February 20, 2013 by justin
in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
Democrats say former legislator Swati Dandekar is looking at running for Congress in the First District. She didn’t respond to Cityview’s query, but if she is running she’ll be a formidable candidate next year to fill the seat being vacated by Senate-hopeful Bruce Braley. But she’ll have to win a
Read More →Angle ‘White Andy’ One Leg Up The “White Andy” EP is a throwback to the early ’90s glory days of hip-hop. It’s actually a rather refreshing entry into the scene, as the current trends tend to move further away from the roots that made hip-hop so popular in the first
Read More →‘ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES’ (M) *** Sega Xbox 360 Making an “Aliens” game feel fresh is not an easy task. No movie has been cannibalized for video game parts quite as voraciously as James Cameron’s 1986 sci-fi/action classic. Everything from “Metroid” to “Dead Space” has drawn inspiration from it. And the
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February 20, 2013 by justin
in The Sound
Even though it took the band a while to get to this point, Dark Mirror founder and bassist Marco Battaglia always knew where it was headed. “It was in my mind ever since middle school,” Battaglia said. “I played with a guitar player in high school, and we kept trying
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February 20, 2013 by justin
in Sound Stage
“We had a private show cancel this week,” Bright Giant frontman Josh Davis said before his show at Gas Lamp. “They said we sounded ‘too goth.’ ” There’s possibly no faster way to identify oneself as a mouth-breathing member of the musical ragtag and bobtail than to classify Bright Giant
Read More →Painter Madai Taylor is a complex holy man who preaches to his congregation literally from the Bible but paints religious abstractions. He admits these contradictory postures can be misinterpreted as a conflict. “I do wonder how people embrace the duality of my being a non-subjective artist and a preacher. I
Read More →Amount: $80 To: AWWA Iowa Section For: Registration fees for Wastewater Reclamation Facility operations/maintenance manager Royce Hammitt and training and safety consultant Steve Moehlmann to attend the AWWA Region V 2013 Water Distribution/Treatment Plan Operators Conference in order for them each to obtain their CEU licenses. Amount: $467.62 To:
Read More →“Golden Boy” (Tuesday, 9 p.m., CBS) is a new cop drama that takes an original approach to its protagonist. Walter Clark (Theo James) is not only a smart, capable police officer with a vulnerable streak (nothing new there), but an opportunist. He has a lean, hungry look, watching for the
Read More →Published arrest charges are obtained from official law enforcement records, which are available to the public. All who are charged are innocent until proven guilty. Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! LEAVE WHEN YOU’RE TOLD TO Police were dispatched to Central Iowa Shelter and Services, 1420 Mulberry St., around
Read More →I’m always impressed by the class-act writing this newspaper delivers, but one commentary recently really struck a chord with me (“The Honest Problem of Gun Control,” Guest Commentary, Feb. 7). Maybe it’s my age, and I remember when our own government killed and harmed innocent college students in 1970. Or
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