April 05, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Collections & Hobbies
Felicia Coe became “Iowa Fly Girl” mostly by accident. Raised in Des Moines and recently arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, she was driving to work when she heard the news on the radio: A local aerial arts studio was celebrating its grand opening. “It was like, ‘That is crazy.’
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April 05, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Labor leaders, parents and Council Bluffs community members say proposed radical changes to Iowa’s child-labor laws would redefine what it means to be a kid in the state, placing young people in jeopardy while driving down wages for adults amid the tumult of a worker shortage. From Keokuk to Council
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April 05, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in People & Pets
As a teenager, Amanda Nuzum loved her sulcata tortoise, Daisy. After high school, she kept Daisy, but she was busy, working three jobs. To her dismay, she had to give her up. “I couldn’t give her the attention she needed. It was so sad. I didn’t want her sitting in
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April 05, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
Just like how Iowa’s landscape seems to burst with springtime growth, the performing arts scene is bursting with a diverse range of tantalizing offerings in April. From national touring shows at Des Moines Performing Arts, to powerful locally produced shows from Tallgrass Theatre Company, Iowa Stage Theatre Company, Ankeny Community
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April 05, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Belly Up To...
When’s the best time to write a Belly Up column on an Irish place? After the St. Patrick’s Day shenanigans. I headed to Magee’s Irish Pub & Eatery following their three-day St. Paddy’s day celebration. A few leftover green decorations dotted the place. But no worries — there was plenty
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April 05, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Cars in the City
When owning a classic car, you can’t sit in the garage polishing it all day — you want to drive it. There’s nothing better than comparing racing stripes, souped-up engines and oversized dangling dice with other classic car owners, such as those in the Concrete Cruizers car club. The Concrete
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April 05, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
The beloved face of Drake University has a protruding jaw, wrinkly scowl and sad eyes. George, whose official title is Griff II, is the latest in a growing line of live mascots serving the school. It began in 1910. Until then, the university mascot had been the Drakes (a male
Read More →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 & Collaboration
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March 23, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
One state among the 50 registered an increase in the incidence of cancer in 2022. That would be Iowa. The only one. Only Kentucky ranked ahead of Iowa last year in the rate of its residents’ cancer cases. But Kentucky’s rate dropped last year. Iowa’s grew. The reasons for those
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March 21, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in 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 & Collaboration
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