Wingin’ It!
Our annual Ultimate Food Challenge returns with a quest for central Iowa’s chicken wing champ. No other edible food has undergone as drastic a change of fortune in the last [...]
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Feature Story
IOWA STATE FAIR CONCERT PREVIEW
Lineup is loaded with world-class live music The Iowa State Fair offers funnel cakes, butter cows, real cows, carnies, and 1-million-plus people who are watching people who are watching animals [...]
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The business of death
COVID-19, rising costs speed up changes in the funeral industry. One would be hard pressed to find an industry that isn’t changing with the times, and the funeral industry is [...]
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Coach Jennie Baranczyk’s deal with U of Oklahoma. Supervisors await redistricting. Courthouse tops out.
What did it take for the University of Oklahoma to lure basketball coach Jennie Lillis Baranczyk away from Drake University? Here’s what, based on a freedom-of-information request made by CITYVIEW [...]
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Noem’s opening Iowa acts show star quality
The 49-year-old South Dakota governor is supremely telegenic and wonderfully folksy, smart and unapologetic. The recent Family Leader Summit in Des Moines served as a one-two punch, and something of a [...]
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A pure thrill to watch
“No Sudden Move,” a crime thriller about the mobs that ran the Motor City, proves once again that the crooked path to a quick payday never goes smoothly. Set in the [...]
Read More →Food Dude
Classical renaissance
The slow-roasted prime rib at AJ’s was as marvelous as it gets. Some of the disappearing classics of the last century have been coming back, at least in a few [...]
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Strange tales from the Iowa State Fair
World’s largest man, Bobo the clown, Siamese twins and chameleons To think that it has been two years since the last Iowa State Fair is bonkers to me. I did [...]
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The Christmas salad
It’s time for a visit between two women with 192 years lived between them. “When I was in Indianapolis during World War II, I lived in a large house that [...]
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A new season in Iowa
Local producers plan for live shows in 2021-2022. With the irrepressible determination of fresh flora emerging from the devastation of a forest fire, the cultural landscape is sprouting new theatrical [...]
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Sound Circuit
Umphrey’s McGee
The self-proclaimed improv rock band plays Water Works Park on Aug. 15. If you attend an Umphrey’s McGee concert one week, it might not be the same set list the [...]
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Audi A6 Quattro
Sedan is a smooth operator. As SUV and pickup trucks reign supreme in the auto sales market, four-door sedans still sell — just not as much. According to an Edmunds [...]
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Lunch with… Steve Vasquez at Maccabee’s Deli
Blues, glatt and life lessons Steve Vasquez is a corporate chef for Hy-Vee and prominent member of the Iowa Blues Society. We asked him to lunch recently, and he chose [...]
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Iowa’s universities need to learn important lesson
U.S. Court of Appeals said University of Iowa administrators engaged in clear discrimination. In recent years, Republicans and Democrats in the Iowa Legislature often agree on little. But they were [...]
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Boomer’s Bicycle Lounge
West Des Moines bar-and-restaurant combo offers TaKo and a huge, breezy patio. In a well-seasoned West Des Moines location, a new bar-and-restaurant combo made its debut earlier this spring. Boomer’s Bicycle [...]
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Paper pizza from Las Vegas
The most elaborate installation in years at the Des Moines Art Center runs through Oct. 24. Justin Favela is a 34-year-old artist of Guatemalan and Mexico heritage who was born and [...]
Read More →People & Pets
Frisbee fun
Shelby and Colton Cowgill and their four dogs compete in K9 Frisbee Toss & Fetch. As Shelby Cowgill and her dog, Abbie, stand out in the dew-filled practice field, Abbie [...]
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