October 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Fashion
October 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in The Sound
Classical Hip-Hop mashup
Black Violin performs Classical Boom tour. Mozart versus Jay Z. Beethoven or Usher? If you struggle deciding which musical genre you like listening to most — classical or hip-hop — how about both? That’s what the group Black Violin performs — a little of both, as well as R&B, rock
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October 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Walks of Life
October 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Notes
Sound Advice
Several classic “rocktober” shows await music lovers this fall at the Des Moines Civic Center. The Des Moines Symphony blends rock and classical music on Oct. 13 for the Music of Led Zeppelin. Guest conductor Brent Havens and singer Randy Jackson, along with the symphony and a rock band, perform
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October 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Collections & Hobbies
And then there was light!
Behold. 100-plus antique lanterns are a sight to see. Power outages are perfect. That’s how Cain Kremitzki sees it. Stints without electricity might seem like an odd thing to root for, but not for a Coleman-style lantern collector with more than 100 gas-burning illuminators. Kremitzki collects and restores antique lanterns,
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October 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Art News
Cosmopolitan elegance
Des Moines Fashion Week returns the first weekend of October. The four nights of stylish events will be hosted at Mercedes Benz, Splash Seafood and the World Food Prize headquarters. Street wear, elegance, evening wear and a grand finale event are scheduled. This thing gets bigger every year. Fashion Week is the brainchild of Camille
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October 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Couch Surfing
Gary T.
His wife thinks he is just on a food tour. He says she is half right. Out of the gate, I need to be up front that this month’s couch surfer was not a complete stranger. The two of us were strangers, however, until we had mutual friends who dropped
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October 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Duffy
October 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Lunch With...
Chris Diebel at Skip’s
Chris Diebel is a Des Moines restaurateur and marketer who owns Bubba Southern Kitchen and Whiskey Bar and represents the Orchestrate Group that includes Centro, Django, Malo, Zombie Burger and Drink Lab, South Union Bread and Deli, and Gateway Market and Café. He’s also a bona fide trendsetter in style
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October 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Book Review
Book Reviews
‘Ordinary People’ Ordinary People, like the title would suggest, tells the story of ordinary people and their ordinary problems. Diana Evans tells the story of two couples. Melissa and Michael, who have just had their second child together, are struggling with the roles they find themselves in. The second couple is Damian and Stephanie, who have been
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