Attractions & Distractions

Concerts

9/01

– Recycled Percussion; 8 p.m. at Great Hall in Memorial Union; cost: free

9/02

– Hockey Night; 9 p.m. Maintenance Shop; cost: $6 students, $8 public

– Grand Buffet with DJ Jester The Filipino Fist, Humankind and Brandon Hotass; 10 p.m. Vaudeville Mews, 212 4th St. Des Moines; cost: $7

– DJ Dad / MC Mom, Parallex and Sweet Afton; time: tba Bali Satay House, 2424 Lincoln Way; cost: $3 over 21, $5 minors

– George Lassos the Moon, Offering, Beside Nothing and Amsterband; 5 p.m. House of Bricks, 525 East Grand, Des Moines; cost: $5

– Extinguisher, Chemical Deep End, Anubyss, Every Day Dying; 9:30 p.m. House of Bricks, 525 East Grand, Des Moines; cost: $5

– Duke Tumatoe; 9:30 p.m. Blues on Grand, 1501 Grand Ave., Des Moines; cost: $10

9/03

– Mark Mallman with Foundry Field Recordings and The First Punic War; 10 p.m. Vaudeville Mews, 212 4th St. Des Moines; cost: $7

– The Jumbies; time: tba; Bali Satay House, 2424 Lincoln Way; cost: $3 over 21, $5 minors

– Ernie Peniston; 9:30 p.m. Blues on Grand, 1501 Grand Ave., Des Moines; cost: $8

– Johnny Lang Acoustic Band Tour 2005; 8 p.m. Hoyt Sherman Place, 1501 Woodland Ave., Des Moines; cost: $39.50, $49.50

9/04

– Blues Fest; time tba; Vaudeville Mews, 212 4th St. Des Moines; cost: $4 day of show for Mews only or $12 in advance/ $15 day of show for all venues

9/06

– Particle; 9 p.m. People’s Bar and Grill, 2430 Lincoln Way; cost: $15 in advance, $20 door

– Bob Pace Band; 9 p.m. Blues on Grand, 1501 Grand Ave., Des Moines; cost: free

9/07

– Mike Tamburo with Royal Garuda; 9 p.m. Vaudeville Mews, 212 4th St. Des Moines; cost: $5

– Fat Tuesday & the Greasefire Horns featuring Jimmy “Midnight Cowboy” Pryor; 9 p.m. Blues on Grand, 1501 Grand Ave., Des Moines; cost: $3

Theater/dance/performance

9/01

– Say What Poetry Jam; 9 p.m. House of Bricks, 525 East Grand, Des Moines; cost: tba

9/06

– Comedy – Sketch: “Reruns – Live Tributes;” 7 p.m. Vaudeville Mews, 212 4th St. Des Moines; cost: $6 in advance, $8 day of show

Campus events

9/01

– Art Class: Beginning Knitting, taught by Jennifer Horejsi; 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for 4 weeks in the Workspace of the Memorial Union; cost: $30 students, $41 public

– Art Class: Screenprinting for personalized T-shirts, taught by Andrew Schmidt; 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for 4 weeks in the Workspace of the Memorial Union; cost: $36 for 4 students $41 public

– Film: “Control Room;” 8 p.m. in the Pioneer Room of the Memorial Union; cost: free