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Posted December 05, 2018in Your Neighbors

Eddie and Rose

Drake Neighborhood Community Garden offers a place to grow, learn and share at no charge. Those who know Eddie Robinson well say that he is multilingual — speaking English, Spanish [...]

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Posted December 05, 2018in Joe's Neighborhood

Miffy comes to Des Moines

Pastry is the world’s language. “I try to show flaws because flaws are human.” Tom Sachs, press release 2008, concerning the Miffy Fountain. Henriette Priester is helping me learn Dutch [...]

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Posted December 05, 2018in Center Stage

‘Tis the season

Delicious cultural consumption opportunities While America’s marketing machine ramps up into full force not days or weeks but months before the holiday gift-giving season, regional theatres will offer wonderful escapes [...]

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Posted December 05, 2018in The Dish

Economies and their enemies

November was a weird and scary month for Iowa. U.S. farm debt climbed, sitting just 8 percent below the peak in 1980 when adjusted for inflation. The strength of farmland [...]

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Posted December 05, 2018in Tech Talk

Cold technology gifts

Smart speakers are a cold — not cool — gift Christmas gifts can be tricky. For the most creative, romantic or codependent amongst us, the “thoughtful” gift is probably the gold standard [...]

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Posted December 05, 2018in Couch Surfing

Ryan and his daughter Meghan

And a Waffle House mug Ryan and his daughter Meghan traveled up from Springfield, Missouri, to stay with me on their way to Duluth, Minnesota. They were on their way [...]

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Posted December 05, 2018in Art News

Moberg – 15 years against the odds

Today they represent 60 artists and work with 100 others from all over the world. The first time I visited Moberg Gallery, then known as Moberg Studio, I had my [...]

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Posted December 05, 2018in Belly Up To...

Scotty’s Pub & Grub

Neighborhood hangout in the heart of West Des Moines Tucked in a strip mall in a quiet West Des Moines neighborhood, Scotty’s Pub & Grub beckons suburbanites to travel or [...]

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Posted December 05, 2018in Collections & Hobbies

Don’t hold the applause?

Toastmasters is Chad Hauge’s hobby. “My speech was, ‘I’m nobody special,’ ” says Chad Hauge. Years ago, as a Christmas gift, one of Hauge’s seven daughters gave him a book [...]

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Posted December 05, 2018in Stray Thoughts

Regrettably, Iowa is on this U.S. extreme

Iowa is out of step with other states when it comes to the right to vote in our elections. We Iowans like to think of ourselves as the true occupants [...]

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