September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
A helpful hand for nearly four decades “There is no more shushing at the library,” informs Tina Brooks. The long-time library clerk then pauses, ponders and decides to improve her statement. “There is a lot less shushing,” she says. “We are respectful of the people who are working, so occasionally we do ask people
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
“My motto is to buy from people you know and as close to home as you can get.” — Lisa Bean Nearly 45 years ago, the Iowa City Coop was on the second floor of an old building on Gilbert Street. A sanctuary of organic foods and small producers. Back
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
A beguilingly misleading title It’s challenging to find new themes when it comes to creating a Broadway musical. “Fun Home” achieves that status, delivering a breathtaking experience based on Alison Bechdel’s best-selling graphic novel, brilliantly adapted by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori. Winner of five 2015 Tony Awards, this new
Read More →Acolytes shout ‘Hallelujah! Amen!’ A trinity of points to open this theological treatise: First, here’s a line from a commercial popular before many readers of CITYVIEW were born: “I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV.” The commercial for Vicks Formula 44 first aired in 1984, featuring Chris
Read More →‘The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America’s Enemies’ The focus of a recent episode of a missing history program was on William Friedman, a groundbreaking cryptologist. It said nothing about Elizebeth Friedman, his wife, who was also an important cryptologist. The story of their role
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in People & Pets
Snake enthusiast moves to U.S. to raise reptiles. A Jim Stafford song from the 1970s, “I Don’t Like Spiders and Snakes,” ran through my head as I drove to my next CITYVIEW assignment — an interview with a snake owner. Could I set aside my intense fear and loathing of
Read More →And the word nugget is passé. Midsummer cooled down after a blistering, thunderous early summer. This assuaged fears that the hostile storms of June and July had damaged our summer crops. Tomatoes continue to thrive in Iowa’s black soil as fall foods begin to appear with them at local markets.
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in The Sound
Band mixes up music based on the crowd. Los Lobos admits to playing music that’s all over the map. From rock, Tex-Mex, country, R&B, traditional Spanish and folk music, Los Lobos prefers genre blending — adapting to the crowd’s musical preferences. And it works. More than 40 years later, the
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