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Mother-of-pearl shells from the Des Moines River inspired the iridescent surface of “Hello, River,” ...

Busting Barriers: A Festival of Black Women Entrep …

Writer: Mathany Ahmed Photos: Duane Tinkey Loretta Terrell envisions a world where more Black ...

Planting seeds for lifelong nutrition

Writer: Madeline Cisneros Sometimes it helps to have a snappy title. This year’s Iowa ...

Grab and go from Trader Joe or trade up for the re …

  Traditional spring rolls from The Eggroll Ladies come full to bursting with pork, ...

Opera in Focus

Baritone Justin Austin posed amid projections of artwork by John Singer Sargent during a ...

Cultivating Connections

Lynn Kuhn designs outdoor spaces that invite and encourage people to linger. Photo: Kristi ...

#LoveDSM

It’s 2024 and we’re still waiting for the tech gods to grant us the ...

Discover a Diverse Des Moines: Upcoming cultural e …

Latino Heritage Festival, Sept. 21-22. Photo courtesy Iowa Latino Heritage Festival For the last ...

Light the Night

Puppeteer Brant Bollman plans to take a few friends to the Drake neighborhood for ...

Bus drivers compete for ‘roadeo’ glory

DART bus driver Cesar Chavez won the 40-foot category of Iowa’s Bus Roadeo in ...