After the preschool years, kids still like cartoons, but they want something more complex than straightforward messages about friendship and sharing. They like a bit of conflict, some bad guys (who ...

Previously on the chopping block due to Des Moines' looming budget deficit, the city's Birdland Pool, a beloved northside fixture, could stay open for another year. Des Moines City Manager Scott ...

Campolongo has your forecast in just a few minutes. Residents upset by a new plan to close Birdland Pool in Des Moines are starting a petition to save it. As KCCI Senior reporter Todd Magel shows ...

In Birdland, the snow is falling, and I’m hoping to get to the library today. The kitten is romping at my feet, and Ursula, the aged black Lab, lies in the kitchen, blocking the dishwasher ...

The Drumeo hosts made Dailor pivot outside his wheelhouse for this clip, presenting him with the jazz-fusion classic “Birdland” by Weather Report. “I could get my teeth cleaned to this,” joked Dailor ...

Birdland Park & Gardens has rolled out the red—or rather, icy—carpet for two new female king penguins, a long-awaited arrival that could shake up the colony’s male-dominated ranks and give ...

“Greene Street” is a standalone “theatre song” that Jonathan Larson wrote in 1983. He was 23 years old and had just moved to New York City after growing up in White Plains and going to ...

Sure, the 2025 season isn’t lost before it begins in Birdland. Elias brought in a lot of helpful pieces in Tyler O’Neill, Charlie Morton, Tomoyuki Sugano and a few others. But the reality is ...

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