November 04, 2015 by justin
in Belly Up To...
When owners Ryan Greening and Sarah Cattoor opened The Keg Stand five years ago, they had no idea how far their vision would take the bar. They began with only 12 beers on tap and were actually performing keg stands on the bar floor. The Keg Stand now hosts everyone
Read More →The pre-Halloween debate gave Republicans an opportunity to pull out all their scary political ghosts (the Federal government is the enemy) and goblins (the mainstream media is a shill for the Democrats). It was a night of bashing anything associated with government and the media (other than FOX and Limbaugh).
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November 04, 2015 by justin
in Film Review
“Our Brand is Crisis” is based on the 2005 documentary of the same name by director Rachel Boynton. It is the fictional account of American consultants and their morally ambivalent involvement in a Bolivian presidential election. Retired American campaign strategist, “Calamity” Jane Bodine — played exquisitely by Sandra Bullock —
Read More →Lurra Cocina, a Mediterranean and Spanish restaurant, opened Oct. 23 at 1420 Locust St. in Des Moines. The 5,000-square-foot space seats 120 and is open for lunch and dinner. Mike Crownover, who previously worked at Django and Centro, operates the restaurant, and Spencer Vandeberg, who owns a construction company, remodeled
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November 04, 2015 by justin
in On The Tube
“Master of None” Friday, Nov. 6 (Netflix) Series Debut: Comedian/actor Aziz Ansari (“Parks & Recreation”) plays a New York City comedian/actor who’s a hell of a lot like Aziz Ansari. Depending on your Aziz Ansari tolerance levels, this is either great or terrible news (and nobody’s asking you, “Family Guy”).
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November 04, 2015 by justin
in Center Stage
When the executive producer of Pilobolus tells me his dancers have “a sandbox attitude,” he says it proudly. “We make all our work collaboratively,” explains Itamar Kubovy. “We’re always, in some way, talking to each other.” Kubovy has helped create a number of the famed troupe’s pieces, and he was
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November 04, 2015 by justin
in Locker Room
It’s dark when you go to sleep. It’s dark when you wake up. And the air is only getting cooler. Just when it seems all the signs are telling you to stay inside, you can still find something active to do when you’re out and about — like the Hillbilly
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November 04, 2015 by justin
in Civic Skinny
Is it a public meeting if the public officials don’t actually meet with one another? That sounds odd, but that’s the central question in an Iowa Supreme Court case that was argued last week. It’s not a simple issue — if it were, it probably wouldn’t be at the Supreme
Read More →The timeframe of this book is the World War II years, the main characters are Henry Ford and his son, Edsel Ford, and the story is how the retooling of the manufacturing might of Detroit, so critically important to the winning of the war, was accomplished. Henry Ford was anti-war,
Read More →St. Louis Rams (4-3) vs. Minnesota Vikings (5-2) Sunday, Nov. 8 8:30 a.m. CST TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, Minnesota If history is an indicator, the Minnesota Vikings should pull out another win over the St. Louis Rams, just as they have done in the last three meetings. But with home
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