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The set shows the baggage they carry. Even before the start of Repertory Theater of Iowa’s flawless new production, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” you feel the burdens on George [...]
Read More →The set shows the baggage they carry. Even before the start of Repertory Theater of Iowa’s flawless new production, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” you feel the burdens on George [...]
Read More →Leonard Cohen “Popular Problems” Columbia No bones: “Popular Problems” only exists because Leonard Cohen is broke. The nearly 80-year-old Cohen was set to enjoy his retirement after the release of [...]
Read More →Two of a kind? Flavor Flav was arrested for speeding in January when police said he was driving 79 in a 55 mph zone. It doesn’t stop there, though. Police [...]
Read More →Amount: $598 To: Acme tools For: Two mobile bases for ICS saws Amount: $297 To: Johnson Reporting Services For: Des Moines Civil Service Commission Hearing — half original transcript and [...]
Read More →Vice President Joe Biden visited Des Moines recently to help promote a voter turnout effort led by Catholic nuns touring the country on a bus… Biden said he hasn’t been [...]
Read More →You can’t separate the man from the law. Literally. The two blend for the word: Obama + Care = Obamacare. How you feel about the sea change in health-insurance reform [...]
Read More →“The Boxtrolls” 1 star Rated PG 97 minutes Animation Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost This animated 3D children’s picture is as clumsy, tone-deaf and useless as they come. [...]
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Shirley Shiffler Doubleday Books Aug. 19, 2014 $22.95 180 Pages Jason Fitger is a disenchanted professor of creative writing and literature at a small, [...]
Read More →If you haven’t had a chance to check out Des Moines’ new public pianos yet, there are a few chances coming up to listen to them played by some folks [...]
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