At his keynote address for the launch of the Des Moines Social Club, David Byrne called for “a network” of similar venues. DMSC couldn’t do it alone. The arts in Iowa need other places to grow, he said. Well, how about Madison County? Down in covered-bridge country, the Social Club
Read More →Jay Leno’s recent departure from “The Tonight Show” didn’t feel too culturally significant, did it? But Barbara Walters’ retirement is a true TV milestone. On Friday, ABC airs her farewell to “The View” (10 a.m.), followed by a special on her storied career (8 p.m.). It’s hard to imagine how
Read More →Price of friendship “Whoever said, ‘Money can’t buy you friends,’ clearly hasn’t been on the Internet recently,” wrote The New York Times in April, pointing to various social media support services that create online superstars by augmenting one’s Facebook “friends,” Twitter “followers” and Instagram “likes.” The reporter described how, by
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May 14, 2014 by justin
in Film Review
“Godzilla” 1 star Rated PG-13 123 minutes Action Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston Further confirmation that no one in Hollywood knows how to tell a story on film anymore, “Godzilla” starts out promising enough before slipping into a snooze-fest by the end of its first act. A cool
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May 14, 2014 by justin
in The Sound
Suicidal Tendencies has never really tried to be a touchstone for anything. Formed as a punk act in 1981, the band has seen its sound evolve over 30 years through hardcore, thrash and funk iterations. During that period of evolution — sandwiched between three hiatus periods — the band released
Read More →Metro’s most wanted NAME: Trent Douglas Brown AGE: 31 HEIGHT: 5’ 10” WEIGHT: 230 HAIR: Black EYES: Brown DOB: 9/30/1962 CHARGES: Failure to pay child support; domestic assault Unsolved crimes This information was obtained from the Polk County Crime Stoppers website. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books “Paper Lantern Love Stories” By Stuart Dybek Farrar, Straus and Giroux June 3, 2014 $24 224 pp. Reading like the lyrics from a sad love song with a surreal twist, Stuart Dybek has built an exquisite set of short stories for anyone with a lovelorn heart.
Read More →The Des Moines City Council approved a preliminary agreement last week with Heart of America Group (HOA) to develop an $18.1 million boutique hotel on the southeast corner of East Fourth Street and East Grand Avenue, using only land sales proceeds and new project-generated tax increment. According city council documents,
Read More →Amount: $10,762.59 To: EnvisionWare Inc. (Georgia) For: Payment for annual system maintenance services for the Des Moines Public Library. Amount: $874.50 To: Active Network (California) For: Purchase of five metrologic barcode scanner USBs. Amount: $900 To: Singletrack Trails Inc. (Colorado) For: Lump sum payment to have a boardwalk
Read More →Learning a foreign language can be tough — really tough. Just ask the thousands of graduating high-schoolers who only took two years of Spanish or French to meet the requirement of Iowa’s three public universities. For years technology has been trying to soften the education gap in the foreign language
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