Take me out to the Ballgame
Root, root, root for the Cubbies as the team begins the 51st season of Triple-A baseball in Des Moines; the I-Cubs home opener is scheduled for April 9 at Principal [...]
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Posted April 03, 2019in Feature 2
Posted March 06, 2019in Feature 2
Kiss me, I’m Irish.
Why everyone wants to be Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. Benjamin Disraeli, no friend to the Irish, warned about the three types of falsehoods: “lies, damned lies and statistics.” (Mark [...]
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Posted February 06, 2019in Feature 2
Flying high again
Iowa Barnstormers prepare to defend their Indoor Football League crown. Predicting the outcome of a 14-game football season before the first snap has been taken is akin to sending an [...]
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Posted January 02, 2019in Feature 2
Winter Arts & Entertainment
Don’t get too cozy; central Iowa has many fun things to do this winter. Iowa’s winter weather is predictably unpredictable, but, sooner or later, arctic winds eventually deliver freezing temps. Be that [...]
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Posted October 31, 2018in Feature 2
The Soul of Restaurants
What is it about our local dining establishments — or who is it — that make them special? Restaurants are so much a part of our lives that it’s hard to imagine a [...]
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Posted October 03, 2018in Feature 2
Pucks in the city
The hunt is on for playoff hockey in Des Moines. Tune up the Zamboni. Prepare the penalty boxes. Start practicing your slap shot. Here come the power plays, missing teeth, Minnesota accents, red lines, [...]
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Posted September 05, 2018in Feature 2
No claims to fame
Where is the love for Des Moines’ insurance industry? The Equitable Building defined the Des Moines skyline for decades. Now it’s done by The Principal Financial Group’s 801 Grand and the [...]
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Posted August 01, 2018in Feature 2
The Ultimate Steak de Burgo
No one knows for sure which central Iowan invented steak de burgo, but CITYVIEW readers will soon have their say as to which local eatery serves the most savory. Food is the [...]
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Posted July 04, 2018in Feature 2
The future of Iowa’s newspapers
How will the state’s most trusted news source stack up in the years to come? He and she never met, likely never even heard of one another. Yet here they are, leading [...]
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Posted June 06, 2018in Feature 2
Legends of the game
Ripping up the rulebook with slow-pitch softball heroes as they share their best on-field moments Slow-pitch softball is played nightly by all kinds of people at various levels of competition. [...]
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