Book Reviews
‘The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America’s Enemies’ The focus of a recent episode of a missing history program was on William [...]
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Book Review
September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Walks of Life
September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in People & Pets
Snakes alive!
Snake enthusiast moves to U.S. to raise reptiles. A Jim Stafford song from the 1970s, “I Don’t Like Spiders and Snakes,” ran through my head as I drove to my [...]
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in The Dish
Lots of new things
And the word nugget is passé. Midsummer cooled down after a blistering, thunderous early summer. This assuaged fears that the hostile storms of June and July had damaged our summer [...]
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in The Sound
Los Lobos returns to Iowa
Band mixes up music based on the crowd. Los Lobos admits to playing music that’s all over the map. From rock, Tex-Mex, country, R&B, traditional Spanish and folk music, Los [...]
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Art News
Iowa roots artists and an illustrious german
Among the originators of digital printmaking and still pushing the limits of the genre Karen Strohbeen and Bill Luchsinger are two of the Midwest’s most successful living artists. They have been creating [...]
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Circuit
Dick Danger Band
Tie-dye-clad guitarist funks up Des Moines. Richard Lloyd, clad in a purple tie-dye outfit, picks up his yellow Prince-inspired guitar and climbed off the stage at the outdoor Clive Festival. [...]
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Notes
Sound Advice
Summer is winding down but don’t despair. There’s more to do than listen to your tailgating buddies attempt to sing college fight or beer-on-the-wall songs. Speaking of beer, Oktoberfest arrives [...]
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Fashion
September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Collections & Hobbies
This is a true story
South Des Moines Sculpture Park Art Festival is Sept. 15 The outhouse doesn’t work, at least not as originally designed. Instead, the worn and weathered wooden box hides the smoke [...]
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