Posted September 17, 2014in Art News
The Des Moines Art Center’s (DMAC) new exhibition “Art Meets Fashion” will likely become the grandest undertaking in that museum’s history, at least in number of events, money raised, community buzz, and number of volunteers involved. Yet it all began as a glorified garage sale. Ellen Hubbell, who is co-chair
Read More →In the Sept. 11, 2014, issue of Cityview, Civic Skinny wrote a great article on our outgoing senator, Tom Harkin. Although Tom had the vision and the caring to help Iowans and many many others throughout his career, I think it is important to note that it was a great
Read More →#1 HINT: The spiked shakes here will bring the dead back to life. ANSWER: Zombie Burger #2 HINT: Stick to the rules or you’ll drink the consequences. ANSWER: Hessen Haus #3 HINT: Musicians everywhere love the sound of this tap. ANSWER: The Kegstand #4 HINT: Get of taste of the
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is sure the U.S. Department of Agriculture is doing a great job fighting fraud committed by people receiving benefits in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Wendy Dishman disagrees. Dishman is the administrator of the Investigative Division of the Iowa Department of Inspections
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. — Responding to Watchdog.org’s report that the U.S. has lost track of 58,000 foreign students holding expired visas, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley proposed legislation to tighten security. But, once again, partisan politics stand in the way. Grassley, R-Iowa, introduced the Student Visa Integrity Act to help reduce fraud and abuse
Read More →
Posted September 10, 2014in On The Tube
Ken Burns, PBS’s favorite documentarian, has long specialized in taking the fun out of great American subjects (jazz, baseball, Mark Twain). His latest, “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History” (Sunday, 7 p.m.), is less a tribute to President Teddy Roosevelt, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt than to
Read More →
Posted September 10, 2014in Sound Check
Ryan Adams Self-Titled Pax-AM Every time I listen to Ryan Adams’ new self-titled release, I get the mental image of a guy watching “Singles” for the first time and really “getting” Matt Dillion. The simple fact that Adams has described the album’s creation as “jamming with bros, smoking bowls and
Read More →They didn’t see this coming? German Rolf Buchholz, who owns the Guinness Book world record for most body piercings (453), said he was upset to be denied entrance into United Arab Emirates in August to fulfill a performance of sorts at Dubai’s Fairmont Hotel. Buchholz said officials gave no explanation,
Read More →
Posted September 10, 2014in Sound Circuit
“It’s good to meet people for the first time who don’t know anything about (our sound),” said Rumble Seat Riot upright bassist Larry Kaster. “They hear us play and are like, ‘Wow, what is this?’ This is Rockabilly.” Rumble Seat Riot is an act that seems to have better luck
Read More →
Real life in Iowa more scary than campaign ads
If you are distressed by political ads and the horror stories and lies about what candidates have done or threaten to do, maybe you should welcome such dismay as a diversion from what’s going on in real life. Here are five real horror stories — not the nonsense of political
Read More →