Sports bars carve new identities
Establishing an identity in the restaurant world is wrought with the same anxieties as it is for a teenager. How can you stand out as unique and still fit in [...]
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July 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
July 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
Waukee native returns home for a pair of country performances
To many younger Iowans, Nashville, Tennessee, might seem like an unreachable city of dreams, similar to New York City or Los Angeles. But these two Midwesterners are proving that, contrary [...]
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July 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
Synchronized swimming: art or drowning?
FINA artistic swimming rules. A Ballet Leg is assumed. Maintaining this position, the body is rotated backwards around a lateral axis through the hips to assume a Fishtail Position. The [...]
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July 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
A summer of song and dance
Three big musicals rule the stages this season What do a Greek island, a high school and an archaic girls basketball game share? They are the settings for musicals, those [...]
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July 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Rants & Reason
The future of Iowa newspapers?
Surprise: It all depends! A feature story I wrote in this month’s CITYVIEW offers some context for considering a question that reflects how much affection Iowans have had for their [...]
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July 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Fashion
July 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Art News
Big art rules the summer
Salvaged submarines and the complications of ceramics Des Moines Art Center (DMAC) is hosting one of its biggest shows in years, certainly in the view of the art elites. “Sterling Ruby: Ceramics” [...]
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July 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Circuit
Sweet & sour jangle rock
Gin Blossoms perform July 10 at Nitefall When the Gin Blossoms return to central Iowa to play a Nitefall on the River concert, it’s like coming home for one of [...]
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July 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Notes
Sound Advice
Free tunes. Inexpensive entertainment. Whatever you call it, who doesn’t like to save a buck? As a special feature this month, CITYVIEW is highlighting almost-free concerts, shows that are cheaper [...]
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July 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Your View
