When I want a small meal of bold flavors, I turn to beans. Versatile, easy and delicious, they make a fabulous summer salad or, on chilly nights, a glorious soup. I like to keep local beans from the farmers markets in my summer pantry. They’ve been recently harvested and they cook more quickly than those...

Whether it’s a once-in-a-lifetime tour of Europe or your annual trip to a beach house, intentionally budgeting for summer vacation can ensure you don’t throw your finances off course. According to certified financial planning professionals, here’s how to plan your vacation without breaking the bank: Be realistic about expenses. It’s important to budget for the...

For creatives, the journey of making art is an evolution — a representation of not only a body of work, but the innermost thoughts, feelings and expressions of that artist that capture a moment in time. The Dubuque Museum of Art is in the final week of housing its latest exhibition, embracing that very theme,...

Summer nearly is in full swing. And many parents are looking for activities to keep kids’ brains and bodies active as the school year wraps up. Here are a few resources to check out locally: For budding creatives Dubuque Museum of Art Youth can get acquainted with the museum’s world-class art collection and explore exhibition...

Irish writer and poet Thomas Moore once opined that a garden “reconciles human art and wild nature, hard work and deep pleasure, spiritual practice and the material world. It is a magical place because it is not divided.” It’s as good an explanation as any to explain the peace, the coziness, the pure joy that...