West End Architectural Salvage is opening a second location at the West Glen Town Center in West Des Moines. The unique retailer of architectural salvage objects and re-purposed furniture is [...]
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Posted February 24, 2016in Joe's Neighborhood
“You’re certainly not cool enough to go in there.” I knew that, even without the helpful observation of my wife. I wasn’t at 16, and I’m certainly not at 61. [...]
Read More →Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to: celeste@dmcityview.com This week’s winner: “Chernobyl lab rats.” – Dave Gigstad Runners up: “Ashes, ashes, we ALL fall down” – Jeni [...]
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Posted February 17, 2016in Cover Story
Our readers have voted. The ballots have been counted. Some favorites continue to dominate. Some newcomers pull off upsets. See a list of all the champions here. Dear reader. This [...]
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Posted February 17, 2016in Belly Up To...
The sign above the red brick building features a shapely dame who is scantily clad, impossibly proportioned and wearing a sailor’s cap atop her flowing blonde locks. She’s rocking high [...]
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Posted February 17, 2016in Food Dude
New Year’s resolutions are obsolete. The real temptations toward gluttony come in the weeks after the drunken singing of “Auld Lang Syne.” Burns Night, Lunar New Year, Mardi Gras, Super [...]
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Posted February 17, 2016in Center Stage
Micheal Davenport takes you straight to the heart of a racist. As “Juror No. 10,” in “12 Angry Men,” he bares an irrational hatred of “those people.” Isolated stage front, [...]
Read More →“Love” Friday, Feb. 19 (Netflix) Series Debut: Gillian Jacobs was always the most underrated player in “Community,” a reliable source of dark snark who functioned as a counterpoint to Joel [...]
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Posted February 17, 2016in Film Review
After six years of development hell, a small team of dedicated movie folk, led by director Tim Miller, has finally succeeded in bringing the least film-friendly mainstream comic book hero [...]
Read More →The community of Monroeville, Alabama takes enormous pride in being the model for “To Kill a Mockingbird’s” fictional town of Maycomb, written by its most famous resident, author Harper Lee. [...]
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