‘It’s a feel-good tired’
While the Des Moines Civic Center and Des Moines Performing Arts often take the spotlight for theatre in Des Moines, a few local community theatres are also flourishing in the [...]
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Posted October 01, 2025in Your Neighbors
Posted September 03, 2025in Your Neighbors
Hess goes ‘psycho’ at Des Moines Farmers Market
Patrons of the Des Moines Farmers Market might have noticed a wild-looking mascot during this season’s farmers market, courtesy of Jennifer Hess, owner of Psycho Sweets. Like many, Hess learned [...]
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Posted August 06, 2025in Your Neighbors
Bradley makes an impact
Iowa Juneteenth hosted Neighbor’s Day, a celebration of Juneteenth, in Western Gateway Park in June. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. While the Emancipation Proclamation was [...]
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Posted July 02, 2025in Your Neighbors
Lester reflects on 20-plus years at Mentor Iowa
The mission statement for Mentor Iowa, an organization founded in 1974, is to provide trained volunteer mentors to at-risk children in need of a positive adult role model. They do [...]
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Posted June 04, 2025in Your Neighbors
From mentee to mentor
Helping build leaders for the future is no small task. That is what Lead DSM has been trying to do for 40 years. Lately, the organization has had the help [...]
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Posted April 30, 2025in Your Neighbors
More than 2,500 pounds of crayons, courtesy of Norman Wrigley
Crayons are a staple in art education for those in elementary school. The coolest kids and classrooms had the best colors, a sharpener and more crayons than one knew what [...]
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Posted April 02, 2025in Your Neighbors
DMPS art curriculum coordinator brings student creations to Mainframe
Kathleen Davenport has experienced quite the rise in her 10 years of employment at Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS). She was an art teacher at Howe Elementary, Madison Elementary and [...]
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Posted March 05, 2025in Your Neighbors
Kick It Forward is positively disrupting the soccer community
The soccer community in Iowa is a strong one. There is a sense of belonging that spans generations of players who chose to play the game over Iowa’s more popular [...]
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Posted February 05, 2025in Your Neighbors
Local librarian focuses on youth services
Librarians are much more than what is portrayed in the media as “TV librarians,” Alissa Cornick, the youth services librarian at the South Side Library, said. “They usually still have [...]
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Posted January 01, 2025in Your Neighbors
From grapes to seeds
Stephen Volkmer-Jones has worn many hats throughout his life. He continues to wear plenty, but two appear to be his favorites: volunteering and grandparenting. Volkmer-Jones went to school for architectural [...]
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