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 &
Read More →Please help us welcome Jason Woodside and It’s A Living (Ricardo Gonzalez) to Des Moines for the opening of their two-person exhibit on Friday, May 12, 5pm – 8pm. They are flying in from across the globe and will be completing other projects during their visit! Beverages and bites
Read More →Des Moines, IA – Non-profit Science Iowa’s Science Festival Trail returns to West Des Moines’ Raccoon River Park, 2500 Grand Avenue, on Father’s Day, June 18, from 1-4 p.m. The free, family-friendly event will host stations designed to help Iowans have fun while learning about science. Science- and environmental-related organizations
Read More →The Carlisle Chamber of Commerce has a series of Carlisle Bike Nights planned for this summer! Bike Nights will be held on the third Saturday of each month from May through September from 5:00-10:00 p.m. Bike Nights will be held in downtown Carlisle on School Street with live music, raffles,
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa – May 1, 2023 – The American Cancer Society will host its 16th annual Coaches vs. Cancer Gala, presented by Hy-Vee on Friday, May 12, 2023, at the Meadows Events and Conference Center in Prairie Meadows. This event brings together four universities as one team in the
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Posted May 03, 2023in Feature 1
Another Iowa winter passing marks the start of an Iowa summer that will have something for everyone. Looking for a music festival to enchant your weekend? We’ve got it. Searching for the surrounding area’s best festivals? Look no further. Hunting for the state’s best fair? It’s only a page away.
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Posted May 03, 2023in Feature 2
If you are looking for fast-paced sporting action this spring and summer, you are in luck. The Des Moines Menace soccer team and the Iowa Barnstormers arena football team, although being quite different, provide a similar atmosphere for their current and soon-to-be fans. On the following pages, we share some
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Posted May 03, 2023in Business Feature
On the afternoon of March 23, three women visited West Des Moines’ Historic Valley Junction. They began at Coffee Cats and made their way south. Along the way, they stopped at Bing’s, Sister’s, Memory Lane Antiques and Bozz Prints. While the group made their way around the district, Bing’s Owner
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Posted May 03, 2023in Civic Skinny
After a long delay, sales prices have been recorded for the high-end Grand Avenue condominiums developed by Harry Bookey and Pamela Bass-Bookey. The Kathleen J. Fehrman Revocable Trust paid $2,838,799 for a unit that takes up half of the top floor in the eight-story building at 3750 Grand Ave. (Or,
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Posted May 03, 2023in Political Mercury
Hawaii is Barry Obama’s home state, and Illinois is Senator Barack Obama’s home state, but Iowa is President Obama’s home state. One of the last questions I asked President Barack Obama during an interview in his first term was this: Would he consider locating his presidential library and museum in
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