Are you one of the thousands of people looking for something to do this December? As if shopping (I thought Santa took care of that?), parties, dinners, decorating and everything else we load our calendars with isn’t enough. For those of you looking for more here’s a taste of what downtown has to [...]
Here’s the video that made the Wells Fargo Arena famous nationwide. Is he getting boo’d because people don’t like him or because they want to see a concert not a politician? Can January 4 come fast enough?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvjHPxJ3o_s[/youtube]
If you’re a fan of Ron White, who’s one of the 4 members of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, then this show is a must see. Details from the Register.
Comedian Ron “Tater Salad” White will perform a solo comedy show Jan. 19 at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines.
For the uninitiated, White is [...]
Have you been paying any attention to all the fun things coming downtown this fall? Now that the Wells Fargo Arena is up and running well, we’re seeing a lot of great entertainment coming to Des Moines.
Remember not that long ago when anything worth going to only came to Ames? Nice to know [...]
Remember my announcing this? Well, the big 90’s-riffic show was on Saturday night. Did anyone attend? Do these bands still have what it takes, or should they grab their walkers and head home?
Already on to part 3! If you missed parts 1, or 2, I’ve linked them for your review.
Where is the best place to hang out downtown?
Buzzard’s patio or The Continental
A room with a view!
IMAX Theater
Court Ave (heard this a lot)
The Lift
Anywhere downtown, especially my loft!
The Royal Mile
El Bait Shop
inPlay (yes, I’m still a kid!)
On [...]
If you’re like me, and grew up in the 90’s, you’re a big fan of the music from that era. Well, good news, Principal Park (Sec Taylor) is going to host a great show in August.
Wow, I hope to see more weekends like this for downtown. Well, more like this on an amounto of things to do scale. I didn’t attend any of these, but there were 10’s of thousands that did.
I-Cubs first home stand
Kenny Chesney concert at Wells Fargo Arena Friday night
Rod Stewart concert at Wells Fargo [...]
I can’t tell you how excited I am about this. I love BBQ, and I love learning about it. Now Des Moines has a big festival of it’s own headed this way. Check it out.
BBQ FEST
Cheap to get in, some concerts as well, this should be a great time!
Chris Daughty, you might remember as the 4th place finisher on American Idol last year, hit The House of Bricks last night.
Kyle Munson from the Register has a great write-up of the show. I wasn’t there, but if my wife had her way we would have been.
Read more here.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070306/ENT04/703060430
What makes this story interesting is the [...]
