Posted July 17, 2013in Political Mercury
Historically speaking, politicians use the trunks of their vehicles to stash cash and cold-stow any dead hookers. They don’t tend to leave the comfortable confines, the wine and WiFi of [...]
Read More →Amount: $3,140 To: Jim John’s Inc. For: The cost to have 33 Porta-potties at various parks and cemeteries in Des Moines. Amount: $1,264.99 To: TMC Auto Body For: Claim [...]
Read More →Maximum Ames Records has announced the lineup for this year’s Maximum Ames Music Fest, taking place Sept. 26-29. Headliners for the event include seminal English rockers The Zombies, alt-punk groundbreakers [...]
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Posted July 17, 2013in Locker Room
Look! Up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s… unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. Basketball season may be over but that doesn’t mean it’s time to [...]
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Julie Goodrich Grand Central Publishing May 7, 2013 $25.99 533 Pages Benjamin Percy won me in about 10 pages with “The Wilding,” [...]
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Posted July 17, 2013in Film Review
“The Conjuring” 3 stars R 112 minutes Horror Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor Since carving his name as a modern-horror director to be reckoned with, James Wan (“Saw” [...]
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Posted July 17, 2013in Joe's Neighborhood
In the basement of the old Catholic elementary school in Iowa City, we all lined up with our vendor trays attached by straps across the back of our necks. Ranging [...]
Read More →“Breaking Pointe” chronicles bad behavior in a real ballet troupe The CW, home of teen soaps like “Gossip Girl,” goes in a different direction with “Breaking Pointe” (Monday, 8 [...]
Read More →Des Moines Art Center’s (DMAC) new exhibition “Phyllida Barlow: Scree” represents one of the happier stories about life after “retirement.” From the late 1960s until 2009, she was a professor [...]
Read More →The White Elephant “The White Elephant” Independent Taking a page from Weezer’s playbook, The White Elephant has opted to self-title both of its albums thus far. Call this one “The [...]
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