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- 11st Saturday FREE Write Together10:00 am – 12:00 pmJoin us at Fifth Street Writers on the 1st Saturday of each month from 10 AM to Noon. Together we’ll write in community on our writing projects. What’s an Open Write? Bring your laptop or whatever you write with to work on your creative writing projects—novels, memoirs, poems, project outlines, your to-do list for the , …Tiny Deck: Perfect Strangers6:00 pm – 7:30 pmBack for the 2025 Season! Join us for FREE Tiny Deck Concerts featuring live local talent. Fridays nights, June 30 – August 29, 6-7:30pm. Meet us on the east deck and grab dinner, drinks and friends! Everyone is welcome! Please bring a blanket or lawn chair too, the deck seating fills up quick. , …
- 2Ames Main Street Farmers’ Market8:00 am – 12:30 pmMusician: Patricia Holly Day Sponsor Vendor List: Full-Time Vendors: Amaz 3D Kreations B+ Beards Backcountry Winery Baked by Beth Barrelly Conscious Bellbottom Mobile Cafe Carlos Quesadillas Crafty Folks of Ames Dusty Hill Farm EarGame Farm Story Meats Fisher’s Flowers & Produce Fresh Fusion , …Fifth Street Writers | 1st Saturday Write Together9:30 am – 12:00 pmJoin us at Fifth Street Writers on the 1st Saturday of each month from 10 AM to Noon. Together we’ll write in community on our writing projects. What’s a Write Together? Bring your laptop or whatever you write with to work on your creative writing projects—novels, memoirs, poems, project outlines, your to-do listR , …
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- 5FREE COMMUNITY CLASS – Crafting Gnomes, Cultivating Kindness: An Upcycled Creation Class5:30 pm – 7:00 pmIn this hands-on workshop, discover the art of upcycling as you create whimsical decorative gnomes from CDs, fabric scraps, and yarn to keep or share. You’ll also learn to assemble practical “Kindness Kits” from upcycled materials filled with essential first aid and hygiene supplies, which will be donated to local non- , …
- 6Sashiko Workshop6:30 pm – 8:30 pmSashiko, a traditional Japanese embroidery great for mending, is a fun and interesting way to extend the life of your textiles or just add some pizzazz to your clothing. We’ll learn more about the history of sashiko, the different types of sashiko designs, and practice four hitomezashi designs that can be turned , …
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- 8Tiny Deck: Iowa No Mountain Boys6:00 pm – 7:30 pmBack for the 2025 Season! Join us for FREE Tiny Deck Concerts featuring live local talent. Fridays nights, June 30 – August 29, 6-7:30pm. Meet us on the east deck and grab dinner, drinks and friends! Everyone is welcome! Please bring a blanket or lawn chair too, the deck seating fills up quick. , …
- 9Ames Main Street Farmers’ Market8:00 am – 12:30 pmSpecial Events: Salsa Contest & Ames Bookmobile Contest Sign Up: Click Here Musician: Boone Fiddler Day Sponsor: Vendor List: Full-Time Vendors: Amaz 3D Kreations B+ Beards Backcountry Winery Baked by Beth Barrelly Conscious Bellbottom Mobile Cafe Carlos Quesadillas Crafty Folks of Am , …Saturday Stitchers1:00 pm – 3:00 pmCelebrate the weekend with a special weekend stitching group. Show off finished projects, find great new patterns, and maybe even get a stitch or two on your current WIP at this fun monthly event. Every Second Saturday of the Month, 1-3 p.m. , …
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- 11Rainbow Stitch & Bitch6:30 pm – 7:30 pmAmes Pride and Prairie Rose Needleworks are partnering for a special craft meetup for LGBTQIA+ crafters! Bring your craft project and join the fun! Every Second Monday of the Month, 6:30-7:30 p.m. , …
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- 14Pub Fiction5:30 pmGet ready for the most literary pub crawl in Ames! Dress like your favorite book character (optional) and visit participating downtown Ames businesses, all with different themes and exclusive drink specials for participants! Get your ticket for $20 at Ames Public Library’s Welcome Desk or online at bit.ly/PubFiction202 , …From the Co-op to the Coop: Backyard Chickens 1015:30 pm – 7:00 pmHave you been wandering around saying, “I should really get chickens”? Then this is your sign. Join us at Bronwyn’s backyard (our resident chicken whisperer and co-op superstar) for a beginner-friendly class all about building a basic coop, caring for your feathered friends, and embracing the chaos of backyard poultry. , …
- 15Ames History Museum’s Annual Benefit Event5:00 pm – 8:30 pmCome one, come all for a fun carnival-themed evening to support Ames History Museum! Enjoy dinner and drinks, carnival games, live music, auction, raffle, and awards. Tickets must be purchased in advance by August 5. Visit www.ameshistory.org/benefit for more information. , …Tiny Deck: Poly Poly6:00 pm – 7:30 pmBack for the 2025 Season! Join us for FREE Tiny Deck Concerts featuring live local talent. Fridays nights, June 30 – August 29, 6-7:30pm. Meet us on the east deck and grab dinner, drinks and friends! Everyone is welcome! Please bring a blanket or lawn chair too, the deck seating fills up quick. , …
- 16Ames Main Street Farmers’ Market8:00 am – 12:30 pmSpecial Event: Meyer’s Pony Rides Musician: Dixie Slicks Day Sponsor: Vendor List: Full-Time Vendors: Amaz 3D Kreations B+ Beards Backcountry Winery Baked by Beth Barrelly Conscious Bellbottom Mobile Cafe Carlos Quesadillas Crafty Folks of Ames Dusty Hill Farm EarGame Farm Story Meats Fish , …
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- 20Lunch Bunch12:00 pm – 2:00 pmDe-stress during the work day with our new lunch time stitching group! Bring a project, bring lunch, and join us for stitching fun. Every Third Wednesday of the Month, 12-2 p.m. , …Beginning Embroidery6:30 pm – 8:30 pmThis course is for beginners or those who need a refresher. Students will learn embroidery basics including preparing the fabric in the hoop, how to use the stranded cotton thread and 10 different stitches. All supplies are provided. , …Della Viti Jeopardy Style Trivia – 90s Sitcoms!7:00 pm – 9:00 pmDelicious snacksDrink specialsPrizes for Teams 1-3 Round up your posse and get on in here!7pm start, so get here for a table as soon as your little heart desires! , …
- 21Third Thursday Poetry Slam5:30 pm – 7:30 pmThe Octagon in partnership with the Ames Poetry Slam and Ames Writers Collective and is hosting its first ever poetry slam! Come hear original work from local poets of all ages and styles. The event will begin at 5:30 and poets will take the stage at 6:00. This is a free event, for attendees and poets alike. We prefer , …
- 22Tiny Deck: Doomed Pioneers6:00 pm – 7:30 pmBack for the 2025 Season! Join us for FREE Tiny Deck Concerts featuring live local talent. Fridays nights, June 30 – August 29, 6-7:30pm. Meet us on the east deck and grab dinner, drinks and friends! Everyone is welcome! Please bring a blanket or lawn chair too, the deck seating fills up quick. , …
- 23Ames Main Street Farmers’ Market8:00 am – 12:30 pmSpecial Event: TBD Musician: EJO Day Sponsor Vendor List: Full-Time Vendors: Amaz 3D Kreations B+ Beards Backcountry Winery Baked by Beth Barrelly Conscious Bellbottom Mobile Cafe Carlos Quesadillas Crafty Folks of Ames Dusty Hill Farm EarGame Farm Story Meats Fisher’s Flowers & Produce Fres , …
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- 264th Tuesday Free Open Write3:30 pm – 5:00 pmJoin Ana McCracken for our Open Write Tuesday on Zoom or in person at Fifth Street Writers. WHAT’S AN OPEN WRITE? We join together, share what we’re working on, and write for ~90 minutes. At the end, we share our successes, and sign off. Easy peasy. Email Ana, ana@ameswriterscollective.org to register for the event. , …Summer Salsa Canning5:30 pm – 7:00 pmLove salsa and wondering what to do with all your tomatoes? Join our local canning expert for a fun, instructional class all about making and safely canning a variety of salsas—including classic tomato, fresh pico de gallo, and fruity twists. You’ll learn the basics of water bath canning, get the inside scoop on , …
- 27Embroidered Market Tote6:30 pm – 8:30 pmCelebrate the start of farmer’s markets with a hand stitched tote bag! Participants will practice some stitches before starting a tote bag decorated with market veggies. This class is beginner friendly. All supplies are provided. , …View from the Margins Book Club7:00 pm – 8:00 pmCheck out this book group for fresh insights and lively discussion about topics relating to society, identity, and culture. Book selections include fiction and non-fiction from a wide variety of perspectives and marginalized identities. This month we are reading The Kingdom of Sand, by Andrew Holleran, a 2022 novel abo , …
- 28Treehouses at Twilight6:00 pm – 9:00 pmJoin us for Treehouses at Twilight – Western Whimsy on August 28, 2025 from 6pm-9pm. This is an event where the adults can be a kid again in Treehouses, at an elevated play area, and along the woodland trails. Each ticket includes 21+ admission, one featured drink ticket, adult snacks and beverages, musical entertainme , …Author Event: Austin Frerick7:00 pm – 8:30 pmCome to the Library for a presentation by Austin Frerick, author of Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry. In Barons, agricultural and antitrust expert Frerick tells the stories of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the ramifications for everyone else. Frerick paints a stark , …Author Event: Austin Frerick7:00 pmCome to the Library for a presentation by Austin Frerick, author of Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry. In Barons, agricultural and antitrust expert Frerick tells the stories of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the ramifications for everyone else. Frerick paints a stark , …
- 29Tiny Deck: Wally Neal & the Cloud Hidden Singers6:00 pm – 7:30 pmBack for the 2025 Season! Join us for FREE Tiny Deck Concerts featuring live local talent. Fridays nights, June 30 – August 29, 6-7:30pm. Meet us on the east deck and grab dinner, drinks and friends! Everyone is welcome! Please bring a blanket or lawn chair too, the deck seating fills up quick. , …Della Viti birthday bash!7:30 pm – 11:00 pm11 years goes by in a flash! Come join us to celebrate with friends old and new – rumor has it, there will be some bubbles! Indigo Monks playing 7:30pm!!! FREE! , …
- 30Ames Main Street Farmers’ Market8:00 am – 12:30 pmSpecial Event: Joyful Colorz Face Painting Musician: Elizabeth Zimmerman Day Sponsor: Vendor List: Full-Time Vendors: Amaz 3D Kreations B+ Beards Backcountry Winery Baked by Beth Barrelly Conscious Bellbottom Mobile Cafe Carlos Quesadillas Crafty Folks of Ames Dusty Hill Farm EarGame Farm Story , …
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