Posted August 21, 2013in Duffy
Posted August 21, 2013in Food Dude
‘America’s worst restaurant meal’
The franchise restaurant industry has been busy this summer reacting to trends and troubles. Darden restaurants had a particularly bad summer after stomach viruses, traced to salad mixes, struck a [...]
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Posted August 21, 2013in Sound Notes
The Des Moines Music Coalition (DMMC) has announced the date and speaker lineup for its “Music University” event this fall. The event will be held on Oct. 19 at the [...]
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Posted August 21, 2013in Rap Sheet
On the clock
Play the “Name That Crime” Quiz! TOOL BAG BURGLAR Police responded around 2:30 p.m. to a burglary at the 600 block of 17th Street, which was being remodeled by [...]
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Posted August 21, 2013in On The Tube
Meet wife No. 4
“Escape from Polygamy” looks inside a creepy religious sect You’d expect a TV movie called “Escape from Polygamy” to be a predictable docudrama, but this Lifetime production offers plenty of [...]
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Posted August 21, 2013in Cover Story
Fall Arts & Entertainment- Music
Think life is over just because summer is ending and the fair is gone? Think again, my friends. Summer’s wane just means it is time to roll out the autumn [...]
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Posted August 21, 2013in Cover Story
Fall Arts & Entertainment- Outdoors
Somehow Iowans fail to let the brisk breeze of autumn chase us indoors with the threat of yet another long winter. But it’ll take more than dipping temps to bring [...]
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Posted August 21, 2013in Cover Story
Fall Arts & Entertainment- Theater
Perhaps no more eclectic line-up exists in central Iowa than in the realm of the performing arts. Theatres big and small, professional and amateur, continue to offer Iowans an array [...]
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Posted August 21, 2013in Cover Story
Fall Arts & Entertainment- Film
Moviegoers, start your engines, because the season of Oscar contenders is upon us. You have the best chance of seeing a better-than-average, if not truly exceptional, movie in the fall [...]
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Posted August 21, 2013in Cover Story
Fall Arts & Entertainment- Art
For Iowa’s art scene, autumn is the sobering, back-to-work season that follows carefree summers of big festivals and light entertainments. This year’s fall calendar supports such sobriety with a preponderance [...]
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