Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Sally Wisdom Penguin Books Nov. 6, 2013 $16 448 pp. The somewhat fictionalized story of Philomena Lee, a young Irish woman who was forced by circumstance to relinquish her 3-year-old son, is masterfully told in the movie “Philomena,” starring Dame Judi Dench in the
Read More →Amount: $396 To: A Parts Warehouse LLC For: Purchase of a custom adjustable vest. Amount: $2,636.41 To: Academy Roofing and Sheeting For: Payment for roof repair services pro Amount: $692.97 To: Ace Educational Supplies For: Purchase of versatile single-shelf storage units, including $126 for shipping and handling.
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Posted January 29, 2014in The Sound
California ska act Sublime had a mercurial career that was cut short when front man Bradley Nowell overdosed at the hands of Mr. Brownstone. Short as it may have been, Sublime’s career turned out two of the more iconic albums of the 1990s, “40oz. to Freedom” and its final, self-titled
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Posted January 29, 2014in Civic Skinny
The Board of Regents late Wednesday asked the Iowa Supreme Court to intervene in the case involving Iowa State University basketball player Yempabou Palo. The action was taken without a meeting of the board, without a vote of the board, and apparently without discussion by the board. So who made
Read More →Play the “Name That Crime” Quiz! SUGAR HIGH A resident of the 1300 block of East 27th Court called police just after 1:30 p.m. and said he pulled into his back yard with his truck when the suspect came up from behind him and punched him in the face and
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Posted January 29, 2014in Duffy
‘DON’T STARVE: CONSOLE EDITION’ (E10+) ***1/2 Klei Entertainment PlayStation 4 The title of this game offers some good — if somewhat limited — advice. A more useful title would’ve been “Don’t Starve, or Get Caught After Dark Without a Light Source, or Go Insane, or Get Too Close to the
Read More →“Aggressive.” That’s the word Tim Wisgerhof uses to describe his set for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” The designer imagined a sort of “machine” that was “chewing into the audience,” which is why he skewed the hospital setting to one side so an extension of the stage thrusts out
Read More →Using objective numbers, Cityview has proven that Des Moines’ paper de jour (The Des Moines Register) is suffering readership shrinkage worse than Seinfeld’s George Costanza in a wet swimsuit. Soon the state’s once-competent gazette of record will be a soggy dribble on the shag carpet of publication history. Attempting to delay
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Posted January 29, 2014in Cover Story
Any imbecilic idiot, stomping toddler, wailing infant or even a primate in sign can say, “It’s cold out,” damn cold — even for Iowa — and probably colder than it looks. But despite this season’s sadistic sub-zero wind chills, the dangerous drive along an icy Interstate pavement and that missing
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