December 06, 2017 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
It’s you, and you, and you and you and you… The woman had been kicked out of her apartment, was living on the street and was unable to get in the homeless shelter. If she could get to Indianola, she had a place to stay, but the needle on her
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December 06, 2017 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
“I’d offer you lunch, but I’ve already eaten it,” the old man says without a hint of a smile. Dry humor fits this landscape of dust and whirling blades and blowing chaff. A foreign country for sure, where everyone operates on a seasonal punch clock. Not my world, even though
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December 06, 2017 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
“Disney’s The Little Mermaid” Take a big breath as the Des Moines Playhouse prepares you for a deep dive into Ariel’s world with the “Disney’s The Little Mermaid.” This year’s holiday show began its run on Dec. 1 and runs through Dec. 23. Based on the beloved tale by Hans
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December 06, 2017 by Brent Antisdel
in Belly Up To...
South side revamp “We wanted it to be that neighborhood pub that everybody comes to,” co-owner Renee Way says. Originally three separate businesses in one building, Renee Way and husband Clark Way, along with Clark’s sister Stephanie White and her husband, Dan White, purchased the building at 2301 S.W. Ninth St. in 2016. The
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December 06, 2017 by Brent Antisdel
in Collections & Hobbies
Boyhood friends replicate a Wagon Queen Family Truckster “This is a damn fine automobile, if you want my honest opinion,” said the car salesman to Clark Griswold before concluding his bait-and-switch in the 1983 comedy, “Vacation.” “You think you hate it now,” the slickster adds. “But wait’ll you drive it.”
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December 06, 2017 by Brent Antisdel
in People & Pets
Real reindeer Jodi and John Philipp aren’t your average Santa and Mrs. Claus. You won’t find them at the local mall either. For 17 years, the couple has been touring their troupe across the Midwest and beyond, and that includes reindeer. “We try to spread some Christmas magic,” Jodi Philipp,
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December 06, 2017 by Brent Antisdel
in The Sound
Still saving souls In 1995, an Alaskan named Jewel Kilcher released her debut album “Pieces of You.” The songs “Who Will Save Your Soul” and “You Were Meant for Me” helped the album reach multi-platinum status, and Jewel became a poster child of 1990s music. “It took me two years
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December 06, 2017 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Circuit
DIY guitar pop goodness “It was cold, it was fall, it was depressing,” Joey Lyons says of how The Fuss was born. While he had been casually writing and recording music prior to The Fuss, Lyons began recording solo under the name The Fuss in 2014 and released an EP
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