Fairfield Area Community Theatre (F.A.C.T.) is excited to present Freaky Friday: A New Musical the weekend of June 12–15 at the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center. A family-friendly production based on the 1972 Mary Rodgers novel and the hit Disney films, Freaky Friday is the comedic and heartrending tale of a mother and daughter at| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
A new Superman movie, directed by James Gunn, hits the big screen this month, and I am cautiously optimistic about it. That said, each time a new film featuring Superman comes out, it is inevitably compared to 1978’s classic Superman: The Movie, starring Christopher Reeve. I think most folks would tell you that no film| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
A beloved figure in the gaming world, Walter Day of Fairfield is the subject of a new movie, Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day, now streaming worldwide. The founder of Twin Galaxies, an organization that tracks world records for video games and conducts electronic-gaming promotions, Day was dubbed the “Father of eSports”| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
At six in the morning, thunderstorms rumble through Fairfield. Isabel and I sit at our computers as rain slashes against the windows. It’s our daily ritual—checking overnight WhatsApp messages from Tanzania. We’ve helped coordinate TM projects in Tanzania for many years, but messages from Penina always bring a fresh sense of urgency and hope. Penina,| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
It's a hot June afternoon and you’re in a grocery store browsing the refrigerated aisle. Rows of colorful drinks pass through your eyes. Suddenly you find it—coconut water, at last! Just as you pick up the plastic bottle, you notice your favorite brand now comes in cartons, aluminum cans, and glass. You tout yourself as| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
Sometimes it feels great to get outta Dodge, even if it’s just for a day. My headquarters are in Southeast Iowa, and I’ve got a good friend over in Springfield, Illinois, so about once a year he and I find a spot in between to rendezvous. It’s not like that. We’re just really good friends.| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
The summers of my childhood were built upon expressions of wonder that rolled over fields and skittered across ponds, where “the future” didn’t exist because the present was so absorbing and delicious and deserving of one’s deepest attention. What followed it was a mystery—one to be quickly dismissed. There was grass, sky, bicycles, baseballs, TV| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
Lately, I’ve been working my way through the complete works of science writer Sam Kean. I first became aware of Kean while I was programming Out Loud!, an author series produced by Metro Library Network in Cedar Rapids. We presented Kean in Cedar Rapids and—in collaboration with the Iowa City Book Festival—in Iowa City in| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
Mid-America Emmy Award-winning Fair Field Productions, whose series of historical films about Fairfield have garnered both popular and critical acclaim, is premiering its latest documentary in June. The last film focused on Parsons College and won five awards at the Iowa Motion Picture Association Awards Gala. Fair Field Productions’ latest film, When Maharishi Came to| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
There’s a common misconception that nature does best when left alone. It’s an appealing idea—to step back, let things grow wild, and allow nature to run its course. And once, long ago, that was largely true. Before European contact, the landscape that we now call Iowa was shaped slowly by time, weather, wildlife, and the| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
