Think life is over just because summer is ending and the fair is gone? Think again, my friends. Summer’s wane just means it is time to roll out the autumn fun: The kids are back in school, back sweat is a thing of the past and soon there will be
Read More →Somehow Iowans fail to let the brisk breeze of autumn chase us indoors with the threat of yet another long winter. But it’ll take more than dipping temps to bring Iowan down. Acclimated to fickle and often severe Mother Nature mood swings, Iowans always manage to survive, thrive and stay
Read More →Perhaps no more eclectic line-up exists in central Iowa than in the realm of the performing arts. Theatres big and small, professional and amateur, continue to offer Iowans an array of entertainment rich with culture and guaranteed to leave lasting memories. Whether the story is told through song, motion, comedy
Read More →Moviegoers, start your engines, because the season of Oscar contenders is upon us. You have the best chance of seeing a better-than-average, if not truly exceptional, movie in the fall season. Film studios are busier than ever rolling out films they hope will secure spots in every critic’s top-10 lists.
Read More →For Iowa’s art scene, autumn is the sobering, back-to-work season that follows carefree summers of big festivals and light entertainments. This year’s fall calendar supports such sobriety with a preponderance of big shows. The Des Moines Art Center will follow up its monumental installation of English artist Phylidda Barlow with
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August 16, 2013 by justin
in Iowa Watchdog
At this point, the White House might just be trolling conservatives. With Obamacare set to launch in less than three months and Republicans in Congress furiously searching for ways to stop the law, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that three Planned Parenthood affiliates across the
Read More →DES MOINES – Leaders of the Iowa Department of Human Services will prohibit welfare recipients from using their benefits at strip clubs and casinos and other locations, though they have no way to enforce the new rules. Officials have drafted proposed rules for how they plan to comply with a
Read More →Let’s see, subscriptions to The Des Moines Register have risen from $16 to $29 a month during the past year, allegedly to pay for the newest technology that I rather doubt is used by many of its “readers,” the overwhelming majority of whom I suspect are seniors not “hip” to
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August 14, 2013 by justin
in Food Dude
No family has contributed more to the central Iowa food scene than Teresa Lacona’s. Her sons founded Noah’s Ark and Mama Lacona’s. The next generation added Bambino’s. Lucca, Gusto and Hot Shots are gifts from the fourth generation. Papa Lacona’s, which opened last month, is the latest, and the quirkiest,
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