Stevie C’s secret garden of Grimes
Most people remember that iconic moment when Dorothy awakes after a violent tornado had whisked her and Toto, house and all, to the land of Oz; when she opened up [...]
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Posted July 24, 2013in Belly Up To...
Posted July 24, 2013in Food Dude
Solo dining, without regret or shame
A new cafe in Amsterdam only provides small tables with single chairs, requiring customers to come solo. In America, dining alone is more awkward, particularly, it seems, for ladies. Female [...]
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Posted July 24, 2013in Film Review
Unrepentant cutthroats
“The Act of Killing” 5 stars Not Rated 122 minutes Documentary Starring: Haji Anif, Syamsul Arifin, Sakhyan Asmara At once the most micro and meta combination of cinéma vérité, documentary [...]
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Posted July 24, 2013in The Sound
The death and life of Hath No Fury
You can’t keep a good girl down. Jen Allen’s a good girl. Through very solid songwriting, a stable of talented musicians and some relentless promotion via social media, Allen’s band [...]
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Posted July 24, 2013in Book Review
‘The House Girl’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Cathryn Lang HarperCollins 2/12/13 $25.99 372 pp. The publication of Tara Conklin’s debut novel, “The House Girl,” has been eagerly anticipated after it was [...]
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Posted July 24, 2013in Sound Stage
Jazz in Johnston
Jazz in July is one of those classic rites of summer. Highlighting communities and artists around central Iowa all month long, and doing so in beautiful public spaces, with shows [...]
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Posted July 23, 2013in Rap Sheet
Posted July 17, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
Iowa pays companies incentives that amount to $50,000 per job
DES MOINES – Iowa officials handed out more than $274 million in incentives to land 163 new companies or the expansion of others in the past two years, according to [...]
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Posted July 17, 2013in Duffy
Posted July 17, 2013in Sound Check
Annalibera “Annalibera (EP)” Independent Annalibera’s EP — much like the band’s music — is a slight and insubstantial thing. With a scant 13 combined minutes of music, the fact that [...]
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