ADVANCE September 2024

SEPTEMBER’S BEST

BIG CATS 24/7

In Botswana’s wild Okavango Delta, a team of local and international filmmakers follows lions, leopards and cheetahs day and night. The result is a raw and unfiltered observational wildlife series showing the cats’ fight to survive in an increasingly challenging world. From unprecedented wildfires to floods and extreme drought, the African cats and the Big Cats 24/7 camera crew are tested to their limits.

Big Cats 24/7 airs Wednesdays at 7 beginning September 18.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: IHEART RADIO L!VE This concert celebrates the enduring legacy of the iconic boy band that continues to capture the hearts of millions. Enjoy an intimate performance and a nostalgic reflection on the band’s incredible career, and relive the magic of their biggest hits.

New Kids on the Block: iHeart Radio L!ve airs September 6 at 8:30 p.m.

MOONFLOWER MURDERS Susan Ryeland has left publishing and is living in Crete with her long-time boyfriend, Andreas. But her idyll is disturbed by the shadow of a murder committed at a British country hotel eight years ago. Alan Conway visited the hotel and wrote a novel based on what happened there. Now, can Susan uncover the secret hidden in the book and find a missing woman before it is too late?

Moonflower Murders premieres September 15 at 8 p.m.

DES MOINES METRO OPERA PRESENTS AMERICAN APOLLO

Composer Damien Geter and librettist Lila Palmer’s “American Apollo” gives voice to a pivotal figure in American art: Thomas Eugene McKeller, a Black hotel worker who served as model and muse for famous portraitist John Singer Sargent. The opera reveals that even though McKeller is the model for significant work by Sargent, his racial identity is erased in every finished work, an erasure that creates a growing disquiet in McKeller.

Des Moines Metro Opera Presents American Apollo airs September 27 at 8:30 p.m.

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