In Confidence
“Where’s the door?” My Belly Up companion asked this as we wandered into Hotel Fort Des Moines, inspecting possible entryways to an alleged secret speakeasy. The hotel concierge pointed to [...]
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June 04, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Belly Up To...
June 04, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Ask Cityview
Ask CITYVIEW
Does the city of Des Moines consider ways to improve traffic efficiency? For example, better timing of traffic lights, roundabouts, removing traffic lights, etc.? We reached out to the city [...]
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June 04, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Collections & Hobbies
Train collection enjoyed by multiple generations
For many children, their first experience with a train set would be something along the lines of Thomas the Tank engine and his group of pals. This is not the [...]
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June 04, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Publisher
Iowa’s beauty, intermingled destinies, a sex party and cottage cheese containers
You have heard it many times. A picture is worth a thousand words. The actual origin of the adage is spotty, but the saying clearly gained prominence in America in [...]
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June 04, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Book Review
Book Reviews
‘Eat the Ones You Love’ Creepy nostalgia with a literary flare and a killer orchid? Sounds like a good time to me. I like unexpected horror, especially the kind with [...]
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June 04, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Your View
June 03, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Adventurers:
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. [...]
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June 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Dutch devotion belies message given to West Point grads
If an opinionated old guy from southern Iowa delivered the recent commencement address at the United States Military Academy, my message would have contrasted with the one given by another [...]
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May 27, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Adventurers:
Cultural Adventurers: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 [...]
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May 27, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Iowa law would ground Trump’s donated jet with a thud
Last week, the Pentagon accepted the emir of Qatar’s gift of a Boeing 747, a $400 million bauble donated for our president to enjoy by a monarch whose family has [...]
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