April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Any conflicted pregnant woman who watched the just-concluded Paramount series sensation “Yellowstone” likely scheduled an abortion before the final cowboy deserted Kevin Coster and Taylor Sheridan’s fictional Montana ranch. Costner should reimburse them. “Yellowstone,” a wildly popular and exceedingly entertaining show, sent strong signals about blood and bloodlines, legacy and lore, and
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April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
The Warner Bros.-owned franchise began as a series of animated shorts that were released during the golden age of American animation between 1930 to 1969, and more than 1,000 episodes were released under Looney Tunes and spin-off banner Merrie Melodies. Although no one director, writer or artist is ultimately
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April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
The year was 1978, a most Dickensian time. A murder/suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, ended 909 American lives while Israel and Egypt were finding accord at Camp David, Maryland. Argentina won its first World Cup after Peru’s national team laid down and allowed six Argentine goals in a strange group stage
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April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Des Moines Forgotten
Hell must have frozen over, because I am writing about ShowBiz Pizza. As a kid in the early 1990s, spending a birthday or two at a mall arcade blowing a pocket full of quarters on The Simpsons and Mortal Kombat was common. If you had even cooler parents, you had
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April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
The letter began well enough: “Dear friend.” Who doesn’t want to be a friend? But then it quickly went south: “Back Country will be closing its doors for good in the next few month.” Oof! Aging is a little like playing that game where you take away blocks all stacked
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April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
“Hadestown” anchors a stellar lineup of April stage offerings for theatre patrons looking to experience locally sourced stage work to an eight-time Tony Award-winning Broadway national touring production. Feast time for live performing arts. “Hadestown,” with music, lyrics and book by Anaïs Mitchell, tells a version of the ancient Greek
Read More →Ask CITYVIEW anything by emailing editor@dmcityview.com. How many employees does the Des Moines Performing Arts organization have? According to numbers provided by the DMPA, the answer is 45 full-time and 361 part-time employees. What happened to Hoops and Hops this year? And how many people normally attend? Hoops
Read More →‘Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection’ Tuberculosis seems like one of those diseases from the Victorian era that was left in history like cholera or dysentery. Yet, it lingers large in vast portions of this world that we rarely see, and its insidious nature pervades
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April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Circuit
Mike Zito, a nine-time Blues Music Award winner and founder of Gulf Coast Records, has recorded more than two dozen albums and performed with some of the greatest blues musicians in the world. Yet, when he began a tour with “Saturday Night Live” alumni and actor Bill Murray, Zito declared
Read More →Few things say springtime like baseball. Spring training for the teams is a signal for us Iowans that the snow will soon be completely gone and the green grass will be growing. Bitterly cold temperatures can keep some folks home during the early-season games, but that is where the term
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