Thursday, 11 Aug 2011
Food in the Gardens
"From Garden to Grill," Ephraim Malag, Grand Falls Resort, Larchwood, Iowa. Preregistration and prepayment required.
GOP Presidential Debate
The Iowa Republican Party, Fox News and The Washington Examiner will present the first Iowa presidential debate, which will set the stage for the Aug. 13 Iowa Republican Party Ames Straw Poll. (Sold out)
Thursday, 25 Aug 2011
Food in the Gardens
"Making Jams and Jellies," Terri Sinclair, Des Moines Farmers Market, Cumming, Iowa. Preregistration and prepayment required.
Haiti after the Earthquake
Global humanitarian, medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer has dedicated his life to improving healthcare for the world's poorest people. He is a founding director of the international nonprofit organization Partners In Health, chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and the United Nations Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti. [World Affairs Series]
Tuesday, 30 Aug 2011
Lecture: James Urban, FASLA
Founder and owner of Urban Trees + Soils, James R. Urban, FASLA, is a landscape architect and urban arborist with more than 30 years of experience in urban development and planting trees in difficult urban sites. He is currently working with Workshop: Ken Smith Landscape Architect on the renovation of Nollen Plaza in Des Moines.