Iowa State Fair concerts
The Grandstand may get the attention, but the free stages are loaded with more music than you can shake a corn dog at Sun, sweat, smells, rides and more fried food than [...]
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August 01, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
August 01, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
The Ultimate Steak de Burgo
No one knows for sure which central Iowan invented steak de burgo, but CITYVIEW readers will soon have their say as to which local eatery serves the most savory. Food is the [...]
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August 01, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 3
Members Only
An inside look at high society in central Iowa Country clubs. Supper clubs. Private places reserved for paying members only. A handful of such social clubs exist in central Iowa — [...]
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August 01, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
Your city at work: Putting a curb across a bike path. A look at some planks in Iowa’s party platforms.
On April 16 of last year, 55-year-old Mark Evans was riding his bike on the side path of MLK Parkway when he crashed at the southeast corner of 16th Street. [...]
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August 01, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
President Trump’s social media gauntlet would have turned ‘True Gentleman Ray’ into ‘Hanoi Bob’
Ray’s genius was coalition building; Trump’s is the surgical precision of his division seeding. Jordan vs. LeBron. Magic or Kobe? In beer-and-burger debates at bars around the nation, in ferocious [...]
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August 01, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
‘Sorry to bother you’
Once the conversation gets going, you’ll definitely want to be a part of it What’s your price tag? You know, the amount of money it would take for you to [...]
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August 01, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
New kids and how they measure up
In terms of per store profits, Chick-Fil-A is by far the most successful American chain restaurant. McDonald’s leads them in total sales and profits but trails them by a lot [...]
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August 01, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
Making Waterbury green again
With a little help from neighborhood friends, Waterbury Gardens is back in bloom. The project near the corner of Ingersoll Avenue and 48th Street was once a paved roadway. Then it [...]
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August 01, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
The much-needed parade
We all need a reprieve. The summer evening is hot and close. Steam rises up from the damp grass. Only mosquitoes and myself are out. I suspect folks are a [...]
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August 01, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
Celebrating theater, getting ‘Intimate’
Cloris Leachman embraces her namesake awards. Each August, a celebratory event unites the Greater Des Moines theater scene. The final Sunday marks the Greater Des Moines Cloris Leachman Awards for [...]
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