World Record
Remember the first time you witnessed “Guinness World Records”? Recall the majesty of seeing a man standing nearly 9 feet tall? Or a woman not quite 3 feet high? Or [...]
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Posted November 04, 2020in Feature 1
Posted November 04, 2020in Feature 2
In chaos, there is opportunity
In Blake Edwards’ 1959 film “Operation Petticoat,” a devious junior officer played by Tony Curtis seizes a moment of war panic to acquire some things of value. “In chaos, there [...]
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Posted November 04, 2020in Business Feature
The COVID-19 shopping pivot
The days of walking into a real estate open house unannounced or shaking hands with the salesperson from whom you purchase a car are seemingly gone. From the moment COVID-19 [...]
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Posted November 04, 2020in Political Mercury
Top 10 possible 2024 Republican White House candidates in Iowa
Our coverage of the 2024 presidential election started — for me, at least — on Oct. 1, 2020 — well over a month before the Nov. 3 election. U.S. Sen. [...]
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Posted November 04, 2020in Film Review
Watch a potted plant instead
Well, that was unfortunate. This was what I thought after seeing the latest Sofia Coppola work. This movie has Bill Murray in it, and Bill Murray is a national treasure. [...]
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Posted November 04, 2020in Food Dude
Unrvld and Opa!
It takes a brave heart to open a restaurant business in the reigning realm of fear and seclusion. One also needs a quality product to peddle. Fortunately, the owners of [...]
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Posted November 04, 2020in Des Moines Forgotten
Babe’s
November is the annual food issue here at CITYVIEW. For the size of Des Moines, we have a lot going on when it comes to restaurants and food — maybe [...]
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Posted November 04, 2020in Joe's Neighborhood
Between donuts
We sit on the bench. Both of us mouths open, heads leaned back, eyes wide. Glazed donuts melting in our hands as we watch. Clearly, no parent is in charge [...]
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Posted November 04, 2020in Center Stage
Is that a glimmer of stage lights we see at the end of this dark cultural tunnel?
Two-hundred-and-nine days. That is how long it has been since the Des Moines Community Playhouse has presented live theater in its mainstage performing hall. It was the last of the [...]
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Posted November 04, 2020in Your View
