Ping pong, anyone?
Beginning in 1930, Hotel Kirkwood was a place where socialites could gather together and enjoy a night of entertainment and camaraderie. The building has changed a bit since then, but [...]
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Posted January 30, 2013in Locker Room
Posted January 30, 2013in Cover Story
Winter arts & entertainment guide
It’s cold. It’s damn cold. Fortunately, in Iowa we can get pretty inventive in finding ways to keep warm (hence Templeton Rye whiskey). But contrary to coastal belief, there is [...]
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Posted January 30, 2013in On The Tube, Recent Posts
Soviets in the suburbs
‘The Americans’ seeks to undermine our way of life We’ve seen many dramas about married couples living a lie in the suburbs, with tensions cracking the cheery façade. The lie [...]
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Posted January 30, 2013in Featured Story, Food Dude
Bacon Week honors ancient rites
Bacon Week is Des Moines’ Lupercalia, or more literally, our Fastnacht — a series of pig-outs preceding the fasts of Lent. Iowa celebrants are more apt to wear hog costumes [...]
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Posted January 30, 2013in Geek Chic
State taxes accepts Dwolla
Iowa businesses could be in for a lifesaver when it comes to paying state taxes. The State of Iowa recently announced some major changes in its payment procedures, and it [...]
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Posted January 30, 2013in Recent Posts, Sound Check
CD Reviews
Tegan and Sara ‘Heartthrob’ Sire This is not the Tegan and Sara you went to college with, and that’s a good thing. The Canadian twin sisters spent most of their [...]
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Posted January 30, 2013in Belly Up To...
Sambetti’s, a Second Avenue legacy
I got an education on how to drink beer upon my first visit to Sambetti’s on Second Avenue in Des Moines. My uncle — a veteran drinker even then — [...]
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Posted January 30, 2013in Featured Story, Political Mercury
Senate’s ‘Martin and Lewis’ act, and candidates you shouldn’t overlook
Congressman Bruce Braley admitted he had a hard act to follow. Iowa’s two U.S. senators, Tom Harkin and Charles Grassley, who were both sworn into Congress in 1975, celebrated their [...]
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Posted January 30, 2013in Rap Sheet
On the clock
Published arrest charges are obtained from official law enforcement records, which are available to the public. All who are charged are innocent until proven guilty. Play the “Name that [...]
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Posted January 30, 2013in Duffy
