Posted July 29, 2015in Film Review
Heads up, everyone: The following review is going to contain spoilers, because I do not want you to see this movie. “Paper Towns” is a film about Margo (fashion model Cara Delevingne), who is a narcissistic sociopath with severe eyebrows, though only one of those things is apparent at the
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Posted July 29, 2015in Sound Circuit
This weekend will usher in the first-ever Hinterland Music Festival, down at Water Works Park. The brainchild of Wooly’s owner Sam Summers, Hinterland will feature some of the best names in modern Americana, folk and indie rock, including Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, TV on the Radio and Brandi
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Posted July 29, 2015in Locker Room
Yoga has quickly become one of the most popular workout routines of late. Athletes as well as the average Joe have found that a well-rounded yoga practice can include dynamic flexibility training, core stabilization, strengthening and balance workout. But people forget it’s as much about the mind as it is
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Posted July 22, 2015in Cover Story
How Indianola’s National Balloon Classic came to be one of the top hot air ballooning events in the United States. Approximately 15,000 people reside in the city of Indianola, which is roughly 30 miles south of Des Moines. But when the National Balloon Classic sets up camp for nine
Read More →Among the protesters at New York City’s Gay Pride Parade on the Sunday after the Supreme Court’s historic gay-marriage decision, was a group of men outfitted in Jewish prayer garments and representing the Jewish Political Action Committee, carrying signs reading, for example, “Judaism prohibits homosexuality.” However, the men were very
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Posted July 22, 2015in Sound Circuit
Anyone who has met Mary McAdams knows that she is not afraid to speak out about the things she believes in. It is a trait that has been passed around the household, because for the past two years, McAdams has watched her daughter, Lexi, take up the banner of an
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Posted July 22, 2015in Tech Talk
The airline industry is one of the most treacherous. Dozens of airlines have gone under or declared bankruptcy, and few of them run what can be deemed admirable operations. Case in point, on July 1, the United States Justice Department announced it was investigating the four largest domestic airlines for
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Posted July 22, 2015in Civic Skinny
Four more legislators — including powerful Senate leader Mike Gronstal — have joined the suit challenging Gov. Terry Branstad’s decision to close the mental health institutes at Clarinda and Mount Pleasant. And the Polk County District Court has granted the plaintiffs’ request for an expedited hearing. The suit, filed July
Read More →John Bosley, 34, left his job as top designer at Raygun to start his own business selling prints, posters and graphic T-shirts. Bozz Prints is his online store featuring prints of the Des Moines skyline, the High Trestle Trail and the downtown Travelers sign, among other Des Moines features. Bosley
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Posted July 22, 2015in Center Stage
Imagine you’re Eric Idle, founding member of Monty Python, and a Broadway producer comes calling with a bucket of money. All that long green can be yours, providing you whip up a musical out of your hit movie from 1975, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” Well, Eric? So what
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