Luchtel Photography is moving to West Des Moines from Scottsdale, Arizona and will specialize in real estate photography. Photographer Kelly Luchtel plans to begin accepting new clients April 1 and will have an office open in late spring. She will offer interior and exterior photography for architects, designers and real
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March 25, 2015 by justin
in Tech Talk
Among the all-time colossal missteps in business, the biggest might be Coca Cola passing on the opportunity to buy Pepsi in the early 20th century. Sometimes the fate of one organization can be written in its failure to identify the true potential of the competition. An example would be Blockbuster
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March 25, 2015 by justin
in Film Review
For starters, here’s a caveat for this week’s review: I am not a teenage girl, so I acknowledge that I am not the target audience for “Insurgent.” Now, the caveat to my caveat: I am also not the target audience for “Frozen,” but I can still tell a good movie
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March 25, 2015 by justin
in Cover Story
There is a new music venue opening in Des Moines soon. Anyone even mildly interested in, or associated with, the local music scene will tell you this is a good thing, in no small part because it seems like quality places that support local music have become something of an
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March 25, 2015 by justin
in Belly Up To...
With bold makeup, big hair and bigger personalities, drag shows provide entertainment for countless Des Moines residents. Man or woman, gay or straight, you’ll find all types of people gathered to watch the shows. The View club has opened in the former Le Boi location, and it’s new and improved
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March 25, 2015 by justin
in Food Dude
One definition asserts that romance is whatever transports one to another time or place. That helps explain why people enjoy restaurants set in offbeat venues that have been repurposed. Diners seek to escape their mundane circumstances as much as readers of Victorian romances do. Iowa offers many opportunities for this
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March 25, 2015 by justin
in On The Tube
“The Walking Dead” Sunday, March 29 (AMC) In which “The Walking Dead” pulls a “Sons of Anarchy” and drops a 90-minute finale (though “TWD” has only gone long twice before, as opposed to every episode of the last “SOA” seasons). It’s been ham-fistedly hinted that the idyllic li’l bunker town
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March 25, 2015 by justin
in Sound Circuit
It has been a bit of an exciting year for Bonne Finken. The Des Moines music favorite released her latest album “Fairytales/Love Affairs” last year and has seen the album garner radio play on college radio stations around the country. She has gotten play on STAR 102.5, embarked on a
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March 25, 2015 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood
A knockout is clean and simple. You get knocked down. You don’t get up. It’s all over. No more floating like a butterfly or stinging like a bee. The end. A technical knockout is not so clean and not so simple. The referee calls the fight usually because the losing
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