Posted August 31, 2016in Our View
My friend Mike, who managed a Des Moines tire store, once asked me, “What brand of tires do you have on your vehicle?” When I told him I didn’t know, he was clearly irritated. I didn’t know, and I didn’t care. Maybe I should have, but I didn’t. My tires,
Read More →Every two minutes, camera-strapped humans take more photos than existed the previous 150 years. Approximately 1.8 billion of our images are uploaded daily to the Internet, which means more than 650 billion photos are uploaded every year. Considering that when Joseph Niepce invented the camera in the early 1800s it
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Posted August 31, 2016in The Sound
When you read recent articles about Bob Mould, you notice a common theme: career renaissance. The indie rock godfather has been making music consistently for nearly 40 years, with Husker Du in the ’80s, Sugar in the ’90s and under his own name since then, but his last three albums,
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Posted August 31, 2016in Center Stage
Visiting its new rehearsal space, one can feel the excitement of the new season for Repertory Theater of Iowa. Formerly a factory, the single vast room has been partitioned into sections for meetings, readings and a rough set. One can feel the pleasure that players take in spreading out. Clearly
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Posted August 31, 2016in Film Review
Though lacking in a clear standout film like last year’s “Inside Out,” 2016 has seen its fair share of quality kids’ films, including “Finding Dory,” “The Secret Life of Pets” and “Zootopia.” But when it’s all said and done, “Kubo and the Two Strings” might be remembered as the best
Read More →American B-Bops: B-Bops has the best burgers in town! For 23 years we’ve won Cityview’s “Best of Des Moines” readers poll and are proud to serve these burgers at more than seven locations throughout the metro. Multiple locations in Des Moines, Ankeny, Altoona, Urbandale and Ames. www.b-bops.com. Granite City Food
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Posted August 31, 2016in Walks of Life
Posted August 31, 2016in Lunch With...
Success and notoriety have paced Maggi Moss through several careers that few Iowans have enjoyed even once. She rode out of Madison Square Garden three years in a row as the national equestrian champion, stunning the blue-blooded easterners who doubted civilization existed in Iowa. She was a feared prosecutor and
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Posted August 31, 2016in Fashion
It’s not only candidates whose word should be questioned. Consider comments we utter, too.
Taking people at their word can be risky. That’s why we question what folks running for public office say. But we might also consider some comments we utter on occasion. For example: “It won’t matter in 100 years”: (Don’t waste time worrying about likely futile efforts.) The catch here is
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