Alice Walker, for and against
“Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth” (Friday, 8:30 p.m., PBS) tells the unlikely story of a poor African American sharecropper’s daughter who dedicates herself to changing the world and, against all [...]
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Posted February 05, 2014in On The Tube
Posted February 05, 2014in Sound Check
Aesthetic Perfection “’Til Death” Metropolis Emo-pop is still a thing. Don’t write angry letters to the editors: I assure you, they haven’t messed up and accidentally re-run a review from [...]
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Posted February 05, 2014in Film Review
Ivan Reitman’s near-movie is a soap opera disaster
“Labor Day” 1 star Rated PG-13 111 minutes Drama Starring: Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith There’s almost a movie — one with serious incest issues — hiding somewhere in [...]
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Posted February 05, 2014in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… West Des Moines.
Amount: $260.58 To: William L. Laidlaw Jr. For: Payment for services repairing residents’ mailboxes on Jan. 3, 13 and 14 for a total of six labor hours at $43.43 per [...]
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Posted February 05, 2014in Sore Thumbs
‘TOMB RAIDER: DEFINITIVE EDITION’ (M) ****1/2 Electronic Arts PlayStation 4 Lara Croft just got a whole lot better looking — not that she really needed it. Not only was the [...]
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Posted February 05, 2014in Civic Skinny
Knapp, Cownie and Rastetter gave big in 2013. Zaun, once a deadbeat, says U.S. should pay bills.
How much money do big hitters give to state candidates in a year? Last year — not an election year for statewide candidates — Jim Cownie gave $89,850, Bill Knapp [...]
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Posted February 05, 2014in Belly Up To...
Relive the glory days at Delta House
Fans of the late comedian John Belushi, college students and adults who love to revel in those college glory days, have found their haven at the new Delta House on [...]
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Posted February 05, 2014in Book Review
‘Enon’ is raw and enlightening
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Fay Jones Random House 9/10/13 $26 256 pp. Paul Harding’s moving second novel takes place in the same fictional Massachusetts town, Enon, as his [...]
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Posted February 05, 2014in Your View
Exposing Koch’s ugly ad campaign
The Jan. 16 Cityview, “Corruption and Greed,” featured unscrupulous people around the country. How about a focus on the billionaire Koch Brothers-funded group, Americans for Prosperity, and its massive negative [...]
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Posted February 05, 2014in Cover Story
What’s in a name?
No offense, Des Moines, but, in general, we’re ignorant of our own history. The capital city, much more so than many other cities of comparable size, is almost devoid of [...]
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