May 20, 2015 by justin
in On The Tube
Are you over the current television season? So are the broadcast networks — they’re moving on to the 2015-16 season, and here’s some of what they’ll be serving up this fall and early next year: “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” (The CW): The Atom, Captain Cold, Heatwave and various other characters
Read More →A Valley Junction food and retail store has moved down the street after its lease at 201 Fifth St. was not renewed. Le Gourmet Kitchen & Food Emporium is now located at 136 Fifth St. in West Des Moines after four years in business. The new location has green space
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May 20, 2015 by justin
in Film Review
It has been 36 years since director George Miller introduced the world to Max Rockatansky. Now, three decades after the last installment of the franchise, comes “Mad Max: Fury Road.” With this installment, Warner Bros. has handed Miller the keys to the studio and allowed him unfettered opportunity to be
Read More →Things aren’t looking good for Ahmad Bradshaw’s 2015 football season. Currently in between teams, Bradshaw, 29, was arrested for possession of marijuana in February and recently convicted. In a plea deal, Bradshaw can’t drive for six months and must pay about $351 in fines. In a similar case, yet surprisingly
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May 20, 2015 by justin
in The Sound
Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen has more than his fair share of faults, but you have to admit he is entertaining. Over the years, Jourgensen has claimed to have been visited by aliens, talked about writing as many as three autobiographies (he currently has one on the market), and once told
Read More →This is a J. P. Beaumont mystery with a twist. J.P. — or Beau to his friends — is having double knee replacement surgery. The surgery goes well, but in recovery he is visited by ghosts. It begins with the ghost of the first homicide he worked on as a
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May 20, 2015 by justin
in Center Stage
Most shows at the Civic Center require a ton of setup — “The Lion King” tours with an endless caravan of trucks — but none have put 30 high schools onstage. Not until now, anyway, in year three of the Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards. For 2014-15, the awards
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May 20, 2015 by justin
in Belly Up To...
The telltale sign of an overpriced, pretentious meal is one served on a large white plate, the food taking up only the smallest amount of space in the center. In our humble state of Iowa, seeing the arrival of such a dish will more often than not leave customers saying,
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May 13, 2015 by justin
in Sound Circuit - Online Exclusive
As a youngster growing up in a predominantly farm-based community in northwest Iowa, my musical palette consisted of heavy AM radio doses of Hall and Oates, Lionel Ritchie and the Village People. The music I heard was whatever was being fed to me on the radio by Wolfman Jack and
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