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Posted 6 hours ago This is the latest entry in a series of articles telling the personal stories of Iowa State University faculty and scientists whose work is changing the world for the better. Click here to read about previous Change Agents. AMES, Iowa – Jessica Ward has never been one to do things a certain prescribed way just because that’s how things have always been done. Ward is always on the lookout for improvements, both big and small, that might make things run more efficiently. That approach has applied to many aspects of her life, whether finding a better way to schedule rehe...

Date Time Change Agent: Jessica Ward This is the latest entry in a series of articles telling the personal stories of Iowa State University faculty and scientists whose work is changing the world for the better. Click here to read about previous Change Agents. AMES, Iowa – Jessica Ward has never been one to do things a certain prescribed way just because that’s how things have always been done. Ward is always on the lookout for improvements, both big and small, that might make things run more efficiently. That approach has applied to many aspects of her life, whether finding a better way ...

RRCA to host "Coppelia" this weekend Two casts of about 40 masked dancers will split this weekend’s four shows. “Coppelia” is the lighthearted 1870 tale of engaged couple Swanhilda and Franz. Their relationship takes a turn when Franz falls in love with Coppelia, a lifelike mechanical doll. Swanhilda and her friends investigate Coppelia by breaking into the workshop of toymaker Dr. Coppelius, Coppelia’s creator. To teach Franz a lesson, Swanhilda dresses as a doll and pretends to come to life. Dr. Coppelius humorously tries to bring Coppelia (Swanhilda in disguise) back to life. “Co...

A Pueblo holiday tradition continues with ‘Nutcracker, The Ballet’ Waltz of the Flowers - Meena Ropp as "Dewdrop" and the corps de ballet, courtesy of Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Nutcracker Ballet, put on by the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center, is a holiday tradition in Pueblo, and even with the COVID-19 pandemic, the show must go on. Because of the pandemic, there were no live performances this year, but rather than cancel the ballet altogether, the arts center came up with a creative and safe solution. “I think this was the brainch...

The Watchmaker's Song: A Drive-In Nutcracker Experience. This year, the audience will follow the Watchmaker and his loved ones through an entirely new narrative, as conceived by Ventana Ballet's new co-artistic director, Jerreme Rodriguez, in an effort to make the most of this nontraditional venue. "The new adaptation honors the elements of The Watchmaker’s Song that set it apart from traditional stagings of The Nutcracker Ballet," they tell us, and it's enlivened by Duke Ellington’s jazzy rendition of the original Tchaikovsky music. No events scheduled. 2400 E. Cesar Chavez