Des Moines man publishes Little Shoppe of Horrors magazine for 46 years…and counting. I had heard rumors about a man who had been publishing his own horror fanzine in the basement of his Des Moines residence for four decades. Since I was 15, I have been reading Fangoria, Rue Morgue and HorrorHound Magazine. So when someone tells me about some guy publishing [...]
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The hunt is on for playoff hockey in Des Moines. Tune up the Zamboni. Prepare the penalty boxes. Start practicing your slap shot. Here come the power plays, missing teeth, Minnesota accents, red lines, blue lines… In case you hadn’t heard, central Iowa’s on-ice action is starting to sizzle, and hockey fans are asking: “Is Des Moines becoming a hockey town?” CITYVIEW sifts [...]
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Neighborhoods embrace IMT Des Moines Marathon. Jamie Seitz remembers the first year she and her husband read signs that their neighborhood would be shut down for the IMT Des Moines Marathon. Driveways would be inaccessible. Vehicles parked in the street would be towed. “We were like, ‘Really? Does that really happen?’ ” recalls Seitz, who moved to the Ingersoll Park Neighborhood five [...]
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Teree Caldwell-Johnson is thinking of running for mayor next year. And Sheriff Bill McCarthy is thinking of retiring this year. Caldwell-Johnson, 62, is well-known in Des Moines. She was Polk County Manager from 1996 to 2003, is the very visible chief executive of the Oakridge Neighborhood Services, has been on the school board since 2006 [...]
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It feels, sounds and smells like surrender of the basic, motivating values of more than 40 years for me. And it will to most of you, too. The facts, though, are not on our side. They are quite possibly with a man who sounds an awful lot like a canary in a cornfield. Instinct and [...]
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Fear-inducing madness is sure to scare — and no doubt confuse — younger audiences. The first children’s movie by director Eli Roth, known for grotesque, grindhouse films like “Cabin Fever,” “Death Wish” and “Hostel,” “The House with a Clock in its Walls” adapts the 1973 John Bellairs novel into a mishmash of a coming-of-age story [...]
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Winner of CITYVIEW’s Ultimate Steak de Burgo challenge It was inevitable. Russians won an American election, yet no one called for an investigation of Kremlin collusion. Irina’s won the Ultimate Steak de Burgo challenge by collecting the most votes from CITYVIEW readers, beating out AJ’s, Sam & Gabe’s and Chef’s Kitchen in the finals. It’s about time Irina’s won some respect. [...]
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Major Finken rediscovers herself through pageant. When Mrs. Iowa Jill Finken competed at the Mrs. America pageant in August in Las Vegas, it is quite likely that she was the only contestant who is a mother, wife, lawyer and major in the National Guard, with a deployment to Afghanistan and air assault training under her belt. Sitting at [...]
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There are more bikes than residents in the Netherlands. “Protected bike lanes are different from conventional bike lanes where the bike lanes are placed along the curb and protected from vehicle traffic. [East Grand] is the first of its kind in the City of Des Moines.” – City of Des Moines Construction Projects. Being on [...]
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Two musicals open in Greater Des Moines with much fanfare. From an English mining town to 1907 Coney Island, two musicals open in Greater Des Moines with much fanfare. The Des Moines Community Playhouse christens its new performing hall with an ambitious show, “Billy Elliott The Musical.” Des Moines Performing Arts welcomes the national tour [...]
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There’s an old expression that officials of Indian Hills Community College obviously have not heard about — or have chosen to ignore. The expression is simple: If you find yourself in a hole, stop shoveling. But the school continues to shovel — digging itself ever deeper into legal trouble and into a public relations quagmire. [...]
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Sony’s WH-1000XM2 is the king of the consumer-level headset market. Everyone has that frustrating experience of sitting close to someone with awful headphones — not headphones that are unstylish but a set of stone-age ear-covering headphones that seem to send audio in all directions. This encounter seems to happen during inescapable situations such as on [...]
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Dive bar has much folklore in 80-year-old neighborhood. On the shortest street in Des Moines, Drew Carey of the “Price is Right” yells, “C’mon down.” His voice blasts from the TV at the Triangle Tap, where mostly retired patrons play for prizes and drink specials during happy hour, starting at 9 a.m. Once 4 o’clock hits, a different crowd [...]
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ARL TheraPet duck provides companionship. Like many pets, Webster’s favorite activity is riding in a car and sitting on laps. He doesn’t mind a leash or being doused with water. In fact, the more water, the better to dunk his head. These facts may not seem unusual for most pets, but for this pet? It’s [...]
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Sears Roebuck connection found as demolition starts. Bill and Jane Wonderlich found interesting evidence the two-story farmhouse bungalow they started to demolish was a Sears Roebuck kit house. Bill found several shipping labels on the back of the oak floor baseboards they pulled up. The house was located on the 7.5-acre property the two purchased [...]
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Black Violin performs Classical Boom tour. Mozart versus Jay Z. Beethoven or Usher? If you struggle deciding which musical genre you like listening to most — classical or hip-hop — how about both? That’s what the group Black Violin performs — a little of both, as well as R&B, rock and bluegrass music. The duo [...]
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If Jason Besler is a judge, he should resign. Besler was one of two men nominated to fill a vacancy on the Sixth Judicial District Court in Iowa City. Gov. Kim Reynolds had 30 days to make her choice. She missed the June 21 deadline — despite what her office contends — but then swore [...]
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