January 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Your View
January 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Fashion
January 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Lunch With...
George Formaro at Centro
George Formaro obsesses about food. He wakes up in the middle of the night to read esoteric government manuals about pickling and charcuterie. He is owner/chef of Italian, French and Mexican restaurants, plus the Zombie Burger chain, Gateway Market and Café and South Union Bread Café. We asked him to
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January 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Circuit
The Vahnevants
They don’t care what you think “We don’t give a fuck what really anybody has to say,” Vahnevants bass player James Brittenson says. “Personally, I’m just trying to impress this little hunting party,” singer Micah Surdevant says. Since their first release in 2014, the four-piece 1960s garage rock band (the
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January 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Walks of Life
January 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in People & Pets
Magnificent miniature donkeys
A teenage dream comes true Courtney Tompkins was destined to own miniature donkeys. “I saw them as a teenager and just thought they were super cute and said, ‘One day I’m going to have mini donkeys,’ ” Tompkins says. The miniature donkeys found their way to her in the most
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January 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Check
Sound Check
“The E.P.” Lily DeTaeye Station One Records Lily DeTaeye’s debut with Station One Records is every bit as commanding and thoughtful as I thought it would be. I expected nothing less from the 19-year-old, who at such a young age has amassed an impressive enough local resume to make her
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January 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Book Review
Book Reviews
‘Greetings from Utopia Park: Surviving a Transcendent Childhood’ In the early 1980s, after being abandoned by her alcoholic husband, 5-year-old Claire Hoffman’s mother, a devoted practitioner of Transcendental Meditation, abruptly moved Claire and her brother from New York to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s headquarters in Fairfield, Iowa. “Greetings from Utopia Park” is
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January 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Tech Talk
Buying a digital camera?
Beware of the addiction to the latest and greatest in tech So, the holidays have come and gone, and, as expected, your gifts were nothing too exciting. No big deal. It’s a new year, a blank slate with all kinds of possibilities. In fact, you’re so pumped that maybe it’s
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January 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Collections & Hobbies
Fallen soldiers
Local veteran Julia Wearmouth wins gold at the 2017 National Veterans Creative Arts Festival During the Vietnam conflict, Julia Wearmouth’s older brother was a lurp. That’s military speak for long-range reconnaissance patrol or LRRP. LRRP teams are small and heavily armed reconnaissance units that patrol deep inside enemy territory. “Most of
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