Carlsbad, Calif. (June 30, 2022) – Dew Tour, powered by MTN DEW®, the leading action sports competition series and festival, will kick off one month from today at the Lauridsen Skatepark in Des Moines, Iowa. Dew Tour is an invite-only skateboard competition that focuses on Street and Park disciplines, featuring
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Posted June 28, 2022in The Culture Buzz
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Central Time. Broadcast regionally on KFMG 98.9 FM; Simultaneously streaming globally through www.kfmg.org From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios Building at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station KFMG-LP 98.9 FM, bringing you music, literature & cultural news. — John Busbee for The Culture
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Posted June 28, 2022in Morain
For 50 years abortion was a legal choice for American women. Then last week the U.S. Supreme Court, overturning its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, ruled 5 to 4 that choice is no longer a constitutional right, and handed off control of the issue to each individual state. For Iowa’s
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Posted June 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
Read More →Johnston, Iowa — Children’s Cancer Connection (CCC) congratulates its Board President Julie Anderson-Suddarth, MD for receiving the Iowa Governor’s Volunteer Award. The Iowa Governor’s Volunteer Award (GVA) program honors the dedicated people who volunteer time and talent to help an agency or organization deliver on its mission. This year’s awards
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Posted June 21, 2022in Morain
The deepening of political extremism in the United States grows increasingly more evident. Moderation and bipartisanship shrink as progressives and conservatives move toward their respective corners of the political spectrum. The center attracts fewer activists. It’s hard to predict what politics will be like in a few more years. I
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Posted June 20, 2022in Stray Thoughts
Here we are, well into year three of the effects and after-effects of Covid. An oft-heard comment during this time has come from people who believe government should simply butt out. These people believe government should leave it to individuals, and parents, to decide what is best for themselves and
Read More →“An intriguing, fast-paced, voice-driven mystery”—Hannah Mary McKinnon, bestselling author of You Will Remember Me “Irresistible new book . . . Slick, sophisticated, and fun, this one absolutely sparkles.”—Emily Carpenter, author of Burying the Honeysuckle Girls and The Weight of Lies Aspiring filmmaker June Masterson has high hopes for her first documentary, the true
Read More →Beaverdale Books is proud to partner with Poetry&, a new initiative working to take poetry out into the community in creative, nontraditional ways. The group partners with organizations, poets, venues, and events to provide, through verse, fresh perspectives on topics of current interest and to give emerging and established poets
Read More →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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