Posted March 29, 2022in The Culture Buzz
From the dynamic MainFrame Studios Building at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, Iowa comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station KFMG-LP 98.9 FM, bringing you music, literature & cultural news from the American Heartland and beyond. ― John Busbee for The Culture Buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration in the Arts
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Posted March 28, 2022in Morain
A bill has been proposed in the Iowa Senate that would give enormous power to a minority in the Iowa Legislature. Not a racial, gendered, religious or ethnic minority, but a minority that would constitute just one-third of either legislative house. The bill, Senate Study Bill 3064, which last week
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Posted March 28, 2022in Stray Thoughts
Through history, some political leaders have been outstanding orators. Boy, could they talk. They knew how to mobilize and move people with their words. Think of Franklin Roosevelt and, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Or Ronald Reagan and, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Read More →DES MOINES (March 22, 2022) – The nonprofit 80/35 Music Festival announces the second wave of artists for the 13th edition of the festival, taking place July 8 – 9, 2022. 80/35 is presented by the Greater Des Moines Music Coalition (DMMC), and the festival serves to further the
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Posted March 22, 2022in The Culture Buzz
From the dynamic MainFrame Studios Building at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, Iowa comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station KFMG-LP 98.9 FM, bringing you music, literature & cultural news from the American Heartland and beyond. ― John Busbee for The Culture Buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration in the Arts
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Posted March 22, 2022in Morain
Last week was Sunshine Week in the United States. It was not in Russia. The American Society of News Editors established Sunshine Week in 2005 to emphasize the importance of open government and the dangers of excessive and unnecessary secrecy. It celebrates the First Amendment’s requirement that “Congress shall make
Read More →(West Des Moines, Iowa – March 22, 2022) – Bank Iowa today announced it has appointed Kathryn A. Sandie as branch manager for the West Des Moines community. Sandie brings 22 years of experience in the financial industry to Iowa’s second largest family-owned bank. “We are excited for Kathryn to
Read More →Exile Brewing Company (Des Moines, IA) has been partnering with Friends of Des Moines Parks in conjunction for their spring/summer seasonal, Lemon Trail. On Saturday, April 16th you can participate in a 10-mile ride that showcases the bike trails the Friends of Des Moines Parks help maintain. Stopping at various
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Posted March 17, 2022in Morain
I’m sitting here trying to write a column about Ukraine that makes sense. It’s hard to know where to start. A few nations are blessed, or cursed, to be situated strategically between two or more superpowers, and consequently to suffer occupation after occupation with accompanying damage and death. Ukraine, the
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Posted March 15, 2022in The Culture Buzz
From the dynamic MainFrame Studios Building at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, Iowa comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station KFMG-LP 98.9 FM, bringing you music, literature & cultural news from the American Heartland and beyond. ― John Busbee for The Culture Buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration in the Arts
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