Posted January 01, 2014in Locker Room
Ever heard of the Pinball Wizard? “He ain’t got no distractions; can’t hear those buzzers and bells; don’t see lights a flashin’; plays by sense of smell; always has a replay; never tilts at all. That deaf, dumb and blind kid, sure plays a mean pin ball.” (Insert Pete Townsend’s
Read More →Michael Mayes looks like he’s about to go nova, across the skies of opera. His next gig is Boston and Verdi. He’ll sing “Rigoletto,” no less. Yet the baritone regards Des Moines as an “artistic home.” In 2010, he says, the Metro Opera gave him his “first big shot” in
Read More →Amount: $4,424.31 To: ABM Janitorial Services (Illinois) For: Payment for janitorial services at the community centers for the month of December. Amount: $163.96 To: BSN Sports (Texas) For: Purchase of four Spalding Legacy basketballs at $40.99 per ball. Amount: $230 To: Des Moines Rental Events and Equipment For:
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Posted January 01, 2014in Belly Up To...
At 14th Street Tap, there’s no shortage of people to talk to who know everything there is to know about the place. The bartenders are long-timers, and the patrons — many of whom are hanging out on their night off — are “lifers.” “Like they’re in prison,” laughed a former
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Posted January 01, 2014in Duffy
Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! DODGING NAPKINS Police were called to Big Tomato Pizza, 2613 Ingersoll Ave., after a woman and a man called to report an assault around 3:15 a.m. on Dec. 21. They said the man was refused service based on sexual orientation by the restaurant
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Fay Jones WW Norton and Company 8/5/13 $25.95 283 pp. Mark Slouka’s new novel, “Brewster,” is a powerful, gorgeous coming-of-age story. It tells of the intense friendship between two teenage boys as they face life in small-town, blue-collar Brewster, N.Y. It is 1968, and
Read More →One constant with every holiday season is the TV “Christmas special,” and this year NBC’s “Sound of Music Live” was easily the biggest. While most viewers enjoyed the broadcast with simply a cup of eggnog and a roaring fire, a good deal of the audience “hate watched” it. These nefarious
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