The determined orphan
The youthful-looking man comes out on the stage trailing the announcer. He is dressed all in black, with black hair, black short beard and dark eyes. A dancer for sure, [...]
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Posted November 04, 2015in Joe's Neighborhood
Posted November 04, 2015in Duffy
Posted November 04, 2015in The Sound
Cash comes full circle
Rosanne Cash has fielded thousands of questions about her father. More appropriately, she has fielded the same four or five questions thousands of times. Everyone wants to know what influence [...]
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Posted November 04, 2015in Political Mercury
Rubio ‘callous’ on immigration
Marco Rubio wants to change the very immigration system that allowed his family to migrate to the United States from Cuba. And the Republican presidential candidate’s call in the CNBC debate [...]
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Posted November 04, 2015in Belly Up To...
Five years’ difference for The Keg Stand
When owners Ryan Greening and Sarah Cattoor opened The Keg Stand five years ago, they had no idea how far their vision would take the bar. They began with only [...]
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Posted November 04, 2015in Your View
Beware of Republicans’ scary ideas
The pre-Halloween debate gave Republicans an opportunity to pull out all their scary political ghosts (the Federal government is the enemy) and goblins (the mainstream media is a shill for [...]
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Posted November 04, 2015in Film Review
What a crisis
“Our Brand is Crisis” is based on the 2005 documentary of the same name by director Rachel Boynton. It is the fictional account of American consultants and their morally ambivalent [...]
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Posted November 04, 2015in On the Move
Lurra Cocina opens in Des Moines
Lurra Cocina, a Mediterranean and Spanish restaurant, opened Oct. 23 at 1420 Locust St. in Des Moines. The 5,000-square-foot space seats 120 and is open for lunch and dinner. Mike [...]
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Posted November 04, 2015in On The Tube
Dancing with the scars
“Master of None” Friday, Nov. 6 (Netflix) Series Debut: Comedian/actor Aziz Ansari (“Parks & Recreation”) plays a New York City comedian/actor who’s a hell of a lot like Aziz Ansari. [...]
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Posted November 04, 2015in Center Stage
Beauty in a sandbox
When the executive producer of Pilobolus tells me his dancers have “a sandbox attitude,” he says it proudly. “We make all our work collaboratively,” explains Itamar Kubovy. “We’re always, in [...]
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