INSIDE: REAL ESTATE WEEKLY • COMMUNITY NEWS VOLUME 10, ISSUE 45 • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2018
CALENDAR OF EVENTS FEB. 7
USAF BAND: The Freedom Winds Ensemble, one of nine ensembles with the United States Air Force Band of Mid-America, will perform at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7, at Ames City Auditorium, 520 Sixth St. The concert is free and open to the community but reservations are requested. For more information or to reserve seats, contact Craig Kaufman at (515) 239.5365 or ckaufman@city.ames.ia.us.
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DOVER STRING QUARTET: The Dover String Quartet will perform from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9, at First United Methodist Church, 516 Kellogg Ave., in Ames. The performance will be presented by the Ames Town and Gown Chamber Music Association. Tickets are available at amestownandgown.org or at the door. Cost is $30.
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DAR MEETING: Sun Dial Chapter for the Daughters of the American Revolution will host a Patriotic Coffee at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 10, at Green Hills Retirement Community, 2200 Hamilton Drive. The speaker will be Norman Luiken, speaking about “Stories of a Peacetime Naval Officer and a Military Legacy.” All are invited, with a special invitation to legislators, senators and patriotic groups in the area. Coffee and pastries will be served. For more information, call Lois Hill at (515) 597-2400.
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ORCHID FEST: Reiman Gardens will host its annual Orchid Fest from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 10 and 11 at Reiman Gardens. Orchids in a variety of species and colors will be on display and available for purchase both days. The Central Iowa Orchid Society will also staff a question and answer booth, providing both novices and experienced growers valuable insight on care and keeping of orchids. Cost is free for members and ISU students. The general public pays $8 for adults, $7 for seniors ages 65+, $4 for kids ages 4 to 17, and free for kids ages 3 and under.
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AWC GENERAL MEETING: The February general meeting of the Ames Woman’s Club will be at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 12, at the clubhouse, 106 S. Dakota Ave. The program will be “Getting to Know You.” For more information call (515) 292-4259. For more events, see page 2
Nate VanDyk, Ember Biggs, Alyssa Speck and Tayea Popillion in “Jack and the Three Sillies.”
Story Theater Company’s Traveling Story Troupe to present ‘Jack and the Three Sillies’ in Ames Story Theater Company’s Traveling Story Troupe is excited to present “Jack and the Three Sillies,” by Michael L. Goodman, a one-act comedy based on European and American folk tales. The free performance will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 11, at Ames Public Library. Directed by Julia VanDyk, Jack and the Three Sillies is the tale of a smart but simple country man who is about to marry a wealthy farmer’s only daughter, Buttons. When he realizes just how silly Buttons and her parents are, he vows to leave and never return unless he meets three sillies “more silly than you three sillies!” As he travels about the country, he meets an old woman trying to capture sunlight in boxes to brighten the inside of TROUPE, see page 3
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Zac Peters and Nate VanDyk in “Jack and the Three Sillies.”
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