Posted September 02, 2015in Belly Up To...
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who play to have fun, and those who play to win. At bar trivia, you’ll typically find a mix of both. Many people can call it a good night to have answered a few questions right as long as they
Read More →Des Moines will soon be home to a new jazz club. Des Moines jazz vocalist Max Wellman will be overseeing the operation of Noce, a club that is set to occupy space at 1326 Walnut St. While a firm open date is still dependant upon renovations to the space being
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Posted September 02, 2015in Tech Talk
To the uninspired and greed-fueled, the modern web must be secretly infuriating. Parroting a phrase I heard time and time again in the photography showcase at the Iowa State Fair, the Internet inspires a lot of “I could do that.” From food blogs to silly YouTube video producers, it seems
Read More →There is an adage that says you do not become a great writer without first being a voracious reader. Similarly, I am convinced that one does not become a great songwriter without first living voraciously. Sara Routh, the 38-year-old Norwalk native, is a heck of a songwriter, and now she
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Posted September 02, 2015in Center Stage, Featured Story
Up in Ames, they’ve joined the new millennium. Over at the Playhouse, the audience creates a Beatles set, while Des Moines Young Artists participate in a high school shooting. Tallgrass, meantime, offers a reading of an all-new homegrown script. The Temple Theater will bring back Dixie in drag, and the
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Posted September 02, 2015in Political Mercury
An overflow audience at the Santa Maria Winery in Carroll Friday gave Carly Fiorina her most sustained applause before the Republican presidential aspirant even entered the room. Craig Williams, chairman of the Carroll County Republican Party, introduced Fiorina with an exhortation to the more than 150 in attendance: send a message to
Read More →Motorhead “Bad Magic” UDR There is an old saying that goes, “Once you have listened to one Motorhead album, you have listened to every Motorhead album.” It’s not completely without merit. But part of the reason why Motorhead has managed to survive 40 years and 22 albums is because it’s
Read More →Douglas Burns shows poor journalistic fact checking in his editorial, “Fiorina shows fraud of alleged prolife movement.” Mr. Burns brings up the old canard that if Roe vs. Wade were to be reversed, all abortions will be illegal and women undergoing abortions will be arrested and imprisoned, etc. This falsehood
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Posted September 02, 2015in Film Review
“No Escape” follows Jack Dwyer, played by Owen Wilson, and his wife Annie (Lake Bell). Jack is moving Annie and their two small daughters to an unnamed Asian nation (though geography dictates that it has to be either Cambodia or Laos) after taking a job with a multinational corporation that
Read More →New York Jets defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson was arrested on July 30 after being picked up for racing his Bentley and reaching speeds more than 140 mph. He was found with a gun and a 12-year-old in the car. Richardson, 24, was charged with resisting arrest, failing to display lighted
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