The Melismatics (with Sick Of Sarah, Matthew Clay, The Dharma Bums )

Vaudeville Mews – Saturday, February 28, 5:00 pm – Showtime: 5:30 pm – All Ages – $5 (indie/new wave/post punk)
Too broke to see …

Caroline Smith and The Good Night Sleeps (with The Western Front and Jordan Mayland)
Vaudeville Mews – Thursday, February 19, 9:30 pm – Showtime: 10:00 pm – 21+ – $5
Caroline Smith and The Good Night …

Pictures of Then (with Josh Davis Acoustic Duo and Chad Elliott)
Vaudeville Mews – Thursday, February 12, 8:30 pm – Showtime: 9:00 pm – 21+ – $5
Looking for catchy indie-rock you can tap your feet to?  …

Its cold out. Really really cold out. What can we do about it? Nothing. What can we do in spite of it? Well, plenty actually. Here’s whats happening this weekend….
TONIGHT

Come revel in the glory that …

We are in the thick of the holiday season, and there is even more going on in DSM than usual.
If you’re having trouble cutting through all the clutter and getting to the good stuff, have …

I’m psyched about Cranksgiving, and the main reason is this: The name is fun to say.
Beyond that, Cranksgiving is a very cool combination alley cat race and canned food drive. Cyclists will meet up at …

Alternative rock band Palmerston are playing Saturday, December 6th at 4th Street Theatre (inside/next to Java Joe’s) at a foodraiser show for the Food Bank of Iowa. 2 bucks AND 2 cans of food. More food …

If you are familiar with the work of only one artist in DSM, make it Lee Ann Conlan. She’s a consistently provocative painter who focuses primarily on figural work but throws in skeletons, architecture and …

Andrew and I just got (kind of) set up at the tattoo fest. Testing out the wi-fi and blogging from the field. We’ll start putting some videos together soon and our friends Dani and Cat …

Checking in live from 80/35. The Internet connection is iffy right now, here’s hoping we can get a wired line dropped in or there’s going to be a lot of praying and swearing involved in …