Community members are invited to the front lawn of the Des Moines Art Center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 21 for Family Fiesta, a component of artist Justin Favela’s exhibition Central American. The exhibition opened at the Art Center on July 17. Favela’s art is inspired by
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Posted August 17, 2021in The Culture Buzz
The pandemic persists. Be safe. Be considerate. Be compassionate. Continue to be creative. Find ways to safely celebrate your thankfulness with family, friends and others. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration in the Arts Quote of the Week “We resist the notion
Read More →With drinking water and water recreation on the minds of central Iowans, Des Moines Water Works is hosting the fourth annual Citizen Water Academy this fall. The Water Academy is a free, four-session crash course about the history, use and management of water in the central Iowa region. This year,
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Posted August 10, 2021in The Culture Buzz
The pandemic persists. Be safe. Be considerate. Be compassionate. Continue to be creative. Find ways to safely celebrate your thankfulness with family, friends and others. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration in the Arts Quote of the Week “The greatest enemy of
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Posted August 09, 2021in Stray Thoughts
Here is one of the persistent questions rattling around in my head: Why are some well-educated people seemingly so lacking in common sense and good judgment? I’m thinking about Andrew Cuomo, New York’s governor for the past 10 years. Cuomo is hanging on to his job by a thread. His
Read More →UnityPoint Health is announcing today it will require its more than 33,000 team members to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The three-state health system also continues to urge all eligible individuals to get their COVID-19 vaccination as soon as possible. “We remain incredibly grateful to our health care providers, who have
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Posted August 04, 2021in Feature 1
Our annual Ultimate Food Challenge returns with a quest for central Iowa’s chicken wing champ. No other edible food has undergone as drastic a change of fortune in the last half century as the once humble chicken wing. Before the 1980s, it was the cheapest part of the bird not
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Posted August 04, 2021in Feature 2
Lineup is loaded with world-class live music The Iowa State Fair offers funnel cakes, butter cows, real cows, carnies, and 1-million-plus people who are watching people who are watching animals who are watching people. But the best place to put your eyeballs this August, and your ears, too, is squarely
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Posted August 04, 2021in Business Feature, Business Journal
COVID-19, rising costs speed up changes in the funeral industry. One would be hard pressed to find an industry that isn’t changing with the times, and the funeral industry is no different. Cremation continues to rise in popularity. Technology, spurred by COVID-19, is increasingly integral to funerals. Services are becoming
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Posted August 04, 2021in Civic Skinny
What did it take for the University of Oklahoma to lure basketball coach Jennie Lillis Baranczyk away from Drake University? Here’s what, based on a freedom-of-information request made by CITYVIEW to the Big 12 school: A base salary of $300,000 a year. Plus $175,000 a year from “unrestricted private funds.”
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