It’s not too early to celebrate the holidays with various music concerts at Hoyt Sherman Place. On Nov. 14, Motown Christmas features musicians from The Temptations, Miracles and The Contours. Tickets cost $44-$64. The Girl Named Tom are sibling musicians and the only contestants who won as a group on
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Posted November 01, 2023in Iowa Artist
A treasure of skilled artists reside at a senior community in West Des Moines. One might mistakenly think it’s all about crocheting or baking cookies. Instead, they’re carving wood, shaping silver jewelry and more. The artists featured here, along with more than 35 other vendors, will sell a variety of
Read More →What are those devices that have popped up all over Des Moines and the suburbs? They are black, like computer tablets, attached to the tops of tall poles, and they are always tilted. Donning the top of large poles, mainly streetlights as of late, are solar panels. According to the
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Posted November 01, 2023in Your Neighbors
Maurice Hoffman’s story takes him all over the globe during his time in the military, which began at a young age. At 17 years old, he needed his parents’ signature in order to join the Navy in 1944. Hoffman traveled the world as a result, lasting from 1944 to 1976
Read More →‘A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?’ One of the many common rebuttals to the idea of humanity expanding beyond our ailing, brink-of-climate-disaster of a planet is that there are other problems, right here, that need fixing before
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Posted November 01, 2023in People & Pets
When visualizing a miniature cow, what comes to mind? A cow the size of a dog? Or a goat? For reference, a regular cow weighs about 1,200 pounds. However, a miniature cow, such as the two cows owned by Cindy McGuire, each weigh about 300 pounds. That gives new meaning
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Posted November 01, 2023in Art News
Des Moines Art Center’s new show “Transform Any Room” is a call to everyone’s inner artist. A mish mash of crafts, weavings, assemblages and mixed media, “TAR” is designed to show its audience that decorating, collecting and shopping can be artistic self-revelations. Glittering beads, vibrant Azerbaijani carpets and cologne bottle
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Posted November 01, 2023in Sound Circuit
When Kenny Sehgal was driving from New York to his hometown of Urbandale, he reminisced about his old band while listening to music in his car. Although he plays guitar and sings with three other bands in New York, he recalled his musical roots and the buddies he played with.
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Posted November 01, 2023in Cars in the City
Volkswagen is known for its most iconic cars — the Beetle (slug bug) and the VW minivan. It’s been a while since those original models were sold, and Volkswagen SUVs are now their best-selling vehicles. The 2024 Atlas SEL Premium RL is a midsize SUV. The higher-end model rings in
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When the corner of 6th and Locust housed 136 doctors and 67 dentists
When I was a boy — and that was not recently — I would take the bus downtown one afternoon a week to get allergy shots from Dr. Lou Noun. I would get off the bus at Sixth and Locust, go through the revolving doors into the Equitable Building,
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