Group Creatives invites central Iowa artists to participate in Art Week Des Moines on June 17-23, 2022. The form at https://artweekdesmoines.com/submit/ is open now through April 1 for submitting events and projects. In its eighth year, Art Week focuses on Columbus Park, Drake/Dogtown, Franklin, Oak Park/Highland Park, The Avenues, and Valley Junction
Read More →Christ Apostolic Temple will provide free transportation to and from the clinics. Individuals who receive a COVID-19 vaccine with Hy-Vee can also earn a 50-cent Hy-Vee Fuel Saver reward for a limited time. WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (March 3, 2022) — Hy-Vee, Inc. announces today that it will host its
Read More →Virtual Visit & Author Event: Rob Osler Thursday, March 3 — 6:30 p.m.@Beaverdale Books Author Kali VanBaale will be at Beaverdale Books to host Rob Osler via Zoom Devil’s Chew Toy Perfect for fans of Carl Hiaasen and Armistead Maupin, this light, LGBT mystery follows an unlucky in love—and life—teacher
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Posted March 02, 2022in Feature 1
Do you enjoy playing tennis? How about ping-pong? Or badminton? If you checked all three boxes — or even if you didn’t — we have a sport or you: pickleball. Played indoors or outdoors on courts less than half the size of a regulation tennis court, with paddles and a
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Posted March 02, 2022in Feature 2
A close friend of mine lived directly behind his elementary school. On St. Patrick’s Day in his fifth-grade year, he went to school without wearing any green. Shamed by classmates and his teacher, he walked home at lunch time, entered his family garage, foraged a partially used can of green
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Posted March 02, 2022in Business Feature
When it comes to the holiday season and Valentine’s Day, love is in the air — and warm, fuzzy feelings abound. No wonder then that the number of engagements spikes. As most of us begin looking forward to the warmer days ahead, the betrothed dive into planning for the day
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Posted March 02, 2022in Civic Skinny
Five days after Apollo 14 launched in 1971, Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell walked on the moon. Stuart Roosa, a former U.S. Forest Service wildland firefighter, orbited above in a command module. Roosa’s personal kit had small containers with hundreds of tree seeds, part of a joint project with NASA
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Posted March 02, 2022in Political Mercury
First elected in 1958 to the Iowa Statehouse — during the Eisenhower administration — U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has served in public office continuously for more than 60 years — and that’s too long, said former Iowa Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for the Senate.
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Posted March 02, 2022in Film Review
“Robin Robin” Directed: Dan Ojari and Mikey Please, and featuring voice actors Stars: Gillian Anderson, Richard E. Grant, and Adeel Akhtar. (Watch complete short film on Netflix) An optimistic young robin raised by a family of mice makes a heartfelt wish on a Christmas star. Will she finally learn who
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Posted March 02, 2022in Food Dude
Des Moines is blessed with lots of outstanding Vietnamese restaurants. Thank you, Gov. Ray. One of them is raising the bar. Pho 515 is about 90% of the way done with a major remodeling. It is enclosed now with lovely new furniture. All that is left is the installing of
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