Best of Des Moines
Traveling around Des Moines guarantees a few things. At some point, you will need to stop for food. Lucky for us, Des Moines has one of the most underrated food [...]
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Business Feature
Mixing family and business
Family businesses often blur the line between work and home, where dinner-table conversations double as strategy sessions and legacy weighs as much as the bottom line. For these local business [...]
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‘Medieval Magic’ sabbatical. Good night, Captain Trang.
Each February, we review the sabbaticals (or, as stated by the Iowa Board of Regents, “professional development assignments”) granted to the professors at the state’s three public universities: Iowa State [...]
Read More →Political Mercury
Having a kid at 15 and more straight talk from ‘The AOC of Iowa’
Early into the first speech I heard her give, Stephanie Steiner said she had a child at age 15. It’s defining in many ways for Steiner, an Iowa Democratic congressional [...]
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‘The Rip’ runs on greed, paranoia and misdirection
In the shadowy glow of Joe Carnahan’s “The Rip,” the most dangerous criminals are not the cartel operatives lurking off-screen but the badges meant to protect and serve. This Netflix [...]
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Homemade history at Crouse Café
Small-town cafés are so precious to nostalgia addicts that it is difficult to find much of anything negative written about them, even on the many social media platforms that attract [...]
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Haunting the house
Several times a year, I make the trek on Interstate 80 across the state of Iowa to the Quad Cities to visit family. My nieces and nephew are getting older. [...]
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The conundrum of kindness
“BE KIND!” OK, OK, I heard you the first time. And I do want to be kind, but I’m in a rush and I don’t want to be taken advantage [...]
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An explosion of shows in the month of love
We’re past the January scarcity of performing arts opportunities, finally pushing into a February filled with a variety of alluring options. From a classic murder mystery to a sassy re-interpretation [...]
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Winter Arts & Entertainment Guide
Each winter, the desire to shut the doors, close the blinds and stay hunkered down while the wind, snow and cold weather creep in grows stronger. We would say we [...]
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People & Pets
4-legged friends
Ashlee Crawford’s two passions are her four-legged friends. Her dog, Layla, is a 4-year-old black labrador. She rescued her from a breeder who got out of the breeding business. “When [...]
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Jamie Farrington at Lachele’s Fine Foods
Jamie Farrington is a chef/mortgage broker who is opening The Rabbit Room in Johnston Feb. 9. To our minds, only a deep Romantic would open a wine bar devoted to [...]
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Thieves, cons and native roots
The juiciest story in the art world last month was that of Thomas Doyle, a Kansas-born con man who has been arrested numerous times under at least five different names. [...]
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Affordable luxury
As SUV sales soar among seemingly all car manufacturing brands, inching in the market with an affordable version is essential. When it comes to BMW, can those two words — [...]
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‘Honest and simple’ blues
As a child, Brandon Hudspeth was intrigued with Big Bird and other characters from “Sesame Street.” When the show featured various guest stars, Hudspeth took note of a man dressed [...]
Read More →Belly Up To...
Heroics Sports Lounge
Des Moines’ newest sports bar, Heroics, is like most any sports bar in some ways — a full bar, fascinating conversations and the latest game on the big-screen TV. However, [...]
Read More →Stray Thoughts
Hearing the voices of America
January ended with a notable week for federal courts because of the voices of its judges. Judges in Minnesota and Texas spoke with clarity in these troubled times. In between [...]
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