Ames Community Theater is starting off its season celebrating family with its production of You Can't Take It with You, which begins Thursday and continues for two weekends. The play is about the clash that comes when the quirky Sycamore family meets the straight-laced Kirby family after their children fall in love.

As the weather in Ames warms up, the fuller our calendars get. Farmers’ markets, workshops and shows offer ways to soak up the sun and escape it if it gets a bit too hot.