Ames Voice - Calendar of Events

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

January 20, 2026 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

Happy Tuesday and welcome to the first edition of our calendar newsletter!

Previously, you saw event listings toward the end of the Thursday newsletter. This new weekly is specifically for events happening in the Ames vicinity for the coming days and will include more than what you saw in the Thursday edition.

Also, this "Calendar of Events" needs a good name. While we at the Voice debated a few ideas, we thought we'd leave that task to you. If you have a good name suggestion for this newsletter, email it to us at [email protected]. And if you have an event you want to make sure is included in our calendar, use that email, too.

We hope you enjoy this new addition,


Co-Editors: Anthony Capps & Amber Mohmand
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Event Spotlight

Delirium Musicum is a self-conducted chamber orchestra that pulses with ferocious passion and infuses energy into every performance.

Concert

Delirium Musicum

7 p.m. | Stephens Auditorium

Redefining “classical” music as the new red-hot concert experience, Delirium Musicum breathes fire into masterworks from the Baroque to the music of tomorrow, delivering a concert experience that's fierce and an unapologetic creative fervor.

 

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Calendar of Events

Ongoing

🎥 Cyclone Cinema: Tron: Ares
7 p.m. Thursday through Sunday | Carver 101
A highly sophisticated program, Ares (Jared Leto), is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission.
FREE

Tuesday, Jan. 20

Big 12 conference matchup against the UCF Knights.
$18+

Wednesday, Jan. 21

🏀 Women's Basketball: Iowa State vs. Cincinnati
6:30 p.m. | Hilton Coliseum
Mid-week conference game against the Cincinnati Bearcats.
$10+
 
🎲 Bored? Games! (Adult Game Night)
6:30 p.m. | Brown Auditorium, Ames Public Library
A monthly meetup for adults to play board games like Ticket to Ride.
FREE

Thursday, Jan. 22

🎨 Octagonal Exhibition Reception
5:30 p.m. | Octagon Center for the Arts
Public reception and awards ceremony for the All Media Show.
FREE
 
📚 Parenting Book Club
7 p.m. | Rotary Room, Ames Public Library
Discussion of Until the Street Lights Come On for screen-free play.
FREE

Friday, Jan. 23

🤼‍♂️ Wrestling: Iowa State vs. Northern Colorado
7 p.m. | Hilton Coliseum
Dual meet against the Northern Colorado Bears.
$10+
 
📚 Teen Book vs. Movie Night
4 p.m. | Teen Space, Ames Public Library
A movie night showdown for teens to compare stories across media.
FREE
 
🎤 Charlie Parr w/ Tony Polecastro
7 p.m. | Alluvial Brewing
An evening of folk and blues with the incomparable Charlie Parr.
$20+

Saturday, Jan. 24

🏀 Women's Basketball: Iowa State vs. Arizona
3 p.m. | Hilton Coliseum
Weekend matchup against the Arizona Wildcats.
$10+
 
🎤 Indigo Monks
7 p.m. | Alluvial Brewing
Live performance by the jazz and soul ensemble Indigo Monks.
$5+

Sunday, Jan. 25

🤸 Gymnastics: Iowa State vs. Utah
4 p.m. | Hilton Coliseum
High-stakes meet against the perennial powerhouse Utes.
$5+

Monday, Jan. 26

👩‍🏫 Leadership Lessons from Mission Control
6:30 p.m. | Great Hall, Memorial Union
Physicist Ginger Kerrick, the first Latina director of NASA Mission Control and a 30-year veteran of the Johnson Space Center, speaks on real-time risk tradeoff decisions at NASA.
FREE

Upcoming events on our radar

🎭 Jan. 29-Feb. 8: Making God Laugh, Ames Community Theater
🎭 Feb. 4: Mrs. Doubtfire, Stephens Auditorium