December 19, 2012 by justin
in The Sound
On Saturday, Dec. 22, 7 Flags Events Center and KGGO are doing their part to help some of Iowa’s underprivileged families via a Southern Fried Christmas concert. For central Iowa residents, the event will be a rare chance to catch southern rock icon Molly Hatchet, which has come to town
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December 19, 2012 by justin
in Featured Story, Food Dude
The local restaurant scene seemed oblivious to any economic slump this year. The number of openings tripled the number of closings in 2012. New additions ranged from the spectacular (Exile) to the ubiquitous (fro-yo’s), from the reborn (Buzzard Billy’s) to relocated (Bambino’s) and from first-course specialists (The Standard) to desserts-only
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December 19, 2012 by justin
in Film Review
“Django Unchained” 5 stars Rated R 160 mins. Drama Starring: Jamie Foxx, Don Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio You know from Quenton Tarantino’s audacious choice of intro music — the haunting theme song from Sergio Corbucci’s iconic 1966 spaghetti Western “Django,” that the maestro-of-all-things-tasty has many surprises in store for his delighted
Read More →Whether you went to The Longest Yard last weekend specifically for the show or just wandered in because the Valley Junction pub is your usual Saturday hangout is immaterial. Because as soon as you walked through the door, you became a fan of Matt Woods and The Thunderbolts. The longtime
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December 19, 2012 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood, Recent Posts
If we are all facing the Mayan end of the world in one fashion or another, where do we find the courage to look over the edge, slap our chests and beckon the unknown to give us its best shot? Mmmm… you don’t think it’s the end of the world?
Read More →Amount: $1,635.20 To: Des Moines Asphalt and Paving For: Payment for repairing athletic track, including purchase of more than 16 tons of materials at $80 per ton. Amount: $2,784 To: Phil Dickey For: Payment for providing Tae-Kwon-Do and Karate lessons at the West Des Moines Community Center Ballroom for
Read More →Microsoft’s Surface tablet launched in October with a highly visible ad campaign that definitely reached consumers, due in no small part to being one of Oprah’s “favorite things.” But even with the one single, repeated TV spot and a recognizable name, how’s the Surface actually doing in sales? Turns out
Read More →No shortage of nuts at the Register Sorry as hell to be a day (months) late and a damn dollar short — worth 10 cents in today’s Wall Street-wrecked money — to comment on a story that appeared in your drinking buddy’s paper (The Des Moines Register) this summer.
Read More →The Des Moines Art Center’s (DMAC) exhibition year began with three brilliant films by Argentine Miguel Angel Rios and concluded with three more by Bavarian Thomas Demand. Both artists went to painstaking ends to preserve incidents that most people might quickly dismiss from memory. Angel Rios wistfully revisited his native
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December 19, 2012 by justin
in Book Review, Recent Posts
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Cathryn Lang Penfield Books Aug. 28, 2012 $21.95 238 pp. Americans are notorious for the tendency to romanticize the “old country.” This tendency always made me wonder, “If the old country was so great, why did people leave?” Augusta’s Daughter by Judit Martin helped
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