A few days in the life of Wells Fargo Arena
The horse is smarter than your average bucking bronc. All the others just bucked forward and bucked back as they went around in a circle in the Wells Fargo Arena. [...]
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Feature Story
A new normal — COVID after 3 years
A look back on the pandemic — and a glimpse of the future Masks hanging from rearview mirrors. “Unprecedented times.” Clear plastic partitions. “Stop the spread.” Social distancing stickers scattered [...]
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Modern day treasure hunting
Customers line up outside the store on a warm Saturday morning in February. Seventy-nine tickets are handed out before the store even opens — tickets that determine the order of [...]
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Kaleidoscope, Val Air, Gas Lamp. ION program. $20k Super Bowl spot. DMAC director. MWA audit.
The abandoned east Kaleidoscope building at 515 Walnut St., now permanently closed, could soon be demolished to make way for a new addition to the downtown Des Moines skyline. Local [...]
Read More →Political Mercury
Is Kari Lake a 2024 presidential candidate?
The Republican candidate for governor of Arizona in the last cycle, Kari Lake, an embattled and ascendent conservative with a rocketing national profile, pulled a crowd in Ankeny on Feb. [...]
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‘Sharper’ is a tangle of overlapping storylines and surprise reveals
Meet Tom (Justice Smith), a sensitive guy who spends the day surrounded by classic novels and first-edition collections while reading in his bookstore. How is this possible? Didn’t “You’ve Got [...]
Read More →Food Dude
Sprockets – not attached to a chain
Hospitality management colleges, like the highly rated one at Iowa State, teach that names are a first essential step toward restaurant or resort success. A name should appeal to a [...]
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Cup O’ Kryptonite
I moved back to Iowa from Colorado in 2007. I settled in Des Moines on the south side without knowing anyone. I had a dodgy (but also cheap) apartment on [...]
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A red ball mystery
“Could I help you, hon?” I don’t know. As an old man, the bright florescent world of Target presents several unique challenges — like where in this giant warehouse is [...]
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Reimagined musical ‘1776’ seeks true independence for all
Most of us have had that moment of unintended personal accountability when our words are thrown back in our faces. It’s a very uncomfortable learning experience. So, what happens when [...]
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- Employer Strategies to Stifle Healthcare Inflation seminar - 3/7/2023
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- Civic Music Association’s Lauridsen Great Pianists Series presents Garrick Ohlsson - 2/23/2023
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- Hoyt Sherman Place recipient of multiple grants funding Once Upon This Stage production - 2/8/2023
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- Des Moines Art Center announces Dr. Kelly Baum as new John and Mary Pappajohn Director - 2/7/2023
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Stray Thoughts
Is it right to treat big whales differently from small fish?
On a late summer afternoon in Bloomfield 40 years ago, the people of Iowa learned about an unofficial government principle we have seen repeated in recent weeks. Although this has [...]
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Backpocket Pin & Pixel
A popular brewery, Backpocket Brewing, opened a satellite location in Johnston in January. Backpocket Pin & Pixel is located at Merle Hay Road and 62nd Street in the newly constructed [...]
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Mike Wedeking at Wasabi Chi
Mike Wedeking is Mister Barbecue. After 20 years at Flying Mango, purveyor of the best vibes of any restaurant in Des Moines, he is trying to retire. We asked him [...]
Read More →Sound Circuit
Toto… is waiting for you
Some songs are so familiar, the first time you heard them is ingrained into your memory. Humming the melody and singing them word for word, you know every riff and [...]
Read More →Art News
Swan song as an ode to Iowa
Jeff Fleming is retiring from his directorship at the Des Moines Art Center in late April. That makes the new 75th anniversary exhibition his swan song. Because he came to [...]
Read More →Cars in the City
Camaro convertible
A Camaro in the late 1970s and early 1980s was one of my favorite cars. All the cool guys drove older model Camaro Z28s, Trans-Ams or Monte Carlos — any [...]
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Award-winning corgis
Walking into Shirley Harder’s home, friendly corgis clamor for attention, almost saying, “Look at me! See how wonderful I am? Here’s my toy — when can we play?” Meanwhile, two [...]
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