Blog Entries for Claudia Petrick

The Get Up Kids are Back

source@lisco.com — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:59:01 +0100

The Get Up Kids
Grown Up & On Tour
by Steve Horowitz

Matt Pryor and the Get Up Kids are now on tour promoting their latest album, There are Rules

Vintage Trucks, Mammoth Bones and Root Beer Floats

source@lisco.com — Fri, 13 May 2011 01:00:00 +0100
Saturday, May 14 is Iowa Museum Day! With the weather gods dashing any hopes for a warm and sunny weekend, museum-hopping might be just the ticket. Many are offering free or reduced admission, and some have special one-time only events.

Take the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum, for st

Landfall Festival of World Music

source@lisco.com — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:00:00 +0100

Free! A festival of new world music: 4 days, 90 musicians, 13 countries. Yes, it's all free! The Landfall Festival of World Music in Cedar Rapids, Sept. 22-25, hosted by Legion Arts, in various locations in and around Greene Park. Rain or shine, the show will go on, so let's all

Saving the Disposable Ones

source@lisco.com — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:00:00 +0100

“I’m convinced a child is not a problem. A child is an oportunity. A child has infinite potential. A child is like a shrine,” says Father Gabriel Mejia, who is the subject of a deeply moving new film, Saving the Disposable Ones.

Obama to Speak in Iowa City March 25

source@lisco.com — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:00:00 +0100
President Obama is coming to the University of Iowa on Thursday! He'll be here to talk about the new health insurance legislation passed this week. Limited tickets are available to the event, on the University of Iowa campus, Thursday, March 25, 1 p.m., in the Field House. If you want to attend,

21st Century Bookstore Announces Closing!

source@lisco.com — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:00:00 +0100

We’re truly sad to announce that 21st Century Bookstore, an institution in Fairfield since 1983, is closing its doors! It’s doubly sad for us at the Source since 21st Century opened in October 1983, six months before our very first issue!
But for independent book

Before You Decide on What Fairfield Should Do with the FACC, READ THIS!

source@lisco.com — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:00:00 +0100

Whether you think the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center is a fiscal fiasco or a fabulous small-town amenity, please read this guest editorial from Mark H. Cohen for the facts of the matter.

Green Building ... in China?

source@lisco.com — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:00:00 +0100
When you think of China, do you think of green building? I’m guessing probably not. Yet it’s a potentially huge industry ... and one that’s been growing since 2000. You can learn all about what’s really happening when project manager and LEED Accredited Profession

James McCartney in Fairfield Concert

source@lisco.com — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:00:00 +0100

It’s a triple whammy—headlining the November 14 David Lynch Foundation concert in Fairfield are Laura Dawn with The Little Death, plus perennial favorite Donovan, AND very special guest. . . James McCartney, who will be making his debut performance unde

Iowa Discards Get New Life in Colorado Cabin

source@lisco.com — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:00:00 +0100
One man’s trash is another’s home furnishing. Dave Butler, founder of Vintage Power Wagons in Fairfield, outfitted his charming Colorado cabin with an eclectic assortment of found materials. Trashed materials, in some cases. Like the blue painted picket fence left for Fa

Richard Heinberg (The Party's Over) in Iowa

source@lisco.com — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:00:00 +0100

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 revitaliz

The Beach Boys' Mike Love: Energy Czar for a Day

source@lisco.com — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:00:00 +0100

"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, S

Beach Boys Come to Fairfield

source@lisco.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:00:00 +0100

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 Mid

Jazz Prodigy Keelan Dimick Performs June 22

source@lisco.com — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:00:00 +0100

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

Hancher's 2009-10 Season: On the Move

source@lisco.com — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:00:00 +0100

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 severel

Teacup Yorkie? Be Careful

source@lisco.com — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:00:00 +0100

We at the Source have been duped by scammers - and we don't want to you to be duped either. In the last few months, we have had several calls through 711 operators from people placing classified ads for teacup yorkies for adoption. These internet "adoption" ads are just a scam to ge

Food, Glorious Food!

source@lisco.com — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:00:00 +0100
When you have a big conceptual behemoth on a roll, gaining momentum for 60 years or so, it’s pretty hard to stop it. That’s our food system. We waste, we pollute, we overconsume. We subsidize some farmers to grow more food than we need—or food products we really don’t need, a

Bananas in Jeopardy

source@lisco.com — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:00:00 +0100
There’s one banana slowly rotting on my kitchen counter. If I get around to it, I’m going to make my favorite fruit cake - not one of those lurid red-and-green-cherry things but a cranberry quick bread with oranges, bananas, dates, and lots of walnuts. I made it for a Christmas party onc

Wild Rose Film Festival Awards

source@lisco.com — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:00:00 +0100
From the Iowa Film Office: Final results are in for the Audience Choice Award at the 6th Annual Wild Rose Independent Film Festival, November 6-9, held at the State Historical Building of Iowa, in Des Moines’ Historic East Village Cultural & Entertainment District. The new venue proved to

November Art Walk: Arts & Crafts

source@lisco.com — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:00:00 +0100

We were dismayed to find a small error in our calendar this month! The November Art Walk theme is actually Arts & Crafts and not stained glass. The American Craft and Fine Art show at the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center is a two-day event, Nov. 7-8, and it promises to be an excepti