Posted November 04, 2020in Cars in the City
Welcome to our new Cars in the City column in CITYVIEW, where we’ll feature a test drive of a vehicle from a local dealership. For our initial voyage, I sought out the 2020 Nissan Murano Platinum, an all-wheel drive SUV with smooth features. I found five different cameras, mounted on
Read More →What happens when you put together the sounds of arcade games along with the Nutcracker Ballet? A new album, of course! Tyler Larson, an Ankeny native who now lives in Windsor Heights, has played and taught piano for 20 years. He grew up with a Gameboy in his hand but
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Posted November 04, 2020in Film Previews
“Hillbilly Elegy” (Netflix) Director: Ron Howard Stars: Glenn Close, Amy Adams, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto Based off of J.D. Vance’s bestselling memoir of the same name, “Hillbilly Elegy” is a modern exploration of the American Dream and three generations of an Appalachian family as told by its youngest member. In
Read More →‘Humans’ Brandon Stanton’s gorgeous, heart-stopping social media pages, “Humans of New York,” is a huge sensation for a reason. Telling the stories of regular people — in all their messy, wrenching, fallible glory — accompanied by stunning pictures of the storytellers has become a recipe for seemingly everyone looking for
Read More →The Covid-19 pandemic persists. Be safe. Be considerate. Be compassionate. But, continue to be creative. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz Quote of the Week “Telling lies about others is as harmful as hitting them with an ax, wounding them with a sword, or shooting them with a
Read More →Knapp Properties has promoted Jake Lundgren to Chief Operating Officer. Lundgren has worked in commercial real estate for over 22 years and has been at Knapp Properties for over 18 years, most recently serving as Knapp Properties’ Executive Vice President. Jake currently oversees all aspects of the property management department,
Read More →The Urbandale Chamber of Commerce has announced three finalists for the prestigious 2020 Urbandale Business of the Year. The award is given annually during Sample Urbandale, A Celebration of Business to honor three businesses and designate one of the three as the Business of the Year. Businesses are evaluated in
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Posted November 02, 2020in Civic Skinny
The hiring of political veteran John Norris to be the new county manager — which was expected to be announced after CITYVIEW went to press — was not without its drama. There were two finalists for the $230,000-a-year job vacated in June by Mark Wandro — well-connected state and national
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