December 11, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Extra
She’s definitely looking at me. Of course, it’s just a trick of the eye. A common phenomenon. We’ve all experienced it. But still. After all the adulation, the paparazzi, the gazillion of hours devoted to her in articles and on TV shows and even in a movie, you might .
Read More →Quote of the Week “Re-examine all that you have been told…dismiss that which insults your soul.” -Walt Whitman Featured Cultural Offering Dec 13 – CELEBRATE IOWA GALA. 519 Park Street | Des Moines, IA 50309 Presented By: Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Location: Scottish Rite Consistory Phone: (515) 281-5111 Start/End Time: 7:00 PM to
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December 10, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
The Iowa Board of Regents is being asked this week to consider a complex proposal to turn the operation of the University of Iowa’s utility system over to an unnamed a business that will be paid to operate it for the next 50 years. The business will make a cash
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December 04, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
A social networking contest and charity event During Roman gladiator fights, getting the thumbs down was a signal to the victorious fighter to put his sword down and spare the life of the loser. The thumbs up, on the other hand, meant death for the conquered party. But CITYVIEW’s Des
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December 04, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Business Feature
We have come a long way since carbon paper. Technology is constantly changing, which means office equipment and devices have continually evolved through the years. With that evolution has come the extinction of some equipment, changes in others, and the creation of many new products that have sped up the
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December 04, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
Marty Tirrell, the sports-talk guy who shouted on the radio but smooth-talked friends, wives, relatives, acquaintances, advertisers and strangers as he bilked them out of millions of dollars, has made a plea deal with federal prosecutors. On Dec. 6, he pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud, and
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December 04, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Scholten “talks common” in Iowa’s small towns. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman ever elected to Congress and a politician with an instinctive connection to younger and blue-collar voters, called for a “political revolution of working people” in a raucous rally for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in Council Bluffs
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December 04, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
A thoughtful, textured contemplation of how we can effectively deal with our expectations, disappointments and imperfections Once upon a time, a long time ago, a man took off his navy-blue sport jacket and put on a red sweater. Then he took off his shoes and put on a pair of
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December 04, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
It’s survived multiple fires, the deaths of two owners, other natural disasters, and the loss of parking lot access from Grand Avenue. Doing interviews lately about the lost restaurant traditions of Iowa, I started wondering what has not been lost but would be deeply missed if it was. This is
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December 04, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
From biscuit feet to bananas, ballet offers high-energy action. In the beginning of Eleanor Danaan’s ballet life, the young dancer’s feet were shaped like biscuits. “They were… we call them biscuits,” she remembers. “That is when they are just like a claw. I had biscuit feet. But then you stretch
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