Two shows announce they’ll be back on the Hoyt Sherman Place stage this holiday season. Lorie Line and her Pop Chamber Orchestra will be back on Thursday, November 30 at 7:30 p.m., and a cappella group Tonic Sol-fa will perform two nights on Friday, December 15 and Saturday, December 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Read More →Des Moines, IA) – Today, July 21, 2017, is the third oppressively hot day in a row with very little overnight cooling for the past two nights. The National Weather Service as issued an Excessive Heat Warning in effect until Saturday at 8:00 p.m. To give residents of Polk County
Read More →Seeking male and female dancers ages 8-adult for Iowa Dance Theatre’s 2017 “Nutcracker Ballet.” Auditions will be held on Friday, Aug. 25 and Saturday, Aug. 26 at the Pioneer Columbus Community Center, 2100 SE 5th St. in Des Moines. Visit www.iowadancetheatre.org/auditions for exact audition times specific to age groups. Performance Dates at the Civic Center
Read More →The Ingersoll LIVE 2017 Planning Committee is pleased to announce Ingersoll LIVE’s newest offering, Run The Avenues. Run The Avenues is a 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run on The Avenues of Ingersoll and Grand. The 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run will begin at Des Moines University at 8 a.m. on Saturday, August 26, 2017. The
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa — Lions, tigers and beers, oh my. Iowa’s Blank Park Zoo announced today that Zoo Brew is adding another date to the schedule for 2017 to make up for a Zoo Brew that was cancelled in June because of severe weather. On Friday, August 4, Burnin’ Sensations will perform
Read More →Who: Tim Allen Where: Stephens Auditorium, Ames, Iowa When: Friday, September 15, 8 p.m. Tickets: $119, $84, $64 and $49 On Sale: Friday, July 21, 2017 at 10 am (The Iowa State Center Ticket Office will open at 10 a.m. Friday morning for this performance.) In a
Read More →Des Moines, IA — This Friday’s (July 21) Commons Off The Clock (COTC) event featuring band, The Punching Pandas, has been rescheduled for Friday, July 28 from 4-7:30 p.m. COTC event presenters, Des Moines Performing Arts and Des Moines Radio Group, made the decision based on excessive heat forecasted for Friday.
Read More →Due to the extreme heat forecast for this week, Metro Arts Alliance is moving the Jazz in July concerts of July 19 through July 21 indoors at those locations. Thanks to these particular locations, we are able to move the concerts indoors rather than cancel the events. Our host sites
Read More →West Des Moines, IA (July 18, 2017) — CoSign, a creative place-making project developed by the American Sign Museum, is officially underway in Historic Valley Junction. CoSign brings together local business owners with artists and professional sign fabricators to create unique signage in designated business districts. Recently, ten business/artist teams were
Read More →StoryCorps, a renowned nonprofit organization celebrating the stories of everyday Americans, will record interviews in Des Moines from their Airstream trailer, August 3 to September 1 as part of its cross-country MobileBooth tour. Having collected more than 65,000 interviews from Americans in all 50 states, StoryCorps has gathered one of
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