Off Hours, your free weekly newsletter from the Des Moines Register, showcases all things fun you can do in central Iowa.

Looking for something to do this weekend while you're waiting for the Big Game? Here's what's happening around the metro.

“Shucked”: A Tony Award-winning musical comedy at Des Moines Civic Center, 221 Walnut St. Various showtimes Jan. 28-Feb. 2 ...

It's a weekend of festivities ahead in Des Moines. Local 5 rounded up five events taking place in central Iowa for whatever ...

Enjoy an after hours shopping experience, pick up chocolate treats while shopping at Perry businesses or attend a Daddy ...

Also Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through Feb. 16. Saturday morning: Make it a day of shopping at the monthly Iowa State Fair Flea Market when it returns to the 4-H Building at the ...

The Iowa Corridor USA Dance Chapter #2100 hosts a ballroom and open gym for Foxtrot dancing at Old Brick in the Northside neighborhood, welcoming all levels of experience. A special class with a ...

From celebrating a community cornerstone's milestone anniversary to painting the town red to celebrate the Lunar New Year, there is plenty to do in Iowa City this weekend. Here are five events to ...

1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10 at Woodward Public Library. Join Iowa historical fiction writer, Ann Hanigan Kotz, as she shares history of early 20 th century through her program Iowa Prohibition ...

Things to do this weekend include country music from Ella Langley and Aaron Watson, jazz from Judy Carmichael, and the corn-bred comedy "Shucked." ...