Arts and Culture

ChildServe’s Forward Together Campaign received a Legacy Grant for $500,000 from Prairie Meadows, ChildServe announced. The grant will help fund ChildServe’s Forward Together priorities, including building a new inpatient rehabilitation medicine unit, which will be the …

The West Des Moines Leadership Academy has announced its 2019-20 class. The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce presents the nine-month program, which stresses experiential learning, critical thinking and community impact. The full class list …

The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa has presented its Partners in Liberty Award to Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement. “Iowa CCI has been an important, effective force working on critical civil liberties issues,” said ACLU of …

The Iowa Restaurant Association will accept nominations through Aug. 15 for a series of awards. The categories include restaurateur, chef, employee, emerging hospitality leader, philanthropist, and American Dream Award. Winners will be recognized on Nov. 18 at the …

Nominations are now open for the 2019 LEAP Awards, hosted by the Des Moines Downtown Chamber’s Leadership Advancement Education Pipeline program. Individuals may be nominated in three categories: 
-Community Achievement Award: Recognizes the accomplishments of …

After nearly three years of building the organization alongside members and its board, Emily Steele, founder of FemCity Des Moines, recently announced she will transition out as organization president by January 2020. Until then, FemCity …

Shafiq R. Khan, founder and CEO of Empower People, has been awarded the Grinnell College Innovator for Social Justice Prize. Khan and his organization have worked to stop bride trafficking in north India and to …