Category: Official News Releases

Drake graduate Tanya Beer and her husband have created "Tar Creek" about America's most toxic town.

Romonda D. Belcher, who became Iowa's first black female judge this fall, brings historic civil rights figures to life in her one-woman performances.

Nicholas Roth will join the orchestra, conducted by Akira Mori, to perform Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor.

Porterhouse made a big splash with students and alumni recently, when he debuted his new apparel in a YouTube video.

More than 30 Drake law students volunteered at the free event, hosted by Russ Lovell and Dolph Pulliam.

The observatory will conclude its fall series with a presentation exploring the change from space fantasies to realities.

Register columnist Marc Hansen writes about a Des Moines man who is learning to read and gain independence through the center.

The author of "Reading Lolita in Tehran" presented the 25th Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Wednesday evening.

Drake University Theatre's production of the contemporary musical "bare" opens Thursday, Nov. 11, in the Performing Arts Hall of the Harmon Fine Arts Center, 25th Street and University Ave. It is the modern-day retelling of "Romeo and Juliet" through Peter and Jason, seniors at a Catholic boarding high school who are dealing with their mutual romantic attraction while trying to maintain the values of the Catholic Church.

The event, which is free and open to local children ages 3-12, offers contests, face painting, pinatas and awards, along with pizza and candy.