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Author Richard Heinberg’s The Party’s Over was a wake-up call in 2003, predicting the end of cheap oil (years before $4/gallon gas) and making a case for alternative energy. Despite the title, he’s not all gloom and doom. In fact, he has a brilliant vision for revitalizing rural areas.

Heinberg is the keynote speaker for the Live Green! Sustainability Series on Sept. 24: "Toward a Post Carbon Food

"Go green, Fairfield!" Those were Mike Love's parting words at a press conference on Friday, August 14, during which Mayor Ed Malloy announced that Love will be annointed "Energy Czar for the Day"  at the upcoming Beach Boys concert in Fairfield, Iowa, on Labor Day, Sept. 7. The seed idea came from Love, who proposed naming Sept. 7  as "Energy Independence Day in Fairfield Iowa USA." Plans are in

Tickets go on sale Monday, July 27, for the Labor Day Beach Boys concert in Fairfield. It's a benefit concert for the David Lynch Foundation and the Sondheim Center. The outdoor concert starts at 2 p.m., but everyone's invited to come at noon and picnic on the grounds of the Fairfield Middle School, the site chosen to accommodate the large crowds expected. Food and drink will be available for

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 performance a year ago, this is your chance to enjoy an intimate evening of jazz standards and improvisations by

Once again, Hancher tackles the impossible—presenting a full season of events without a performance venue. Of course, it is possible—since that’s exactly what organizers did last year, relocating as many events as they could after floodwaters from the Iowa River severely damaged Hancher Auditorium. The twist to the 2009-10 season is that in addition to several  Iowa City locations, events will be