Posted February 28, 2018in Film Review
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 of seeing the same old thing rehashed over and over again. Worry not, viewer — “Black Panther” stands alone among
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Posted February 28, 2018in Food Dude
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 all transpired over just five days. Valentine’s Day is the only one of those with a fixed date, and others
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Posted February 28, 2018in Your Neighbors
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 a belief in yourself, and I’ve always had to believe in myself.” The football coach’s long road began in Little
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Posted February 28, 2018in Joe's Neighborhood
“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 its start from family and groups of friends around a table.” — Leo Landis, State Curator, Museum & Historic Sites,
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Posted February 28, 2018in Center Stage
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 the building of an adoring fan base. For the increasing number of youthful participants, however, their reasons for involvement define
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Posted February 28, 2018in Couch Surfing
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 El Dorado that gets 8 mpg. This is probably one of the most expensive trips I can think of in my four
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Posted February 28, 2018in At Home With
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 of architectural salvage to use and now has a home to show for it. His Sherman Hill home has a
Read More →“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 is a good thing. The band started in the 1990s and had a quintessential 1990s acoustic guitar sound, which has
Read More →‘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 due to the fine paper used throughout, which is necessary to bring his art to the reader. It is a must
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Posted February 28, 2018in Art News
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 many different times to observe the subtle changes in a steady environment. She took a long sabbatical from Iowa to
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