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Some thoughts about that: if not in an opera house then here under the girders of a new civilization in which the contemplative norm is that of a cheeseburger with a face full of sesames.  McCheese is one's neighbor and mayor, and his clown same-sex partner is a cook of sorts, and I guess a lot of people go there.  I have to admit I stopped years ago.  The fried fish sandwiches were about all I

I know, I know: I've been a slacker blogger lately. But now I have something truly noteworthy to share. This past Monday evening, I was fortunate enough to catch two fabulous former Fairfieldians (and dear friends) performing in NYC's prestigious Carnegie Hall: Erin Gee and her brother Colin Gee.

Those names surely ring many a bell throughout Fairfield, where the two grew up, and in Iowa City,

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 under his own name.  He’ll be bringing his band Light here from England. James, who is a vegan, visited Fairfield over the summer and reportedly

Michael Carrino holds an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College. He is an English lecturer at the State University College at Plattsburgh, New York, where he is co-editor and poetry editor of the Saranac Review. His publications include Some Rescues, (New Poets Series, Inc.) Under This Combustible Sky, (Mellen Poetry Press) and Café Sonata, (Brown Pepper Press), Autumn's Return to the Maple

Have you read Prisoner of Tehran by Canadian author Marina Nemat yet? If not, here's a word of advice: do so when you have a day or two set aside. Otherwise, you'll read late into the night, every night, until you finish the book, as I did.

To say this gripping memoir is a page-turner is to put it mildly. Published by Penguin Canada in 2007, the international bestseller is the