May 04, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Feature 2
Iowa Cubs President and General Manager Sam Bernabe does not, and never will, fear change. For the past 39 years in his role at the managerial helm of Des Moines’ Triple-A professional baseball team, change has become a path well worn. Thousands of players have come and gone, as have
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May 04, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Business Feature
The Des Moines Downtown Farmers’ Market launched in 1976 with 15 vendors. Since then, it has become a downtown mainstay and has grown to 280 vendors covering several blocks. The Greater Des Moines Partnership organizes the Market, which runs from 7 a.m. to noon every Saturday from May 7 to
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May 04, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Civic Skinny
A petition to rename George Flagg Parkway was posted on March 30 as a joint effort by the Des Moines Black Liberation Movement (DSM BLM) and Des Moines Peoples’ Town Hall. George Flagg, who died in 2006, served as an at-large Des Moines City Councilmember for 22 years. In a
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May 04, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Political Mercury
Buoyed by his political companion for the day, the popular west-central Iowa congressman Randy Feenstra, former Vice President Mike Pence delivered a fierce defense of long-held conservative values to Iowa’s 4th District Republican Convention at Carroll High School April 23. More than 400 people, including about 250 district convention delegates, mingled
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May 04, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Film Review
Likely to be a new favorite for any of Nic Cage’s long-term fans or new bandwagoners, “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” (“Massive Talent”) is an entertaining film that doesn’t unleash anything spectacular but does a fine job of allowing its leading men to have an absolute blast in a
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May 04, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Food Dude
One baffling question facing the contemporary restaurant world: Who first thought that endless menus were a good idea? The Cheesecake Factory leads America with a 23-page menu that includes 85 different chicken dishes and just short of 6,000 words. According to Business Insider, this works because the menu size generates
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May 04, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Des Moines Forgotten
A year and half ago, we lost an important piece of Des Moines’ cinema lovers’ history, Video Warehouse. Many stories have been told about the place since its closing was announced, but I have a particular memory that not many people may be aware of — a digital series called
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May 04, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Joe's Neighborhood
The mud-brown leaves, pressed flat and brittle by winter snow, swirl around on my blue tarp looking for a way to escape the mulch pile. A gust blows from the west. I run to the far side of the tarp to push the leaves back. A gust blows from the
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May 04, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Center Stage
With an allure that still resonates from its sold-out run at Des Moines Performing Arts in 2018, “Hamilton” returns, expanding from that initial week-long stay to present this Broadway hit for three weeks beginning May 17. It has won Tony, Grammy and Olivier awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and
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May 04, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Art News
“Modern Concepts” is a new print show at the Des Moines Art Center. The curator is Jeff Fleming, the retiring museum director. That is a rare thing, but Fleming said he loves the subject. “Modernism was both an approach to artmaking as well as a mindset that focused on the
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