Thursday, Jan. 31

Life drawing workshop with Dean Biechler at Brunnier Art Museum, 7 p.m., free (model and drawing boards will be provided, but participants should provide their own dry media)

“Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” musical at Stephens Auditorium, 7:30 p.m., ISU students/ 18 and under: $19, $16, $13, non-students: $37, $31,

“Nazi Culture and the Seduction of the Art World During the Third Reich” lecture with Jonathan Petropoulos, research director for the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets, in the Sun Room, Memorial Union, 8 p.m., free

“The Vanishing” SUB film in the Pioneer Room, MU, 8 p.m., $2

Inspection 12 with Keepers of the Carpet, pop rock concert at the Maintenance Shop, MU, 8 p.m., ISU students: $4, non-students: $5

Friday, Feb. 1

26th Annual Cyclone Honor Band concert, featuring the LeMars Community High School Big Red Band and the ISU Wind Ensemble at Stephens Auditorium, 7:30 p.m., free

“The Vanishing” SUB film in the Pioneer Room, MU, 8 p.m., $2

“Blue Collar Comedy Tour,” featuring Jeff Foxworthy at Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 8 p.m., $27.50 – $36.50

Saturday, Feb. 2

Omega Psi Phi Black History Month Celebration in the Sun Room, MU, 2 p.m.

26th Annual Cyclone Honor Band concert at Stephens Auditorium, 3 p.m., ISU students/ 18 and under/ seniors: $4, others: $5

Celebration to observe Black History Month, with hors d’oeuvres at 6 p.m., a performance by Des Moines’ Isiserettes Drill and Drum Corps at 7 p.m., and a performance by comedian B. Cole at 7:30 p.m., in the Sun Room, MU, free

“The Vanishing” SUB film in the Pioneer Room, MU, 8 p.m., $2

Son Seals, blues concert at the M-Shop, MU, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., ISU students: $8, non-students: $12

Sunday, Feb. 3

“Body Canvas: Tattoo Art and Body Modification,” with Robert Part, tattoo artist at Ames’ Lasting Impressions Tattoo Studio, at Brunnier, 2 p.m., free

“In Harmony with Nature: Lessons from the Arts and Crafts Garden,” with Rick Drake, landscape consultant, at Benton Auditorium, lecture at 3 p.m., book signing at 4:30 p.m. (preregistration recommended, fees vary)

“Celebrating Grasses in the American Landscape” lecture with Rick Drake at Benton Auditorium, 6:30 p.m. (preregistration recommended, fees vary)

ISU Honor Choir concert, under direction of ISU Choral Director James Rodde, at Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m., free

Monday, Feb. 4

Informal organ recital at the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, 5:20 p.m., free

Cyclone Honor Festival, featuring high school singers under the direction of ISU Choral Director James Rodde

Tuesday, Feb. 5

“Rap, Race and Reality” Institute on National Affairs Keynote Address with Chuck D, former lead singer of Public Enemy, at Stephens Auditorium, 8 p.m., free

Wednesday, Feb. 6

“Techincal Innovation in Popular Music,” Institute on National Affairs lecture with Jeffrey Vallier, senior engineer at Gibson Guitar Corporation, in the Sun Room, MU, noon, free

National Acrobats of Taiwan, R.O.C. acrobatic performance at Stephens Auditorium, 7:30 p.m., ISU students/ 18 and under: $14, $11, $7, non-students: $27, $21, $13

“Can Chicks Rock? Sexism in the Music Industry,” lecture with Carla DeSantis, editor of Rockrgrl magazine, in the Sun Room, MU, 8 p.m., free

Continuing Exhibits

“Ultra-Realistic Sculpture by Marc Sijan” through Feb. 10; “20th Century Glass,” “Continuity and Change in African Art: 1930-1980” through March 1, at Brunnier

Exhibit by Des Moines native Anna Gaskell, through March 8; “Expressionist Woodcuts” through March 31, at Des Moines Art Center, 4700 Grand Ave., Des Moines