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Arts Festival looking for volunteers for end of June

The Des Moines Arts Festival is looking for volunteers to help with the three-day festival in downtown Des Moines’ Western Gateway Park.

Volunteer shifts are available each day through the festival, held June 22-24.

Volunteers …

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48 Hour Film Project registration now open

Registration is now open for 48 Hour Film Project’s eighth annual competition in Des Moines, to be held July 27 – 29 at the Des Moines Art Center.

The competition, held in 115 cities acround …

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Largest events coming to the metro area, week of May 28

Event Arrival Date Departure Date Attendance Venue City   Principal Charity Classic 5/28/2012 6/3/2012 74000 Glen Oaks Country Club West Des Moines
Iowa’s Distance Classic 6/2/2012 6/2/2012 33000 Downtown Des Moines Ankeny
Des Moines WineFest…
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June 1 deadline to submit for arts expo

Midnight June 1 is the deadline for applications for the Metro Arts Expo, Nov. 2-4 at Capital Square. Categories are two- and three-dimensional mixed media, ceramics, photography, drawing, fiber, painting, glass, jewelry, metal and glassmaking. …

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Building for Brillance: Developing Female Leaders

There has been a substantial increase in the number of women earning degrees and entering the labor force in the past several decades. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 58.6 percent of women held …

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Cinema Under the Stars turns Science Center into outdoor theater

The Science Center of Iowa will host three nights of free outdoor films this summer, starting  June 1.

Cinema Under the Stars will feature three space-related movies shown in conjunction with the opening of the …

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Belin Quartet kicks off summer performances with Schumann

The Belin Quartet will perform Schumann’s Quartet op. 41 No. 1 in A minor during a free concert on May 25 in Nollen Plaza.

The lunch-hour concert will kick off The Belin Quartet’s season and …

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Twin Peaks opens first location in Iowa

A popular Texas-based sports bar and restaurant chain has opened its first Iowa location in West Des Moines.

Twin Peaks, a hunting-lodge-themed bar and grill featuring a similar concept to Hooter’s restaurants, is now open …

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Franklin to keynote Networking on the Green

Organizers for the Principal Charity Classic have announced that Angela Franklin, president of Des Moines University, will be the keynote speaker at the tournament’s annual Networking on the Green event, which invites young professionals to …

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AAF hosts NASCAR director to discuss marketing and branding

The Des Moines chapter of the American Advertising Federation will host Jim Cassidy, managing director of operations for NASCAR, to speak at a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday at the Hilton Garden Inn in …