Posted December 19, 2012in Duffy
Posted December 19, 2012in Belly Up To...
Whiskey Barrel Saloon opens at Waukee triangle
Taverns are great places to hear a good story — especially tales of the tall variety, stories about the biggest catch, the bloodiest brawls and the rarest white-tail bucks bagged. The Whiskey Barrel Saloon, the Waukee triangle’s newest addition to the three-bar crawl down Sixth Street, is no exception to
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Posted December 19, 2012in Good Bad Ugly
The good Hope Ministries will host its annual Christmas Day of Hope on Tuesday, Dec. 25, a tradition the organization has held since 1915. The day will include a free lunch for community members served at Hope Café, 1310 6th Ave., plus more than 2,000 meals to be delivered to
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Posted December 19, 2012in Cover Story
Christmas classic
(Editor’s note: Early in December of 1977, when Michael Gartner was editor of The Des Moines Register, he walked over to the desk of writer Bob Hullihan and said, “How about writing me a Christmas classic for the holidays?” “Sure,” he said. And he did. This is it.) The waterbug
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Posted December 19, 2012in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
Merry Christmas…..
Twelve drummers drumming… …but not as loud as the Isiserettes for new Drake basketball coach Jenny Lillis Baranczyk…for each and every Nada…and banker Kim Gillespie, now Kim Willis…for the two great teen-aged athletes in the Mike Grasso family — hockey player Patrick and golfer Victoria — and for police officer
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Posted December 19, 2012in Sore Thumbs
‘FAR CRY 3’ (M) ****1/2 Ubisoft Xbox 360 Jason Brody and his fellow vapid trust fund kids have parachuted into the wrong tropical paradise — one in which the locals dabble in narcotics manufacture, human trafficking, and — most recently — ransoming vapid trust fund kids. “Far Cry 3” is
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Posted December 19, 2012in The Sound
Arndt: Playing for charity is the best feeling in the world
On Saturday, Dec. 22, 7 Flags Events Center and KGGO are doing their part to help some of Iowa’s underprivileged families via a Southern Fried Christmas concert. For central Iowa residents, the event will be a rare chance to catch southern rock icon Molly Hatchet, which has come to town
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Posted December 19, 2012in Featured Story, Food Dude
Top new restaurant, Louie’s Wine Dive
The local restaurant scene seemed oblivious to any economic slump this year. The number of openings tripled the number of closings in 2012. New additions ranged from the spectacular (Exile) to the ubiquitous (fro-yo’s), from the reborn (Buzzard Billy’s) to relocated (Bambino’s) and from first-course specialists (The Standard) to desserts-only
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Posted December 19, 2012in Film Review
Back with a vengeance
“Django Unchained” 5 stars Rated R 160 mins. Drama Starring: Jamie Foxx, Don Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio You know from Quenton Tarantino’s audacious choice of intro music — the haunting theme song from Sergio Corbucci’s iconic 1966 spaghetti Western “Django,” that the maestro-of-all-things-tasty has many surprises in store for his delighted
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Posted December 19, 2012in Sound Stage
Matt Woods and The Thunderbolts
Whether you went to The Longest Yard last weekend specifically for the show or just wandered in because the Valley Junction pub is your usual Saturday hangout is immaterial. Because as soon as you walked through the door, you became a fan of Matt Woods and The Thunderbolts. The longtime
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