April 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2, Uncategorized
50 seasons of Triple-A baseball This season marks a milestone in Iowa baseball history. The Iowa Cubs home opener on Thursday, April 5 celebrates 50 seasons of Triple-A baseball in Des Moines. The team started as the Iowa Oaks in 1969, then became an affiliate of the Chicago Cubs in 1981, and one year later was christened as the Iowa
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April 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 3
Iowa’s Culinary Trendsetters Our fourth annual CHOICE awards The idea for the CHOICE awards originated 15 years ago and was inspired by Japan’s Living National Treasures. That program honors “preservers of important intangible cultural properties.” In the years after World War II, anxiety arose in Japan that their unique cultural
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April 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Political fight will have implications for two of the more vital figures in Iowa’s economy — the price of corn and soybeans. Some of the nation’s top renewable-fuels and corn and soybean advocates, backed by hundreds of farmers and ag businesspeople, rallied outside of Nevada, Iowa, one recent Saturday afternoon
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April 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
Big robots fighting even bigger monsters — what’s not to like? If you thought the globe-spanning conflict between otherworldly monsters of mass destruction and the human-piloted super-machines built to vanquish them was the last of it, get ready for the all-out assault on humanity in “Pacific Rim Uprising.” It’s been
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April 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
Some are a bit confusing Change is constant, in physics or the restaurant business. As with all paradoxes, there is no rule to find one’s way to success in such chaos. Here are some examples of recent change locally. The space previously known as Bang, Bang Mongolian BBQ and Draught
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April 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
Successful first season for former neighborhood buddies after forming a curling team By day, Mike Farrell is a commercial banker and a family man. But each Friday night during the winter season, he heads to the Metro Ice Sports Facility and throws stones with some former neighbors. That’s right, Farrell
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April 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
When you’re in a crisis, people bring you food. Grease the bottom of your pans. Combine all the dry ingredients including the cinnamon, nutmeg, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Have you noticed that whenever you’re feeling just a little too smart, too strong, too handsome, too successful, too
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April 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
Second City returns to eager Des Moines fans When it comes to improv comedy and the greatest chain of memorable comedians developed through one program, Second City plays second fiddle to nobody. The collective wit and charisma are music to the ears of most anyone who savors the sweet sounds
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April 04, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in The Sound
Conquering the globe Christopher Ford — a.k.a. Christopher Ford — is a familiar face in the pages of CITYVIEW. Once a musician living in Des Moines, Ford now resides outside of Denver and has made strides in his career since leaving Iowa last summer. In 2015, Ryan Adams tweeted and Instagrammed his praise of Ford’s
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