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Allow your body and mind the chance to awaken the day with clarity, focus and strength! Of the many benefits, yoga helps bring length to our bodies while helping to strengthen muscles that are underused. This creates greater range of motion for all our many parts. Overall, this practice helps increase ones knowledge and awareness of proper body alignment, resulting in a more balanced, toned, and revived self. Come join us for a warming yoga session at Revive!! We have plenty of mats :)

Hone your garden skills with Friends-sponsored Learn on Saturdays garden talks, beginning January 9 and ending March 27. Two different talks will be offered every Saturday at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. (except January 23, when one long program is planned) Admission is free to members, volunteers and badge-wearing Master Gardeners; otherwise, entrance fees to the Botanical Center apply ($5.00 adult, $4.00 senior, $3.00 youth ages 4-17). All classes are held in Levitt except February 27, which will be held in Swartz.

Designed by Botanical Center horticulturist, Jessica Barnett, Des Moines Botanical & Environmental Center’s Dome will be filled with brightly colored bulbs, including tulips, daffodils, alliums, hyacinths and a variety of unusual bulbs, February 15-March 31. The garden design is inspired by There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe and will include a giant shoe, porch swing and children’s toys. Easter lilies will be incorporated for the holiday and children can visit with the Easter Bunny and live animals including bunnies, chicks and ducklings on March 20. Visitors to the Des Moines Botanical & Environmental Center in 2010 will be welcomed with a new horticultural and educational experience as the gardens transform throughout the year, all inspired by popular children’s stories, including Dr. Seuss, Charlie Brown and Eric Carle books. “Story Time in the Gardens” includes seven plant bed changes in the Dome – many bringing the stories alive with life-size props – educational activities, theme-related gift shop items, Riverwalk Café menu choices and special events, all inspired by children’s books. The theme continues into the Show House, with four unique, seasonal designs, and outside to the Herb Garden which is open May through September. Please visit the Des Moines Botanical & Environmental Center throughout the year to see each new garden. The Des Moines Botanical & Environmental Center is a family-friendly environment with plenty of free parking and wheel chair accessible. Admission is just $5.00 adults, $4.00 for seniors, $3.00 for students, members and children under three are free. The Des Moines Botanical & Environmental Center is open daily, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Des Moines Botanical & Environmental Center is one of the most popular cultural attractions in Iowa, providing educational, recreational, and community resources to thousands. More than 150,000 visitors visit the Des Moines Botanical & Environmental Center to see over 200 different kinds of tropical and household plants in the Dome. The Des Moines Botanical & Environmental Center is operated by Des Moines Water Works. The Des Moines Botanical & Environmental Center is located at 909 Robert D. Ray Drive in Des Moines.

Learn bookbinding, or expand your skills at the Book Binding Class at Pure Paper, 412 East 6th in the East Village. You'll learn the 3 hole pamphlet stitch, 5-hole pamphlet stitch, dos a dos, double pamphlet stitch and the scrapbook loop. The cost to attend the class is $35 and you'll also get to decorate a great box for all the new books to fit inside, too. For more information or to register for the class, stop by the store or go to info@pure-paper.com.

it’s the luck of the irish! the ladies of ephemera are offering up guiness stout cupcakes in honor of the st. patrick himself! stop in for a tasty (and free!) sweet treat! in conjunction with cupcake day, leslie poyzer and sarah wolfgang of “urban posture” will be showing off their complete line of screenprinted clocks, pillows, tableware, t-shirts, and office supplies. meet these queens of creativity from 2 - 4.

Dead Horse Trauma, Enemy Within, and Lost Nation take the stage for a concert for all ages at The House of Bricks, 525 East Grand in the East Village. Music begins at 5PM and the cover is $5.

The House of Bricks, 525 East Grand, in the East Village, presents an evening of music by Cold Filtered. They perform for those 21+, starting at 9:30PM. The cover is TBD.