March 06, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
The evolution of Greater Des Moines theatre companies is fascinating. Exploring these unique purveyors of community engagement gives cultural adventurers a greater understanding of the cultural icebergs beneath the surface. [...]
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March 06, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in People & Pets
When offered a handful of grain, Stella, an alpaca, sticks out her long tongue to scoop the food into her mouth, leaving slobbery drops on the offering hand. Within minutes, [...]
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March 06, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Walks of Life
The vision of what life is like “after retirement” is as unique as each individual. For some, that vision focuses on leisure: traveling to warm beaches, afternoons spent reading, extra [...]
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March 06, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Art News
Cecily Brown, whose one-person show at the Des Moines Art Center (DMAC) in 2016 was a major coup for the museum, is flying high after her “Death and the Maid” [...]
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March 06, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Circuit
Des Moines may not be a hotbed of jazz compared to New Orleans or New York City, but music lovers can still celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month locally in April. Jazz [...]
Read More →St. Patrick’s Day is on a Sunday, but the Des Moines metro is offering an entire weekend of fun and green beer. At Bennigans Merle Hay, Toaster plays with opener [...]
Read More →“Dune: Part Two” PG-13 | 164 minutes Director: Denis Villeneuve Writers: Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts, Frank Herbert (source material) Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson “Dune: Part Two” picks up [...]
Read More →Billy Joel penned those words in his No. 1 hit of the same name from his “Glass Houses” album of 1980. I listened to it with my friends while roller [...]
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There’s something happening here
I’m starting to wonder if guns aren’t more prevalent nowadays in the city where I’ve lived all of my life than I imagined they were in places like Dodge City, Abilene [...]
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