DES MOINES, IA ― Des Moines Performing Arts is pleased to announce that single tickets to “SOMETHING ROTTEN!” — the first show in the 2017-2018 Willis Broadway Series — will go on sale Monday, July 17, 2017. Tickets can be purchased starting at 9 a.m. at DMPA.org, the Civic Center
Read More →Hoyt Sherman Place and the Civic Music Association will partner for a second year to bring two of the 2017-2018 CMA season shows to the HSP stage. David Sanborn Elcetric Band: Saxophonist David Sanborn has released 24 albums and won six Grammy Awards. He has inspired countless musicians through his work
Read More →DES MOINES, IA — The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute is seeking proposals for its Community Leadership Program class projects. Each year, the Community Leadership Program partners with local non-profit organizations on projects that provide meaningful leadership development opportunities for Community Leadership Program participants and help local non-profit organizations address critical
Read More →Jazz in July returns to 6th Avenue on Saturday, July 15. The free event features six hours of live music as well as food vendors and children’s activities. The 6th Avenue Corridor will be showcasing preliminary work on the exterior rehabilitation of the historic North Des Moines City Hall at 6th Avenue and
Read More →Iowa College Aid has awarded student loan repayment assistance to 26 nurse educators in 2017, the agency announced today. The Iowa Registered Nurse and Nurse Educator Loan Forgiveness Program, which started in 2007, offers loan repayment assistance to registered nurses employed in Iowa and nurse educators teaching at eligible colleges and
Read More →Des Moines, IA — United Way of Central Iowa’s board of directors has approved the addition of six members who joined on July 1, 2017, for a two-year term. Tom Mahoney, chairman and CEO of ITA Group, was named board chair, and Nora Everett, president of retirement and income solutions at
Read More →DES MOINES, IA (July 2017) – On July 20 the Des Moines Art Center will open Wangechi Mutu’s “The End of eating Everything,” the third video in the Single-channel 7 series, “Journeys into Peripheral Worlds.” Wangechi Mutu will be on view in the Pamela Bass-Bookey and Harry Bookey Gallery, Richard
Read More →The best water polo teams from throughout the Midwest will visit Ashworth Pool in Greenwood Park on Saturday and Sunday, July 8-9, for the 32nd Annual Des Moines Water Polo Tournament. Teams from Madison, Kansas City, Chicago-land, Minneapolis and Des Moines will round out the nine-team tournament schedule. The teams
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa – Des Moines will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 80/35 music festival on Friday and Saturday, July 7 and 8, 2017, in Des Moines’ Western Gateway Park at 12th and Locust. Nearly 50 national, regional and local acts are set to perform on multiple stages alongside
Read More →DES MOINES (July 5, 2017) – The 10th annual 80/35 in Des Moines’ Western Gateway Park is this weekend, Friday and Saturday, July 7 and 8. The following downtown streets will be closed for through access during the dates and times listed below. Street Closures Effective Midnight Tuesday July 4
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