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Des Moines Metro Opera Performer and Board Member to be Honored

REMSEN -- The Avalon Ballroom in Remsen will be the site for the 2022 Midwest All Music Association (MAMA) Hall of Fame induction on Saturday, Oct. 22. MAMA is an organization formed to acknowledge...

Bravo Greater Des Moines needs to do more to tell the story of how arts and culture touch every segment of the community, the organization’s executive dir

One of the highlights of the Des Moines Metro Operas 50th season was the final operatic performance of Simon Estes. Next year promises three new shows.

Our entertainment reporter went to the new Stanley Museum of Art in Iowa City. Heres what you can expect to find. Plus restaurants in Des Moines from Iowa City.

Daniel G. Clark recounts a quest to find a photograph of Susan Clark, the first Black person to graduate from high school in Muscatine.

Simon Estes gave his final performance in Indianola on Sunday, capping off 60 years of trailblazing performances with a bow and a standing ovation.

Legendary performer Marilyn Maye, will be returning to Des Moines this week for a free show to help usher in Hoyt Sherman Places centennial season.

The Des Moines Metro Opera debuted a new opera, an adaptation of Jane Smileys A Thousand Acres, as part of the companys 50th anniversary season.

(Ames, IA) -- International opera star Simon Estes, a Centerville native, says his nearly six-decade-long care...