Posted November 13, 2013in Civic Skinny
Life’s backstage dramas: In a lovely little ceremony, The REACH program at the University of Iowa on Thursday named a suite of offices after former Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson, who was instrumental in getting the university to launch the program for students with autism, Down’s Syndrome and other intellectual challenges.
Read More →Is it possible for slapstick to grow old? Once you know the gag with the spaghetti on the wall — no, not spaghetti, linguine, and that’s another joke — how many times can it deliver a laugh? The answer in West Des Moines: plenty. Slapstick comedy continues to bubble up
Read More →I think you have broken my heart with your writing about Lois Bright (Civic Skinny, Nov. 7). I wish I would have known her. But I feel maybe I do. A young mind does not travel with the resources to develop it, necessarily. Social policy does not always manifest to
Read More →Lady Gaga “Artpop” Interscope As she says in “Artpop’s” debut single, Lada Gaga lives for the applause. She’s a phenomenally talented artist and a truly top-notch product of her time. But when you are the great hype-machine’s hype-iest piece of hype, it can be really easy to lose sight of,
Read More →Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! KICK YA WHILE YOU’RE DOWN Cops responded to a fight around 1:45 a.m. on Nov. 3 at Scores Sports Bar, 2335 Hickman Road. Upon arrival they discovered a man on the ground in the parking lot bleeding from the face and ears. The
Read More →With the passing of daylight savings time and two gluttonous holidays approaching, maintaining a healthy lifestyle becomes nearly impossible. As easy as it may be to give in to winter laziness, there is an entire niche industry of tech gadgets designed to keep the susceptible on the path to good
Read More →A Piece of the Action “Fantasy sports” are hugely popular, but when fans “draft” players for their teams, they “own” only the players’ statistics. Recently, Wall Street and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs created Fantex Holdings, which will allow investors to buy actual pieces of real players, namely, rights to 20 percent
Read More →Review by Shirley Shiffler Simon and Schuster Pub. Date 11/5/13 $30 414 pp. The untold history of Red Cloud, the great warrior and leader of the Sioux Nation, is captured with the pages of “The Heart of Everything That Is.” Told with epic detail illustrating his brilliant tactical role in
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Posted November 13, 2013in Film Review
“Go For Sisters” 2 stars Not Rated 122 minutes Drama Starring: LisaGay Hamilton, Yolonda Ross, Edward James Olmos John Sayles’ latest effort a dud. Still, even if the legendary independent filmmaker never made another better-than-average movie, the auteur responsible for such instant classics as “The Return of the Secaucus Seven,”
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Posted November 13, 2013in Food Dude
Food courts have played an important role as entry level positions for American entrepreneurship. The historic indoor markets of Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, New York City and Detroit have all launched famous restaurants and food brands that became household names. Even though those places had a century head start on Des
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