DES MOINES, Iowa. (November 6, 2023) – The Salvation Army Capital Area Command wants to remind everyone that the 2023 Red Kettle Season is right around the corner, starting with the annual Red Kettle Kick Off this Friday at Jordan Creek Town Center from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Preschoolers
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa (November 6, 2023) — Mainframe Studios, a financially self-sustaining nonprofit providing affordable workspaces to advance equity and opportunities in the arts, has selected Julia Franklin as its new Executive Director. An accomplished artist, leader, professor, and founder of multiple community arts programs, Franklin brings the organization more
Read More →Enjoy two days of poetry and spoken word offered as part of Art on the Prairie in Perry this month. Check out the full schedule of in-person events cosponsored by Poetry &, the Iowa Poetry Association (IPA), and the 13th annual celebration of Art on the Prairie. All of the
Read More →NEWS RELEASE (Des Moines, IA) – Broadlawns Medical Center (BMC) Board of Trustees announced today that it has received and accepted the resignation of Broadlawns President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Anthony (Tony) B. Coleman, DHA. Dr. Coleman assumed his CEO responsibilities on December 6, 2021. During his almost two
Read More →Blank Children’s Hospital is proud to announce the 40th Annual Festival of Tree & Lights. This event is the largest fundraiser for Blank Children’s Hospital and a central Iowa tradition to kick off the holiday season. Festival of Tree & Lights supports Child Life and the Center for Advocacy and
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Posted November 02, 2023in Morain
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; . . .” So says the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The 14thAmendment extended its authority to the various states, so for the past 155 years or so it’s served as basic law
Read More →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 Archive Library –
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Posted November 01, 2023in Feature 1
Winter is coming, and it’s joined by howls, hoops and a fresh crop of basketball talent. Interviews with the Iowa Wolves new pack leader, Ernest Scott, and VP of marketing, Chip Albright, take you on the court and into the office for the 2023-2024 season. The 2023-2024 season brings a
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Posted November 01, 2023in Feature 2
Des Moines is considered a small market, at least for media, entertainment and designers. That’s changing now in a world flash-shrunk by the Internet. Before the last 20 years, most Iowa artists with ambition left the state, usually for New York. Iowa was more famous for the people who left
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Posted November 01, 2023in Business Feature
Whether it’s Des Moines city proper or Ankeny, Clive, Urbandale or any of the other suburbs in the metro, pride abounds in the residents who call these communities home. They are proud of the thriving business community; the charitable organizations; and the trails, parks, events, arts and other quality of
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