GREATER DES MOINES, IA (May 4, 2020) – The Downtown Farmers’ Market and the Iowa Cubs have teamed up with Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery to host a free hand sanitizer drive-up on Wednesday, May 6 at the Principal Park parking lot from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. With the
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May 04, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Editorial cartoonists — the outstanding ones, like the Des Moines Register’s Frank Miller and Brian Duffy — have a marvelous ability to express a point of view with only a few words and a skillfully drawn image. When I was the Register’s opinion editor, Miller’s most famous cartoon hung next
Read More →AMES, Iowa (May 1, 2020) – The nine-week campaign, called 25 for 25, features 25 Iowa artists, small businesses and entrepreneurs. Each week, three of these vendors are featured and their products are promoted on social media and our website. Here’s how it works: Anyone interested in purchasing the promoted items
Read More →The Des Moines Concours team continues to closely monitor the COVID-19 situation, both in Iowa and nationwide. Given the current projected curve of the coronavirus, we believe the pandemic will sufficiently subside and the Concours will go forward as scheduled September 12 and 13. Our team continues to recruit the very
Read More →The Des Moines Symphony’s Yankee Doodle Pops, originally planned for Thursday, July 2 at the Iowa State Capitol, will be reimagined as a community-wide Labor Day celebration on Monday, September 7 in the Lauridsen Amphitheater at Water Works Park. As part of this special concert, the Orchestra will honor Labor
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April 30, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Extra
“Drake University has postponed the 2020 Drake Relays.” The sporting world goes quiet. The blue oval is an empty, wind-swept desert. A hotdog in a steamed bun is a distant dream. Except at our house. “He’s rounding the corner, ladies and gentlemen. Come on, let’s give him a big Drake
Read More →DES MOINES (April 20, 2020) – Security National Bank of Iowa today opens its first full-service location in the West Des Moines area. The location is at 200 S. Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266. Security National Bank saw a need in the West Des Moines market— a bank with an integrated, tailored
Read More →Wednesday, April 29, 2020 – THE CULTURE BUZZ – 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Central Time Broadcast regionally on KFMG 98.9 FM; Streaming globally through www.kfmg.org Please note that the current Covid-19 pandemic is critically impacting our everyday lives, including our cultural sites and events. There is a myriad of
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April 27, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
The coronavirus crisis has exposed the financial vulnerabilities of countless Iowa businesses. Whether we like it or not, it will be touch-and-go to see how many come through this intact, how many will end up as shadows of their former selves, and how many will disappear. It’s implausible that businesses
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa (April 27, 2020)—In the interest of health and safety in light of the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden has shifted its 2020 Spring Garden Festival presented by Country Landscapes to an online plant sale with curbside pickup. The sale opens to the public at dmbotanicalgarden.com/shop on Wednesday, April
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