Stripping pounds, not clothes
Have you been looking forward to the gymnastics competitions at the 2016 Olympics? There may be a whole other reason to get excited. The International Pole Dance Fitness Association (IPDFA) [...]
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Posted September 16, 2015in Cover Story
Posted September 16, 2015in Duffy
Posted September 16, 2015in Center Stage, Featured Story
Comedy, dramedy, dream
As you bask in Repertory Theater of Iowa’s luminous production of “Broadway Bound,” by Neil Simon, at times nothing on stage shines so brightly as Kerry Skram. Always a local [...]
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Posted September 16, 2015in News of the Weird
A paper drone
The Federal Aviation Administration recently granted (likely for the first time ever) an application to fly a paper airplane. Prominent drone advocate Peter Sachs had applied to conduct commercial aerial [...]
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Posted September 16, 2015in On The Tube
Tattoo you
“Blindspot” Monday, Sept. 21 (NBC) Series Debut: A naked woman (Jaimie Alexander) turns up in a duffle bag in Times Square, covered in mysterious tattoos and devoid of memory. One [...]
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Posted September 16, 2015in The Sound
Buck wild
OK, look. Nobody here is going to try and tell you that Buckcherry is the second coming of Guns N’ Roses. Hell, they are not even the second coming of [...]
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Posted September 16, 2015in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in…
Paid during the month of August Amount: $242.64 To: Cintas First Aid & Safety For: Supplies Amount: $9.830 To: Embarkit For: Supplies Amount: $55,471.23 To: UnityPoint Health For: Services Amount: [...]
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Posted September 16, 2015in Joe's Neighborhood
Barn stories
“Do you know how many stories are in these old barns?” I shake my head no. “Well, the frost comes into the barn, and everything that happens that winter freezes [...]
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Posted September 16, 2015in Book Review
‘Armada’
Ernest Cline’s first book, “Ready Player One,” became an instant classic in the speculative fiction world, winning awards and praise nearly across the board. His newest novel, “Armada,” takes the [...]
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Posted September 16, 2015in Featured Story, Food Dude
Renaissance of indulgent dining
When it comes to food choices, so much has changed for the better here the last 50 years that it’s tempting to think we live a golden age of culinary [...]
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