Finding events Around Des Moines

Look here too, but if you are looking for a comprehensive listing of events around Des Moines, The Des Moines Register on line has a comprehensive events site listed chronologically. You will soon discover that their list is long and includes information that may be exactly what you want and some that may be outside your interests at the moment. For example, on Saturday July 26th it is 15 pages long with listings that include Throwing Toast (a band, not a food fight) at Mickey’s Irish Pub in Waukee, All American League Football Registration in Des Moines, and a Computerized Spinal Health Exam at the Hassel Family Chiropractic in Clive.  More important, it includes concerts, bar bands, Music Under the Stars, and the events to entertain. Thus, to help you pare your search, The Register has a very nice search tool by category, location, keyword and date. The results (including links) come up chronologically. If you get no hits, eliminate your subcategory. The Register site is great, especially if you know what you are looking for. Once you find The Des Moines Register’s events site, you will use it. It makes anyone who says there is nothing to do in Des Moines look pretty silly.

Of course, we are always happy to have you look here too just to see what we think might be important or on the off-chance that an event wasn’t submitted to the Register. For example, here’s one:  You can expect 30 artists and vendors for the Art Affair on the lawn at Hoyt Sherman Place from 10 until 4 on Sunday July 27. This was mentioned as well in Facing Des Moines: Meet Mark Johnson. Mark is one of the 30 artists and vendors. Hoyt Sherman Place is at 1501 Woodland in Des Moines

photo by flickr by Mike Rohde 

Guest Writer: James G. Lindberg (Jim) is the Purple Wren’s sweetie and is a visiting chemistry professor at Grinnell Collegeand retired from Drake University.