Posted February 10, 2016in Joe's Neighborhood
Neon doesn’t seem the best light for contemplating the contemplative life. Not to mention those bright red shopping carts lined up in front with the red bulls eye prominent on the facade. And the smell of popcorn and Starbuck’s coffee wafting out the front doors? I don’t know. This doesn’t
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Posted February 10, 2016in Film Review
We often expect too much of the Coen bothers because we know they are capable of greatness. In the pantheon of their films — there have been 17 in all — most agree that some combination of “Fargo,” “No Country For Old Men,” “Raising Arizona,” “O Brother Where Art Thou,”
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Read More →Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to: celeste@dmcityview.com This week’s winner: “Sally, the yoga guru, demonstrates the ‘downward facing monkey’ position.” – Paul G. Runners-up: “The girls in his gymnastics class who dated Bonzo always joked that he was an all hands kind of guy.” – Mark
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Posted February 10, 2016in On The Tube
“Vinyl” Sunday, Feb. 14 (HBO) Series Debut: “What? You thought records got played because they’re good?” sniffs American Century Records president Richie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale), explaining away his radio-payola tactics of securing his bands airplay with a little coke and a lot of cash. Thing is, Richie loves good music
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Posted February 03, 2016in Cover Story
You’re more likely to be struck by lightning while drowning than you are to strike it rich playing Powerball. Nevertheless, the recent lottery jackpot had Iowans feverish to buy. Iowa Lottery players, hungry to claim the $1.6 billion jackpot, bought more than $12 million in Powerball tickets for the drawing
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Posted February 03, 2016in Duffy
The use of the house from “American Gothic” in Tim Wisgerhof’s flexible set for “Caucus: The Musical!” suits the season, doesn’t it? Every four years, the Heartland goes Broadway. But this winter, when the media spotlight gets too bright, Des Moines offers two splendid escapes: “Caucus!,” a revue by local
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Posted February 03, 2016in Belly Up To...
For years, regular bar patron Mike Walsh would frequent the Greenwood Lounge every day. He would sit at the bar and gaze out the window at Ingersoll Avenue and wax poetic about the old trolley that used to travel back and forth along there. Suddenly the staff at the Greenwood
Read More →The Iowa State Fair has announced its first grandstand acts for the 2016 State Fair. Deirks Bentley and Newsboys will both be performing this August, with Newsboys hitting the stage on Aug. 11 and Bentley on Aug. 16. Ticket prices have not been announced yet. Speaking of summer, Des Moines-based
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