Posted July 08, 2015in On The Tube
“Rectify” Thursday, July 9 (Sundance) Season Premiere: Critics spent the first two seasons of “Rectify” trying to explain a series that defies description; the dirt-simple outline being “Daniel (Aden Young) returns to his Georgia hometown after 19 years on death row for murdering his childhood sweetheart due to inconclusive evidence,
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Posted July 08, 2015in Film Review
There’s little doubt that “Magic Mike XXL” is a film that was not intended for me. As a critic, I am still able to deconstruct the filmmaker’s work and say whether it is done well or not (it is), but I do not really have a grip on how effectively
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Posted July 08, 2015in Center Stage
“We do have a pumpkin that turns into a carriage,” says Antoine Smith. “We have a glass slipper and things you’re sure to recognize.” Still, he goes on: “This is nothing like the Disney cartoon.” Instead, the “Cinderella” coming to the Civic Center has a distinguished Broadway pedigree. Composers Richard
Read More →The River Bank Bash, washed out of Waterworks Park two weeks ago, is still keeping ticket holders in a state of flux. As of press time, full refunds are not being offered until event organizers can determine if a make-up date can reasonably be scheduled. In the meantime, ticket holders
Read More →Paid June 23 Amount: $167.75 To: ABM Onsite Services-Midwest Inc. For: Monthly billing Amount: $308.40 To: Air Filter Sales & Services Inc. For: Various items for the Des Moines Public Library Amount: $165.40 To: Airgas (Ohio) For: Various parts Amount: $150.87 To: Supplyworks (formerly AmSan; Florida) For: Towels, soap,
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Posted July 08, 2015in Joe's Neighborhood
Marriage is certainly a line in the sand. One day you’re single, and your foolish behavior goes unnoticed. The next day you’re married, and your partner is the first to tell you that shirt doesn’t go with those pants. I didn’t know that. Now I do. I’m married. My clothes mostly
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Posted July 08, 2015in Food Dude
Jamaica has the world’s least dogmatic cuisine. It’s a wild mix of native foods and others brought by slaves, indentured servants and immigrants from India, China, Africa and Europe. Ital, Jamaica’s most famous style of cooking, is vegan — unless you want some fish, goat, poultry or a few other
Read More →Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to: celeste@dmcityview.com Enter for your chance to win two tickets to an Iowa Cubs game! Next week’s photo: This week’s winner: “And that’s when Superintendent Smith reconsidered fielding a middle school skeet team.” -Heidi Soliday Runners-up: “While on a field
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Posted July 08, 2015in Tech Talk
If you happen to be a website administrator, the last few months have probably driven you to drink. You’ve spent years building up recognition as a source of quality content or a website with a specific utility, and then the winds of web change blew, and everything you’ve worked so
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Posted July 08, 2015in Sound Circuit
“I was 13 when I did my first Des Moines Farmers Market,” recalled now-17-year-old Lily DeTaeye. “That was the Grapevine Tour, where they give you an hour, and you sit at the end of the street, and you don’t have an amp because you didn’t think you’d need one.” She
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