Are you ready to ring in 2022? Music venues in Des Moines are gearing up for New Year’s Eve celebrations. A quick note, check with the venue in advance regarding any COVID guidelines. The Des Moines Symphony Orchestra features Michael Cavanaugh, singing the music of Elton John at the Des
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Posted December 01, 2021in Lunch With...
Former owner of Johnny’s Vets Club, Winston’s and Chef’s Kitchen chose to meet at Cosi Cucina. Chef Steve Little owned Johnny’s Vets Club, Winston’s and Chef’s Kitchen. He sold the latter a couple years ago and “retired” as a restaurateur but still caters, consults with younger restaurateurs, and represents an
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Posted December 01, 2021in Your Neighbors
Mary Jo Ragaller, 85, sifts through the seasonal donations at St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store. Deep within a forest of fake Douglas fir Christmas trees, and somewhere within the massive mounds of decorative ornaments that are piled high around heaps of wreaths surrounding boxes upon boxes of holiday mugs
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Posted December 01, 2021in What the?
Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to celeste@dmcityview.com — Be sure to include your name Next month’s photo: This month’s winner “When they say Clive is the No. 1 suburb of Des Moines they mean it; as Clive will not put up with No. 2 at all.” Mark
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Posted December 01, 2021in Your View
Posted December 01, 2021in Film Previews
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” PG-13 | NA Director: Jon Watts Stars: Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Holland For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero’s identity is revealed, bringing his superhero responsibilities into conflict with his normal life and putting those he cares about most
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Posted December 01, 2021in Cars in the City
The world’s first sport utility vehicle is revived after 25 years. A quarter of a century ago, Ford Motor Company retired its popular Ford Bronco. In 2021, Ford revived the Bronco in the midst of a pandemic. Although they endured months of COVID-induced delays with parts and production, along with
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Posted December 01, 2021in Stray Thoughts
It is telling that no objections were lodged against the two Johnston High School books until this school year. There’s a big birthday coming up in Iowa in about a month. This place we call home — these 55,800 square miles of farm fields, wooded land, and clusters of housing
Read More →5-plus decades of concert-going results in two books for James Taylor. Once upon a time, it was 1972 or so, and, in a bar in Fairfield, a man, who was clearly not from there, entered. “What’s it like in Iowa?” This stranger wanted to know. A young local named
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Posted December 01, 2021in Belly Up To...
New location with a spotlight on dinner theater After 36 years, the Garden Nightclub moved from its old warehouse location on S.E. Fourth Street to a new location in East Village — the former House of Bricks. The Garden’s last hurrah at the old place was on New Year’s Eve
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