Iowa distillery shifts production to hand sanitizer and partners with Atlantic Bottling Co. West Des Moines, IA ― Today, Foundry Distilling Co. announced the commercial availability of an FDA approved hand sanitizer following a temporary formula guideline given the shortage of hand sanitizer and the rise of COVID-19. Several weeks
Read More →April 14th, ORLAND PARK — Providing art has certainly looked different since the shelter-in-place order took place in Illinois, but Ballet 5:8 continues to find new ways to share its mission with communities across the nation and the world. Starting on April 19th at 12pm CST until the end of
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Posted April 14, 2020in Stray Thoughts
It’s quiz time. What arm of the federal government has the most contact with ordinary Americans, people like you and me? Is it the Internal Revenue Service? Social Security Administration? The Food and Drug Administration? Or the Department of Agriculture? Nope. Not that one. Not that one, either. None of
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Posted April 10, 2020in Joe's Extra
No matter your problems and worries, nature is like a cool cloth against your warm forehead. Yes, Juliette, there is a Santa Claus. Sure, it’s scary times — pestilence, politics and the end of the world as we know it. Not to mention your dad and mom suddenly being at
Read More →Chamber Members, In the troubling times that we are all facing it is with great pleasure that we announce some positive news. As we all know we have had to postpone our annual Celebrate Windsor Heights event, at this event we would have announced our Citizen of the Year and
Read More →Hi, friends! We wanted to let you know that the following Nitefall shows have been rescheduled. We look forward to gathering with you for live music again soon! ❤️ • The Prince Experience with Jake Kemble and Kick – Friday, July 24 • Jordan Davis – Thursday, August 27 •
Read More →Next season, the Des Moines Symphony joins the musical world in celebrating Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday. The season begins in October with Beethoven’s joyful anthem for humanity, his Ninth Symphony, and finishes in May with the most famous four notes in music – his powerful, gripping Fifth Symphony. In
Read More →Please note that the current Covid-19 pandemic is critically impacting our everyday lives, including our cultural sites and events. Please be safe and wise if you have to venture into public areas. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz Quotes of the Week “Good leadership requires you to surround yourself
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Posted April 06, 2020in Stray Thoughts
One of my memories, one that had been tucked away back where the cobwebs congregate, is from that day in 2004 when the oldest Evans daughter graduated from Saint Louis University. The graduates crowded onto the arena floor for the commencement ceremony. They were grouped by their areas of study
Read More →When I was 10 years old, I was talking with my Uncle Red when somewhere in the conversation the topic of a $100 bill came up. Red told me he had one in his wallet, and I asked if I could see it. He handed it to me, and I
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