Iowa Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Arts=== [[File:Schaeffer Hall, College of Liberal Arts, University of Iowa, Iowa City (36501051952).jpg|thumb|left|Schaeffer Hall (University of Iowa, Iowa City)]] [[File:Future_Birthplace_of_Captain_James_T_Kirk.jpg|thumb|[[Riverside, Iowa|Riverside]]'s "favorite son"]] The [[Clint Eastwood]] movie [[The Bridges of Madison County (film)|''The Bridges of Madison County'']], based on the popular novel of the same name, took place and was filmed in [[Madison County, Iowa|Madison County]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hughes, Howard |title=Aim for the heart : the films of Clint Eastwood|date=2009|publisher=I.B. Tauris|isbn=978-1-4416-7618-4|location=London|oclc=670430491}}</ref> [[What's Eating Gilbert Grape]], based on the [[Peter Hedges]] novel of the same name, is set in the fictional Iowa town of Endora. Hedges was born in [[West Des Moines]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/06/style/weddings-susan-b-titman-peter-s-hedges.html|url-access=subscription|title=WEDDINGS; Susan B. Titman, Peter S. Hedges|work=The New York Times|date=June 6, 1993 |access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=May 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504210143/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/06/style/weddings-susan-b-titman-peter-s-hedges.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Des Moines is home to members of the [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]. The state is mentioned in the band's songs, and the album [[Iowa (album)|Iowa]] is named after the state.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Men Behind the Masks |url=https://dsmmagazine.com/2022/05/02/the-men-behind-the-masks/ |website=dsmmagazine.com |date=May 2, 2022 |access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page