This year is the 50th anniversary of the filming of “Cold Turkey” in central Iowa — much of it in Greenfield — and the community is celebrating with a stage production of an original play, “A Town of Extras: The filming of Cold Turkey.” This play, written by Tammy Pearson
Read More →Stores in Historic Valley Junction are gearing up for holiday shopping! Many stores have extended holiday shopping hours, and the district will celebrate its annual Jingle in the Junction events as well as Small Business Saturday. Historic Valley Junction will kick-off the holiday season on Nov. 21 with MINGLE &
Read More →Des Moines, IA (November 2019) – The “already loved” LOVE sculpture by American Pop artist Robert Indiana sited in the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park will be moved off site temporarily beginning Tuesday, Nov. 5 while a new pedestal is created. LOVE is expected to return within a few
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Posted November 06, 2019in Feature 1
Learn about Des Moines diners’ favorite dishes at the chains and the indies. Literature and painting have chronicled the foods that delighted and enchanted people of other centuries. What foods are the contemporary equivalences of Cezanne’s peaches, Laura Esquivel’s (“Like Water for Chocolate”) quail in rose petal sauce, Jorge Amado’s
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Posted November 06, 2019in Feature 2
Men with elite athletic ability invade Wells Fargo Arena, as the Iowa Wolves begin NBA G League action. More than a half million students lace up basketball sneakers each winter for their respective high school squads. Statistically, each has roughly the same chance of being struck by lightning — 1
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Posted November 06, 2019in Feature 3
What is it, and which ones have it? Restaurant critics used to employ the word ambiance, or ambience, as a factor in their ratings. That’s not as common as it used to be, likely because the word is ambivalent. The Oxford Dictionary says use of the word exploded after World
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Posted November 06, 2019in Civic Skinny
UPDATE: On Nov. 13, Drake and the Des Moines School District announced plans to build a $19.5 million stadium just east of the Knapp Center. The 4,000-seat stadium would be used for high-school football and soccer games and soccer games by the Drake’s women’s and men’s teams. Under the agreement,
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Posted November 06, 2019in Political Mercury
And 7 other political takeaways 1. Retired Adm. Michael Franken of Sioux City, a native of the Sioux Center area of Iowa and a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, said he opted to bring his long military career to a close with the election of President Trump. “Having worked for
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Posted November 06, 2019in Film Review
“The Lighthouse” is a hypnotic and hallucinatory tale. “How long have we been on this rock? Five weeks? Two days? Help me to recollect.” Nothing is what it seems at the uncanny lighthouse where Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe deliver a performance from beyond. The chemistry between the two of
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Are community papers akin to a circus?
There’s times when producing a community paper can seem like being in a circus. One moment you are the acrobat balancing your way across a high wire and the next you’re the featured clown. I learned, while attending seminars in Massachusetts recently that the small tent and arena circus and
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