Posted December 10, 2024in The Culture Buzz
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 – https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz
Read More →DES MOINES, IA (December 9, 2024) – The Rotary Club of Des Moines awarded its annual community service grant at their December 9th weekly meeting. The grant was increased to $50,000 this year and awarded to Ellipsis. This grant will fund a kitchen and lounge area of residential care facility
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Posted December 09, 2024in Stray Thoughts
When and why did the United States turn into such a cesspool of hatred? Some people may disagree with that characterization. But events last week have or should put those questions front and center because the kind of cold-hearted reaction we have witnessed is disgusting. See what you think: About
Read More →Des Moines , IA — Des Moines IA — A Virtual Mobile Clinic (VMC) recently acquired by VA Central Iowa to provide medical services to Veterans in rural counties is now also being used to serve homeless Veterans in the Des Moines metro area. The VMC is a 38-foot-long mobile
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Posted December 06, 2024in Morain
Grandfathers and clocks have a lot in common. Remember the “Grandfather’s Clock” song? How the clock kept accurate time for the old man’s entire life? “Ninety years without slumbering, tick, tock, tick, tock?” We have a pendulum clock on the wall in our downstairs hall that rings the Westminster Chime
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Posted December 04, 2024in Feature 1
Christmas music floods the airwaves through our radios, Spotify and Apple Music playlists, or however you choose to listen to the holiday tunes year after year. While some think it criminal to start jingling bells before Thanksgiving, others begin rocking around the Christmas tree in their Halloween costumes. And all
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Posted December 04, 2024in Feature 2
Our Christmas classic for the holidays Publisher’s note: Forty-five years ago, when Michael Gartner was editor of The Des Moines Register, he walked over to the desk of writer Bob Hullihan and said, “How about writing me a Christmas classic for the holidays?” Hullihan said, “Sure.” And he did. It
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Posted December 04, 2024in Business Feature
Catching the latest flick at the movie theater has been a pastime for people of all ages, but with the advent of streaming services and the growing number of options for watching movies at home, many opt for a “movie night” while curled up on the couch. This holiday season
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Posted December 04, 2024in Civic Skinny
Political campaign money flowed into the Iowa’s U.S. House of Representatives campaigns this past election season. All four of the House seats were up for grabs in Iowa’s congressional districts. Republicans were aiming to retain their dominance in the state, while Democrats were hoping to flip two of the districts,
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Posted December 04, 2024in Political Mercury
I am Dave. If you are online at all, you are Dave. We all are. Human editors, real ones, survive at near-extinction levels. Seeing one at work these days is like watching a bald eagle glide a river canyon, one diving majestically for fish, the other for truth. For the
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