Posted August 19, 2015in Locker Room
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 health and relaxation technique. As yoga continues to gain popularity as a physical (and no doubt spiritual) workout, there are
Read More →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. Santa Clara Police nabbed him after a hit-and-run, also booking him for DUI and vandalism. He posted his $26,000 bail
Read More →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, as Dorrigo Evans reflects on his childhood in Tasmania and the time he spent as a surgeon in a Japanese
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Posted August 19, 2015in The Sound
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 an album two years later and was signed to a label a year after that. “My memory of everything, since
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Posted August 19, 2015in Film Review
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 to rock: sadly short lived, brilliantly creative and completely unique, and 3) You never want to be on Ice Cube’s
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Posted August 19, 2015in Joe's Neighborhood
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 to the universe. This domino has to fall before that one falls and the next one and the next one.
Read More →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 home to some of the most wide-ranging, important shows in the city, and it has consistently provided a gorgeous backdrop
Read More →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, pastries and other breakfast items in the morning; sandwiches at lunchtime; and light items such as meat and cheese plates
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Posted August 19, 2015in Sound Circuit
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” or “iconic.” Each person you talk to in the scene will have a different definition of what that means, to
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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 society at its best; lament because of the contrast between their heroics and the shortcomings of others that too often
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