Best of Des Moines 2018
And the winners are… Being the best at anything is a tall order. Being the best in the entire city — including all of its surrounding territories consisting of a population [...]
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January 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
January 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
The Dixie Wooten era
Iowa Barnstormers boast the league’s best wide receivers and a coach who won’t hide his intent to use them “We did it last year, and we’re going to do it again this year,” [...]
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January 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 3
DARTing questions
Funding conundrums lead to head scratching “Is DART fiscally unstable?” I ask. I’m on the phone with Elizabeth Presutti, the CEO of the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART). If [...]
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January 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
McCoy vs Mauro? Hatch vs. Bisignano? Who’s giving what in gubernatorial race.
Matt McCoy isn’t talking, but friends say he almost certainly will leave the Iowa Senate and run against John Mauro for Mauro’s seat on the Polk County Board of Supervisors. [...]
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January 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
In Steve King’s Iowa, white women need to be pregnant — like all the time
Hail King and Crania Americana! In the snowy white, diversity-free future Steve King envisions for Iowa, a blonde-haired, milky-skinned paradise parade of pure-bred Caucasians, white women had better get pregnant [...]
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January 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
‘I, Tonya’ is fearless, ferocious and very funny.
“America. They want someone to love, but they want someone to hate … There’s no such thing as truth. I mean it’s bullshit!” —Tonya Harding Kids today are often told [...]
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January 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
Range redefines the sports bar
This is the best sports bar food ever in central Iowa The word “redefine” is usually overstated in restaurant parlance. Once in a great while, someplace truly deserves the verb. [...]
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January 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
7 yards and then happily ever after
Chris Norton’s whole world changed in an instant. Eight weeks into his freshman football season at Luther College, Chris Norton dove to make a tackle while covering a kickoff. “Chris, [...]
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January 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
It was so cold . . .
. . . the water in the toilet froze! Yup, there I am, minding my own business after the holidays, watching our adult kids go back to their own lives, putting away [...]
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January 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
Des Moines Young Artists’ Theatre
Floatin’ like a butterfly, stingin’ like a bee Theatre cuts a wide swath when it comes to its purpose and effectiveness. Comedies, musicals and dramas expand into areas of history, [...]
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