Find your valentine early this year at the 7th annual Des Moines Sweetheart Charity Date Auction. This year’s auction is Saturday, February 10, from 6-9 p.m. at Jasper Winery with all proceeds benefiting Young Variety- the Children’s Charity. The evening’s main event is the date auction. Twenty of the most
Read More →The Chichaqua Valley Trail in Central Iowa will be the site of the fourth annual bicycle-music festival called Pedaler’s Jamboree Iowa. It is named and will be patterned after a jamboree that has become a major tourism event the past nine years on the Katy Trail in central Missouri.
Read More →Des Moines — Iowa Egg Farmers, in partnership with Fareway Stores, Inc., recently conducted a buy two dozen, give one dozen promotion during the holiday season. The campaign aimed to give back to individuals that are food insecure in the communities Iowa egg farmers live and serve. Thanks to overwhelming customer
Read More →Iowa City blues musician Kevin B.F. Burt was the winner of the Solo/Duo competition at the 34th International Blues Challenge (IBC), presented by the Blues Foundation, on Saturday evening. In addition, he won the Lee Oskar Best Harmonica award and the Cigar Box Guitar award for Most Promising Acoustic Act.
Read More →DES MOINES — Three female Iowa artists whose works capture the beauty and balance of nature are featured in a new exhibition on display in Gov. Kim Reynolds‘ formal office at the State Capitol. The Iowa Women’s Art Exhibition includes pieces from Alexandra Ackerman of Iowa City, Stephanie Failmezger of Peosta
Read More →DES MOINES — In the hands of Jennifer Drinkwater, the gung-ho world of magazine publishing is no match for a needle and thread. Several years ago, the Ames artist started to embroider covers of Time and People in cross-stitch, a slow, meditative process that re-interprets the glossy melodrama of each magazine in
Read More →Acclaimed American Rock Band to Perform on October 13, 2018 January 23 – Altoona, IA. REO Speedwagon fans will have to wait a little bit longer to see the band perform. Due to artist illness, the REO Speedwagon concert scheduled for February 23, 2018, at Prairie Meadows has been rescheduled
Read More →DES MOINES- This February, Des Moines Young Artists’ Theatre partners with The Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines to explore one of the darkest chapters in history with the powerful and inspiring production of “I Never Saw Another Butterfly.” Based on a collection of paintings and poems, “I Never Saw
Read More →HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE™ IN CONCERT February 2, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. February 3, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Des Moines Civic Center The Harry Potter™ film series is one of those once-in-a-lifetime cultural phenomena that continue to delight millions of fans around the world.
Read More →Drake University Provost Sue Mattison announced yesterday that Gesine Gerhard, PhD, has been named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1, 2018. Gerhard has demonstrated strong leadership skills, clear vision, and passionate advocacy for liberal arts education during a career as an administrator, scholar, and teacher. She
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