Spotlight Boulevard Brewing Company Located in Kansas City, Missouri, Boulevard’s mission is a simple but successful one: “to produce fresh, flavorful beers using the finest traditional ingredients and the best of both old and new brewing techniques.” It’s that dedication to quality that’s helped the company become the largest specialty
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September 24, 2014 by justin
in What's Brewing?
September 24, 2014 by justin
in On The Tube
When urban meets suburban
Andre (Anthony Anderson) is a self-described former “big scary black guy” who’s succeeded in the white world. He’s a successful advertising executive who lives in the suburbs with his doctor wife (Tracee Ellis Ross) and four kids. But Andre has the nagging feeling that, in achieving the American dream, he
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September 24, 2014 by justin
in Tech Talk
Apple wasting time with iWatch
Apple’s iWatch looks beautiful. It is a stone cold fact that cannot be denied. The problem comes when you try to nail down its purpose. We’ve all heard the old chestnut “necessity is the mother of invention.” After you take a good long look at the iWatch, there is no
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September 24, 2014 by justin
in Sound Circuit
Removing the dirt
Viva Montesa is having an identity problem. Not with their live act; in person, the duo of Ted and Gary Schwick are every bit as fun and talented as they’ve always been. But when it comes time to translate that vitality to a recorded medium, issues arise. The band’s debut
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September 24, 2014 by justin
in Game Day
Iowa (3-1) vs. Purdue (2-2) When: Saturday, Sept. 27 Where: Ross-Aide Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana Kickoff: 11 a.m. CDT Captain Kirk sure knows how to push the Hawkeye Nation buttons. Following a loss to Iowa State, Hawk fans were livid, generating an “all hands off deck, fire Ferentz and his
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September 24, 2014 by justin
in Civic Skinny
Register to chop 16% of news staff, add odd titles. Court: Jailed Luebke owes credit union $35,000.
The restructured Des Moines Register newsroom will “deliver much more,” Amalie Nash told the newspaper’s readers Tuesday, but the newspaper will be delivering that “much more” with much less. The staff is being cut by 16 percent — 18 positions. Nash, the top news executive at the newspaper, told Cityview
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September 24, 2014 by justin
in Belly Up To...
Spice up your Thursday nights with salsa dancing at Lime Lounge
As you may have heard in the news, “Dancing With the Stars” returned last week, and we went salsa dancing at Lime Lounge to try out our ballroom skills. Or, more accurately, to check out the ballroom dancing skills of the other patrons. Lime Lounge pairs with Salsa Des Moines
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September 24, 2014 by justin
in Food Dude
Irish gastropub comes to Ingersoll
If Ingersoll were human, she would be my favorite, eccentric aunt. No other street in town represents such democracy of commerce — tattoo shops and massage parlors next to doctors’ offices and pet spas, dive bars next to French bistros. Where else in Des Moines would one find an exclusive
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September 24, 2014 by justin
in Center Stage
Emotional whipsaw, unflagging spitfires
The set shows the baggage they carry. Even before the start of Repertory Theater of Iowa’s flawless new production, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” you feel the burdens on George and Martha, the drama’s aging spitfires. Their decorating tends to beige and brown, the pillars between rooms suggest cages, and
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An in-kind response to campaign ads
Taking the low road, but with thesaurus in hand, here are some thoughts about political advertising these days, with the venting tempered by a thoughtful ending. Still, how many more campaign ads can we take without worrying about the end of civic and civil life? Enough already with political ads!
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