Waukee, Iowa — The Waukee Police Department is introducing “Bike With Cops,” a new annual bike ride event for kids in the Waukee Community School District. Children in grades 2-6 can enjoy a safety talk, two-mile bike ride and lunch with Waukee police officers! “Members of the Waukee PD are
Read More →DES MOINES, IOWA (March 19, 2018) — The Iowa Architectural Foundation is pleased to announce our upcoming seventh annual Eat.Drink.Architecture fundraising event. This progressive food, drink, and architectural tour of downtown Des Moines will be held on Saturday, April 14, 2018. The journey begins at the Iowa Taproom at noon, and
Read More →Des Moines, IA (March 19, 2018) — This summer, rock fans across the country should prepare to be rocked hard when the Shinedown/Godsmack co-headlining summer tour hits more than 30 cities, including a July 29 show at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, IA. These dates come as both multi-platinum
Read More →Ankeny (March 19, 2018) — Yellow Suit Publishing adds award-winning songwriter C. A. (Chad Allen) Elliott to imprint with Rumble & Flash, a book of poetry stemming from Elliott’s time on the road while traveling as a performing musician. C. A. Elliott’s book of poetry, “Rumble & Flash,” will release
Read More →New for 2018, the world’s greatest Pink Floyd show: Brit Floyd “Eclipse World Tour 2018.” See it live Sunday July 22, 2018 at Hoyt Sherman Place. Celebrating 45 Years of “The Dark Side of the Moon.” Performing songs from Pink Floyd’s best loved and biggest selling albums, “The Dark Side of
Read More →DES MOINES, IA (March 2018) — On Friday March 30, the Des Moines Art Center will open “Sultry Night: Selected Works by Grant Wood,” which runs through June 24, 2018 in the John Brady Print Gallery. In 1934, Grant Wood was asked to join the Associated American Artists (AAA) — a
Read More →One week after Drake University announced that it has received a record number of applications for first-year undergraduate admission, the university has reached unparalleled interest from another (more slobbery) set of bulldogs. More than 135 English bulldogs from 18 states registered to compete in Drake’s world-famous Beautiful Bulldog Contest®. From this record-breaking
Read More →Calling all Doctor Who fans! Clive Public Library is thrilled to be hosting — on Saturday, April 7 — Doctor Who Fest with David Busch, a contributing animator to the new film “Doctor Who Shada.” David will be sharing his behind the scenes experience with “Doctor Who,” “Black Panther,” “Clueless,”
Read More →Two legendary Cyclone and Hawkeye athletes visit the library as authors! Visiting the library at 6:30 p.m. on April 3 is Hawkeye football great and former quarterback Chuck Long. Chuck will be sharing stories from his book “Destined for Greatness” and copies of the book will be available for purchase and
Read More →For more than 30 years, beloved alternative rock band Pixies have been entertaining audiences all over the world. See them live on Tuesday, July 3, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. at Hoyt Sherman Place. Black Francis – vocals, guitar Joey Santiago – guitar David Lovering – drums Paz Lenchantin – bass,
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