From physicality to spirituality
Stretch out for a weekend of Immersing Yourself in Yoga! From mommy-and-me classes to stand-up paddleboard yoga, there seems to be no limit to the variety of practices of this [...]
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Posted August 19, 2015in Locker Room
Posted August 19, 2015in Rap Sheet
Two of a Kind
Aldon Smith, a San Francisco 49ers linebacker, won’t be returning to the field anytime soon. He was let go from the team after his most recent arrest on Aug. 7. [...]
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Posted August 19, 2015in Book Review
‘Narrow Road to the Deep North’
Richard Flanagan’s Man Booker Prize winning novel “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” is a book that explores the atrocities of war. The novel starts out in Melbourne, Australia, [...]
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Posted August 19, 2015in Film Review
N.W.A. remains as important as ever
Three truths that “Straight Outta Compton” reminds the viewer of: 1) History is written by the victors, 2) N.W.A. was to rap music what The Mamas & the Papas were [...]
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Posted August 19, 2015in The Sound
Jonny Lang and the power of inspiration
Jonny Lang took to music with the kind of effortlessness that few of us mere mortals will ever experience. After picking up a guitar at age 12, he independently released [...]
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Posted August 19, 2015in Joe's Neighborhood
The death of a doctor
Children should not die before their parents. Parents should not die before their grandparents. And husbands should die long before their wives. This is not complicated, right? There is an order [...]
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Posted August 19, 2015in Sound Notes
Hoyt Sherman Place has been added to the Iowa Rock ’n’ Roll Music Association’s 2015 Hall of Fame induction class. Over the years, the historic Sherman Hill venue has been [...]
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Posted August 19, 2015in On the Move
New coffee, gelato shop to open downtown
Sidebar is a new coffee and gelato shop opening in the Capital Square office building in Des Moines this month. The restaurant as an ultra-modern theme and will serve coffee, [...]
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Posted August 19, 2015in Sound Circuit
Hollowmen revive Midwest sound
For as long as music has been played in Des Moines, the city does not, in all honest reality, have a huge number of bands that we could call “legendary” [...]
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American heroes: Cause for joy and lament
The recent death of an American hero, Dr. Frances Kelsey, like the deaths of most real heroes, is cause for both joy and lament. Joy because such heroes reflect our [...]
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