Arts & Culture

From Pit to Plate: ‘Big Moe’s Big Book of BBQ: 75 Recipes From Brisket and Ribs to Cornbread and Mac and Cheese’

Love BBQ? Read this review of a popular cookbook written by renowned pitmaster Moe Cason, a Des Moines native.

Black Iowa Gospel radio station GITA is ‘Good for the soul’

Black Sioux City, Iowa, DJ spins gospel and R&B music for a worldwide auidence.

Sandrah Nasimiyu and Izzy Kelai: Creating possibilities through fashion

The Fashion Circuit will debut on April 18 in Valley Junction, West Des Moines.

History on Display: Sculpture Honors Black Lawyers, Iowa Founders of the National Bar Association

The 37-foot-tall sculpture hides in plain sight in downtown Des Moines.

Kendrick Lamar televised ‘the revolution’ during Super Bowl halftime performance. Here’s what it meant

African American Museum of Iowa announces Jacqueline Hunter as its new executive director

Jacqueline Hunter has been named executive director of the African American Museum of Iowa, bringing leadership and new initiatives.

Benefit concert for Grubb YMCA youth development programs

Broadway’s Roosevelt Credit joins Simon Estes for a benefit concert of gospel & spirituals Feb. 22 in Des Moines.

The Other Child: In Conversation with Author and Domestic Violence Advocate Courageous Fire

“One of the ways you know something is pivotal is when your brain buries it.” Memoir approaches sexual assault from familial vantage point.

‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’ jolt the box office with a combined $170 million