September 13 – Altoona, IA. The three-time Emmy Award winning musical quartet, The Blenders, is coming to Prairie Meadows this holiday season as part of their Holiday Soul Tour. They will perform their vocal, harmony-based music in The Meadows Events Center on Thursday, December 21 at 7:30pm. The Blenders have
Read More →DES MOINES, IA – Katie Stien, National Sales Manager for Catch DesMoines, has been named a 2017 “Forty Under 40” honoree by Association Forum and USAE Magazine. Forty Under 40 awards are given annually to 40 accomplished association ornon-profit professionals who are under the age of 40 and demonstrate highpotential for continued success
Read More →DES MOINES – The Des Moines Symphony debuts its 2017-2018 80th Season with “Invitation to the Dance” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sep 23 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sep 24, 2017 at the Des Moines Civic Center (221 Walnut Street, Des Moines). Joseph Giunta and the Des Moines Symphony open our 80th Season, ‘Music in Motion,’ with Weber’s
Read More →Aging Resources of Central Iowa recently was presented one of 16 awards at the 2017 National Area Agencies on Aging (n4A) Aging Innovations and Achievement Awards luncheon in Savannah, Georgia. The awards program, sponsored by WellCare Health Plans, Inc., recognized Aging Resources’ Family Caregiver Program for implementing a successful initiative
Read More →Jockeys Spend Time with Young Patients in Honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month September 11 – Altoona, IA. Prairie Meadows’ top Quarter Horse jockeys will be at Blank Children’s Hospital for a surprise visit on September 13. The jockeys will bring along the racetrack’s mascot, Half Pint, as well as
Read More →Des Moines, IA – The acclaimed host for more than 40 years of of NPR’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” Garrison Keillor shares hilarious anecdotes about growing up in the American Midwest, the people of Lake Wobegon, and “late-life fatherhood” in a rare live stage appearance on Monday November 6, at 7 p.m. at the
Read More →AMES, Iowa – ISU Theatre will open the 2017-18 season on Friday, September 29 with “Out of the Fire: The Banned Books Monologues”. The production opens on the Friday of National Banned Book Week and is directed by Assistant Professor of Music and Theatre Amanda Petefish-Schrag. Originally performed by
Read More →DES MOINES, IA (September 2017) In conjunction with the Art Center’s upcoming exhibition, “Drawing in Space,” the Art Center has named Monika Grzymala as the 2017 Toni and Tim Urban International Artist-in-Residence. Grzymala is one of three artists and one artist collective whose works will be on display during the
Read More →A generous gift by two Drake University alumni will provide scholarships to pharmacy students in Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The $700,000 gift was from the estate of James W. McLuen, PH’54, and Joyce McLuen, who owned and operated McLuen Drug in Indianola for decades. “We are
Read More →Grimes, IA – Special Olympics Iowa (SOIA) is holding its annual State Equestrian Competition at the Jester Park Equestrian Center in Granger, Iowa on Saturday, September 16. The competition allows athletes to participate in events including: ball drop, barrels, baton relay, egg & spoon, horsemanship — walk only and western, key hole
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