Posted July 17, 2013in Belly Up To...
OK, picture this. You’re playing sand volleyball, tanning by the water, fishing, boating, “bro-ing” out — whatever it is you do at Saylorville or Big Creek. You’ve spent all afternoon [...]
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Posted July 17, 2013in Food Dude
Some canons are only temporary. June is no longer the biggest month for weddings in Iowa. Wedding planners, caterers and cake makers all tell me that October and September are [...]
Read More →There is money in offering legalized opportunities in Iowa that is not available elsewhere. Most of Iowa’s casinos are along the state borders and take in money from out-of-state players. [...]
Read More →Fresh off the start of the inaugural Girls Rock! Des Moines band camp, Wooly’s played host to music this past week featuring the camp organizer Rae Fehring as well as [...]
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Posted July 17, 2013in The Sound
They say that to watch Brad Engledinger play the drums was a transformative experience. “I was lucky enough to catch (former Iowa City act) High and Lonesome when they first [...]
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Posted July 17, 2013in Civic Skinny
The conductor of the Des Moines Symphony makes about $30,000 more a year than the Des Moines police chief. The president of Des Moines University makes about $75,000 less than [...]
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Posted July 17, 2013in Cover Story
Don’t you just love it when a medical scientist or expert of the sort goes on the record with an announcement claiming things like: Beer is good for you? So [...]
Read More →“RIDE TO HELL: RETRIBUTION” (M) Way back in 2004, I reviewed “Strike Force Bowling” — a game which arbitrarily placed your bowling lanes on poorly realized representations of other planets. [...]
Read More →Not fair game The Iowa State Fair Patrol reported a break in at the fairground’s grandstand on July 9 at 1:33 a.m. When officers arrived, they found two men described [...]
Read More →The good Des Moines Metro Opera received a $25,000 grant from DuPont Pioneer last week to support its continued work of “educating and inspiring nearly 40,000 Iowans annually through its educational [...]
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