Entertainment/Life

Celebrity Food & Wine Expo: Butch Lupinetti

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:48:24 GMT

Video courtesy: Food Network. See a quick video bio of gregarious BBQ champ Butch Lupinetti, who will appear at the Celebrity Food & Wine Expo this weekend in Des Moines.

Celebrity Food & Wine Expo: Andrew Zimmern

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:04:39 GMT

Video courtesy: Travel Channel. See Andrew Zimmern eat a beating fish heart in a preview of his new season of "Bizarre Foods." He will appear at the Celebrity Food & Wine Expo this weekend in Des Moines.

Robot art on display in Waterloo

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:10:03 GMT

The Waterloo Center for the Arts presents mechanical sculptures of Iowa native Steve Gerberich through Jan. 18.

Le Roy Mayor feeds pet burro

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:02:12 GMT

Le Roy mayor Emett Joy feeds apples to his pet burro, Wayne.

Baby Boot Camp

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:33:39 GMT

Instructor Alexis Hennig demonstrates several Baby Boot Camp exercises.

Sticky Note Mona Lisa

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:55:31 GMT

Ottumwa realtor Shay Hovell creates a replica of The Mona Lisa using sticky notes.

Farmers Market: Denison Mustard Co.

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:17:46 GMT

Georgann Fuller of Denison Mustard Co., Manilla, works at the Downtown Des Moines Farmers Market.

Walking with Dinosaurs

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:53:10 GMT

"Walking with Dinosaurs ??? The Live Experience" runs Oct. 1-5 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Latino Idol

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:52:48 GMT

Singers Maria Virueta; Juan Miguel Mendez; Christopher Chacon and Paul Maciel; and Emma Negrete are among the "Latino Idol" finalists who will compete Sunday.

Billy McGuigan on Buddy Holly

Mon, 8 Sep 2008 21:04:09 GMT

Billy McGuigan, the lead in "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story" at the Des Moines Playhouse, demonstrates Holly's guitar technique.

Renaissance Fair

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:35:04 GMT

See highlights from Sunday at the Des Moines Renaissance Faire.

Brian Wilson interview

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:08:09 GMT

Gary Nurenberg of WUSA interviews Brian Wilson about his new album, "That Lucky Old Sun."

The new Honey Creek Resort State Park

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:18:00 GMT

Honey Creek Resort State Park opens September 19 on the shore of Rathbun Lake in south-central Iowa.

Stock dog trials at State Fair

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:44:56 GMT

Exhibitors competed in the stock dog trials, sheep dog, open class, Wednesday morning at the Iowa State Fair.

Downtown Farmers Market tomatoes

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:15:09 GMT

Downtown Farmers Market vendor Greg Leon describes two varieties of heirloom tomatoes.

Calves born at fair

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:02:35 GMT

Two Holz family Jersey calves were born at the Iowa State Fair cattle barn and Mary Holz, 6, loves to talk about them.

State Fair butterfly house

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:20:45 GMT

Fairgoers can get up close and personal with 5,000 tropical butterflies at the butterfly house.

Iowa State Fair Queen

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:20:45 GMT

Ashley Quade of Calhoun County was named the 2008 Iowa State Fair Queen.

State Fair sheep shearing contest

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:20:45 GMT

Darrell Hunt of Granville, Iowa, competed in the senior division of the sheep shearing contest at the Iowa State Fair.

Iowa State Fair - Birdie's Cafe

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:20:45 GMT

Berdena Peterman has been running Birdie's Cafe at Pioneer Hall for 35 years and has some of the best lemonade at the fair.

Time Lapse: Corn Dog Chomp

Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:47:13 GMT

More than 10,000 people pack the Grandstand to kick off the Fair with a mass chomp on the favorite food on a stick.

Corn Dog Chomp at State Fair

Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:42:19 GMT

More than 10,000 people ate 8,400 corn dogs at the Corn Dog Chomp Thursday. Thousands more people were turned away.

Early on day one of the State Fair

Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:12:50 GMT

People began entering the fairgrounds at 5 a.m. Thursday, thanks to free admission (until 8:30) and the Corn Dog Chomp.

Food judging

Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:04:12 GMT

Judging at The Iowa State Fair began Sunday for food entries. Yvette Kagan decorates her first cake for the event.

RAGBRAI: Tires in the water

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:44:35 GMT

Riders dip their tires in the Mississippi River at Le Claire. The dip is the traditional way to end the week-long ride across Iowa.

RAGBRAI: Tree-planting tradition

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:04:28 GMT

Dave Cooney of Muscatine plants a tree in North Liberty. He's planted one in every RAGBRAI overnight town for four years.

RAGBRAI: Riders enjoy Amana gardens

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:04:28 GMT

Larry Rettig of South Amana let RAGBRAI riders walk through the 100-year-old Cabins in the Meadows Gardens in Amana.

RAGBRAI: Motorized toilet races

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:31:50 GMT

Riders had fun racing each other on motorized toilets in Belle Plaine Thursday.

RAGBRAI: Most memorable moments

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:31:50 GMT

RAGBRAI riders tell us some of their most memorable moments of the ride...this year and years past.

RAGBRAI: Virgins

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:44:51 GMT

It's become tradition to write "virgin" on the backs of the calves of first-time RAGBRAI riders to let everyone else know.