East Village in the Springtime
Take time this month to soak in the sun and the fashion When we think of fast fashion, we think of inexpensive clothing produced rapidly by mass-market retailers in response [...]
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May 01, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
May 01, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 3
Menace soccer team welcomes new dawn
A new coach, a new league, a new stadium and a new home office. In the U.S., soccer begins again each spring, when everything renews itself. This year, however, is [...]
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May 01, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
City pays $1.5 million to biker who hit new curb on bike path. A primer on property tax. Good guys: Bill Stowe, Daryl Hecht.
The city of Des Moines has paid Mark Evans $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit he filed after hitting a 6-inch-high, unmarked curb the city built across what most bikers [...]
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May 01, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
‘Approachable’ Beto makes his Iowa pitch
Presidential candidate delves into rural issues, immigration. Onica Ulveling of Carroll stumped a stumping White House aspirant. If but for a moment. The 41-year-old pharmacist, a mother of two, asked [...]
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May 01, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
Fun, sharp, adorable
“Shazam!” is very much a family film — like blending up elements of “Goonies” and “Gremlins,” served over a heaping bowl of “Big.” When you’re a kid, all you want [...]
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May 01, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in The Sound
Melissa Etheridge
Grammy winner talks about her journey, which has involved breast cancer, cannabis, LGBT issues and Twitter. Melissa Etheridge’s album debut in 1988 showcased her raspy, bluesy voice, and the female [...]
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May 01, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
Al Punto celebrates the Pampas
The most popular order is the Gaucho Experience. Al Punto is the first Argentine restaurant in central Iowa in a couple decades. It’s close to being the most thoroughly Argentine [...]
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May 01, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
Not exactly a quick project
Dave Baker is working on the first of five photography books highlighting Iowa. There is nothing to do in Iowa. You have likely heard it before. But Dave Baker wouldn’t [...]
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May 01, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
Born again grandpas
You heard it here first. Frankly, the joy of being a grandpa caught me by surprise. Listen, I’ve raised three kids, I know what children are all about. And, by [...]
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May 01, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
Theatre Midwest enters central Iowa theater scene
Iowa debut of poignant comedy begins this company’s journey. Written minutes from a women’s social club formed in rural South Dakota in 1934. A family connection to those notes. A [...]
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