Our hosts for the first new-issue unveiling of the new year: Sheraton West Des Moines.
NEW YEAR? MEH, BIG DEAL. NEW MAGAZINE = PARTY!
The holidays may be over, but the party season sure isn't. That's because we're getting ready to celebrate the arrival of a new issue of dsm magazine on Tuesday, Jan. 8, and we hope you can join us.
Our party regulars know the routine: a
fun, mingle-friendly party from 5 to 7 p.m., with brief remarks and distribution of magazines at 6 p.m. Our hosts this time are the fine folks at the Sheraton West Des Moines, 1800 50th St. You’ll get some food and beverages as well as a warm reception. If you haven’t attended one of these before, make a New Year’s resolution to join in the fun.
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Molly's Cupcakes will make a repeat appearance at Indulge this year.
Four Reasons to Break your Resolutions via
'Indulge' By Wini Moranville
Now in its 11th year, "Indulge --A Wine, Cheese and Chocolate Affair" will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 18 and 19. The event features chocolates, charcuterie-style meats, and artisan cheeses paired with wines from around the world.
Here are just a few reasons attending this party might be worth breaking any silly New Year’s resolutions you might have come up with:
• It will be held at West End Architectural Salvage. If the party chit-chat gets dull, you can wander through the fascinatingly purveyed and beautifully displayed artifacts of vanished lives.
• "Full pours of wine and generous portions of cheese and chocolate." That promise from a press release about the event is good news to those of us who have elbowed our way through a crowd for thimbles-full of wine and scant cubes of cheeses at similar events.
• The Cheese Bar and Molly’s Cupcakes are in. The Cheese Bar is coming up with a signature menu item for the event, and Molly’s Cupcakes will serve chocolate raspberry cake, French silk pie cake and dark chocolate sea salt cookie dough.
• There’s whiskey, too. New this year, Templeton Rye will create a new cocktail just for the weekend’s festivities.
Other purveyors include Chocolaterie Stam, Soozie’s Doozies, Sartori Cheese, and Kindred Creamery. Live entertainment will be provided by Mike Aceto on Friday and Bruce Day on Saturday.
Tickets cost $40 in advance and $50 at the door (if not sold out) and are available through tickly.com. For more information, go to in-any-event.com/indulge.
Wini Moranville writes about food, wine and dining for dsm magazine and dsmWeekly. Follow her on Facebook at All Things Food–DSM.
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Bob Pace leads off the lineup of musicians performing in the Botanical Blues concert series on Sundays, January through March.
THESE WINTERTIME BLUES AREN'T SAD AT ALL
The annual Botanical Blues concert series resumes Sunday, Jan. 6, and continues every Sunday through March 31 at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden. Concerts feature local and regional
blues artists playing from 2 to 4 p.m. inside the tropical conservatory with adult beverages and light snacks available from Trellis Cafe. We've already put favorites on our calendars. Here's the complete schedule:
Jan. 6: Bob Pace
Jan. 13: Scott Davis and John Mattingly
Jan. 20: Cindy Grill and Alan Smith
Jan. 27: J.D. Flanagan and Pat Hemann
Feb. 3: Stuttering Jimmy and the Goosebumps
Feb. 10: James Biehn
Feb. 17: Eastside Brothers
Feb. 24: The Blue 2: Bob Dorr and Jeff Petersen
March 3: The Brian Holtz Project
March 10: Jodie Bodley and Dewey Cantrell
March 17: Bryce Janey
March 24: Dennis "Big Daddy" Kain
March 31: Matt Woods
Concerts are included with the $10 cost of admission (free for members; discounted for seniors, military and children). Learn more at dmbotanicalgarden.com/botanicalblues.
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HEALTH & FITNESS EXPO THIS WEEKEND
Serious about your fitness resolutions? You may find help and like-minded resolutionists at the free Health & Fitness Expo this weekend, Jan. 5-6, in the State Fairgrounds' Jacobson building. Organizers promise more than 100 vendors with the latest in athletic wear, fitness gear, training, health services and more—including health and nutrition experts in seminars and breakout sessions. Opportunities include group yoga, workout sessions, cooking demos and kids' activities. Get details here.
We like to showcase philanthropic fundraisers in the pages of dsm magazine—and readers enjoy seeing who was where.
HOW TO SUBMIT RSVP PHOTOS TO THE MAGAZINE
The start of the year seems like a proper time to remind you that we welcome the opportunity to consider photos and info from your charity fundraisers for publication in the RSVP section of dsm magazine. The process is simple and explained on this page on our website, dsmMagazine.com. It also helps to know what we look for in the photos we consider: First is quality; blurry images and poor exposures won't work. Second is variety; please don't send 30 photos of your guest speaker posed with each attendee. The key: bright, sharp images of small groups (two to five people) so they're clearly recognizable. Questions? Email our managing editor: larryerickson@bpcdm.com
