CD REVIEWS
Suzanne Vega ‘Close Up, Volume 4: Songs of Family’ Amanuensis Productions Vega puts a bow on her “Close Up” series of albums with this fourth volume. Long known for her [...]
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Posted October 24, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Check
Posted October 24, 2012in Book Review, Recent Posts
‘Advent’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Cathryn Lang Atria Books 7/03/12 $26 451 pp A literary critic caught my interest with a claim that “Advent,” by James Treadwell, was [...]
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Posted October 24, 2012in Belly Up To...
Lot 33 offers a bicycle vibe on Ingersoll
Get bruised shins, bloody knees and white knuckles at Lot 33 coffee bar and lounge — the newest member of the Ingersoll crawl. Trust me; it’s more fun than you [...]
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Posted October 24, 2012in On The Tube, Recent Posts
A new kind of crazy
‘Happy Endings’ takes the sitcom to bizarre extremes I panned the pilot of “Happy Endings” last year, calling it “another would-be hip, fresh young sitcom about six friends dealing with [...]
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Posted October 24, 2012in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
Political money train goes in and out of Iowa
The race between Congressional incumbents Leonard Boswell and Tom Latham must be close. Or, at least, the disbursing agents in Washington must think it’s close. Between Oct. 2 and Oct. [...]
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Posted October 24, 2012in Film Review
“Cloud Atlas”
Connection lost “Cloud Atlas” 2 stars Rated R 163 mins. Drama Starring: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant “Cloud Atlas” wants to be more than it is. For a [...]
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Posted October 24, 2012in Art News
Conceptual Art and a Generous Concept
“Untitled (Structures),” Leslie Hewitt’s exhibition at the Des Moines Art Center (DMAC), had opening night visitors referring to Yazmina Reza’s play “Art.” In the latter, the lead character proudly reveals [...]
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Posted October 24, 2012in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… West Des Moines
Amount: $248 To: Lee’s Standard For: Purchase of 62 car washes at $4 each for the police department in the month of September. Amount: $1,198.81 To: Love’s Travel Shops [...]
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Posted October 24, 2012in Joe's Neighborhood, Recent Posts
The alley
An alley can be a fiendish place. Tales from a host of ghoulish writers speak of dark deeds done in dark alleys. Perhaps the concern is that once you are [...]
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Posted October 24, 2012in Good Bad Ugly
The good Des Moines’ Australian Rules football team captured the USAFL Division 4 National Championship in Mason, Ohio, last week. The Roosters defeated the defending champs by a score of [...]
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