Join us at Central Library on Saturday, June 27, for the final event of the 2026 Authors Visiting in Des Moines (AViD) season. Patrick Bringley is the New York Times bestselling author of All the Beauty in the World, a memoir about his decade working as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This special AViD is jointly sponsored by the Des Moines Public Library Foundation, Des Moines Art Center and Des Moines Arts Festival.
It’s free to attend. Doors open at 10:00 a.m.; the event begins at 11:00 a.m. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. We’d love to see you! Click here for more details.
Many thanks to our 2026 AViD sponsors: Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino (Premier Sponsor); Nationwide Foundation, and Steve Jayne and Karen Shaff (Presenting Sponsors); Harry Bookey and Pamela Bass-Bookey; Brad and Kelly Edmister; Mary K. and Daniel M. Kelly Family Foundation; Bankers Trust; Above + Beyond Cancer; Martin and Shelley Brody; Douglas and Debbie West; Jann Freed and John Fisher; Rachel Stauffer and Jim Lawson; LaRue Maddox; Judy Blank; Dory Briles and Jim Christenson; and Jon and Barbara Yankey.