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The Iowa Art in State Buildings program requires new campus buildings and those undergoing renovations to spend 0.5% of their budget on art. With this budget, Iowa State University Museums is able to hold one of the largest public art collections with over 2,500 individual pieces. But how could anyone possibly learn about all the...

This weekend in Ames features a concert benefiting the trans community and two nearby towns host their annual celebrations.

For opening night, this ACTORS production will offer pre-show appetizers in its lounge-turned-diner. Find out how to get tickets.

ACTORS is gearing up for its next production, “Murder on the Orient Express,” and the scope of the play is causing director Patrick Determan to use a collaborative approach.

Stephens Auditorium, ACTORS win award for collaboration during COVID-19 Ames Tribune While theaters across the country were going dark because of COVID-19, Stephens Auditorium and Ames Community Theater (ACTORS) teamed up to help one another keep going. Both entities have recently been recognized for that collaboration with an award from Iowa tourism organizations. The Outstanding Marketing Collaboration award was presented to ACTORS and Stephens Auditorium by the Iowa Tourism Office and Travel...

Despite pandemic, ACTORS thrives, sees major renovation to theater Ames Tribune Ames Community Theater is the only community theater in central Iowa that didn’t go dark during the pandemic. The group, better known as ACTORS, also moved forward the past several months with a $580,000 addition and renovation to its building, which will be complete in March. ACTORS board president Stan Rabe will be the keynote speaker in the Ames Community Arts Council’s monthly Gathering of Artists, which wil...