INSIDE: REAL ESTATE WEEKLY • COMMUNITY NEWS VOLUME 11, ISSUE 14 • WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018
CALENDAR OF EVENTS JULY 4 AMES FOURTH OF JULY: For the Fourth of July celebrations, Main Street Cultural District will have several events taking place. The first, dog dock jumping, will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3, on the 500 block of Burnett Avenue. On Wednesday, July 4, the day with begin at 8:30 a.m. in front of City Hall with a pancake breakfast. The Bill Riley Talent Competition will be from 9 to 11 a.m. at Main Street and Burnett Avenue. The dog dock jumping will continue from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on July 4, on the 500 block of Burnett.
JULY 4 CHICKEN NOODLE LUNCH: The Nevada American Legion Auxiliary will have an all-you-can-eat chicken and noodles, pie and ice cream social from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 4, at 1331 Sixth St., Nevada. on the Fourth of July. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children. All are welcome.
JULY 5
ESCAPE ROOM CHALLENGE: Team up and work cooperatively in a familyfriendly Escape Room Challenge. Two sessions will be offered; both will be the same challenge. The first session will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 5, and the second will be from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. on Friday, July 6. Both will be in the Ames Public Library Youth Services study rooms.
JULY 5
BOOK SALE: The Ames Public Library triannual book sale is back. Find great deals on thousands of used items, including books, movies, music and more. Sale hours will be from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 5 ($2 admission), from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, July 6, and Saturday, July 7 (free admission) and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 7 ($1 admission; everything free). The sale will be in the Ames Public Library auditorium.
JULY 6
POTTERY PAINTING: Grab a friend, choose a piece of pottery and make it own own during “Paint Your Own Pottery: 2 for 1 Night” from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, July 6, in the Workspace, Iowa State University Memorial Union. There are more than 100 bisque pieces to choose from, and they show you the process of painting. The Workspace will fire it within a week for pick up. Studio fee is $4 for ISU and $5 for public (or half price if you bring a friend) plus the cost of the bisque. Drop in any time but give yourself an hour. Open to all ages if accompanied by an adult.
JULY 7
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ROLAND FIREFIGHTER DINNER:
The Roland Historical Society is hosting an appreciation meal honoring Roland Firefighters with help from the Kiwanis and Friends n’ Service from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 7. The meal consists of pulled pork sandwiches, beans, chips, cookies and beverage. A free-will donation for the Roland Fire Department will be used for new field and brush fire equipment. The current fire trucks and our 1929 REO Firetruck will be on display during this time. The Roland Museum also will be open at this time. For more events, see page 2
Top row, from left, Asher Suski, 17; Zander Reed, 16; Morgan Reetz, 17; Victoriah Nelson, 17; bottom row , from left, Carly Breen, 16; Ben Siegel, 15. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Story Theater Company presents its inaugural 10 Minute Play Festival Story Theater Company will present its inaugural 10 Minute Play Festival at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 6, and Saturday, July 7, at Story Theater Company black box theater, 615 S. Dayton Ave., Suite 133, Ames. Come see the world premiere of six plays written and directed by area teens. Advance tickets are $7 and can be purchased through the STC website (www. storytheatercompany. org) through July 5. Tickets at the door, if available, will be $10 for adults and $7 for children, students and seniors. The 10 Minute Play Festival is an exciting new venture for STC, which began with a call for submissions of original plays. The six playwrights whose work was chosen attended workshops to hone their writing. Then the process began to assign directors and hold auditions for actors. All actors, directors and writers for this festival are 14 to 18 years old. Ben Sulzberger and Lena Menefee-Cook, former STC actors, are festival co-directors. Sulzberger launched this ambitious idea, something more common in university theater departments. “It’s a unique idea for this age group, especially for the kids to do it all,” he explained. Victoriah Nelson’s play is titled “A New Kind of Normal,” which is directed by Morgan Reetz. Zander Reed wrote “MFSTO -or - “The Choice to Err” and has Joshua Gartin as director and Naomi White as assistant director. “Booked” is Carly Breen’s play, directed by Andrew Lindsay. Ben
Playwrights and festival directors participate in a writers workshop. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Zander Reed, Ben Siegel and Lena Menefee-Cook.
Siegel’s play is titled “Paper Swans,” and is directed by Franny Burke-Vens. “One Foot Out the Door” was written by Asher Suski and directed by Zander Reed. Finally, Morgan Reetz wrote “The Scarf,” with Ben Sulzberger as director. Asher Suski spoke about the inspiration for his play. “One Foot Out the Door” is based on a script I wrote a year ago,” he said. “I kept the basics of the characters and conflict, and worked to revamp it through this workshop.” Suski expressed how interesting it’s been to watch how a director and actors take a story
and work with it. “Some of the interpretations have been surprising to me, but not in a bad way,” he said. Morgan Reetz also spoke about the inspiration for her play. “I was involved in a play last February about the Holocaust, so my inspiration for ‘The Scarf’ came from that,” she said. Reetz spoke about the process of watching her own writing come to life through choices made by directors and actors. “Even the way that an actor chooses to say a line is interesting, and sometimes unexpected, from the way I imagined it.”
Lauryn Berger is taking on the role of Avery in Nelson’s play “A New Kind of Normal.” She mentioned the job of acting in a peer’s play is fun and challenging. “You have the job of interpreting something brand new,” she said. Madison DeLashmutt is taking on two roles in the festival. She plays Aunt Kim in Nelson’s play and Elaine in Siegel’s “Paper Swans.” She spoke about how a new play can change, from the writer’s intention to the director’s vision. “It’s exciting to be part of this,” she said. Story Theater Company is a nonprofit children’s theater dedicated to providing performance and educational opportunities for the children of Ames and surrounding communities. Since our formation in 2006, we have performed to more than 30,000 audience members who come from throughout central Iowa to experience quality children’s theater. Learn more about Story Theater Company at www.storytheatercompany.org.