Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation is the honored recipient of more than $760,000 in support of its building expansion The Next 100 Years from Iowa Community Development. Hoyt Sherman Place: The Next 100 Years focuses on expanding and updating its historic facility and increasing accessibility for its patrons and performers. The
Read More →The Des Moines Art Center has received a major grant award of $10,060 from Humanities Iowa, a state-based affiliate of the National Endowment of the Humanities, in support of exhibition programming in conjunction with the upcoming exhibition Monument Valley, on view Oct. 4 – Jan. 12. Monument Valley is a
Read More →Jay Byers, CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, has been elected to lead the Board of Directors for the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE), an Alexandria, Va.-based association of more than 9,000 professionals who work for and with more than 1,300 Chambers of Commerce. Members of ACCE’s
Read More →Iowa Wild General Manager Tom Kurvers announced today the American Hockey League (AHL) club has named Alex Tanguay (TAHNG-ay) as an assistant coach. Tanguay will join head coach Tim Army and fellow assistant coach Brett McLean behind the bench for the 2019-20 season. Tanguay, 39 (11/21/79), brings a wealth of
Read More →Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all state flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff on July 23, from sunrise to sunset, in honor and remembrance of John Paul Stevens, who served as an associate Supreme Court Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1975 until his voluntary retirement in 2010.
Read More →The Des Moines Art Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Jordan M. Powers as its new director of marketing & public relations. A native of Chicago, Powers most recently served as the communications manager at Catch Des Moines where she collaborated internally and externally to develop and implement
Read More →Eleanor Hildebrandt, a senior at Roosevelt High School, and Haley Losh and Reuben Trane IV, both seniors at Valley High School, have been selected from Bank Iowa’s Des Moines region as recipients of the Spirit of Chandy Scholarship. The winners will each receive a $500 scholarship. Bank Iowa awards more
Read More →Keith Olson, SIOR, CCIM of Cushman & Wakefield Iowa Commercial Advisors has achieved the coveted SIOR designation awarded by the Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS®. SIOR is a Washington, DC-based international professional organization of only 3,200 commercial real estate professionals, who adhere to the highest standards of practice. To
Read More →Liz Lidgett Gallery and Design, an art gallery in the East Village of downtown Des Moines, is hosting an opening reception for its newest exhibit, Pop Wow, on Friday, July 19 from 4-7 p.m. The artist, Angela Chrusciaki Blehm, will be present at the reception along with more than 25
Read More →The Non Profit Organization Extra Pair will hold a community wide shoe drive event called The Extra Pair Campaign on July 26-29, for the local boys and girls track and field team of North High School, during the 2019 USATF Outdoor National Championships at Drake University’s track and field stadium.
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