Ames Voice - Calendar of Events

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

January 27, 2026 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

Good day and welcome to our second calendar newsletter!

When this arrives in your inbox next Tuesday, it’ll have a proper title, but for this final week, it’s “Calendar of Events.” Therefore, our call for name suggestions continues. We’ve received nearly 20 so far. If you have an idea for one, email us at [email protected].

If you have a local event you want to make sure gets included in a future edition of this Yet-to-be-Properly-Named calendar newsletter, you should also use [email protected]. (And the same goes for any person or organization out there with a press release.)

And now on to the upcoming week’s happenings, including an author event, a family comedy at ACTORS, a closer look at lichen and remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


Co-Editors: Anthony Capps & Amber Mohmand
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Event Spotlight

Author Denise Williams

Books

Denise Williams

7 p.m. | Prairie Moon Winery

Dog-Eared Books presents author Denise Williams to celebrate the release of The Re-Do List, hosted by midwestern romance authors Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone.

$30

 

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Calendar of Events

Ongoing

🎭 Making God Laugh
7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday | Ames Community Theater
A family comedy following a family through 30 years of holidays. The play continues next weekend.
$20+

 

🎥 Cyclone Cinema: Black Phone 2
7 p.m. Thursday through Sunday | Carver 101
As 17-year-old Finn (Mason Thames) struggles with life after his captivity, his sister begins receiving calls in her dreams from a black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp.
FREE

Thursday, Jan. 29

Bettina Love, author of the acclaimed Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal, expands on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
FREE

 

👩‍🏫 Students & the Pro-Life Movement
6 p.m. | 2630 Memorial Union
Maggie DeWitte, pro-life advocate and the executive director of Pulse Life Advocates, discusses how students can shape the movement.
FREE

 

🏀 Men’s Basketball: Iowa State vs. Colorado
6 p.m. | Hilton Coliseum
Conference home game against the Colorado Buffaloes.
$20+

 

👨‍🏫 Iowa’s Lost Lichens
7 p.m. | Ames Public Library
Join Jim Colbert on a journey to a world filled with lichen, often a splash color on rocks, trees and pretty much wherever we are.
FREE

 

🎤 Airshow w/ Alleygrass
7 p.m. | Alluvial Brewing
High-energy bluegrass and jam-band fusion performance with Nashville-based band Airshow.
$12+

Friday, Jan. 30

🎤 Dustin Arbuckle & Matt Woods
7 p.m. | Alluvial Brewing
This fiery duo draws on deep threads of American roots and blues music.
$10+

Saturday, Jan. 31

🏊 Swimming & Diving: Iowa State vs. Iowa
1 p.m. | Beyer Pool
The annual Cy-Hawk rivalry meets in the water.
FREE
 
Saturday afternoon conference game against the UCF Knights.
$22+

Monday, Feb. 2

👨‍🏫 George Washington Carver Day of Recognition
5:30 p.m. | Great Hall, Memorial Union
Visual artist and architect Amanda Williams, among other speakers and performers, honors the legacy of George Washington Carver.
FREE

Upcoming events on our radar

🎭 Feb. 4: Mrs. Doubtfire, Stephens Auditorium
🎤 Feb. 24: The Simon & Garfunkel Story, Stephens Auditorium