Traveling Highway 44
I pull off Highway 44 on a chance, turn off the car on a whim, step into a farmyard of swarming chickens with trepidation, and listen to an old man [...]
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Posted September 03, 2025in Feature 2
Posted August 06, 2025in Feature 2
Seeking central Iowa’s ultimate BBQ
Historically, Iowa has been barbecue challenged. Before refrigeration became common, the BBQ genre developed in the American South as the main method of preserving meat, seafood and poultry. In Iowa, [...]
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Posted July 02, 2025in Feature 2
2025 CHOICE Awards
Inspired by Japan’s Living National Treasures, the idea for CITYVIEW’s CHOICE awards originated 11 years ago. The Japanese program honors “preservers of important intangible cultural properties.” In the years after [...]
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Posted June 04, 2025in Feature 2
Six degrees from the ‘Stairway to Heaven’
This month, the Italian American Cultural Center of Iowa (IACCI) breaks ground on a redesign of the majestic Butler Mansion. When complete, it will bring a museum, educational center, event [...]
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Posted April 30, 2025in Feature 2
Soccer — The future is here, and now
It’s called “the beautiful game.” Soccer has been known as joga bonito since 1970 when Brazil’s national selection won the World Cup with “total football” teamwork that has been emulated [...]
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Posted April 02, 2025in Feature 2
Drake is winning
Growing up in 1950s Des Moines, my family’s backdoor neighbor was an elderly German professor of Humanities at Grinnell College. Because our backyards were our baseball fields, we kids [...]
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Posted March 05, 2025in Feature 2
Behind the doors of Des Moines’ music venues
Des Moines, and Iowa at large, are often considered a flyover city and state. Tour locations for big-name music artists often include Minneapolis, Kansas City, Chicago, even Omaha — and [...]
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Posted January 01, 2025in Feature 2
Oak Studio is mining genius on the ‘island of misfits’
That aphorism is so rife with wisdom that it has been ascribed to the legendary philosopher Lao-Tzu, the Medieval Sephardic rabbi Maimonides, the Communist dictator Mao Zedong, plus the Buddha, the [...]
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Posted December 04, 2024in Feature 2
’Twas the night before…
Our Christmas classic for the holidays Publisher’s note: Forty-five years ago, when Michael Gartner was editor of The Des Moines Register, he walked over to the desk of writer Bob [...]
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Posted November 06, 2024in Feature 2
A lot of people with a lot of problems
On June 18, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, backed by the families of several murder victims, announced the launch of the first Iowa Cold Case Unit (ICCU). “We know that, [...]
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