Roar into the 2020s with the 1920s Gatsby Gala at the Mainframe Studios, 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, from 7:30-11 p.m. on Jan. 18. Plans call for live music from Diva and the Deacons, featuring singer Tina Haase Findlay. She describes her music as “Blues, rock and soul meets jazz,
Read More →Tim Heldt, CEO of Charter Bank, announced the hiring of Brooke Ruddy as Marketing Director. She will succeed Debra Heldt who retired on December 31, 2019 from Charter Bank where Heldt served 22 years as Marketing Director. Tim Heldt commented, “We are delighted to add Brooke to our local Charter
Read More →After more than three decades together, 38 SPECIAL continue to bring their signature blast of Southern Rock to over 100 cities a year. And at each and every show, thousands of audience members are amazed by the explosive power of the band’s performance. Their many Gold and Platinum album awards
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Posted January 03, 2020in Tribute
Here’s a one-paragraph, one-sentence, 293-word essay Ken Fuson wrote for The Des Moines Register on a warm spring day in 1995: Here’s how Iowa celebrates a 70-degree day in the middle of March: By washing the car and scooping the loop and taking a walk; by daydreaming in school and
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Posted January 01, 2020in Feature 1
When intermingling with people and getting hugs isn’t enough, this therapeutic and platonic touch may be the answer. Michelle White was looking for a way to fulfill her need for personal connection and touch. She had been single for several years and wanted affection. “Intermingling with people and getting hugs
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Posted January 01, 2020in Feature 2
CITYVIEW’s quest to eradicate hibernation continues. Wicked arctic blasts have invaded central Iowa, and Old Man Winter now occupies the region. This evil bully rules with an ice-cold fist while brandishing bad intentions and intimidating the citizenry with malicious sub-zero temperatures. Be on high alert, but fear not! Although CITYVIEW
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Posted January 01, 2020in Business Feature
EDITOR’S NOTE: After this story went to press, President Donald Trump signed a bill that raises the federal legal age for purchasing tobacco from 18 to 21. Beginning in the summer of 2020, it will be a violation of federal law to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age
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Posted January 01, 2020in Civic Skinny
The Des Moines City Council on Dec. 16 gave the go-ahead for the plan by developer Jeff Young to turn the old Franklin Junior High School into an entertainment center, gathering place, office building and hotel. There were a few questions about signage and sidewalks before the unanimous vote, but
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Posted January 01, 2020in Political Mercury
The former vice president talks small-town retail, future of ag and nuclear arms. American agriculture can get to net-zero carbon emissions and make money doing it while still feeding the world, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says. “It’s hard for people to get their head around it because it’s so
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Posted January 01, 2020in Film Review
A whodunit with a lot on its mind besides catching a killer Director Rian Johnson shows his love for the murder mystery genre but avoids falling into its predictable plot mechanics in his latest feature, “Knives Out.” When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his
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