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Hey we noticed alot of you are looking for the latest info on the 80/35 Music Festival here in Des Moines. Tickets can be found at: IowaTix.com
Find other news so far at:

Music via Chicago
Live Music Blog
Joe Lawler
The Lips Site
Melodytrip
Jambase
Pitchfork blurb
Pitchfork Festival Guide

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Lots happening in DSM. Des Moines Social Club just got awarded $100,000 by a foundation towards their goal of creating a theatre/art space in downtown. Could be some good future story material. Two videos went up recently, you can see them below. Andrew actually shot them a couple weeks back but I got wrapped up [...]

Sin was never so funny than at 7 Deadly Sins, a really cool collaboration of Iowa scriptwriters, directors, producers, and actors. Basically through a competition, the seven deadly sins were exercised through seven ten-minute plays, each with a unique perspective on their particular sin. Lust was blatantly funny but greed was disturbingly true. We definitely [...]

Check it out.Bee’s Knees and the Cat’s Meow is a Senior Art show in the Anderson Gallery at Drake University we hit up. Students Sabella, Calvin, & Clarissa walked us through a number of their works. Definitely got to check out Sabella’s digital paintings of afghan women. If you like what you see, go in [...]