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World Food & Music Festival vendors announced

The World Food & Music Festival has announced the vendors, merchants and nonprofits for the 2025 Festival. The event will take place Aug. 22-24 at Western Gateway Park in Downtown Des Moines. This year’s festival …

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The 2025 Photo Issue

For several years, we’ve published a Photo Issue in the summer that highlights the interesting pastimes of leaders. This year the leaders and the hobbies included are as unique as ever. 

A nonprofit leader shreds …

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The Photo Issue 2025 Abby Delaney

Tell us a little about your hobby.  

Each spring I enjoy creating Ukrainian Easter eggs, known as pysanky. This 2,000-year-old artform involves hand-decorating eggs using a batik method of writing designs on the egg with …

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The Photo Issue 2025 Greg Bellville

Tell us a little about your hobby.  

Snowboarding is a winter sport where you sit in the middle of a ski run with a piece of wood strapped to both feet (that’s a little joke …

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The Photo Issue 2025 Wade Zimmerman

Tell us a little about your hobby.  

My hobby is all about crafting custom cakes, usually for my three amazing kids’ birthdays, though sometimes for other special occasions. Honestly, there’s no limit to what I’ve …

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The Photo Issue 2025 Sara Hopkins and Emily Westergaard

Tell us a little about your hobby.  

Sara: We actually grew up with our mom making dollhouses. There used to be a little miniature dollhouse store we would go to and could spend hours looking …

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Downtown Farmers’ Market to host 50th season celebration

The Downtown Farmers’ Market will commemorate its 50th season with a celebratory event on Saturday, July 26. The celebration begins with the market’s opening bell at 7 a.m. and continues into the afternoon with extended …

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Bravo Greater Des Moines awards capital project grants to nine cultural nonprofits

Bravo Greater Des Moines has awarded $412,475 in capital project grant investments to nine arts and culture nonprofits. Capital project grants provide funding to current Bravo cultural partners for capital projects that help organizations better …

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39th annual Summer Iowa Games kick off in July

The 39th annual Summer Iowa Games will be July 11–20 in Ames and surrounding communities. Open to athletes of all ages and skill levels from Iowa and nearby states, the event features a wide range …

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140 volunteers participate in ICON Water Trails cleanup event

ICON Water Trails announced the first ICONic Riverfest event raised nearly $25,000 and removed 560 pounds of debris and 15 trailer loads of invasive species at 11 locations across ICON’s network with the help of …

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