Winter arts & Entertainment Guide
Iowa winters are unpredictable, especially this year’s, which so far has been the warmest winter on record. But the snow finally hit the ground, and the outdoor activities have moved [...]
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Posted January 20, 2016in Cover Story
Posted January 13, 2016in Cover Story
Joy to the Jam
Since its inception in 1995, the Christian music-based Winter Jam (originally known as January Jam) has grown to become the largest American music tour, regardless of genre. Routinely bringing nearly [...]
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Posted January 06, 2016in Cover Story
Wasted
“Clean your plate, or you’re grounded.” Just about everyone heard some variation of that admonition growing up in mid-20th-century America. Filmmakers like Ingmar Bergman included scenes with willful children, often [...]
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Posted December 23, 2015in Cover Story
‘Twas the night before…
Publisher’s note: Thirty-eight years ago, when Michael Gartner was editor of The Des Moines Register, he walked over to the desk of writer Bob Hullihan and said, “How about writing [...]
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Posted December 16, 2015in Cover Story
Return of the Franchise
We could recap how we got here — six monumental films; countless multimedia spinoffs, including books, videogames and television series, just to name a few; clothing, costumes, and a culture [...]
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Posted December 09, 2015in Cover Story
State of the music scene
It is December, and everyone knows what that means: time for “year in review” articles! Most of them will be coming at the end of the month, so we wanted [...]
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Posted December 02, 2015in Cover Story
Immigrant Trump
Donald Trump, at his campaign kickoff last June, famously said that Mexico was purposely sending immigrants to America with “…lots of problems. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists…” Trump’s nativist march [...]
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Posted November 25, 2015in Cover Story
Black Friday
Long lines curving through the store, massive crowds pushing up against the walls and piles of clothes strewn about the tables and floor. That’s what millions of people will be [...]
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Posted November 18, 2015in Cover Story
Des Moines’ Sexiest People 2015
Cityview readers nominated them, now you get to decide who Des Moines’ Sexiest man and woman are on Friday, Dec. 4. In the six years of Des Moines’ Sexiest People [...]
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Posted November 11, 2015in Cover Story
Wheels to nowhere
If you had to name the one thing that sets Des Moines apart from any other city, what would that be? Des Moines is absolutely a great place to live, [...]
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