Author: Carl Olsen (Carl Olsen)

Gather the whole family for face painting, art projects, games and prizes at the 2006 CHARACTER COUNTS! Day at the Blank Park Zoo. This family-fun event, which will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, is presented by the Institute for Character Deve

The complexion of once predominantly white Perry, Iowa, was changed forever in the early 1990s by an influx of Latino workers and their families from as far away as Texas, California, Mexico and Central America. How did the community respond? And how did

Timothy Corrigan CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, 515-271-3119, lisa.lacher@drake.edu Film scholar Timothy Corrigan will lecture on his most recent study, “The Essay Film,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, at Drake University as part of the Drake Writers and Critics Series. The lecture, titled “Herzog’s `Grizzly Man’ (2005) and the Essayistic,” will be held in room 206...

Drake University will host a traveling art exhibit, titled “Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States,” which explores the challenges facing mothers in prison and their children.

Iowans will have the opportunity to hear the candidates for governor discuss their ideas for improving health care quality and access at a free forum and panel discussion hosted by Drake University on Wednesday, Oct. 11.

The Drake Choir and Drake Women’s Chorale invite you on a trip into dreams, visions and the spiritual with a free performance at 8 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 8, on the Jordan Stage at Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main, 2507 University Ave.

Shortly before the kick-off at Saturday's homecoming game against Morehead State, Drake University will dedicate its football field in honor of the University's greatest athlete of all time — Johnny Bright, who later became a celebrated Canadian football

Ralph Votapek, renowned pianist and grand prize winner of the first Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, will teach a master class for Drake University and Graceland University students on Monday, Oct. 2. The class, which is free and open to the p

Beginning Thursday, Sept. 28, Drake University Theatre will present Joan Holden’s play “Nickel and Dimed,” adapted from the best-selling book by Barbara Ehrenreich.

The "Let's DU Lunch" Series for October will focus on "An Rx for Improved Health Outcomes," presented by Jon-Scott Johnson, risk manager for the city of Ames, Iowa, and Patty Kumbera, 1989 Drake grad, founder and CEO of Outcomes Pharmaceut