THE WEEKENDER
Your weekly editor-curated arts compendium
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This weekend has a variety of events to attend from volunteering to help cleanup Birdland Park, taking in a drive-in movie at Frisbie Park, grooving to the music with Brian Congdon at 300 Craft & Rooftop. There’s also the Field Daze Music Series at Water Works Park and Dancefestopia Yellow Brick Road Tour at Platform. You can also cheer on wrestling at Lua Brewing’s FINEST Fest! (featurinng a Mullet Competition) and at MVP DSM live pro wrestling. So, get up, get out and have fun!
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Des Moines Water Works Park
Field Daze Music Series
Jul 13 –
More music ahead!
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Clive Public Library
Family Sing Along with Denise Forney
Jul 13 – 6:15pm
Explore music together in a relaxed, playful setting.
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300 Craft & Rooftop
Brian Congdon LIVE on the Rooftop
Jul 14 – 6:00pm
Join us for live music with Brian at Des Moines #1 rooftop and patio.
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Des Moines Botanical Garden
Sip and Stroll
Jul 14 – 6:30pm
Celebrate the summer season with a glass of wine and a walk through the Botanical Garden.
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Frisbie Park
Free Flicks: Minions: The Rise of Gru
Jul 14 – 6:30pm
Join us for Free Flicks this summer, a Friday night series of outdoor movies in Des Moines parks!
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Des Moines Community Playhouse
Little Shop of Horrors
Jul 14 – 7:30pm
Meek floral shop assistant Seymour pines for the love of his co-worker, Audrey.
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Platform
Dancefestopia Yellow Brick Road Tour (House Edition)
Jul 14 – 8:00pm
Calling all Des Moines House DJs / Producers — Dancefestopia is coming back to Platform / Des Moines on Friday, July 14 for a House Edition stop of the Yellow Brick Road tour!
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Principal Park
BBQ & Brew
Jul 15 – 12:00pm
Mark your calendars and grab your tickets to the inaugural BBQ and Brew at the Ballpark!
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Mainframe Studios
DWB (Driving While Black)
Jul 15 – 2:00pm
Susan Kander and Roberta Gumbel’s dwb (driving while black) tackles what it means to be a parent of a Black child who starts driving. In its swift 45 minutes, the listener spends 16 years with a Black
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Lua Brewing
FINEST Fest!
Jul 15 – 2:00pm
Where everything is fine.
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Wooly’s
Black Art Mecca Vol. 3
Jul 15 – 5:00pm
Akyn is back with our third annual Black Art Mecca event.
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Riverview Park
Des Moines Water Lantern Festival
Jul 15 – 6:00pm
Tip & Sip Coffee with Soul and participate in the Des Moines Water Lantern Festival!
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MVP DSM
3XWrestling at MVP DSM
Jul 15 – 6:30pm
Join us on Saturday, July 15th for Live! Pro Wrestling Action at MVP DSM!
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Hoyt Sherman Place
#IMomSoHard: Ladies’ Night
Jul 15 – 7:30pm
#IMOMSOHARD began as a popular web-series by real-life best friends, comedians, and moms, Kristin and Jen, sparking an online community of 2 million followers.
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Jasper Winery
Rise and Wine – Yoga and Bottomless Mimosas
Jul 16 – 11:00am
Join us at the winery on the following Sundays at 11am for a Yoga Flow Class followed by a bottomless mimosa bar and brunch food.
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Flix Brewhouse Des Moines
Shift: The Ragbrai Documentary at Flix Brewhouse
Jul 16 – 12:00pm
Join us Sunday, July 16, at noon for a special showing of SHIFT: THE RAGBRAI DOCUMENTARY!
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Birdland Park
Trash Bash at Birdland Park
Jul 16 – 1:00pm
Come get some fresh air and feel good doing good with Urban Ambassador’s Trash Bash on Sunday, July 16 from 1 to 3 pm!
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Blank Performing Arts
The Love for Three Oranges
Jul 16 – 2:00pm
This zesty love story is a fairytale about a sweet young prince, cursed by a sour witch and forced to voyage into distant lands in search of three oranges, each of which contains a princess. Will he r
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The Gas Lamp goes out after 12 years serving the Des Moines music scene
by Courtney Guein, July 13
On the penultimate night of the Gas Lamp’s existence, the music venue filled with couples dancing hand-in-hand, smiles stretched from ear to ear, the energy of the music from Bob Pace & the Dangerous Band practically palpable.
Since 2011, the Gas Lamp has given the community a space to unwind after the work week, providing great entertainment and a reason to dance every Friday evening at 1501 Grand Ave, Des Moines.
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Album Review: Widow7 — ‘Our New Doomsday’
by Isaac Hamlet, Jul 11
There were a handful of years when I had a strange fixation on the post-grunge band Breaking Benjamin. Strange only because my general taste would grow to bend toward alternative and folk music, though a selection of Breaking Benjamin songs have never gone out of rotation for me.
I’d never quite pinned down what drew me to those songs, but this week, Widow7 helped me figure it out. |
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Book Review: ‘Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State’ by Kerry Howley
by Emma McClatchey, Jul 7
Kerry Howley, you had me the title.
Maybe your brain hasn’t been colonized but internet worms for the better part of three decades, but I for one recognized immediately the reference to a viral video from 2014 in which a middle-aged white woman presents a practiced two-minute spiel, including visual aids, breaking down all the alleged satanic symbolism on a can of Monster Energy drink. |
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Book Review: ‘The Language of Love and Loss’ by Bart Yates
by Mike Kuhlenbeck, Jul 13
As Noah York says of his mother: “Of course I love her, but that’s beside the point.” She is the “most complicated person” he knows, “running the gamut from holy woman to gargoyle, depending on the day.”
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