Go out in
Des Moines.
Concerts, games, comedy, theater and more.
Iowa's Largest Arts and Crafts Show
Iowa State Fairgrounds · Through Nov 15
Fatherland
Varsity Cinema · 4:15 PM
Wicker
Varsity Cinema · 4:30 PM
You Can See Everything
Varsity Cinema · 6:45 PM
Kids Color Pencil Animal Drawings
Hoyt Sherman Place · 12:30 PM
Kids Landscapes
Hoyt Sherman Place · 2:30 PM
Franklin Cinema Club – Sorry to Bother You
Des Moines Public Library: Franklin Avenue Library · 6:30 PM
Journeys of Life: Through the Eyes of Mainframe Artists
Anderson Gallery · 12:00 PM
ASAP Tuesdays: Famous Art and Artists
Des Moines Public Library: East Side Library · 3:30 PM
Intricacies of Form Poetry with Iowa's Poet Laureate
Des Moines Public Library: North Side Library · 6:30 PM
The Art of Expression: Junk Journaling
Des Moines Public Library: Franklin Avenue Library · 4:00 PM
Art Cart
Des Moines Public Library: North Side Library · 4:00 PM
Foxy Fall Pumpkins
Hoyt Sherman Place · 5:30 PM
Air Dry Clay: What Can You Create?
Des Moines Public Library: South Side Library · 6:00 PM
ASAP Days: Nature Drawing
Des Moines Public Library: South Side Library · 4:00 PM
Student Curator Led Tour of Journeys of Life
Anderson Gallery · 5:30 PM
The New Golden Age of Space Exploration
Des Moines Public Library: Franklin Avenue Library · 6:30 PM
Take & Make: Embroidered Ornament
Des Moines Public Library: North Side Library · 12:00 AM
Central Iowa Railroad Club Open House
Iowa State Fairgrounds · 7:00 PM
ASAP Tuesdays: Jewelry and Wire Wrapping
Des Moines Public Library: East Side Library · 3:30 PM
Movie Watch Party : The Sheep Detectives
Des Moines Public Library: Forest Avenue Library · 3:30 PM
Festive Watercolor with Lisa Christensen
Des Moines Public Library: North Side Library · 6:00 PM
Broadlawns Mobile Memory and Wellness Clinic and Dementia Prevention
Des Moines Public Library: Forest Avenue Library · 3:00 PM
Embrace Winter with Wander Women
Des Moines Public Library: Forest Avenue Library · 6:00 PM
Cozy Hot Cocoa Jars!
Des Moines Public Library: South Side Library · 4:00 PM
Chasing Auroras: The Beauty of the Northern Lights
Des Moines Public Library: Franklin Avenue Library · 5:30 PM
Polk County Conservation: Nocturnal Animals
Des Moines Public Library: Forest Avenue Library · 3:30 PM
Pixel Art
Des Moines Public Library: East Side Library · 6:00 PM
France and the USA: Cross-Cultural Communications Over 250 Years
Des Moines Public Library: Franklin Avenue Library · 6:00 PM
Craft & Movie: Holiday Edition
Des Moines Public Library: East Side Library · 6:00 PM
Cocoa, Cookies, & Canvas
Des Moines Public Library: Franklin Avenue Library · 4:00 PM
ASAP Tuesdays: Color and Collage
Des Moines Public Library: East Side Library · 3:30 PM
ASAP Wednesdays: Art and Story
Des Moines Public Library: North Side Library · 3:30 PM
ASAP Days: Artful Insects
Des Moines Public Library: South Side Library · 4:00 PM
Vison Board Workshop
Des Moines Public Library: East Side Library · 5:30 PM
My Kids Don't Want My Stuff, Now What?
Des Moines Public Library: Franklin Avenue Library · 6:00 PM
Franklin Cinema Club – Howards End
Des Moines Public Library: Franklin Avenue Library · 6:30 PM
Close by, in East Village, Ingersoll, Downtown Des Moines
Dome for the Holidays
Greater Des Moines Botanical GardenMurder Mystery Dinner
Salisbury House & GardensMARQUIS HILL - NATIONAL ACT!
NoceWeary Ramblers
The IngersollLast Call w/ Max Wellman
NoceArt Workshop: Ink Wash and Sumi-E Illustration - SOLD OUT
Des Moines Art CenterBeer & Bach
Big Grove Brewery Des MoinesCreative Aging: Gallery Series (Ages 55+)
Des Moines Art CenterThe Macallan Scotch and Culinary Experience
The IngersollHoliday Cactus
Greater Des Moines Botanical GardenBrews, Bites & Brainpower
SinglespeedThe Des Moines Big Band, in residence
NocePlaces in Des Moines
- Des Moines Public Library: Franklin Avenue LibraryLibrary · 49 coming up
- Des Moines Public Library: East Side LibraryLibrary · 46 coming up
- Des Moines Public Library: Forest Avenue LibraryLibrary · 42 coming up
- Des Moines Public Library: North Side LibraryLibrary · 39 coming up
- Drake University arts (concerts, theatre, galleries)University arts · 39 coming up
- Des Moines Public Library: South Side LibraryLibrary · 33 coming up
- Iowa State FairgroundsFairgrounds · 24 coming up
- Bravo Greater Des Moines arts calendarArts calendar · 12 coming up
- Confluence Brewing CompanyBrewery · 6 coming up
- Des Moines Community PlayhouseCommunity theater · 5 coming up
- xBk LiveMusic venue · 5 coming up
- Varsity CinemaMovie theater · 4 coming up
- Water Works ParkPark / amphitheater · 3 coming up
- Iowa State FairState fair · 1 coming up
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