November 02, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose would smell as sweet by any other,” mused Will Shakespeare’s Romeo. As Romeo soon discovered, his thinking was fatally flawed. In the third millennium, names have only temporary quantifiable value, at least when it comes to things that endure much
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November 02, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
A decade of D-League basketball in Des Moines. A look back. And the vision forward. It may be hard to believe, but it has been a decade since the Iowa Energy surged onto central Iowa’s basketball scene. During the summer of 2016, the Energy — guided by General Manager Chris
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November 02, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in Cover Story, Feature 3
It was the 1960s. We had a big car and a small house. That helps explain why driving around the city was one of our family’s favorite pastimes. Perhaps we were trying to see how the other half lived, not that I really knew the difference. We would hop in
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November 02, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Ladies, let me take you behind the curtain of male privilege and entitlement, into the locker rooms and fraternity chapter chambers and other sanctuaries of unapologetic American maleness. Right up front, I’m here to tell you, Donald Trump’s admissions of genital groping — of breath-mint-popping, lip-puckering readiness for forced kisses
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November 02, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
When you hear names like Zach Galifianakis, Jon Hamm, Isla Fisher, Patton Oswalt, Matt Walsh and Maribeth Monroe, one might expect to see a film littered with laughs and gut-wrenching guffaws. However, “Keeping Up with the Joneses” is a lackluster attempt at a suburban mystery/spy flick. With their children at
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November 02, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
Each fall, Cityview holds a contest to let readers select the ultimate local version of a popular food. Sandwich lovers picked B&B Grocery Meat & Deli’s pork tenderloin as the ultimate sandwich. Steakhouse fans went with Chicago Speakeasy, noodle lovers chose Noodle Zoo, and barbecue aficionados selected Woody’s. Twice we
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November 02, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
Was Dowling Catholic’s wrestling program the most dominant in Iowa high school sports history? Maybe. “We only had one dual meet loss during the decade of the ’80s,” says Ron Gray, former Dowling wrestling coach. He says that crosstown rival, Valley, was the only team to beat them during the
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November 02, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
Knocking on the door of No. 9 Beschuitsteeg in Leiden is unsettling. Don’t get me wrong, not the unsettling of eating slimy raw herring by the tail, a Dutch delicacy that is plenty unsettling, but more like “my wife is going to wonder one more time why she’s married to
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November 02, 2016 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
The Oscar winner “Shakespeare in Love” has a great bit about theater. According to the man who runs Shakespeare’s company, he’s always facing “insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.” And how does the show go on? “It’s a mystery,” he shrugs. Todd Buchacker, artistic director of StageWest, knows
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