The Good, The Bad and The Irish
What’s corned beef got to do with it? St. Patrick’s Day is one of America’s great celebrations of ethnic pride and alcohol consumption. To most people here, it has much to do with shamrocks, [...]
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February 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 3
February 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
Small papers hit hard by new Hy-Vee ad strategy. A weaving Maserati. Sex with a stranger, sort of.
Hy-Vee’s decision to quit putting weekly advertising inserts into newspapers is another blow to Iowa’s newspapers — and it’s a particular hit at the 75 or so small dailies and [...]
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February 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
You are clicking to your enemy
And he doesn’t speak Spanish Never in the annals of human history has a gay man so brilliantly wooed a straight woman. Apple CEO Tim Cook and other forces at [...]
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February 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
‘Black Panther’
A radically different kind of comic book movie Due to the recent oversaturation of the superhero genre, many have developed a fatigue to these movies by now and are tired [...]
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February 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
Django moves on, Lzaza welcomes all
February brought us one of the rarest weeks ever for culinary celebration. Lunar New Year, Valentine’s Day, Mardi Gras, the first week of the Lenten Fish Fries and Bacon Fest [...]
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February 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
Where in the world is Coach Carter?
Climbing the ranks and never giving up “This coach has swag,” says Kahlil Carter, as he describes himself. “Swag is about something you are, not something you wear. It is [...]
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February 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
Graziano’s tablecloth
“Tablecloths represent the good experiences of sharing a meal with friends and family. It represents the idea that we are a community. Where does community get its start? It gets [...]
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February 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
Early engagement
Enhancing Des Moines’ next generations through performing arts opportunities Local youth plays and workshops likely won’t be a fast track to stardom, a short cut to a Tony Award, or [...]
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February 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Couch Surfing
Old Barry
I thought for years that couch surfing was a young person’s game, until I met old Barry from Colorado. He is 72 years old and is traveling to Toronto in his 1983 Cadillac [...]
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February 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in At Home With
Anthony Horvath
Pieces of history in a Sherman Hill duplex Go to therapy or do something with it. Two decades ago, Anthony Horvath took his own advice and started putting his collection [...]
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