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June 22, 2016 by justin in On the Move

Twisted Vine Brewery gets new location

  The Twisted Vine Brewery has found a new location. The beer-maker has moved 25 miles from St. Charles to a much bigger space in West Des Moines, where Denny [...]

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June 22, 2016 by justin in Your View

Making us all feel great again

  Given the recent terrorist attacks — the nine church members in South Carolina last year and now a member of the British Parliament — shouldn’t we expect Donald Trump [...]

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June 22, 2016 by justin in The Sound

Grand Funk comes to your town

  Grand Funk (Grand Funk Railroad, if you’re nasty) became mega-stars in the 1970s with hits like “We’re an American Band” and “Some Kind of Wonderful,” but infighting, personal conflicts [...]

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June 22, 2016 by justin in Belly Up To...

Della Viti — ‘Froyo’ for adults

    “The building you are in has a great history.” That’s the first line in the narrative that explains what’s happened in this building, which now houses Della Viti, [...]

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June 22, 2016 by justin in On The Tube

Killer queen

  “Queen of the South” heats up USA; “Roadies” is out of tune. Queen of the South Thursday, June 23 (USA) Series Debut: USA continues to get somewhat browner; baby [...]

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June 20, 2016 by justin in Uncategorized

Q&A with Ty Dillon

  By Jeff Pitts Meet Ty Dillon. He’s the grandson of NASCAR legend Richard Childress, the man who famously owned the No. 3 car while Dale Earnhardt was making racing [...]

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June 15, 2016 by justin in Cover Story

‘You took away my worth’

  A sexual assault victim’s powerful message to her attacker   On Jan. 17, 2015, a 19-year-old Stanford University freshman, Brock Allen Turner, was spotted by two fellow Stanford students [...]

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June 15, 2016 by justin in Center Stage

King and fool, rage and redemption

  Could King Lear be showing the Christmas spirit? The aging monarch presides over a tragedy — possibly Shakespeare’s greatest. By play’s end, the bodies onstage include Lear’s three daughters, [...]

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June 15, 2016 by justin in Sound Check

New Member Charles

“Rock and Roll Alligator” Independent   New Member Charles does the quirky, oddball indie thing properly. It is something that many bands in town attempt, but few manage to do [...]

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June 15, 2016 by justin in Duffy

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