Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

January 28, 2010 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a musical production that is enjoyable every time it is performed. Add in the personal touches of Iowa Central’s directors and production staff and you will get an even more amazing presentation of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. » Full Story

• 2010 Sweetheart Ball
• Furball
• Everybody Loves Opal
• Karl King

From the Editior

January 28, 2010 Featured on the cover is the cast of Iowa Central Community College’s spring musical, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, which will be held the first weekend of March in Decker Auditorium at Iowa Central. One of Twist & Shout’s favorite shows, “Joseph” promises to not disappoint. Directed by Kathleen Shreier, Teresa Jackson, Paul Bloomquist and Lesa Dencklau, this musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice will feature another great Iowa Central cast as it takes the audience through the Biblical story of Joseph and the coat of many colors. » Full Story

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Ray Ruff & The Checkmates

January 28, 2010 Over the years of doing these columns on our rich rock and roll history, one of the areas I talk about is regional road band marketing. » Full Story

• Remembering the Sensational Rising Suns
• The Bell Notes Play Fort Dodge
• The Byrds
• The Rooks / Con Brio

The first couple of nights on the treadmill

January 28, 2010 I went looking for a climbing wall last week and thought it was the beginning of a new life of fitness and exercise. I hadn’t gone climbing since college, but when I found out the south side Des Moines YMCA not only had a climbing wall but it was indoors (away from what’s turning out to be a motivation killing Iowa winter) I was even more eager. I thought about it all day at work. I pictured a two-story granite-looking wall for scaling, and I was ready to get to the top. I had been jogging a lot recently, but looking for something a little more interesting in terms of a work out. » Full Story

• Hilarious Spit Take
• Lights Out
• Both of Sundays
• Stocked with Excuses

Haiti in Need

January 28, 2010 "Like the end of the world."A quote comes from a survivor of the catastrophic 7.0 earthquake that rocked Haiti last week. » Full Story

• Live Simple, Give More, Expect Less
• Princess Jenna
• Character Counts Week
• Neva Div Up!

The Magicians

December 30, 2009 I believe magic exists simply because I’ve never seen evidence to make me believe that it doesn’t. I’ve never seen anyone cast a spell or bend a spoon with their mind or shoot lightning out of their fingertips, but I do my best to believe that anything is possible. » Full Story

• Methland
• Studs Terkel Working
• Me and Snap
• Always Looking Up

Up in the Air

January 28, 2010 Nominated for Golden Globe Best Picture, Up in the Air is definitely a must see film for 2010. Starring George Clooney and Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air will hit home for a lot of us and show us what reality is truly like in the economic climate this country has and is facing. » Full Story

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• 500 days of Summer
• The Hangover
• Anne Vs. Nick Reviews

The Wrestler

May 28, 2009 ANNE VS. NICK: This month Twist & Shout thought it might be fun to give you two different views of the same movie, one from Anne, and one from Nick. » Full Story

H & K featuring Heather and Kelly

May 27, 2009 Who says you can’t catch a rainbow? The two Fort Dodge musicians and friends have with their new cd, “Catch a Rainbow.” » Full Story

Pick up a copy

May 28, 2009 Pick up a copy of Twist and Shout at locations through out the Fort Dodge area. » Full Story