Children’s boutique opens in East Village
Malisa Mac Nab opened a children’s boutique called Minijoops at 424 E. Locust St. in the East Village on Aug. 1. The clothing store sells international brands for sizes 0 [...]
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Posted August 12, 2015in On the Move
Posted August 12, 2015in Food Dude
The go-to place for detox dining
Chef George Formaro recently discovered a 1922 menu from a Fort Des Moines Hotel restaurant. The fare offered was far more classically French than anything I remember here growing up [...]
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Posted August 12, 2015in Belly Up To...
A classic date with a twist
Dinner and a show has been a classic date form since cowboys took their ladies to see the showgirls perform at saloons, and probably before that. Dinner, drinks and entertainment [...]
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Posted August 12, 2015in Center Stage
Fresh talent across town
The goodwill in the room practically spills out the windows. Upstairs in West Des Moines Public Library, laughter punctuates the run-through of “Masha,” the latest project for the Tallgrass Iowa [...]
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Posted August 12, 2015in Once Upon A Time
From the Des Moines City Council minutes
100 years ago (August 1915): Ordinance No. 2396 passed “prohibiting circuses, menageries, caravans, shows or any other exhibition or performance of any kind whatsoever between the 25th day of August [...]
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Posted August 12, 2015in Film Review
Fantastic bore
In a summer that has been surprisingly bereft of any kind of obvious blockbuster outside of “Jurassic World” — which was nowhere near as good as its box office take [...]
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Posted August 12, 2015in Joe's Neighborhood
When life hits you with a metal chair
The trainer sits large at his desk. Clothing loosely draped. Arms and legs wide and open. Hair pulled back in a tight ponytail. He seems too meaty to be your [...]
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Posted August 05, 2015in Cover Story
Rock of Ages
Everybody knows that the Iowa State Fair is the place to go for all kinds of strange and wonderful foods on a stick — or deep-fried and then put on [...]
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Posted August 05, 2015in Film Review
Going Rogue
“Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation” is the fifth installment of the “Mission Impossible” franchise. It sees agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) back in action, joined in the field by Benji Dunn [...]
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An important addition to the library of Iowa history
While Congress and several state legislatures, including Iowa’s, were reinforcing the barriers to gay marriage, a determined handful of Iowa gay-rights advocates were preparing to go to court. A new [...]
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