Guilty pleasure
Deep-fried delights of love for those with a soul Des Moines certainly offers guilty pleasures. You know, like drinking a craft beer at a movie theater at 10 a.m. on [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Joe's Neighborhood
Posted January 02, 2019in Center Stage
Tallgrass Dream Project showcases Cloris Award-winning talent
Savor the wonderful nuances, modern relevance and lyrical wit imbued in “Ordinary Days” at the Rex Mathes auditorium. Mentioning musical theater to someone often evokes images of lavish costuming, intricate [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Sound Circuit
Rocky Raccoon
Beatles tribute band performs magical history tour. As a 5-year-old farm kid, Tom Murphy listened to his mom’s big-band era music of Glenn Miller or his dad’s country tunes of Johnny Cash. One day he turned the [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in People & Pets
Carrying a big stick
Buddy’s obsession delights the neighborhood. When Buddy — a soft-coated Wheaten Terrier — and his owner invited me to go for a walk with them, I eagerly joined. After all, [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Couch Surfing
Eric Garst
Highway construction worker offers advice on holiday weight, personal time and bike paths. Due to the upcoming “no one works” holidays, all of us writers had early deadlines. So… confession! [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Rants & Reason
Resolve not to self-destruct in 2019
There’s little reassurance in scholarly, religious or glib comments that “we’ll survive.” Maybe instead of wishing one another “Happy New Year” for 2019, we should say something like “Stay sane” or “Peace [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in The Dish
A roar to the end of 2018
The impending demolition of the Kaleidoscope building displaced many a longtime lunch spot. December went out with a roar, as usual in the food business. It seems there are tax [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Belly Up To...
Discover the ‘secret’ of The Flying Moose
Happy hour, basement party atmosphere are a big draw. On a Monday night, the Flying Moose in Clive bustled with the after-work crowd looking to start the week off right [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Art News
Big names in world art
A star-studded year The local art scene experienced a star-studded year in 2018. Two of the really big names in world art visited the Des Moines Art Center for exhibitions [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in The Sound
Newsboys United
Part of Winter Jam Tour Spectacular that features 10 acts Christian music’s largest tour brings its Winter Jam Tour Spectacular to Wells Fargo Arena on Jan. 25. With 10 acts, touring in [...]
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