The ape cognition research center near Easter Lake was founded by Des Moines businessman Ted Townsend as Great Ape Trust in 2002. The initial bonobos arrived in 2004. Bonobos are great apes closely ...

Surrounded by her children, Janet Susan Metcalf, 89, passed away peacefully on March 9, 2025. She was born on December 21, 1935 in Des Moines to Frank and Manda (Lonning) DePuydt. She graduated ...

KAHULUI, Hawaii (KHON2) — The Maui Arts and Cultural Center announced the winners of two art contests on March 18, with the winners being awarded a cash prize courtesy of the Eugene and Ruth ...

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The Des Moines Art Festival along with the World Food and Music Festival earned top 10 finishes for their respective categories in the USA TODAY 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards. USA TODAY 10BEST ...

So last month, when he took over the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts—none of whose 2,200 annual presentations he has ever attended—it seemed like a chest-thumping gesture in the ...

It was December 1964. After nearly a decade since its inception, Johnson had broken ground on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The Center opened its doors to the public in 1971, per ...

If you were in downtown Des Moines Sunday morning and looked up, you might have seen a strange sight — a helicopter hovering above the Ruan Center. It was part of an operation to move heavy ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Although on a Monday this year, St. Patrick's Day festivities are set to sprawl across the Des Moines metro for both the holiday and its preceding weekend. Just make sure to wear ...

Sunday is this year’s SoCal Museums Free-for-All, an annual tradition in which more than 30 museums and cultural institutions across the region offer free admission for the day to their art ...

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The Des Moines Arts Festival released a list of 195 artists from 31 different states who will be at this year’s annual event. Artists were selected through a rigorous jury process. Jurors previewed ...