5K Hike Funds Program to Find Forever Families for Older Orphans Des Moines-area families will have the chance April 23 to get some exercise and have some fun in support of Iowa Kidsave, an organization that matches orphan children with loving Iowa homes. Hike Details: 1-3 p.m. Sunday April 23 Raccoon River
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Posted April 04, 2017in Couch Surfing
Welcome to Cityview’s newest column, Couch Surfing. For those of you not familiar with the term, couch-surfing, in its simplest definition, is staying temporarily in a series of other people’s homes, typically making use of improvised sleeping arrangements. I have successfully couch-surfed across the country, and I have opened up
Read More →DES MOINES, IA (April 2017) On Friday, April 21, the Des Moines Art Center will open Planetarium. The exhibition runs through August 13, 2017 in the John Brady Print Gallery. Planetarium contains work from the Art Center’s collections inspired by space. Stars, planets, comets, and the moon have fascinated humans
Read More →Living History Farms’ touring season begins on Monday, May 1. A full season of events begins this May with Tractor Day, Historic Baseball, a day of appreciation for youth involved in 4-H, FFA and Girl & Boy Scouts, as well as Decoration Day, our Memorial Day celebration at the end
Read More →DES MOINES (April 4, 2017) – Ten years of magic. The 10th annual 80/35 music festival will feature nearly 50 acts, including headliners The Shins and MGMT, on Friday July 7 and Saturday, July 8, 2017 in downtown Des Moines’ Western Gateway Park. Indie pop stars The Shins and psychedelic rock band MGMT will headline.
Read More →Clive, Iowa — Iowa Rivers Revival, a non-profit group that advocates for rivers and streams, has named Clive as 2017 Iowa “River Town of the Year.” Clive is a western suburb of Des Moines, population about 17,500. Clive is about a mile wide and eight or nine miles long, with
Read More →DES MOINES – The Des Moines Symphony is pleased to announce its 80th Anniversary Season: Music in Motion. From Slavonic folk dance to Russian ballet and Spanish flamenco, the Symphony’s 2017-2018 Season takes its inspiration from music written for the dance. The Symphony’s seven-concert Masterworks series highlights Tchaikovsky’s masterful 19th-century ballet
Read More →Bass Pro Shops is providing customers a chance to support the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) throughout April. Thanks to a round up campaign at all Bass Pro Shops locations across the U.S., customers are invited to donate their change to help NFWF’s mission of sustaining, restoring and enhancing
Read More →Des Moines, IA – Downtown Des Moines is getting the biggest happy hour in the metro – Commons Off The Clock – starting May 19, 2017, bringing bands, brews, and bites to Cowles Commons on select Fridays this summer. This new event is a chance for Des Moines area residents to
Read More →DES MOINES, IOWA – On Sunday, April 30, 2 p.m., the Des Moines Art Center will present a lecture by Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, “My Love of Art: A Lifelong Journey.” The event will take place in Levitt Auditorium and is free and open to the public, but reservations are
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