Children’s musical with creative camps are aplenty
There is a special beauty about great stage scripts for children’s theatre. In the hands of an experienced producer such as the Kate Goldman Children’s Theatre at the Des Moines [...]
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May 01, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
May 01, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Notes
Sound Advice
The Greenbelt Music Festival in Clive returns for a second year. This year’s two-day event on May 17 and 18 includes bluegrass, folk, string and rock among a laid-back atmosphere [...]
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May 01, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Walks of Life
Organ donors
For many people with organ failure, a transplant is their one hope for a return to good health. In the U.S., more than 100,000 people are waiting for an organ [...]
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May 01, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Belly Up To...
The Stuffed Olive
As the Court Avenue district seeks solutions to revitalize the area, one restaurant – The Stuffed Olive — is eager to showcase its food and drink offerings. The Stuffed Olive, [...]
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May 01, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Publisher
The numbers are in!
With all the gloom and doom in the newspaper industry today, one might assume print publications of all sorts are also on the out. It is true that paid subscription [...]
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May 01, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Collections & Hobbies
A painful yet rewarding hobby
Perhaps being born and raised in the medieval era would be more likely to lead to a life of jousting, but it’s clearly still a possibility — and for some, [...]
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May 01, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Art News
Inappropriate Biblical adorations
Andrea Saltini’s controversial painting of Christ’s corpse being sexually violated was vandalized on the eve of Good Friday by a masked intruder in a now deconsecrated church outside Modena. The [...]
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May 01, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
YMCA supportive housing helps neighbors in need
A community of individuals who have their neighbors’ backs live at the YMCA supportive housing campus in downtown Des Moines. This solution for those who are homeless, or are about [...]
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May 01, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Circuit
Samara Joy sings about hope and a vision for the world
The Grammy Awards showcase the “best of the best” up-and-coming musicians in a variety of genres. For the Best New Artist award, the majority of musicians have been pop singers, [...]
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May 01, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Commercial Real Estate Transactions in Polk County from Feb. 14, 2024 to March 15, 2024. 801 S.W. ORDNANCE ROAD, ANKENY SALE DATE: 2024-02-15 SALE PRICE: $1,250,000 SELLER: CAB HOLDINGS LLC [...]
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