Still Euforic
Back in 2004, Iowa-City based funk/reggae act Euforquestra decided to put on an event as a way of showing its appreciation for its fans. Consisting of seven bands [...]
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July 06, 2016 by justin
in Civic Skinny
A murky formula for athletes’ graduation rates. ‘No impropriety’ in Rosen’s resignation from ACLU.
The six-year graduation success rate for basketball players who entered Iowa State University in 2008 was 75 percent. That’s pretty impressive. Except the actual graduation rate was [...]
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July 06, 2016 by justin
in Political Mercury
The towering competence of Tom Vilsack Tom Vilsack is a George C. Marshall for our time
Vilsack, the highly effective U.S. secretary of agriculture and former two-term governor of Iowa, possesses a remarkable command of the labyrinth of programs and benefits that river out of the hulking [...]
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July 06, 2016 by justin
in Film Review
Out of its depth
There are times when you watch a movie and can identify the exact moment in the creative process when the writer and director officially ran out of ideas. Sometimes [...]
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July 06, 2016 by justin
in Your View
Disputing the facts
I keep seeing the same thing repeated over and over. This time it was in the current Civic Skinny article (June 30). “But the party whose governor (Branstad) has [...]
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July 06, 2016 by justin
in Sound Circuit
Sires’ name change, new album and return to 80/35
It has been a transformative time for Dylan Sires, Ross Klemz and Graham Howland. After forming in Waterloo in 2012 as Dylan Sires & Neighbors, the trio released a full-length [...]
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July 06, 2016 by justin
in Book Review
‘Miller’s Valley’
By Anna Quindlen Random House April 5, 2016 $28 272 pages Mary Margaret (Mimi) Miller is a baby boomer growing up in a community where her family has [...]
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July 06, 2016 by justin
in 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 CEO of Dole had been planning a hostile takeover [...]
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July 06, 2016 by justin
in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in…
City of Des Moines To be paid on 6/21/2016 Amount: $3,043.75 To: Caitlyn Reinders For: Lawsuit settlement for a city garbage truck hitting a parked, unoccupied vehicle [...]
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July 06, 2016 by justin
in On The Tube
Law and disorder “The Night of” takes on the (in)justice system; “Mr. Robot” is back for the re-hack
“The Night of” Sunday, July 10 (HBO) Series Debut: Novelist/screenwriter Richard Price (“Clockers,” “The Wire”) and writer/filmmaker Steve Zaillian (“A Civil Action”) spend eight episodes chronicling eight bad, bad [...]
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