Posted October 04, 2023in Business Feature
Falling leaves and pumpkin spice lattes mark the return of seasonal business ventures like apple orchards and pumpkin patches. These businesses promise joy, laughter and happy memories. Haunted houses promise the opposite with fear, horror and terror. The bigger the scare, the bigger the profit, so it may seem. But
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Posted October 04, 2023in Civic Skinny
Despite rising interest rates and home prices, a number of major residential purchases have occurred since the start of 2023 in central Iowa. CITYVIEW gathered details on seven homes that have sold for more than $1.5 million, four of which went for more than $2 million. In Granger, a home
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Posted October 04, 2023in Political Mercury
Republican presidential candidate Doug Burgum, a North Dakotan with rural roots, says energy independence and strategies to develop a strong economy are central features of his campaign. What’s more, the North Dakotan says he understands rural America as well as anyone campaigning for the Oval Office. “I’m just a small-town
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Posted October 04, 2023in Film Review
In the quirky sci-fi comedy “Relax, I’m From the Future,” Rhys Darby shines in his role as the endearing and clueless time traveler, Casper. Darby’s comedic expertise, honed through characters like Murray in “Flight of the Conchords” and Stede Bonnet in “Our Flag Means Death,” makes him the perfect fit
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Posted October 04, 2023in Food Dude
Officially the Wallace Center’s mission is to “bring together diverse people and ideas to co-create solutions that build healthy farms, equitable economies, and resilient food systems.” For most of us, that is realized through the farm’s stall at Downtown Farmers Market, Wednesday teas and Thursday farm-to-table dinners in the Des
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Posted October 04, 2023in Des Moines Forgotten
Until a few years ago, I could not say that I had ever been in a haunted house. My house was built in 1916, and there is no doubt that a lot of souls have lived in this house the last 100-plus years. The first year I was living there,
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Posted October 04, 2023in Joe's Neighborhood
“Life expectancy at birth for women in the United States dropped 0.8 years from 79.9 years in 2020 to 79.1 in 2021, while life expectancy for men dropped one full year, from 74.2 years in 2020 to 73.2 in 2021.” – CDC, Aug. 23, 2022 73.2 years? Really? I might as
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Posted October 04, 2023in Center Stage
The Des Moines Community Playhouse is a regional leader when it comes to community theatre programming and engagement. While Des Moines Performing Arts leads the way in bringing the best of Broadway and global entertainment to its stages, the Playhouse continues to forge new paths and alliances that benefit Iowans.
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Posted October 04, 2023in Collections & Hobbies
When starting a collection, most don’t expect or even dream of meeting the person who inspired it. Comic book collectors aren’t going to meet Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr. doesn’t count) and sports card collectors won’t meet Babe Ruth (for obvious reasons). It was a different story for Craig Cronbaugh
Read More →Hawaiians living in Central Iowa are joining together for a benefit show, Aloha Wind Presents Mālama Maui: A Benefit Show for Maui at xBk on Oct. 8. The goal is to help out families affected by the Maui wildfires. The show features music, dance and sharing of the Hawaiian culture
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