Posted December 24, 2014in Civic Skinny
Twelve drummers drumming… … for all those old folks well past 80 who still go to work every day — Bill Knapp and John Pappajohn and Stan Seidler and R.W. and Mary Nelson, among others — and who still keep this town running…and the bright younger ones, too: Zac
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Posted December 24, 2014in Center Stage
“Bash to the Future” At the Des Moines Social Club, the New Year’s “Bash” has always included performance. A few years back I caught “Jerry Springer: the Opera,” a StageWest production, and last year the party featured the aerial ballet of the Iowa Fly Girl, Felicia Coe. What’s new, then,
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Posted December 24, 2014in Your Money
Amount: $131.04 To: Ace Hardware For: Electrical supplies, hardware and snow shovels Amount: $1,869.16 To: Adventure Lighting For: Bulbs and lighting supplies Amount: $167.14 To: Amazon.com For: Two sets of two soccer goals and nets Amount: $68 To: Des Moines Civic Center For: Second grade field
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Posted December 24, 2014in The Sound
We live in a fickle world. There are few acts that understand this in the way that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah do. With the release of its 2005 self-titled debut, the Philadelphia based five-piece seemed poised as the next big thing. They were supposed to be the
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Posted December 24, 2014in Sound Circuit
Tony Bohnenkamp has played with the Nadas and released an album of original material a couple years ago. He is generally regarded as one of the most talented performers and instrumentalists around, but odds are that you know him for playing covers. It is exactly that high degree
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Posted December 24, 2014in Rap Sheet
Former Atlanta Falcons running back Jamal Anderson, 42, was arrested on Nov. 21 in Georgia and charged with DUI. Anderson was found on the side of I-85 sitting in his stopped vehicle. His bond was more than $2,000. He was shortly released after the arrest, but it wasn’t a
Read More →Reader says image was stereotypical Cityview publication’s recent cover story (“Where do they go?” by Eleni Upah) dealt with important issues faced by transgender individuals in Iowa and across the country. The cover photo, however, was stereotypical, trans-phobic and damaging to that community. You owe your readers, and every
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Posted December 17, 2014in On The Tube
“Anger Management” finally reaches 100 episodes. In other news, “Anger Management” is still on. In March 2011, Charlie Sheen was fired from CBS’ “Two & a Half Men” for being, well, more Charlie Sheen than he had been during production of the sitcom’s previous seven seasons. He then went on
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Posted December 17, 2014in Food Dude
Theme restaurants originated with the best of intentions. By using trappings and menus from another time or place, they transported diners into a more romantic experience. New York City’s Russian Tea Room, opened in 1927 by Russian expatriates from the Imperial Ballet, became an escape to Tsarist times for émigrés
Read More →Dying to get a date Like many in society’s subgroups, people who work in “death” industries or professions in the U.K. may believe it difficult to reach “like-minded” suitors. Hence, Carla Valentine established Dead Meet earlier this year and told Vice.com in October that she has drawn 5,000 sign-ups among
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