The machine doesn’t stop
It has been a big year for Prettygirlhatemachine (PGHM). First, the Des Moines-based hip-hop trio released its album “Real is a Joke” back in April. It was also around that [...]
Read More →Sabbaticals: writing a memoir on being an alcoholic;
Your tax dollars at work: Meriam Belli, an associate professor of history at the University of Iowa, will take off the spring semester of 2017 to study “the international funerary [...]
Read More →Gone to Hell
“South of Hell” Friday, Nov. 27 (WeTV) Series Debut: Either WeTV is embracing the binge-watching model by dropping all seven episodes of “South of Hell” tonight, or they’d just rather [...]
Read More →Lurra Cocina fills a void
“What cuisine does Des Moines lack most?” Ethiopian, South Indian and classical Turkish get mentioned frequently, but nothing pops up as often as Spanish. The Ethiopians, Tamils and Turks are [...]
Read More →Lingering dream voices
With no more than a shift in his tone, John Robinson could change the direction of the show. At a late rehearsal for “The Thanksgiving Visitor,” he kept switching vocal [...]
Read More →Was romance murdered?
Romance is fickle in the best of times. You light the candles. You pour the wine. You turn on slow jazz. And… the topic of your mother comes up. How [...]
Read More →For the love of Urbandale
Urbandale is home for The U Neighborhood Bar and Grill owners, Chris Van Horn, Jeremy Payne and Chris Lynch. They chose to let their ownership show that and much more [...]
Read More →Large, cumbersome mobile devices for everybody!
Remember that period in the 1990s when it seemed like cars and trucks had fallen in love with steroids? SUV sales shot through the roof, and powerful cars regained their [...]
Read More →Turning away refugees is wrong
Dear Gov. Branstad, I am writing to add my voice to those who are urging you to reconsider your position blocking refugees from Syria and the current European migration from [...]
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