Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:
The Covid-19 pandemic persists. Find ways to culturally and creatively continue explore. Please be safe and wise if you have to venture into public areas. – John Busbee for The [...]
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June 03, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
June 03, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Just Released
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa reopening for Summer Club
Summer session will begin June 8 at the Gregory & Suzie Glazer Burt Boys & Girls Club at Drake University DES MOINES, IA—June 3, 2020—Boys & Girls Clubs of Central [...]
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June 03, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in The Sound
LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE
At-Home Movie Night with BrightFocus Foundation, June 4-10 BrightFocus Foundation, a nonprofit organization funding scientific research and promoting public awareness to end diseases of mind and sight, announced a special, [...]
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June 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Just Released
Bank Iowa Names Recipients of Crowdsourced Community Give Back Program
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa, Goodwill of Central Iowa, West Des Moines Community School District and Younker 8 at Unity Point among 19 beneficiaries of Bank Iowa’s Helping Hand initiative [...]
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June 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Just Released
Polk County Public Works Department Road Closure announcement NE 72nd Street/NE Yoder Drive
Please be advised that NE 72nd Street/NE Yoder Drive between NE Bluff Drive and NE 134th Ave., and NE 126th Ave. east of NE 68th Street will be closed beginning [...]
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June 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
The optics are not helping demonstrators
“Optics” is a term that has come a long way from the days when it pretty much was the exclusive domain of eye doctors and companies that make telescopes, cameras, [...]
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May 30, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Just Released
DMACC HORTICULTURE PROGRAM DONATES HUNDREDS OF PLANTS AND FLOWERS TO UNITYPOINT HEALTH
Health care professionals receive special invite to visit DMACC greenhouse DMACC Horticulture students traditionally open the DMACC greenhouse for a public plant sale at the end of every spring semester. [...]
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May 28, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Just Released
Hinterland postponed
It breaks our hearts to announce we must postpone the festival due to COVID-19 concerns. We are coming back bigger and better than ever on August 6-8, 2021. Almost all [...]
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May 28, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Just Released
Art Adventures: Discovering Art in Local Parks
DES MOINES, Iowa (May 28, 2020) –In celebration of Art Week (June 19-26), Polk County Conservation, the Great Outdoors Foundation, Mainframe Studios and the organizers of Art Week are teaming [...]
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George Floyd, Protestor Violence – how to solve all this
The death of George Floyd at the hands of police should never have happened. It was murder and a dark moment in America. The looting, terrorism and burning of American cities by [...]
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