Rural America pays a heavy price for the multinational corporate takeover of livestock farming. Just…
Culture: Eastern Iowa and Beyond
Growing up in Southeast Iowa, all I knew about Mount Vernon was that it was…
If you live in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, you know that Midwest Old Threshers Reunion is…
Join Timothy Fay for a reading from the final issue of the Wapsipinicon Almanac on…
River excursions on the Mississippi take you past downtown Davenport and other scenic sights in…
Navaho code talkers. From the Grout Museum in Waterloo: When the United States issued the…
BY MEG WHITE The mother of a two-year-old daughter named Clara, former Iowan Lisa Phillips…
Pasta, pizza, madonnari, cannoli, bocce ball—just a few of the things Americans have come to…
A wise person (my wife) once said each of us has an Indiana Jones inside…
BY JAMES MOORE Iwas going to do a seasonal meditation on The Nutcracker Suite for…
BY CHRISTINE SCHRUM Soleil Banguid lights up the room with traditional African drumming. Bringing the…
By James Moore The Des Moines Art Center recently acquired this print for their permanent…
BY CHRISTINE SCHRUM Rebecca Barjonah’s back tattoo, Robert Schenk’s shoulder tattoos. Photographs by Mark Paul…
BY JAMES MOORE Allen Ginsberg From the Beat Generation through the sexual revolution, political upheaval,…