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"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

The Sustainable Living Center-Fairfield Ecological Design Center Fundraiser, Saturday, August 22nd,will raise funds for an executive director post. The SLC Board has selected Frank Cicela, presently with Clipper Turbine Works in Cedar Rapids.

A Slow Food 5-course meal will feature the talents of Sundar Raman, Grover Stock, and Torrey Witherspoon. Truckstop Souvenir’s Lauryn Shapter and Dennis

Fresh from touring the famous music festivals of Europe, Ranajit Sengupta, sarode player extroardinaire and Indian and European film score composer from Calcutta, will perform with Fairfield's own David Hurlin on tabla, Sunday, August 16 2 p.m., Fairfield Arts and Convention Center. Part of the new era of younger Indian classical musicians, Ranajit has been collaborating with jazz greats 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

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 holes.

With Michael Jackson, I think it was more than just his music and dancing (which was pretty