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Meet the Author

Rob Sand | The Winning Ticket: Uncovering America’s Biggest Lottery Scandal 

 

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

The Winning Ticket is an inside look at one of the most complicated yet seat-of-your-pants financial investigations and prosecutions in recent...

Dance Talk:

Break It Down …5, 6, 7, 8 | Penny Furgerson & Sarmishtha Sarkar

In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, Des Moines’ Gateway Dance Theater will present a discussion with two renowned choreographers from...

Meet the Poets

Celebrate 2022 Art Week with a Progressive Poetry Party

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Beaverdale Books is proud to partner with Poetry&, a new initiative working to take poetry out into the community in...

Meet the Poets

Celebrate 2022 Art Week with Readings by John Thompson, Staci Harper-Bennett, Isabella Brantley, Prince Harrison Jr

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Beaverdale Books partners with newly formed poetry group to celebrate local poetry. Join us on Friday, June 17 at 6:30...

Poetry & Coffee

Judy Richardson | Coffee Lovers’ Poetry Companion

@ Artisan Gallery 218

 

Artisan Gallery 218 218 Fifth Street, West Des Moines, IA, United States

Slow down, grab a cup of coffee, and join Judy for a chat!  Catch up on old times or share...

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Mindy Carlson | Her Dying Day

 

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Perfect for fans of Shari Lapena and Hannah Mary McKinnon, Her Dying Day leads a budding filmmaker down a dark road to...

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Anna Lind Thomas | I’m Not Ready for This: Everybody Just Calm Down and Give Me a Minute

 

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

From popular humor writer and social media sensation Anna Lind Thomas comes a second book of charming and uproarious essays...

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Kathleen Williams Renk | Vindicated

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Winner of Story Circle Network’s May Sarton Award in Historical Fiction Mary Godwin is a teenager with a formidable pedigree....

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Loren A. Olson, M.D. | No More Neckties: A Memoir in Essays

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

  The award-winning author of Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight,  flings open the doors on the hard stuff in...

Meet the Author/Photographer

Robert Nandell | Meet Me at the Depot

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Do You Love Trains, B&W Photography, and Iowa History? If so, you are sure to enjoy an evening of stories...

Happy Birthday to Us!

“Sweet 16” Anniversary Celebration

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Happy Birthday to Us! Join us on Saturday, July 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. as we celebrate 16...

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Jan Down | Wind In My Wheels

@ Artisan Gallery 218

 

 

Artisan Gallery 218 218 Fifth Street, West Des Moines, IA, United States

“Wind in My Wheels by Jan Down chronicles an amazing feat: she and her husband bicycled across all fifty states...