The little folksinger
“I do enough of these interviews that they’re never really a big deal,” I said to the folksinger on the other end of my phone last week. “But I’m really [...]
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Posted October 15, 2014in The Sound
Posted October 15, 2014in Belly Up To...
A new way to eat brunch at Americana
Nothing says “I’ve got my life together” quite like going out for brunch on the weekend. First, brunch-goers have managed to get out of bed and ready for the day [...]
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Posted October 15, 2014in Art News
Same subject, different points of view
A pair of current shows demonstrates similar subjects from very different points of view. Tom Jackson and Priscilla Steele have both been drawing the human form since the late 1960s. [...]
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Posted October 15, 2014in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… the Johnston Community School District
Amount: $2,877.86 To: Capital Sanitary Supply For: Repair and maintenance supplies Amount: $1,559.35 To: Seminole Retail Energy Service For: Natural gas Amount: $10,048.50 To: Childserve For: Medical professional Amount: $2,569.14 [...]
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Posted October 15, 2014in On The Tube
Foo Fighters hit the Sonic Highways, Transporter does TV, and American Dad relocates
“Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways” Friday, Oct. 17 (HBO) Series Debut: You should know that I like my music played and produced by humans — loudly, with electric guitars and minimal [...]
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Posted October 08, 2014in Sound Notes
This year’s Iowa Jazz Hall of Fame ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 19. Hosted by the Community Jazz Center (CJC), this year’s ceremony will take place at the Adventureland [...]
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Posted October 08, 2014in The Sound
Never looking back
Nathan Hunt believes in the bigger picture. The Shaman’s Harvest frontman doesn’t buy into the “one single at a time” ethos of modern music releases and feels his stories should [...]
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Posted October 08, 2014in Political Mercury
Ernst and Braley: bread bags and badly injured dad
A 16-year-old Buena Vista County farm kid died last week in a farming accident. The story led the Sept. 24 issue of The Storm Lake Times. The young man perished [...]
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Posted October 08, 2014in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… in the West Des Moines Community School District
Amount: $28,528 To: Becker Fine Stringed For: Instruments Amount: $3,212 To: Chow’s Gymnastics Institute For: Admission Amount: $24,793 To: Secoa Theatre Equipment For: Equipment Amount: $594 To: Century Link For: [...]
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Posted October 08, 2014in On The Tube
Fun with artificial insemination
“Jane the Virgin” (Monday, 8 p.m., CW) has fun with telenovela conventions. Jane (Gina Rodriguez) is an ordinary young woman swept up in extraordinary events when she’s accidentally inseminated during [...]
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