September 30, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Collections & Hobbies
Diane Bacon keeps a box of Band-Aids at the ready. The skilled stained-glass artisan has had her hands bloodied more times than she can count while pursuing her passion. “Hundreds,” she estimates. “At least.” Once upon a time, Bacon was a small child who would sit in church and marvel
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September 30, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Art News
The art world lags behind the sports world in reopening — except in the public schools of Des Moines where they are recalcitrant to offer activities to the students. So, with no new exhibitions, gallery openings, live concerts, live drama nor opera, nonprofit institutions are going virtual, or remote. The
Read More →‘Mank’ R | TBD Director: David Fincher Stars: Lily Collins, Tom Burke, Amanda Seyfried The film is David Fincher’s first feature-directing effort since “Gone Girl” (2014) and chronicles Herman Mankiewicz’s (Gary Oldman) race to finish the “Citizen Kane” screenplay for Orson Welles (Tom Burke). Although Netflix has not released any
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September 30, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Circuit
When Dustin Farrow learned to play the guitar, his favorite songs to play in his high school band were by hard metal band Metallica. But that was about to change. After graduation, he moved to Phoenix, attending college to become an audio engineer. Farrow completed an internship at Dark Horse
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September 30, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Iowa Artist
Sara Jo Boesen conserves old paintings. Sara Jo Boesen liked to paint, yet she didn’t really want to be an artist. She loved the art and history aspect, as both her parents were auctioneers. When she attended art school at the Savannah College of Art and Design, she explored art
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September 30, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in The Sound
It’s March 16, 2020. The governor of Iowa just shut down bars to slow the spread of COVID-19. Local musicians who perform at dozens of venues each week are suddenly out of work. They practice, they strum instruments, and they sing, but when will they perform again for a live
Read More →We’d love to provide a full calendar of music opportunities, but who knows what the pandemic may bring? Before heading out, please check with the venue first to make sure it’s a go. Oktoberfest at Adventureland is on for Oct. 3. The five stages of musical entertainment will include local
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September 30, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Lunch With...
Steven Vail is an international art dealer whose Steven Vail Fine Arts gallery is in Des Moines. I asked him to lunch, and he chose Lucca, Steve Logsdon’s mostly Italian café in East Village. On our visit, the carryout business was considerably more active than the indoor dining. Over a
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September 30, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Belly Up To...
For more than 25 years, Jimmy’s American Café served the West Des Moines neighborhood as a lively nightspot with cool drinks and innovative bar food. Since Jimmy’s shuttered nearly a decade ago, a handful of bars, eateries and even an Equardorian dance club tried their offerings without much success. Until
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