Arts and Culture

The 2011 Ingersoll LIVE festival will be from 2 to 11 p.m. on Saturday in the 2800 to 2900 block of Ingersoll Avenue. The free event is sponsored by the Ingersoll Business Association and features …

Downtown Farmers Market – Wednesday Market will open Aug. 31 and run through Oct. 5 in Western Gateway Park between Grand Avenue and Locust Street. Hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Wednesday Market …

Civic Music Association will host a free season kickoff party on Sept. 7 from 5-7 p.m. at Jasper Winery, 2400 George Flagg Parkway. 

The event will feature live music by the Belin Quartet and the …

Scary right? Not so fast, readers ages 30-49. Good chance about 1 in 10 of you have used the same trick.

Just 6 percent of respondents age 50-64 are guilty.

So what ever happened to …

Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. has donated $15,000 to the Des Moines Social Club, the club announced yesterday.

The grant will be used to fund off-campus programming produced by the Social Club, intended to extend its …

Lessing-Flynn announced today that the second DSM: SUSHIBOMB event will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sept. 25 at Salisbury House and Gardens.

The event is designed for attendees to sample sushi from …

The Civic Center of Greater Des Moines announced that “La Cage aux Folles” will launch its national tour at the Civic Center on Oct. 11-16.

The Civic Center invested in the Broadway production, which won …

The Iowa Council of Foundations, a statewide membership association of grant-making foundations, announced that community foundations in Iowa reported $100 million in total asset growth between June 2010 and June 2011.  The collective assets of …

Amy Worthen, curator of prints and drawings at the Des Moines Art Center, will speak on the topic “How Does a Van Gogh Enter the Art Center’s Permanent Collection?” on Aug. 25.

The free lecture …