Pride Fest June 10-12 festival is as East Village as apple pie
Iowans are famous for being “Iowa nice,” but Des Moines made history in 1977 by way of a press conference where two non-Iowan activists and a slice of [...]
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June 08, 2016 by justin
in Cover Story
June 08, 2016 by justin
in On The Tube
Torrid 10
10 hot(ish) new series debuting this summer. “Ride With Norman Reedus” (AMC; Sunday, June 12) Series Debut: The “Walking Dead” star gets his own motorcycle road-trip series because [...]
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June 08, 2016 by justin
in Political Mercury
In round after round, Bertrand pounds King back on heels
(Note: Douglas Burns wrote this column prior to Tuesday’s primary. It remains relevant for three reasons: First, Rick Bertrand could have pulled off an upset. Second, if Bertrand’s numbers are [...]
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June 08, 2016 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood
A graduation gift of 3 stories
Listen, I don’t have an actual gift. And of course I missed both parties. Not to mention seeing them walk across the stage. But I’m an ocean away as my [...]
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June 08, 2016 by justin
in Food Dude
Wong’s Chopsticks
Suburban strip malls are far less predictable than they used to be. One of the greatest restaurant cities on Earth is Monterrey Park, California, where almost all its many great [...]
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June 08, 2016 by justin
in Sound Circuit
Davis bares her ‘Soul’
Rae Davis can be seen throughout the city as a part of a number of projects — fronting Rae & the Honeybees; supplying vocals for R&B powerhouse The Tighten Up; [...]
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June 08, 2016 by justin
in Locker Room
Gable’s way
You don’t have to be a Frank Sinatra fan to know what Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, a movie and a tub of popcorn, and a pencil and an [...]
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June 08, 2016 by justin
in Sound Check
This is the weekend for Pridefest, and there is plenty of music to be heard in Des Moines’ historic East Village neighborhood. In addition to headliners Tina She, DJ [...]
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June 08, 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: “Do you think this will suffice for a cover letter for employment [...]
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June 08, 2016 by justin
in Civic Skinny
U of Iowa hires $895-an-hour lawyers. Culver to the Y? A little lesson for Branstad. And some real-estate deals.
Your tax dollars — or your medical dollars or tuition dollars or philanthropy dollars or something — at work: The University of Iowa is about to hire McDermott, [...]
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