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Meet the new director of (arguably) the most creative address in Des Moines
Julia Franklin is an artist, teacher, collector, collaborator and much more. And she just added an executive director role to her resume.
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Join us for the Iowa Writers' Collaborative Holiday Party
If you think we're a quirky bunch on Substack, just wait until you get us under the same roof.
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Now and then I get by with a little help from AI
We just got the final Beatles song, but the grand fugue of humans handling AI has only begun.
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Let's talk about 'Rebooting the News'
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Varsity Cinema returns to help screen out the noise.
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5 minutes with ‘Oppenheimer’ (or a single sentence) to become a better storyteller
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On historic indictment day, Bob Woodward hears the echo from Nixon to Trump.
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Paying for local news—or the lack of it
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Let's talk about 'Rebooting the News'
Join a timely, newsy conversation Nov. 2 in downtown Des Moines.
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5 minutes with ‘Oppenheimer’ (or a single sentence) to become a better storyteller
Never underestimate the vast energy that can be unleashed through story structure.
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An Iowa bicycle booster changes lanes after 20 years of pedaling and peddling to grow the culture.
Mark Wyatt and the Iowa Bicycle Coalition predate Facebook and the iPhone in a world where two wheels are more popular than ever.
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We had a Grand time at 1501 while it lasted.
One shabby street corner can make a big difference in civic culture.
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A century of support for bicycling Des Moines streets
From a big bike parade in 1923 to a modern culture that just keeps rolling
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A good-news story about newspapers
Small-town editor out in Denison, Iowa at traditional newspaper — so he joins the Spanish newspaper as it expands coverage of historic, emerging…
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On historic indictment day, Bob Woodward hears the echo from Nixon to Trump.
The Watergate-era journalist spoke April 4 in Des Moines as presidential history unfolded in New York.
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