Posted November 25, 2015in Duffy
Posted November 25, 2015in Sound Circuit
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 time that the group played its first Des Moines Music Coalition (DMMC) event, Gross Domestic Product, which they followed up
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Posted November 25, 2015in Civic Skinny
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 industry and…the politics of burial.” She “will explore funerary industries and burial societies, conduct interviews, and gather data in France,
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Posted November 25, 2015in On The Tube
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 get it over with and hope no one notices. This likely one-season-and-done horror series, about a southern demon hunter (Mena
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Posted November 25, 2015in Food Dude
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 moving on up now because Lurra Cocina has crossed Spanish cuisine off the city’s wish list. This is not a
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Posted November 25, 2015in Center Stage
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 registers. For a fight scene (his character always comes out the loser), he’d crank up the intensity, and two minutes
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Posted November 25, 2015in Joe's Neighborhood
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 did that happen? What went wrong? And why are you sleeping with the dog in the spare bedroom? But there
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Posted November 25, 2015in Belly Up To...
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 about their love for the community. Each owner grew up in Urbandale and decided to settle down in the city
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Posted November 25, 2015in Tech Talk
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 prominence all before gas prices climbed to unprecedented heights. Oddly enough, mobile technology took an almost completely opposite path. Cellphones
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Posted November 25, 2015in Your View
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 being received in Iowa. Iowa, as you know, has a long tradition of hospitality to strangers, and refugees are people
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