Lots of new things
And the word nugget is passé. Midsummer cooled down after a blistering, thunderous early summer. This assuaged fears that the hostile storms of June and July had damaged our summer [...]
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Posted September 05, 2018in The Dish
Posted September 05, 2018in Art News
Iowa roots artists and an illustrious german
Among the originators of digital printmaking and still pushing the limits of the genre Karen Strohbeen and Bill Luchsinger are two of the Midwest’s most successful living artists. They have been creating [...]
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Posted September 05, 2018in Sound Circuit
Dick Danger Band
Tie-dye-clad guitarist funks up Des Moines. Richard Lloyd, clad in a purple tie-dye outfit, picks up his yellow Prince-inspired guitar and climbed off the stage at the outdoor Clive Festival. [...]
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Posted September 05, 2018in Sound Notes
Sound Advice
Summer is winding down but don’t despair. There’s more to do than listen to your tailgating buddies attempt to sing college fight or beer-on-the-wall songs. Speaking of beer, Oktoberfest arrives [...]
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Posted September 05, 2018in Collections & Hobbies
This is a true story
South Des Moines Sculpture Park Art Festival is Sept. 15 The outhouse doesn’t work, at least not as originally designed. Instead, the worn and weathered wooden box hides the smoke [...]
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Posted September 05, 2018in Fashion
Posted September 05, 2018in Duffy
Posted September 05, 2018in Tech Talk
Motorized scooters are a thing
Just not yet in Iowa In the season two “South Park” episode “Prehistoric Ice Man,” a guy named Larry is found frozen in ice and thawed, wherein they find he [...]
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Posted September 05, 2018in Couch Surfing
Action sports dad
Chad from Amsterdam is one of my new favorite humans. Every year I get some traveler from outside of the U.S. who passes through Des Moines while on a cross [...]
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Posted September 05, 2018in Belly Up To...
Vino209
Wine bar offers casual vibe in Valley Junction When Kelly Sharp visited her friends in Portland, Oregon, they frequented an intimate, casual place to drink a few glasses of wine and chat. [...]
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