In the elementary schools of Ames and Gilbert, the kids got quite a treat last week. They enjoyed a mini-musical, a selection from “Free to Be… You and Me,” the latest production of Ames Community Theater (ACT). Yet according to the director, Lynn Lloyd, the adults involved were the real
Read More →The Des Moines Music Coalition (DMMC) has announced the festival dates for next year’s 80/35 Music Festival. The event is traditionally held the same weekend as the Fourth of July, and this year is no different, with Friday, July 4 and Saturday, July 5 being tabbed. Also worth noting, however,
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November 27, 2013 by justin
in Cover Story
From the broad perspective of human history, the idea that women are spiritually challenged seems absurd. Most of the great ancient religions ascribed spirituality to the female principle and materiality to the male. If ancient Greeks wanted to smite their enemy with thunderbolts, they beseeched Zeus. To bring a plague
Read More →The final run of “Treme” (Sunday, 8 p.m., HBO) begins with Barack Obama’s election in 2008. We see a clip of Obama alluding to Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” in his acceptance speech, and that song becomes a leitmotif in the episode. The New Orleans neighborhood of Treme
Read More →FIRST DOWN The lights. The shopping. Radio City. Times Square. Hey, New York City is lovely in December. So how come it seems like nobody wants to win the Heisman Trophy? Jameis Winston? All Florida State’s freshman quarterback does is win on the field. Off the field, he’s been accused
Read More →Everybody Needs a Hug After its launch was delayed for a month by the Madison, Wis., city attorney, the Snuggle House was cleared and scheduled to open on Nov. 15 to provide in-bed, pajama-clad “intimate, non-sexual touch(ing)” for $60 an hour. “So many people,” said assistant manager Emily Noon, “don’t
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November 27, 2013 by justin
in The Sound
This has been a year of celebration for the Oak Ridge Boys. One of country music’s most venerable acts, this marks its 40th anniversary with the same lineup. “Like most things in life, it feels like time goes by so fast,” said bass singer Richard Sterban in a phone interview.
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A lesson and legacy left behind
Omega Ranch sits in Dallas County alongside County Road F-90, not more than a half-hour drive from downtown Des Moines. Acreages may dot the surrounding landscape, but Omega Ranch is still rural Iowa. Indeed, a red-and-white metal sign nailed to a post near the homestead’s back door warns: Redneck Parking
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