September 04, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
Nearly impossible not to telegraph every joke before the punchline Where “Booksmart” was essentially a gender-bent “Superbad,” “Good Boys” follows a similar story archetype though substituting tweens for high school [...]
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September 04, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
The biggest Thai place in town is also my favorite. Forty years ago, Thai cuisine was a new thing in Des Moines. Prasong “Pak” Nurack and his wife, Beni, introduced [...]
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September 04, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
Joyce O’Brien’s fiber art has been displayed in the offices of Gov. Terry Branstad, U.S. Congressman David Young and State Senator Jack Whitver. “I made it up,” says Joyce O’Brien. [...]
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September 04, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
“Jason Statham saved a lot of guys.” Smacked broadside by a car at the top of a hill, I was 5 years old when I had my first bike accident. I [...]
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September 04, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
September marks the start of Greater Des Moines’ 2019-2020 theater season. A promising array of musicals, comedies, family theater and drama await the cultural consumer. More than a dozen companies [...]
Read More →‘IT: Chapter Two’ R | 165 minutes Unlike Stephen King’s novel which took place in the late 1950s and then in the late 1980s, the first film in this series [...]
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September 04, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Circuit
Musicians provide complex vocal harmonies. When Steve Radke played golf with his buddies at Woodward Granger High School, they discussed putts and birdies, but also guitars and music. He and [...]
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September 04, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Fashion
Football has been America’s second favorite F-word for longer than we’ve all been alive. And with the month of September comes thoughts of touchdowns, tailgate parties, and more importantly, team [...]
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September 04, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Belly Up To...
It’s just what the doctor ordered. In a typical hospital operating room, doctors commonly ask for scalpels, gauze or a hemostat. In the Operating Room at West Glen Town Center, [...]
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September 04, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in People & Pets
Cat lover never dreamed of owning a dog. As a devoted cat person for most of her life, Kate Crane never dreamed of owning a dog. Growing up, her family [...]
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