Next week’s photo: This week’s winner: “Also open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. 8 days a week.” -Patrick Graham Runners-up: “Inside you will find great deals like ‘buy one for $9.99 or three for only $39.99.’ ” -Paul G. “When we say
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Posted February 18, 2015in What the?
Posted February 18, 2015in On the Move
Raccoon River Brewing Company to close in March
Raccoon River Brewing Co. announced earlier this month it will be closing its doors on March 7. The restaurant and brewer has been in business for 18 years and is located at 200 10th St. in the historic Clemons Building, which will be sold. The property’s prospective owners have plans
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Posted February 18, 2015in Book Review
“All the Light We Cannot See”
The haunting World War II stories of a French girl and German boy are told in parallel in Anthony Doerr’s beautiful and best-selling novel, “All the Light We Cannot See.” Blind 12-year-old Marie-Laure LeBlanc flees Paris with her father when the Nazi occupation of the city begins. Her agoraphobic great
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Posted February 18, 2015in On The Tube
Re-tread Lightly
“The Odd Couple” Thursday, Feb. 19 (CBS) Like CBS’ recently canceled “The Millers,” “The Odd Couple” (a remake of a ’70s sitcom, kids) is a case of a killer comedic cast (Matthew Perry, Thomas Lennon, Lindsay Sloane, Wendell Pearce and Yvette Nicole Brown) saddled with an annoyingly laugh-tracked, numbingly beige
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Posted February 18, 2015in Sound Notes
The Des Moines music landscape has been running a bit gun shy during the past couple months as a number of venues — House of Bricks, Hull Ave. Tavern and El Bait Shop — have either closed or dramatically cut back on their music. Those jitters have been given new
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Posted February 18, 2015in Sound Check
Angle “Definitive Bedtime Stories” Independent Des Moines does not have a great hip-hop scene. It is not for a lack of trying, it is just difficult to grow a scene organically with no major label backing and no breakthrough commercial talent, ala Slipknot or The Envy Corps. There is,
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Posted February 18, 2015in Food Dude
Dos Rios has become a bargain
In Iowa, chili cook-offs have become a rite of winter. Country clubs, churches, taverns and hospitals all hold them. Last week, one transported me to another time and place. The Altoona Fire Department hosted such an event to raise money for state-of-the-art medical rescue equipment. The firehouse was filled with
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Posted February 18, 2015in Your View
Remove the log from your own eye
My suggestion to Michael Gartner with his piece on Steve Deace and Douglas Burns article showing outrage at prayer: Remove the log from your own eye before you tell someone to remove the splinter from theirs. Gartner ignores another liberal intrusion on private property rights, and calling One Iowa a
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Posted February 16, 2015in Civic Skinny
Bob Mahaffey won’t seek re-election to the city council.
Bob Mahaffey is not going to seek re-election this fall to the Des Moines City Council. His decision — which had not been made public until now — could set off a scramble for the northeast seat that the long-time Anderson-Erickson executive has filled for the past 12 years. “I
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Posted February 11, 2015in Belly Up To...
Galentines Day is not your average comedy show
Valentine’s Day is the same old song and dance every year. The only difference is the inflated price for wine and chocolate. The only people around, it seems, are blissfully happy couples and woefully single ex-couples. There is one place the people of Des Moines can go this weekend to
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