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March 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel in Film Review

‘The Monkey’ doesn’t take requests

“The Monkey” is a violent spectacle that revels in absurdity. The film, based on Stephen King’s short story, follows twin brothers Hal and Bill Shelburn (played by Christian Convery as children and Theo James as adults). When they uncover a cursed toy monkey among their father’s belongings, they realize that

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March 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel in Film Previews

Film Previews

“Black Bag” R | 93 minutes Director: Steven Soderbergh Writer: David Koepp Stars: Tom Burke, Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett Set in the shadowy world of international espionage, the film follows a seasoned operative (Cate Blanchett) and a rogue agent (Michael Fassbender) who are forced into an uneasy alliance to recover

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March 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel in Book Review

Book Reviews

‘The Hymn to Dionysus’ I can never get enough mythological retellings. Ancient stories retold for a modern audience attract me like a moth to flame. I spent so much of my childhood enthralled by stories of gods, monsters and mythic adventure that getting to relive it as an adult just

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March 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel in Sound Notes

Sound Advice

Jimi Hendrix is long gone, but his music endures with the Experience Hendrix band. The Grammy-award winning musicians who will be playing his music include Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Marcus King and Eric Johnson. Other musicians joining in include David Hidalgo with Los Lobos and more. Catch this unique concert at

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March 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 content. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Podcast Library – https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership &

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February 25, 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 content. – John Busbee for The Culture BuzzThe Culture Buzz Podcast Library – https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration

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February 24, 2025 by Brent Antisdel in Stray Thoughts

Transparency is never partisan, especially with tax money involved

Iowa taxpayers provided about $104 million last school year directly to parents choosing to send their K-12 children to private schools.  The price tag for these education savings accounts, or vouchers, is expected to climb to $294 million this school year as more families become eligible. During the 2025-2026 school

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February 18, 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 content. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Podcast Library – https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership &

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February 12, 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 content.   – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Podcast Library – https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership

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February 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel in Feature 1

Best of Des Moines

Nearly 14,500 CITYVIEW readers voted these businesses, people, destinations and more as the 2025 Best Of Des Moines.  There is a comforting feeling when you walk into a business and are greeted by the iconic black and white Best of Des Moines certificate. Whether it be the winner or one

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