Posted July 04, 2018in Feature 3
If the Iowa State Fair isn’t your thing, then check out all these other great things to do in August The State Fair is Iowa’s biggest event. In a state with roughly 3 million people, the Fair reports more than 1 million attendees. Fair fanatics are too loyal to ever stray, and CITYVIEW wouldn’t
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Posted June 06, 2018in Feature 3
The season just got even hotter It’s finally here. The season Iowans dream about on dark and frigid February nights. The landscape is once again lush and green, sweat beads form immediately after stepping outside, and there’s music in the air: It’s summer music festival season. You want a festival near a river? There
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Posted May 02, 2018in Feature 3
Aggressive new head coach and general manager look to force the action during the 25th season of the Des Moines Menace The Des Moines Menace is Iowa’s premier soccer franchise. As the team gears up to celebrate 25 years of on-the-field excellence, some fresh faces are set to lead a retooled team into the next quarter
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Posted April 04, 2018in Feature 3
Iowa’s Culinary Trendsetters Our fourth annual CHOICE awards The idea for the CHOICE awards originated 15 years ago and was inspired by Japan’s Living National Treasures. That program honors “preservers of important intangible cultural properties.” In the years after World War II, anxiety arose in Japan that their unique cultural
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Posted February 28, 2018in Feature 3
What’s corned beef got to do with it? St. Patrick’s Day is one of America’s great celebrations of ethnic pride and alcohol consumption. To most people here, it has much to do with shamrocks, green beer, leprechauns and corned beef with cabbage. The celebration took off in 1947 when the first St. Patrick’s Day parade in New
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Posted January 31, 2018in Feature 3
Funding conundrums lead to head scratching “Is DART fiscally unstable?” I ask. I’m on the phone with Elizabeth Presutti, the CEO of the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART). If you are like I used to be, then you don’t give much thought to public transportation. This is Iowa, and
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Posted January 03, 2018in Feature 3
Someday food-loving people will remember 2017 as a year of discovery and gravitas in central Iowa. More things changed faster than in any year of my four decades covering the food scene here. The previous high-water mark was 1986 when Bruce Gerleman resurrected the Court Avenue district and transformed the hours that downtown was open for business. This
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Posted December 06, 2017in Feature 3
A social networking contest and charity event For the second year in a row, we asked our readers who they thought were the most “likeable.” More than a popularity contest, the finalists were also asked to pick a charity and attend an event in their honor. The nominations on our “Des Moines’ Most Likeable People” Facebook page were
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Posted November 01, 2017in Feature 3
Shoppers are digging the surge in local thrift stores Like sharks sensing blood in the water, bargain hunters circle the void as the empty blue basin is wheeled away by the blue-shirted employees. The Goodwill Outlet Store on Des Moines’ southeast side has changed the decision-making paradigm for shoppers. The store doesn’t specifically
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Posted October 04, 2017in Feature 3
Crowds are preparing to go Iowa Wild for the team’s fifth anniversary season On many occasions since arriving before the 2013 season, Iowa Wild President Todd Frederickson imagined what Wells Fargo Arena would look like if it was packed with fans that were donned in forest green. But last season, as the
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