Immigration in central Iowa
With a country built on a diverse population, the United States and immigration go hand in hand — and that includes Iowa. Even while located in the middle of the [...]
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Posted May 31, 2023in Feature 1
Posted May 31, 2023in Feature 2
Summer jobs — they work!
Times are changing in the workplace. Overall, young people are less eager to join the labor market than previous generations, particularly since COVID shutdowns. Many companies are turning to retired, part-time [...]
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Posted May 31, 2023in Civic Skinny
Chambers merging, Partnership leadership history, early campaign contributions and unpaid fines
The Windsor Heights Chamber of Commerce, which formed in 2004 and currently has 58 members listed on its website, merged operations with the Urbandale Chamber of Commerce, which formed in [...]
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Posted May 31, 2023in Art News
The melancholy master and his ilk
The Des Moines Art Center’s Print Gallery is an underappreciated gem. Almost every show provides great lessons in history, culture and “there is nothing new under the sun” humility. “Rembrandt [...]
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Posted May 31, 2023in Political Mercury
Council Bluffs’ Turek in conversation as ‘next Tom Harkin’
There is, of course, only one Tom Harkin, a retired U.S. senator who constructed a legislative and political legacy few Democrats in Iowa — and indeed the nation — have. [...]
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Posted May 31, 2023in Film Review
‘Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me’ doesn’t provide much insight
“Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me” is another variation on a familiar cautionary tale: a warning about fame chewing people up and spitting them out — with Netflix guilty [...]
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Posted May 31, 2023in Food Dude
Road trip destinations
Road trips are for all seasons but winter. But without a truly special destination, why would we bother? Two places, one less than 40 miles from downtown, the other less [...]
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Posted May 31, 2023in Des Moines Forgotten
The 1961 plane crash on Country Club Boulevard
This story developed because I received a speeding ticket in Nebraska this past March. It was one of those deals when I was going 10 mph over the speed limit, [...]
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Posted May 31, 2023in Joe's Neighborhood
The Irish Potato
So… what about the potato in Ireland? “You call them fries, we call them chips. What you call potato chips, we call crisps.” Emmett Maher, the restaurant manager at Beshoffs [...]
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Posted May 31, 2023in Center Stage
‘Native Gardens’ is sure to grow on audiences
The Des Moines Community Playhouse has leveraged more than a century of community development and partnership into diverse programing that reaches across the entire range of live theatre tastes. Being [...]
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