Ongoing Exhibits and Performances   Daily Calendar of Events   If you'd like to suggest an art event for our calendar, use our online suggestion form or email us, phone (515) 280-3222 or fax (515) 280-3223. Please include the event title, date, location, sponsoring organization and contact information including email, Web site information and a phone number.   If you'd like to receive a monthly e-mail message about the latest happenings and must-do events in the Des Moines area, you may sign up here.   Other online event calendars are listed on our Links page.     Ongoing Exhibits and Performances   Des Moines Art Center On the first Friday of every month, Arts After Hours offers live entertainment, a cash bar, a coffee bar and docent-led tours between 5:00 and 9:00 pm.     Daily Calendar of Events    Date     Event     Organization Dec 19 An Evening of Victorian Elegance Terrace Hill Foundation Dec 19 Chamber Music Series: Jazz Pianist Dan Knight performs holiday favorites Salisbury House Foundation Dec 19 Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors Des Moines Metro Opera & Opera Iowa Dec 20 Frosty's Magic Hat Ingersoll Children's Theater Dec 20 Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors Des Moines Metro Opera & Opera Iowa Dec 21 Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors Des Moines Metro Opera & Opera Iowa Dec 21 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Iowa State Center Dec 26-28 Sing-A-Long-A Sound of Music Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Dec 26 It's A Wonderful Life Ingersoll Dinner Theater Dec 27 Frosty's Magic Hat Ingersoll Children's Theater Dec 27 It's A Wonderful Life Ingersoll Dinner Theater Dec 28 It's A Wonderful Life Ingersoll Dinner Theater Dec 29 Holidog Pastabilities Des Moines Botanical Center Dec 31 Chemical Free New Year's Eve Party Des Moines Botanical Center Dec 31 ImaginEve   Dec 31 New Year's Eve Gala featuring Brad Little and Christiane Noll Des Moines Symphony Jan 2 Chamber Music Series: Cellist Tom Hudson   Jan 2 It's A Wonderful Life Ingersoll Dinner Theater Jan 3 It's A Wonderful Life Ingersoll Dinner Theater Jan 3 Piglet Takes a Bath Ingersoll Children's Theater Jan 6 Les Miserables Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Jan 7 Les Miserables Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Jan 8 Les Miserables Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Jan 8 Two & Two Make Sex Ingersoll Dinner Theater Jan 9 Les Miserables Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Jan 9 Rosa Parks Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Jan 9 Two & Two Make Sex Ingersoll Dinner Theater Jan 9 Still Crazy After All This Year:Sketch Comedy The Brink Jan 10 Les Miserables Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Jan 10 Planned Parenthood Annual Event Hoyt Sherman Place Jan 10 Two & Two Make Sex Ingersoll Dinner Theater   Jan 11 Death Valley Murmurs House of Bricks Jan 11 Les Miserables Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Jan 11 Pioneer String Quartet Des Moines Symphony Jan 11 Two & Two Make Sex Ingersoll Dinner Theater Jan 13 David Sanborn Hoyt Sherman Place Jan 14 Two & Two Make Sex Ingersoll Dinner Theater Jan 15 Two & Two Make Sex Ingersoll Dinner Theater Jan 15-16 Friday Funday: Goldilocks and the Three Bears Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Jan 17 Classical 4 Des Moines Symphony Jan 17 Piglet Takes a Bath Ingersoll Children's Theater Jan 17 Two & Two Make Sex Ingersoll Dinner Theater Jan 18 Ani DiFranco Hoyt Sherman Place Jan 18 Classical 4 Des Moines Symphony Jan 19 The Color of Justice Iowa State Center Jan 21 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Iowa State Center Jan 23 Lysistrata Drama Workshop Jan 23 Two & Two Make Sex Ingersoll Dinner Theater Jan 24 Justin Roberts Hoyt Sherman Place Jan 24 Lysistrata Drama Workshop Jan 24 Piglet Takes a Bath Ingersoll Children's Theater Jan 25 Lysistrata Drama Workshop Jan 25 Two & Two Make Sex Ingersoll Dinner Theater Jan 29 Lysistrata Drama Workshop Jan 29 Moscow Festival Ballet in Cinderella Iowa State Center Jan 29 Two & Two Make Sex Ingersoll Dinner Theater Jan 30 Hot Club of San Fransisco Civic Music Association Jan 30 I'll Make Me World Education Day   Jan 30 Lysistrata Drama Workshop Jan 30 My Way Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Jan 30 Two & Two Make Sex Ingersoll Dinner Theater Jan 31 I'll Make Me A World Celebration Day   Jan 31 Lysistrata Drama Workshop Jan 31 My Way Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Jan 31 Piglet Takes a Bath Ingersoll Children's Theater Jan 31 Red Funnel Raccoon River Brewing Co Jan 31 On Stage at the Art Center presents: The Inman Piano Quartet The Des Moines Art Center Feb 1 Lysistrata Drama Workshop Feb 1 My Way Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 3 Cirque Eloize in Nomade Iowa State Center Feb 3 Jesus Christ Superstar Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Feb 4 Cirque Eloize in Nomade Iowa State Center Feb 4 Jesus Christ Superstar Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Feb 4 My Way Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 5 Jesus Christ Superstar Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Feb 5 My Way Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 6 Chamber Music Series Salisbury House Foundation Feb 6 Jesus Christ Superstar Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Feb 6 My Way Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 7 Jesus Christ Superstar Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Feb 7 My Way Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 7 Piglet Takes a Bath Ingersoll Children's Theater Feb 8 Jesus Christ Superstar Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Feb 8 My Way Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 11 My Way Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 12 My Way Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 13 My Way Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 14 Cantus Civic Music Association Feb 14 Love Stories Des Moines Symphony Feb 14 My Way Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 14 Piglet Takes a Bath Ingersoll Children's Theater Feb 15 My Way Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 20 Saturday Night Fever Iowa State Center Feb 20 Tony N' Tina's Wedding Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 21 Piglet Takes a Bath Ingersoll Children's Theater Feb 21 Tony N' Tina's Wedding Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 22 Aquila Theatre Company in Othello Iowa State Center Feb 22 Tony N' Tina's Wedding Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 23 Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Iowa State Center Feb 24 Oliver! Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Feb 24 Salut Wine Auction Iowa Arthritis Foundation Feb 24 Salut! Wine Tasting Arthritis Foundation Feb 25 Oliver! Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Feb 25 Tony N' Tina's Wedding Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 26 Oliver! Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Feb 26 Tony N' Tina's Wedding Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 27 Boy gets Girl StageWest Feb 27 Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Iowa State Center Feb 27 Tony N' Tina's Wedding Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 28 Boy gets Girl StageWest Feb 28 Oliver! Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Feb 29 Boy gets Girl StageWest Feb 29 Heartland Heritage Des Moines Choral Society Feb 29 Oliver! Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Feb 29 Tony N' Tina's Wedding Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Feb 29 Winter Concert Des Moines Community Orchestra Mar 3 Tony N' Tina's Wedding Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Mar 4 Boy gets Girl StageWest Mar 4 How Anansi Came to America Iowa State Center Mar 4 Tony N' Tina's Wedding Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Mar 5 Boy gets Girl StageWest Mar 5 Chamber Music Series Salisbury House Foundation Mar 6 Boy gets Girl StageWest Mar 6 Classical 5 Des Moines Symphony Mar 6 Tony N' Tina's Wedding Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Mar 7 Boy gets Girl StageWest Mar 7 Classical 5 Des Moines Symphony Mar 7 Momix in Opus Cactus Iowa State Center Mar 7 Tony N' Tina's Wedding Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Mar 7-9 Fame The Musical Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Mar 9 Doc Severinsen & His Big Band Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Mar 12 Art in the Garden Des Moines Botanical Center Mar 13 Jessica Williams Civic Music Association Mar 13 Objects of Desire 4: Fine Wine & Specialty Auction Des Moines Metro Opera Mar 16 Bob Becker's Defending the Caveman Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Mar 17 Bob Becker's Defending the Caveman Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Mar 18 Bob Becker's Defending the Caveman Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Mar 19 Bob Becker's Defending the Caveman Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Mar 20 Bob Becker's Defending the Caveman Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Mar 20 Of Pigs & Bears & Billy Goats Gruff Ingersoll Children's Theater Mar 20 Of Pigs & Bears & Billy Goats Gruff Ingersoll Children's Theater Mar 21 Bob Becker's Defending the Caveman Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Mar 21 Pioneer String Quartet Des Moines Symphony Mar 26 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Mar 27 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Mar 27 Of Pigs & Bears & Billy Goats Gruff Ingersoll Children's Theater Mar 28 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Mar 30 Rent Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Mar 31 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Mar 31 Once Upon A Mattress Drama Workshop Mar 31 Rent Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Mar 31 The Oak Ridge Boys Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Apr 1 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Apr 1 Once Upon A Mattress Drama Workshop Apr 1 Rent Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Apr 2 Chamber Music Series Salisbury House Foundation Apr 2 Once Upon A Mattress Drama Workshop Apr 2 Rent Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Apr 3 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Apr 3 Of Pigs & Bears & Billy Goats Gruff Ingersoll Children's Theater Apr 3 Once Upon A Mattress Drama Workshop Apr 4 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Apr 7 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Apr 8 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Apr 9 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Apr 10 Of Pigs & Bears & Billy Goats Gruff Ingersoll Children's Theater Apr 11 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Apr 16 Tick, Tick...Boom! StageWest Apr 17 Harvey Korman & Tim Conway in Together Again Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Apr 17 Of Pigs & Bears & Billy Goats Gruff Ingersoll Children's Theater Apr 17 Tick, Tick...Boom! StageWest Apr 17 Tick, Tick...Boom! StageWest Apr 18 Tick, Tick...Boom! StageWest Apr 22 ISU Symphony Orchestra Iowa State Center Apr 22 Tick, Tick...Boom! StageWest Apr 23 Montana Repertory Theatre in A Streetcar Named Desire Iowa State Center Apr 23 Tick, Tick...Boom! StageWest Apr 24 Of Pigs & Bears & Billy Goats Gruff Ingersoll Children's Theater Apr 24 Spring Concert Pride of Iowa Barbershop Chorus Apr 24 Tick, Tick...Boom! StageWest Apr 25 Cathedral Classics Des Moines Choral Society Apr 25 Spring Concert Des Moines Community Orchestra Apr 25 SpringSing! Concert Iowa Youth Chorus Apr 25 Tick, Tick...Boom! StageWest Apr 29 Tick, Tick...Boom! StageWest Apr 30 Tick, Tick...Boom! StageWest May 1 Classical 7 Des Moines Symphony May 1 Of Pigs & Bears & Billy Goats Gruff Ingersoll Children's Theater May 1 Tick, Tick...Boom! StageWest May 2 Tick, Tick...Boom! StageWest May 3 And Then They Came For Me: Remembering The World Of Anne Frank Iowa State Center May 7 Chamber Music Series Salisbury House Foundation May 8 Tom Sawyer Ingersoll Children's Theater May 14 Blood Brothers Drama Workshop May 15 Blood Brothers Drama Workshop May 15 Tom Sawyer Ingersoll Children's Theater May 16 Blood Brothers Drama Workshop May 20 Blood Brothers Drama Workshop May 21 Blood Brothers Drama Workshop May 22 Blood Brothers Drama Workshop May 22 Tom Sawyer Ingersoll Children's Theater May 23 Blood Brothers Drama Workshop May 29 Tom Sawyer Ingersoll Children's Theater Jun 7 Culture Cafe: Festival of Cultures @ Playhouse   Jun 11 The Cemetery Club Des Moines Playhouse & Kate Goldman Children's Theater Jun 12 Tom Sawyer Ingersoll Children's Theater Jun 18 Music From a Sparkling Planet StageWest Jun 19 Music From a Sparkling Planet StageWest Jun 19 Tom Sawyer Ingersoll Children's Theater Jun 20 Music From a Sparkling Planet StageWest Jun 24 Music From a Sparkling Planet StageWest Jun 25 Music From a Sparkling Planet StageWest Jun 26 Music From a Sparkling Planet StageWest Jun 27 Music From a Sparkling Planet StageWest Jul 10 The Three Little Pigs Ingersoll Children's Theater Jul 17 The Three Little Pigs Ingersoll Dinner Theater Oct 18 Sleeping Beauty Ingersoll Children's Theater Jul 26 Des Moines Golf Classic for Arthritis @ Wakonda Club Arthritis Foundation

 
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