The Maytags
“Love Lines” Independent Make no mistake, The Maytags are straight baby-making music. Formed by frontman Dustin Smith as a way to indulge in his funky R&B side, the [...]
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Posted July 27, 2016in Sound Check
Posted July 27, 2016in Belly Up To...
Ready, set… GT’s
It’s nearly the end of July, and there aren’t any coats hanging from the Ducati motorcycle that’s been transformed into a coat rack, which hangs from the wall at GT’s, [...]
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Posted July 27, 2016in Book Review
‘In the Unlikely Event’
In the year 1951-1952, Judy Blume was a teenager living in Elizabeth, New Jersey, when three separate plane crashes in the city killed a total of 118 people. Her latest [...]
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Posted July 27, 2016in Civic Skinny
Pappajohn and Noyce to get little-known Iowa Award. Judge has $228,000 in the bank, Grassley $5.3 million.
John Pappajohn and the late Robert Noyce will be given the Iowa Award later this year. The Iowa Award is the highest honor the state gives to a citizen, though [...]
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Posted July 27, 2016in Sound Notes
515 Alive went off without a hitch once again this past weekend, pulling an estimated 10,000 people down to Western Gateway Park for two days of dancing and bass [...]
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Posted July 27, 2016in On the Move
New Drake development on University Avenue
Drake University issued a request for proposals from a pre-determined group of 11 Iowa firms. The school is requesting plans to develop a plot of university-owned land on the [...]
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Posted July 27, 2016in Uncategorized
Tirrell — blather on the radio
Not long after an ill wind blew Marty Tirrell into town years ago, he had lunch at a pub I owned. One thing led to another, and we agreed [...]
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Posted July 27, 2016in Film Review
Not all fun and games
All across the globe, in cities as diverse as Paris, Los Angeles, Sydney and Traverse City, Michigan, young, athletic men are being paid thousands of dollars to tickle [...]
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Posted July 27, 2016in Center Stage
Outside the cell, outside the box
A play outside the box, “Hooded” uses a box as a set. The design for Pyramid’s latest production — itself something of an experiment — is by Jordan Weber, an [...]
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Of E.B. White, croquet balls and the press
Writer E.B. White has a well-deserved warm place in the hearts of millions of people. It would be nice if his writing also had a place among those who [...]
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