DES MOINES, IA, April 24, 2023 – The Center Street Community Farmers Market will return in 2023 with a new site just west of downtown Des Moines. The Center Street Community Farmers Market will run Wednesdays from 4-6 pm beginning June 7 until August 23. It is organized by Oakridge
Read More →WEST DES MONES, IA (FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2023) – The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the 2023 Citizen of the Year Honoree is Tina Mowry Hadden. For the 78th consecutive year, the West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce (WDM Chamber) has been recognizing outstanding individuals who
Read More →Des Moines, IA (April 20, 2023) – Des Moines Water Works Park is the place to be for the Greater Des Moines Community this summer. With an exciting line up of events already planned from May through October, featuring a variety of music, cultural, and outdoor based events, the venue
Read More →From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Podcast Library – https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration
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Posted April 17, 2023in Stray Thoughts
Last week was one to savor. But it also was a week to reflect on how far we still need to travel to have true citizen engagement in our state and local governments. First, some savoring. The Iowa League of Women Voters honored me and the Iowa Freedom of Information
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Posted April 13, 2023in Morain
How important is it to maintain decorum in a legislative body? And how serious must a disruption of decorum by members be to justify their expulsion from that body? Pundits and politicians alike are asking those questions after the Republican supermajority in the Tennessee House of Representatives expelled two Democratic
Read More →Des Moines, IA – (April 11, 2023) – On Tuesday, April 11th at 11:00 AM The Salvation Army’s new Client Choice Clive Pantry opened inside the coordination office at 1400 NW 100th St., Clive, IA 50325. Clients are able to walk the pantry with one of the staff and pick
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Posted April 11, 2023in The Culture Buzz
From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Podcast Library – https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration
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Posted April 11, 2023in Stray Thoughts
My friend Denny and I were as different as night and day. He was conservative; I wasn’t. I accused him of being to the right of Atilla the Hun. He accused me of working for Pravda, the famed Communist party newspaper. We thoroughly enjoyed poking each other this way. It
Read More →DES MOINES, IA (April 2023) – The latest addition to the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park is an imposing bronze sculpture entitled, Even Stones Have Eyes, 2023, by Pakistani-American artist, Huma Bhabha. In this 12-foot-high bronze sculpture, Bhabha positions a female figure with a missing arm and peg leg as
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