Los Laureles — it’s still the one
In 1989, CITYVIEW predecessor Skywalker began publishing the column “Since I Quit Drinking.” It was a take on the Rip Van Winkle legend that used new sobriety as awakening to [...]
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Posted April 30, 2025in Food Dude
Posted April 30, 2025in Des Moines Forgotten
When Tiny Tim was in Des Moines
I am writing this on the Monday following Record Store Day weekend, and, with all honesty, I didn’t indulge this year. I’m already sitting on more than 2,000 LPs, which [...]
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Posted April 30, 2025in Joe's Neighborhood
Well, that was something
“Well, that was something,” she said out of the blue on a Tuesday. A phrase she was fond of saying for nearly any event from the grand to the not-so-grand. [...]
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Posted April 30, 2025in Center Stage
New theatre company debuts
Periodically, new stage tribes form, answering the calls of their muses. They want to offer new perspectives in central Iowa’s performing scene. Some previous names that float through the memory [...]
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Posted April 30, 2025in Belly Up To...
Smoking Goat Pub
“GOAT” doesn’t just refer to a hay-eating, climbing, hooved domestic animal. It is also an acronym — Greatest Of All Time — often referring to sports icons. Yet there is [...]
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Posted April 30, 2025in Walks of Life
Homes away from home
The decision to host a foreign exchange student can come with a myriad of worries. Will the student want to eat the food we make? Will everyone get along? How [...]
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Posted April 30, 2025in Film Previews
Film Previews
“The Legend of Ochi” PG | 96 minutes Director/Writer: Isaiah Saxon Stars: Helena Zengel, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson A young girl named Yuri is raised to fear the reclusive forest [...]
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Posted April 30, 2025in Your View
Posted April 30, 2025in Book Review
Book Reviews
‘The Devils’ There is a subgenre of fantasy that I haven’t always appreciated. Grimdark novels often leave me feeling a little hollow and depressed. As such, it took me far [...]
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Posted April 30, 2025in Ask Cityview
Ask CITYVIEW
Ask CITYVIEW anything by emailing editor@dmcityview.com. What is proper flag etiquette? There are many rules regarding how to fly the American flag. The Federal Flag Code, Public Law 94-344, contains [...]
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