Josephine Spada, young but already a veteran of New York musical theater, speaks of her role in “American Idiot” with the cool of a professional. “It’s like being shot out of a cannon!” she says. Indeed Spada bubbles with excitement throughout our interview. Naturally the actress wants to promote her
Read More →Amount: $148.76 To: Bone-A-Patreat For: Purchase of dog food for canine and bomb squad dogs at the police department. Amount: $406.25 To: Applied Ecological Services Inc. For: Payment for services assessing impacts to golf course. Amount: $340 To: Architectural Wall Systems For: Mirror replacement at Forest Avenue Library.
Read More →The Greater Des Moines Partnership is putting together a compilation of local music to take with them to the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. Called “Carpe DM,” the project is presented in collaboration with the State of Iowa as a way to introduce people to the local sound. Band
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Posted January 22, 2014in Civic Skinny
Consider the odd case of Bubu Palo and university justice. Bubu Palo was, or maybe is, a basketball player at Iowa State. He went to Ames High School, and he is a good student and a good athlete. On Sept. 18, 2012, the Story County Attorney charged Palo with sexual
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Posted January 22, 2014in Locker Room
“I don’t trust people who don’t like dogs, and I totally understand when dogs don’t trust people.” That’s one of the many quips being shared on social media these days. If you agree with it, then the K9 Nose Work Seminar in Des Moines this weekend might be for you.
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Posted January 22, 2014in Film Review
“Lone Survivor” 2 stars Rated R 121 minutes Action Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch All films are political. All film is propaganda. Knowing that Peter Berg’s seemingly straight-ahead war picture is little more than a two-hour recruitment commercial designed for the U.S. military to attract testosterone-bubbling American males
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Posted January 22, 2014in The Sound
BoomBox is two people, namely, Zion Godchaux and Russ Randolph. But nobody — not even Randolph — would argue with the fact that it’s Godchaux that makes the duo hum. While the duo itself formed in that boundlessly fertile music town known as Muscle Shoals, Ala., one could trace the
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Posted January 22, 2014in Cover Story
After every year rolls over, our syndicated film writer, Cole Smithey, announces his top 10 picks for best movies of the year — the productions he’d put on the podium for an Academy Awards if it were up to him. But, it’s not up to him, and, as it usually
Read More →As For You is kind of the blue collar end of Des Moines metal. Not as flashy or polished as Dead Horse Trauma (but then again, who is?), nor as bombastic as, say, Green Death. But As For You consists of five really talented guys — bassist Harpo Dunaway, drummer
Read More →For tech geeks everywhere, doomsday came last week. On Jan.14, a federal appeals court struck down government regulations commonly referred to as “net neutrality,” the laws that forced Internet service providers (ISPs) to treat all Web traffic the same. Whether you were reading a blog post, sending an email or
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