Greetings From Iowa
Season 10
EpisodeSeason10Episode1010
Features include: The Aerialist, Chuy Renteria, Ballroom Dancing, and Volition Skate Co.
EpisodeSeason10Episode1009
Features include: Community Shoutout: Great White Way, Nicole Baart, Iowa-based author, COVID Resilience, and Caleb Rainey.
EpisodeSeason10Episode1008
Features include: Community Shoutout: Brooklyn, Kelly Montijo Fink, Country Music DJ Hall of Fame, and Greek Cooking.
EpisodeSeason10Episode1007
Features include: Community Shoutout: Ida Grove, Emmetsburg Main Street Community Theatre, Angie Lampe, Costume Designer, and Love of Theatre.
EpisodeSeason10Episode1006
Features include: Community Shoutout: Carter Lake, Stockman House, Sears Catalog Homes, Days of Yore Museum, and Floyd of Rosedale Trophy.
EpisodeSeason10Episode1005
Features include: Back to School, Sioux City Railroad Museum, Clarinda Carnegie Art Museum, and Museum of Natural History.
EpisodeSeason10Episode1004
Features include: Community Shoutout: Kalona, La Prensa, Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Iowa, and Tai Dam Cooking.
EpisodeSeason10Episode1003
Features include: Community Shoutout: Fairfield, Art Therapy, The Power of Art, and Youth Art Team.
EpisodeSeason10Episode1002
Features include: Community Shoutout: Manning, Community Refrigerator, Soul Book Nook, and Blame Not the Bard - Irish Folk Band.
EpisodeSeason10Episode1001
Features include: Community Shoutout: Bentonsport, Rancho Deluxe, The Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center, and Vánočka.
Season 9
EpisodeSeason9Episode909
One of the earliest certified routes in Iowa connects five communities by way of white painted telephone poles. Learn the history of the Great White Way.
EpisodeSeason9Episode908
In the summer of 1893, one of the greatest living composers spent the summer in Spillville, Iowa.
EpisodeSeason9Episode907
Learn about the colorful history of Carter Lake, an Iowa community in Nebraska.
EpisodeSeason9Episode906
The town's German heritage has been preserved through an original Hausbarn that dates back to the 1660s and was imported from Germany.
EpisodeSeason9Episode905
Take a tour around Brooklyn, Iowa. Often referred to as the Community of Flags, Brooklyn has flags from all 50 states and the four branches of the military, and is also the birthplace of Hollywood icon John Wayne. The community recently restored its old opera house and has given it new life as a concert venue and movie theater.
EpisodeSeason9Episode904
Take a tour around Ida Grove, Iowa, also referred to as "Castletown, USA." Aside from the castle architecture that is spread throughout the community, Ida Grove boasts other historical treasures and destinations that set the community apart.
EpisodeSeason9Episode903
Take a tour around Fairfield, Iowa. This community brings in hundreds of people from around the world who study at the Maharishi International University. Fairfield achieves a metropolitan feel in a town of only 9,000 people.
EpisodeSeason9Episode902
Kalona, Iowa, celebrates a rich cultural heritage dating back to the late 1830s when pioneers began immigrating from the east. The Amish, who remain an important part of the Kalona community, arrived in 1846 when Iowa gained statehood.
EpisodeSeason9Episode901
Take a tour around the small village of Bentonsport, Iowa. Bentonsport was a steamboat port in the mid-1800s. Today, there are several historic shops, bed and breakfasts and resident artisans such as blacksmiths and potters.
Season 8
EpisodeSeason8Episode809
Chuy Renteria has written the story of growing up Mexican American in West Liberty, Iowa's first majority Hispanic town.
EpisodeSeason8Episode808
Volition Skate Co. is a women-owned roller skate company created by owners Kate Vigmostad and Jen Kranz. Located in Fairfield, Iowa, the duo started the company at the height of the global pandemic.
EpisodeSeason8Episode807
See the collection of specimens dating back to the late 1800s and early 1900s when students went on expeditions for scientific research.
EpisodeSeason8Episode806
Baking a sweet braided bread served at Christmas in the Czech Republic.
EpisodeSeason8Episode805
From Sioux Center, Iowa, Nicole Baart is the author of a new suspense novel called "Everything We Didn't Say."
EpisodeSeason8Episode803
Christkindlmarkt kicks off the holiday season in many Iowa towns, bringing the warmth, cheer and excitement of an open-air marketplace.
EpisodeSeason8Episode802
The Floyd of Rosedale Trophy has been passed between the University of Iowa and University of Minnesota football teams since 1935.
EpisodeSeason8Episode801
Located in the historic Haymark District of Council Bluffs, the Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center serves as a hub for all things arts and culture in Pottawattamie County.
Season 7
EpisodeSeason7Episode709
Mimi Ke is a teacher, choreographer, performer and aerial dancer based in Iowa City.
EpisodeSeason7Episode708
The museum at the Independence Mental Health Institute tells the story of caring for the state's mentally ill patients in a different era.
EpisodeSeason7Episode707
Dubuque's oldest cemetery reveals a fascinating history of the people buried there.
EpisodeSeason7Episode706
Learn about the history of Dubuque's Arriandeaux Cabin, the oldest building west of the Mississippi River.
EpisodeSeason7Episode705
Mexican/Apache/Spanish singer, songwriter and performer, services as commissioner for the Office of Native Americans in Iowa.
EpisodeSeason7Episode704
A community theater has brought productions both big and small to Emmetsburg for more than 40 years.
EpisodeSeason7Episode703
Angie Lampe brings characters to life through her work as a costume designer at the Des Moines Playhouse.
EpisodeSeason7Episode702
Dale Eichor, inducted into the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame in 2001, spent 40 years in radio broadcasting.
EpisodeSeason7Episode701
Experience the history of Iowa's rail system in Sioux City.
Season 6
EpisodeSeason6Episode609
The smallest school district in Iowa, Diagonal Community School continues to serve all grades in one building.
EpisodeSeason6Episode608
From the auction block to an art museum, a Carnegie Library in southwest Iowa showcases modern and contemporary art from across the world.
EpisodeSeason6Episode607
Check in on an Iowa home or two ordered from a Sears Catalog in the 1920s, and still standing today.
EpisodeSeason6Episode606
The Giant Slide at the Iowa State Fair makes memories for many Iowa families.
EpisodeSeason6Episode605
The longtime Iowa State Fair horse show organist is profiled.
EpisodeSeason6Episode603
Feel the creativity and fun of the annual Des Moines Arts Festival.
EpisodeSeason6Episode602
An art team that's creating community, making social change and bringing color to their city.
EpisodeSeason6Episode601
First generation Danish American, Annette Andersen, shares her heritage, and makes a traditional Danish dish, aebleskivers!
Season 5
EpisodeSeason5Episode508
A resourceful Iowa journalist feels that translating the news helps her community stay informed and get to know their neighbors.
EpisodeSeason5Episode507
When we’re traumatized, our voice is one of the first things we lose. Art therapy gives a voice to the unspeakable. And therapist Diane Tonkyn uses art therapy to help clients find that voice.
EpisodeSeason5Episode506
A broadway performer from Iowa tries to make a living doing voice work during a pandemic.
EpisodeSeason5Episode505
Iowans of Hindu faith celebrate Maha Shivaratri and Holi at a temple in Madrid, Iowa.
EpisodeSeason5Episode504
Take brief tour of a Prairie School style home designed by the legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
EpisodeSeason5Episode503
A neighborhood is nurtured with a place for people to donate and access food with no questions asked.
EpisodeSeason5Episode502
Students and artists in Creston paint 20 murals in the community.
EpisodeSeason5Episode501
Located in Waterloo, and opened in September of the pandemic, Soul Book Nook is a black-owned bookstore in Iowa. It also serves as a community hub.
Season 4
EpisodeSeason4Episode405
There's an interesting sound coming from eastern Iowa. Drop the needle on Russ Curry's Curious Music.
EpisodeSeason4Episode404
After the coronavirus canceled their spring production, Spencer High School's musical theatre department got creative.
EpisodeSeason4Episode403
Is it art or science? For Dakotah Rose Gould, taxidermy is both.
EpisodeSeason4Episode402
A passion for gardening is used to help hungry residents in the Quad Cities.
EpisodeSeason4Episode401
Miss Iowa 2014, Autumn Weaver, navigates the challenges of living deaf in a hearing world.
Season 3
EpisodeSeason3Episode309
Lynn Dobson built his first organ on the family farm in 1973. By the time he retires he'll have constructed 100 pipe organs in Lake City, Iowa.
EpisodeSeason3Episode308
As a priest and educator Monsignor Walter Brunkan has been a lasting influence in his northeastern Iowa communities for decades.
EpisodeSeason3Episode307
At age 71, Des Moines resident Kittie Weston-Knauer is the oldest female BMX racer in the game.
EpisodeSeason3Episode306
Keeping the soap box derby sport alive for younger generations.
EpisodeSeason3Episode305
For 96 years cowboys and cowgirls have come from far and wide to compete with the best at Rodeo Town USA.
EpisodeSeason3Episode304
Four decades and seven million matchsticks, Pat Action's elaborate, life-sized models can be seen all over the world.
EpisodeSeason3Episode303
City dwellers Jered and Shawn Camp bought a farm and launched a rescue operation where injured and wayward animals go to live out their days.
EpisodeSeason3Episode302
Since 1935 the town of Pella has celebrated its Dutch heritage with an annual festival of food, music, dancing, and tulips! Slip on your wooden shoes, it's Pella Tulip Time.
EpisodeSeason3Episode301
When Shelby Smith left her job in finance to move home to Iowa, she had a different kind of farming in mind.
Season 2
EpisodeSeason2Episode209
Each week in Coralville a group of "outside singers" joins a group of "inside singers" in a prison gym to form the Oakdale Community Choir.
EpisodeSeason2Episode208
Bob started a live radio show to unearth the central Iowa sound of the 1970's. And he finds it at thrift stores.
EpisodeSeason2Episode207
Meet JJ Singh Kapur - a teenager, a Sikh, a championship speaker, and an Iowan - in our latest episode, Sikh in the Spotlight.
EpisodeSeason2Episode206
The Storm Lake Times is a family paper that isn't out to cause trouble, just to report the news.
EpisodeSeason2Episode205
Experience the essence of Iowa tradition that celebrates Meskwaki customs passed down through the generations.
EpisodeSeason2Episode204
Benny Davis built his first airplane before he even learned to fly. Now he ships carbon fiber parts all over the world.
EpisodeSeason2Episode203
Puppets, plays, workshops, and folktales go on the road to entertain and educate Iowans.
EpisodeSeason2Episode202
From Moscow to Iowa, Oleg Timofeyev makes Iowa the center of the Russian guitar revival.
EpisodeSeason2Episode201
Before making history at the Sprint Car Capitol of the World, McKenna Haase entered the Raceway as a fan.
Season 1
EpisodeSeason1Episode111
An writer and an artist, Ms. Rocki & Chaveevah, are old friends on a new adventure.
EpisodeSeason1Episode110
Writer combines local and historical folklore to reflect on the unexpected challenges and enduring values in Iowa’s changing small towns.
EpisodeSeason1Episode109
As a dowser, Bob Terry searches Iowa's cemeteries for unmarked graves.
EpisodeSeason1Episode108
The sisters of the Mississippi Abbey pair a life of prayer with the art of making fine caramels and chocolates.
EpisodeSeason1Episode107
Iowa native and artist John Schlue brings modern art to the streets of Belle Plaine.
EpisodeSeason1Episode106
Carlisle insurance salesman Todd Isely has raced hot air balloons since 2004, traveling across the United States and the world. The 2015 champion at Indianola's National Balloon Classic, Todd and crew returned a year later with Iowa PBS along for the ride to see how it's done.
EpisodeSeason1Episode105
The Baker's Dozen travels for road shows, performs on streets and hosts lively spring and fall revues which have become the stuff of legend.
EpisodeSeason1Episode104
Bryan Guise has been handcrafting custom bobbleheads in his hometown of Des Moines since 2002.
EpisodeSeason1Episode103
A dance troupe teaching Indian culture and heritage to the Iowa-born girls in Iowa City's Indian community.
EpisodeSeason1Episode102
Local artists put their unique views of historic Mount Vernon onto canvas.
EpisodeSeason1Episode101
After an emergency trip to the hospital, Leonard Olson emerged a changed man and charted a new career path.
Extras
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Described as "Iowa Raised, Ireland Rooted," Blame Not the Bard is a high-energy trio that plays original and traditional Irish Folk music. This is the full performance from Studio 3 at Iowa PBS.
ExtraSeason3Episode309
Organist performs on a Dobson organ at Des Moines' Westminster Presbyterian Church.
ExtraSeason3Episode302
The early computer technology employed by Pella's 175 year old street organ.
ExtraSeason2Episode204
In this Episode Extra, Benny Davis showcases his 1930 Ford Model A.
ExtraSeason2Episode202
Anna Bineta Diouf joins guitarist Oleg Timofeyev for a recital at the University of Iowa School of Music.
ExtraSeason1Episode111
Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart gives a tour of the painting Chaveevah Ferguson made to commemorate his election.
ExtraSeason1Episode110
Dugan discusses the lessons he learned in college which help him to recognize fatigue, control his attitude, and stay productive.
ExtraSeason1Episode107
The value of bringing modern art to main street
ExtraSeason1Episode107
John Schlue takes a tour through the Iowa woods that inspired him in his youth.
ExtraSeason1Episode106
Meet the ground crew that helps Todd Isley move fast and compete with the best.
ExtraSeason1Episode105
The class of 2017 prepares for performance and explain how they first became interested in The Baker's Dozen.
ExtraSeason1Episode105
In this Episode Extra, watch a skit move from basement pitch to stage performance with The Baker's Dozen Mime Troupe.
ExtraSeason1Episode104
Rabbi Jacobson finds a takeaway in Bryan Guise's bobbleheads.
ExtraSeason1Episode104
Are your politics getting in the way? Everyone gets a bobblehead.
ExtraSeason1Episode103
The practice that keeps Akshaya connected to home.
ExtraSeason1Episode103
Smitha Khullar, of Iowa City, says that all classical dances of South India were handed down by the lords. She gives examples of how important facial expressions are expressed through dance, and explains that Lord Nataraja (Lord of Dance) is a form of Lord Shiva.
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