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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Megyn Kelly talks about Ailes and ‘Bombshell’ in YouTube video

Megyn Kelly has kept her distance from “Bombshell,” a Hollywood awards contender that presents her as a key figure in exposing sexual harassment at Fox News. Until now, the New York Times reports. On Thursday, the former …

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Catt Center, human rights department to host 19th Amendment centennial kickoff

The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics and the Iowa Department of Human Rights’ Office on the Status of Women will host the 19th Amendment Centennial Commemoration Statewide Kickoff on Feb. 14. The …

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Walter Isaacson to speak at Greater Des Moines Partnership Annual Dinner

Walter Isaacson, a professor of history at Tulane University and a former editor of Time magazine, will be the featured speaker at the 2020 Greater Des Moines Partnership Annual Dinner on Jan. 15 at Community …

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Tickets available for annual MLK prayer breakfast hosted by YMCA

Tickets are now available for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast, to be held Jan. 20 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Knapp Center on Drake University campus. The event celebrates …

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Stephens Auditorium awarded 2019 Prime Site

Stephens Auditorium, managed by VenuWorks, received the 2019 Prime Site Award presented by Facilities and Event Management Magazine. The Prime Site award is given to the top entertainment, sports and special event venues, VenuWorks announced …

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Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs opens 2020 arts and cultural grants

A new round of arts and cultural grants offered by the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs is open for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the department announced this week. Application deadlines run March 1 to June …

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Wellmark Foundation announces 2020 grant cycles

The Wellmark Foundation is offering two competitive Matching Assets to Community Health grant opportunities in 2020. The MATCH grants are designed to support larger projects that build upon the assets unique to a community, and …

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United Way of East Central Iowa announces new CEO

Cedar Rapids Gazette: A new president and CEO of United Way of East Central Iowa will start leading the organization Feb. 3. The new CEO, Kristin Roberts, said she is eager to step into the role …

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Public market at Social Club on hold, board announces after initial due diligence

A public market at the Des Moines Social Club venue has been put on hold after initial due diligence, leaders announced today.


A Des Moines Social Club Transition Board of Directors was established in November …

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Des Moines Community Playhouse begins production of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’

The Des Moines Community Playhouse presents the drama “The Diary of Anne Frank” Jan. 24-Feb 9. The script draws from previously unpublished parts of Anne Frank’s real-life diary as Anne and three family members hide in …