Posted April 03, 2013in Belly Up To...
Sometimes it’s nice to get out of the bars where everybody remembers what you did last weekend — but you — and spread your wings somewhere new. Be anonymous for a night. There’s freedom in that. The old building on Main Street in what locals consider “old Grimes” has been
Read More →The Internet has taken a proverbial wrecking ball to countless industries: recording, publishing, newspaper, brick-and-mortar retail and so many more. At times it seems like no field is safe. So what is the most likely candidate to be reduced to rubble next? Higher Education. This is truly the information age,
Read More →The good The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced that more than $882.4 million in excise tax revenues were generated in 2012 by sportsmen and sportswomen and will be distributed to state and territorial agencies to fund fish and wildlife conservation and recreation projects. The Service’s Midwest Region will
Read More →‘GEARS OF WAR: JUDGMENT’ (M) ***1/2 Microsoft Game Studios Xbox 360 When game developers plan their mega-franchises, they really need to plot out longer story arcs, requiring more than a measly three episodes. After “God of War” and “Halo” reached the ends of their respective trilogies, continued profitability demanded additional
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Posted April 03, 2013in Film Review
“The Company You Keep” 2 stars Rated R 25 mins. Thriller Starring: Robert Redford, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci A movie in search of a story, this Robert Redford-directed flop has all the interest and suspense of a piece of burnt toast. The fate of three former members of the American
Read More →In a story about women treated merely as objectified eye candy in the work place, it’s ironic that the men involved in “9 to 5: The Musical” comprise the minimal parts. The ladies take center stage from the curtain’s opening to its closing, while many talented male actors ease into
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Posted April 03, 2013in Featured Story, Food Dude
From a bird’s eye perspective, the great story of 20th century Iowa was the movement of people from farms all over the state to a few cities and many suburbs. One-seventh of the way through the 21st century, nothing brings out suburban Iowa’s inner farm child like the opening of
Read More →Amount: $916.40 To: Farmer’s Insurance Group (Oklahoma City, Okla.) For: Payment for property damage claim against police department for incident on Jan. 22 when a police chase resulted in the damage of a car. Amount: $446 To: Home Furnishings Sales and Rentals For: The purchase of a bunk bed
Read More →A new sitcom explains ‘How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)’ “How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)” (Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., ABC) is the rare sitcom where everyone in the cast is a great comedian, down to the child actor.
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Posted April 03, 2013in Sound Stage
Vaudeville Mews was host to a slew of indie-folk acts on Easter Sunday. While not everything on stage this night was pretty, the good did outweigh the bad. Doubting Daniel and the Deliverance is a five-piece whose titular front man served as Exhibit A as to why so many people
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