this week downtown

This week is another exciting week to enjoy downtown. Iowa Shakespeare Experience is hosting a Free Shakespeare-under-the-sky festival at the Simon Estes Riverfront Amphitheater.

Music Under the Canopy Presented by Meredith Corporation will open next weekend with the Americana Festival! Tickets are still available at http://www.midwestix.com. More information about all three festivals is at http://www.musicunderthecanopy.com

For everything you had in mind, visit DowntownDesMoines.com http://www.downtowndesmoines.com/

Thursday, June 12
The Loneliest Planet: New Work by Van Holmgren
7:00 AM
Des Moines Social Club’s Viaduct Gallery
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Outclass Your Competition: Business Etiquette and Dining Tutorial
8:30 AM
Des Moines Embassy Club – Ruan Center 34th Floor
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Make@SCI: Playing with Phenomena
9:00 AM
Science Center of Iowa
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Des Moines Symphony’s “Oh Say, Can You Sing?” Competition
12:00 PM
Temple Chess and Poetry Garden
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Jimmy Carter Happy Hour!
6:30 PM
el Bait Shop
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The Broken Heart Diet Book Launch
7:00 PM
Centro/South Union Bread Café
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Avenue Q
7:30 PM
Des Moines Civic Center’s Stoner Theater
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We Will Rock You
7:30 PM
Civic Center
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Shakesperience Festival – Tempestuous
8:00 PM
Simon Estes Amphitheater
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Salsa Thursdays
8:00 PM
Lime Lounge
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Naughty Mogwai-A Residency at the Gas Lamp
9:00 PM
Gas Lamp
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Friday, June 13
The Loneliest Planet: New Work by Van Holmgren
7:00 AM
Des Moines Social Club’s Viaduct Gallery
more
Make@SCI: Playing with Phenomena
9:00 AM
Science Center of Iowa
more
Tunes on the Terrace – Andy Fleming
11:30 AM
Cafe Baratta’s
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Belin Quartet Summer Concert Series: Beethoven Quartet Op. 18, no. 6
12:15 PM
Downtown Library Lawn
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Gas Lamp’s Work Release
4:30 PM
Gas Lamp
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SCI: $5 Family Night
5:00 PM
Science Center of Iowa
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Jazz Happy Hour
5:30 PM
Des Moines Social Club
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Member Only Family Workshop: Engineering Challenge
7:00 PM
Science Center of Iowa
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Open Mic Poetry Night
7:00 PM
Java Joes DART Bus Station
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Call and Response: A Musical Conversation with Patrick Tape Fleming
7:30 PM
Des Moines Social Club at the Firehouse-Basement Bar
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Avenue Q
7:30 PM
Des Moines Civic Center’s Stoner Theater
more
We Will Rock You
7:30 PM
Civic Center
more
Shakesperience Festival – Tempestuous
8:00 PM
Simon Estes Amphitheater
more
Moon Float
8:30 PM
Gray’s Lake Park
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PLC CD Release Party
9:30 PM