Classical Hip-Hop mashup
Black Violin performs Classical Boom tour. Mozart versus Jay Z. Beethoven or Usher? If you struggle deciding which musical genre you like listening to most — classical or hip-hop — [...]
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Posted October 03, 2018in The Sound
Posted October 03, 2018in Sound Notes
Sound Advice
Several classic “rocktober” shows await music lovers this fall at the Des Moines Civic Center. The Des Moines Symphony blends rock and classical music on Oct. 13 for the Music [...]
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Posted October 03, 2018in Collections & Hobbies
And then there was light!
Behold. 100-plus antique lanterns are a sight to see. Power outages are perfect. That’s how Cain Kremitzki sees it. Stints without electricity might seem like an odd thing to root [...]
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Posted October 03, 2018in Art News
Cosmopolitan elegance
Des Moines Fashion Week returns the first weekend of October. The four nights of stylish events will be hosted at Mercedes Benz, Splash Seafood and the World Food Prize headquarters. Street wear, elegance, evening [...]
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Posted October 03, 2018in Couch Surfing
Gary T.
His wife thinks he is just on a food tour. He says she is half right. Out of the gate, I need to be up front that this month’s couch [...]
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Posted October 03, 2018in Duffy
Posted October 03, 2018in Lunch With...
Chris Diebel at Skip’s
Chris Diebel is a Des Moines restaurateur and marketer who owns Bubba Southern Kitchen and Whiskey Bar and represents the Orchestrate Group that includes Centro, Django, Malo, Zombie Burger and [...]
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Posted October 03, 2018in Sound Circuit
CTRL C
Party rock band plays mega hits. When musician Mike Maly put together a new band four years ago, he envisioned playing new wave music. He soon switched gears. Des Moines [...]
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Posted October 03, 2018in Book Review
Book Reviews
‘Ordinary People’ Ordinary People, like the title would suggest, tells the story of ordinary people and their ordinary problems. Diana Evans tells the story of two couples. Melissa and Michael, who have just had [...]
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Posted October 03, 2018in Your View
