
🏈 Football: Iowa State vs. Utah — 2:30 p.m., Jack Trice Stadium ($34+)
Sunday, Sept. 27
🖼️ 55th Octagon Art Festival
10 a.m., Downtown Ames — About 100 Midwest artists, live music and bands, and food trucks/vendors come out for the thousands who attend the annual Octagon Art Festival. Artists will have everything: jewelry, ceramics and paintings, photography and metal.
🎉 Homecoming: Kickoff Celebration — 9 a.m., Iowa State University
🎨 Curator’s Tour: Memory in Metal — 2 p.m., Christian Petersen Art Museum
📻 KHOI Birthday Bash — 4 p.m., KHOI
🎹 38th Organist of Iowa — 4:30 p.m., Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, Music Hall
🎶 The Goldfinch Room featuring The Shandies (folk) — 7 p.m., Stephens Auditorium ($40+)
Sports
⚽ Soccer: Iowa State vs. West Virginia — 2 p.m., Cyclone Sports Complex
🏐 Volleyball: Iowa State vs. UCF — 4 p.m., Hilton Coliseum ($7+)
Monday, Sept. 28
👨🏫 How AI Is Changing Business: Lessons from Startups, Manufacturing, and Defense
6 p.m., Great Hall, Memorial Union — Drawing on his experience leading artificial intelligence initiatives at Jabil and in his research, Dr. Tom Hall, a former United States Army Ranger and ISU alumnus, will discuss how AI is transforming the defense and aerospace industries, from streamlining data governance and decision-making to accelerating the pace of innovation. (Free)
📱 Don’t Swipe Right: How Hookup Culture Is Destroying Our Generation
7 p.m., 2630 Memorial Union — Isabel Brown, an activist, author and content creator, hosts The Isabel Brown Show with The Daily Wire, with content spanning politics, culture and faith aimed at Generation Z. (Free)
📖 Threshing Day Midnight Release Party — 11:30 p.m., Dog-Eared Books (Free)
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On our radar
👨🏫 Sept 29: America @ 250 Presents: Why the Electoral College Is Terrible, Memorial Union
🎶 Oct. 4: The Temptations, Stephens Auditorium
🎶 Oct. 4: Central Iowa Symphony: Uncharted Waters, Ames City Auditorium
🎭 Oct. 8 to 11: Antigone, Fisher Theater
🎉 Oct. 15: Ames Voice Anniversary Celebration, Ames Regional Economic Alliance, 304 Main St.
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