ARTS & CULTURE

For the Oscars, the show must go on

Jessica Calhoun, Kristen Meyers and Brittany Brooke Crow toasted the Oscars at the Varsity ...

The Year Ahead

Des Moines hosts the National Senior Games this summer, two years after it gathered ...

Tips from a super-fan

A band called Subtronics brings the energy to Wooly’s, a local hot spot for ...

Meet Josh Bodden

Josh Bodden coaxes ephemeral beauty out of Ballet Des Moines, including its upcoming “Four ...

Jan/Feb: Out and About

Mike Nappi as Peanut in the North American tour of “Shucked”. Photo: Matthew Murphy ...

#LoveDSM

No matter what you resolve to do in the new year — learn how ...

Hauntingly familiar: Jeff Fleming’s family portraits at Moberg

Layered marks and memories form “Ghost,” left, and “Ella Venus” in Jeff Fleming’s new ...

Building Momentum

Artist Arthur Smith painted the stylized ship in the Momentum studio space at Mainframe ...

Drake art exhibition illuminates Civil War history

A glass slide for a 19th century projector shows a woman praying over two ...

Theater review: Erma Bombeck’s wisdom, served warm

Pam Sherman stars as the godmother of newspaper columnists through Dec. 21 at the ...