East Village is not welcoming?
Capital City Pride (CCP) is the volunteer committee that produces the annual LGBT Pridefest, an annual two-day street event with all-ages entertainment and a parade. For years, the event has [...]
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Posted February 25, 2015in Your View
Posted February 25, 2015in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in…
Paid in the week of Feb. 16 Amount: $144 To: ChemSearch For: Drain Cobra Program January 2015 Amount: $412.20 To: ClassroomDirect.com For: Scientific calculator Amount: $1,000 To: InfoSnap Inc. [...]
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Posted February 25, 2015in News of the Weird
The unhoneymoon
A Saratoga Springs, New York, resort has begun accepting totally defeated husbands and wives for a relaxed weekend that includes divorce, bringing to America a concept already successful in six [...]
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Posted February 25, 2015in Rap Sheet
Two of a kind?
Apparently the weekends aren’t always great for the newly famous singer The Weeknd. In Las Vegas on Jan. 3, The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) was hauled off to jail for assault. [...]
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Posted February 25, 2015in Sound Check
Imagine Dragons “Smoke + Mirrors” Interscope Part of what made Imagine Dragons’ first album so much fun was its ability to be everybody and nobody all at once. You could [...]
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Posted February 25, 2015in Book Review
‘My Sunshine Away’
M. O. Walsh’s astonishing debut novel takes place in the ’80s and 90s along Piney Creek Road in the suburbs of Baton Rouge. Good meals and cold drinks are consumed [...]
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Posted February 25, 2015in Tech Talk
The tech shortcuts to musical super-stardom
Chasing the dream of being a musical superstar is dangerous. Comparatively, a 2013 NCAA study of athletes chasing the pro dream found one in 50 Division I college football players [...]
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Posted February 25, 2015in What's Brewing?
Spotlight
Almost 4,000 miles northeast of Des Moines is Ireland’s historic capital, Dublin. Amidst St. Patrick’s Cathedral and the Dublin Castle is St. James’s Gate. Located near the south quays and [...]
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Posted February 25, 2015in Cover Story
Best of Des Moines
Every year, Cityview holds its Best Of Des Moines contest to honor those people and businesses that are doing things right in the community. The awards have grown even bigger [...]
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Posted February 25, 2015in Sound Circuit
The man
If you are going to get into Des Moines hip-hop, there are a few names you should definitely know. And no matter who you talk to, that list is always [...]
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