Name: Golden Retriever Meetup
Start: 2026-10-04T16:00:00-05:00
Location: Paws & Pints

Paws & Pints

Calling All Golden Retrievers, Let’s Meetup! 🐶💛
It’s time for a Golden Retriever Meetup at Paws &amp; Pints! Join us on Sunday, October 4th at 4PM for an afternoon of tail wags, new friends, and off-leash fun.
Bring your Golden Retriever or Golden mix and enjoy a FREE day pass while your pup plays with fellow Goldens from around the community. Whether they’re a purebred Golden or a Golden mix, all are welcome! Let your pup make some new furry friends while you connect with other Golden families over a drink at the dog bar. 🍻🐾
📅 Sunday, October 4 at 4PM 🐶 FREE day pass for Golden Retrievers &amp; Golden mixes
New to Paws &amp; Pints? Prep your pup for their first visit: 🐶Bring your government issued ID for check-in 🐶Download the Paws &amp; Pints mobile app: <a href="https://pawsandpints.app.link/app" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">pawsandpints.app.link/app</a> 🐶Create an account 🐶Build your dog’s profile Upload proof of Bordetella, Distemper, Parvo and Rabies vaccinations* *Proof of vaccines must come from a certified veterinarian and is required for all dogs to enjoy Paws &amp; Pints<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/160329/t/tickets" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">View Tickets &amp; More Info</a>

Local Event: Golden Retriever Meetup

Polk County

Des Moines Metropolitan Area

Des Moines

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Golden Retriever Meetup

Calling All Golden Retrievers, Let’s Meetup! 🐶💛
It’s time for a Golden Retriever Meetup at Paws & Pints! Join us on Sunday,...

Smash Park Des Moines

Registration Fee: FREE
Sat, Aug 29, 11:00 am to 11:59 pm
8 years down, countless memories made. We’re throwing a full-day celebration packed with dollar-friendly drink specials and hourly Smash Park experience giveaways!
📆 Date: Saturday, Aug 29th | All Day 🍹 Deals: $1 Jello Shots | $2 Margaritas | $3 Domestic Tallboys 🎖️ Giveaways: Win Smash Park Experiences every hour from 1–6 PM
Come raise a glass with us, and let's kick off year 9 in style!
No registration required! See you at 11:00 am on Saturday, August 29th!<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/157801/t/tickets" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">View Tickets &amp; More Info</a>

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8th Anniversary Party

Registration Fee: FREE
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Calling All Dalmatians, Let's Meetup! % It's time for a Dalmatian Meetup at Paws &amp; Pints! Join us on Sunday, August 30 for an afternoon of tail wags, new friends, and off-leash fun. Bring your Dalmatian or Dalmatian mix and enjoy a FREE day pass while your pup plays with fellow Dalmatians from around the community. Whether they're a purebred Dalmatian or any Dalmatian mix, all are welcome! Watch your pup make new furry friends while you connect with other Dalmatian families over a drink at the dog bar. Sunday, August 30 at 4PM e FREE day pass for Dalmatians &amp; Dalmatian mixes New to Paws &amp; Pints? Prep your pup for their first visit: e Bring your government issued ID for check-in Download the Paws &amp; Pints mobile app: <a href="https://pawsandpints.app.link/app" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">pawsandpints.app.link/app</a> beCreate an account e Build your dog's profile Upload proof of Bordetella, Distemper, Parvo and Rabies vaccinations* *Proof of vaccines must come from a certified veterinarian and is required for all dogs to enjoy Paws &amp; Pints.<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/155967/t/tickets" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">View Tickets &amp; More Info</a>

Local Event: Dalmatian Meetup

Dalmatian Meetup

Calling All Dalmatians, Let's Meetup! % It's time for a Dalmatian Meetup at Paws & Pints! Join us on Sunday, August 30 for an...

Join us Thursday, September 3rd from 5–7 PM to celebrate the Big Roofing-sponsored Dog House at Paws &amp; Pints!
Enjoy FREE dog park day passes, a DJ in the Dog House, Happy Hour drink specials, and time to hang out with the Big Roofing team in the park.
Plus, learn more about Canine Miracles for Heroes and how this partnership is giving back to our everyday Heroes. Grab your pup and come raise the woof with us!
New to Paws &amp; Pints? Prep your pup for their first visit: 🐶Bring your government issued ID for check-in 🐶Download the Paws &amp; Pints mobile app: <a href="https://pawsandpints.app.link/app" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">pawsandpints.app.link/app</a> 🐶Create an account 🐶Build your dog’s profile Upload proof of Bordetella, Distemper, Parvo and Rabies vaccinations* *Proof of vaccines must come from a certified veterinarian and is required for all dogs to enjoy Paws &amp; Pints<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/157812/t/tickets" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">View Tickets &amp; More Info</a>

Local Event: Raise the Woof: The Dog House Social

Raise the Woof: The Dog House Social

Join us Thursday, September 3rd from 5–7 PM to celebrate the Big Roofing-sponsored Dog House at Paws & Pints!
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Jester Park Campground

We welcome ALL who come in peace to our circle.&nbsp; We hope many will join us to share their art, dance, food, stories, and cultures.

Performers are Saturday and Sunday with the event schedule listed on our website. Free children's crafts from 10am-4pm on Saturday and Sunday.&nbsp; We would appreciate if you would share this post so that it can reach many. Our mission is important now more than ever.

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Des Moines Art Center

Join the Des Moines Art Center’s August Social Saturday event: Great Outdoors! Enjoy crafts in the Art School studios, a scavenger hunt, a guided tour, story time, treats in the Art Center Café, and so much more.
Schedule of Events: 11 am, 12 pm, and 1 pm | Curator and CEO Chat Join at the top of the hour for a chat and Q&amp;A about the Art Center’s newest acquisition to the collection, “nashoba holba / wayaha / coyote / they are witty and transform themselves in order to guide us,” (2025) by artist Jeffery Gibson. Lower Richard Meier Gallery, Kyle and Sharon Krause Atrium
11:15 – 11:30 am | Storytime Levitt Auditorium
1:30 pm | Conversation with Artist Elle Pérez and Associate Curator Ashton Cooper Join artist Elle Pérez in conversation with Ashton Cooper; the two will discuss and dive into the body of photographs presented in the exhibition “Elle Pérez: La Despedida.” Registration required. <a href="https://desmoinesartcenter.org/event/conversation-with-artist-elle-perez/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">desmoinesartcenter.org/event/conversation-with-artist-elle-perez/</a>
 Drop-in Activities (11 am – 2 pm): Museum Galleries
Find the Social Saturday interactive Art Cart in the galleries. Complete a scavenger hunt in the galleries and return your findings to the front desk for a small prize. Macomber Lobby
Enjoy the Art Center’s Paint-n-Play station. Art School Studios
Explore creativity and your inner artist! Free drawing available in the studio space, as well as a unique Social Saturday: Great Outdoors activity. Art Center Café
Stop by for a sit-down lunch, a delicious pastry, and a full coffee and tea menu. Art Center members receive a 10% discount in the café. Package up a picnic to-go and enjoy your meal on the grounds of the Art Center or in Greenwood Park. Museum Shop
Browse the Museum Shop to find gifts and souvenirs. Art Center members receive a 10% discount in the Museum Shop.

Local Event: Social Saturday: Great Outdoors

Social Saturday: Great Outdoors

Join the Des Moines Art Center’s August Social Saturday event: Great Outdoors! Enjoy crafts in the Art School studios, a...

The Des Moines Art Center invites visitors to join artist Elle Pérez in conversation with Associate Curator Ashton Cooper. The two will discuss and dive into the body of photographs presented in the exhibition “Elle Pérez: La Despedida,” on view in the A. H. Blank Gallery through November 29, 2026.
Elle Pérez is an artist working across photography, collage, and moving image. Their work depicts intimate moments, emotional exchanges, and visceral details within the love and violence of everyday life. Pérez’s photographs balance casual observation with conceptual and formalist considerations: intentionally sequenced installations, collages that act as mind maps, and structuralist films that highlight the tension between image and text, description and embodiment. Their work celebrates the ambiguity inherent to photography and queerness — a photograph is not an illustration, it can both resist discursive limitations and hold meaning beyond language. Pérez made their first photographs as a teenager while attending punk shows in the Bronx. They have continued making artwork made for the audience it grows out of, rather than simply being about them.
The artist’s 2025 series “La Despedida (the world is always ending, the world is always again beginning)” encompasses photographs taken in the gardens of two very different sites: Pérez’s grandfather’s backyard in Puerto Real, Puerto Rico, and Impressionist painter Claude Monet’s home in Giverny, France. In the eleven photographs on view, Pérez deploys close cropping, zooming in on expanses of blooming flowers, lace curtains, and breaking waves.
Image: Artist Elle Pérez. Photo: KL Mays.

Local Event: Conversation with Artist Elle Pérez and Associate Curator Ashton Cooper

Conversation with Artist Elle Pérez and...

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