Posted February 05, 2025in Walks of Life
What kids, strapped into the backseats of their parents’ cars, gazing through the gaps between the front seats and watching the road ahead, don’t think how great it will be when they are in the driver’s seat? And not just any driver’s seat, but the seat of their very own
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Posted February 05, 2025in Lunch With...
Trang Pham and her sister, Thien Olson, are young immigrants making their way in entrepreneurial Iowa while also holding down impressive day jobs and becoming family nuclei. We asked them to lunch and met at Trang’s newest Eggroll Ladies café, in the Equitable Building. When I arrived, Trang explained that
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Posted February 05, 2025in Food Dude
Joe and Red Giudicessi bought Christopher’s in 1961. The purchase included a sign too expensive to replace, so they kept the name someone else liked. Before that, they ran a tavern on East Locust. “It was called Rosie’s, where Bar Nico is now. The main clientele was streetwalkers and cops,
Read More →What years had the least and most laws passed in Iowa’s General Assembly? To answer this question, we dug into the online records for the Iowa legislature, which date back to 1915. In those first years with records available, when adding together the number of House Files and Senate Files
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Posted February 05, 2025in Sound Circuit
There’s a king of pop. A king of rock. And there’s an Iowa king of guitar as well. Although that’s not Bob Pace’s definition of himself. But take a listen to decide for yourself. When I first heard Pace’s shredding guitar, I was mesmerized. His Eric Clapton/Buddy Guy/Jimmy Page mash-up
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa (February 4, 2025) – In a fierce and calculated decision, Misha, Blank Park Zoo’s 13-year-old Amur tiger, has predicted that the Kansas City Chiefs will come out on top in the Big Game this Sunday in New Orleans. As part of a special enrichment activity, Misha was
Read More →West Des Moines, February 4, 2025 – The Historic Valley Junction Foundation is pleased to announce DIY in the Junction, an experiential event where attendees can take classes and make crafts at participating shops in Valley Junction. The event will take place on Saturday, February 22, inside the shops on
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Posted February 04, 2025in 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 Podcast Library – https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership &
Read More →A stellar lineup of outstanding writers! Readers and book lovers in central Iowa will be thrilled to find an outstanding array of authors that will be appearing at the DSM Book Festival on Saturday, March 22. Festival hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The free, fun-filled event,
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