‘Black Panther’
A radically different kind of comic book movie Due to the recent oversaturation of the superhero genre, many have developed a fatigue to these movies by now and are tired [...]
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Posted February 28, 2018in Film Review
Posted February 28, 2018in Food Dude
Django moves on, Lzaza welcomes all
February brought us one of the rarest weeks ever for culinary celebration. Lunar New Year, Valentine’s Day, Mardi Gras, the first week of the Lenten Fish Fries and Bacon Fest [...]
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Posted February 28, 2018in Your Neighbors
Where in the world is Coach Carter?
Climbing the ranks and never giving up “This coach has swag,” says Kahlil Carter, as he describes himself. “Swag is about something you are, not something you wear. It is [...]
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Posted February 28, 2018in Joe's Neighborhood
Graziano’s tablecloth
“Tablecloths represent the good experiences of sharing a meal with friends and family. It represents the idea that we are a community. Where does community get its start? It gets [...]
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Posted February 28, 2018in Center Stage
Early engagement
Enhancing Des Moines’ next generations through performing arts opportunities Local youth plays and workshops likely won’t be a fast track to stardom, a short cut to a Tony Award, or [...]
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Posted February 28, 2018in Couch Surfing
Old Barry
I thought for years that couch surfing was a young person’s game, until I met old Barry from Colorado. He is 72 years old and is traveling to Toronto in his 1983 Cadillac [...]
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Posted February 28, 2018in At Home With
Anthony Horvath
Pieces of history in a Sherman Hill duplex Go to therapy or do something with it. Two decades ago, Anthony Horvath took his own advice and started putting his collection [...]
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Posted February 28, 2018in Sound Check
Sound Check
“One Louder” The Nadas Authentic Records Ahh, The Nadas. Ye of storied Playboy Magazine history. The Iowa legends celebrate 25 years in 2018 and virtually nothing has changed — which [...]
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Posted February 28, 2018in Book Review
Book Reviews
‘Leonardo Da Vinci’ In a wonderfully wrought volume, Walter Isaacson describes the life of Leonardo Da Vinci in engaging prose accompanied by many examples of his art, drawings and notes. The book is heavy [...]
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Posted February 28, 2018in Art News
Exploring the Earth
A homecoming of sorts for Wagener Ellen Wagener is simply one of the best Iowa landscape painters ever. She often follows the Monet strategy of revisiting the same place at [...]
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