Sound Advice
The month of August often consists of sticky heat and frazzled parents and their back-to-school duties. Yet, live music doesn’t end when school begins. There’s always an excuse for a [...]
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Posted August 06, 2025in Sound Notes
Posted August 06, 2025in Cars in the City
Des Moines Concours d’Elegance celebrates 25 years
Among a sea of monster trucks and oversized gray SUVs, classic and vintage cars certainly stand out. A 1957 Chevy may not have Apple Car Play, but it does have [...]
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Posted August 06, 2025in Belly Up To...
New foods at the Iowa State Fair
Corn dogs. Fried Twinkies. Grinders. If you think that sounds like food from the Iowa State Fair, you are correct. But fair food goes beyond a porkchop on a stick. [...]
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Posted August 06, 2025in Walks of Life
Dream yards
Give 10 people the blank slate of a spacious yard, and you are likely to see those yards evolve into 10 different visions. Some will be a fenced-in oasis for [...]
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Posted August 06, 2025in Sound Circuit
Phoenix Mendoza — singer, writer, artist
Musician Phoenix Mendoza’s multi-dimensional career spans from songwriting, performance, and recording to visual arts and charity concerts. Mendoza will perform in Des Moines on Aug. 28 at Jasper Winery. He [...]
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Posted August 06, 2025in Publisher
‘Don’t need nothin’… but a good time’
In the 1980s, arena rock was all the rage, and the music wasn’t from just ordinary rock bands. These were hair bands. Big hair. Twisted Sister. Mötley Crüe. Bon Jovi. [...]
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Posted August 06, 2025in Lunch With...
RJ Tursi at Exile Brewing Company
RJ Tursi is the creator and owner of Exile Brewing Company in the historic Fitch shampoo factory. It is the largest brewery in Des Moines and the third largest in [...]
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Posted August 06, 2025in Film Previews
Film Previews
“The Naked Gun” PG-13 | 85 minutes Director: Akiva Schaffer Writers: Dan Gregor, Doug Mand, Akiva Schaffer Stars: Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam [...]
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Posted August 06, 2025in Iowa Artist
Susan R. Wilson doesn’t do beige
Waves of rolling farmland and crop lines often shows up in Susan R. Wilson’s colorful artwork. Being born and raised on an Iowa farm, the inspiration for her paintings arose [...]
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Posted August 05, 2025in Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Commercial real estate transactions in Polk County
5030 E. 14TH ST., DES MOINES SALE DATE: 2025-04-01 SALE PRICE: $820,000 SELLER: CAPITOL FOODS LTD BUYER: JBB DES MOINES LLC ACRES: 1.246 SQUARE FEET: 0 4995 MERLE HAY ROAD, [...]
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