Literature lovers should get ready to indulge in a week-long celebration of authors, readers and writing, as the 13th annual Iowa City Book Festival (ICBF) kicks off. This year’s festival runs from Monday, Oct. 18 to Sunday, Oct. 24, and unlike last year’s festival, which was entirely virtual because of the pandemic, it will have […]
William Shatner
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The 35th Trekfest will feature ‘Salt Monster’ Sandra Gimpel
This Friday, Riverside, Iowa will be holding its annual birthday party for James T. Kirk, who has yet to be born. For the 35th year, Star Trek fans will gather to celebrate Trekfest, a combination of local and Star Trek-related events.
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William Shatner on showing horses, his upcoming Christmas album and chasing opportunity
It was 52 years ago this month that a scrappy, upstart little sci-fi program premiered on NBC. In the captain’s chair of the NCC-1701, also known as the USS Enterprise, sat a Canadian, classically trained Shakespearean actor with only a few films, a couple of Broadway credits and a handful of one-off television spots to his name stateside. He was well-reviewed but hardly a household name.
