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.

Escape the Iowa winter with Orchid Fest, sing along to Scotty McCreery at Vibrant Music Hall in Waukee or take the kids to ...

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

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

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 ...

Tickets are free but reserve your spot online. Saturday morning: This one-day event brings one of the Midwest’s largest bicycle shows to the Iowa Events Center, 723 Third St., Des Moines.

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 ...

After two days of unseasonably warm temperatures, Iowans are being warned to prepare for “the coldest air of the season so far” this weekend and ... in northern Iowa will see the coldest ...

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 ...

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