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August 08, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in The Culture Buzz

Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:

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), [...]

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August 03, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in Morain

08/03/23

I may never write a column again. The other day my sister Deb in Sioux City emailed me about ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence application that writes stuff in the style [...]

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August 02, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in The Culture Buzz

Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:

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), [...]

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August 02, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in Feature 1

Iowa State Fair concerts

Lindsey Stirling Lindsey Stirling has carved out a new genre of music through her combination of expert violin skills and electronic, dubstep and pop elements during her 16-year music career. [...]

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August 02, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in Feature 2

The ultimate metro breakfast

Breakfast is not what it used to be. In the days of the classic diners of Des Moines, breakfast was a 24-hour-a-day offering of eggs any way you wanted them, [...]

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August 02, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in Business Feature

Antique stores catering to the times

The antique industry in the United States expanded by 3.3% between 2018-2023, according to market research firm IBISWorld. Changed spending habits in a post-pandemic world and a supply chain furniture [...]

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August 02, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in Civic Skinny

Coaching contracts, road safety plans and broadband funding

With the college football season approaching, we take a look at coaching contract details behind some of the state’s highest-paid employees. For comparison, CITYVIEW also requested contract details of some [...]

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August 02, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in Political Mercury

Presidential candidate wants to chase hate from public life

A pastor and businessman from Texas, with roots in Georgia, is pinning his presidential bid on a Christian ethos of bringing divided people together on common issues. Ryan Binkley, a [...]

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August 02, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in Film Review

A Barbie girl in a Barbie world

Are Barbie dolls demeaning or empowering? Director Greta Gerwig opts for the latter theory in this beamingly affectionate and deliriously pink-themed fantasy comedy-adventure produced by Barbie’s corporate manufacturer Mattel and [...]

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August 02, 2023 by Brent Antisdel in Food Dude

Historic surprises — Two Iowa legacies morph deliciously.

The Chamberlain Pub is not like anything else in town. It occupies an historic building on Grand Avenue. The D.S. Chamberlain House at Wesley Acres is on the National Register of Historic Places. [...]

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