Posted May 01, 2019in Sound Circuit
Rapper inspires, empowers through his music videos. As a youth, Will Keeps sang in his church choir on Chicago’s South Side. He emulated Michael Jackson and desired a career as a hip-hop artist. However, tragedy struck early on. Keeps was molested at age 7. At age 15, he was brutally
Read More →There are a number of reasons businesses join one or more Chambers of Commerce. All Chambers in the region are unique in the benefits they provide member businesses. One benefit all Chambers have throughout the Metro is dual membership with the Greater Des Moines Partnership. When you join any Chamber
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Posted May 01, 2019in Des Moines Forgotten
Artifacts are still buried under the city-built levee including light posts and the tunnel of love. One of the most talked about places in Des Moines lore comes from the north side of town in the Oak Park Neighborhood off of Sixth Avenue on Corning Avenue. A small island that
Read More →Commercial real estate transactions in Polk County from March 8, 2019, through March 27, 2019 Address: 1200 S.W. BROOKSIDE CIRCLE, SUITE 5, GRIMES Date: March 8, 2019 Price: $140,000 Seller: STT DISTRIBUTION LC Buyer: RENDA PROPERTIES 2 LLC Acres: 0.134 Square feet: 21,600 Address: 742 N.E. 47TH PLACE, DES MOINES
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Posted May 01, 2019in Art News
Molly Wood replicates still-life paintings of the masters by raising her plants indoors and lighting her photos exclusively with natural light. Olson-Larsen Galleries is celebrating its 40th anniversary with an exhibition that includes 70 pieces by 55 artists from its four decades in town. Memorial photo montages are also included
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Posted May 01, 2019in At Home With
As mayor, Roberts saw the benefits of, and resistance to, development. Laughing comes easily to Mary Ann Roberts, but don’t let the diminutive, white-haired 80-something-year-old fool you. She is a force to be reckoned with. While serving as Johnston’s mayor from 1980-1984, Roberts was one of only two female mayors
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Posted May 01, 2019in Iowa Artist
Linda Lewis’ sculptures reveal what a person thinks. Four years before Linda Lewis was set to take early retirement from her teaching career, she enrolled in a figurative clay art workshop. She minored in art in college, but teaching paid the bills; art didn’t. At the workshop, she wanted to
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Posted May 01, 2019in Lunch With...
CEO of EMC Insurance Company shares his perspective on Des Moines and the insurance industry. Bruce Kelley is the longtime CEO of EMC Insurance Company, a 108-year-old business in downtown Des Moines that employs 2,400 people, 1,400 of them in Des Moines. We asked him to lunch, and he suggested
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