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The actress Donna Reed was born in Denison a century ago – on Jan. 21, 1921. Join her daughter, Mary Owen, and Donna Reed Foundation board member Kurt Lee as they share memories and photos of...

Both the Old Capitol in Iowa City and the not-quite-as-old State Capitol in Des Moines echo with stories from Iowa’s past. Hear a few from Liz Crooks, who directs the University of Iowa’s...

Created by the Iowa Arts Council, the Iowa Keeps Creating: Digital Stage aims to support, amplify and celebrate Iowa musicians, live performance artists and filmmakers by showcasing that Iowa...

Iowa Governor and U.S. Senator Harold E. Hughes was a charismatic politician who changed government and politics during tumultuous times here in the Hawkeye State and throughout the nation. A...

The Cultural Leadership Partners program provides arts and cultural organizations that demonstrate an exemplary record of cultural and managerial excellence and community service with a...

As part of its broader fiscal year 2022 grant funding strategy, the Iowa Arts Council has transitioned Art Project Grants, Capacity Building Grants and Cultural Heritage Project Grants to...

As part of its broader fiscal year 2022 grant funding strategy, the Iowa Arts Council has transitioned Art Project Grants to Resilience Grants for fiscal year 2022.

Greenlight Grants encourage entrepreneurship in Iowa by enhancing the professional capacity of Iowa’s media industry. Funding helps Iowans take their projects from script-to-screen and become...

The 1980 U.S. Senate election between the incumbent, John Culver, a Democrat, and his Republican challenger, then-Congressman Chuck Grassley, happened more than 40 years ago, but the echoes of...

“Equal Before the Law: How Iowa Led Americans to Marriage Equality” by Marc Hansen and Tom WitoskyHosted by Andrew Klumpp with author and journalist Tom WitoskyRegister onlineIn 2009, Iowa...

How does where you come from enrich your writing? Find out when you join award-winning author Stephanie Hemphill of Chicago for Young Writers’ Workshop. 

What does it take to create and run a museum? Young historians (entering 4th through 6th grade) will explore the roles of curators, conservators and exhibit designers with the unique experience...

In the nearly 170 years since the first woman arrived at Iowa’s oldest penitentiary, in Fort Madison, women and juvenile females have been held in some of Iowa’s most well-known facilities,...

What does it take to create and run a museum? Young historians (entering 4th through 6th grade) will explore the roles of curators, conservators and exhibit designers with the unique experience...

This “Iowa Histories” program looks at how researchers used cutting-edge methods and archaeological records to shed light on the daily technological, subsistence and dietary aspects of Native...