The Healing Power of Music w/Geneviève

Salamone, Ames City Auditorium, Thursday and Friday, March 23 and 24 at 7 p.m., Free-$10 Ames

folks, mark your calendars for The Healing Power of Music, a special program featuring Geneviève Salamone, a multi-talented violinist, producer, film composer, and designer from the Huron-Wendat Nation. Salamone uses her platform to raise awareness on mental health, sexual violence, and critical Idigenous issues. The two-day engagement begins with an interactive lecture on Thursday at 7 p.m., at City Auditorium. This lecture is free and open to the public. The concert is on Friday at 7 p.m., and will feature Salamone’s music, art, video and fashion. Concert tickets are $10.

Explore Ames!

Saturday, March 4 at 2 p.m. Des Moines Metro Opera Children’s Performance, Ames Public Library, Free

Tuesday, March 7 at 8 p.m. Poetry Slam, Lockwood Cafe, Ames, Free

Thursday-Sunday, March 9-12. Book Sale, Ames Public Library, $1-2

Sunday, March 12 at 1 p.m.

Storytime w/Terri Leedom, DogEared Books, Ames, Free

Opening Friday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m. Fefu and Her Friends, Riverside Theatre, Iowa City, $15-40

Friday, March 10 at 9 p.m. Masma Dream World + New Standards Men, Trumpet Blossom Cafe, Iowa City, $1015

Wednesday, March 17 at 8 p.m. David Cross w/Sean Patton, Englert Theatre, Iowa City, $25-145

Saturday, March 25 at 8 p.m. Knights of the Round Pasties: What’s Your Game? CSPS Hall, Cedar Rapids, $20-100

Tuesday, March 28 at 4 p.m. Curator Guided Tour: Out & About: Queer Life in Iowa City, UI Main Library, Free

Friday, March 31 at 7 p.m William Elliot Whitmore, Wildwood Saloon, Iowa City, $25

Sunday, March 12 at 2 p.m. Curator

Tour: Joyce J. Scott: Messages, Brunnier Art Museum, Ames, Free

Thursday, March 23 at 7 p.m. Writer’s Round, Alluvial Brewing, Ames, Free

Thursday, March 23 at 9 p.m. Yam Haus w/Landon Conrath, The M-Shop, Ames, $14-18

Thursday-Sunday, March 30-April

2. She Kills Monsters, Fisher Theater, Ames, $20

By Rob Brezsny