Posted April 02, 2025in Des Moines Forgotten
Hell must have frozen over, because I am writing about ShowBiz Pizza. As a kid in the early 1990s, spending a birthday or two at a mall arcade blowing a pocket full of quarters on The Simpsons and Mortal Kombat was common. If you had even cooler parents, you had
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Posted April 02, 2025in Joe's Neighborhood
The letter began well enough: “Dear friend.” Who doesn’t want to be a friend? But then it quickly went south: “Back Country will be closing its doors for good in the next few month.” Oof! Aging is a little like playing that game where you take away blocks all stacked
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Posted April 02, 2025in Center Stage
“Hadestown” anchors a stellar lineup of April stage offerings for theatre patrons looking to experience locally sourced stage work to an eight-time Tony Award-winning Broadway national touring production. Feast time for live performing arts. “Hadestown,” with music, lyrics and book by Anaïs Mitchell, tells a version of the ancient Greek
Read More →Ask CITYVIEW anything by emailing editor@dmcityview.com. How many employees does the Des Moines Performing Arts organization have? According to numbers provided by the DMPA, the answer is 45 full-time and 361 part-time employees. What happened to Hoops and Hops this year? And how many people normally attend? Hoops
Read More →‘Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection’ Tuberculosis seems like one of those diseases from the Victorian era that was left in history like cholera or dysentery. Yet, it lingers large in vast portions of this world that we rarely see, and its insidious nature pervades
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Posted April 02, 2025in Sound Circuit
Mike Zito, a nine-time Blues Music Award winner and founder of Gulf Coast Records, has recorded more than two dozen albums and performed with some of the greatest blues musicians in the world. Yet, when he began a tour with “Saturday Night Live” alumni and actor Bill Murray, Zito declared
Read More →“A Minecraft Movie” PG | 101 minutes Director: Jared Hess Writers: Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener Stars: Jennifer Coolidge, Jason Momoa, Emma Myers Get ready to dive into the blocky, adventurous world of Minecraft, hitting theaters in April. Starring Jason Momoa as a rugged warrior, the live-action adaptation promises
Read More →Few things say springtime like baseball. Spring training for the teams is a signal for us Iowans that the snow will soon be completely gone and the green grass will be growing. Bitterly cold temperatures can keep some folks home during the early-season games, but that is where the term
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Posted April 02, 2025in Art News
The world edged a little closer to discovering what art is, thanks to the German court system. At least, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice determined what art isn’t — that being Birkenstock sandals. The German company that makes those, which goes back to 1774, filed a lawsuit against three competitors
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Posted April 02, 2025in Belly Up To...
When walking into a new bar, patrons often experience an instant vibe. The vibe at Doug’s Pub & Grub is friendly and welcoming, a neighborhood bar feel that many patrons crave. With a name like Doug’s Pub & Grub, one would logically expect to find a guy named Doug as
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