Arts and Culture

The Des Moines Public Library has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Big Read grant for use in 2020-21. The grant, totaling nearly $9,000, will allow the library to create a community reading program in …

The Iowa Department of Human Services recently announced that it has disbursed nearly $5.86 million in relief stipends and grants to licensed child care centers across the state as part of its COVID-19 Childcare Sustainability Plan. The …

Area clubs Soccer West and Soccer South are merging to become a new nonprofit, Des Moines Soccer Club, launching for the fall 2020 season, the club said in a statement. This merged club will combine …

Nominations are now open for the 2020 Iowa Women of Achievement Awards presented by Women Lead Change. The awards recognize the contributions of historical (deceased) Iowa women who made outstanding and lasting contributions to the …

The Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation will receive a $2,000 grant from the Bayer Fund, after employees at the Bayer-Ankeny site recommended the organization. Funds from the grant will support teacher professional development efforts in Iowa, …

Kick It Forward, a nonprofit seeking to make soccer more accessible for kids and adults, announced it has received approval for a second modular futsal court to be installed in Iowa. The Pleasant Hill City Council voted …

Catch Des Moines is partnering with Raygun and the ACLU of Iowa on a campaign to fight racial inequities in the community, with sales of a T-shirt that reads “Des Moines: The s’s are silent, our voices …

Following the cancellation of the 2020 festival season, Des Moines Metro Opera and Iowa PBS have formed a partnership to bring the opera season online, with digital streams and televised broadcasts of four fan-favorite productions. The Virtual …

The Des Moines Art Center will receive an Art Works grant of $19,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts in support of its exhibition “Justin Favela: Central American,” slated to be on view from …