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The year was 1925. Des Moines was booming; its population had soared to more than 125,000. It had 110 churches, 16 movie theaters and three vaudeville houses. Nine railroads [...]
Read More →The year was 1925. Des Moines was booming; its population had soared to more than 125,000. It had 110 churches, 16 movie theaters and three vaudeville houses. Nine railroads [...]
Read More →Cutline: Flix Brewhouse brings dinner and a movie in a one-stop shop to Merle Hay Mall. How many times have you gone out on a date with your partner only [...]
Read More →The least-known candidate for chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party is the best choice. And that stands to reason. The party must re-acquaint itself with Iowa’s countryside, the [...]
Read More →It might seem a long way from South Park — that town full of filthy-mouthed kids — to the Mormon tabernacles. Yet the same two talents, Matt Stone and [...]
Read More →Mars Café announced plans recently to open the new coffee bar next to the future site of Raygun and Thelma’s Treats at 505 E. Fifth St. in late March. [...]
Read More →Whitey Morgan just spent part of his Christmas week stranded in the Rockies with a broken down car. It was a minor set back, and one that the Flint, Michigan, [...]
Read More →Next week’s photo: This week’s winner: “Follow the white line to Budget’s drive-through window. Grab your frozen embryo. Instructions not included. Enjoy!” -Susie Anderson Runners-up: “Cheap labor.” -Heidi [...]
Read More →Two films have been released this winter that are best described as character studies on real-life geniuses. The first was the Stephen Hawking biopic “The Theory of Everything,” and [...]
Read More →“You’re the Worst”(FX) Like the equally surprising “Broad City,” “You’re the Worst” shattered preconceptions of the “edgy” cable comedy with smarts, heart, bracing moments of relationship realism (and outright [...]
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