As I write this, the Iowa General Assembly is still in session but is far enough along that I feel confident in predicting it will be remembered as one of the most prolific ever.
The …
A light rain had just stopped when I saw my friend K.C. at the corner of 37th Street and Grand Avenue.
“Isn’t it terrible what’s happening to Mount Pleasant?” I said.
“You mean closing Iowa …
It’s spring cleaning time, when we throw out things we no longer use or need. This year, let’s also get rid of some myths that clog up our ability to make rational decisions.
At the …
The Pritzker Architecture Prize was awarded earlier this month to London’s David Chipperfield, whose works include the Des Moines Public Library, completed in 2006, and Davenport’s Figge Art Museum, completed in 2005.
The $100,000 international …
After more than 50 years, Des Moines’ skywalk system is at a crossroads, again.
Unlike previous crises caused by growth and occasional falling glass, this moment of truth is the result of maturity. The talk …
First thought: New book.
“The Sophocles Rule” is local novelist Joe LeValley’s fifth book about the fictional town of Orney, Iowa, its local newspaper and star reporter Tony Harrington. And it may be his best.…
The 1969 Tony Award-winning musical “1776” was one of the first performances I saw in the then-new C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in 1971. Fifty-two years later, I still remember how curious it was that a musical …
I met my friend K.C. inside the Panoramic Awareness Pavilion in the southeast corner of the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park.
The pavilion is a light sculpture created by artist Olafur Eliasson. Its 23 …
“If you look out broadly and objectively, you’ll conclude that nothing we’ve done is working,” economist David Swenson said about rural Iowa during a recent podcast.
“Sixty of Iowa’s 99 counties had their peak populations …
Consolidation of Wells Fargo’s Des Moines operations brings to mind the history of its downtown buildings and their location at Eighth and Walnut streets, where one of early Des Moines’ most storied buildings stood for …
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