Autographing with excellence
Who doesn’t want to be the best? In some way, I believe we all do. In most cases, being “good enough” simply isn’t good enough. We want to do better. [...]
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February 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Publisher
February 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Walks of Life
An unforgettable ride
What kids, strapped into the backseats of their parents’ cars, gazing through the gaps between the front seats and watching the road ahead, don’t think how great it will be [...]
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February 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Your View
February 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Lunch With...
Trang Pham and Thien Olson
Trang Pham and her sister, Thien Olson, are young immigrants making their way in entrepreneurial Iowa while also holding down impressive day jobs and becoming family nuclei. We asked them [...]
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February 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
Christopher’s — a family heirloom
Joe and Red Giudicessi bought Christopher’s in 1961. The purchase included a sign too expensive to replace, so they kept the name someone else liked. Before that, they ran a [...]
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February 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Ask Cityview
Ask CITYVIEW
What years had the least and most laws passed in Iowa’s General Assembly? To answer this question, we dug into the online records for the Iowa legislature, which date back [...]
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February 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Circuit
Bob Pace is Iowa’s king of guitar
There’s a king of pop. A king of rock. And there’s an Iowa king of guitar as well. Although that’s not Bob Pace’s definition of himself. But take a listen [...]
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February 04, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Adventurers:
From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, Mainframe Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural [...]
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February 03, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Bird calls or dog whistles: What our attorney general is doing
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird again tried to put herself in the national spotlight last week as leader of a group of Republican attorneys general who fixed their sights on [...]
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January 30, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Just Released
State Auditor Sand releases fraud investigation of CFI
Des Moines, IA – State Auditor Rob Sand today released a special investigation of Children and Families of Iowa (CFI), a non-profit partially funded with federal tax dollars allocated by [...]
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