The Des Moines Social Club is hosting “Artquake” on June 27 at the Firehouse. The interactive art and music event will feature performances from Tires, Satellite State and the debut [...]
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Posted June 12, 2013in Sound Notes
Posted June 12, 2013in Good Bad Ugly
The good Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs magazine, announced last week that Des Moines has been named a 2013 Top 50 Military Friendly City. Des Moines was ranked in [...]
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Posted June 12, 2013in Tech Talk
The Field Trip app, for the explorer
A recent Nielsen survey revealed that now more than 51 percent of adult Americans own smartphones. It’s no mystery why. Web searches, mobile applications, social networks and much more supply [...]
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Posted June 12, 2013in Duffy
Posted June 12, 2013in The Sound
Randy Burk: heart and soul of small-town Iowa
When talking to Randy Burk, it’s impossible not to be struck by his workmanlike demeanor. A plain-spoken man, Burk’s music is a reflection of where he’s come from. You can [...]
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Posted June 12, 2013in Film Review
Canned Shakespeare
“Much Ado About Nothing” 2 stars Rated PG-13 109 minutes Comedy Starring: Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Fran Kranz Josh Whedon’s sophomoric attempt at swimming in Kenneth Brannagh’s waters of expertise [...]
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Posted June 12, 2013in Cover Story
With honor & pride
Through no fault of his own, this is a story about Sammy. Sammy lived in the tiny town of Notasulga, Ala., for years. Every day he would cross the street [...]
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Posted June 12, 2013in Civic Skinny
Register circulation plummets (again). GOP ‘tickle pickle.’ Luebke is in prison.
Circulation at The Des Moines Register is in a free-fall. Far fewer people are buying the print edition, where subscribers are also forced to pay for the electronic edition whether [...]
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Posted June 12, 2013in Belly Up To...
Getting back to The Point
Getting kicked out of a bar has come to be a running joke — almost a badge of honor even — among my ornery, carousing friends. I’ll never forget my [...]
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Posted June 12, 2013in Food Dude
India Star’s clay oven magic
Spring served proof of the holiness of ethnic food fairs. How else can one explain how CelebrAsian, the Jewish Food Fair and the Greek Food Fair were all blessed by [...]
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