It’s safe to say that Annalibera got its 80/35 slot on the strength of its Gross Domestic Product performance in April. It’s also safe to say that it made the most of its chance to kick things off. Anna Gebhardt can really sing. If any of Des Moines’ rap and
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July 10, 2013 by justin
in Film Review
“The Lone Ranger” 3 stars PG-13 149 minutes Action Starring: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner Perhaps more important than what Gore Verbinski’s gleefully postmodern Western isn’t, is what it is. Written by two screenwriters from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, along with Justin Haythe (“Revolutionary Road”), this deconstructionist
Read More →We are knee deep in festival season here in the capital city. 80/35 just put a bow on its sixth installment, and now we’re just two weeks away from Rock Cornstalk, taking place at Blank Park Zoo Field. Line-up includes Adam Gontier, Thousand Foot Krutch, (HED)PE, Taproot, Smile Empty Soul,
Read More →Aaron Sorkin perfects the cable-news drama in its second season I hated the first season of “The Newsroom,” Aaron Sorkin’s attempt to create a smart, fast-talking show about cable news. Sorkin’s journalism setting didn’t feel authentic, as his White House setting did in “The West Wing.” And Jeff Daniels made
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July 10, 2013 by justin
in Cover Story
The girls of summer are back, and they grace our pages again with our fourth annual Cityview Swimsuit Edition. In our first two years, we published a totally separate magazine and distributed it independently. Last year, after input from readers and advertisers, we opted to publish it in the pages
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July 10, 2013 by justin
in Food Dude
Summer, not spring, is the season of rebirth in central Iowa, especially in years like this when plantings are delayed by record-setting rainfall. I spent last week gadding about various places looking for seasonal goodies. At Waterfront’s annual Door County Fish Boil, I not only found Wisconsin whitefish served with
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July 10, 2013 by justin
in Political Mercury
Wild Rose Entertainment is, in the parlance of its business, “all in” with plans to develop a casino complex in Jefferson, said company CEO Gary Kirke. If Greene County voters are with them, Wild Rose intends to do in Jefferson what it did in Emmetsburg in May of 2006: open
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July 10, 2013 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood
Come on. This is just weird. He is sitting way too close. His knee is almost touching yours. Can you tell him to back up? Is your breathing getting a little ragged? Does he notice that your eyes are moistening? The lean of his body into yours is as intimate
Read More →The good Getting some young adults to leave the comfort of their parents’ home can be a challenge. Trying to locate one who chose to hitchhike and train-hop across the country is quite another. Daniel Landgrebe, 20, was reported missing since June 24, but was found alive earlier this week
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Branstad, Iowa both need intervention
“Iowans don’t want a governor and Branstad is as close as they can get.” That characterization of Gov. Terry Branstad was offered decades ago by then Des Moines Register columnist Donald Kaul. Now, after Branstad is back in office after a 12-year hiatus, an update would be: “Branstad likes being
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