‘Mexican Gothic’ Secrets, unsettling atmospheres, haunted families and, most importantly, creepy old houses are in the recipe for a classic gothic novel. Dark, brooding and captivating, “Mexican Gothic” takes these tropes to a whole new level while still evoking the echoes of the genre in gorgeous prose. Noemi Taboada is
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Posted August 05, 2020in Sound Circuit
Fans of Green Day music can take a holiday and attend American Dookie: A Tribute to Green Day. American Dookie’s lead singer and guitarist Johnny B. Lentz talked to CITYVIEW prior to their upcoming concert at Wooly’s on Aug. 28. The band consists of three members, including Lentz, Travis Luchtenburg,
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Posted August 05, 2020in Des Moines Forgotten
Many of you YouTube junkies have likely stumbled across a shot of the 1980s video documentary “Heavy Metal Parking Lot,” where a bunch of teens are tailgating outside of a Judas Priest concert in Landover, Maryland, in 1986. If you haven’t seen it, stop reading this and get on your
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Posted August 05, 2020in Belly Up To...
Walking into The Station on Ingersoll created a feeling of nostalgia, not for the previous bar, Zimm’s, but for the one from decades before that — the Duck Blind. The history of just two bars in the past 50 years was one reason the new owners, T.J. Rushing and Alex
Read More →COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS IN POLK COUNTY FROM MAY 7 – JULY 1, 2020 ADDRESS: 1293 EIGHTH ST., WEST DES MOINES SALE DATE: MAY 7, 2020 PRICE: $3,300,000 SELLER: BAY BREEZE LLC BUYER: MIDTOWN REAL ESTATE SERVICES LLC SQUARE FEET: 4,995 ACRES: 1.329 ADDRESS: 1120 SECOND ST. N.E., BONDURANT SALE
Read More →The Covid-19 pandemic persists. Be safe. Be considerate. Be compassionate. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz Quote of the Week “In the blackest of your moments, wait with no fear.” -Sufi mystic and poet Jalal-ud-Din Rumi (1207-1273) Cultural nuggets – “Art of Our Time” benefit art sale
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Posted August 04, 2020in Stray Thoughts
I’m giving away my age — or maybe some indication of the amount of stuff tucked away in my cranium. One of the useless tidbits stored there was a comment Ricky Ricardo supposedly made on the “I Love Lucy” show 60 years ago: “Lucy, you’ve got some ‘splainin’ to do!”
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