Join a free community meal, dialogue, and service project in celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Jan. 26 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at First Christian Church, 2500 University Ave., Des Moines.

Participants will have the opportunity to create and take home a starter kit for growing plants at home. Attendees are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items and toiletries to be donated to the Drake Area Food Pantry.

The project is open to all and is sponsored by Sprout Garden, NextCourse Food Recovery, and Drake’s Office of Community Engaged Learning. Thank you to Iowa Campus Compact for providing a MLK Day of Service grant to support this project.

RSVPs are encouraged: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mlk-day-of-service-tickets-30137583323.

—Amanda Martin, Community Engagement and Service Learning

Join Drake Athletics on a bus trip to Cedar Falls to cheer on the Bulldogs as they face off against in-state rival Northern Iowa! Each package includes transportation and a ticket to the game. Seats will be located in the section behind the Drake bench. Please note that the bus will depart from the Knapp Center at 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27, and return to Des Moines immediately following the game. A full itinerary will be provided in advance of the trip. Space is limited and filled on a first come, first served basis.

Reserve your spot by calling Tom Florian at 515-271-4949. You can also visit the Drake Athletics Ticket Office. Deadline to order is Friday, Jan. 20!

Questions? Please contact Tom Florian, assistant director of ticket sales, at 515-271-4949 or thomas.florian@drake.edu.

—Tom Florian, Drake Athletics

“The Night Before [Insert Holliday]” is an exhibition of books and objects globally contextualizing Clement C. Moore’s 1823 poem “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” more popularly known as “Twas the Night Before Christmas.”

A patron lent the Department of Art more than 200 distinct copies of the poem, all illustrated by different artists. Lenore Metrick-Chen’s class, Art and Public Interfaces, rose to the challenge to find a way to deconstruct and re- contextualize this collection—turning a predominantly white heteronormative col, including Santa Claus himself, into an inclusive, diverse exhibition. Students reached out to Drake’s multicultural student organizations, and with their assistance, this exhibition attempts to interpret the celebration of Christmas in the context of people of different backgrounds.

The exhibit extends beyond the glass display cases, using the walls of this area to contextualize the Christmas book within the religions and holidays of the world. The exhibit will run through mid-February.

—Lenore Metrick-Chen, Department of Art

Come out and cheer on your Bulldogs!

Women’s Basketball
Drake vs. Clarke
Dec. 8 at 11 a.m.
Knapp Center

Men’s Basketball
Drake vs. Jackson State
Dec. 10 at 2 p.m.
Knapp Center

—Tom Florian, Drake Athletics

Please join us for the fifth event of our 2016–2017 series on death and dying—a dialogue panel between representatives of three different immigrant communities—African Islam, Serbian Christian, and Lao Buddhism—about their religious perspectives on death and dying. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. in Dunn’s Chapel at Iles Funeral Home, 2121 Grand Ave in Des Moines.

—Tim Knepper, The Comparison Project

Hear from a panel discussing immediate legal resources and the current legal landscape for immigrants tomorrow, Dec. 6, at 5 p.m. in the auditorium of the Drake Legal Clinic.

—Tony Tyler, Office of Dean of Students