Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Fay Jones Knopf Publishing Group 2/26/13 $25.95 257 pp. With his new release, “Benediction,” best-selling author Kent Haruf delivers another poignant, elegant portrait of life in Holt, Colo. As the novel opens, Dad Lewis and his wife Mary learn that Dad’s cancer has worsened
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March 20, 2013 by justin
in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
Maybe Iowa Public Radio should do a special report on organizations that abuse and misuse the Iowa Open Meetings and Open Records laws. The reporter wouldn’t have to leave the office. As Cityview pointed out two weeks ago, the closed meeting in February in which the IPR board decided to
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March 20, 2013 by justin
in Featured Story, Food Dude
The old fashioned bar and grill has become an endangered species in Iowa. After industrialized farming changed the state’s demographics (most Iowa counties peaked in population more than 100 years ago), towns became too small to support stand-alone restaurants. So taverns added flat-top grills, deep fryers and sometimes full kitchens
Read More →‘GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION’ (M) ***1/2 Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation 3 As PlayStation’s crown jewel, the “God of War” series is always guaranteed the most eye-popping production values and polished gameplay that money can buy, but in the original trilogy, what really made the blood-drenched odyssey into Greek mythology memorable
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March 20, 2013 by justin
in Cover Story
This week’s NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Arena present Dickensian contradictions. As far as mass appeal goes, they’re not that big of a deal. The first day’s matches will only be broadcast on the Internet. All but one other session will be relegated to ESPNU, the least-watched
Read More →The Greater Des Moines Music Coalition has announced the lineup for this year’s Gross Domestic Product festival. Formerly held at the Hotel Fort Des Moines, GDP is moving to Fourth Street in the Court Avenue District, with main stages at The Vaudeville Mews and 4th Street Theater. This year’s festival
Read More →Published arrest charges are obtained from official law enforcement records, which are available to the public. All who are charged are innocent until proven guilty Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! SHOT IN THE CHEST Police were dispatched to the 3400 block of Southwest 42nd Street just after 5
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March 20, 2013 by justin
in Locker Room
Since man’s early rise, he has sought to have more, do more, be more. The previous century seemed to be about man’s dominance over things twice or triple his size. Bigger was always better. A cheeseburger meal? Make it a triple cheeseburger meal mega-sized with a liter of cola. A
Read More →In science, the word transparency refers to the physical property that allows light to pass through matter. Its political and social definitions have become far more muddied and ambiguous. The Des Moines Art Center’s (DMAC) dazzling new exhibition “Transparencies – Contemporary Art and the History of Glass” reflects upon both
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