What makes Matrix Resurrections stand out above its predecessors, and most of today’s films, is its critique of the technological world we’ve created in the 20 years since the last Matrix film was released in 2003.
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For a cue on how to handle January 6 in classrooms and beyond, history teacher Kent Mick recalls Eisenhower’s stance to support desegregation in 1957.
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CEDAR FALLS — For more than 30 years, Lisa Breithaupt poured herself into teaching kids and teens about living healthy and working as a team. But when she retired from teaching physical education in nearby Dunkerton, another part of her emerged: an artist who resonated without trying. Breithaupt turned to pencil sketches as a form of “meditative therapy” and to relieve her anxiety. She also used her sketches to express fandom of some legends: Prince, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Amy Winehouse, Freddie Mercury and more. Then, some friends encouraged her…
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Ronald and Ines, refugees from Cameroon, are giving Metropolitan Community Church of the Quad Cities and Pastor Rich Hendricks an unexpected holiday lift.
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Quad Cities Pridefest is moving to Rock Island, plus more Pride updates in Cedar Rapids, Chicago, Dubuque and Iowa City.
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Iowa has lost four progressive community servants in the last month: Korrina Dawson, Logun Buckley, Clayton Peterson and Kristin Sekafetz.
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Burlesque pioneer Sapphira expounds on the joys of nudity and offers ideas for how to partake.
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Zach Gillette used to feel self-conscious and insecure about his weight, the lessening hair on his head, and the bursting hair all over the rest of his body. Then he found the Capital Bears, where the motto is “bear is a state of mind.” “When I first moved to Des Moines, I was very timid. I wouldn’t take my shirt off in public,” he said. “After being involved in the Bear group, and the positivity that comes from this group, where it’s positive reinforcement all the time, now it’s hard…
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Many of us humans, flawed and egotistical as we are, believe our own interpretations are the only correct or accurate ones. “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig helps readers recognize that they might be looking at things too narrowly.
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Cannabis legalization in Iowa, or at least expansion of its medical marijuana program, needs to be part of the solution to a new, worsening opioid epidemic.
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