How many social networks can one person use? Facebook? Of course. Twitter? Sure. Pinterest? Sounds fun. Google Plus? Maybe. Pheed? What now? For those not following the trends in social networking, it appears tweens and celebrities are refashioning where it’s cool to share every second of your life. Now, only
Read More →There’s a little bit of the devil in us all, but not quite to the extreme depicted in the classic story of “Jeckyll and Hyde.” The Broadway-bound musical has taken over the Civic Center Stage, offering Des Moines theatre-goers the opportunity to see the act before it hits the New
Read More →‘METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE’ (M) ***1/2 Konami Xbox 360 The “Metal Gear” series has been known primarily for its stealth gameplay, secondarily for its borderline incomprehensible plotlines and lastly for its occasionally over-the-top action. If you’ve always felt that hierarchy should be reversed, then this spinoff was made specifically for
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Posted March 06, 2013in Cover Story
Mike Barrett went to a benefit show at House of Bricks last year. Eight bands were on the slate for that night, but the one that Mike was most excited about was Dead Horse Trauma. Barrett, 20, had been a metal fan for as long as he could remember. “When
Read More →Amount: $499.80 To: Bass Pro Shop (Springfield, Mo.) For: 20 pairs of canoe paddles. Amount: $1,188 To: Carquest Auto Parts (Atlanta, Ga.) For: Employee Mechanical Training classes for five Des Moines Fleet Services employees to learn about low-amp current probes, digital storage oscilloscopes, tire pressure monitoring systems and evaporative
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Posted March 06, 2013in Featured Story, Political Mercury
Congressman Steve King — not a person one usually associates with Shakespeare in word games — is playing a convincing Hamlet with his teasing and toying over a possible bid for the U.S. Senate. The Kiron politician is the Republican keeping other Republicans in a holding pattern. The rest of
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Posted March 06, 2013in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
Maybe the board of Iowa Public Radio could have screwed things up more when it met and fired IPR chief executive Mary Grace Herrington last week, but it’s hard to see how. As starters, it was an illegal meeting. As enders, one of the seven directors broke a confidentiality agreement
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Posted March 06, 2013in Featured Story, Food Dude
Not too many years ago, Des Moines scrapped its motto “the surprising place.” At the time, people complained that outsiders would swallow it with a spoonful of sarcasm. In the culinary realm, it’s been a long battle to convince national, even regional, media that we have surprising things to offer
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Posted March 06, 2013in Film Review
Phantom 2 stars Rated R 87 mins. Thriller Starring: Ed Harris, Julian Adams, David Duchovny The cinematic offenses committed by the filmmakers of “Phantom” are varied and many. Whoever thought it was a good idea to have Russian characters speak without a Russian accent has some fundamental lessons to learn
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Posted March 06, 2013in Duffy
