BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//40.90.208.247//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.39// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN UID:0fca378a-6ee9-4e9b-b951-363ff57f5f6f BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5140c71b-b673-40c6-a8fd-135727d60d46 DTSTAMP:20260707T141654Z CATEGORIES:Special Event CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:DETAILS \nEvent Title: Opera Gala \nCategory: Special Event \n Location: 601 Sixth Ave\, Des Moines\, IA 50309 \n\n\nDESCRIPTION \nJoin Des Moines Metro Opera as it celebrates the opening of the 51st Festival S eason! The Opera Gala promises to be an elegant evening featuring a cockta il hour\, plated dinner\, and stunning performances by mainstage artists\, followed by an afterparty! \;This year's Opera Gala will take place i n one of downtown Des Moines&rsquo\; iconic buildings­\;­\;&mdash\;t he American Enterprise Group&rsquo\;s national headquarters\, formerly kno wn as the American Republic Insurance Building. The building was designed and constructed in 1965 by Gordon Bunshaft\, renowned architect and leadin g proponent of modern design\, while with the New York office of Skidmore\ , Owings &\; Merrill. Upon opening the building was featured in LIFE ma gazine and deemed &ldquo\;the talk of the Midwest.&rdquo\; The American En terprise Group received an Honor Award for Architecture from the American Institute of Architects in 1967. In 2015\, the building was painstakingly restored and won an additional AIA Honor Award for Architecture and an Ame rican Architecture Award from The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design\, The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban St udies Metropolitan Arts Press. From inception\, American Enterprise Group& rsquo\;s art collection was integral to the architecture and distributed t hroughout public and private areas. The building fuses workplace with this significant art collection creating a museum within an office.\n\n\nLearn more >\; \n DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230610T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230610T210000 LOCATION:601 Sixth Ave\, Des Moines\, IA 50309 SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Opera Gala TRANSP:OPAQUE BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Opera Gala TRIGGER:-P1D END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR Events - Des Moines Metro Opera

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Tosca Blank Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM
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Apprentice Scenes Program Lekberg Hall, Amy Robertson Music Center, Simpson College 2:00 PM
King Roger Blank Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM
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Of Mice and Men Blank Performing Arts Center 2:00 PM
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Tosca Blank Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM
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King Roger Blank Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM
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Of Mice and Men Blank Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM
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Stars of Tomorrow Sheslow Auditorium, Drake University 2:00 PM
Tosca Blank Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM
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King Roger Blank Performing Arts Center 2:00 PM
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King Roger Blank Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM
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Apprentice Scenes Program Lekberg Hall, Amy Robertson Music Center, Simpson College 2:00 PM
Of Mice and Men Blank Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM
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Tosca Blank Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM
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King Roger Blank Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM
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Apprentice Scenes Program Lekberg Hall, Amy Robertson Music Center, Simpson College 2:00 PM
Of Mice and Men Blank Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM
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Tosca Blank Performing Arts Center 2:00 PM
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Friday, July 3 Tosca thumbnail
Tosca 7:30 PM Blank Performing Arts Center View show details
Saturday, July 4 Apprentice Scenes Program thumbnail
Apprentice Scenes Program 2:00 PM Lekberg Hall, Amy Robertson Music Center, Simpson College View event details
Saturday, July 4 King Roger thumbnail
King Roger 7:30 PM Blank Performing Arts Center View show details
Sunday, July 5 Of Mice and Men thumbnail
Of Mice and Men 2:00 PM Blank Performing Arts Center View show details
Wednesday, July 8 Tosca thumbnail
Tosca 7:30 PM Blank Performing Arts Center View show details
Thursday, July 9 King Roger thumbnail
King Roger 7:30 PM Blank Performing Arts Center View show details
Friday, July 10 Of Mice and Men thumbnail
Of Mice and Men 7:30 PM Blank Performing Arts Center View show details
Saturday, July 11 Stars of Tomorrow thumbnail
Stars of Tomorrow 2:00 PM Sheslow Auditorium, Drake University View event details
Saturday, July 11 Tosca thumbnail
Tosca 7:30 PM Blank Performing Arts Center View show details
Sunday, July 12 King Roger thumbnail
King Roger 2:00 PM Blank Performing Arts Center View show details
Tuesday, July 14 King Roger thumbnail
King Roger 7:30 PM Blank Performing Arts Center View show details
Wednesday, July 15 Apprentice Scenes Program thumbnail
Apprentice Scenes Program 2:00 PM Lekberg Hall, Amy Robertson Music Center, Simpson College View event details
Wednesday, July 15 Of Mice and Men thumbnail
Of Mice and Men 7:30 PM Blank Performing Arts Center View show details
Thursday, July 16 Tosca thumbnail
Tosca 7:30 PM Blank Performing Arts Center View show details
Friday, July 17 King Roger thumbnail
King Roger 7:30 PM Blank Performing Arts Center View show details
Saturday, July 18 Apprentice Scenes Program thumbnail
Apprentice Scenes Program 2:00 PM Lekberg Hall, Amy Robertson Music Center, Simpson College View event details
Saturday, July 18 Of Mice and Men thumbnail
Of Mice and Men 7:30 PM Blank Performing Arts Center View show details
Sunday, July 19 Tosca thumbnail
Tosca 2:00 PM Blank Performing Arts Center View show details