Events for December 2009

Steak Night $7.50

Porkys Pub & Garage - 5125 N.E. 14th St. - Des Moines (Des Moines Metro)

8-ounce Top Sirloin, Baked Potato, butter/sour cream and Texas Toast for $7.50.

Acoustic Open Mic Night

Billy Joe's Lounge - 1701 25th St. - West Des Moines (Des Moines Metro)

Bring your instrument and compressor and vocal mics are provided. All genres welcome. Tuesday is also steak night: an 8-ounce sirloin dinner for $7.95.

A Collection of Art by Tim Wirth

Ankeny Art Center - 1520 S.W. Ordnance Road - Ankeny (Des Moines Metro)

A Collection of Art by Rebecca Scholl

Ankeny Art Center - 1520 S.W. Ordnance Road - Ankeny (Des Moines Metro)

Football specials

Mickey's Irish Pub - 50 S.E. Laurel St. - Waukee (Des Moines Metro)

On Saturdays, get buckets of beer for $10, 20 wings for $10, and 30 wings for $15 until 7 p.m. $2 quarter-pound hot dogs, domestic draws and wells during Monday Night Football. Tailgate Tuesday: $3 brats, burgers and domestic tall boys.

Art in Ruins

Des Moines Art Center - 4700 Grand Ave. - Des Moines

Art exhibition depicts ruins in many forms on view in the Des Moines Art Center's Print Gallery

Return To Function

Des Moines Art Center - 4700 Grand Ave. - Des Moines

Art and the everyday object

Bucs hockey drink specials

Ridgemont, The - 7460 Hickman Road - Windsor Heights

Before every Bucs home game try to win two free game tickets. Bucs season ticket holders can join the Mug Club: $2 domestic mugs and $4 mixed drinks. Plus, $1 Buc draws after every game.

Ghoul Gallery Grand Opening Exhibit

Finder's Creepers - 515 18th St. - Des Moines (Downtown)

Grand Opening Art Show featuring local and national artists/ crafters of dark, macabre and underground art.