Emotional whipsaw, unflagging spitfires
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 [...]
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Posted September 24, 2014in Center Stage
Posted September 24, 2014in Sound Check
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 [...]
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Posted September 24, 2014in Duffy
Posted September 24, 2014in Rap Sheet
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 [...]
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Posted September 24, 2014in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… of the City of Des Moines
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 [...]
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Posted September 24, 2014in GoodNightIowa
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 [...]
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Posted September 24, 2014in Political Mercury
Why didn’t Joni Ernst just film her shoot-the-Negro ad in Memphis?
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 [...]
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Posted September 24, 2014in Film Review
Box of trash
“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. [...]
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Posted September 24, 2014in Book Review
‘Dear Committee Members’
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, [...]
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Posted September 24, 2014in Sound Notes
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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