January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Tom Harkin still has it. The pulse of Iowa on instinct auto dial and a force of moral clarity and that defining doggedness, an aw-shucks ease with voters, and a rhetorical sledgehammer ever ready when he needs it. He’s fast, too, on the draw with a prescription for Democrats in
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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
Romance has been defined more ways than there are to ask for a date to the prom. Hollywood and the merchants of St. Valentine brand our young minds with very sentimental trappings — chocolates, flowers, linen table cloths, candlelight and violins. There is another more expansive definition, sometimes ascribed to
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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Des Moines Forgotten
It’s the busiest time of the year at the CITYVIEW offices with our annual BEST OF DES MOINES winners being announced. I thought it would be fun to dive into some of the past BEST OF DES MOINES winners, which means taking a walk into the deep dark tomb that
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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
Bad luck is bad luck. True enough. But there are certainly different types of bad luck. There’s the really bad luck of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and it’s a matter of life or death. Like getting trapped by a falling boulder and having to cut
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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
February stages come to vibrant life, enticing winter dwellers from their cozy confines. A tantalizing range of shows spans from classic to comedy to musical to children’s theatre as the region’s talent focuses on a bounty of shows to savor. Ballet Des Moines even brings another world premiere to the
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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Publisher
The word “best” is used quite frequently in today’s world. Everyone seemingly has a best recipe or a best route or a best friend. The dictionary defines “best” as “the highest possible state of excellence” or “the best quality or property of a person or thing.” I agree with that.
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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Lunch With...
Tim and Wendie O’Brien are horse people with a challenging love story. Because it’s St. Valentine’s month, we asked them to lunch, and they chose Ted’s Coney Island, an Ingersoll stalwart that occupies the iconic International House of Pancakes building that it succeeded. Ted’s has been around Des Moines since
Read More →Jay Ernest, a Minneapolis-based musician, channels the “man in black” with his group, the Church of Cash. This award-winning Johnny Cash tribute band plays the classic hits. The all-ages concert is Feb. 3 at Wooly’s. Tickets $20-$25. Craving an outdoor concert in the dead of winter? Head over to the
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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
If you have spent any time in Des Moines, it’s almost a certainty you have been to the Blank Park Zoo. It’s been open since the mid 1960s and has been home to a countless number of animals throughout the years, courtesy of the zookeepers who work mostly behind the
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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in People & Pets
A litter of kittens, along with their “street cat” mama, was found nearly six years ago under a busy highway bridge. Hope Animal Rescue of Iowa rescued the mom and kittens, then offered them up for adoption. One black kitten, which looked like it was struck by lightning, caught the
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