Paul Simon is coming to the Des Moines Civic Center for a show on May 18. Tickets went on sale last week and are available at the Civic Center box [...]
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Posted March 02, 2016in Sound Notes
Posted March 02, 2016in Civic Skinny
Divorce terms give Tom Miller an incentive to run again.
Attorney General Tom Miller apparently is about to hire Mari Culver for a top job in the AG’s office. Culver, the wife of former governor Chet Culver, has long been [...]
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Posted March 02, 2016in Tech Talk
Customer experience is about to become a cable priority
Some things in life are painfully inescapable. If you’re a parent, at some point you inevitably become your child’s nemesis. No matter how friendly you are with your boss, on [...]
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Posted March 02, 2016in Political Mercury
Dreams of Eisenhower in Trump’s mad reality
Whether followed tweet by tweet, or consumed in more middle-aged fashion on cable TV loops, the Republican free-for-all is showing kids exactly how to fight a bully. Don’t run to the [...]
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Posted March 02, 2016in Center Stage
From confrontation to communication
During the past six months, the best performance in a Des Moines production may have come from an African-American. Aaron Smith, in “A Soldier’s Play,” drew audiences into a howling [...]
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Posted March 02, 2016in Film Review
Flying high
Disney has done consistently well when it comes to its live-action films and adaptations of feel-good true stories — sports stories in particular. These films are not always Oscar-worthy entries, [...]
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Posted March 02, 2016in On the Move
Mo money
The big downtown convention hotel that is slated to be built soon and connected to the Iowa Events Center was approved for an additional $10-million guarantee by the Des Moines [...]
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Posted March 02, 2016in What the?
Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to: celeste@dmcityview.com This week’s winner: “Peter Peter Pumpkin eater. Made a bet but couldn’t beat her. His wife was smart and [...]
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Posted March 02, 2016in On The Tube
Politics as usual
“The Family” Thursday, March 3 (ABC) Series Debut: ABC has only launched a single winner in the 2015-16 TV season: “Quantico” (aka “Federal Beautiful Investigators,” aka “How to Get Away [...]
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Posted March 02, 2016in Sound Check
Bonnie Raitt “Dig in Deep” Redwing Records Bonnie Raitt stands as one of the greatest counter-arguments to those who say that great musicians have to write their own music. For [...]
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