Posted May 02, 2018in The Sound
A new dimension This month, Lake Street Dive releases its highly anticipated second album with Nonesuch Records (the first being 2016’s “Side Pony”), “Free Yourself Up” — out May 4. The release date of the 10-song album also coincides with the start of the band’s tour. The album takes its
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Posted May 02, 2018in Art News
Three artists deeply involved with the natural expressions of the universe. Organic Forms, at Olson-Larsen Galleries through June 9, features three artists deeply involved with the natural expressions of the universe. Laura Berman, a Catalonian who now is a professor at the Kansas City Art Institute, spent several years in
Read More →Looking for a Mother’s Day gift? Here are a few mom-worthy options. The Oakridge Boys bring their country, gospel quartet concert on May 6. Leslie Odom, Jr., a Grammy-winning soloist from the hit Broadway show, “Hamilton,” performs with The Des Moines Symphony on May 12. Or, consider crooner Johnny Mathis
Read More →‘Combat Sports’ The Vaccines Columbia Records On The Vaccines’ 11-song fifth album, “Contact Sports,” the band of Brits offers track after track of colorful post-punk garage rock. It’s almost as if each song — lyrically and musically — was designed to be sampled in an Apple commercial (I think one
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Posted May 02, 2018in People & Pets
The perfect apartment pet Cassidy Dixon is a self-described animal lover, so it comes as no surprise to her that, in her late-20s, she is a first-time guinea pig owner. “We were always kind of a dog family, but dogs are harder to have in an apartment, and my son
Read More →‘Beaut’ Award-winning author Donald Morrill presents his first novel, “Beaut,” a gorgeously written tale of family and motherhood, love and heartbreak, and the possibilities and failures in life. We learn about Jill Lundgrove through her writing to an as-yet unnamed person. Through fits and starts as she writes, stops and
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Posted May 02, 2018in Belly Up To...
A Windsor Heights neighborhood bar Friday nights at the Ridgemont aren’t necessarily fast, but the drinks poured during happy hour go down quickly. The bar, named after the coming-of-age teen movie, “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” is tucked away in Sherwood Forest, a seasoned Windsor Heights strip mall located off
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Posted May 02, 2018in Sound Circuit
Johnny Mathis a classic act The Who, Rolling Stones, Neil Diamond and Johnny Mathis all have something in common — they’ve toured for 50 years. Johnny Mathis, 82, surpasses that by a decade. He’s in his 62nd year of touring and brings his “Voice of Romance” tour to the Des
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Posted May 02, 2018in Couch Surfing
The traveling artist Meet Melinda Hoffman, an artist from San Diego, California, who travels the world selling her art at shows. She has developed a network of folks who she has met through social media that allows her to live like a local in every city she tours. She came
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Say no to the Live Nation/Ticketmaster monopoly
In mid-January, the City of Des Moines Economic Development office put out a Development Concept Request to developers for the Argonne Armory Building. The “Armory,” as it is known, is an Art Deco building on the bend of the Des Moines River, constructed in 1934. Conveniently, only three proposals were
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