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Meet the Author/Photographer
Robert Nandell | Meet Me at the Depot
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
Happy Birthday to Us! Join us on Saturday, July 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. as we celebrate 16...
Meet the Author
Jan Down | Wind In My Wheels
@ Artisan Gallery 218
“Wind in My Wheels by Jan Down chronicles an amazing feat: she and her husband bicycled across all fifty states...
Meet the Author
Steve Dunn | Principal Park: A Diamond in the Rough
@ BEAVERDALE BOOKS
Three ballparks at the confluence of the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers in Des Moines have hosted professional baseball since...
Meet the Author
Alicia Elifritz | Then and Now
@ BEAVERDALE BOOKS
Just as a young life is opening up with promise, a diagnosis of leukemia disrupts everything. Then and Now takes us...
Meet the Author & Illustrator — RESCHEDULED
Mary Gordon & Candace Camling | Hello Iowa
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Encourage Kids to Say Hello to Iowa Destinations Hello Iowa was published in January of 2019. It’s a...
Meet the Authors
Local Author Fair
@ BEAVERDALE BOOKS
If you love to read, stop by for FREE refreshments, then mix & mingle with FIVE local authors. Joy Cleveland...
Meet the Author
Angela Tedesco | Finding Turtle Farm: My Twenty-Acre Adventure in Community-Supported Agriculture
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On a twenty-acre farm in Iowa in 1995, Angela Tedesco planted the seeds (quite literally) of a quiet revolution. While...
Meet the Authors
Bookstore Romance Day
@ BEAVERDALE BOOKS
Looking for Romance? Join in this annual celebration of steamy novels, innocent love stories, and zany rom-coms. Plus, we will...
Panel Discussion: The Land Beneath Us
Amee Ellis, Neil Hamilton, & Beth Hoffman | The Sea Beneath Our Feet, The Land Remains, & Bet the Farm
@ Artisan Gallery 218
The Sea Beneath Our Feet is a project commissioned by the Des Moines Metro Opera, a photographic interpretation of their...
Meet the Author
Dennis Maulsby | Heart Songs
@ BEAVERDALE BOOKS
Heart Songs is a book of seventy-eight pages of poetry by Dennis Maulsby. Heart songs come from many sources. We...
Meet the Authors
Kay Fenton Smith & Carol McGarvey | Baking Blue Ribbons: Stories and Recipes from the Iowa State Fair Food Competitions
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“If a picture can paint a thousand words, recipes can tell a thousand stories,” says Kay Fenton Smith. It’s a...