Galas in perspective
The Des Moines Art Center’s (DMAC) new exhibition “Art Meets Fashion” will likely become the grandest undertaking in that museum’s history, at least in number of events, money raised, community [...]
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Posted September 17, 2014in Art News
Posted September 17, 2014in Your View
Bender deserves credit, too
In the Sept. 11, 2014, issue of Cityview, Civic Skinny wrote a great article on our outgoing senator, Tom Harkin. Although Tom had the vision and the caring to help [...]
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Posted September 15, 2014in Uncategorized
100 Favorite Bars Bar Trivia Answers
#1 HINT: The spiked shakes here will bring the dead back to life. ANSWER: Zombie Burger #2 HINT: Stick to the rules or you’ll drink the consequences. ANSWER: Hessen Haus [...]
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Posted September 12, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Feds have no idea the extent of SNAP fraud, says Iowa official
DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is sure the U.S. Department of Agriculture is doing a great job fighting fraud committed by people receiving benefits in the [...]
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Posted September 12, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Politics let student-visa abusers go unchecked
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Responding to Watchdog.org’s report that the U.S. has lost track of 58,000 foreign students holding expired visas, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley proposed legislation to tighten security. But, once again, [...]
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Posted September 10, 2014in On The Tube
History the hard way
Ken Burns, PBS’s favorite documentarian, has long specialized in taking the fun out of great American subjects (jazz, baseball, Mark Twain). His latest, “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History” (Sunday, 7 [...]
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Posted September 10, 2014in Sound Check
Ryan Adams/ In Flames
Ryan Adams Self-Titled Pax-AM Every time I listen to Ryan Adams’ new self-titled release, I get the mental image of a guy watching “Singles” for the first time and really [...]
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Posted September 10, 2014in News of the Weird
They didn’t see this coming? German Rolf Buchholz, who owns the Guinness Book world record for most body piercings (453), said he was upset to be denied entrance into United [...]
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Posted September 10, 2014in Sound Circuit
This is rockabilly
“It’s good to meet people for the first time who don’t know anything about (our sound),” said Rumble Seat Riot upright bassist Larry Kaster. “They hear us play and are [...]
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Real life in Iowa more scary than campaign ads
If you are distressed by political ads and the horror stories and lies about what candidates have done or threaten to do, maybe you should welcome such dismay as a [...]
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