Sidebar is a new coffee and gelato shop opening in the Capital Square office building in Des Moines this month. The restaurant as an ultra-modern theme and will serve coffee, pastries and other breakfast items in the morning; sandwiches at lunchtime; and light items such as meat and cheese plates
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August 19, 2015 by justin
in Sound Circuit
For as long as music has been played in Des Moines, the city does not, in all honest reality, have a huge number of bands that we could call “legendary” or “iconic.” Each person you talk to in the scene will have a different definition of what that means, to
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August 19, 2015 by justin
in On The Tube
“Documentary Now!” Thursday, Aug. 20 (IFC) Series Debut: Relax, it’s not a real documentary series — IFC doesn’t do that anymore. The former Independent Film Channel is now in the Irregularly Funny Comedy business, and “Documentary Now!” (the exclamation point should’ve been a giveaway) is a faux-doc series from “Portlandia”
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August 19, 2015 by justin
in Your Money
Paid on Aug. 4 Amount: $21,770.99 To: Academy Roofing and Sheet For: Roof repairs Amount: $49,001.16 To: Central Iowa Mechanical For: General repairs and maintenance Amount: $120 To: Department of Education For: Bus inspection Amount: $24,968.76 To: First Choice Distribution For: Colored copy paper Amount: $271.18 To: Gopher Sports
Read More →Dr. Dre “Compton” Interscope Dr. Dre is officially an old man ranting at clouds in “Compton,” his first album in 16 years. But, like most everything else Dre has done in his career, he makes being a ranting old man sound absolutely amazing. “Compton” features Dre’s opinions on modern clothing
Read More →“The worshipful treatment of pets may be the thing that unites all Americans,” wrote an Atlantic Magazine blogger in July, describing the luxury terminal for animals under construction at New York’s JFK airport. The ARK will offer shower stalls for traveling horses, “conjugal stations” for ever-horny penguins, and housing for
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August 19, 2015 by justin
in Art News
Earlier this decade, rumors floated that American Enterprise Group (AEG) might leave its historic Sixth Avenue headquarters and move to the western suburbs. Des Moines City Councilwoman Christine Hensley recalled the reaction to that news among downtown chauvinists. “They weren’t admitting it, but I knew it was true. We had
Read More →Last week’s Locker Room segment (Pitching petrified poo, Aug. 13) quotes Regina Pirtle, Iowa State Fair superintendent of activities at Pioneer Hall, as saying, “don’t worry, these chips have been sanitized.” She might want to share the process with Des Moines Water Works employee Bill Stowe and those counties he
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August 19, 2015 by justin
in Tech Talk
There are big companies like Ford or 3M, and then there are massive companies like General Electric or ExxonMobil. Now, Ford generates more revenue than General Electric, but G.E. is a more diverse company that makes it seem like it might own half the planet. In technology, an easy equivalent
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