Relaxing at Principal Park while sipping something cold and watching America’s hottest up-and-coming baseball talent is a summer staple in central Iowa. Triple-A baseball usually begins in April and runs through August and into September, but due to the spread of Covid-19 as CITYVIEW went to press, Minor League Baseball’s first pitch was put on [...]
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What’s in a word? A rose may smell as sweet by any other name, but the gift of money doesn’t smell so much as speak. And it speaks the difference between magnificence and mediocrity, health and sickness, pride and shame, survival or death. Derived from the Greek words for “love of mankind,” the word peaked [...]
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Des Moines City officials say the first six months of state payments from a voter-approved sales tax have helped clean up more blighted properties, fix roads, staff fire departments and reduce property taxes. The Iowa Department of Revenue has projected it will pay the City about $37 million during the first year of the Local [...]
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There’s a family fight at Noah’s Ark, and it has spilled into the courtroom. Two grandchildren of Noah Lacona — who founded the well-known and bustling Ingersoll Avenue restaurant in 1946 — are suing an aunt who is trustee of their grandparents’ trust, which owns the land and building housing the restaurant. And they say [...]
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J.D. Scholten — an Iowa Democrat who rose from obscurity to national prominence with a near-miss challenge to U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, two years ago — has filed nomination for a second run in the sweeping, 39-county 4th Congressional District. Scholten, 40, a former minor league baseball player from Sioux City, faces no primary [...]
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Note: Due to the impact of COVID-19, this month’s review will be a little different. Since movie theaters are currently closed, we decided to look at streaming services. This movie is available on Amazon Prime, YouTube, Google Play, and Vudu. So whether you “Netflix & Chill, Hulu & Hump, or just RedBox & Jerk-Off” (quote [...]
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The Euclid-Douglas corridor was long considered to be on the edge of town, then Des Moines expanded beyond the borders of its city limits. Now the corridor remains a border space between the tried-and-true restaurants in the ilk of the woe begone Knox Café and the still thriving Iowa Beef Steakhouse, and ethnic and immigrant [...]
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“So there was one cold rainy night about five years ago, and I found myself with a crazy man with a backpack full of burritos and some fruit and some water and we were looking for homeless people…” How did this happen to Curt Carlson? Several years prior, Joe Laslo — a co-worker and friend [...]
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“No!” It seems a simple enough word. Sure, I love my daughter and her notorious criminal accomplice, my wife, but the answer is clear. “No, never, no way will we get another flea-bitten dog!” But my adult daughter is wonderfully persistent in everything. Especially when it comes to dogs. “It will be my dog. I’ll [...]
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This month’s column was going to cover the opening of three metro stage shows — “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” (DMYAT); “Pippi Longstocking” (DMP-Kate Goldman); and “That Golden Girl Show” (DMPA-Temple). COVID-19 changed those plans, along with the plans of countless businesses, cultural events and personal lives. David Kilpatrick, the Des Moines Community [...]
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We all have to face things outside of our control. It is the cold reality of life — and, unfortunately, death. The current situation with the COVID-19 is causing fear, anxiety and uncertainty for most everyone. And rightfully so. The government regulations that have been implemented to minimize the spread of COVID-19 are also, [...]
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For the band Theory (also known as Theory of a Deadman), performing in Des Moines is like coming home. Theory was scheduled to perform at the Val Air Ballroom on May 5, with special guest opener, 10 Years, but the concert has been postponed. Tyler Connolly, lead singer, explains to CITYVIEW why Des Moines [...]
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These are strange days for us all, but we will push ahead. Like Mathew McConaughey said in a YouTube video, “Right now we are at a red light, but there is a green light on the other side.” Leave it to McConaughey to take a break from massaging the new 2020 Lincoln Aviator to fill [...]
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Gnarly, dude! A totally rad pub located in Beaverdale offers a bar, dining area and a game room. Sweet! The Dam Pub opened in 2019, boasting a 1980s and 1990s theme throughout the place. Music CDs, along with movie quotes and posters from “Top Gun,” “Ghostbusters” and “Terminator” are part of the décor. The black [...]
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When Delbert McClinton comes to Hoyt Sherman Place on April 24, he’ll be in his 62nd year of touring. The accolades didn’t stop early on in his career after his first Grammy award in 1992. Just this year, McClinton won a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album for his “Tall, Dark and Handsome” album. He [...]
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Bridget and Dennis Baer moved to Bondurant 25 years ago. They knew they wanted to live in a small, tight-knit community like their hometown of Schleswig. They had no idea how the Bondurant community would support their family in the years ahead. The couple has two sons, Carson, 23, and Parker, 19. As their sons [...]
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When Abby Strong gets up in the morning, she pours herself a cup of coffee, awaiting her morning pick-me-up. It’s not only the caffeine that gives her a jolt, but it’s the plopping of three cats on her lap who eagerly anticipate their morning cuddle session. Her three rescued cats, Luke, 13, Cole, 13, and [...]
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