Latino organizers look to go Irish on Iowa politics
A conversation I’ve had with a number of Latino politicos and community activists in Iowa through the years starts like this on my end: “The Latino community needs to learn [...]
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Posted May 27, 2015in Political Mercury
Posted May 27, 2015in Duffy
Posted May 27, 2015in Food Dude
Changing perceptions
In the food world, perceptions are formed by rumors as often as by experience. I still hear that French places are haughty and expensive years after Bistro Montage, Django, Baru [...]
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Posted May 27, 2015in Sound Check
Superchief “Trophy Room” Magnetic Eye If you are a fan of good, old-fashioned, hard-driving rock music, and you are not already a fan of Superchief, you need to come to [...]
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Posted May 27, 2015in Sound Notes
On Sunday, May 31, Girls Rock! Des Moines, in conjunction with the Des Moines Social Club, Confluence Brewery and Mullets, is presenting its “Girls Rock! Pedal Jam” benefit to raise [...]
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Posted May 27, 2015in Belly Up To...
Talking is encouraged at this library
The Drake neighborhood is home to a number of bars and restaurants. Some serve as the college hangout, others as the family diner — but there’s one hidden gem on [...]
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Posted May 27, 2015in Center Stage
Ghosts, ghouls and puppy love
At a recent rehearsal for “The Addams Family,” the stage manager started things off with a weird warning. “Some of you,” he said, “have got to watch out for those [...]
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Posted May 27, 2015in News of the Weird
Great art class!
Among the requirements of “Visual Arts 104A” at the University of California, San Diego is that, for the final exam, students would make a presentation while nude, in a darkened [...]
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Posted May 27, 2015in Locker Room
Catch the fun
For those of you who talk about how fun fishing is but never seem to make it down to the water, listen up. Des Moines Parks and Recreation (DMPR) is [...]
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Posted May 27, 2015in Joe's Neighborhood
Grace and the tollbooth
Tollbooths are a rare bird in Iowa. We don’t pay a toll to travel down Grand Avenue to East Village, for example. We don’t toss money into metal baskets and wait for the [...]
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