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Posted November 30, 2022in Just Released

Des Moines Art Center receives highest national recognition

DES MOINES, IA (November 2022) – The Des Moines Art Center has again achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national recognition afforded the nation’s museums. Accreditation [...]

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Posted November 30, 2022in Feature 1

Breaking barriers

Local organizations provide programs and support for adults with disabilities. Emily Brown loves to sing — and she does it well. The 25-year-old was born with a rare disorder called [...]

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Posted November 30, 2022in Feature 2

’Twas the night before… — A Christmas classic for the holidays

Publisher’s note: Forty years ago, when Michael Gartner was editor of The Des Moines Register, he walked over to the desk of writer Bob Hullihan and said, “How about writing [...]

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Posted November 30, 2022in Business Feature

The return of record shops

Mike Enloe may have been a struggling student at Drake University in 1975, but he kept an eye on the music industry. He decided to take a chance and open [...]

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Posted November 30, 2022in Civic Skinny

Bauder’s for sale. Final election finances. Central Iowa’s highest nonprofit salaries.

A “for sale” sign has been spotted at Bauder’s, Des Moines’ iconic ice cream shop and former pharmacy. Owner Kim Robertson said she is simply looking for a transition.  “I’ve [...]

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Posted November 30, 2022in Christmas Skinny

Merry Christmas…

Twelve drummers drumming… …for Randy Peterson, who has been writing sports at The Des Moines Register for 50 years…and Felipe Nogueira of Brazil, coach of the championship men’s volleyball team [...]

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Posted November 30, 2022in Political Mercury

Challenges, resilience in a rural Iowa newspaper’s last stand

The talented and intrepid reporter Dave Hoekstra, a former 30-year writer with the Chicago Sun-Times, spent the better part of three years chronicling the struggle of independent newspapers like my [...]

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Posted November 30, 2022in Film Review

Wink, wink jokes of ‘Spirited’ reek of eye-rolling smugness

While Charles Dickens may be the inspiration for “Spirited,” this flick stands no chance of knocking any previous venture in the Christmas Movie game off a top 10 list. While [...]

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Posted November 30, 2022in Food Dude

Stroganoff, eggplant and nostalgia

Marcel Proust translated the memory of a grandmother’s madeleine cookies into the 3,000-page novel “Remembrance of Things Past.” Ever since, taste and smell have been the senses of nostalgia. The [...]

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Posted November 30, 2022in Des Moines Forgotten

The PS Lounge and The Blue Goose

I love the history of gay bars. One of my favorite films is “Cruising,” directed by William Friedkin, based on the book by Gerald Walker. Seedy gay bars in the [...]

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