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Posted April 30, 2025in Collections & Hobbies

Capoeira combines several art forms into one

Capoeira is defined as an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, music and spirituality. The combination may sound too good to be true. But, for Juan Loruido, [...]

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Posted April 30, 2025in Iowa Artist

‘The Beginning of Everything’

Artist Annick Ibsen’s definition of her artwork is complex and ever-changing. With sculptures of nudes and other figures, she identifies as a ceramicist, as she builds items from clay. Her [...]

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Posted April 30, 2025in Cars in the City

Mazda CX-50 Hybrid

Car manufacturers are scrambling to offer hybrid vehicles, as some of their all-electric “cousins” still have a few kinks to work out. Yet, hybrid SUV prices inch upwards into the [...]

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Posted April 30, 2025in Sound Circuit

Greenbelt Music Festival set for May 16-17

The careers of members of Them Coulee Boys, a jam band from Wisconsin, took off after playing bars and small town gigs. They will be playing the Greenbelt Music Festival [...]

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Posted April 30, 2025in Lunch With...

Johnny Krohn at Ruth’s Chris Steak House

Johnny Krohn is the smiling face of hospitality in Des Moines. If you are in business and need to impress clients, or if you just want to do something special [...]

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Posted April 30, 2025in Art News

‘Wherever this is’

“I’m about to give you all of my money, And all I’m askin’ in return, honey Is to give me my propers” – Aretha Franklin Des Moines gets little respect [...]

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Posted April 30, 2025in Sound Notes

Sound Advice

Take me out to the ballgame… and a concert. The Principal Park’s Spring Into Summer Concert Series takes place in May. On Friday, May 23, the Pork Tornadoes perform after the [...]

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Posted April 30, 2025in Commercial Real Estate Transactions

Commercial Real Estate Transactions in Polk County from Jan. 15, 2025, to Feb. 14, 2025

1400 S.E. 11TH ST., GRIMES SALE DATE: 2025-01-15 SALE PRICE: $3,200,000 SELLER: MERGE RIGHT LLC BUYER: HARVEST EQUITY LLC ACRES: 4.390 SQUARE FEET: 40,379   1941 COURTLAND DRIVE, DES MOINES [...]

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Posted April 30, 2025in Publisher

‘A Festivus for the rest of us’

If you watched the popular TV show “Seinfeld” in the late 1990s, you are smiling right now. If you didn’t watch the show, well, read on, as you can still [...]

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Posted April 30, 2025in People & Pets

Pupcycled volunteers make dog toys from donated fabric scraps

“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” is a common quote — and one that Jan Marks says applies to discarded clothing that can help dogs in need. Marks, of [...]

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