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Fairfield, Iowa

Fairfield Shrine Club Pancake Breakfast

Free will offering breakfast by the Fairfield Shrine Club. Proceeds go directly to the Shriner's Children Hospital

Indoor Farmers Market

Weekly market with locally grown produce and hand made items.
Indoor Market: Nov.-April Sat. 8am-1pm at Magnolia Sanctuary

Saturday Step

Gallery Talks with Amanda Curreri & Andy Ness

GALLERY TALKS WITH AMANDA CURRERI & ANDY NESS
Saturday, April 11, 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Wege Gallery

The Wege Center for the Arts at Maharishi International University presents Liber Floridus with Amanda Curreri and Andy Ness. Featuring woven and textile-based works by Curreri and multimedia works on paper by Ness, the exhibition presents a compendium of the artists’ visual lexicons that include symbols, imagery and pattern rich with personal significance.

Andy Ness’ works vibrate with ethereal energy, glowing with metallic leaf, and grounded by recognizable imagery amongst colorful washes and textures. To achieve the widest range of opacity and transparency in his drawings, Ness mixes pigments and binders, incorporating walnut ink for its fugitive traits. As one of the primary inks used by medieval manuscript illuminators, its qualities become philosophically resonant as it shifts and oxidizes over time, paralleling the medieval sense of knowledge as always partial, always subject to revision. Just as encyclopedias are living documents rather than fixed authorities, so, too are Ness’ works, in a state of constantly arriving, finding voice from what came before.

Amanda Curreri incorporates storytelling, social justice histories and folklore into her textile works. Regarding weaving as a social technology, Curreri uses it to learn from history, layering collaged imagery and techniques, as she shifts between floor looms, table-top looms, and the digital Jacquard loom. The Jacquard loom, invented in the early 19th century, uses punch cards to encode pattern, linking it as a direct ancestor of binary computing and digital logic. Curreri’s digital Jacquard loom sits at a peculiar historical crossroads, connecting backward to medieval tapestry as encyclopedic storytelling, and forward to the logic of databases and digital archives. The loom itself becomes a kind of compendium machine, as Curreri’s work occupies the whole timeline simultaneously. 

Gallery Talks With Amanda Curreri & Andy Ness

The Wege Center for the Arts at Maharishi International University presents Liber Floridus with Amanda Curreri and Andy Ness. Featuring woven and textile-based works by Curreri and multimedia works on paper by Ness, the exhibition presents a compendium of the artists’ visual lexicons that include symbols, imagery and pattern rich with personal significance.

Andy Ness’ works vibrate with ethereal energy, glowing with metallic leaf, and grounded by recognizable imagery amongst colorful washes and textures. To achieve the widest range of opacity and transparency in his drawings, Ness mixes pigments and binders, incorporating walnut ink for its fugitive traits. As one of the primary inks used by medieval manuscript illuminators, its qualities become philosophically resonant as it shifts and oxidizes over time, paralleling the medieval sense of knowledge as always partial, always subject to revision. Just as encyclopedias are living documents rather than fixed authorities, so, too are Ness’ works, in a state of constantly arriving, finding voice from what came before.

Amanda Curreri incorporates storytelling, social justice histories and folklore into her textile works. Regarding weaving as a social technology, Curreri uses it to learn from history, layering collaged imagery and techniques, as she shifts between floor looms, table-top looms, and the digital Jacquard loom. The Jacquard loom, invented in the early 19th century, uses punch cards to encode pattern, linking it as a direct ancestor of binary computing and digital logic. Curreri’s digital Jacquard loom sits at a peculiar historical crossroads, connecting backward to medieval tapestry as encyclopedic storytelling, and forward to the logic of databases and digital archives. The loom itself becomes a kind of compendium machine, as Curreri’s work occupies the whole timeline simultaneously.

Core 'N More

Beginner's Workshop: Embellish with Embroidery

The first class filled up, so we are offering another. Taught by Alixandria Foster, learn how to add a personal touch to your favorite items with the timeless art of embroidery! Register online at ihcc.edu/crafts or call 641-683-5281.

5 Lesson Course Introduction to Watercolor

The Poet's Forge

This free monthly workshop is meant for those who are serious about expanding their skills for composing poetry. Participants should bring work they have written and are prepared to discuss with the group. Anyone interested in developing the poetic quality of their writing is welcome!

Magic Avatar the Last Airbender Draft

Bend the battlefield with Magic cards from Avatar: The Last Airbender! Master the elements and join your favorite characters for new adventures, iconic art, and an elemental showdown like never before.
Entry fee is $25. Prize packs and promos will be awarded.
Preregister on the companion app using code W2ZZQ6J

Improv Theater Showcase

Get ready to laugh as Solomon Davis’s adult improv class presents a delightfully unpredictable evening of comedy on Saturday, April 11, at 7 p.m. at Golden Magnolia Sanctuary. The evening promises to be a riotous showcase of improvisatory games demonstrated by a dozen mostly-new-to-improv students who have been expanding their creative repertoires over the past few months in an ongoing workshop hosted by the Source Vibrations Sound Clinic.

Featuring suggestions from the crowd, optional audience participation, and fast-changing scenarios that will keep the ensemble of performers on their toes, the evening is a great chance for some of Fairfield’s silliest to share what they’ve been up to with friends, family, and the larger community. All are invited to come join the fun!

Performers include Cheyanne Halliday, Josh Blew, Justin Jeske, Marianne Paoletti, Jason Wild, Richard Glatz, Jenny Sammons, Sidney Hunt, Craig Deininger, Gretchen Jentz, Diana Shantz, Meredith Siemsen, and the evening’s host, Solomon Davis.

TICKETS: pay as you may - with majority proceeds going to Golden Magnolia

Reza: Edge of Illusion | Mind Blowing Magic

Get ready for a night of mind-blowing magic, edge-of-your-seat suspense, and pure entertainment — because Reza is coming to Fairfield! One of the world’s top illusionists, Reza has been featured on Duck Dynasty, Penn & Teller: Fool Us, and America’s Got Talent, and has sold out theaters around the globe with his signature style of cutting-edge illusions, masterful showmanship, and a twist of comedy.

This is not your rabbit-out-of-a-hat magic show. Reza: Edge of Illusion is an immersive spectacle packed with levitations, vanishings, and impossible feats — delivered with high-tech flair, rock concert energy, and charisma to spare. Perfect for families, thrill-seekers, and anyone who loves a “how did he DO that?!” kind of night.

Call our Box Office at (641) 472-2787 for discounted group rates and youth tickets!