It’s Iowa State Fair time, and this year fairgoers can see a butter sculpture tribute to the Iowa film “Field of Dreams”… Most of the cast was sculpted from traditional sweet cream butter, but in an effort to stay true to the original movie, Terence Mann, as portrayed by James
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Posted August 13, 2014in Duffy
Martin Odum (Sean Bean) is a CIA agent who transforms himself into a different person for each undercover job. For example, he goes to great lengths to style himself as a creepy outsider to infiltrate a domestic terrorist group, masking his British accent with a stutter. “Legends” keeps you on
Read More →As cool as Justin Timberlake is, what’s the first thing you think of when you hear his name? He’s a singer, right? Nevermind that for the last decade J.T. has been trying desperately to be taken seriously as an actor. Shifting public perception is hard — for entertainers, politicians, companies,
Read More →Amount: $350 To: Plumbing Inc. For: Additional saw cutting of the street to the west of a street excavation Amount: $301.68 To: Metro Waste Authority For: Street construction and demolition Amount: $6,828.44 To: Neighborhood Development Corp. C/O Knapp Properties For: August rent at a 6th Avenue apartment Amount: $44,978.36 To:
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Posted August 13, 2014in Belly Up To...
“Das boot! Das boot!” That’s the cheer of a group ready to take on the Haus Rules and share a glass boot full of beer. On the list of “Passing the Boot” rules: “Drink without pointing the toe away from you…and you drink again”; “Splash yourself while drinking from the
Read More →Weird old world “The Chinese fondness for napping in odd places is a well-documented phenomenon, one that’s spawned a popular website and even a book,” wrote The Wall Street Journal in a July dispatch. In a recent photo essay, a Getty Images photographer captured a series of shots of customers
Read More →The Animal Lifeline Thrift Shop, located at 3304 S.W. Ninth St., Des Moines, expanded its hours to Mondays and an hour earlier every day. Located in the Park Avenue Plaza, the shop sells clothing, jewelry, art, kitchen items, furniture, games, electronics and more. It features an eclectic mix of vintage
Read More →What hooked me was the bit with the table. Early on in “Spring Awakening,” the in-the-round set converts to a boys’ classroom, with no more props than chairs and a table. Once the “Master” quits the room, his teen charges explode. They tear into “The Bitch of Life,” spitting out
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Posted August 13, 2014in Joe's Neighborhood
“Don’t stare,” our mothers instructed, as they pulled one arm away from whatever caught our fancy. This parental technique, always hopeful and always coming from a good place, was always a disaster since our remaining limbs and extended necks then swiveled in the other direction, away from our fast-walking, arm-yanking
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