July 03, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
This place is on my list of top five restaurants in Iowa. July is America’s month of reckoning with all that is true and constant in our makeup. We celebrate traditions with a bombast of fireworks and pride, returning home to pay respect to roots, friendships and blood. The other
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July 03, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
Safety comes first for Pleasant Hill’s first full-time female fire chief. Of the 30,000 fire departments in the United States, about 150 of them have a female fire chief — according to womeninfire.org. Less than 5 percent of firefighters are female. On June 11, Pleasant Hill’s City Council voted unanimously
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July 03, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
An old man getting an earring wasn’t cool 25 years ago. Sonya Rumbly smiles. A wide friendly smile. One that puts me at ease even though I’m surrounded by narrow walls of pink and glitter. Pink-and-glitter purses, pink-and-glitter backpacks, pick-and-glitter necklaces. Claire’s in Merle Hay Mall must be a paradise
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July 03, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
Newspaper tycoon Pulitzer versus paperboys in historically based musical The Des Moines Community Playhouse has developed a strong reputation for delivering lavish Broadway musicals. In this centennial year, it will roll out an eagerly anticipated one: “Disney’s Newsies The Broadway Musical.” This smash hit show, based on the 1992 film,
Read More →“Midsommar”R140 minutesDirector/Writer: Ari AsterStars: Florence Pugh, Will Poulter, Jack Reynor Described by its director as “a dark break-up movie that becomes a horror film” and “a ‘Wizard of Oz’ for perverts,” the sophomore follow-up to fan favorite “Hereditary” looks positively disquieting. Ari Aster presents a dread-soaked cinematic fairytale that looks
Read More →ADDRESS: 208 THIRD ST., DES MOINESDATE: May 10, 2019SALE PRICE: $1,300,000SELLER: FTM INCBUYER: KELLEY HOLDINGS LLCACRES: 0.068SQUARE FEET: 5,808 ADDRESS: 7035 DOUGLAS AVE., URBANDALEDATE: May 13, 2019SALE PRICE: $117,500SELLER: MC BROOM, JAMESBUYER: HOUSBY, MICHAEL AACRES: 0.385SQUARE FEET: 1,180 ADDRESS: 3920 UNIVERSITY AVE., WEST DES MOINESDATE: May 15, 2019SALE PRICE: $51,196,000SELLER:
Read More →‘Biloxi’ “Always Happy Hour” by Mary Miller was one of my favorite books of the year when it came out, and she did not disappoint with her latest offering, “Biloxi.” “Biloxi” is named for the city in which it takes place, Biloxi, Mississippi. Miller tells the story of Louis McDonald,
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July 03, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in The Sound
Headliner, Grammy winner to perform at 80/35. The 80/35 music festival is scheduled for July 12-13 at Gateway Park. This year’s extravaganza features more than three dozen acts playing on five different stages. Portugal. The Man is one of 80/35’s headlining acts, and the band is scheduled to perform on
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July 03, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Lunch With...
Cowgirl and marksman is one of several women who dominate upscale catering in Des Moines. Cyd Koehn owns Catering by Cyd. She has catered in Des Moines now for 25 years. We asked her to lunch recently, and she chose Wasabi. Wasabi is one of five restaurants that former New
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July 03, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Business Feature
Central Iowa vendors learn the fireworks business. Two years after the Iowa Legislature opened the doors for the sale of fireworks within the state’s borders,vendors say they’re focused on how to make theirventure profitable and to set themselves apart from their competitors. State fire marshal officials and vendors say most
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