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Posted April 24, 2023in Just Released

Center Street Community Farmers Market Returns

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 [...]

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Posted April 21, 2023in Just Released

WDM Chamber Announces 2023 Citizen of the Year Honoree

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 [...]

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Posted April 20, 2023in Just Released

Des Moines Water Works Park – Full Summer of Fun

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 [...]

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Posted April 18, 2023in The Culture Buzz

Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:

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. [...]

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Posted April 17, 2023in Stray Thoughts

It was a week to celebrate accountability

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 [...]

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Posted April 13, 2023in Morain

04/13/23

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 [...]

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Posted April 12, 2023in Just Released

Food Bank of Iowa and DMARC join The Salvation Army in opening their new pantry today!

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 [...]

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Posted April 11, 2023in The Culture Buzz

Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:

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. [...]

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Posted April 11, 2023in Stray Thoughts

Have we forgotten how to agree to disagree?

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 [...]

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Posted April 11, 2023in Just Released

Even Stones Have Eyes by Pakistani-American artist Huma Bhabha is the 32nd Sculpture installed at the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park

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, [...]

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