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Posted November 07, 2012in Book Review, Recent Posts

‘Always Put in a Recipe and Other Tips for Living: From Iowa’s Best Known Homemaker’

Review by Cathryn Lang University of Iowa Press 09/15/2012 $19.95 203 pp In this age of instant and continuous communication, it is difficult to imagine how lonely and isolated the [...]

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Posted November 07, 2012in Joe's Neighborhood, Recent Posts

Old Friends

In this heated political time, when dignity is lost to righteousness, when loudness is mistaken for passion, when conformity is the misguided refuge of the battered soul, where are we [...]

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Posted November 07, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Check

CD Reviews

Kylie Minogue ‘The Abby Road Sessions’ Parlophone   With 68 million albums sold and an Order of the British Empire from the Queen, Kylie Minogue is, for all intents and [...]

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Posted November 07, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Notes

Sound Notes Pick o’ The Week

Valley Junction is putting out the call for performers to liven up the mood of its “Jingle in the Junction” holiday events, which take place for three consecutive Thursdays, starting [...]

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Posted November 07, 2012in Game Day, Recent Posts

Hoosiers in the drivers seat?

FIRST DOWN: And goal to go …                 Indiana in the Rose Bowl? The way the Big Ten’s been trending this year, why the heck not? After a come-from-behind win over [...]

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Posted October 31, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Check

CD Reviews

Bat For Lashes ‘The Haunted Man’ Parlophone Bat For Lashes is naked on the cover of her new album. If that was the best (or worst) thing about the album, [...]

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Posted October 31, 2012in Joe's Neighborhood, Recent Posts

Two rose tattoos

There is certainly an Iowa morality. Right? You know the basics: Don’t toot your own horn when you win an award for best stocker at Hy Vee; don’t yell at [...]

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Posted October 31, 2012in Center Stage, Recent Posts

‘Evil Dead’ goes musical at Stoner Theater

The story of Candarian demons taking over Stoner Theater just in time for Halloween isn’t quite the zombie apocalypse hardcore horror fans are preparing for by hording canned foods and [...]

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Posted October 31, 2012in Book Review, Recent Posts

‘A Christmas Home’

Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Harriet Leitch Crown Publishing Group Oct. 30, 2012 $16 240 pp “A Christmas Home” is a short, easily-read book. Although it is written for [...]

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Posted October 31, 2012in On The Tube, Recent Posts

Reality stars with calculators

‘Start-Ups: Silicon Valley’ features nerds on the move Bravo usually focuses its reality series on good-looking socialites or business people. With “Start-Ups: Silicon Valley” (Monday, 9 p.m.), the network has [...]

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