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How people misused science during the pandemic; Riverview Park reopens; a month of Pride; big plans for Waukee's Triumph Park. Click to hear hour two of Need To Know With Jeff Angelo for Friday, June 4, 2021.
/ Pianist Greg Spero (onscreen) and as an avatar (right) speaking with a fan after his live VR performance in NFT Oasis with its founder Will O'Brien (in red) Last month, the blockchain had a coming-out party in the arts world, as the greater public learned about NFTs (non-fungible tokens). The Checkout was all over it, cohosting a livestream (with JazzTimes) to celebrate the jazz world's first NFT drop with pianist Greg Spero, violinist Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and animator Olivia Hern. On April 10, those artists and other forward-thinking industry leaders gathered online to celebrate the re...
The country's only Olympic qualifying skateboarding competition is underway in downtown Des Moines.
The country's only Olympic qualifying skateboarding competition is underway in downtown Des Moines.
By Trent Rice May 20, 2021 DES MOINES, Iowa -- The travel and event business in Des Moines is slowly coming back from the COVID-19 pandemic. "The core of the travel business is people travelling on business trips, going to meetings, holding conventions and things like that. We're starting to see a little bit of brightness in that market, particularly in the next six to eight months" says Greg Edwards with Catch Des Moines. The Des Moines metro area is seeing a return of big spring and summer events this after losing them for a year during the COVID pandemic, starting with next week's Dew To...