A classic American restaurant known for its wood-fired entrees and bold flavors, Firebirds Wood Fired Grill is set to open in West Des Moines this month. The restaurant specializes in [...]
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Posted December 02, 2015in Civic Skinny
The most successful labor union dealing with the state of Iowa has but 13 members. They get big annual raises, are covered by one rather simple document, are rewarded with [...]
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Posted December 02, 2015in Center Stage
The Tin Man had to brush up on his tap-dancing. Jay McGill handles the clattery creature, the one who needs a heart, in the theatrical version of “The Wizard of [...]
Read More →The Des Moines Music Coalition’s (DMMC) annual roots, blues and Americana celebration, Little BIG Fest, takes place this weekend. The past three years have seen the DMMC experiment with the [...]
Read More →“Pawn Stars” toy expert Johnny Jimenez Jr. was arrested last month and charged with domestic violence after he allegedly yanked his girlfriend to the ground at a Las Vegas restaurant. [...]
Read More →Des Moines Performing Arts announced the winners of its “Bridges Covered” contest, where local acts were encouraged to cover one of the songs from the “Bridges of Madison County” musical. [...]
Read More →Colm Toibin’s book, “Brooklyn,” is set in Brooklyn and Ireland in the early 1950s when a young woman crosses the ocean to make a new life for herself. Eilis Lacey, [...]
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Posted December 02, 2015in Film Review
How do you get back at an industry that’s taken everything from you? You show it that it needs you more than you need it. But doing so may require [...]
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Posted December 02, 2015in Locker Room
When it comes to the holidays, it’s not about how you celebrate but whom you’re celebrating with. The holidays are a time that should simply be spent with the people [...]
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Posted December 02, 2015in Political Mercury
Republican White House aspirant Marco Rubio spots big openings for Iowa grain and livestock farmers in an emerging Pacific nations trade deal. What’s more, the U.S. Senator from Florida told Political Mercury in a [...]
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