Think you’re funny?
Send us your best caption… Email to: celeste@dmcityview.com Next week’s photo: This week’s winner: “It was the first and last time Margaret asked her husband to pick up [...]
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May 25, 2016 by justin
in Food Dude
Business is bustling at Safari
At 5 p.m. on a recent Sunday, three hours before closing time, I tried to order a few things from Des Moines’ newest African café — Safari. Fish? Sorry, [...]
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May 25, 2016 by justin
in Belly Up To...
A new meaning for ‘bottoms up’ at C.J.’s II Tap
If you’re ever on the floor at C.J.’s II Tap — the bar owned by Claude Johns on East 30th Street near the Iowa State Fairgrounds — and wondering where [...]
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May 25, 2016 by justin
in Rap Sheet
Two of a kind?
Wendell Pierce, 53, star of HBO series “The Wire,” was arrested recently after assaulting a woman at a hotel. Pierce allegedly got into a disagreement with the woman while discussing [...]
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May 25, 2016 by justin
in The Sound
Staying authentic
Every band — or at least every band that is doing it right — places a premium on authenticity. You should be true to the music, and the music should [...]
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May 25, 2016 by justin
in Film Review
Fairly nice
As of this writing, if you were to look up “The Nice Guys” on MetaCritic, you would see a rating of 68 percent positive, which is a good descriptor [...]
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May 25, 2016 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood
A Sarajevo bullet
“Honestly, officers, I just forgot it was there.” Words I have heard many a guilty criminal utter as they are hauled away to jail. The 5-inch, copper-cased bullet [...]
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May 25, 2016 by justin
in Your View
The inequality gap
How much money is enough for America’s top executives? The AFL-CIO just released compensation comparisons showing the average CEO pay is now 335 times that of the average worker. The [...]
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May 25, 2016 by justin
in On the Move
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Boomtown Ankeny The numbers are in, and Ankeny is growing at the third-fastest annual rate in the country at 6.5 percent, according to 2015 U.S. Census statistics comparing cities [...]
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May 25, 2016 by justin
in Sound Circuit
Building confidence
Newton native Jacey Gutknecht has been interested in music virtually her entire life. By the time she was a freshman in high school, she was playing guitar and [...]
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