DES MOINES, IA (April 2017) On Friday, April 21, the Des Moines Art Center will open Planetarium. The exhibition runs through August 13, 2017 in the John Brady Print Gallery. Planetarium contains work from the Art Center’s collections inspired by space. Stars, planets, comets, and the moon have fascinated humans
Read More →Living History Farms’ touring season begins on Monday, May 1. A full season of events begins this May with Tractor Day, Historic Baseball, a day of appreciation for youth involved in 4-H, FFA and Girl & Boy Scouts, as well as Decoration Day, our Memorial Day celebration at the end
Read More →DES MOINES (April 4, 2017) – Ten years of magic. The 10th annual 80/35 music festival will feature nearly 50 acts, including headliners The Shins and MGMT, on Friday July 7 and Saturday, July 8, 2017 in downtown Des Moines’ Western Gateway Park. Indie pop stars The Shins and psychedelic rock band MGMT will headline.
Read More →Clive, Iowa — Iowa Rivers Revival, a non-profit group that advocates for rivers and streams, has named Clive as 2017 Iowa “River Town of the Year.” Clive is a western suburb of Des Moines, population about 17,500. Clive is about a mile wide and eight or nine miles long, with
Read More →DES MOINES – The Des Moines Symphony is pleased to announce its 80th Anniversary Season: Music in Motion. From Slavonic folk dance to Russian ballet and Spanish flamenco, the Symphony’s 2017-2018 Season takes its inspiration from music written for the dance. The Symphony’s seven-concert Masterworks series highlights Tchaikovsky’s masterful 19th-century ballet
Read More →Des Moines, IA – Downtown Des Moines is getting the biggest happy hour in the metro – Commons Off The Clock – starting May 19, 2017, bringing bands, brews, and bites to Cowles Commons on select Fridays this summer. This new event is a chance for Des Moines area residents to
Read More →DES MOINES, IOWA – On Sunday, April 30, 2 p.m., the Des Moines Art Center will present a lecture by Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, “My Love of Art: A Lifelong Journey.” The event will take place in Levitt Auditorium and is free and open to the public, but reservations are
Read More →DES MOINES , IOWA (April 3, 2017) A 69-year-old college professor at Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) in Ankeny is leading a local team toward a healthy lifestyle in the American Lung Association in Iowa’s 2017 Fight For Air Climb, Sunday April 9. A group of 100 climbers make up Buzz Hoffman’s
Read More →AMES, IA – Country musician Lauren Alaina will host Iowa State University’s annual singing competition, Cyclone Voice, on Thursday, April 6. The event will feature 14 ISU students vying to become the next Cyclone Voice. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. for the 8 p.m. performance in the Great Hall of the Memorial
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa (March 28, 2017) Blank Park Zoo’s 6-year-old male tiger, ‘Max’ died last Tuesday. The tiger had been showing signs of illness since the end of February, and died during a second diagnostic procedure to determine the cause of his illness. A necropsy was performed at the Iowa
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