April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
Iowa is the only state in the union that has not seen its population double since 1900. Don’t expect that to be part of our state’s economic development marketing campaign [...]
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April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Any conflicted pregnant woman who watched the just-concluded Paramount series sensation “Yellowstone” likely scheduled an abortion before the final cowboy deserted Kevin Coster and Taylor Sheridan’s fictional Montana ranch. Costner should reimburse [...]
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April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
The Warner Bros.-owned franchise began as a series of animated shorts that were released during the golden age of American animation between 1930 to 1969, and more than 1,000 [...]
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April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
The year was 1978, a most Dickensian time. A murder/suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, ended 909 American lives while Israel and Egypt were finding accord at Camp David, Maryland. Argentina won [...]
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April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Des Moines Forgotten
Hell must have frozen over, because I am writing about ShowBiz Pizza. As a kid in the early 1990s, spending a birthday or two at a mall arcade blowing a [...]
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April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
The letter began well enough: “Dear friend.” Who doesn’t want to be a friend? But then it quickly went south: “Back Country will be closing its doors for good in [...]
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April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
“Hadestown” anchors a stellar lineup of April stage offerings for theatre patrons looking to experience locally sourced stage work to an eight-time Tony Award-winning Broadway national touring production. Feast time [...]
Read More →Ask CITYVIEW anything by emailing editor@dmcityview.com. How many employees does the Des Moines Performing Arts organization have? According to numbers provided by the DMPA, the answer is 45 full-time [...]
Read More →‘Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection’ Tuberculosis seems like one of those diseases from the Victorian era that was left in history like cholera or [...]
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April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Circuit
Mike Zito, a nine-time Blues Music Award winner and founder of Gulf Coast Records, has recorded more than two dozen albums and performed with some of the greatest blues musicians [...]
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