Stringless instruments

Singers who love to sing offer up a part of their hearts that stirs up an internal energy and lifts our souls. Joy. Sorrow. Heart. Heartbreak. Emotion. Energy. The art of song might be the best gift anyone can give. Music might be the world’s most popular art form —

Boom towns

Many cities and towns in the greater metro area have been experiencing steady to explosive growth for some time. CITYVIEW compiled the progress reports of four such places from our sister publications, the Iowa Living magazines. Meet four leaders from four local communities that surround Des Moines and read all

Professional knock-knock jokes

Four local comics share jokes for Beggars’ Night.  Des Moines is just about the only place on Earth that boasts a Beggars’ Night, but that just means we do Beggars’ Night better than just about any place on the planet. Since our local Halloween tradition famously includes knock-knock jokes, CITYVIEW

Back to School

Homerooms around the metro have reconvened, and youngsters are trading in their sun block, sandals, and those late summer nights for backpacks filled with textbooks, big yellow buses, and the unmistakable happy feeling of jitters induced by first-day-of-school adrenaline. Central Iowa families sent kids back to class in August. As

Rural Roots

FORE! … It’s in the hole!