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Posted July 29, 2015in Cover Story

Swimsuit Edition

It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Because if we didn’t go through the rigorous processes of selecting models, organizing photo shoots and picking images to publish [...]

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Posted July 29, 2015in Your View

Obama’s wins have Republicans trembling in confusion

The landmark nuclear agreement with Iran is the latest and perhaps one of the most significant wins by President Obama. He is proving political strategists wrong and rewriting the history [...]

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Posted July 29, 2015in On the Move

6th Avenue Corridor launches MultiCultural Market

The 6th Avenue Corridor has established a MultiCultural Market, which will run monthly from August to November this year and again in 2016. It will feature an array of ethnic [...]

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Posted July 29, 2015in News of the Weird

The 90-minute day

The whimsical premise of the iconic movie “Groundhog Day” (that someone can wake up every day believing it is the previous day) has largely come to life for a patient [...]

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Posted July 29, 2015in Duffy

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Posted July 29, 2015in Sound Notes

Summer is now in full swing, but Nitefall on the River is not done making announcements for the summer season. The newest addition: Aaron Lewis. The Staind front man and [...]

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Posted July 29, 2015in The Sound

A new feel to old-time music

Old Crow Medicine Show — the Virginia-born, Nashville-based seven-piece — has been churning out music that calls back to an old-time country sound since 1998. The band’s sound has developed [...]

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Posted July 29, 2015in On The Tube

Hot, hot heat

“Wet Hot American Summer” Friday, July 31 (Netflix) Series Debut: You either loved 2001 cult flick “Wet Hot American Summer” or hated it — or liked the first half and [...]

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Posted July 29, 2015in Sound Check

Kasey Chambers “Bittersweet” Warner “Bittersweet” is Australian-born Kasey Chambers’ first solo album in four years, and her first music of any kind since splitting with husband Shane Nicholson in 2012. [...]

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Posted July 29, 2015in Joe's Neighborhood

The strangeness of life and war

The nasal, clipped tone of the August 1945 radio broadcast reaches across 70 years. It is up-to-the-minute coverage of the loud celebration in downtown Des Moines after the announcement that [...]

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