Articles Posted by trevor.werner
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KHOI community radio beginning construction
KHOI, the new “Community Radio Station” has received the go ahead to begin construction on it’s transmitter shelter. The American Tower Company, who is leasing tower space to KHOI, officially signed the “Notice to Proceed” on July 13 allowing the station to build. The transmitter station is scheduled to move to the site on July 20, with the [...]
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ACTORS’ Announces Their 2012-2013 Season
The Ames Community Theather, which brought you great plays like Urinetown and Death Takes a Holiday, announced their 2012-2013 season. The new season will be as follows: TomFoolery: “A satirical musical revue” Book, Music and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer Show dates: September 14-23 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: “A fun family holiday event” By: Barbara [...]
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A timeless tradition under the Campanile
The bells of Iowa State began as a love story. Which is why many of its traditions sprang up, centered on love and romance. The carillon within the Campanile was donated to the university by Edgar W. Stanton, member of Iowa State’s first graduating class in 1872. Throughout his tenure at Iowa State, he served [...]
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Top Five Movies/Songs May 14-20
The Top Box Office: The Avengers: $84 million Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth ,Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson Battleship: $25.3 million Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Tadanobu Asano, Hamish Linklater, Liam Neeson Dark Shadows: $21.2 million Starring: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley The Dictator: $20.4 million Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Sayed Badreya, Michele Berg, Aasif Mandvi What [...]
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Quick Lists-May 20
Big Screen Releases: Men in Black 3: Action, Sci-fi Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brollin, Jemaine Clement, Rip Torn, Emma Thompson Synopsis: When the world is threatened by an evil alien, Agent Jay (Will Smith) travels back in time to team up with the younger version of Agent Kay (Tommy Lee Jone) to [...]
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STAR 102.5 presents their ALL-STAR summer concert
By: Trevor Werner On Saturday, July 28, STAR 102.5 will be hosting their ALL-STAR summer concert. The concert will be held at the Water Works Park in Des Moines. Tickets are $35 plus fees and go on sale May 19 at 9 a.m. and will jump to $55 on the day of the show. Parking [...]
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Stephens Auditorium announces new 2012-13 series
By: Trevor Werner Ames247 Staff Writer The Iowa State Center has unveiled the new 2012-2013 Performing arts series for Stephens Auditorium. Beginning in September, the lineup for performances will be as follows: Masters of Illusion, a world famous magic act, perform on Sept. 20. Ballet Folklorico de Mexico show off the music, dance and costumes [...]
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LAZERfest 2012 rocks Boone
By: Trevor Werner Ames247 Staff Writer “Rock and Roll is not a genre of music,” said lead singer of Shinedown Brent Smith, as he addressed the audience during his show. “It’s a way of life.” Spread throughout the grounds were many stands selling food and drinks, everything from funnel cakes to whole turkey legs. Audience [...]
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LAZERfest finds a new home in 2012
By: Trevor Werner Ames247 Staff writer LAZERfest, the hard-rock festival hosted by LAZER 103.3, will be changing venues this year and will be at the Central Iowa Expo in Boone on Sunday. The show has been held at the Indianola Balloon Grounds since 2008, but with audience size reaching over 20,000, they had to find [...]
