Gatsby in hell
“The Great Gatsby” 0 stars Rated PG-13 143 minutes Drama Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire Baz Luhrmann’s bastardization of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel is a demeaning travesty. This [...]
Read More →The good Metro area police departments held a Voluntary Weapons Turn-In at various locations during Police Week recently with the goal of reducing the number of unwanted firearms and weapons [...]
Read More →Paid for by taxpayers in… Des Moines Public Schools
Amount: $6,967.80 To: Buller Fixture Company For: Purchase of Edlund electric can openers. Amount: $369.50 To: Show Your Logo For: Purchase of 18-ounce acrylic tumblers. Amount: $1,737.90 To: [...]
Read More →The modern-day Brady Bunch
‘The Fosters’ offers an alternative vision of a TV family Social conservatives will not be happy with ABC Family’s new series “The Fosters” (Monday, 8 p.m.), which lays down a [...]
Read More →Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
Nitefall on the River has announced the addition of Dwight Yoakam to the 2013 summer season. Yoakam will play the Simon Estes Amphitheater on Wednesday, July 31 at 7:30 p.m. [...]
Read More →‘Pump You Up’… naturally
Arnold Schwarzenegger. Lou Ferrigno. SNL’s Hans and Franz. If you know the names, then you know what these men have in common: professional bodybuilding. These are men who have taken [...]
Read More →IPR board plotted Herrington exit before vote
Despite a precautionary email from a member of the board of Iowa Public Radio, the board leadership was working out the details of firing chief executive Mary Grace Herrington before [...]
Read More →Ben Folds Five ‘Ben Folds Five Live’ Sony After a hiatus of 13 years, Ben Folds Five made its triumphant return to music with 2012’s “The Sound of the Life [...]
Read More →Stand up to the National Rifle Association
A lot of people feel intimidated, bullied or helpless when faced with the NRA, but Dr. John M. Hicks isn’t one of them (Guest Commentary, May 16). There are a [...]
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