The Iowa Source

In the July 2009 Issue

Homegrown Theater: 1st Annual Iowa Play Festival

What do you get when you organize six playwrights, six directors, twenty or more actors, and a fantastic state-of-the-art stage with a mission to celebrate Iowa theater arts? According to multi-hatted talent and Iowa Play Festival producer David Patterson, you get a “a real miracle.”  David and his creative partner and wife, Savannah Quinn, are the founding forces behind the Iowa Play Festival opening July 2009 at Fairfield’s Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts. ...  read more

iowa play festival, neil cunningham

Hot Aussies & Local Lassies

A Night of Thunder

The theater lobby pulsed with chattering women. Nearly 500 seats had sold. When the lights flickered, we filled a center theater row. Screams erupted ... read more

thunder from down under

Iowa Water Sports

Calling All Kiteboarders!

If you want to soar like a kite and skim across the water like nobody’s business—at the same time—there’s a singular water sport you must try. It’s called kiteboarding  ... read more

kiteboarding

Endangered Food

A Shocking Expose: Food, Inc.

Delivering more villains than an episode of Star Wars and disturbing images guaranteed to kill your appetite, Food, Inc. explores the practices of corporate giants ... read more

food inc.

Poetry & Kids' Lit

Laurel Snyder on Everyday Magic

Now based in Atlanta, Laurel Snyder is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She talks about being a mom, writing poetry, and her new children's book, Any Which Wall  ... read more

 

laurel snyder

Peace Diva

Sacred Singer Snatam Kaur

The first time I heard Snatam Kaur sing, I was speechless. Her voice carried me beyond words, beyond any hope of describing. It was so clear and strong and serene ... read more

snatam kaur

Hannibal on the 4th of July

Tom Sawyer Days

For the past 54 years on America’s birthday, Hannibal, Missouri, has hosted National Tom Sawyer Days, a three-day celebration of its favorite son, Mark Twain ... read more

tom sawyer, tom sawyer days

Blogs from Source Writers

Musings, anecdotes, and stuff that didn’t fit in print

Claudia Petrick: “From The Source”

Claudia Petrick
  • Jazz Prodigy Keelan Dimick Performs June 22  06/17/2009

    From KRUU Program Director James Moore: Mark Monday, June 22rd, at 8 pm on your calendar. Jazz phenom Keelan Dimick will be back in Fairfield to tickle the ivories as only he can for one night only at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts.

    If you missed his last Sondheim

Sarah: “It’s Not Easy Being Green”

Sarah
  • Green 2009 New Year's Resolutions Update  01/23/2009

    Among other things, I resolved to eliminate plastic bags from my life in 2009 by acquiring some reusable produce bags to go with my reusable shopping bags and to start baking all my own bread. I have yet to order the reusable produce bags but I did get started on the bread baking part of this res

Tony Ellis: “Life, the Universe & Everything”

Tony Ellis
  • King of Pop  06/25/2009
    Like many I felt a wave of sadness at the death of Michael Jackson. It's amazing how certain iconic entertainers have come to fix themselves in our hearts, their music creating great big looping paths of emotional memory through the different stages of our lives, their passing leaving great big

Rustin Larson: “Fact of the Universe”

Rustin Larson

Christine Albers: “World Harmony”

Christine Albers
  • Concert Recap: Paul & Ringo Unite  05/3/2009
    From the David Lynch Foundation May newsletter, here's a recap of the April 4 Change Begins from Within Concert in NYC, during which Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited onstage: Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, Moby, Paul Horn, Angelo Badalamenti, Bettye LaVette, and

Tony Kainauskus & Len Oppenheim: “21st Century Books”

21st Century Books
  • June Book Reviews  06/10/2009

    Reviews by Len Oppenheim

    In our May newsletter I listed a number of books that had an important influence on me as I matured. I noted that There Is A River, by Thomas Sugrue, the first

Burt Chojnowski: “Fairfield 1st”

Burt Chojnowski
  • Fairfield Beautification: Adopt-a-home Edition  06/4/2009
    The City of Fairfield’s Beautification Commission is looking for individuals and corporate teams who would be interested in volunteering their time to help spruce up the exterior of the approved Adopt-A-Home properties. 

    Fairfield First!, Fairfield Cultural Alliance and KRUU-L

Tracy Chipman: “Stephen Sondheim Center”

Tracy Chipman
  • Way Off Broadway's Must-see Summer Season  05/3/2009

    Way Off Broadway (WOB), Iowa’s only professional musical theatre company, is fast becoming a major Midwest must-see experience. WOB produces musicals that mix the best Broadway performers with regional professionals and is delighted to announce their second summer season of professional

Sondra Ward: “Fairfield: Fairest of the Fair”

Sondra Ward
  • WOB FUN-RAISER AND OTHER A&E UPDATES  04/26/2009
    There has been so much going on in the Fairest of Fields, specifically in arts and entertainment, since last July's production of Joseph! Coincidentally, I am about to "reprise" my role as the scheming, seductive Mrs. Potiphar from Joseph for the Way Off