Posted April 05, 2023in Film Previews
“Air” R | 112 minutes Director: Ben Affleck Stars: Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck The film is based on the true story of how Nike created its iconic sneaker, the Air Jordan, and the company’s relationship with basketball great Michael Jordan. Sonny Vaccaro (Damon) and Nike pursue basketball rookie
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Posted April 05, 2023in Civic Skinny
The race for Des Moines’ highest office is stacking up. Connie Boesen, an at-large councilmember for the city, announced her run for mayor last month. Boesen has served on the Des Moines City Council since 2018. She previously served on the Des Moines School Board and owns two concession vendors
Read More →COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS IN POLK COUNTY FROM FEB. 2, 2023 THROUGH MARCH 18, 2023 2921 EUCLID AVE., DES MOINES SALE DATE: 2023-02-02 SALE PRICE: $200,000 SELLER: REYNOLDS, LAURA E BUYER: KALDENBERG ENTERPRISES LLC ACRES: 0.201 SQUARE FEET: 1,661 1410 W. WALNUT ST., UNIT 201 BUILDING 2, ELKHART SALE DATE:
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Posted April 05, 2023in Lunch With...
Connie Wimer has racked up a lifetime of “firsts.” She was the first female owner of a title company in Iowa, the first owner of a computerized title company anywhere, the first female owner of an alternative newspaper and of a business paper in Iowa, and the first Iowan to
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Posted April 05, 2023in Your View
Posted April 05, 2023in Food Dude
What’s in a name? Would a dzo, by any other, not taste the same? In Des Moines, it would not because this Korean steakhouse uses beef, not the offspring of a cow and a yak that is its namesake. Too many years of watching Andrew Zimmern’s “Bizarre Foods” made me
Read More →Nashville’s hottest country newcomer, Chase Matthew, is set to bring his headline “Love You Again Tour” to Wooly’s in Des Moines on April 6. Opening act is Hayden Coffman. $20 cover. Backstreet’s back — all right! Ready for an ultimate ’90s sing-along dance party? Catch Fool House, when they recreate the
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Posted April 05, 2023in Collections & Hobbies
Felicia Coe became “Iowa Fly Girl” mostly by accident. Raised in Des Moines and recently arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, she was driving to work when she heard the news on the radio: A local aerial arts studio was celebrating its grand opening. “It was like, ‘That is crazy.’
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Posted April 05, 2023in Des Moines Forgotten
When I think of pizza, I believe there is hope in the world. It’s one of the few foods that seems to unite everyone, regardless of social status. Growing up in a blue-collar house with a single parent, Fridays meant pizza. Even today, parents get off work and don’t want
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Posted April 05, 2023in Political Mercury
Labor leaders, parents and Council Bluffs community members say proposed radical changes to Iowa’s child-labor laws would redefine what it means to be a kid in the state, placing young people in jeopardy while driving down wages for adults amid the tumult of a worker shortage. From Keokuk to Council
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