Posted November 01, 2023in Your View
Posted November 01, 2023in Sound Notes
Sound Advice
It’s not too early to celebrate the holidays with various music concerts at Hoyt Sherman Place. On Nov. 14, Motown Christmas features musicians from The Temptations, Miracles and The Contours. [...]
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Posted November 01, 2023in Iowa Artist
Artists at Edgewater
A treasure of skilled artists reside at a senior community in West Des Moines. One might mistakenly think it’s all about crocheting or baking cookies. Instead, they’re carving wood, shaping [...]
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Posted November 01, 2023in Ask Cityview
Ask CITYVIEW
What are those devices that have popped up all over Des Moines and the suburbs? They are black, like computer tablets, attached to the tops of tall poles, and they [...]
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Posted November 01, 2023in Book Review
Book Reviews
‘A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?’ One of the many common rebuttals to the idea of humanity [...]
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Posted November 01, 2023in Your Neighbors
Three-war veteran shares his story
Maurice Hoffman’s story takes him all over the globe during his time in the military, which began at a young age. At 17 years old, he needed his parents’ signature [...]
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Posted November 01, 2023in People & Pets
Miniature cows
When visualizing a miniature cow, what comes to mind? A cow the size of a dog? Or a goat? For reference, a regular cow weighs about 1,200 pounds. However, a [...]
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Posted November 01, 2023in Art News
Art becomes you
Des Moines Art Center’s new show “Transform Any Room” is a call to everyone’s inner artist. A mish mash of crafts, weavings, assemblages and mixed media, “TAR” is designed to [...]
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Posted November 01, 2023in Sound Circuit
Dipsos, Other Brothers, 10 Watt Robot
When Kenny Sehgal was driving from New York to his hometown of Urbandale, he reminisced about his old band while listening to music in his car. Although he plays guitar [...]
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When the corner of 6th and Locust housed 136 doctors and 67 dentists
When I was a boy — and that was not recently — I would take the bus downtown one afternoon a week to get allergy shots from Dr. Lou Noun. [...]
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