THE WEEKENDER
Your weekly editor-curated arts compendium
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Breathe — breathe in the air! It’s filled with fresh scents of growing things, and this is a perfect weekend to celebrate that, with the return of the downtown Farmers Market, a festival at the Botanical Gardens and more!
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Franklin Junior High School
AViD Presents: Lauren Groff
May 5 – 7:00pm
AViD Presents: Lauren Groff at Franklin Jr. High.
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Lefty’s Live Music
Cinco De Mayo w/J Plaza and guests
May 5 – 9:00pm
Nationally-acclaimed recording artist J. PLAZA is a buzzing MC/artist based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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The Garden
Latin Heritage Show
May 5 – 10:00pm
It’s Cinco de Mayo and The Garden is celebrating with a Latin Heritage Show!
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Women of Achievement Bridge
Rally for Reproductive Justice
May 6 – 6:45pm
MMIR Day Rally for Reproductive Justice
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Temple Theater
The Everly Brothers [Revisited]
May 6 – 7:30pm
Live at Royal Albert Hall [Revisited]: The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert, a re-creation of the iconic 1983 reunion concert featuring award-winning recording artists Lee Lessack and Johnny Rodgers.
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Tallgrass Theatre Co.
Tiny Beautiful Things
May 6 – 7:30pm
Tiny Beautiful Things – A play based on the book by Cheryl Strayed
Adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos.
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Noce
Natalie Simon & Friends
May 6 – 8:00pm
Summer Samba with Natalie Simon & Friends
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Des Moines Downtown Farmers’ Market
Downtown Farmers’ Market Opening Day
May 7 – 7:00am
The Downtown streets will be filled with live music and the smells of fresh, local food when the Downtown Farmers’ Market returns for its Opening Day on Saturday, May 7.
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Exile Brewing Company
Zoltan’s Luau
May 7 – 10:00am
Come dressed in your best Hawaiian Tropical vibe, at 10AM. First 500 at the gate will get a free can of Zoltan!
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Des Moines Botanical Garden
Spring Garden Festival
May 7 – 10:00am
Spring Garden Festival is back, live and in person! Shop more than 7,000 plants hand selected by Botanical Garden staff including unique and tried-and-true varieties.
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Beaverdale Books
Bring the Family to Read Aloud Day
May 7 – 10:00am
Load up the kids and head to Beaverdale Books for a fun-filled day of stories! We have a great lineup of children’s authors who will share their stories throughout the day.
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Valley Junction
Cinco de Mayo
May 7 – 12:00pm
Cinco de Mayo in the Valley Junction.
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Temple Theater
DM Symphony: Season Finale: Pictures at an Exhibit
May 7 – 7:30pm
Season Finale! Experience the romantic thrill of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto played by virtuoso Alessio Bax.
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Mainframe Studios
Botanical Watercolor Workshop w/Claire Sedovic
May 8 – 2:00pm
Botanical Watercolor Workshop with artist Claire Sedovic at Mainframe.
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Album Review: Dean Gorman — ‘Outer Space, Iowa’
by Avery Gregurich, May 4
If we are truly living through the Great Resignation, I’m expecting that the coming months will hold a heavy release of “Future Endeavors” albums and straight-up “I Quit” albums. Early to the party is Outer Space, Iowa, the second album from Burlington-by-way-of-Portland musician Dean Gorman.
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Album Reviews: Bob Bucko Jr. and Samuel Locke Ward — ‘Discount Sacrifice At The Altar Of Bargains’
by Genevieve Trainor, May 4
I can’t stop thinking about this album.
When it dropped in December of last year, I’d kind of resigned myself to not writing about it, just given the way our coverage schedule usually falls out. Typically, I avoid running reviews of albums that dropped in the previous calendar year.
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