CITYVIEW’s Best of Des Moines
You know the drill by now. For nearly three decades, CITYVIEW’s Best Of Des Moines Poll has informed central Iowa about its biggest, best, brightest, tastiest, most fabulous, most effective, [...]
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February 03, 2021 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
February 03, 2021 by Brent Antisdel
in Business Feature
Changing spaces
Changing trends have regularly caused business leaders to rethink their use of office space. From a time when clunky rotary phones were placed on heavy wooden desks, to the days [...]
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February 03, 2021 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Hawaii is Barry Obama’s home state, Illinois is Barack Obama’s home state, but Iowa is President Obama’s home state.
In incoming U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Iowa has not just an experienced hand leading a federal agency vital to the Hawkeye State’s economy, but he is a close [...]
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February 03, 2021 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
‘The White Tiger’
“The White Tiger” follows Balram, a poor driver who uses his wit and guile to free himself from servitude to his masters and make his way to the top. According [...]
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February 03, 2021 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
Innovation in the year of the virus
“They say that time changes everything, but actually you have to change things yourself.” — Andy Warhol Business schools are already teaching classes about coping with viral challenges. This year [...]
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February 03, 2021 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
Meet: Miss Iowa
“There was an old lady who swallowed a fly….” How did Emily Tinsman get to be singing these lyrics while kicking off a summer reading series for kids? The same [...]
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February 03, 2021 by Brent Antisdel
in Des Moines Forgotten
The Iowa Renaissance Faire
It might be a little out of season to be thinking about summer festivals, but a reader reached out to me with a topic that I have been curious about [...]
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February 03, 2021 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
Self-help books and fries
We are late, my friend and I. The doors to the hall at Hoyt Sherman Place are already closed. We can hear the murmur of voices as we rush up [...]
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February 03, 2021 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
New varieties of performance arts arise from the pandemic
One truth always seems to emerge from cultural chaos: creativity will find a way to adapt, overcome and continue to engage the public. Central Iowa is showing its mettle during [...]
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Poverty never comes with privilege
I hear a lot about white privilege. I grew up in Martin county, Kentucky. We were considered one of the poorest counties in the United States. In April, 1964, President [...]
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