All the world’s a stage?
This month’s column was going to cover the opening of three metro stage shows — “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” (DMYAT); “Pippi Longstocking” (DMP-Kate Goldman); and “That Golden [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Center Stage
Posted April 01, 2020in Book Review
Book Reviews
‘A Good Neighborhood’ Oak Knoll, a racially diverse suburban North Carolina neighborhood of modest ranch houses and mature trees, is upended when Brad Whitman, who is white, builds a mansion [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Sound Check
Sound Advice
Since we’re unsure of live music venues in April, we’ve featured two local band’s new albums, so you can continue to support local music. A new album by Dust Radio, [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Rants & Reason
Iowa’s 2020 legislative crops: Hate, fear and scorn
Awful proposals are introduced every legislative session, but not with the frequency and with the support they have this year. Forget about corn and soy beans. The Iowa bumper crops [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Sound Circuit
Theory comes home
For the band Theory (also known as Theory of a Deadman), performing in Des Moines is like coming home. Theory was scheduled to perform at the Val Air Ballroom on [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Iowa Artist
Coffee artist
Paints with coffee; art at Starbucks corporate As a regular coffee drinker, I spill a lot on my notes and stain my clothes. However, artist Betty Walker likes how coffee [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Des Moines Forgotten
The Butler House
These are strange days for us all, but we will push ahead. Like Mathew McConaughey said in a YouTube video, “Right now we are at a red light, but there [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Belly Up To...
That Dam Pub
Gnarly, dude! A totally rad pub located in Beaverdale offers a bar, dining area and a game room. Sweet! The Dam Pub opened in 2019, boasting a 1980s and 1990s [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in The Sound
Delbert McClinton
When Delbert McClinton comes to Hoyt Sherman Place on April 24, he’ll be in his 62nd year of touring. The accolades didn’t stop early on in his career after his [...]
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Posted April 01, 2020in Collections & Hobbies
Build nights for space robots
Snapping together models based on space robots, Iowa Gundam Builders has gone from zero to 300 members in two years. As a kid, Dylan Black didn’t care for putting models [...]
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