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Posted March 06, 2024in Center Stage

The Iowa Stage’s success recipe for 2024

The evolution of Greater Des Moines theatre companies is fascinating. Exploring these unique purveyors of community engagement gives cultural adventurers a greater understanding of the cultural icebergs beneath the surface.  [...]

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Posted March 06, 2024in Your View

Your View

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Posted March 06, 2024in People & Pets

Visit 37 alpacas, free of charge

When offered a handful of grain, Stella, an alpaca, sticks out her long tongue to scoop the food into her mouth, leaving slobbery drops on the offering hand. Within minutes, [...]

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Posted March 06, 2024in Walks of Life

Golden employees

The vision of what life is like “after retirement” is as unique as each individual. For some, that vision focuses on leisure: traveling to warm beaches, afternoons spent reading, extra [...]

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Posted March 06, 2024in Art News

Worlds in collision

Cecily Brown, whose one-person show at the Des Moines Art Center (DMAC) in 2016 was a major coup for the museum, is flying high after her “Death and the Maid” [...]

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Posted March 06, 2024in Guest Commentary

There’s something happening here

I’m starting to wonder if guns aren’t more prevalent nowadays in the city where I’ve lived all of my life than I imagined they were in places like Dodge City, Abilene [...]

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Posted March 06, 2024in Sound Circuit

Celebrate Jazz Month

Des Moines may not be a hotbed of jazz compared to New Orleans or New York City, but music lovers can still celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month locally in April. Jazz [...]

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Posted March 06, 2024in Sound Notes

Sound Advice

St. Patrick’s Day is on a Sunday, but the Des Moines metro is offering an entire weekend of fun and green beer. At Bennigans Merle Hay, Toaster plays with opener [...]

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Posted March 06, 2024in Film Previews

Film Previews

“Dune: Part Two” PG-13 | 164 minutes Director: Denis Villeneuve Writers: Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts, Frank Herbert (source material) Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson “Dune: Part Two” picks up [...]

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Posted March 06, 2024in Publisher

‘It’s still rock and roll to me’

Billy Joel penned those words in his No. 1 hit of the same name from his “Glass Houses” album of 1980. I listened to it with my friends while roller [...]

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