Ladies’ month in the art scene
Perhaps because, as Picasso remarked, artists are children who never grow up, the art world marks time to a school year calendar. Summer is for vacation, frivolity and fairs. September [...]
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Posted August 31, 2016in Art News
Posted August 31, 2016in People & Pets
Two-gether
According to Snapple Facts, it is illegal in Switzerland to own only one Guinea pig because they are prone to loneliness. Jackie Gautsch doesn’t have to worry if her two [...]
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Posted August 31, 2016in Belly Up To...
Blind-music dates vs. YouTube rabbit holes
“Obviously, you’re a moron.” That’s what potential investors, lenders and even friends told Anne Mathey and her business partner, Erik Brown, two years ago. The duo planned to put a [...]
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Posted August 31, 2016in At Home With
The mental health of chickens
“Chickens go insane over watermelon,” according to Lee Ford. As an urban farmer living just outside Des Moines’ city limits, he should know. Ford grew up in East Los Angeles, [...]
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Posted August 31, 2016in Sound Check
Quick Piss
“Rock ‘N’ Roll Impotence” Independent Short, fast and raw, the songs on Des Moines (slightly pop) punk band Quick Piss’ new album cling to the essential truth that a good [...]
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Posted August 31, 2016in Your Neighbors
HELP WANTED
When Julius Bernal sees a problem, he’s the type of man who figures out a way to fix it. And when he sees a weed, he’s the kind of person [...]
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Posted August 31, 2016in Book Review
‘A Hero of France’
In his latest historical spy novel, Alan Furst brings to life the French Resistance in the City of Light during 1941. Bombers are being sent from England, and numerous English [...]
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Posted August 31, 2016in Sound Circuit
Des Moines mourns Jimi Strychnine
Last month the Des Moines music scene lost Jimi Scribner, AKA Jimi Strychnine, after a long battle with cancer. If you ever attended a show at House of Bricks, you [...]
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Posted August 31, 2016in Sound Notes
Husker Du fans rejoice. The Bob Mould Band will be performing at Wooly’s on Sunday, Sept. 11. Showtime is 8 p.m. Tickets are $25. Doors open at 7 p.m. Also [...]
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Posted August 31, 2016in Duffy
