Arts and Culture

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West Music brings passion for pianos


On June 1, West Music Co. Inc. took another step toward its goal of bringing music to the masses with the opening of an Urbandale store.

“Music should be for all ages and abilities, and …

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Iowa Sister States relies on volunteers’ efforts


Iowa Sister States is dedicated to connecting Iowans with the world by hosting and facilitating exchange programs between Iowa and its eight sister states. Two recent examples of such visits: An Iowa delegation joined U.S. …

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Former attorney turns from contracts to art


On a recent Sunday night at Des Moines International Airport, Matthew Clark took a few minutes to reattach a cell phone to the silicone hand of Larry the salesman.

Larry isn’t real, but he looks …

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Vinyl and record stores making a comeback

In the last two years, Daniel Bosman says he hasn’t purchased one CD, and his collection of CDs takes up only a small span of shelf space in his house.

Now, almost every album he …

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Des Moines Social Club space listed for sale


Western Gateway Park had its genesis in the mid-1990s, when an Amoco gas station was demolished to make way for Meredith Corp.’s headquarters at 1615 Locust St. Mario Gandelsonas of New York-based Agrest and Gandelsonas …

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East Village business owner travels to World Cup


Tanya Keith, owner of Simply for Giggles, recently traveled with her husband, Doug Jotzke, to South Africa to cheer on the U.S. men’s national team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. She answered some questions …

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Living and working downtown


When Sara Broek decided to move from a house she shared with a few friends in West Des Moines, there was only one area she wanted to be – downtown.

Her apartment in the East …

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An ad man takes a shot at the U.S. image abroad


Keith Reinhard has been called the last of the “mad men,” the freewheeling, super-creative advertising executives who spun a world of marketable images from little more than raw meat.

In Reinhard’s case, the reference to …

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A knack for speed


Racing dreams are coming true for Brett Moffitt.

At age 17, those dreams seem to have no bounds.

He is driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, one of the hallmark names on the NASCAR circuit. On …

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Alianza grows into independent organization


Puede leer estas palabras? No?

Imagínese si tuviera que hacer un trato en el español como un empresario nuevo en México.

Don’t worry; I’ll translate.

I asked if you could read the first sentence and …