Ernie’s Boondock
Since opening on the corner of E. Grand and E. Fifth Street in 2019, Ernie’s Boondock has crafted a uniqueness that’s hard to come by with affordable prices, outside-the-box cocktails, [...]
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Posted August 02, 2023in Cars in the City
Kia Telluride
In 2019, Kia debuted its Telluride, a midsize crossover SUV. In the years since, the Telluride’s popularity has soared. In 2020, the Telluride hit the “best of” lists, including Kelly [...]
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Posted August 02, 2023in Art News
The religious and political powers of clay
The great Kickapoo artist Pahponee (Snow Woman) taught this writer about the religious qualities of clay. After seeing a sacred white buffalo and a white buffalo calf, she started dreaming [...]
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Posted August 02, 2023in Book Review
Book Reviews
‘Medusa’s Sisters’ There are a lot of successful books out there that take classic stories and spin them around, showing the villain’s side of a fairy tale, for example, or [...]
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Posted August 02, 2023in Iowa Artist
Melynda Van Zee
As a long-time art instructor and educator, Melynda Van Zee knew the techniques she needed to teach her students. Underpainting, shadowing and more help budding artists develop a framework to [...]
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Posted August 02, 2023in People & Pets
Hey, Dude
As store owners get creative with increasing sales and retaining customers, one four-legged friend is all about making guests feel welcome. Dude, a Weimaraner, is the official greeter at Wild [...]
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Posted August 02, 2023in Your Neighbors
Artists go from sharing slices to creating murals
Chris Sullivan and Jordan Sandquist both grew up in the Des Moines metro — Sullivan on the east side of Des Moines and Sandquist in Johnston. While their paths into [...]
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Posted August 02, 2023in Sound Circuit
Vixen rocks
If you lived through the 1980s music scene, you know it was full of rock ballads and big-hair musicians stringing guitar licks on MTV. Rock bands were mostly male-dominated, until [...]
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Posted August 02, 2023in Collections & Hobbies
Hot rod family
Hot rodding and racing have been part of the Hay family for nearly 100 years. Chris Hay, director of the Des Moines Valley Region of Sports Car Club of America, [...]
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