February 17, 2016 by justin
in Food Dude
New Year’s resolutions are obsolete. The real temptations toward gluttony come in the weeks after the drunken singing of “Auld Lang Syne.” Burns Night, Lunar New Year, Mardi Gras, Super Bowl parties, Bacon Fest and Valentine’s Day all demand that some of us indulge in unusual gastronomical pleasures, and all
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February 17, 2016 by justin
in Center Stage
Micheal Davenport takes you straight to the heart of a racist. As “Juror No. 10,” in “12 Angry Men,” he bares an irrational hatred of “those people.” Isolated stage front, his round face contorts as if in a nightmare, first menacing and then frightened. The moment is one of the
Read More →“Love” Friday, Feb. 19 (Netflix) Series Debut: Gillian Jacobs was always the most underrated player in “Community,” a reliable source of dark snark who functioned as a counterpoint to Joel McHale who was rarely forced to play the “pretty blonde” card. In her first real headlining gig in Judd Apatow’s
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February 17, 2016 by justin
in Film Review
After six years of development hell, a small team of dedicated movie folk, led by director Tim Miller, has finally succeeded in bringing the least film-friendly mainstream comic book hero to the big screen. Deadpool, for those of you less versed in the comic book world, is your classic anti-hero.
Read More →The community of Monroeville, Alabama takes enormous pride in being the model for “To Kill a Mockingbird’s” fictional town of Maycomb, written by its most famous resident, author Harper Lee. Fifty years after the fictional Atticus Finch defended a falsely-accused black man, Bryan Stevenson came to the aid of a
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February 17, 2016 by justin
in Tech Talk
Failure is a part of life. At some point, we all have to deal with it. Depending on when you encounter it for the first time, losing can either be devastating or formative. The most recent example came from Super Bowl 50. Heading into the game, the Carolina Panthers’ offense
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February 17, 2016 by justin
in Sound Circuit
Back when the 21st century was shiny and new, five guys got together in Des Moines and created a band called Towncrier. Consisting of drummer Will Locker, vocalist Jerry Lorenson, guitarists Ryan Plotz and Lucas Welchans, and bassist Cory Talbot, Towncrier was responsible for some of the tightest, most well-rounded
Read More →The Iowa Democratic Caucus ended with a razor-thin margin between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Bernie wins in New Hampshire in a landslide over Hillary. Yet, as of Feb. 11 before the South Carolina primary, Clinton has 394 delegates and super delegates to Sanders’ 42. WHAT??? That’s right, according to
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February 17, 2016 by justin
in Locker Room
What comes to mind when you think of hockey? Men imbued with a certain grace on their feet? Scrappy athletes ready to sacrifice their body for the game and their team? Paul Newman in “Slapshot”? Dachshunds scampering across the ice? Come for the hockey but stay for the Doxie Dash.
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