February 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Fashion
February 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Collections & Hobbies
Player 1? You are up!
State champion pinball wizard will represent Iowa in Las Vegas at national tournament HISTORY LESSON: Pinball machines were originally made without flippers. Winning was a matter of chance, thus the flashy games [...]
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February 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Belly Up To...
The Irish
Get lucky What do you name an Irish pub? The Irish, obviously. In the space formerly occupied by West Cab, the West Glen bar underwent a complete renovation before reopening on March [...]
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February 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Lunch With...
Brian Hardin
at Jethro’s BBQ Drake Brian Hardin was named Drake’s 17th athletics director in November. A Des Moines native and former Drake Relays champion, Hardin came to Drake from Marquette, his [...]
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February 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in People & Pets
Cold-blooded cuddles
Bearded dragons and leopard geckos Krys Rankin knew she wanted pets for her classroom at Lincoln RAILS Academy — where she’s taught English and special education since 2013 — but [...]
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February 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Rants & Reason
Fun and fretting with Putin, Rasputin, Trump and Brady!
It’s puzzling that no one has drawn the obvious links between the sinister Grigori Rasputin and his efforts a century ago to save Russian czar-to-be Alexei Romanov and today’s sinister [...]
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February 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Duffy
February 12, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in The Sound Exclusive
Eight questions with Béla Fleck
Superstar banjo slinger Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn bring all the banjo you can handle to Des Moines on Saturday, Feb. 17 at Hoyt Sherman Place. The husband and wife [...]
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February 06, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in The Sound Exclusive
Handsome Ghost
Very much alive A friend’s bizarre joke, some weird vocal tricks and a former English teacher with a love of music, that’s what created the band Handsome Ghost. This isn’t [...]
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February 06, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
That’s our tax money being frittered away
It’s nothing short of a miracle that the people of Iowa have not taken up pitchforks and marched on Des Moines demanding the attention of government officials. As things now [...]
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