Des Moines; French for “The Moines” as the Raygun t-shirt jokes – now central Iowans have the chance to  immerse themselves in the culture of their namesake.

A Des Moines Art Center exhibition will celebrate the avant-garde print scene in late 19th-century Paris starting May 17th.

L’estampe originale: Painters, Printers, Paris, will be on view in the Print Gallery through September 8th.

Much of the work on display was commissioned by Ambroise Vollard and features etchings, posters and prints by Pierre Bonnard, Paul Cézanne, Odilon Redon, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Paul Signac, and Edouard Vuillard.

There will be a talk that accompanies the exhibition by curator Amy Worthen Sunday, May 19th from 2 p.m.
 

DART wants rider feedback and has scheduled six public meetings to do so.

They’ll run from April 15th to 18th and will be an opportunity for the public to learn about the 2013 service proposal. The proposal includes adding night services on two east-side Des Moines routes, expanding night service for all routes later into the evenings, and expanding hours of operation on weekends

MONDAY, APRIL 15

·        Noon – 1:30 p.m., DART Central Station, 620 Cherry Street, Des Moines

·        5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Four Mile Community Center, 3711 Easton Boulevard, Des Moines

TUESDAY, APRIL 16

·        Noon – 1:30 p.m., DART Central Station, 620 Cherry Street, Des Moines

Iowa Public Television has announced its 7th annual reading road trip tour that is set to reach 67 Iowa communities this summer.

Host of IPTV KIDS Clubhouse, Dan Wardell will lead the tour that takes in numerous libraries. You can keep up to speed with the tour on Wardell’s online journal.

Select central Iowa destinations from the Reading Road Trip schedule: