How baseball saved the arts
The high arts are flirting with existential jeopardy. What are the “high arts?” Late Des Moines artist Don Dunagan explained: “ ‘Titanic’ defined it. The music on the first class [...]
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Posted April 03, 2024in Feature 2
Posted March 06, 2024in Feature 2
The history behind Des Moines’ St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Who was St. Patrick? Why does he get a parade? And why is his parade so much fun? At the core of St. Patrick’s Day, those with Irish heritage recognize [...]
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Posted January 31, 2024in Feature 2
Love will keep us together
What is your favorite true-life love story? Always an interesting question when getting to know someone, it can solicit many different answers. Achilles and Patroclus’ love story has been both [...]
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Posted January 03, 2024in Feature 2
Hospitals and meadowlarks — How we define our identity as Iowans, and how our designs define us.
“Iowa is a special place that has crafted itself to claim a big part of the future but, at the same time, never sacrificed those values of person and community [...]
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Posted December 06, 2023in Feature 2
Thrill of the chill
Even with record-high temperatures in 2023, a trend that is expected to continue, do not underestimate Iowa’s ability to accumulate enough snow to last into the spring season. The snow [...]
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Posted November 01, 2023in Feature 2
Whatever happened to…?
Des Moines is considered a small market, at least for media, entertainment and designers. That’s changing now in a world flash-shrunk by the Internet. Before the last 20 years, most [...]
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Posted October 04, 2023in Feature 2
A good death — Hospice and end-of-life options for your pet
The little black and white bundle is not much bigger than my two hands as he rolls in the long grass with feet in the air and tail wagging. The [...]
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Posted September 06, 2023in Feature 2
Football wins
Football is the new national pastime. It took down all competitors during the last 50 years. The game generates more interest than all other sports in the U.S. It sells [...]
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Posted August 02, 2023in 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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Posted July 05, 2023in Feature 2
2023 CHOICE Awards
The idea for the CHOICE awards originated eight years ago and was inspired by Japan’s Living National Treasures. That program honors “preservers of important intangible cultural properties.” In the years [...]
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