Posted January 01, 2025in Feature 1
Get ready to bust out your winter boots, heavy coats, thick gloves and ice scrapers if you have not already. Some snow has started to fall, and so, too, has your ambition to get out of the house. There’s just one problem. Central Iowa is a hotbed for art galleries,
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Posted December 04, 2024in Feature 1
Christmas music floods the airwaves through our radios, Spotify and Apple Music playlists, or however you choose to listen to the holiday tunes year after year. While some think it criminal to start jingling bells before Thanksgiving, others begin rocking around the Christmas tree in their Halloween costumes. And all
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Posted November 06, 2024in Feature 1
The Iowa Wolves are back on the prowl heading into the 2024-2025 season. Last year was met with some unfortunate injuries, requiring several key players to get called up to Minnesota. This season, the Iowa Wolves received major help to fill out the roster and investment in a new downtown
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Posted October 02, 2024in Feature 1
Des Moines has been evolving into the next Halloween Town USA with Zombie Burger, Monsterama Arcade and Pizzeria, and the seasonal Slaughterhouse attraction with its new Haunt speakeasy. (If you know, you know.) My creative career started with a love of horror films, and it was never about violence. There
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Posted September 04, 2024in Feature 1
The leaves are changing, and temperatures are falling. But that doesn’t mean central Iowa stops being the place to see beautiful art galleries, watch jaw-dropping theatrical performances, hear live music from the area’s and world’s best musicians, cheer on the best up-and-coming young talents and experience community, cultural and food
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Posted July 31, 2024in Feature 1
Foreigner has delighted music fans’ eardrums with their sound and style since the band formed in 1976. One of the iconic groups of the golden age of rock and roll, the band is responsible for classics such as “Juke Box Hero,” “Waiting For A Girl Like You,” “Feels Like The
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Posted July 03, 2024in Feature 1
Inspired by Japan’s Living National Treasures, the idea for CITYVIEW’s CHOICE awards originated 10 years ago. The Japanese program honors “preservers of important intangible cultural properties.” In the years after World War II, anxiety arose in Japan that their unique cultural traditions — noh, kabuki, origami, kumi, sumo, teapot ceramics,
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Posted June 05, 2024in Feature 1
Des Moines was forged by God, chance and indefatigable human will. The city that would become Iowa’s capital was birthed by the divine coincidence of two life-supporting rivers harrowed by millennia of meanderings dictated by what poets call the unseen hand and believers call God. The coincidence of those rivers
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Posted May 01, 2024in Feature 1
The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming — and the cicadas are coming. But that won’t stop us, and it shouldn’t stop you, from enjoying the seemingly endless entertainment that graces central Iowa during its warmest months. Artwork from the world-renowned to the area’s brightest up and coming talents.
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Posted April 03, 2024in Feature 1
Friday night fireworks. Bobblehead nights. B-Bops burger races. The family-friendly fountain in right field. Win or lose, the Iowa Cubs continue to attract fans with as much entertainment as the biggest brand names in baseball across the entire country. Yes, the Iowa Cubs are a big draw in central Iowa.
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