The people, the places and the dirt on central Iowa motorsports Iowa has 3 million people and nearly 60 racetracks. Depending on how you count it, that makes us, according to many, the “racing-ist” state in the nation. Most of the tracks dotting the Iowa countryside are short, about a half-mile or less, shaped like [...]
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Once the weather warms up, it’s easy for music fans to find something to do almost every night of the week. For fans of outdoor music, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas in July. And June. Plus August and early September. Many of those outdoor shows are part of festivals, giving casual [...]
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Who said diamonds are a girl’s best friend? There is a certain magic to motorcycles. There is an air of freedom, romance and rebellion. However, common societal views associate motorcycles with machismo and outlaws, and almost all iconic motorcycle figures are male. So what about the women who ride? The female legends of the industry? [...]
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Chief Justice Mark Cady on Monday (June 19) barred all weapons from “courtrooms, court-controlled spaces, and public areas of courthouses and other justice centers occupied by the court system” in Iowa. The exception: peace officers carrying weapons in courthouses while performing law-enforcement duties. Cady cited “increasing concern over the security of these facilities,” and he [...]
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“Testing the waters” with a swing through Iowa Red Oak native John Norris, a former top staffer at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and key figure in Iowa campaigns for a generation, brings a lengthy resume of advocacy for farm life to his potential — and seemingly odds-on — campaign for governor in a growing [...]
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Timeless tale is promising at first but disappoints King Arthur is a timeless tale that has been told many times in books, plays, movies and for TV. It makes one wonder why we needed a new big-budget 3D King Arthur film, but Warner Bros. decided we did. At first the film appears promising. Guy Ritchie [...]
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Six flavors of southeast Asia Since I began writing about the dining scene in Des Moines in the 1980s, most innovation has come from immigrant restaurants. A Dong, India Star, Taste of Thailand, Los Laureles, El Salvador del Mundo, Soul Africa, Miyabi 9, Irina’s, Baru 66, Café Salzburg and Kathmandu all brought something new to [...]
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The umpire strikes back, back, back… play ball! “Relationships are started in the oddest places, from home plate to the outfield fences, and I’ve had many,” George Davis says. Indeed, Davis has had many relationships and worn many hats. Each hat led to more relationships. He’s retired from teaching, but he taught secondary education for [...]
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“I remember…” began the old man. The streetcar sits high in the air, click-clacking across the tracks. A long bridge with eight buttresses, wood and steel framing, and exposed sides stretches out in front. There is no idle creek running below, instead, Merle Hay Road heading north to Camp Dodge. Snow is clumped on the [...]
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Des Moines Metro Opera (DMMO) may be nearing the half-century mark, but it’s still open to fresh thinking. One of its three major productions this summer — “Billy Budd,” a masterwork from Benjamin Britten — will premiere an orchestration no one has used before. For the 1951 original, Britten let his musical imagination off the [...]
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It’s been more than five years since the Des Moines metal band Apathy Syndrome formed. In that time, they’ve toured in 10 states, put on their own Carnival of Razors festivals, performed at Lazerfest and opened for Taproot, Saliva and others. In that time, they’ve also released zero albums. That all changes June 10, when [...]
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Amy Rapp talks about her career, the West coast and the potential for kids Meet Amy Rapp, a 27-year-old actress who recently moved from Chicago to Los Angeles during the summer of 2015. Amy has been in the industry since she was a teenager working in theater, television/web and film. Amy has traveled to Des [...]
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Eyes on the prizes Lew Arntz, if you are looking for your glasses, they aren’t on the top of your head. Instead, they’re on display at the home of Charles Ericson. Arntz’s eyewear isn’t Ericson’s only extra set, either. The Ankeny optician sells eyewear in his working hours, and he collects them during his downtime. [...]
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Downtown domestication Ellen Butler had her eye on the new Fourth + Court apartments above Hy-Vee. Her employer, Happy Medium, designed the website and branding for the building, giving her an inside edge. “Around the office, I heard someone say, ‘I think they’re going to start doing hard hat tours for units. ‘And I got [...]
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Avenged Sevenfold is a big band, but when a band like Metallica comes knocking, it’s easy to see why they would take an opening gig slot. The California metal band will perform with Volbeat June 9 when the “Hardwired… to Self Destruct” tour stops at the Iowa Speedway in Newton. “The thing we’re all focusing [...]
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“Ruptures” is the title of the Des Moines Art Center’s latest show, through Sept. 3. It’s also a keyword in creative theory from Japanese aesthetics, to Hegel’s “Dialectic” and Arthur Koestler’s “Act of Creation.” Creativity depends upon conflict — ideological, cosmic or artistic. An exhibition that directly addresses this point is difficult to pull off. [...]
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Walking into Hello, Marjorie is a very different experience than walking into any other bar in Des Moines. When the bar opens on a weekday, patrons steadily trickle in as they get off work, and Nick Tillinghast is there to greet them with a drink menu and is happy to guide them to a seat. [...]
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