May 03, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Your View
May 03, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Circuit
Here Come the Mummies
When interviewing musicians for CITYVIEW, we feature established musicians or up-and-coming acts, divulging the band’s personality through a series of provocative questions. But when interviewing Here Come the Mummies, I’m not sure exactly who I interviewed, except they were supposedly thousand-year old Egyptian mummies named Mummy Cass and Midnight. Here
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May 03, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Iowa Artist
Genevieve Lavalle
Art takes many forms. From oil paintings to charcoal drawings, to sculptures and statues. Art made from fabrics and textiles gives more depth — something you can touch. That’s what fiber and textile artist Genevieve Lavalle loves most about her artwork. Lavalle is located at Mainframe Studios. Her craft consists
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May 03, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Ask Cityview
Ask CITYVIEW
In what capacity am I allowed to use drones in Iowa? Are there laws against where I can and cannot fly them? Drones are becoming more and more popular, whether it be for recreational or commercial use, and state governments have had to keep up with the ever-growing use. Federal
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May 02, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:
From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Podcast Library – https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration
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May 02, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
05/04/23
The mental health of young people depends to a great extent on how they interact with their peers. At COVID’s height, isolation bred anxiety and its accompanying downsides, like cyberbullying, depression, and self-image uncertainties. Even in normal times it’s difficult in Iowa for youngsters with behavior challenges. When an epidemic
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May 02, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Keeping Iowa in the dark is not acceptable
If you watch the Iowa Legislature in action, there are some truisms you see time and again. Such as: Each political party is in favor of transparency and accountability — until they gain the majority. Then those politicians see many reasons why transparency and accountability are problematic. Another: If you
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April 27, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
04/27/23
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, OR to the people.” —Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (bold face and capital letters added by this columnist for emphasis). That little word “or” is
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April 26, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:
From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Podcast Library – https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration
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April 26, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Who knew there are 2 sides to waste, fraud, abuse?
I thought the often-repeated desire to weed out waste, fraud and abuse from government spending was something Republicans, Democrats and independents could all agree on in Iowa. Boy, am I naive. A bit of recent Iowa government history illustrates this contradiction between our elected officials’ statements and their actions. The
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