Iowa State (book) Fair is open! · Aug 9, 04:56 PM
The Iowa State Fair opened today. Take in the sights and sounds from the first official day on the Desmoin Register website. You will need to use your imagination to evoke the guilty pleasures of deep fried Twinkie in the air.
To help, we offer our new book Iowa State Fair: Country Comes to Town. Author Thomas Leslie brings the fair to life, recounting its fascinating background and noting why today it is more popular than ever.
Like the fair itself, this book celebrates the state’s agricultural heritage and provides a heartwarming portrait of an event that is, quite literally, as American as apple pie and deep fried Twinkies.
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Life on the L.E.S. lecture at Southstreet Seaport Museum tonight! Cocinando, Héctor Lavoe, and Jenny from the block.