New state chair: Democrats on all-Iowa connection mission
Party can’t just bash Trump, Reynolds and expect to win, Derek Eadon says The key to resurrecting the Democratic Party in Iowa in the wake of two devastating campaign cycles [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in Political Mercury
Posted March 01, 2017in Film Review
Building a perfect Batman
Combine DC’s knack for storytelling with LEGO Studios’ affinity for tapping into the cultural imagination, and the result is a film you had no idea you wanted. “The LEGO Batman [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in Food Dude
30 years ago…
Trostel’s Greenbriar celebrates an anniversary in style When Paul Trostel moved his brand from Ingersoll (Colorado Feed & Grain, Rosie’s Cantina) to Johnston in 1987, there wasn’t much variety in [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in Your Neighbors
Kidney Cousins
One is not the loneliest number Whoever said “one is the loneliest number” didn’t consider every aspect of life. When it comes to kidneys, “none” is the loneliest number. Curt [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in Joe's Neighborhood
What does democracy look like?
Bundled against the cold, with a pink pussy hat, pink gloves and pink scarf, the woman looks over the crowd of 26,000 gathered at the foot of the Iowa State [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in Center Stage
Upping the game everywhere
Just how big of a splash has local theater made during the last decade? The best measure may be how far the ripples have reached. Community stages in Ames, Winterset, [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in The Sound
Antonio Sanchez brings ‘Birdman’ live score to Hoyt Sherman
Michael Keaton is the star of Alejandro Inarritu’s 2014 film “Birdman.” But during the course of the two-hour film, it becomes increasingly clear that that most important co-star isn’t Edward [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in Fashion
Posted March 01, 2017in Art News
Art Center taps a vein
Many of the famous quotes about gold diminish it. “All that is gold does not glitter” (J.R.R. Tolkein); “Health is real wealth not gold.” (M.H. Gandhi); “Happiness resides not in [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in Tech Talk
Only the paranoid are truly alone
A common misconception of the First Amendment is that the constitutional right to freedom of speech applies in all situations. People who have this belief live a backward life and [...]
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