‘Black Glass’
Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves,” has recently reprinted her 1998 publication, “Black Glass.” With these 15 short stories, novelist Fowler [...]
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Posted October 14, 2015in Book Review
Posted October 14, 2015in Locker Room
Much more than a marathon
“Over and over, athletes tell us it’s the support of the community and the welcome they get from the volunteers and even the spectators,” said Elizabeth Keest Sedrel, IMT Des [...]
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Posted October 14, 2015in Sound Circuit
Ain’t no party like a Music U party…
The third annual Music University kicks off this weekend at Drake University. In three short years, the Des Moines Music Coalition (DMMC) has streamlined Music University, honing its focus and [...]
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Posted October 14, 2015in Food Dude
Ultimate place for pizza: Taste of New York
Iowa’s love affair with pizza is so intense today that young people can barely believe it when grandparents tell them about a day in the 1950s when they discovered the [...]
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Posted October 14, 2015in The Sound
Carpenter’s writing remains vital
Mary Chapin Carpenter started her career in country music, taking home five Grammy Awards and a pair of Female Vocalist of the Year CMA awards for her efforts. But as [...]
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Posted October 14, 2015in What the?
Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to: celeste@dmcityview.com Next week’s photo: This week’s winner: “The bumper sticker reads, ‘My other car is a palomino.’ ” –Jeni N. [...]
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Posted October 14, 2015in Civic Skinny
Jerry Crawford v. Doug Gross in court? Not this round.
It sounded too good to be true. And, alas, it was. The best show in town this fall could have been on Nov. 5 at Drake University, with lawyers Jerry [...]
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Posted October 14, 2015in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in…
Paid on Oct. 1 Amount: $705.30 To: MidAmerican Energy For: Electric charges Amount: $53.86 To: OfficeMax (Kansas) For: Various supplies Amount: $714.25 To: G & L Clothing Commercial For: Multiple [...]
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Posted October 14, 2015in Film Review
A whole new world
Hollywood takes a lot of flak for releasing so many reboots and remakes of the same, tired material. But sometimes there can be a fresh take on an old property [...]
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Posted October 14, 2015in Tech Talk
Peeple are inherently good
Connoisseurs of late 1990s television might remember a certain VH1 roundtable discussion show, “The List,” which basically laid the blueprint for modern Internet content. The concept of the show was [...]
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