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 and Martha, the drama’s aging spitfires. Their decorating tends to beige and brown, the pillars between rooms suggest cages, and
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 2004’s “Dear Heather,” but that was before his former manager swindled him out of nearly 9 million dollars. However, if
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 copy Amount: $500 To: Mark Burnham For: Reimbursement for damages to Burnham’s car by a city garbage truck Amount: $1,250
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 discovered Mr. Flav also had 16 license suspensions for a variety of unpaid tickets, and they found a small amount
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Posted September 24, 2014in Duffy
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 on a bus that full of single women since campaigning with President Clinton in 1996. A routine inspection at a
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Posted September 24, 2014in Political Mercury
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 largely — and in many cases, exclusively — depends on your thoughts on President Barack Obama. It’s personal. Visceral. Instinctive.
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Posted September 24, 2014in Film Review
“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. Laika, the Oregon animation production company behind “Coraline” (2009) and “ParaNorman” (2012) takes more than a few a steps backward.
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, mediocre liberal arts college in the Midwest, and “Dear Committee Members” is the hilarious look at one year of his
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 who know what they’re doing. On Oct. 1, the cast of “Carrie: The Musical” will be performing at the Gateway
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