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incredible good fortune to find their
fold. I could not love them more, and
losing Merv is a blow that no amount of
time will ever completely heal.
I continue to marvel at how much
trust both Merv and Evelyn could
engender in teens, many of whom
Weighing in on Bettendorf Coach Merv Habenicht (1935-2012)
by Kathleen McCarthy
km@rcreader.com
O
ur community lost one of its
treasures, former Bettendorf
football coach Merv Habenicht,
on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, after a
prolonged battle with pulmonary fibro-
sis. For many of us, we lost a surrogate
father and/or lifelong friend.
Nearly 45 years ago, when I left
private school to attend Bettendorf
Middle School, I was befriended by
its most popular cheerleader, Nan
Habenicht Mervs and Eveylns
firstborn and was unconditionally
inducted into the Habenicht family from
day one. I wish I had a nickel for each
time I bravely huffed out on my own
family to brave the cold, cruel world for
the several blocks to the Habenichts,
where I nestled in until I wore out my
welcome.
Most of the time, I had to get in line,
literally, because Merv and Evelyn had
an open-door policy for their childrens
friends, and Mervs students and team
members. It has remained so until this
day. They truly are like second parents
to me and to many others who had the
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hailed from categorically different
backgrounds. There were no sacred
cows, other than football, and their
engagement with kids went well
beyond the superficial. Some of us
were taken into their home for extended
periods. While my family had its
problems, my parents were loving and
committed, but many of Mervs team
members thrived primarily because the
Habenichts provided the only stability
and daily concern these kids knew.
Whether tutoring at the kitchen table or
providing countless meals or weekend
activities, the list of special attentions
is exhaustive, continuing throughout
Mervs 40-year career of teaching and
coaching.
Besides coaching, Merv also taught
history and drivers education as part of
his tenure at Bettendorf High School.
I can personally attest to learning the
importance of combining driving skills
with the concept of errands. Merv
demonstrated how proper driving can
almost always coincide with picking up
dry-cleaning and grocery items, and the
occasional stop at A&W, equating nicely
with function and purpose as necessary
life skills in the bigger scheme of things.
In retrospect, both Mervs and
Evelyns recurring attribute for dealing
with so many and varied teens was an
uncanny blend of listening, humor, and
discipline achieved through mutual
respect. Of all the things I remember
about Merv and the Habenicht
household, the laughter stands out.
It was constant. Even navigating the
most troubled waters of life, there was
always humor peeking in and out,
escaping the confines of the storms. I
believe that humor is one of highest
forms of intelligence, so that makes
the Habenichts a family of geniuses.
Anyone who knows Merv and Evelyn
will attest to the easy laughter that
marks their company. Not only is such
humor balm for the soul at the time; it
makes for the best possible memories.
It is hard to qualify a stellar 40-
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ILLINOIS POLITICS
A
n often tense and confrontational
meeting over gaming expansion
last week ended with Governor Pat
Quinn not explicitly saying no to adding slot
machines at horse-racing tracks. That might
be the beginning of a reversal for Quinn, who
has adamantly opposed allowing tracks to have
more gambling options.
For more than a year, Quinn has opposed
allowing slots at tracks as part of a deal to give
Chicago, the suburbs, and Downstate new
casinos. But with the racetracks out of the
picture, the bill just cant pass. So, theres been
a push on for months to get Quinn to change
his mind.
The key here is apparently Quinns demand
for a ban on campaign contributions from
gaming interests. Its widely believed that
Quinn has opposed slots at tracks and wants
the campaign-
contribution ban at
least partly because
of heavy Republican
contributions by
Craig Duchossois in
the 2010 campaign,
including several
to Quinns GOP
opponent. Duchossois is the son of Arlington
International Racecourse Chair Dick
Duchossois.
The meeting was apparently quite
contentious at times.
I felt like I almost missed Rod Blagojevich,
cracked one participant afterward.
The governor patronizingly attempted to
explain to Senate President John Cullerton,
Representative Lou Lang, and Senator Terry
Link (with a combined legislative tenure of 73
years) how to pass a bill. Quinn doesnt exactly
have the greatest track record of passing bills,
so that advice didnt go down too well.
Quinn also angrily told Lang that he would
crush him if he attempted to move a bill
without a campaign-contribution ban.
The sit-down apparently took place because
proponents managed to build a roll call
that showed 67 House members currently
supporting a new gaming-expansion bill. Thats
four votes shy of overriding a gubernatorial
veto, but it is enough to perhaps make the
governor think he might eventually lose.
At one point during the meeting, Link
reportedly became fed up with the direction
and tone and tried to get things back on track.
If, Link said, the General Assembly agreed to
a campaign-contribution ban from casinos,
racetracks, etc., would Quinn agree to slots at
tracks?
The governors response, according to
multiple sources, was that Gary Hannig would
be working with them on that. Hannig is
Quinns chief legislative liaison.
Link then repeated his question: If the state
legislature agreed to a contribution ban, would
Quinn agree to slots at tracks?
The governor angrily repeated that Hannig
would be working with them on the issue.
Despite Quinns deliberate evasiveness,
people at the meeting did take note that the
governor was no longer saying he flat-out
rejected slots at tracks.
Hannig was then reportedly told by Lang
not to bring him a draft bill that didnt contain
slots at tracks. A majority just doesnt exist
for gaming expansion without help for tracks.
Hannigs response was that hed try to deliver
something the next day.
Well, that day came and went, and no
Hannig draft arrived.
But then the
House left town for
a few days, so the
governors office
still has some time
to come up with a
plan, even though
Lang appeared to
be growing restless
last week. Hed much rather have a negotiated
agreement, of course, but there is a strong
sense among participants that Quinn wants to
delay this entire issue until after the November
elections, so theyd better do something soon,
either with him or without him.
The theory is that Quinn wants to pass
a budget this month without using gaming
revenues. Patching budget holes with
gambling money could be seen as unseemly,
and Quinn is attempting to revive his public
image these days. A new gaming law could
also dent Quinns new image when hes
attempting to be viewed as the man who saved
pensions and Medicaid and got the budget
back on track. Simply put, gaming would taint
Quinns upcoming victory lap.
The second part of the theory is that Quinn
will announce big problems with the budget
before the fall veto session and use those
unforeseen problems to justify gaming
expansion, including a flip-flop on slots at
tracks. The flip-flop would pale in comparison
to the problems he could fix with gaming
revenues.
Gaming-expansion bills have never become
law in the past unless all four legislative
leaders and the governor were working
together. This one probably wont be any
different.
Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax (a daily
political newsletter) and CapitolFax.com.
by Rich Miller
Governor Shows a Little
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with the remaining 94 percent still waiting to
actually be cut by 2016-17. Is this austerity
(itself a loaded term) in any sense of the word?
Suppose you were driving toward a cliff. Is it
enough to ease off the gas pedal, or do you
need to hit the brakes?
Economists such as Paul Krugman are
already branding Europes approach a failure. In
many ways, it is. But what is really at stake is the
real reason things are failing. We cannot allow
history to think that the United Kingdom tried
austerity. It is simply not true. If we interpret
this wrong, we will get the wrong historical
lessons.
In fact, something similar happened during
the onset of the Great Depression. Herbert
Hoover was in office when panic struck, and
the history books claim he tried free-market
principles, which failed. In the first year of the
Depression, 1931, federal expenditures rose
from $4.2 billion to $5.5 billion. The federal
government incurred a $2.2-billion deficit the
same year. In 1932, Hoover raised taxes.
Sound familiar? Despite the fact that
President Hoover increased government
spending and debt, his approach was labeled
free market. The exact opposite is true. When
running against Franklin Roosevelt, Hoover
actually argued that Roosevelt would make
things worse by lowering taxes and decreasing
spending. Roosevelt responded by accusing
Hoovers administration of being a profligate
spender.
The same classification error is happening
again today. The United Kingdom has raised
taxes, increased government spending, and
taken on more debt. This is the exact opposite
of the clear meaning of austerity. What sort
of Orwellian doublespeak is being used when
free market means more government?
Of course, the situation in the United
Kingdom is not identical to the United States.
Exact comparisons and examples do not
translate. One thing we do know, however, is
that the British have not attempted to rein in
out-of-control government spending. Like
many governments, Britain scheduled cuts
years into the future and continues to pile
on debt. Before we even consider the failure
of austerity in England, we must first be
convinced austerity has really happened.
Kyle Latham is a contributor to The Center for
Vision & Values (VisionAndValues.org) and a
May 2012 graduate of Grove City College who
will be pursuing a graduate degree in economics.
He is a winner of the Atlas Economic Research
Foundations 2010 Sound Money Contest with
his paper on Concerns for the Utilitarian &
Ethical Characteristics of Money.
Britain, Austerity, and the
Lessons of Economic History
by Kyle Latham
E
conomists and pundits alike are going
wild over the United Kingdoms recent
double dip recession. The 2008-9
recession prompted the election of a conserva-
tive coalition led by Prime Minister David
Cameron. Cameron decided the best path for
economic recovery was austerity, a program
of reduced government spending and smaller
government debt. The new coalition with
the aid of Chancellor of the Exchequer George
Osborne sought to drastically slash the gov-
ernment budget. With the addition of increased
taxes, the plan was dubbed Tax & Axe.
Two years later, the United Kingdom is
back in recession. Keynesian economists are
enjoying a savory I told you so moment,
as many pointed out the dangers of austerity
during troubled times. The logic runs as
follows: When businesses, households, and
governments all try to pay back their debts at
the same time, they spend less; as they spend
less, national income falls, leading to even less
spending; this sets off a cycle of decreased
spending and economic collapse.
The Keynesian solution is government
spending. It goes like this: Governments can
increase spending during recessions to keep
national income up, preventing the spending
collapse. In short, more stimulus is the answer.
In turn, many progressives in the United
States are arguing that any similar austerity
here (such as Congressman Paul Ryans budget
plan) would have equally bad results: another
recession.
Unfortunately, this reasoning is based on a
faulty premise. Here is the reality: There is no
austerity in the United Kingdom.
Quite the contrary. Government spending in
Britain has increased in the past two years, and
will continue for the foreseeable future. In real
terms (based on estimated inflation and GDP
growth), spending was set to decrease this fiscal
year. Unfortunately, this prediction was made
on the assumption of positive yet small GDP
growth. As we now know, this assumption was
bad and GDP shrank, heralding a recession.
Public debt in the United Kingdom
continues to rise. The 2012 budget clearly
outlines increases in public debt all the way
until 2016 (when the predictions stop). To top
it all off, these numbers exclude the 2008-
9 emergency financial interventions. The
financial sector in the United Kingdom took a
hit in the previous recession and was promptly
bailed out in 2009. Since then, the government
has borrowed an additional 124 billion pounds
to keep banks afloat.
Furthermore, some British think tanks
estimate that only around 6 percent of
Camerons cuts have been implemented,
GUEST COMMENTARY
For years, he said, hes also pieced together
songs, scribbling down lyrics on pieces of
paper and then leaving them around for me
to find later on. Like an Easter-egg hunt. Hell
then combine snippets that dont naturally fit
together. The song itself doesnt necessarily
make a whole lot of sense, but each part of it
kind of draws a picture, he said. Its just kind
of like a slideshow.
Its probably fair to call Birams songwriting
method haphazard, and the term applies
to his albums as well. Take Bad Ingredients,
released in October. Biram said that when he
returned from a European tour last spring,
his label and management told him it would
be in my best interest to have a new album
ready within a month.
The problem was that he only had six
finished songs. He recorded another the
day after his return to the States, and then
he started going through old computer files
those songs hed recorded quickly to make
sure he wouldnt forget them.
Within about four hours, he said, Id
mixed down a whole bunch of other songs,
and all of a sudden I had 23 songs finished
and ready to go for a record. The album
ended up with 13 songs, with others available
as bonus tracks.
It might sound as if Biram half-assed Bad
Ingredients, but theres something else going
on, a philosophy embedded in me, he said:
I always feel like its important to release as
much of my current music as I can when Im
recording, so that it doesnt get lost. ... They
need to be released close to the time when I
wrote them so that theyre a record of whats
going on with me and my journey through
songwriting and record production.
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IBCOs June 6 show
features two Bloodshot
Records artists, and
there the surface similarities
end. Scott H. Biram is a 38-
year-old one-man-band road
dog from Texas whose music
draws from the blues and hard
rock, and Lydia Loveless is a
21-year-old singer/songwriter
from Ohio pulling from coun-
try and punk.
Were quite a bit different in
our musical styles, Biram said in
a phone interview earlier this month, but as
far as our attitudes go, its pretty close.
They both write and record quickly, yet
their songs match an inherent urgency
with unpretentious and unforced maturity
and grace nestled among lots of rough
edges. And they share a boldness of musical
personality.
An Easter-Egg Hunt
Biram labels himself the dirty old one-
man band, and hes also called himself a
bionic redneck because of the amount of
metal in his body. (A truck accident in 2003
broke every limb in my body except for my
left arm, he has said. He was back on-stage
a month later.) Those hint at his personality
and musical style, but they also undersell him.
His stage setup involves his voice, his
guitar, and a homemade stomp box with
pickups that turn his feet into percussion
instruments no matter how loud hes playing.
His recordings are polished to a degree, but
the basic ingredients are the same, and the
gruffness isnt sanded away. With those basic
tools, Biram is a hypnotic performer, like the
bluesmen he obviously descends from.
His songwriting process is equal parts
inspiration, distance, and collage. I come up
with an idea, and Ill write a song in about 10
minutes or so, he said. And I get all the lyrics
down, and then figure out the music, and Ill
record it real quick on my phone. And then
I wont even play it again for a few months.
Then Ill come back to it and have to re-learn
it from my recording the day that I wrote it.
... Its more like Im listening to someone else
play a song.
More importantly, theres no sense from
listening to Bad Ingredients that it was
tossed-off. Its a well-rounded package that
balances straightforward blues (Born in
Jail, Have You Ever Loved a Woman?)
with more-produced and -varied songs.
Wind Up Blind is Southern-rock howl, and
Open Road is dusty and meditative with
some Western reverb on the guitar. Victory
Song is a galloping guitar workout that
shows Birams skills in DIY production and
arrangement.
And the acoustic blues of opener Just
Another River displays his skill as a lyricist,
nailing a metaphor for a discarded person:
Guess I was just another river / That flowed
into your sea.
A Defiant
Mission Statement
The RIBCO show will be part of the
second tour featuring both Biram and
Loveless, and the elder artist, in plain but true
words, captured a good deal of the juniors
appeal: It was good to hear a girl singin
every night that can actually belt out the voice
... and not sing all nasally. ... Its cool to see
Maturity and Grace in Rough Packages
Scott H. Biram and Lydia Loveless, June 6 at RIBCO
by Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
MUSIC
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Weekly Events
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discussions, tours, refreshments, and more;
for information, call 563-326-7804, Figge Art
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26 thru Sun Aug 26.
Weekly Figge Exhibition Tour, a docent-led
tour providing an introduction to each exhibition,
plus highlights of works; hot chocolate available;
free with museum admission; for information, call
563-326-7804, Figge Art Museum, 225 W 2nd St,
Davenport, IA, http://figgeart.org, 1:30pm Sun
May 27 thru Sun Aug 26.
May & June
Final Fridays at Bucktown, exhibits,
demonstrations, and more, Bucktown Center for
the Arts, 225 E. 2nd St., Davenport, IA, http://www.
bucktownarts.com, 6pm Fri May 25.
Thursdays at the Figge: Photographic
Devices Art Talk, art-themed activities,
discussions, tours, refreshments, and more; the
Art Talk will examine the why photographic
depictions of place have changed throughout
history; for information, call 563-326-7804, Figge
Art Museum, 225 W 2nd St, Davenport, IA, http://
www.figgeartmuseum.org, 5pm Thu May 31.
Downtown Iowa City Gallery Walk, for
information, call 319-338-4442, Downtown
Iowa City, Iowa City, IA, http://www.
thegalleriesdowntown.com, 5pm Fri Jun 1.
Exhibition Preview Reception for Looking
Forward, Looking Back: The Architecture of
Downtown Cedar Rapids, Then and Now, this
exhibition will celebrate the new architecture of
Cedar Rapids through sketches, drawings, and
models from the architectural firms themselves,
and will showcase the architecture of eight
public construction and renovation projects;
accompanying this exhibition will be a companion
show of vintage post cards of Cedar Rapids from
the early 20th century; free; for information, call
319-366-7503, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 410
Third Ave., Cedar Rapids, IA, http://www.crma.org,
5pm Fri Jun 1.
Iowa Arts Festival, annual festival featuring an
art fair, musical performances, a Culinary Row, a
childrens fun zone, and more; for information, call
319-337-7944, Downtown Iowa City, Iowa City, IA,
http://www.summerofthearts.org, Fri Jun 1 thru
Sun Jun 3.
Art Bites with Toby Olsen, join Olsen, an
Associate of OPN Architects, as he walks us
through the concept drawings and renderings
of the Cedar Rapids Public Library project, from
01 Summer Calendar
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inception to ribbon cutting; free; for information,
call 319-366-7503, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art,
410 Third Ave., Cedar Rapids, IA, http://www.crma.
org, 12:15pm Wed Jun 6.
Wine & Art: Oil Pastels with Gloria
Burlingame, interesting, fun studio art activities
paired with a glass of wine, light hors doeuvres
and great conversation; create finished art works
to display in your home; $15; for information and
to register, contact Heather at 563.326.7804 x2045
or haaronson@figgeartmuseum.org, Figge Art
figgeart.org, 6pm Thu Jun 7.
Exhibit Reception: Calligraphic Art, featuring
works in various mediums in the 8th Annual Rev.
Edward M. Catich exhibition; free; for information,
call 563-333-6444, Catich Gallery - St. Ambrose
University, 2101 Gaines St., Davenport, IA, http://
web.sau.edu/catich, 5pm Fri Jun 8.
Art Lovers Book Club: The Gardner Heist,
a discussion of Ulrich Bosers book; free; for
information, call 319-366-7503, Cedar Rapids
Museum of Art, 410 Third Ave., Cedar Rapids, IA,
http://www.crma.org, 4pm Thu Jun 21.
Mark Hunter, lecture with Cedar Rapids
historian Hunter, as he investigates Cedar Rapids
architectural accomplishments throughout the
20th century; by looking at what is happening
now in comparison to previous periods, Hunter
will explore the different circumstances that
contributed to the architectural history of the city;
free; for information, call 319-366-7503, Cedar
Rapids Museum of Art, 410 Third Ave., Cedar
Rapids, IA, http://www.crma.org, 1pm Sun Jun 24.
Glow-in-the-Dark Art, give your canvas bags
a glow, as Erin Thomas shares her bag of tricks
(and paints) with students in 6th-12th grades;
free; for information, call 319-393-1414, Hiawatha
Public Library, 150 West Willman, Hiawatha, IA,
http://www.crma.org, 2pm Tue Jun 26.
The Secret Garden Party, features sample
dishes from the areas leading chefs, music, a silent
auction, a live auction, and more; $65/person,
$480/table of 8; for information, call 309-794-0991
or e-mail vs@qcgardens.com, Quad City Botanical
Center, 2525 4th Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://www.
qcgardens.com, 6pm Thu Jun 28.
bucktownarts.com, 6pm Fri Jun 29.
July & August
Wine & Art: Pop-ups and Paper Art with
Lynn Gingras-Taylor, interesting, fun studio
art activities paired with a glass of wine, light
hors doeuvres and great conversation; create
finished art works to display in your home;
$15; for information and to register, contact
Heather at 563.326.7804 x2045 or haaronson@
figgeartmuseum.org, Figge Art Museum, 225 W
2nd St, Davenport, IA, http://figgeart.org, 6pm
Thu Jul 5.
Art Lovers Book Club: The Greater Journey,
a discussion of David McCulloughs book; free;
for information, call 319-366-7503, Cedar Rapids
http://www.crma.org, 4pm Thu Jul 19.
bucktownarts.com, 6pm Fri Jul 27.
Wine & Art: Clay Sculpture with Lynn
Gingras-Taylor, interesting, fun studio art
activities paired with a glass of wine, light
hors doeuvres and great conversation; create
finished art works to display in your home;
$15; for information and to register, contact
Heather at 563.326.7804 x2045 or haaronson@
2nd St, Davenport, IA, http://figgeart.org, 6pm
Thu Aug 2.
2012 Flamingo Fling, annual event featuring
a live band, live auction of the Flamingo Follies
flamingos, a cash bar, light appetizers, a best-
dressed flamingo guest, a raffle, and much more;
for information, call 309-794-0991, Quad City
Botanical Center, 2525 4th Ave., Rock Island, IL,
http://www.qcgardens.com, 6pm Fri Aug 3.
EXHIBITS
Currently on Display
A Path to Freedom: The Underground
Railroad in Iowa, exhibit on the resistance to
slavery, consisting of panels, West Liberty Middle
School, 203 E. 7th St., West Liberty, IA, thru Fri
May 25.
Venus Envy Quad Cities, annual exhibit
of works by female artists in the area; free; for
information, call 309-786-2430, Midcoast at
Bucktown Gallery, Bucktown Center for the Arts,
Davenport, IA, http://www.midcoast.org, thru Fri
May 25.
Young Artists at the Figge: Pleasant
Valley Community Schools, works by student
artists; Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Thu 10am-9pm, Sun
noon-5pm; free with $4-7 museum admission;
www.figgeart.org, thru Sun May 27.
Art|Iowa: Inspired by Landscape, featuring
works by the Meskwaki people of Iowa, Grant
Wood, and local artists including Barbara Fedeler,
John Klopp, Bruce Morrison, Thomas Agran, Judy
Bales, and Robert Craig; for information, call 319-
335-0548, University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum,
Exhibit
NASA / ART: 50 Years of Exploration
Figge Art Museum
Saturday, July 14, through Sunday, October 7
P
op quiz: What
do the famous
figures Annie
Leibovitz, Nam
June Paik, Robert
Rauschenberg,
Norman Rockwell,
Andy Warhol,
William Wegman,
and Jamie Wyeth
all have in common? Thats right! They
all have works of art included in the
Figge Art Museums upcoming exhibit
NASA / ART: 50 Years of Exploration!
(Okay, granted, they also have in
common the fact that theyre all artists.
But this is NASA were talking about,
people! Aim higher!) On display at
the Davenport venue from July 14
through October 7, this traveling
collection features no fewer than 72
artworks commissioned by the NASA
Art Program after the 1958 inception
of the U.S. space program, designed
as a unique way to communicate
the accomplishments, setbacks, and
sheer excitement of space exploration
to those of us more earthbound by
nature. Spanning the entire history of
NASA, these works are sure to prove
fascinating for anyone with a longtime
or budding interest in space travel, and
are being displayed in conjunction with
the Figges summertime film series
When We Left Earth: The NASA
Missions. Running Saturdays and
Sundays from July 21 through August
26 with the 2:30 p.m. screenings
preceded by docent-led exhibit tours at
1:30 p.m. the six weekly, hour-long
film presentations will trace NASAs
history from its beginnings through
the creation of the Hubble telescope,
and provide astonishing detail and
testimony on everything from the
Challenger tragedy to the miracle
of Apollo 13. You know, there was a
time, as a boy, when I wanted to be an
astronaut, but then I realized it would
be easier just to write stuff. Get it?!
Write stuff ? Like Right Stuff ? Ha
ha ha ha ha ha ha ... ! Hmm. Yeah,
maybe space-travel wouldve been the
smarter career option ... . For more
information on the Figges NASA /
ART: 50 Years of Exploration events
and everything else happening at the
Davenport venue this summer call
(563)326-7804 or visit FiggeArt.org.
Mike Schulz
21 Old Capitol Museum, Iowa City, IA, http://news-
releases.uiowa.edu/2012/january/012012Old_
cap_exhibit.html, thru Thu May 31.
Betsy Zmuda-Swanson, acrylics; for
information, call 309-786-2430, MidCoast at the i
wireless Center, 1201 River Dr., Moline, IL, http://
www.midcoast.org, thru Thu May 31.
Jean Johnson - Ali Kirsch, fibers by
Johnson, acrylics and mixed media by Kirsch; for
information, call 309-786-2430, MidCoast Centre
Station Gallery, 1200 River Dr, Moline, IL, http://
www.midcoast.org, thru Thu May 31.
Marcia Fox, a large show of original oil, pastel,
watercolor and acrylic paintings, Chez Willies, 41
S. Seminary St., Galesburg, IL, thru Thu May 31.
When Blues Turn Red: Works by Regan
Hatfield, for information, e-mail info@rozz.tox.
com, Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island, IL,
http://www.rozztox.com, thru Tue Jun 5.
A Tribute to Children of the Holocaust:
Portraits that Bridge the Gap Between Then
and Now, exhibit by artist and educator Barbara
Powers; for information, call 309-732-7323, Rock
Island Public Library - Main Library, 401 19th, Rock
Island, IL, http://www.jfqc.org, thru Fri Jun 8.
Twisted Function: New Woodwork by Craig
and Teresa Miller, exhibition of woodworks;
Mon.-Fri. 11am-6pm, Sat. 10am-5pm, Sun. noon-
4pm; for information, call 319-338-4442, The Chait
Galleries Downtown, 218 E Washington St, Iowa
City, IA, http://www.thegalleriesdowntown.com,
thru Tue Jun 12.
Delicacies, works from the permanent
collection in which artists express a sense of
fragility, grace, lightness, and weightlessness; for
information, call 515-277-4405, Des Moines Art
Center, 4700 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA, http://
www.desmoinesartcenter.org, thru Sun Jun 17.
Rita Templeton, the exhibit will feature some of
Templetons latest photography work with images
focusing on the natural beauty of the surrounding
area, Peaceful River Trading Co., 302 North Salina
St., McCausland, IA, https://peacefulrivertradingco.
com/index.html, thru Sun Jun 17.
The Art of Karen Vroman, exhibit of
watercolors and quilted items; Wed.-Sun. 1-4pm;
free; for information, call 563-243-3300, River Arts
Center, 229 5th Ave S, Clinton, IA, thru Sun Jun 17.
Gene Brack Exhibit, for information, call 309-
944-2686, Geneseo Chamber of Commerce, 100
W. Main St., Geneseo, IL, http://www.geneseo.org,
thru Thu Jun 21.
Jaclyn Garlock - Mindy Diaz, paintings by
Garlock, fine-art jewelry by Diaz; for information,
call 309-793-1213, ext. 108 or e-mail dwmetallo@
quadcityarts.com, Quad City Arts at the Airport,
Quad City International Airport, Airport Rd,
Moline, IL, http://www.quadcityarts.com, thru
Wed Jun 27.
Beth Peters, fiber works; for information, call
309-786-2430, MidCoast at the RiverCenter, 136 E.
3rd St., Davenport, IA, http://www.midcoast.org,
thru Sat Jun 30.
Jamie Elizabeth Hudrlik - Lisa Mahar, mixed
media; for information, call 309-786-2430, MidCoast
Gallery West, 2nd Ave & 16 1/2 St, Rock Island, IL,
http://www.midcoast.org, thru Sat Jun 30.
Lanora Welzenbach, exhibit featuring a
wide variety of works from painting to quilts
for information, call 309-794-0991, Quad City
http://www.qcgardens.com, thru Sat Jun 30.
Jackson Pollock MURAL, on loan from the
University of Iowa Museum of Art, American
Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollocks Mural
has been said to be one of the most important
modern American paintings; for information,
call 515-277-4405, Des Moines Art Center,
4700 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA, http://www.
desmoinesartcenter.org, thru Sun Jul 15.
Raising Expectations, exhibit for which
University of Iowa jewelry professor Kee-Ho
Yuen selected an eclectic mix of functional and
sculptural metal pieces made by members of
the Iowa Metals Guild; the works explore, Cedar
Rapids Museum of Art, 410 Third Ave., Cedar
Rapids, IA, http://www.crma.org, thru Sun Jul 29.
Works by Charles Barth, in the Forsberg
Riverside Galleries; the colorful cultural icons of
Mexico are examined, explored, and re-imagined
in the paintings and prints of Barth; free; for
information, call 319-291-4490, Waterloo Center
for the Arts, 225 Commercial St., Waterloo, IA,
http://www.waterloocenterforthearts.org, thru
Sun Aug 19.
David Plowdens Iowa, exhibit showcases
Plowdens photographs of local Iowans and
communities during a 20-year period; Tue-Sat
10am-5pm, Thu 10am-9pm, Sun noon-5pm; free
with $4-7 museum admission; for information,
call 563-326-7804, Figge Art Museum, 225 W 2nd
St, Davenport, IA, http://www.figgemuseum.com,
thru Sun Aug 26.
Looking Back: Vintage Postcards of
Downtown Cedar Rapids, exhibit of more
than 115 vintage postcards of Cedar Rapids
dating from the 1890s through the 1940s; for
http://www.crma.org, thru Sun Aug 26.
A Show of Hands: Ceramics from the
Collection, featuring works donated by Iowa
City resident and long-time photographer Joan
Liffring-Zug Bourret; free; for information, call
thru Thu Aug 30.
Art in Roman Life, over 50 works, including
coins, glass vessels, ceramic lamps, marble
sculptures, and more; for information, call 319-
366-7503, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 410 Third
Ave., Cedar Rapids, IA, http://www.crma.org, thru
Thu Aug 30.
Grant Wood: In Focus, culled from the
museums extensive collection of works, this
single-gallery installation serves as a brief
overview of the artistic achievements of this
important American painter; for information, call
thru Thu Aug 30.
Mauricio Lasansky, new takes on the
important Iowa City artist; for information, call
thru Thu Aug 30.
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Olson-Brandelle North American Indian Art
Collection, featuring installments on each floor
of the library, with explanatory text panels; open
noon to 4pm Tuesdays through Saturdays when
school is in session; free; for information, call 309-
794-7469, Thomas Tredway Library, Augustana
College, Rock Island, IL, http://www.augustana.
edu, thru Thu Aug 30.
The American Century, highlighting the many
movements of 20th Century art; for information,
call 319-366-7503, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art,
410 Third Ave., Cedar Rapids, IA, http://www.crma.
org, thru Thu Aug 30.
Tony Feher, exhibition seeks to reveal the
richness, complexity, and impact of Fehers
investigations through a careful selection of 60
key works that revolve around a very personal
formal, material, and spatial vocabulary; for
information, call 515-277-4405, Des Moines Art
Center, 4700 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA, http://
www.desmoinesartcenter.org, Thu Thu Aug 30.
Treasures from the National Czech & Slovak
Museum & Library Collection, examples of fine,
folk, and decorative art, textiles embellished with
beads and embroidery, costumes, fine Royal Dux
porcelain pieces, glass and crystal, and more; for
http://www.crma.org, thru Thu Aug 30.
Opening in June
ArtWorks Expo, annual exhibit; for
information, call 309-786-2430, Midcoast at
Bucktown Gallery, Bucktown Center for the Arts,
Davenport, IA, http://www.midcoast.org, Fri Jun 1
thru Sat Jun 30.
Jennifer Petersen - Mona Wolbers,
calligraphy and book arts by Petersen, watercolors
by Wolbers; for information, call 309-786-2430,
MidCoast Centre Station Gallery, 1200 River Dr,
Moline, IL, http://www.midcoast.org, Fri Jun 1
thru Tue Jul 31.
Looking Forward, Looking Back:
Architecture of Downtown Cedar Rapids,
Then and Now, exhibit celebrating the new
architecture of Cedar Rapids after the 2008
flooding through sketches, drawings, and models;
featuring a companion show of vintage post cards
of Cedar Rapids from the, Cedar Rapids Museum
of Art, 410 Third Ave., Cedar Rapids, IA, http://
www.crma.org, Sat Jun 2 thru Thu Aug 30.
Calligraphic Art, works in varied mediums in
the 8th Annual Rev. Edward M. Catich exhibition;
Mon.-Fri. 9am-5pm; free; for information, call 563-
333-6444, Catich Gallery - St. Ambrose University,
2101 Gaines St., Davenport, IA, http://web.sau.
edu/catich, Wed Jun 6 thru Thu Aug 30.
Waxing Poetic: Exploring Expression in
Art, interactive exhibit pairs art from the Figges
permanent collection with large-scale magnetic
poetry; visitors will be encouraged to play with
words to create poetry and tag works of art with
descriptive words; free with museum admission;
Museum, 225 W 2nd St, Davenport, IA, http://www.
figgeartmuseum.org, Sat Jun 9 thru Thu Aug 30.
15th Annual Mississippi Valley Blues Festival
Photography Exhibit, for information, call 563-322-
5837, Freight House, 421 W. River Dr., Davenport, IA,
http://www.mvbs.org, Sat Jun 30 and Sun Jul 1.
Opening in July & August
T.F. Hempel, watercolor exhibit; Mon.-Sat.
10am-5pm, Sun. noon-5pm; for information, call
309-794-0991, Quad City Botanical Center, 2525
4th Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://www.qcgardens.
com, Sun Jul 1 thru Thu Aug 30.
Tricia Coulson Nancy Lindsay, fiber by
Coulson, oils by Lindsay, for information, call 309-
786-2430, MidCoast Gallery West, 2nd Ave & 16
1/2 St, Rock Island, IL, http://www.midcoast.org,
thru Sat Jun 30.
Flamingo Follies, annual exhibit in which
plastic pink lawn flamingos are turned into works
of art; Mon.-Sat. 10am-5pm, Sun. noon-5pm; $1-5
admission; for information, call 309-794-9991,
Quad City Botanical Center, 2525 4th Ave., Rock
Island, IL, http://www.qcgardens.com, Wed Jul 4
thru Thu Aug 2.
NASA / ART: 50 Years of Exploration, the
exhibition features 72 works of art commissioned
by the NASA Art Program, featuring paintings,
drawings, photographs, sculptures, and other
media by such artists as Annie Leibovitz, Nam
June Paik, Robert Rauschenberg, Norman
Rockwell, Andy Warhol, William Wegman, and
Jamie Wyeth; Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Thu 10am-
9pm, Sun noon-5pm; free with $4-7 museum
Figge Art Museum, 225 W 2nd St, Davenport, IA,
http://www.figgemuseum.com, Sat Jul 14 thru
Thu Aug 30.
Janelle McCrabb Heather Seibel, mixed
media; for information, call 309-786-2430,
MidCoast Centre Station Gallery, 1200 River Dr,
Moline, IL, http://www.midcoast.org , Aug 1 thru
Thu Aug 30.
Steve Banks Heidi Hernandez, Merican-
Tastic art; for information, call 309-786-2430,
MidCoast at Bucktown, 225 E. 2nd St., Davenport,
IA, http://www.midcoast.org, Wed Aug 1 thru
Thu Aug 30.
Clary Illian: A Potters Potter, exhibit of
ceramics and pots in stoneware, porcelain, and
earthenware; for information, call 319-366-7503,
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 410 Third Ave.,
Cedar Rapids, IA, http://www.crma.org, Sat Aug
25 thru Thu Aug 30.
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Art Class w/ Paul Aglueseva, on Thursdays;
$4-6; for information, call 563-326-7477, CASI
(Center for Active Seniors), 1035 W. Kimberly
Road, Davenport, IA, http://www.casiseniors.org,
12:30pm Thu May 24 thru Thu Aug 30.
Drawing & Clay Sculpting with Paul
Algueseva, on Thursdays; $5 plus materials; for
information, call 563-386-7477, CASI (Center
for Active Seniors), 1035 W. Kimberly Road,
Davenport, IA, http://www.casiseniors.org,
12:30pm Thu May 24 thru Thu Aug 30.
Acrylics 101 with Paul Algueseva, on
Mondays; open to ages 14 & up; $40-48 for 8
weeks; for information, call 563-386-7477, CASI
5:30pm Mon May 28 thru Mon Aug 27.
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BATTLESHIP
In the latest effects-heavy entertainment by
Hancock director Peter Berg, a group of heroic
U.S. Navy and Japanese-military officers team
up to fight a race of marauding aliens, four of
whose spaceships have crash-landed in the
middle of the Pacific Ocean. Battleship? This
thing shouldve been called KerPlunk.
Somewhat astonishingly, it could also be
called an almost embarrassing amount of
fun. When the project was first announced,
it seemed too ludicrous to be believed: a
big-screen adaptation of the popular board
game, co-financed by the commercial-toy-
slash-mindless-action-behemoth brain trust
at Hasbro, and designed as Pearl Harbor with
whirling metallic orbs in place of kamikaze
aircraft. In a wonderful shock, though, Berg
and company dont try to disguise or ignore
Battleships inherent ridiculousness. Instead,
they embrace it, and with such confident,
goofy-ass gusto that the results turn out to
be pretty tough to resist. In the films first few
minutes, Taylor Kitsch playing the neer-
do-well brother of Alexander Skarsgrds
Navy hotshot attempts to woo a famished
young woman by breaking into a convenience
store and stealing a burrito. And while
the terrifically timed slapstick that follows
probably wouldve been hysterical even if the
scene werent scored to Henry Mancinis Pink
Panther Theme, Im glad well never know for
sure. Happily, from its gags to its portrayals to
its whiz-bang set pieces, Battleship oftentimes
doesnt have its tongue planted so much as
grafted in its cheek.
Bergs movie is hardly seamless; despite
the explosive mayhem, an extended assault
sequence halfway
through quashes
the lighthearted
mood for too long
a time, and theres
an unfortunate
surfeit of
maudlin excess,
personified
mostly by the
films morose,
legless Army vet
who re-discovers
his worth during the alien insurrection.
(Thankfully, though, this character is
impressively played by Gregory D. Gadson, a
nonprofessional actor and a real-life veteran
and double amputee whose naturalistic
fierceness makes up for the roles obviousness.)
Yet Battleship is still a hoot. Fueled by a rock
soundtrack that gives events just the right
blend of cocksure, Top Gun-esque bravado
and comedic too-much-ness, Bergs staging is
nimble, the effects are strong and sometimes
evocative, and the cast suggests that every
single day on the set was a playful one. I had
hoped that Kitsch and co-star Jesse Plemons
would be as relaxed and confident here as they
were working for Berg on TVs Friday Night
Lights, and they are, but who couldve guessed
that pop star Rihanna (crooning a bit of
Sentimental Journey) and the famously dour
Liam Neeson would be nearly as enjoyable?
Best of all, the films clever ideas easily
outnumber its bum ones, with screenwriters
Jon and Erich Hoeber saving their smartest
inspiration for last: the rousing, unexpectedly
moving resurrection of the titular vessel, a
ship that like the beautifully weathered Navy
officers who
man her hasnt
seen combat in
nearly 70 years.
A high-tech
summertime
spectacle,
Battleship
concludes
with a stirring
ode to the
effectiveness of
low-tech, and in
doing so, emerges as that most welcome kind
of Hollywood blockbuster a legitimately
surprising one. Game on!
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN
YOURE EXPECTING
Actress Brooklyn Decker, who plays Taylor
Kitchs beloved in Battleship, also shows
up in director Kirk Jones What to Expect
When Youre Expecting. Of course, most
everyone does. A sprawling ensemble comedy
that follows its characters through the joys
and heartaches of parenthood, impending
and otherwise, the movie is so relentlessly
formulaic and forced and sitcom-y that I
dont think I bought a single minute of it.
Geniality and good humor, though, do count
for a lot, and I at least left grateful for the time
spent with Ben Falcone, Rob Huebel, Anna
Kendrick, Jennifer Lopez, Wendi McLendon-
Covey, Chris Rock, Rodrigo Santoro, Thomas
Lennon, and Rebel Wilson, all of whom make
the time spent with Cameron Diaz, Matthew
Morrison, Dennis Quaid, and, you know,
the films script a lot easier to bear. Elizabeth
Banks, meanwhile, is so fabulously funny
and endearing as a type-A type unprepared
for the physical discomforts of pregnancy
that the rest of What to Expect ... couldve
easily been excised without anyone bitching
about the resulting half-hour running length.
Near the films end, after her inspired comic
anguish finally yields some exuberant joy, the
continuously exceptional Banks says, I finally
found my glow! Right. Like shes ever stopped
glowing.
THE DICTATOR
Since Sacha Baron Cohens 2006 triumph
as Borat, he and director Larry Charles have
released a new, caricature-based slapstick every
three years, with 2009s Brno now leading to
The Dictator. If their series rate of declension
is to be trusted, I am positively dreading
2015, because this unoriginal, depressingly
mild, profoundly unfunny outing about a
sadistic north-African despot who learns to
love and thrive in New York suggests that the
two probably need a lo-o-o-o-ong break from
one another. With its thuddingly bad jokes
made even worse by Charles amateurish
compositions and the casts collective lack of
invention (Im not sure that Anna Faris, Ben
Kingsley, and John C. Reilly have ever been
less appealing), The Dictator may be worth a
salute, but its one you can deliver with only
one finger.
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Ceramics for Beginners, on Mondays; $5;
for information, call 563-386-7477, CASI (Center
Davenport, IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, 9:30am
Mon May 28 thru Mon Aug 27.
Donna Dewberry One-Stroke Painting, on
Mondays; learn to load brushes & strokes for
roses, daisies, lilacs, hydrangeas, pansies, wild
flowers and an assortment of leaves; supplies
furnished; $4; for information, call 563-386-7477,
CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 1035 W. Kimberly
Ceramics - Advanced/Beginners, on
Tuesdays; 9am-noon, and 1-2:30pm; $5-10 half
day, $8-16 full day; for information, call 563-
386-7477, CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 1035
W. Kimberly Road, Davenport, IA, http://www.
casiseniors.org, 9am Tue May 29 thru Tue Aug
28.
May & June
Silk Painting & Batik: Adventures in Color,
with instructor Mary Stringer; students will design
a beautiful batik fabric piece and a fashion-
fabulous painted silk scarf; $40-50; for information
and to register, call 563-326-7804, ext. 2045 or
e-mail haaronson@figgeartmuseum.org, Figge
Art Museum, 225 W 2nd St, Davenport, IA, http://
figgeart.org, 10:30am Sat May 26.
Still-Life Drawing Class (Beginners) with
Michelle Fischer, Fischer will show you some
basic techniques to get started, and youll get to
try different tools and materials to see what you
like best; $15/class, or $55/four sessions; ages
18+ only; for information, call 319-366-7503, ext.
203, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 410 Third Ave.,
Cedar Rapids, IA, http://www.crma.org, 9:30am
Tue May 29.
Digital Photography, with instructor Cindy
Bergthold; following a discussion that includes
how to find and frame the best shots as well as
tips and techniques for great pictures every time
you point and click, students will spend some
class time outside the museum taking photos,
and then return for an interactive class critique
of the days pictures; $35-45; for information and
to register, call 563-326-7804, ext. 2045 or e-mail
haaronson@figgeartmuseum.org, Figge Art
figgeart.org, 1pm Sat Jun 9.
Book Sculpting Club, repurpose hardcover
books into amazing works of art; free; for
information, call 563-326-7832, Fairmount Street
Library, 3000 N. Fairmount St., Davenport, IA,
http://www.davenportlibrary.com, 2pm Sat Jun 9.
Mary Zeran @ the Studio, students will work
outside to create a painting of the Grant Wood
Studio; exercises include making color and
learning to see color like an artist does; several
paint mixing exercises and drawing exercises
will be included; wine and snacks will be served;
$15-20; for information, call 319-366-7503, Grant
Wood Studio, 810 2nd Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA,
http://www.crma.org, 7pm Thu Jun 14.
Plaster Carving, with instructor Zach Sapato;
an exploration of form, texture, and shape as
students learn to transform a prepared plaster
block into a cool sculptural piece through carving,
chipping and finishing techniques; $40-50; for
information and to register, call 563-326-7804, ext.
2045 or e-mail haaronson@figgeartmuseum.org,
Figge Art Museum, 225 W 2nd St, Davenport, IA,
http://figgeart.org, 10:30am Sat Jun 16.
Frame Fabulous, get in touch with your
creative side and design a fabulous photo frame
with CRMA Education Director Erin Thomas; for
information, call 319-393-1414, Hiawatha Public
Library, 150 West Willman, Hiawatha, IA, http://
www.crma.org, 6pm Thu Jun 28.
July & August
Mary Zeran @ the Studio, students will work
to create a self-portrait using different papers
and other found objects such as beads, buttons,
and cork; the collage will be created on a piece
of canvas board or Masonite, ready for framing;
designed with non-artists in mind, some of Zerans
warm up exercises,such as drawing to music, will
be used; $15-20; for information, call 319-366-
7503, Grant Wood Studio, 810 2nd Ave SE, Cedar
Rapids, IA, http://www.crma.org, 7pm Thu Jul 12.
Pick Up Senior Olympic Art, for information,
call 563-386-7477, CASI (Center for Active Seniors),
1035 W. Kimberly Road, Davenport, IA, http://
www.casiseniors.org, 10am Fri Jul 13.
http://www.davenportlibrary.com, 2pm Sat Jul
14.
Drawing Naturescapes, with instructor Ralph
Iaccarino; use your favorite drawing materials or
try a new medium youd like to explore; Iaccarino
will share techniques and tips that will inform
your artistic abilities in this casual, interactive
workshop; $40-50; for information and to register,
call 563-326-7804, ext. 2045 or e-mail haaronson@
2nd St, Davenport, IA, http://figgeart.org, 10am
Sat Jul 14.
Christmas in July: Learn to Cut, $10-15; for
Davenport, IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, Wed
Jul 18.
Mary Zeran @ the Studio, students will
combine old books, drawing, collage, and folding
to create one-of-a-kind literary sculptures;
exercises include exploring how to create volume
and interest through folding, how unusual lines
and textures can be obtained by cutting, and
how collage can add moments of surprise from
one page to the next; $15-20; for information, call
319-366-7503, Grant Wood Studio, 810 2nd Ave
SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, http://www.crma.org, 7pm
Thu Aug 9.
http://www.davenportlibrary.com, 2pm Sat Aug
11.
Watercolor for Beginners, with instructor
Don Heggen; Heggen will share his tips and
techniques for glazing, textural effects, layering,
washes, and more that will bring beginning
watercolor students up to the next level; $40-50;
for information and to register, call 563-326-7804,
ext. 2045 or e-mail haaronson@figgeartmuseum.
org, Figge Art Museum, 225 W 2nd St, Davenport,
IA, http://figgeart.org, 10:30am Sat Aug 18.
Batik on Rice Paper, with instructor Bonnie
Jones; $65-70; for information, call 309-743-2700,
Deere-Wiman Carriage House, 817 11th Ave.,
Moline, IL, http://www.butterworthcenter.com,
Wed Aug 22.
Watercolor Instruction, thru Aug. 25; with
instructor Tom Jones; $155-165; for information,
call 309-743-2700, Deere-Wiman Carriage
House, 817 11th Ave., Moline, IL, http://www.
butterworthcenter.com, Thu Aug 23.
Drawing - Heads & Hands, with instructor
Gloria Burlingame; using skulls, casts, and photos,
master the figural challenges of proportion,
structure and form when drawing heads and
hands; with an emphasis on line and value using
graphite and pastel pencils, students at all levels
will learn to create accurate, realistic figural
forms; $40-50; for information and to register, call
563-326-7804 ext. 2045 or e-mail haaronson@
2nd St, Davenport, IA, http://figgeart.org, 10:30am
Sat Aug 25.
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outside of a 250 mile radius of the Quad Cities;
to nominate someone you know, send an e-mail
to dwmetallo@quadcityarts.com with the artists
name, contact information, and a link to his/her
website; a committee of art professionals will
choose works from the nominated artists to
include in the exhibition, running Aug. 31-Oct.
26; for information, contact Dawn Wohlford-
Metallo 309-793-1213 ext. 108, Quad City Arts
Center, 1715 2nd Ave, Rock Island, IL, http://www.
quadcityarts.com, thru Wed May 30.
Call for Artists: 2nd Annual Arts on the
Square, seeking entries by artisans for the fine
art & crafts event on Sept. 15; no application or
admission fees, $35 booth fee; for information,
call 815-537-5139 or e-mail artsonthesquare@
gmail.com, Eclipse Square Park, Prophetstown, IL,
http://www.artsonthesquare.blogspot.com, thru
Tue Aug 14.
CONCERTS
May
Foreigner, pop-rock superstars in concert; $40-
60; for information, call 800-582-5956, Diamond
Jo Casino, Dubuque, IA, http://www.diamondjo.
com, 8pm Thu May 24.
Summer Camp Music Festival 2012, annual
festival featuring dozens of bands on numerous
stages, with sets by Umphreys McGee, Tribal
Seeds, Yonder Mountain String Band, Everyone
Orchestra, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Break Science,
Michael Franti & Spearhead, Dirty Dozen Brass
Band, The Devil Makes Three, Janes Addiction,
and many more; $65 single-day tickets, $180-200
three-day pass, Three Sisters Park, 17189 N. Rt. 29,
Chillicothe, IL, http://summercampfestival.com,
Thu May 24 thru Sun May 27.
David Zollo & The Body Electric, a concert
in the Summer of the Arts Friday Night Concert
Series; bring lawn chairs and blankets; free; for
information, call 319-337-7944, Sheraton Hotel
- Iowa City, 210 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA,
http://www.summerofthearts.org, 6:30pm Fri
May 25.
Ronnie Baker Brooks, blues, R&B, and funk
musician in concert; $17-20; for tickets and
information, call 563-326-1333, The Redstone
Room, 129 Main St, Davenport, IA, http://www.
rivermusicexperience.org, 8pm Fri May 25.
Sierra Leones Refugee All Stars, concert
with one of Africas top touring and recording
bands, with an opening set by Orgone; $20-22; for
tickets and information, call 319-688-2653, Englert
Theatre, 221 East Washington St., Iowa City, IA,
http://www.englert.org, 8pm Fri May 25.
2012 Iowa Blues Challenge Final Round,
featuring performances by one of the bands from
the IBC semi-final round in Des Moines, and two
of the bands competing in the semi-finals at The
Muddy Waters; for information, call 563-322-5837,
Marriott Hotel Des Moines, 700 Grand Avenue,
Des Moines, IA, http://www.mvbs.org, Sat May 26.
Chase Garrett, boogie woogie, blues, jazz and
swing with the young piano player from Iowa
City; $10; BYOB, appetizers served; for information
and to reserve, call 563-262-8791, Orange Street
Theatre, 701 Orange St, Muscatine, IA, 7pm Sat
May 26.
Hairball, 80s tribute band performs a summer
concert in the Nitefall on the River series; $20-25,
Simon Estes Amphitheater, 75 E. Locust St., Des
Moines, IA, http://ticketfly.com, 8pm Sat May 26.
Michael McDonald, legendary, Grammy-
winning singer and former Doobie Brother
in concert; $50-60; for information, call 877-
677-3456, Riverside Casino Event Center,
3184 Highway 22, Riverside, IA, http://www.
riversidecasinoandresort.com, 8pm Sat May 26.
Tanya Tucker, country-music legend in
concert; $25-35; for information, call 800-724-
5825, Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center,
1777 Isle Parkway, Bettendorf, IA, http://
bettendorf.isleofcapricasinos.com/index.aspx,
7:30pm Sat May 26.
Heartless Bastards, Cincinnati-based rockers
in concert, with opening set by These United
States; $12; for information and tickets, call 319-
351-9175, Gabes, 330 E. Washington St., Iowa City,
IA, http://www.icgabes.com, 9pm Sat May 26.
Tech N9nes Hostile Takeover Tour w/
Machine Gun Kelly a.k.a. MGK, Krizz Kaliko,
Mayday!, Prozak, & Stevie Stone, $30-35; for
tickets, call 800-745-3000, Davenport RiverCenter,
136 E. 3rd St, Davenport, IA, http://www.riverctr.
com, 8pm Wed May 30.
The Robert Cray Band, concert with the five-
time Grammy Award-winning, singer/songwriter
and guitar legend; $40-50; for tickets and
information, call 319-688-2653, Englert Theatre,
221 East Washington St., Iowa City, IA, http://www.
englert.org, 8pm Thu May 31.
June
Bettendorf Park Band, with an ice cream
social hosted by Bettendorf Presbyterian Church;
in case of rain, the concert will be held at the
Herbert D. Goettsch Community Center at
2204 Grant Street; free; for information, e-mail
patannww@gmail.com, Bill Bowe Memorial
Bandshell, Middle Park, Bettendorf, IA, 7:30pm Fri
Jun 1.
Ali Kirschs Memory Series @ Midcoast Centre Station Gallery thru May 31
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Keelan Dimick - Benny Benack III, concert
with the New York City-based jazz pianist and jazz
trumpeter; free; for information, call 641-472-
2000, Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 N.
Main St., Fairfield, IA, http://www.FairfieldACC.
com, 8pm Fri Jun 1.
The Nadas w/ Steve Poltz, the Iowa-based
alt-rock-country band performs a summer concert
in the Nitefall on the River series; $15-20, Simon
Estes Amphitheater, 75 E. Locust St., Des Moines,
IA, http://ticketfly.com, 8pm Fri Jun 1.
Choral Dynamics: From Alligators to Zebras,
$7.50-15; for tickets and information, call 309-
342-2299 or e-mail tickets@theorpheum.org,
Orpheum Theatre, 57 S. Kellogg St., Galesburg, IL,
http://www.theorpheum.org, 7:30pm Fri Jun 1
thru Sat Jun 2.
Shock G, hip-hop with the musician of Digital
Underground; $20 advance tickets; for information,
call 309-793-4060, RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave., Rock
Island, IL, http://www.ribco.com, 9pm Fri Jun 1.
27th Annual Concert on the Lawn, held on
the south side of Old Main; featuring the Knox-
Galesburg Symphony, eighth-grader Torin Bakke
performing Karl Stamitzs Clarinet Concerto in F
Major,and excerpts from Chronicles of Narnia,
Sousas The Stars and Stripes Forever,the Knox
Hymn, Tchaikovskys 1812 Overture,and many
other favorites; free; for information, call 309-341-
7268, Knox College, Galesburg, IL, http://www.
knox.edu, 5pm Sat Jun 2.
Choral Dynamics: From Alligators to Zebras,
$7.50-15; for tickets and information, call 309-
342-2299 or e-mail tickets@theorpheum.org,
Orpheum Theatre, 57 S. Kellogg St., Galesburg, IL,
http://www.theorpheum.org, 2pm Sun Jun 3.
The Devil Makes Three, bluegrass, folk, and
country musicians in concert, with an opening
set by Spider John; $12.50-15; for tickets and
Gumbo Ya Ya, annual outdoor celebration of
Cajun culture featuring Cajun, zydeco, and New
Orleans style music and food, street performers,
vendors, beads, and much more; Frui. 5Pm gates,
Sat. 4pm gates; for information, call 309-788-6311,
The District of Rock Island, 16 1/2 St., Rock Island,
IL, http://www.gumboyayafestival.com, Fri Jun 8
and Sat Jun 9.
The Manny Lopez Big Band, Lopez and his 13
piece big band will be playing all your favorites
from the Big Band era; featuring hits from Glenn
Miller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Henry Mancini,
and Stan Kenton; 5pm doors, 6pm show; $12-15;
for tickets and information, call 309-786-7733,
extension 2, The Circa 21 Speakeasy, 1818 3rd
Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://www.circa21.com, 6pm
Fri Jun 8.
The Redhead Express, family musicians
perform bluegrass, old-timey, and gospel music; a
concert in the Cedar Rapids Community Concert
Associations 2011-2012 season; at 2 & 7:30pm;
Prairie High School, 401 76th Ave., Cedar Rapids, IA,
http://www.crcommunityconcerts.org, Sat Jun 9.
Wesley Winds, music from Bach to the Duke,
in an event in the Second Sunday Summer Music
Concert Series sponsored by the Muscatine
County Arts Council; some seating available,
bring lawn chairs; donations accepted, Pearl
Plaza, 208 W. 2nd St., Muscatine, IA, http://www.
muscatineartscouncil.org, 6pm Sun Jun 10.
I Am the Avalanche, Brooklyn-based rockers
in concert, with opening set by Morning Exit;
$10-12; for information and tickets, call 319-351-
9175, Gabes, 330 E. Washington St., Iowa City, IA,
http://www.icgabes.com, 6pm Tue Jun 12.
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican ska and reggae singer
performs a summer concert in the Nitefall on the
River series; $30-35, Simon Estes Amphitheater, 75
E. Locust St., Des Moines, IA, http://ticketfly.com,
7pm Tue Jun 12.
Lake Street Dive, soul, R&B, and jazz in an
Intimate at the Englert presentation; $15; for
information and tickets, call 319-688-2653, Englert
http://www.englert.org, 8pm Tue Jun 12.
Bayside, Queens-based punk rockers in
concert, with opening sets by Polar Bear Club
and Make Do & Mend; $15-16; for information
and tickets, call 319-351-9175, Gabes, 330 E.
Washington St., Iowa City, IA, http://www.icgabes.
com, 6pm Wed Jun 13.
Celtic Winds, in Fayes Field, a presentation
in the Outdoor Summer Concert Series; free; for
information, call 563-344-4175, Bettendorf Public
Library, 2950 Learning Campus, Bettendorf, IA,
http://www.bettendorflibrary.com, 6:30pm Thu
Jun 14.
Richard Lloyd, concert with the founding
member of Television and his ensemble, with an
opening set by Grand Stand; $15; for tickets and
rivermusicexperience.org, 7:30pm Thu Jun 14.
Whoozdads?, acoustic blues in a Feast for the
Senses Concert Series presentation; refreshments
served; free; for information, call 309-524-2470,
Moline Public Library, 3210 41st St., Moline, IL,
http://www.molinelibrary.org, 6:30pm Thu Jun 14.
Greensky Bluegrass, five-piece American
bluegrass band in concert, with an opening set by
the Jesse White Band; $12-15; for information, call
319-337-6464, Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St,
Iowa City, IA, http://www.iowacityyachtclub.org,
9pm Thu Jun 14.
social hosted by Asbury Methodist Church; in case
of rain, the concert will be held at the Herbert D.
Goettsch Community Center at 2204 Grant Street;
free; for information, e-mail patannww@gmail.
com, Bill Bowe Memorial Bandshell, Middle Park,
Bettendorf, IA, 7:30pm Fri Jun 15.
Funk Daddies, a concert in the Summer of the
Arts Friday Night Concert Series; bring lawn chairs
and blankets; free; for information, call 319-337-
7944, Sheraton Hotel - Iowa City, 210 S. Dubuque
St., Iowa City, IA, http://www.summerofthearts.
org, 6:30pm Fri Jun 15.
rivermusicexperience.org, 8pm Sun Jun 3.
Stephen Foster and the Rise of American
Music, award-winning folksinger Chris Vallillo
presents the music of composer Stephen Foster;
free; for information, call 309-732-7323, Rock
Island Public Library - Main Library, 401 19th, Rock
Island, IL, http://www.rockislandlibrary.org, 6pm
Tue Jun 5.
An Evening with Walter Trout, blues legend
in concert; $15; for tickets and information, call
563-326-1333, The Redstone Room, 129 Main St,
Davenport, IA, http://www.rivermusicexperience.
org, 8pm Wed Jun 6.
Scott H. Biram - Lydia Loveless, blues, punk,
country, and rock with the touring musicians;
$10-13; for information, call 309-793-4060, RIBCO,
1815 2nd Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://www.ribco.
com, 8:30pm Wed Jun 6.
Oh, Boy! An Evening with Buddy Holly,
cabaret of Hollys with frequent Circa 21
performer Steve Lasiter; $10-12; for tickets and
information, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2, The Circa 21
Speakeasy, 1818 3rd Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://
www.circa21.com, 7pm Thu Jun 7.
Whoozdads?, in Fayes Field, a presentation
Jun 7.
Bambu, a concert in the Summer of the Arts
Friday Night Concert Series; bring lawn chairs and
blankets; free; for information, call 319-337-7944,
Sheraton Hotel - Iowa City, 210 S. Dubuque St.,
Iowa City, IA, http://www.summerofthearts.org,
6:30pm Fri Jun 8.
CASI New Horizons Band, with an ice
cream social hosted by CASI; in case of rain, the
concert will be held at the Herbert D. Goettsch
Community Center at 2204 Grant Street; free;
for information, e-mail patannww@gmail.com,
Bill Bowe Memorial Bandshell, Middle Park,
Ted Nugent, legendary rock guitarist in
concert; $28-48; for tickets, call 800-745-3000,
Peoria Civic Center, 201 SW Jefferson Ave, Peoria,
IL, http://www.peoriaciviccenter.com, 8pm Fri
Jun 15.
Under the Streetlamp, famed vocal
quartet in their national tour; $29.50-39.50; for
tickets, call 800-745-3000, Peoria Civic Center,
201 SW Jefferson Ave, Peoria, IL, http://www.
peoriaciviccenter.com, 8pm Fri Jun 15.
Hillcrest Music Fest, with performances
by Wild Oatz, Dirt Road Rockers, the Slough
Buoys, and the Dani Lynn Howe Band; $40-50
for both days; $100-200 VIP & platinum tickets;
for information, call 309-755-6550, Hillcrest
Event Center, 16260 East 350th St., Orion, IL,
http://hillcrest-resort.inticketing.com/evinfo.
php?eventid=203061, 5pm Fri Jun 15.
Martina McBride, country-music superstar in
concert; $35-65; for information and tickets, call
877-677-3456, Riverside Casino and Golf Resort,
riversidecasinoandresort.com, 8pm Sat Jun 16.
Sonny Lendreth, concert with the acclaimed
blues guitarist; $25-30; for information and
tickets, call 563-326-1333, The Redstone
rivermusicexperience.org, 8pm Sat Jun 16.
Terry Hanson Ensemble, jazz in a Feast for the
Senses Concert Series presentation; refreshments
served; free; for information, call 309-524-2470,
http://www.molinelibrary.org, 2:30pm Sat Jun 16.
Hillcrest Music Fest, with performances by
Sinners & Saints, Wicked Liz & the Bellyswirls,
Meet The Press, the Dani Lynn Howe Band, and
the Jimmie Van Zant Band; $40-50 for both days;
$100-200 VIP & platinum tickets; for information,
call 309-755-6550, Hillcrest Event Center, 16260
East 350th St., Orion, IL, http://hillcrest-resort.
inticketing.com/evinfo.php?eventid=203061,
12pm Sat Jun 16.
West End Street Fest, featuring an evening
concert with Wild Oatz, food, entertainment, and
more; no cover charge; for information, e-mail
1955jamese@gmail.com, Jimmie Os Saloon, 2735
Telegraph Rd., Davenport, IA, 12pm Sat Jun 16.
Christopher Sheridan, acoustic rock and folk
music in a Concerts on the Lawn presentation;
free, with refreshments available for purchase;
in case of inclement weather, the concert will be
held indoors; for information, call 309-786-2631
or e-mail broadway@broadwayqc.org, Broadway
Presbyterian Church, 710 23rd St., Rock Island, IL,
http://www.BroadwayQC.org, 4pm Sun Jun 17.
Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, music
legend and his ensemble perform a summer
Moines, IA, http://ticketfly.com, 7pm Wed Jun 20.
Jim Markum New Vintage Band, swing
music in a Feast for the Senses Concert Series
presentation; refreshments served; free; for
information, call 309-524-2470, Moline Public
Library, 3210 41st St., Moline, IL, http://www.
molinelibrary.org, 6:30pm Thu Jun 21.
John Resch, in Fayes
Field, a presentation in
the Outdoor Summer
Concert Series; free; for
information, call 563-
344-4175, Bettendorf
Public Library, 2950
Learning Campus,
Bettendorf, IA, http://www.
bettendorflibrary.com,
6:30pm Thu Jun 21.
Man in Black: The
Music of Johnny Cash,
concert of Cash hits with
national touring and
recording artist Robert
Shaw and his Lonely
Street Band; 11:45am
doors, noon plated lunch,
1pm show $41.28; 6pm
doors, 7pm cocktail/appetizer show $25-30; for
information and tickets, call 309-786-7733 ext. 2,
Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 3rd Ave., Rock
Island, IL, http://www.circa21.com, Thu Jun 21.
Songs of the Civil War, a Senior Day program
in which Bob Welch performs songs of the Civil
War period, singing and accompanying himself
on guitar and banjo; refreshments served
afterward; free; for information, call 563-344-4175,
Bettendorf Public Library, 2950 Learning Campus,
Bettendorf, IA, http://www.bettendorflibrary.com,
1:30pm Thu Jun 21.
Chris Dunn, guitarist, vocalist and childrens
musician in a Feast for the Senses Concert Series
presentation; refreshments served; free; for
information, call 309-524-2470, Moline Public
molinelibrary.org, 2pm Fri Jun 22.
Idina Menzel, concert with the Tony-winning
star of Broadways Wicked; for tickets, call 800-
745-3000, Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, 221
Walnut St., Des Moines, IA, http://www.civiccenter.
org, 7:30pm Fri Jun 22.
Orion Community Band, with an ice cream
social hosted by Harmony Hills Baptist Church; in
case of rain, the concert will be held at the Herbert
D. Goettsch Community Center at 2204 Grant
Street; free; for information, e-mail patannww@
gmail.com, Bill Bowe Memorial Bandshell, Middle
Park, Bettendorf, IA, 7:30pm Fri Jun 22.
Orquesta Alto Maiz, a concert in the Summer
of the Arts Friday Night Concert Series; bring
lawn chairs and blankets; free; for information,
call 319-337-7944, Sheraton Hotel - Iowa City,
210 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA, http://www.
summerofthearts.org, 6:30pm Fri Jun 22.
St. Cecilias Children, a concert with musicians
ages 5-17, in a Feast for the Senses Concert
Series presentation; refreshments served; free;
for information, call 309-524-2470, Moline Public
molinelibrary.org, 2pm Fri Jun 22.
The Pines, indie, rock, and Americana
musicians in concert; $12; for tickets and
rivermusicexperience.org, 7:30pm Fri Jun 22.
The Temptations, featuring such Motown
hits as My Girland Since I Lost My Baby;
$25-35; for information, call 800-724-5825,
Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center,
1777 Isle Parkway, Bettendorf, IA, http://
bettendorf.isleofcapricasinos.com/happenings-
entertainment.aspx, 7:30pm Fri Jun 22.
BritishMania, concert featuring one of todays
most authentic and popular Beatles cover bands;
$20-35; for tickets and information, call 309-342-
2299 or e-mail tickets.theorpheum.org, Orpheum
Theatre, 57 S. Kellogg St., Galesburg, IL, http://
www.theorpheum.org, 7:30pm Sat Jun 23.
Denny & the DC Drifters, concert featuring
the music of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valenz and the
Big Bopper; $13-25; for information and tickets,
call 563-652-9815, Ohnward Fine Arts Center,
1215 E Platt St., Maquoketa, IA, http://www.
ohnwardfineartscenter.com, 7pm Sat Jun 23.
Wilco @ Adler Theatre July 3
George Jones, legendary country singer in
concert; $35-65; for tickets, call 800-745-3000,
Peoria Civic Center, 201 SW Jefferson Ave, Peoria,
IL, http://www.peoriaciviccenter.com, 8pm Sat
Jun 23.
Oak Ridge Boys, concert with the country-
music superstars; $23.50-37.50; for tickets, call
800-745-3000, Adler Theatre, 136 E. 3rd St.,
Davenport, IA, http://www.adlertheatre.com,
7:30pm Sat Jun 23.
Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers,
comedy legend performs on band with the North
Carolina-based bluegrass musicians; for tickets,
call 800-745-3000, Civic Center of Greater Des
Moines, 221 Walnut St., Des Moines, IA, http://
www.legionarts.org, 7:30pm Sat Jun 23.
The Scarred, punk-rock musicians in concert,
with openers Violent Affair and As You Were; $10;
for information, call 563-326-1333, The Redstone
rivermusicexperience.org, 7pm Sat Jun 23.
Music with Chris Dunn, music and songs for
all ages; free; for information, call 309-524-2470,
http://www.molinelibrary.com, 10am Tue Jun 26.
Colbie Caillat, multi-platinum-selling singer-
songwriter in concert; $35-45; for tickets, call 800-
745-3000, Peoria Civic Center, 201 SW Jefferson
Ave, Peoria, IL, http://www.peoriaciviccenter.com,
7:30pm Thu Jun 28.
Danika Holmes, in Fayes Field, a presentation
Jun 28.
Tinsley Ellis, hard-rocking, blues-soaked
guitarist/vocalist/songwriter in concert; $17-21;
CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA,
http://www.legionarts.org, 7pm Thu Jun 28.
Big River Brass Band, with an ice cream
social hosted by Big River Brass Band; in case of
rain, the concert will be held at the Herbert D.
Jason Carl, a Brown Bag Lunch concert with
the local singer and guitarist; free; for information,
call 563-344-4175, Bettendorf Public Library, 2950
Learning Campus, Bettendorf, IA, http://www.
bettendorflibrary.com, 12pm Fri Jun 29.
28th Annual Mississippi Valley Blues
Festival, annual festival featuring workshops,
childrens activities, and blues concerts at
numerous downtown venues; for information,
call 563-322-5837 or e-mail mvbs@mvbs.org,
Downtown Davenport, Davenport, IA, http://
www.mvbs.org, Fri Jun 29 and Sat Jun 30.
Iowa City Jazz Festival, featuring
performances by numerous jazz headliners,
musicians on the Local, College & Youth Stages,
a Culinary Row, childrens fun zone, art fair, and
more; free; for information, call 319-337-7944,
Fri Jun 29 and Sat Jun 30.
Rock the District, annual outdoor party on
the Great River Plaza with headliner Papa Roach,
Art of Dying, and In This Moment; 6pm gates; $25;
for information, call 309-283-1809, The District of
Rock Island, 16 1/2 St., Rock Island, IL, http://www.
daiquirifactory.com, 6pm Sat Jun 30.
July
28th Annual Mississippi Valley Blues
Festival, annual festival featuring workshops,
childrens activities, and blues concerts at
numerous downtown venues; for information,
call 563-322-5837 or e-mail mvbs@mvbs.org,
Downtown Davenport, Davenport, IA, http://
www.mvbs.org, Sun Jul 1.
Iowa City Jazz Festival, featuring
performances by numerous jazz headliners,
musicians on the Local, College & Youth Stages,
a Culinary Row, childrens fun zone, art fair, and
Sun Jul 1.
Tinsley Ellis, blues-soaked guitarist/vocalist/
songwriter in concert; $10-12; for tickets and
rivermusicexperience.org, 7:30pm Mon Jul 2.
Wilco, the acclaimed Chicago sextet performs
in support of the bands Grammy-nominated The
Whole Love; $44; for tickets, call 800-745-3000,
Adler Theatre, 136 E. 3rd St., Davenport, IA, http://
www.adlertheatre.com, 7:30pm Tue Jul 3.
Bettendorf Park Band July 4th Celebration,
rain date July 7; free; for information, e-mail
patannww@gmail.com, Bill Bowe Memorial
Bandshell, Middle Park, Bettendorf, IA, 7:30pm
Wed Jul 4.
Buddy Olson, in Fayes Field, a presentation
Jul 5.
Yonder Mountain String Band, Colorado-
based bluegrass-rock band performs a summer
Moines, IA, http://ticketfly.com, 8pm Thu Jul 5.
80/35 Music Festival, 5th annual, two-day
musical festival, featuring 40 band performing
on three stages; July 6 - performances by The
Avett Brothers, Dinosaur Jr., Freddie Gibbs, F****d
Up, Useful Jenkins, Pieta Brown, Bright Giant,
Dumptruck Butterlips, and Tajh ; $39-49 two-day
pass, $49-65 two-day passes, $29-45 one-day
passes, Western Gateway Park, Des Moines, IA,
http://www.80-35.com, Fri Jul 6.
Eisley, indie, rock, and pop musicians in
concert; $10-12; for tickets and information, call
563-326-1333, The Redstone Room, 129 Main St,
org, 8:30pm Fri Jul 6.
Feralings - Mayflies, a concert in the Summer
summerofthearts.org, 6:30pm Fri Jul 6.
Starship, featuring lead singer
Mickey Thomas, and such hits as
We Built This Cityand Nothing
Gonna Stop Us Now; $25-35; for
information, call 800-724-5825, Quad-
Cities Waterfront Convention Center,
1777 Isle Parkway, Bettendorf, IA,
http://bettendorf.isleofcapricasinos.
com/happenings-entertainment.aspx,
7:30pm Fri Jul 6.
Tri-County Community Band, with
an ice cream social hosted by Harmony
Hills Baptist Church; in case of rain, the
concert will be held at the Herbert D.
Goettsch Community Center at 2204
Grant Street; free; for information, e-
mail patannww@gmail.com, Bill Bowe
Memorial Bandshell, Middle Park,
Bettendorf, IA, 7:30pm Fri Jul 6.
Here Come the Mummies, outdoor
concert with the R&B/funk band
who perform in full mummy attire,
with an opening set by The Premium
$ellouts; $20-25; for information, call
309-793-4060, RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.,
Rock Island, IL, http://www.ribco.com,
8:30pm Fri Jul 6.
80/35 Music Festival, 5th annual,
two-day musical festival, featuring
40 band performing on three stages;
July 7 - performances by Death
Cab for Cutie, Leftover Salmon, Dan
Deacon, Greensky Bluegrass, Leslie and the Lys,
The Sundogs, Maxilla Blue, Mumfords, and many
more; $39-49 two-day pass, $49-65 two-day
passes, $29-45 one-day passes, Western Gateway
Park, Des Moines, IA, http://www.80-35.com, Sat
Jul 7.
Dick Dale, concert with the King of the Surf
Guitar,with an opening set by Daddy-O; $20-25;
for information, call 319-351-9175, Gabes, 330 E.
Washington St., Iowa City, IA, http://www.icgabes.
com, 9pm Sat Jul 7.
Strings & Pedals w/ Parke McConnaha &
Don Olson, classic country music, in an event
in the Second Sunday Summer Music Concert
Series sponsored by the Muscatine County Arts
Council; some seating available, bring lawn chairs;
donations accepted, Pearl Plaza, 208 W. 2nd St.,
Muscatine, IA, http://www.muscatineartscouncil.
org, 6pm Sun Jul 8.
Will Hale & the Tadpole Parade, free family
concert featuring award-winning songs and
rocking air guitar, mischief, audience participation
and more; bring lawn chairs or blankets; free; for
information, call 309-743-2701 or e-mail gsmall@
butterworthcenter.com, Deere-Wiman Carriage
butterworthcenter.com, 6:30pm Wed Jul 11.
Josh Duffee Orchestra, in Fayes Field, a
presentation in the Outdoor Summer Concert
Series; free; for information, call 563-344-4175,
6:30pm Thu Jul 12.
Marc Cohn, Grammy Award-winning singer-
songwriter in concert; $30-32; for tickets and
englert.org, 8pm Thu Jul 12.
social hosted by the Bettendorf Family Y; in case
Fri Jul 13.
Music
Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival
Downtown Davenport
Thursday, August 2, through Sunday,
August 5
A
ugust 6 will mark
the 81st

anniversary
of the passing of
legendary jazz performer
(and local-boy-made-
awfully-good) Bix
Beiderbecke, who was
once quoted as saying
that jazz describes music exhibiting
influence of that technique which has,
as its traditional object, to secure the
effects of surprise, or in the broadest
sense, humor. Jazz is musical humor. My
attempts to play jazz in high-school band,
meanwhile, were generally described as
humorous music. So lets be grateful
that musicians far more gifted than I are
signed up to entertain crowds at this years
annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz
Festival, with a dozen acclaimed ensembles
performing at downtown-Davenport
venues August 2 through 5. Nearly half of
the bands will be arriving from outside the
Quad Cities, with afternoon and evening
sets scheduled for: Floridas Allreds Classic
Jazz Band; Texas Jim Cullums Jazz Band;
Wisconsins Andy Schumm & the Flatland
Gang; and Michigans Dave Bennett
Quartet and Wallys Warehouse Waifs.
The other half, though, are based right
here in Bixs old Quad Cities stomping
grounds: Josh Duffee & His Orchestra;
the River City 6; the Manny Lopez
Quartet; the Manny Lopez Big Band;
the Five Bridges Jazz Band; the Jimmy
Valentine Quintet; and the BareHanded
Wolfchokers the musical ensemble that
might come in handiest during a camping
trip. As usual, this years festival will also
come complete with a Sunday-morning
service at Oakdale Memorial Cemetery,
Sunday jazz-brunch performances at
the Radisson Hotel, and numerous jazz
workshops, including the Adler Theatres
The Future of Jazz seminar on August
5. And for an up-close-and-personal look
at the future of jazz, audiences will be
treated to several scheduled performances
by the talented musicians of the Bix
Beiderbecke Memorial Youth Jazz Band.
Davenports famed artist was also quoted
as saying, One of the things I like about
jazz is I dont know whats going to
happen next. So how bout that? When
it comes to summertime jazz in the Quad
Cities, youre now one step ahead of Bix
Beiderbecke! For more information on
this years Bix Beiderbecke Memorial
Jazz Festival, call (563)324-7170 or visit
BixSociety.org. Mike Schulz
Jim Cullum
Colbie Caillat @ Peoria Civic Center June 28
28 through July 7), and Sherlocks Last Case
(July 12 through 21), while Dreamwell
Theatre stages a concentration-camp
drama with Martin Shermans Bent (June 1
through 9). Neighboring Amana finds the
Old Creamery Theatre offering a quartet
of disparate comedies in Busybody (May 31
through July 1), Jack & the Beanstalk (June
16 through 30), Shirley Valentine (July 5
through 22), and Church Basement Ladies 2:
A Second Helping (July 26 through September
2). The towns Iowa Theatre Artists
Company presents the drama The Drawer
Boy (August 31 through September 16) after
its dinner-and-a-show run of Wild Rosies
Prairie Roundup & Chuck Wagon Bar-B-Q
(June 29 through August 12). And traveling
north, Theatre Cedar Rapids wraps up its
2011-12 season with the dramatic comedy
of On Golden Pond (June 22 through July 1)
and the musical comedy of Hairspray (July 6
through 28).
Closer to home, Geneseos Richmond Hill
Barn Theatre has a trio of comedies lined up
in Greater Tuna (May 31 through June 10),
More Than Meets the Eye (July 5 through 15),
and The Curious Savage (August 16 through
26). Even closer to home, the Playcrafters
Barn Theatre presents a comedy of its own in
Bernard Slades Moving (July 13 through 22),
while New Ground Theatre gets funny with
the Chekhovian satire Anton in Show Business
(May 24 through June 3). Really close to home
at least my home Rock Islands District
Theatre has a pair of Broadway hits in Xanadu
(June 29 through July 8) and the Pulitzer Prize-
winning Next to Normal (August 24 through
September 8), a debuting work with My Life
as a Freak Magnet (July 12 through 21), and a
reading of Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin
Lance Blacks 8 (July 7), a new Proposition
8 drama featuring many of the areas most
respected theatre professionals ... and me.
Finally, returning to the Center for Living
Arts, the venue will house an independently
produced staging of John Logans Tony-
winning Red (August 17 through September
1), a two-character piece directed by Tyson
Danner and featuring actor Thomas Alan
Taylor, and presented under an unusual pay
what its worth policy that allows patrons to
determine their own ticket prices after the
shows performance. I dunno. Sounds like an
experiment that only some pseudo-intellectual,
know-it-all writer for an independent bi-
weekly newspaper would be involved with.
And co-star in. Im just sayin.
For more information on the areas
summertime theatre productions, visit
RCReader.com/y/theatre.
Theatre in the Quad Cities and Surrounding Areas, May through August
Summer Assault
by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
A
t last count, there were 74 plays and
musicals set to open at area venues
this summer. Although one of the
productions is technically two separate pro-
ductions. And four of them are technically
one. And two of the plays are really readings
of plays.
You know what? Lets just say 70-ish
plays and musicals. Thats still impressive,
right?
Lets start with that two-parter Genesius
Guilds The Oresteia because amidst an
incredibly eclectic summer-theatre season,
the Guilds lineup may be the most eclectic
(or rather, untraditional) of all. With one
half of Aeschylus Greek tragedy performed
on July 21 and the other half the following
evening, the presentation is among five
scheduled for one-weekend runs this
summer, along with the Guilds reading
of George Bernard Shaws Don Juan in
Hell (June 16 and 17), and three more by
Aeschylus: Agamemnon (July 7 and 8), and
Choephores and Eumenides (both July 14 and
15). But despite this change-of-pace roster, all
is not completely unfamiliar in Rock Islands
Lincoln Park this summer, and we can also
look forward to the sounds of Shakespeare
with Measure for Measure (June 23 through
July 1), Greek-comedy satire with The Frogs
(July 28 through August 5), and Ballet Quad
Cities latest dance-vignette presentation of
Ballet Under the Stars (June 8 through 10).
While were on the subject: Shall we
dance? That question will be asked, and
answered, in the Countryside Community
Theatre production of Rodgers &
Hammersteins timeless The King & I
(June 22 through 30), which precedes the
Eldridge-based organizations movie-musical
adaptation Singin in the Rain (July 13
through 21). Damon Runyon-esque gamblers
and molls will be doing some hoofing of their
own in the City Circle Acting Company of
Coralvilles Guys & Dolls (June 15 through
24). And Molines Quad City Music Guild
will kick up its heels with a trio of beloved
song-and-dance showcases: Meet Me in
St. Louis (June 8 through 17), Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels (July 6 through 15), and Hello,
Dolly! (August 3 through 12).
In addition to the Southern-belle comedy
The Dixie Swim Club (August 3 through
September 15), Rock Islands Circa 21
Dinner Playhouse will get tuneful with the
Broadway hit Legally Blonde: The Musical
(June 15 through July 28), running in tandem
with the childrens-theatre presentation
The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley
(June 30 through July 21). A couple blocks
away, The Center for Living Arts debuts
a family-friendly outing of its own with
Seussical Jr. (June 15 and 16, and July 20 and
21), while Iowa City Community Theatre
brings a fairytale to musical-comedy life in
Honk (June 8 through 10). And four short
plays performed for, and by, youths will
be presented at numerous area venues this
summer, when Davenport Junior Theatre
tours its original presentations of The Prestige
and Fable Frolic (July 2 through 6), and The
Contest and Spooks on Strike (July 9 through
13).
More family entertainment comes via
the Missoula Childrens Theatres staging of
Rumpelstiltskin (August 4) at Maquoketas
Ohnward Fine Arts Center, a show
preceded by the venues country-music
pastiche Always ... Patsy Cline (July 13
through 15). Anamosas Starlighters Theatre
keeps things musical with the vanishing town
of Brigadoon (July 10 through 19). A pair
of Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, meanwhile,
are given stage treatment this summer in
Galesburgs Orpheum Theatre presentation
of The Pirates of Penzance (July 20 through
22) and the Coralville Center for the
Performing Arts H.M.S. Pinafore (July 13
through 15), the latter performed by the
University of Iowas Martha-Ellen Tye Opera
Theater Company.
Our areas summer-stock companies, by
the by, will keep plenty busy with musicals
and non-musicals alike. Mt. Carrolls
Timber Lake Playhouse has the Tony
Award-winning farce of Boeing-Boeing (July
19 through 28) in a lineup that includes
a sextet of song-filled titles: Guys & Dolls
(June 7 through 17), Working (June 21
through 30), Footloose (July 5 through
15), Cabaret (August 2 through 12), Some
Enchanted Evening (August 16 through 26),
and the family presentation Youre a Good
Man, Charlie Brown (July 10 through 14,
and August 7 through 11). The Clinton
Area Showboat Theatres season-ending
productions of the two-character plays Love
Letters and Hate Mail (running in repertory
August 1 through 12) follow a quintet of
musical offerings: Little Shop of Horrors (May
31 through June 10), Into the Woods (June 14
through 24), Bye Bye Birdie (June 25 through
July 15), The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee (July 19 through 29), and the
intern-performed Honk Jr. (July 27 and 28).
Audiences will get a little bit of everything
at Festival 56 this summer, as the Princeton,
Illinois-based company delivers musicals
with The Marvelous Wonderettes (June 22
through 29), Carousel (July 6 through 14),
and Cabaret (July 27 through August 5);
slapstick comedy with Lend Me a Tenor (July
17 through 21); slapstick mystery with The
39 Steps (July 3 through 10); mystery sans
slapstick with And Then There Were None
(July 20 through 26); and even Shakespeare
with The Tempest (July 1 through August 1).
Meanwhile, our areas Prenzie Players join
the summer-theatre scene with the farcical
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
[abridged] (June 15 through 30), with the
Bard also getting a workout at Iowa Citys
Riverside Theatre in the venues repertory
productions of As You Like It (June 15
through July 8) and The Merchant of Venice
(June 22 through July 7).
Elsewhere in Iowa City, the University of
Iowa takes a mysterious turn in its annual
summer-rep season, alternating chills and
laughs in What the Butler Saw (June 21
through July 11), The Woman in Black (June
Marquetta Senters in the Old Creamery Theatres Busybody
THEATRE
Rod Piersons Not SoBig Band, a concert
in the Summer of the Arts Friday Night Concert
information, call 319-337-7944, Sheraton Hotel -
Iowa City, 210 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA, http://
www.summerofthearts.org, 6:30pm Fri Jul 13.
Camp Euforia, annual music festival featuring
more than 20 bands over two days on two stages;
lineup includes Euforquestra, William Elliott
Whitmore, Split Lip Rayfield, Heatbox, Future
Rock, Head For The Hills, Roster McCabe, The
Ragbirds, Aaron Kamm and the One Drops, John
Wayne and The Pain, The Uniphonics, Lick It Ticket,
The Fez, Tallgrass, Chris Gelbuda, and many more;
$70, Camp Euforia, 5335 Utah Ave SE, Lone Tree,
IA, http://www.campeuforia.com/tickets, Fri Jul
13.
Joe Walsh, legendary musician and Eagles
guitarist in concert; $30-55; for tickets and
information, call 877-677-3456, Riverside Casino
and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22, Riverside, IA,
http://www.riversidecasinoandresort.com, 8pm
Sat Jul 14.
River Town, bluegrass and folk music in a
Feast for the Senses Concert Series presentation;
refreshments served; free; for information, call
309-524-2470, Moline Public Library, 3210 41st St.,
Moline, IL, http://www.molinelibrary.org, 2:30pm
Sat Jul 14.
Unknown Hinson, music by the vocal artist
from Adult Swims Squidbillies, with an opening
set by 3 on a Tree; $20-25; for information, call
309-793-4060, RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave., Rock Island,
IL, http://www.ribco.com, 8pm Sat Jul 14.
Daiquiri Factorys 8th Anniversary Party,
annual outdoor celebration featuring the 80s
hair-metal tribute band Hairbangers Ball; $10;
for information, call 309-283-1809, The District of
Rock Island, 16 1/2 St., Rock Island, IL, http://www.
daiquirifactory.com, 7pm Sat Jul 14.
Just 4 Fun Band, old-time string music in a
Concerts on the Lawn presentation; free, with
refreshments available for purchase; in case
of inclement weather, the concert will be held
indoors; for information, call 309-786-2631 or
e-mail broadway@broadwayqc.org, Broadway
http://www.BroadwayQC.org, 4pm Sun Jul 15.
Branson on the Road, old country favorites,
amazing instrumentals, and comedy with the
famed touring performers; 11:45am doors, noon
plated lunch, 1pm show $41.28; 6pm doors,
7pm cocktail/appetizer show $22.50-50; for
tickets and information, call 309-786-7733,
extension 2, Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 3rd
Tue Jul 17.
Douglas & Tucker, in Fayes Field, a
presentation in the Outdoor Summer Concert
Series; free; for information, call 563-344-4175,
6:30pm Thu Jul 19.
Matt Barber, a Senior Day concert, with
refreshments served afterward; free; for
Jul 19.
Alice Cooper, the legendary rocker on his
No More Mr. Nice Guy Tour; $39.50-57.50; for
peoriaciviccenter.com, 8pm Fri Jul 20.
Deutsche Polka Band, with an ice cream social
hosted by Redeemer Lutheran Church; in case
Lionel Marcoux Sings Civil War Songs,
free; for information, call 563-386-7477, CASI
10:30am Fri Jul 20.
Tallgrass - Tasty Trigger, a concert in the
Summer of the Arts Friday Night Concert
information, call 319-337-7944, Sheraton Hotel -
Iowa City, 210 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA, http://
www.summerofthearts.org, 6:30pm Fri Jul 20.
Heartland Jam, outdoor country music
festival with acts on two stages, featuring Big
& Rich, Dierks Bentely, Gretchen Wilson, Justin
Moore, and many other artists; featuring a July
20 performance with Danika Holmes, Centennial
Park, Beiderbecke Dr. & Marquette, Davenport, IA,
http://www.heartlandjam.com, 12pm Fri Jul 20
and Sat Jul 21.
Todd Snider & Hayes Carll, acclaimed singer-
songwriters in concert; $22-25; for information,
call 319-688-2653, Englert Theatre, 221 East
Washington St., Iowa City, IA, http://www.englert.
org, 8pm Tue Jul 24.
BoDeans, Milwaukee-based roots rockers
perform a summer concert in the Nitefall on the
River series; $15, Simon Estes Amphitheater, 75
E. Locust St., Des Moines, IA, http://ticketfly.com,
7pm Thu Jul 26.
Tapped Out, in Fayes Field, a presentation
Jul 26.
Bettendorf Park Band Favorites Concert,
with an ice cream social hosted by JFK Catholic
School Band Boosters; in case of rain, the
concert will be held at the Herbert D. Goettsch
Community Center at 2204 Grant Street; free;
for information, e-mail patannww@gmail.com,
Bill Bowe Memorial Bandshell, Middle Park,
The Fez, a concert in the Summer of the Arts
Friday Night Concert Series; bring lawn chairs and
blankets; free; for information, call 319-337-7944,
6:30pm Fri Jul 27.
Greenbriar Bash w/ Third Rail, party in the
Greenbriar parking lot; for information, call 309-
764-2043, Greenbriar Restaurant and Lounge,
4506 27th St, Moline, IL, 7pm Sat Jul 28.
Rodney Atkins, country star performs as a
grandstand act for the Mississippi Valley Fair; $40-
45 Fun Card admission (good for all six days); for
information, call 563-326-5338, Mississippi Valley
Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St, Davenport, IA,
http://www.mvfair.com, 8pm Tue Jul 31.
August
The Band Perry, country-music stars perform
as a grandstand act for the Mississippi Valley Fair;
$40-45 Fun Card admission (good for all six days);
for information, call 563-326-5338, Mississippi
Valley Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St, Davenport,
IA, http://www.mvfair.com, 8pm Wed Aug 1.
Banshee, acclaimed heavy-metal rockers
in concert; $10-12; for information, call 563-
326-1333, The Redstone Room, 129 Main St,
org, 8pm Thu Aug 2.
Billy Currington, country-music star performs
IA, http://www.mvfair.com, 8pm Thu Aug 2.
2012 Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz
Festival, annual jazz festival featuring workshops,
seminars, and performances at the Adler Theatre,
RiverCenter, and LeClaire Park, with scheduled
entertainers including Wallys Warehouse
Jaclyn Garlocks Jenny Takes a Ride @ Quad City Arts @ the Airport through June 27
Waifs, Bill Allreds Classic Jazz Band, the Dave
Bennett Quartet, Jim Cullums Jazz Band, Andy
Schumm and the Flatland Gang, Josh Duffee &
His Orchestra, the Jimmy Valentine Quartet, the
Manny Lopez Quartet, the Manny Lopez Big Band,
the River City 6, the Five Bridges Jazz Band, the
Barehanded Wolfchokers, and the Bix Beiderbecke
Memorial Youth Band; for information, call 563-
324-7170, Downtown Davenport, Davenport, IA,
http://www.bixsociety.org, Thu Aug 2 thru Sun
Aug 5.
REO Speedwagon, legendary rockers perform
IA, http://www.mvfair.com, 8pm Fri Aug 3.
Slewgrass - Flannel, a concert in the Summer
summerofthearts.org, 6:30pm Fri Aug 3.
Zac Brown Band, Southern rock with the
Grammy-winning musicians, with opening sets by
Sonia Leigh and Nic Cowan; $45-69.50; for tickets,
call 800-745-3000, i wireless Center, 1201 River Dr,
Moline, IL, http://www.iwirelessCenter.com, 7pm
Fri Aug 3.
Hank Williams Jr., country-music legend
performs as a grandstand act for the Mississippi
Valley Fair; $40-45 Fun Card admission (good for
all six days); for information, call 563-326-5338,
Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St,
Davenport, IA, http://www.mvfair.com, 8pm Sat
Aug 4.
The Future of Jazz, held in conjunction with
the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival,
featuring performances by Dave Bennett, Dave
Bock, Josh Duffee, and Andy Schumm; for
information, call 563-324-7170, Adler Theatre, 136
E. 3rd St., Davenport, IA, http://www.bixsociety.
org, 3:45pm Sat Aug 4.
Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival
Afterglow, 6pm doors; for information, call 563-
324-7170, Davenport RiverCenter, 136 E. 3rd St,
Davenport, IA, http://www.bixsociety.org, 7pm
Sun Aug 5.
Montgomery Gentry, country-music duo
performs as a grandstand act for the Mississippi
Valley Fair; $40-45 Fun Card admission (good for
all six days); for information, call 563-326-5338,
Davenport, IA, http://www.mvfair.com, 8pm Sun
Aug 5.
TobyMac, contemporary Christian recording
artist performs on the Grandstand Stage, with
special guests Tenth Avenue North and Jamie
Grace; $32; for information, call 800-545-FAIR,
Iowa State Fairgrounds, East 30th Street & East
University Ave., Des Moines, IA, http://www.
iowastatefair.org, 8pm Thu Aug 9.
The Blind Boys of Alabama, Grammy Award-
winning gospel legends in concert; $45-50; for
information and tickets, call 563-326-1333, The
Redstone Room, 129 Main St, Davenport, IA,
http://www.rivermusicexperience.org, 7:30pm
Thu Aug 9 thru Fri Aug 10.
Happy Together Tour 2012, The Turtles
featuring Flo & Eddie, The Monkees lead singer
Micky Dolenz, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
The Grass Roots and The Buckinghams on the
Grandstand Stage; $25; for information, call 800-
545-FAIR, Iowa State Fairgrounds, East 30th Street
& East University Ave., Des Moines, IA, http://www.
iowastatefair.org, 8pm Fri Aug 10.
Just 4 Fun, all-female string band performs in
an event in the Second Sunday Summer Music
Concert Series sponsored by the Muscatine
County Arts Council; some seating available,
bring lawn chairs; donations accepted, Pearl
Plaza, 208 W. 2nd St., Muscatine, IA, http://www.
muscatineartscouncil.org, 6pm Fri Aug 10.
Fri Aug 10.
Sand in the City, a concert in the Summer
summerofthearts.org, 6:30pm Fri Aug 10.
Ya Maka My Weekend 2012, annual outdoor
celebration of Caribbean culture, featuring live
music on two stages, vendors in an open-air
marketplace, art activities, and more; Fri. 5pm
gates, Sat. noon gates; for information, call 309-
788-6311, The District of Rock Island, 16 1/2 St.,
Rock Island, IL, http://www.yamakamyweekend.
com, Fri Aug 10 and Sat Aug 11.
An Evening with Miranda Lambert, chart-
topping country singer on the Grandstand Stage;
$48; for information, call 800-545-FAIR, Iowa State
Fairgrounds, East 30th Street & East University
Ave., Des Moines, IA, http://www.iowastatefair.org,
8pm Sun Aug 12.
The Band Perry, acclaimed country singers on
the Grandstand Stage, with special guest Easton
Corbin; $35; for information, call 800-545-FAIR,
Iowa State Fairgrounds, East 30th Street & East
University Ave., Des Moines, IA, http://www.
iowastatefair.org, 8pm Tue Aug 14.
The BoDeans, famed roots-rock and pop
performers in concert; $40; for tickets and
rivermusicexperience.org, 8:30pm Wed Aug 15.
An Evening with Big Time Rush, the popular
Nickelodeon band on the Grandstand Stage; $38;
for information, call 800-545-FAIR, Iowa State
7pm Thu Aug 16.
Hank Williams Jr., legendary country singer
in his Taking Back the Country Tour,on the
Grandstand Stage; $39; for information, call 800-
iowastatefair.org, 8pm Fri Aug 17.
OSG - Big Funk Guarantee, a concert in
the Summer of the Arts Friday Night Concert
information, call 319-337-7944, Sheraton Hotel
- Iowa City, 210 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA,
http://www.summerofthearts.org, 6:30pm Fri
Aug 17.
River Roots Live, annual music festival
featuring top national and regional bands along
with incredible barbeque from award-winning
rib-vendors; free, LeClaire Park, River Dr & Ripley
St, Davenport, IA, http://www.riverrootslive.com,
11am Fri Aug 17 and Sat Aug 18.
Journey - Pat Benatar - Loverboy, pop/
rock legends on the Grandstand Stage; $48;
8pm Sat Aug 18.
Rascal Flatts, country superstars on the
Grandstand Stage, with Little Big Town, Eli Young
Band, and Edens Edge; $59; for information, call
800-545-FAIR, Iowa State Fairgrounds, East 30th
Street & East University Ave., Des Moines, IA,
http://www.iowastatefair.org, 7pm Sun Aug 19.
Rose nThorns, music from the 50s through
the 90s, in a Concerts on the Lawn presentation;
free, with refreshments available for purchase;
in case of inclement weather, the concert will be
held indoors; for information, call 309-786-2631
or e-mail broadway@broadwayqc.org, Broadway
http://www.BroadwayQC.org, 4pm Sun Aug 19.
Mickey Hart Band, concert with the ensemble
led by the former Grateful Dead drummer; $30-
32; for information, call 319-688-2653, Englert
http://www.englert.org, 8pm Wed Aug 22.
Organic Underground - Uniphonics, a
concert in the Summer of the Arts Friday Night
Concert Series; bring lawn chairs and blankets;
free; for information, call 319-337-7944, Sheraton
Hotel - Iowa City, 210 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City,
IA, http://www.summerofthearts.org, 6:30pm Fri
Aug 24.
Cheap Trick, legendary pop and rock
musicians in concert; $35-55; for tickets and
information, call 877-677-3456, Riverside Casino
and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22, Riverside, IA,
http://www.riversidecasinoandresort.com, 8pm
Sat Aug 25.
WORKSHOPS & CALLS FOR ENTRY
Drum Lessons with Josh Duffee, receive
instruction in snare-drum, mallet, timpani,
auxiliary percussion, drumset studies and styles,
and more; private, one-hour lessons available at
$110/month; for information, e-mail jgoldkette@
msn.com, thru Thu Aug 30.
QC Rock Academy, accepting students for
guitar, drums, bass, piano, and vocal lessons;
for information, call 563-386-3044, http://
QCRockAcademy.com, thru Thu Aug 30.
Speed, Accuracy, and Tone Guitar Workshop
with Dan Miller, the editor of Flatpicking Guitar
Magazine and co-author of the popular eight
volume Flatpicking Essentials Guitar Course
teaches an all-level flatpicking guitar workshop
that will focus on how to use efficient left
and right hand technique and mechanics to
increase speed, improve note clarity, and fluidity,
and develop good tone and volume; $20; for
information and to register, call 563-326-1333,
RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St., Davenport,
IA, http://www.rivermusicexperience.org, 6:30pm
Tue May 29.
Acoustic Music Club, on Tuesdays; a club
designed for people about ages 17-25 who have
special needs and are interested in making,
sharing, and learning about music; a collaborative
program between Music Therapy Services of West
Music and the RME; for information, call 563-388-
8205 ext. 2125 or e-mail edeem@westmusic.com,
RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St., Davenport,
IA, http://www.rivermusicexperience.org, 4:30pm
Tue May 29 thru Tue Aug 28.
Ukulele Buffet: Jack Johnson, themed on a
specific musician, group, or genre, geared toward
the intermediate player; take single classes a
la carte for $10 or all you can play for $60; for
information, call 309-764-9300, West Music Quad
Cities, 4305 44th Ave, Moline, IL, http://www.
westmusic.com, 6pm Wed May 30.
READINGS & DISCUSSIONS
Weekly & Bi-Weekly Events
Readers & Writers , on Wednesdays; a weekly
opportunity to talk with others about what
youve been reading lately; for information, call
319-339-0401, Uptown Bills Coffee House, 730 S.
Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA, 6pm Wed May 30 thru
Wed Aug 29.
Spoken Word , on Wednesdays; weekly 10-
minute showcases of poetry, short stories, flash
fiction, and other writing; for information, call
319-339-0401, Uptown Bills Coffee House, 730 S.
Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA, 7pm Wed May 30 thru
Wed Aug 29.
Writers Studio Critique Group , on the first &
third Saturday of the month; open to all writers;
free; for information, call 563-324-1410 or e-mail
mwc@midwestwritingcenter.org, Midwest Writing
Center, 225 E. 2nd St. Suite 303, Davenport, IA,
http://www.midwestwritingcenter.org, 11am Sat
Jun 2 thru Sat Aug 18.
May & June
QCAD Book Club, for information, call
309-786-2580, Quad Citians Affirming Diversity
Center, 1608 2nd Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://www.
qcaffirmingdiversity.org, 7pm Sun May 27.
Out Loud Open Mic Night, participants are
invited to share their writing vocally; free; for
information, call 563-324-1410 or e-mail mwc@
midwestwritingcenter.org, Midwest Writing
http://www.midwestwritingcenter.org, 7pm Thu
May 31.
CASI Book Club, for information, call 563-
casiseniors.org, 10am Fri Jun 1.
SPT Theatre Writers Room: Sorry, the event
features music interspersed with humorous and
reflective stories performed by professional local
actors Janelle Lauer, Jane Pini, Doug Elliott and
Gerard Estella, as well as material from writers
Jason Alberty, Akwi Nji, Dave Martino, Mary
Sullivan, and Adam Witte; $20-25; for information
and tickets, call 319-364-1580, CSPS/Legion Arts,
1103 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, http://www.
legionarts.org, 8pm Fri Jun 1 and Sat Jun 2.
CASI Book Club, $2; for information, call 563-
casiseniors.org, 10am Fri Jun 1.
Summer Reading Kick-off Carnival, free;
for information, call 563-326-7832, Fairmount
Street Library, 3000 N. Fairmount St., Davenport,
IA, http://www.davenportlibrary.com, 12pm Sat
Jun 2.
Shorts & Sweets @ Eastern, discuss short
stories, journal articles, poetry, and more, and
enjoy a delicious dessert while discussing; free; for
information, call 563-326-7832, Davenport Public
Library - Eastern Ave. Branch, 6000 Eastern Ave.,
Davenport, IA, http://www.davenportlibrary.com,
6pm Mon Jun 4.
Case Histories, a discussion of Kate Atkinsons
book with the Pageturners Book Discussion
Group; free; for information, call 309-524-2470,
http://www.molinelibrary.org, 7pm Tue Jun 5.
Pageturners Book Discussion Group, title to
be announced; free; for information, call 309-524-
2470, Moline Public Library, 3210 41st St., Moline,
IL, http://www.molinelibrary.com, 7pm Tue Jun 5.
Truth Be Told Book Club, discuss nonfiction
books on a wide variety of topics including
biographies, histories, science, art, crime, and
Fairmount Street Library, 3000 N. Fairmount St.,
7pm Thu Jun 7.
DAGOBAH, the Davenport Area Gathering
of Books and Humanoids Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book
Discussion Group; free; for information, call
563-326-7832, Davenport Public Library (Main),
321 Main Street, Davenport, IA, http://www.
davenportlibrary.com, 6pm Mon Jun 11.
Shorts & Sweets @ Fairmount, discuss short
enjoy a delicious dessert while discussing; free;
IA, http://www.davenportlibrary.com, 10am Mon
Jun 11.
Lilly Setterdahl, readings with the author
of two novels set on the Titanic and a recent
non-fiction release about Swedes on the Titanic;
mwc@midwestwritingcenter.org, Bettendorf
Public Library, 2950 Learning Campus, Bettendorf,
IA, http://www.midwestwritingcenter.org, 7pm
Wed Jun 13.
Between the Lines, on the 2nd Wed. of the
month; discuss contemporary fiction and non-
fiction at this lively book discussion group; free;
for information, call 563-326-7832, Davenport
Public Library - Eastern Ave. Branch, 6000 Eastern
Ave., Davenport, IA, http://www.davenportlibrary.
Five Tragic Hours, a discussion of James Lee
McDonoughs book with the Civil WEar Book
Discussion Group; free; for information, call 309-
524-2470, Moline Public Library, 3210 41st St.,
Thu Jun 14.
Spoken Word Poetry, open readings for ages
17 & up; for information, e-mail info@rozztox.com,
Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://
www.RozzTox.com, 7pm Sun Jun 17.
Bleak House, a discussion of Charles Dickens
book with the Classics Club; free; for information,
call 309-524-2470, Moline Public Library, 3210
41st St., Moline, IL, http://www.molinelibrary.org,
7pm Mon Jun 18.
West End Book Club Discussion, discuss
contemporary fiction and non-fiction books with
this fun group; free; for information, call 563-326-
7832, Fairmount Street Library, 3000 N. Fairmount
St., Davenport, IA, http://www.davenportlibrary.
com, 7pm Tue Jun 19.
QCAD Book Club, meets on the 4th Sunday
of the month; for information, call 309-786-
2580, Quad Citians Affirming Diversity Center,
1608 2nd Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://www.
qcaffirmingdiversity.org, 7pm Sun Jun 24.
Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep &
Enough Wool to Save the Planet, a discussion of
Catherine Friends book with the Environmental
Book Club; free; for information, call 563-322-
2969, River Action, 822 E. River Dr., Davenport, IA,
http://www.riveraction.org, 7pm Tue Jun 26.
David R. Collins Writers Conference Faculty
Event, open readings and book signings; free; for
http://www.midwestwritingcenter.org, 7pm Fri
Jun 29.
Why Would Anyone Want to Be a Writer?,
author luncheon with David R. Collins Writers
Conference keynote speaker Steve Semken;
$15; for information, call 563-324-1410 or e-mail
mwc@midwestwritingcenter.org, St. Ambrose
University, 518 W. Locust, Davenport, IA, http://
www.midwestwritingcenter.org, 12pm Fri Jun 29.
Midwest Writing Center Book Fair, an
inaugural event in the annual David R. Collins
Writers Conference, featuring readings and
presentations; tables for authors, publishers, and
book sellers can be reserved by completing a
registration form and paying the required fee; for
midwestwriitngcenter.org, Rogalski Center - St.
Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport,
IA, http://www.midwestwritingcenter.org, 10am
Sat Jun 30.
July
6pm Mon Jul 2.
Big Stone Gap, a discussion of Adriana
Trigianis book with the Pageturners Book
309-524-2470, Moline Public Library, 3210 41st
St., Moline, IL, http://www.molinelibrary.org, 7pm
Tue Jul 3.
7pm Thu Jul 5.
casiseniors.org, 10am Fri Jul 6.
davenportlibrary.com, 6pm Mon Jul 9.
Jul 9.
Between the Lines, discuss contemporary
fiction and non-fiction at this lively book
discussion group; free; for information, call 563-
326-7832, Davenport Public Library - Eastern Ave.
Branch, 6000 Eastern Ave., Davenport, IA, http://
www.davenportlibrary.com, 7pm Wed Jul 11.
The Widow of the South, a discussion of
Robert Hicks book with the Civil War Book
Discussion Group; free; for information, call 309-
524-2470, Moline Public Library, 3210 41st St.,
Thu Jul 12.
www.RozzTox.com, 7pm Sun Jul 15.
Bleak House, a discussion of Charles Dickens
book with the Classics Club; free; for information,
call 309-524-2470, Moline Public Library, 3210
41st St., Moline, IL, http://www.molinelibrary.org,
7pm Mon Jul 16.
com, 7pm Tue Jul 17.
Art Lovers Book Club: The Greater Journey,
a discussion of David McCulloughs book; free;
http://www.crma.org, 4pm Thu Jul 19.
qcaffirmingdiversity.org, 7pm Sun Jul 22.
Standing in the Light: My Life as a Pantheist,
a discussion of Sharman Apt Russells book as part
of River Actions Environmental Book Discussion
Group; free; for information, call 563-344-4175,
7pm Tue Jul 24.
Jul 26.
August
7pm Thu Aug 2.
casiseniors.org, 10am Fri Aug 3.
6pm Mon Aug 6.
Young Emerging Writers Launch Party,
help the summers YEW interns celebrate
the publication of The Atlas; free; for
http://www.midwestwritingcenter.org, 7pm Wed
Aug 8.
Between the Lines, discuss contemporary
fiction and non-fiction at this lively book
discussion group; free; for information, call 563-
www.davenportlibrary.com, 7pm Wed Aug 8.
Michael Neis, readings with the local author;
mwc@midwestwritingcenter.org, Midwest Writing
http://www.midwestwritingcenter.org, 1pm Sat
Aug 11.
davenportlibrary.com, 6pm Mon Aug 13.
Aug 13.
www.RozzTox.com, 7pm Sun Aug 19.
com, 7pm Tue Aug 21.
qcaffirmingdiversity.org, 7pm Sun Aug 26.
Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, a discussion
of Kathleen Norris book with the Environmental
Book Club; free; for information, call 563-322-
2969, River Action, 822 E. River Dr., Davenport, IA,
http://www.riveraction.org, 7pm Tue Aug 28.
Aug 30.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Creative Writing Basics I, online writing
workshop with Julia Coleman for the novice
to intermediate writer of any genre; learn
about elements of voice and individual style,
precision, technique, observation and research,
and customizing a writing environment; for
http://www.midwestwritingcenter.org, Sat Jun 2
thru Fri Jun 29.
2012 David R. Collins Writers Conference,
day workshops on the topics Storytelling and
the Art of Memoir,Literary Collage: The Fifth
Genre,Poetry: Freedom via Constraint,Very
Short Fiction,and The Art and Craft of the
Novel,led by Erin Bertram, Thomas Dean, Leslie
Jamison, and Christiana Langenberg; $200-225
full-conference tuition, $65-75 single workshops;
manuscript critiquing available for $35 and 10-
minute pitch sessions with editor Steve Semken
for $25; for information, call 563-324-1410 or
e-mail mwc@midwestwritingcenter.org, St.
Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust, Davenport, IA,
http://www.midwestwritingcenter.org, Thu Jun
28 thru Sat Jun 30.
Writing with the Elements: Fire, Water, Earth,
Air and just a little bit more, workshop held
in conjunction with the David R. Collins Writers
Conference, led by editor Steve Semken; free; for
midwestwritingcenter.org, Midwest Writing Center,
225 E. 2nd St. Suite 303, Davenport, IA, http://www.
midwestwritingcenter.org, 7pm Thu Jun 28.
Creative Writing Basics II, online writing
workshop with Jodie Toohey; for the beginning
to intermediate writer who has completed
Creative Writing Basics I or who has a
foundational understanding of basic creative
writing conventions; course further explores
the conventions of voice and style as a journey
of discovery; for information, call 563-324-1410
or e-mail mwc@midwestwritingcenter.org,
Midwest Writing Center, 225 E. 2nd St. Suite 303,
Davenport, IA, http://www.midwestwritingcenter.
org, Sat Jul 7 thru Fri Aug 3.
Creative Writing Basics I, online writing
workshop with Julia Coleman for the novice
to intermediate writer of any genre; learn
about elements of voice and individual style,
precision, technique, observation and research,
and customizing a writing environment; for
http://www.midwestwritingcenter.org, Sat Aug 4
thru Thu Aug 31.
PERFORMANCES
Currently Playing
On Golden Pond, Ernest Thompsons
Tony-winning comedy drama; Thu. & Sun. 3pm,
Fri. & Sat. 7:30pm; $17.50-27; for tickets and
information, call 319-622-6194, Old Creamery
Theatre, 39 38th Ave., Amana, IA, http://www.
oldcreamery.com, thru Sun May 27.
The Improvised Shakespeare Company, a
fully improvised play in Elizabethan style, based
on an audience suggestion;Thu., Fri., & Wed.
7:30pm, Sat. 5 & 8pm, Sun. 3pm; for tickets, call
800-745-3000, Civic Center of Greater Des Moines
Temple Theater, 10th & Locust St., Des Moines, IA,
http://www.civiccenter.org, thru Wed May 30.
Anton in Show Business, New Ground
Theatres presentation of Jane Martins theatre
farce, directed by Wayne Hess; Thu.-Sat. 7:30pm,
Sun 2pm; $15-18; for tickets and information,
call 563-326-7529, Village Theatre, 2113 E 11th
St, Village of East Davenport, IA, http://www.
newgroundtheatre.org, thru Sun Jun 3.
Big River, Tony-winning musical based on
Mark Twains Huck Finn adventures; Fri. & Sat.
- 6pm dinner, 7pm show; Sun. 5pm dinner, 6pm
show; proceeds benefit New Era Lutheran Church
and local charities; for information and to reserve,
call 563-299-4710, New Era Community Building,
3455 New Era Rd, Muscatine, IA, http://www.
neighborhoodlink.com/New_Era_Dinner_
Theater/info, thru Sun May 27.
Chronicles of Lincoln and Grant, historical
drama co-authored and performed by Tom
Swenson and Dan Haughey; Q&A following the
performance; Fri. 8pm, Sat. 2pm; $15; for tickets
and information, call 309-235-1654, The District
Theatre, 1611 2nd Ave, Rock Island, IL, http://
www.districttheatre.com, thru Sat May 26.
Spreading It Around, comedy about well-to-
do widows in Florida; Fri., Sat., & Wed - 5:45pm
doors, 6-7pm buffet, 7:15pm Bootlegger pre-
show, 7:45pm show; Sun. 3:45pm doors, 4-5pm
buffet, 5:15 Bootlegger pre-show, 5:45pm show;
Wed. 11:30am doors, 11:45am-12:45pm plated
lunch, 1pm Bootlegger pre-show; 1:30pm show;
$28.22-47.55; for tickets and information, call 309-
786-7733, extension 2, Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse,
1828 3rd Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://www.circa21.
com, thru Sat Jun 9.
Mrs. Mannerly, Jeffrey Hatchers comedy
inspired by memories of a childhood etiquette
class; Fri. & Sat. 7:30pm, Sat. & Sun. 1:30pm; $10-
22.50; for tickets and information, call 319-622-
3222 or e-mail itac@southslope.net, Iowa Theatre
Artists Company, 4709 220th Trail, Amana, IA,
http://www.iowatheatreartists.org, thru Sun Jun
10.
Opening in May & June
Clinton Showboat First Follies, season-
opening cabaret with the summer-stock
performers; $16-23; for tickets and information,
call 563-242-6760, Clinton Area Showboat
Theatre, 311 Riverview Dr., Clinton, IA, http://
www.clintonshowboat.org, 7:30pm Tue May 29.
Greater Tuna, two actors play the entire town
of Tuna, Texas, in a comedy directed by James
Fairchild; Thu.-Sat. 7:30pm, Sun 3pm; $8-10;
Richmond Hill Barn Theatre, 600 Robinson Dr.,
Geneseo, IL, http://www.rhplayers.com, Thu May
31 thru Sun Jun 10.
Little Shop of Horrors, hit musical comedy
about a boy and his man-eating plant; Thu.-Sat.
7:30pm, Sun. & Wed. 3pm; $16-23; for tickets
and information, call 563-242-6760, Clinton Area
Showboat Theatre, 311 Riverview Dr., Clinton, IA,
http://www.clintonshowboat.org, Thu May 31
thru Sun Jun 10.
Busybody, farcical mystery by Jack Popplewell;
Fri. & Sat. 7:30pm, Sun., Wed., & Thu. 3pm; $17.50-
27; for tickets and information, call 319-622-6194,
Old Creamery Theatre, 39 38th Ave., Amana, IA,
http://www.oldcreamery.com, Thu May 31 thru
Sun Jul 1.
Bent, Dreamwell Theatres production of
Martin Shermans Nazi prison-camp drama; Fri. &
Sat. 7:30pm; $10-13; for information, e-mail info@
dreamwell.com, Unitarian Universalist Society, 10
S Gilbert St, Iowa City, IA, http://www.dreamwell.
com, Fri Jun 1 thru Sat Jun 9.
Guys & Dolls, Frank Loessers classic musical
comedy; Tue.-Sat. 7:30pm, Sun. 2pm, occasional
added performances; $15-23; for tickets, call
814-244-2035, Timber Lake Playhouse, 8215
Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll, IL, http://www.
timberlakeplayhouse.org, Thu Jun 7 thru Sun
Jun 17.
Ballet Under the Stars, annual outdoor
production with the dancers of Ballet Quad
Cities; free; for information, call 309-786-3779,
Lincoln Park, 11th Ave & 38th St, Rock Island, IL,
http://www.balletquadcities.com, 8pm Fri Jun 8
thru Sun Jun 10.
711 Theatre Project Performances,
performances of short plays by troupes vying for
the Best of Showaward; other prizes include
Audience Choice, Best Playwright, Best Ensemble,
and other awards, Grand View University Viking
Theatre, 2811 E 14th St, Des Moines, IA, http://
www.711theatre.com, Fri Jun 8 thru Sun Jun 10.
Honk, Iowa City Community Theatres
production of the musical-comedy based on
The Ugly Duckling;Fri. & Sat. 7:30pm, Sat. &
Sun. 2pm; $8-17; for tickets and information,
Washington St., Iowa City, IA, http://www.
iowacitycommunitytheatre.com, Fri Jun 8 thru
Sun Jun 10.
Meet Me in St. Louis, stage musical based on
the classic Judy Garland film; Thu.-Sat. 7:30pm, Sun.
2pm; $10-15; for tickets and information, call 309-
762-6610, Quad City Music Guild - Prospect Park
Auditorium, 1584 34th Ave., Moline, IL, http://www.
qcmusicguild.com, Fri Jun 8 thru Sun Jun 17.
Billy Elliot, the Tony-winning smash with
music by Elton John; Tue.-Sat. 7:30pm., Sat. 2pm,
Sun. 1 & 6:30pm; for tickets, call 800-745-3000,
Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, 221 Walnut St.,
Des Moines, IA, http://www.civiccenter.org, Tue
Jun 12 thru Sun Jun 17.
Legally Blonde: The Musical, stage
adaptation of the hit Reese Witherspoon comedy;
Fri., Sat., & Wed - 5:45pm doors, 6-7pm buffet,
7:15pm Bootlegger pre-show, 7:45pm show
(added show June 14); Sun. 3:45pm doors, 4-5pm
buffet, 5:15 Bootlegger pre-show, 5:45pm show;
Wed. 11:30am doors, 11:45am-12:45pm plated
lunch, 1pm Bootlegger pre-show; 1:30pm show;
$28.22-47.55; for tickets and information, call 309-
786-7733, extension 2, Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse,
com, Wed Jun 13 thru Sat Jul 28.
CoLab: The Meth Project, an exploration of
the impact and dynamics of the meth problem
in Iowa, directed by Zachary Mannheimer and
Matthew McIver; a presentation by Locust
Productions; Thu.-Sun. 7:30pm; for information,
call 515-288-3672, Des Moines Social Club,
1408 Locust St., Des Moines, IA, http://www.
desmoinessocialclub.org, Thu Jun 14 thru Sun
Jun 24.
Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheims Tony-
winning fairytale musical; Thu.-Sat. 7:30pm, Sun. &
Wed. 3pm; $16-23; for tickets and information, call
563-242-6760, Clinton Area Showboat Theatre,
311 Riverview Dr., Clinton, IA, http://www.
clintonshowboat.org, Thu Jun 14 thru Sun Jun
24.
711 Theatre Project Select Performances,
featuring award winners from the sixth-annual
711 Theatre Project Competition, Grand View
University Viking Theatre, 2811 E 14th St, Des
Moines, IA, http://www.711theatre.com, Fri Jun
15.
Guys & Dolls, the City Circle Acting Company
of Coralvilles presentation of Frank Loessers
musical-comedy classic; Fri. & Sat. 7:30pm, Sun.
2pm; for tickets and information, e-mail info@
citycircle.org or call 319-541-2980, Coralville
Center for the Performing Arts, 1301 5th St.,
Coralville, IA, http://citycircle.org, Fri Jun 15 thru
Sun Jun 24.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
[abridged], the Prenzie Players production of
the comedy in which three performers act out
all of the Bards works in under two hours; venue
TBD; Fri.-Sun. (added show June 28); $10; for
information, call 309-278-8426 or e-mail info@
prenzieplayers.com, http://www.prenzieplayers.
com, Fri Jun 15 thru Sat Jun 30.
As You Like It, Shakespeares enchanted comic
romance, directed by Theodore Swetz; performed
in repertory with The Merchant of Venice; $17-
Riverside Theatre Festival Stage, Lower City Park,
Iowa City, IA, http://www.riversidetheatre.org, Fri
Jun 15 thru Sun Jul 8.
Seussical Jr., the storybook musical-comedy
performed for students in the centers summer
camp for grades 3-12; Fri. & Sat. 7pm, Sat. 2pm; for
information, call 309-788-5433, The Center for Living
Arts, 2008 4th Ave, Rock Island, IL, http://www.
center4living.com, 7pm Fri Jun 15 thru Sat Jul 21.
Don Juan in Hell, Genesius Guilds
presentation of George Bernard Shaws classic
drama; donations encouraged; for information,
e-mail guild@genesius.org, Lincoln Park, 11th Ave
& 38th St, Rock Island, IL, http://www.genesius.
org, 8pm Sat Jun 16 and Sun Jun 17.
Jack & the Beanstalk, on Saturdays; Bob
Raffertys adaptation of the classic tale; $8; for
tickets and information, call 319-622-6194, Old
Creamery Studio Theatre, 3023 220th Trail, Middle
Amana, IA, http://www.oldcreamery.com, 1pm
Sat Jun 16 thru Sat Jun 30.
Stories of Old Amana, a stage adaptation of
the rich history of the Amana Colony; Wed.-Sat.
1:30pm; $10-25; for tickets and information, call
319-622-3222 or e-mail, Iowa Theatre Artists
Company, 4709 220th Trail, Amana, IA, http://
www.iowatheatreartists.org, Wed Jun 20 thru Sat
Aug 25.
Working, musical about people and their jobs,
based on the Studs Terkel book; Tue.-Sat. 7:30pm,
Sun. 2pm, occasional added performances;
$15-23; for tickets, call 814-244-2035, Timber Lake
Playhouse, 8215 Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll, IL,
http://www.timberlakeplayhouse.org, Thu Jun 21
thru Sat Jun 30.
What the Butler Saw, Joe Ortons comedy
chiller, a production in the 2012 Iowa Summer
Rep Series; $13-26; for tickets and information,
call 319-335-1160, The University of Iowas David
Thayer Theatre, 200 N. Riverside Dr., Iowa City, IA,
http://performingarts.uiowa.edu/what-the-butler-
Music
Mississippi Valley Blues Festival
LeClaire Park
Friday, June 29, through Sunday, July 1
T
his years Mississippi
Valley Blues Festival
will take place June
29 through July 1 in
Davenports LeClaire
Park, and among the
performers for 2012 are
Earnest Guitar Roy,
whos playing the festivals Tent Stage on
Friday night, and Guitar Shorty, whos
playing the Bandshell Stage on Saturday
night. I imagine that their parents would
be thrilled by their sons career successes,
because when you give a kid Guitar
as a first or middle name, theyd really
better wind up in the music business, you
know? (Kidding.) This terrifically popular
annual festival will actually provide all
sorts of knowledge about the music
business, delivered through workshops
hosted by the likes of Hawkeye Herman
and blues photographer David Horwitz,
and childrens BlueSKool presentations
by such experts as David Berntson,
Maggie Brown, Hal Reed, and Ellis Kell.
And, of course, theres the music itself;
joining the acclaimed and aptly named
Guitar-ists are 22 additional individuals
and ensembles who will no doubt make
audiences all too happy about getting the
blues. In addition to Mr. Roy, who opens
the Tent Stage lineup with a 6:30 p.m.
Friday set, the LeClaire Park stage will
boast (in order of weekend appearance)
Liz Mandeville & Donna Herula, Super
Chikan, Bryce Janey, Doug MacLeod, the
Ernest Dawkins Quartet, Moreland &
Arbuckle, Kelley Hunt, the Winter Blues
All-Stars, Paul Geremia, Johnny Rawls,
and Bobby Rush. The parks Bandshell
Stage, meanwhile, will find Mr. Shorty
sharing time with Matthew Curry & the
Fury, Sugar Ray & the Bluetones, Kenny
Neal, the Terry Quiett Band, Ray Fuller
& the Blues Rockers, Preston Shannon,
Coco Montoya, Lady Bianca, Trampled
Underfoot, the Brooks Family Blues
Dynasty, and the winners of the 2012
Iowa Blues Challenge, ______________.
We wont know which blues band that will
be until the challenges final round in Des
Moines on May 26, so we conveniently
left space for you to write in the name
for yourself. Hey, its not our fault that
the Readers Summer Guide came out
on May 24! Oh, wait ... . I guess it is ... .
Nevertheless, more information on this
years Mississippi Valley Blues Festival
is available by calling (563)322-5837 or
visiting MVBS.org. Mike Schulz
Guitar
Shorty
saw-iowa-summer-rep-2012/, Thu Jun 21 thru
Wed Jul 11.
The King & I, Countryside Community
Theatres production of the classic Rodgers
& Hammerstein musical, directed by Tristan
Tapscott; Thu.-Sat. 7:30pm, Sun. 2pm; for
information and tickets, call 563-285-6228, North
Scott High School Fine Arts Auditorium, 200 S. 1st
St., Eldridge, IA, http://www.cctonstage.org, Fri
Jun 22 thru Sat Jun 30.
On Golden Pond, Ernest Thompsons beloved
dramatic comedy; Fri. & Sat. 7:30pm, Sun 2:30pm;
$12-$25; for tickets and information, call 319-366-
8591, Theatre Cedar Rapids, 102 3rd St SE, Cedar
Rapids, IA, http://www.theatrecr.org, Fri Jun 22
thru Sun Jul 1.
The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeares
dramatic comedy, directed by Kristin Horton;
performed in repertory with As You Like It; $17-
Riverside Theatre Festival Stage, Lower City Park,
Iowa City, IA, http://www.riversidetheatre.org, Fri
Jun 22 thru Sat Jul 7.
The Marvelous Wonderettes, Roger Beans
musical-comedy revue of classic 50s and 60s
songs by female artists; $13-26; for tickets and
information, call 815-879-5656, Grace Performing
Arts Center, 316 Main St., Princeton, IL, http://
www.festival56.com, Fri Jun 22 thru Sun Jul 22.
Measure for Measure, Genesius Guilds
presentation of the classic Shakespeare comedy;
Sat. & Sun. 8pm; donations encouraged; for
information, e-mail guild@genesius.org, Lincoln
Park, 11th Ave & 38th St, Rock Island, IL, http://
www.genesius.org, Sat Jun 23 thru Sun Jul 1.
The Tempest, a re-broadcast of Shakespeares
classic play from the Stratford Shakespeare
Festival, starring Christopher Plummer as
Prospero; $15-18; for information and tickets,
org, 7pm Sat Jun 23.
The Woman in Black, Stephen Mallatratts
gothic thriller, a production in the 2012 Iowa
Summer Rep Series; Thu.-Sat. 8pm; $13-26; for
tickets and information, call 319-335-1160, E. C.
Mabie Theatre, University of Iowa Theatre Building
- 200 N. Riverside Dr., Iowa City, IA, http://
performingarts.uiowa.edu/the-woman-in-black-
iowa-summer-rep-2012, Thu Jun 28 thru Sat Jul 7.
Bye Bye Birdie, classic musical about a rock
n roll star inducted into the Army; Thu.-Sat.
7:30pm, Sun. & Wed. 3pm; $16-23; for tickets
http://www.clintonshowboat.org, Thu Jun 28
thru Sun Jul 15.
Xanadu, musical comedy based on 1980s
camp classic; Fri. & Sat. 8pm, Sun 2pm; $15; for
tickets and information, call 309-235-1654, The
District Theatre, 1611 2nd Ave, Rock Island, IL,
http://www.districttheatre.com, Fri Jun 29 thru
Sat Jul 14.
Wild Rosies Prairie Roundup and Chuck
Wagon Bar-B-Q, cowboy crooners, tall tales,
poetry & a Texas-style BBQ dinner; $37.50
dinner & show; Fri. & Sat.
6:30pm, Sun 12:30pm; for
tickets and information,
call 319-622-3222, Iowa
Theatre Artists Company,
4709 220th Trail,
Amana, IA, http://www.
iowatheatreartists.org, Fri
Jun 29 thru Sun Aug 12.
One Man, Two
Guvnors, a National
Theatre Live presentation
of Richard Beans award-
winning play featuring
satire, songs, and slapstick;
$15-18; for tickets and
information, call 319-688-
2653, Englert Theatre,
221 East Washington St.,
Iowa City, IA, http://www.
englert.org, 7pm Fri Jun
29.
The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley,
one-act musical based on the popular childrens
books; scheduled 10am & 1pm shows on Fri., Sat.,
Tue., & Thu.; $8.50, $7.50 for groups of 12 or more;
for information and tickets, call 309-786-7733,
extension 2, Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 3rd
Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://www.circa21.com, Sat
Jun 30 thru Sat Jul 21.
Opening in July
The Tempest, William Shakespeares magical
classic set on a remote island; free; for tickets
and information, call 815-879-5656, Soldiers and
Sailors Park, Princeton, IL, http://www.festival56.
com, Sun Jul 1 thru Wed Aug 1.
The Prestige and Fable Frolic, two short plays
performed as part of Davenport Junior Theatres
Summer Repertory tour; free; for information,
call 563-326-7862, Fairmount Street Library, 3000
N. Fairmount St., Davenport, IA, http://www.
davenportjuniortheatre.com, 10am Mon Jul 2.
The Prestige and Fable Frolic, two short
plays performed as part of Davenport Junior
Theatres Summer Repertory tour; free; for
information, call 563-326-7862, Herrington
Park, W. 11th St., Davenport, IA, http://www.
davenportjuniortheatre.com, 10:30am Tue Jul 3.
The 39 Steps, farcical comedy-thriller based
on the classic Alfred Hitchcock movie; $13-26; for
tickets and information, call 815-879-5656, Grace
Performing Arts Center, 316 Main St., Princeton,
IL, http://www.festival56.com, Tue Jul 3 thru Tue
Jul 10.
Summer Repertory tour; free; for information, call
563-326-7862, Davenport Public Library - Eastern
Ave. Branch, 6000 Eastern Ave., Davenport, IA,
http://www.davenportjuniortheatre.com, 10am
Thu Jul 5.
Footloose, Broadway musical based on the
hit movie; Tue.-Sat. 7:30pm, Sun. 2pm, occasional
timberlakeplayhouse.org, Thu Jul 5 thru Sun Jul 15.
More Than Meets the Eye, comedy by Fred
Carmichael, directed by Joe DePauw; Thu.-
Sat. 7:30pm, Sun 3pm; $8-10; for tickets and
information, call 309-944-2244, Richmond Hill Barn
Theatre, 600 Robinson Dr., Geneseo, IL, http://
www.rhplayers.com, Thu Jul 5 thru Sun Jul 15.
Shirley Valentine, Tony-winning comedy
by Willy Russell; Fri. & Sat. 7:30pm, Sun & Thu.
3pm; $17.50-27; for tickets and information, call
319-622-6194, Old Creamery Studio Theatre,
3023 220th Trail, Middle Amana, IA, http://www.
oldcreamery.com, 3pm Thu Jul 5 thru Sun Jul 22.
call 563-326-7862, Family Museum, 2900
Learning Campus Dr, Bettendorf, IA, http://www.
davenportjuniortheatre.com, 10am Fri Jul 6.
National Theatre Lives Frankenstein, directed by Danny
Boyle @ Englert Theatre July 14
he uses pauses, taking breaks mid-
sentence as though Lincoln is constantly
contemplating each word he utters.
Swenson, too, notably ages his Lincoln
as the play
progresses,
which is evident
in his voice,
but also in the
way his walk
gradually turns
into a lumber as
the man relies
increasingly
heavily on
a cane. The
progression of
time is clear
in Swensons
portrayal,
which is helpful,
because the story
spans numerous
years in less than
an hour.
Its fortunate,
however, that
the play is so
short; directed
by the two
actors, who also wrote the piece, theres
very little action to see beyond Swenson
walking with a cane and Haughey writing
with a fountain pen. (The production,
though, does incorporate a dozen or so
images from the Civil War era, which are
projected on a screen above the stage,
and effectively add interest to the tales
being shared.) In general, The Chronicles
of Lincoln & Grant reminded me of being
at a family reunion, one in which the
older men tell stories of past experiences.
Theres a natural flow to the script,
and despite the actors being in period
costumes, the play feels as through all
of us, the audience included, were just
sitting in a room together and visiting
while listening to recounted memories
and looking at photographs. While it was
hard to hang on every word spoken, there
were still enough interesting tidbits in
the plays tales for me to walk away with
a smile, and with new knowledge of the
men who told them.
The Chronicles of Lincoln & Grant runs
at the District Theatre (1611 Second
Avenue, District of Rock Island) through
May 26, and tickets and information are
available by calling (309)235-1654 or
visiting DistrictTheatre.com.
T
he District Theatres The Chronicles
of Lincoln & Grant is an histori-
cal account of the Civil War from
the perspectives of two of the countrys
leaders: President
Abraham Lincoln
and General
Ulysses S. Grant.
However, instead
of discussing
events from
the actual war
(though they
occasionally do),
the characters in
this two-person
play mostly share
stories of their
personal experi-
ences leading up
to, during, and
following the war.
Lincoln, for
instance, tells of
the time he met
his future wife
Mary at a dance,
and of his sons
participation
in (or rather,
protection from) combat. Grant,
meanwhile, recalls the writing of a letter
to General Charles Ferguson Smiths
family, and his addressing the nation
after the mans death. And while Im
not generally drawn to historical tales
and did have to keep my mind from
wandering a few times during Fridays
Lincoln & Grant performance I did
learn some things about these men, and
enjoyed the character profiles of them as
leaders of a nation at war.
Daniel Ferguson Haughey doesnt
seem to shape a specific character in his
portrayal of Grant, and delivers his lines
in the actors normal voice (as confirmed
during the Q&A period following the
show). But he does speak with passionate
inflections, effectively adding tinges
of sadness to his vocalizations while
recalling Smiths sacrifice, and mixing in
strained concern as his Grant searches for
the right words the most honorific title,
even for his speech to the nation.
Tom Swenson, on the other hand,
creates for Lincoln a personality
different from his own. While I cant,
of course, speak to the accuracy of
his portrayal, I can say that Swenson
fashions a believable figure through his
speech patterns especially in the way
Civil Union
The Chronicles of Lincoln & Grant, at the District Theatre through May 26
By Thom White
THEATRE
Tom Swenson and Daniel Ferguson Haughey
call 563-326-7862, Vander Veer Botanical Park,
215 W Central Park, Davenport, IA, http://www.
davenportjuniortheatre.com, 11:15am Fri Jul 6.
Carousel, Rodgers & Hammersteins musical
classic of life, love, and death; $13-26; for tickets
and information, call 815-879-5656, PHS Council
Auditorium, 103 S Euclid Ave, Princeton, IL, http://
www.festival56.com, Fri Jul 6 thru Sat Jul 14.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Tony-winning
musical-comedy based on the Steve Martin/
Michael Caine film; Thu.-Sat. 7:30pm, Sun 2pm;
$10-15; for tickets and information, call 309-
762-6610, Quad City Music Guild - Prospect Park
Auditorium, 1584 34th Ave., Moline, IL, http://
www.qcmusicguild.com, Fri Jul 6 thru Sun Jul 15.
Hairspray, Tony-winning musical comedy
smash set in 1960s Baltimore; Thu.-Sat. 7:30pm,
Sun. 2:30pm; $12-$25; for tickets and information,
call 319-366-8591, Theatre Cedar Rapids, 102 3rd
St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, http://www.theatrecr.org,
7:30pm Fri Jul 6 thru Sat Jul 28.
8, reading of Dustin Lance Blacks play about
proposition 8; for information, call 309-235-1654,
The District Theatre, 1611 2nd Ave, Rock Island, IL,
http://www.districttheatre.com, 2pm Sat Jul 7.
Agamemnon, Genesius Guilds presentation of
Aeschylus classic drama; donations encouraged;
for information, e-mail guild@genesius.org,
http://www.genesius.org, 8pm Sat Jul 7 and Sun
Jul 8.
The Contest and Spooks on Strike, two
short plays performed as part of Davenport
Junior Theatres Summer Repertory tour; free; for
http://www.davenportjuniortheatre.com, 10am
Mon Jul 9.
Youre a Good Man, Charlie Brown, one-
act version of the musical comedy based on
Charles M. Schulzs Peanutscomic strips; Tue.
& Thu.-Sat. 2pm; $6; for information and tickets,
call 815-244-2035, Timber Lake Playhouse, 8215
timberlakeplayhouse.org, Tue Jul 10 thru Sat
Jul 14.
Junior Theatres Summer Repertory tour;
free; for information, call 563-326-7862,
CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 1035 W.
Kimberly Road, Davenport, IA, http://www.
davenportjuniortheatre.com, 10am Wed Jul 11.
Junior Theatres Summer Repertory tour; free;
for information, call 563-326-7862, Silvis Public
Library, 1st Ave and 8th St, Silvis, IL, http://www.
davenportjuniortheatre.com, 11:15am Wed Jul
11.
Public Library - Eastern Ave. Branch, 6000
Eastern Ave., Davenport, IA, http://www.
davenportjuniortheatre.com, 10am Thu Jul 12.
My Life as a Freak Magnet, comedic
vignettes based on Sean Learys book; scheduled
8pm & 2pm performances; $15; for tickets and
information, call 309-235-1654, The District
www.districttheatre.com, 8pm Thu Jul 12 thru
Sat Jul 21.
Sherlocks Last Case, Charles Marowitzs comic
thriller, a production in the 2012 Iowa Summer
Rep Series; $13-26; for tickets and information,
call 319-335-1160, E. C. Mabie Theatre, University
of Iowa Theatre Building - 200 N. Riverside Dr.,
Iowa City, IA, http://performingarts.uiowa.edu/
Opening in August
The Dixie Swim Club, comedy about the
weekend retreats of five Southern women; Fri.,
Sat., & Wed - 5:45pm doors, 6-7pm buffet, 7:15pm
Bootlegger pre-show, 7:45pm show (added
show June 14); Sun. 3:45pm doors, 4-5pm buffet,
5:15 Bootlegger pre-show, 5:45pm show; Wed.
11:30am doors, 11:45am-12:45pm plated lunch,
1pm Bootlegger pre-show; 1:30pm show; $28.22-
47.55; for tickets and information, call 309-786-
7733, extension 2, Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse,
com, Wed Aug 1 thru Wed Aug 29.
Love Letters, A.R. Gurneys famed two-
character romance, running in repertory with
Hate Mail; $16-23; for tickets and information,
call 563-242-6760, Clinton Area Showboat
Theatre, 311 Riverview Dr., Clinton, IA, http://
www.clintonshowboat.org, Wed Aug 1 thru Sun
Aug 12.
Cabaret, Kander & Ebbs musical classic set
in 1930s Berlin; Tue.-Sat. 7:30pm, Sun. 2pm,
occasional added performances; $15-23; for
tickets, call 814-244-2035, Timber Lake Playhouse,
8215 Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll, IL, http://www.
timberlakeplayhouse.org, 7:30pm Thu Aug 2 thru
Sun Aug 12.
Hate Mail, the two-character comedy, running
in repertory with Love Letters; $16-23; for tickets
http://www.clintonshowboat.org, Thu Aug 2 thru
Sun Aug 12.
The Bootlegger Show, the theatres
performing wait staff in their own full-length
musical production; on Thursdays; for tickets and
information, call 309-786-7733, extension 2, Circa
21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 3rd Ave., Rock Island,
IL, http://www.circa21.com, Thu Aug 2 thru Thu
Aug 30.
Hello, Dolly!, the Tony-winning musical classic;
Thu.-Sat. 7:30pm, Sun 2pm; $10-15; for tickets and
information, call 309-762-6610, Quad City Music
Guild - Prospect Park Auditorium, 1584 34th Ave.,
Moline, IL, http://www.qcmusicguild.com, Fri Aug
3 thru Sun Aug 12.
Rumpelstiltskin, a presentation of the
fairytale by the Missoula Childrens Theater
Company, featuring area students; at 2 &
6pm; $5-10; for information and tickets, call
563-652-9815, Ohnward Fine Arts Center,
ohnwardfineartscenter.com, Sat Aug 4.
Youre a Good Man, Charlie Brown, one-
act version of the musical comedy based on
Charles M. Schulzs Peanutscomic strips; Tue. &
Thu.-Sat. 11am; $6; for information and tickets,
call 815-244-2035, Timber Lake Playhouse, 8215
timberlakeplayhouse.org, Tue Aug 7 thru Sat
Aug 11.
Brigadoon, beloved Lerner & Lowe musical
about a mysterious Scottish village that appears
only for one day every one hundred years; Fri.-
Sat. 7:30pm, Sun 2pm; $15-16; for information
and tickets, call 319-462-4793, Starlighters II
Theatre, 136 E. Main St., Anamosa, IA, http://www.
starlighters.org, Fri Aug 10 thru Sun Aug 19.
Some Enchanted Evening: The Songs of
Rodgers & Hammerstein, musical revue of classic
show tunes; Tue.-Sat. 7:30pm, Sun. 2pm, occasional
added performances; $15-23;for tickets, call 814-244-
2035, Timber Lake Playhouse, 8215 Black Oak Road,
Mt. Carroll, IL, http://www.timberlakeplayhouse.org,
Thu Aug 16 thru Sun Aug 26.
The Curious Savage, comedy by John Patrick,
directed by Don Hazen; Thu.-Sat. 7:30pm, Sun.
2pm; $8-10; for tickets and information, call
309-944-2244, Richmond Hill Barn Theatre, 600
Robinson Dr., Geneseo, IL, http://www.rhplayers.
com, Thu Aug 16 thru Sun Aug 26.
Red, an independent production of John
Logans Tony-winning drama about painter Mark
Rothko, directed by Tyson Danner; pay what
its worthadmission price, with funds received
after the performance; Fri. & Sat. 7:30pm; for
sherlock-s-last-case-iowa-summer-rep-2012, Thu
Jul 12 thru Sat Jul 21.
Junior Theatres Summer Repertory tour; free; for
information, call 563-326-7862, Family Museum,
2900 Learning Campus Dr, Bettendorf, IA, http://
www.davenportjuniortheatre.com, 10am Fri Jul 13.
for information, call 563-326-7862, Vander Veer
Botanical Park, 215 W Central Park, Davenport,
IA, http://www.davenportjuniortheatre.com,
11:15am Fri Jul 13.
Calamity Jane and the Showdown at
Dry Gulch, a new musical set in the Old West,
produced by the campers in the theatres
annual Camp Creamery; Fri. 7pm, Sat 11am; for
information, call 800-35-AMANA, Old Creamery
Theatre, 39 38th Ave., Amana, IA, http://www.
oldcreamery.com, Fri Jul 13 and Sat Jul 14.
Always... Patsy Cline, revue on the life
and songs of the legendary country singer;
$10-18; for information and tickets, call
563-652-9815, Ohnward Fine Arts Center,
ohnwardfineartscenter.com, Fri Jul 13 thru Sun
Jul 15.
H.M.S. Pinafore, Gilbert & Sullivans comic
operetta, performed by the University of Iowas
Martha-Ellen Tye Opera Theater; Fri. & Sat. 8pm,
Sun. 2pm; for tickets and information, call 319-
248-9370, Coralville Center for the Performing
Arts, 1301 5th St., Coralville, IA, http://www.
coralvillearts.org, Fri Jul 13 thru Sun Jul 15.
Singin in the Rain, Countryside Community
Theatres production of the musical-comedy
based on the classic film, directed by Christina
Myatt; Thu.-Sat. 7:30pm, Sun. 2pm; for information
and tickets, call 563-285-6228, North Scott
High School Fine Arts Auditorium, 200 S. 1st St.,
Eldridge, IA, http://www.cctonstage.org, Fri Jul 13
thru Sat Jul 21.
Writers Skirmish, Dreamwell Theatres
presentation of original one-acts centered on the
theme Here I Stand; Fri. & Sat. 7:30pm; venue
TBD; for information, e-mail info@dreamwell.com,
Downtown Iowa City, Iowa City, IA, http://www.
dreamwell.com, Fri Jul 13 thru Sat Jul 21.
Moving, comedic drama by Bernard Slade, on
the joys and heartbreak of changing residence;
Fri. & Sat. 7:30pm, Sun. 3pm; $10; for information
and tickets, call 309-762-0330, Playcrafters Barn
Theatre, 4950 35th Ave., Moline, IL, http://www.
playcrafters.com, Fri Jul 13 thru Sun Jul 22.
Frankenstein, a National Theatre Live
presentation of the gothic horror tale, directed
by Danny Boyle, starring Benedict Cumberbatch
and Jonny Lee Miller; $15-18; for tickets and
englert.org, 7pm Sat Jul 14.
Choephores & Eumenides, Genesius Guilds
presentation of Aeschylus classic dramas;
donations encouraged; for information, e-mail
guild@genesius.org, Lincoln Park, 11th Ave & 38th
St, Rock Island, IL, http://www.genesius.org, 8pm
Sat Jul 14 and Sun Jul 15.
Grant Wood: Prairie Rebel, American
Dreamer: The Life and Times of Henry A.
Wallace, & The Not-So-Quiet Librarian, actor
Tom Milligan portrays Grant Wood, Henry A.
Wallace, and Forrest Spaulding in three separate
one-man plays by playwright Cynthia Mercati;
includes hors doeurves and light dessert from
Phat Daddys; $30; for tickets and information,
call 319-622-6194, Old Creamery Theatre, 39 38th
Ave., Amana, IA, http://www.oldcreamery.com,
6pm Sun Jul 15.
Lend Me a Tenor, Ken Ludwigs Tony-winning,
farcical backstage comedy; $13-26; for tickets and
information, call 815-879-5656, Grace Performing
Arts Center, 316 Main St., Princeton, IL, http://
www.festival56.com, Tue Jul 17 thru Sat Jul 21.
Caucasian Chalk Circle, Bertolt Brechts
masterpiece set in the Caucasus mountains in
southern Russia; for information, contact Naima
Nicholson at naima.nicholson@gmail.com, Des
Moines Social Club, 1408 Locust St., Des Moines,
IA, http://www.desmoinesartcenter.org, Thu Jul
19 thru Sun Jul 22.
Boeing-Boeing, Tony Award-winning
farce; Tue.-Sat. 7:30pm, Sun. 2pm, occasional
timberlakeplayhouse.org, Thu Jul 19 thru Sat
Jul 28.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee, Tony-winning musical comedy about a
grade-school bee; Thu.-Sat. 7:30pm, Sun. & Wed.
3pm; $16-23; for tickets and information, call
clintonshowboat.org, Thu Jul 19 thru Sun Jul 29.
The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert & Sullivans
comic operetta presented by the Orpheum
Theatre and Prairie Players Civic Theatre; Fri. &
Sat. 7:30pm, Sun. 2pm; $5-25; for tickets and
information, call 309-342-2299 or e-mail tickets.
theorpheum.org, Orpheum Theatre, 57 S. Kellogg
St., Galesburg, IL, http://www.theorpheum.org, Fri
Jul 20 thru Sun Jul 22.
And Then There Were None (Ten Little
Indians), Agatha Christies classic mystery chiller;
5656, PHS Council Auditorium, 103 S Euclid Ave,
Princeton, IL, http://www.festival56.com, Fri Jul
20 thru Thu Jul 26.
Seussical Jr., the storybook musical-comedy
performed for students in the centers summer
camp for grades 3-12; Fri. & Sat. 7pm, Sat. 2pm;
for information, call 309-788-5433, The Center
for Living Arts, 2008 4th Ave, Rock Island, IL, http://
www.center4living.com, 7pm Fri Jul 20 and Sat
Jul 21.
The Oresteia; Part I, Genesius Guilds
presentation of Aeschylus classic drama,
presented over two nights; donations
encouraged; for information, e-mail guild@
genesius.org, Lincoln Park, 11th Ave & 38th St,
Rock Island, IL, http://www.genesius.org, 8pm Sat
Jul 21.
The Oresteia; Part II, Genesius Guilds
presentation of Aeschylus classic drama,
presented over two nights; donations
encouraged; for information, e-mail guild@
genesius.org, Lincoln Park, 11th Ave & 38th St,
Rock Island, IL, http://www.genesius.org, 8pm Sun
Jul 22.
Clinton Showboat Closing Follies, season
celebration with the summer-stock performers,
and the announcement of 2013s productions;
$16-23; for tickets and information, call 563-
242-6760, Clinton Area Showboat Theatre,
clintonshowboat.org 7:30pm Tue Jul 24.
Church Basement Ladies 2: A Second
Helping, sequel to the musical-comedy smash;
Thu. & Sun. 3pm, Fri. & Sat. 7:30pm; $17.50-27;
Old Creamery Theatre, 39 38th Ave., Amana, IA,
http://www.oldcreamery.com, 3pm Thu Jul 26
thru Thu Aug 30.
Honk Jr., one-act version of the Ugly Duckling
musical-comedy; Fri. 7:30pm, Sat. 3pm; for tickets
http://www.clintonshowboat.org, Fri Jul 27 and
Sat Jul 28.
Cabaret, Kander & Ebbs musical classic set in
1930s Berlin; $13-26; for tickets and information,
call 815-879-5656, Grace Performing Arts Center,
316 Main St., Princeton, IL, http://www.festival56.
com, Fri Jul 27 thru Sun Aug 5.
The Frogs, Genesius Guilds satirical take on
Aristophanes classic comedy; Sat. & Sun. 8pm;
donations encouraged; for information, e-mail
guild@genesius.org, Lincoln Park, 11th Ave & 38th
St, Rock Island, IL, http://www.genesius.org, 8pm
Sat Jul 28 thru Sun Aug 5.
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information, visit Facebook.com/RedQC, The
Center for Living Arts, 2008 4th Ave, Rock Island,
IL, http://www.redqc.com, Fri Aug 17 thru Sat
Aug 25.
Next to Normal, Pulitzer Prize-winning
dysfunctional-family musical; $15; for tickets
and information, call 309-235-1654, The District
www.districttheatre.com, 8pm Fri Aug 24 thru
Thu Aug 30.
CLASSES & AUDITIONS
Seeking Participants for Forget-Me-Not:
Victorian Day at Oakdale Memorial Gardens,
seeking around 10 male actors to do 3- or
4-minute first-person monologues as local Civil
War related historic figures for the event on
September 22; the time commitment involves
one or two rehearsals, memorization, and six
hours on the day of the event; those who are
willing may also write their own monologues
based on historic documentation; for information,
contact director Dustin Oliver at dcoliver81@
yahoo.com, Oakdale Memorial Cemetery, 2501
Eastern Avenue, Davenport, IA, http://www.
oakdalememorialgardens.org, thru Thu Aug 30.
Adult Acting, Thursdays thru Aug. 16;
class covers acting basics, stage technique,
different ways to approach the acting process,
and culminates in a showcase performance
onstage; $90; for information and to register,
call 563-326-7862, Davenport Junior Theatre,
2822 Eastern Ave., Davenport, IA, http://www.
davenportjuniortheatre.com, 7:30pm Thu Jun 14.
Clowning Around!, Thursdays thru Aug. 16,
for all ages; learn the history of clowning, the
clown code of ethics, proper makeup application,
juggling, balloon basics, improvisation and more;
students will be part of a final skit along with
Quad City Clown Troupe members at the end of
the session; $65; for information and to register,
call 563-326-7862, Davenport Junior Theatre,
davenportjuniortheatre.com, 6:30pm Thu Jun 14.
The 39 Steps, auditions for comedy thriller
running September 7 - 16, directed by Tom
Morrow; be prepared to read from the script; for
information, call 309-762-0330, Playcrafters Barn
Theatre, 4950 35th Ave., Moline, IL, http://www.
playcrafters.com, 7pm Sun Jul 15 thru Tue Jul 17.
PERFORMANCES
Express Yourself, the Dance Connection
performers in concert, with proceeds benefiting
the St. Jude Midwest Affiliate; $6-18; for tickets
and information, call 309-697-2712, Peoria Civic
Center, 201 SW Jefferson Ave, Peoria, IL, http://
www.peoriaciviccenter.com, 6pm Sat May 26.
Express Yourself, the Debbys School of Dance
performers in concert, with proceeds benefiting
the St. Jude Midwest Affiliate; $6-18; for tickets
www.peoriaciviccenter.com, 7pm Fri Jun 1.
Carnival of Animals Dance Recital, features
dancers from the Family Museum, ages 4-8, in
ballet and tap; $6; for tickets and information,
call 563-344-4106, Galvin Fine Arts Center,
2101 Gaines St., Davenport, IA, http://www.
familymuseum.org, 10am Sat Jun 2.
Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland
Dance Recital, features dancers from the
Family Museum, ages 8 and up, in ballet, tap,
jazz, modern, and hip-hop; $8; for tickets and
information, call 563-344-4106, Galvin Fine Arts
Center, 2101 Gaines St., Davenport, IA, http://
www.familymuseum.org, 2pm Sat Jun 2.
Ballet Under the Stars, annual outdoor
production with the dancers of Ballet Quad
Cities; free; for information, call 309-786-3779,
http://www.balletquadcities.com, 8pm Fri Jun 8
thru Sun Jun 10.
If the Shoe Fits!, the Kims Academy of Dance
of Dance performers in concert; $10-14; for tickets
www.peoriaciviccenter.com, 6:30pm Sat Jun 9.
CLASSES & EVENTS
Advanced Line Dancing, on Thursdays; $2-4;
Davenport, IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, 2:30pm
Thu May 24 thru Thu Aug 30.
Advanced Line Dancing, on Tuesdays; $2-4;
Davenport, IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, 9am
Line Dancing Lessons, on Tuesdays; free;
Davenport, IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, 8:30am
Flight School Dance Party, on Tuesdays; $2
cocktails, Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St, Iowa
City, IA, http://www.iowacityyachtclub.org, 8pm
Social Dance @ QC SoDa, on the third Sun.
of the month; 6:30pm class with Gunter, 7pm
dance with DJ Amy; $10, or $4 for students; for
information, call 309-798-0279 or e-mail qcsoda@
gmail.com, QC SoDa Dance Studio, 1502 6th Ave.,
Moline, IL, http://www.qcsoda.com, 6:30pm Sat
Jun 16 thru Sat Aug 18.
Picking Peas, for all ages; interactive dance
program presented by Midwest Modern Dance
Company; free; for information, call 309-524-2470,
http://www.molinelibrary.com, 10:30am Sat Jun
23.
Swing & Ballroom Couples Course,
Mondays thru Thursdays thru July 26, for ages
16+; $60; for information and to register, call
563-326-7862, Davenport Junior Theatre,
davenportjuniortheatre.com, 7pm Mon Jul 16.
Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival Big
Band Dance, with music by the Manny Lopez
Big Band; for information, call 563-324-7170,
Davenport RiverCenter, 136 E. 3rd St, Davenport,
IA, http://www.bixsociety.org, 8:30pm Fri Aug 3.
Ongoing
BHC Foundation Scholarships, scholarships
are for students attending the colleges Quad-
Cities Campus in Moline and are based on a wide
range of criteria including specific majors, GPA,
and financial need; for information, call 309-796-
5061, Black Hawk College - Quad City Campus,
6600 34th Ave., Moline, IL, http://foundation.bhc.
edu, thru Thu May 31.
Free Trial Period at Sandburg Fitness Center,
Fitness Center summer hours are 6 a.m. to 7
p.m. Monday through Thursday, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. For more
information, call the Sandburg Fitness Center at
309-341-5202., Carl Sandburg College Building F
Gymnasium, 2400 Tom L. Wilson Blvd., Galesburg,
IL, http://www.sandburg.edu, thru Sat Jun 2.
Free Admission Monday, free admission on
Mondays; for information, call 309-794-0991,
Quad City Botanical Center, 2525 4th Ave., Rock
Island, IL, http://www.qcgardens.com, 10am thru
Mon Aug 13.
Mississippi Valley Growers Farmers Market,
on Thursdays, on State Street next to the Alter
Building; for information, call 563-386-5059,
NorthPark Mall, Between Harrison and Welcome
Way on E. Kimberly, Davenport, IA, 2pm thru Thu
Aug 23.
Friday Night Bike Night, on Fridays; for
information, call 563-386-5997, The Pub, 4320 N.
Brady St., Davenport, IA, thru Fri Aug 24.
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Whats Happenin
Music
Ronnie Baker Brooks
The Redstone Room
Friday, May 25, 8 p.m.
P
erforming with his father and
brother as the Brooks Family
Blues Dynasty, Chicago-based
singer/guitarist Ronnie Baker Brooks
will be among the headliners at this
years Mississippi Valley Blues Festival,
so I guess you could consider his May
25 Redstone Room concert something
of a Quad Cities warm-up.
Then again, with the All Music
Guide describing Brooks as a monster
guitarist with an ample supply of
technique and passion, and the
Boston Herald calling his most recent
CD ferocious and unrelenting,
Im thinking the temperatures in
the Davenport venue might be
significantly
higher than
warm.
The son of
Chicago-blues
legend Lonnie
Brooks and
the sibling of
famed blues
artist Wayne
Baker Brooks, Ronnie unofficially
entered the family business at age nine,
playing guitar on-stage at one of his
dads concerts. A mere decade later,
he was an actual member of Lonnies
band, touring alongside the likes of
Koko Taylor, Elvin Bishop, and Lil
Ed Williams. And a decade after that,
he released a debut album 1998s
Golddigger that was produced by
someone who also knows a little
something about music as a family
enterprise: Janet Jackson.
Golddigger earned Brooks a Blues
Music Award nomination for best new
artist, and after releasing his equally
acclaimed CDs Take Me Witcha and
The Touch, he has emerged as one of
our most soulful and accomplished
musicians, with BluesRevue.coms Eric
Wrisley writing, Ive heard Ronnie
Baker Brooks referred to as the new
King of Chicago Blues, and when hes
on-stage, theres little question why.
So expect Brooks soul- and hip-hop-
inspired blues energy to be explosive
regardless of whether hes playing the
Redstone Room or to a huge outdoor
crowd; as he joked on MNBlues.com,
Ill play for the grass. I actually had a
college friend who played for another
kind of grass, but hed probably prefer I
didnt mention his name in print.
Ronnie Baker Brooks appears locally
with opener Bella Soul, and more
information on the night is available
by calling (563)326-1333 or visiting
RiverMusicExperience.org.
Music
Summer Camp Music Festival
Three Sisters Park
Thursday, May 24, through Sunday,
May 27
I
n addition to the vendors,
art shows, workshops, and
childrens activities at this years
Summer Camp Music Festival
taking place May 24 through 27 at
Chillicothe, Illinois Three Sisters
Park you may be wondering
just whats on tap musically for
this annual outdoor celebration that features more than 100 indie and
jam bands performing on five separate stages. Im here to tell you that
youll be hearing everything from A to Z. Literally.
Music
Tech N9nes Hostile Takeover Tour
Davenport RiverCenter
Wednesday, May 30, 8 p.m.
A
ccording to legend, the chart-topping
rap artist Tech N9ne born Aaron
Dontez Yates adopted his stage name
after fellow rapper Black Walt told him his
exceptionally quick, rhythmic patter was
reminiscent of a TEC-9 semi-automatic
handgun. Personally, I think its a cool
moniker, and am kind of thankful that
Tech N9nes choices didnt come down to
Woodpecker or Pneumatic Paint Shaker
instead.
Local audiences, meanwhile, can revel in
the mans gifts for speed and rhyme in Tech
N9nes Hostile Takeover Tour, which hits
Davenports RiverCenter on May 30. Joining
the musician are some of the most exciting
names on the rap and hip-hop scene
today, as the tour boasts scheduled sets by
Machine Gun Kelly, Krizz Kalico, MayDay,
Prozak, and Stevie Stone. And with his last
seven albums all scoring on the top 10 of
Billboards U.S. rap charts and 2011s All
6s and 7s hitting number-one on Billboards
independent, R&B, and rap charts Tech
N9ne himself will no doubt exhilarate fans
with samplings from such smash-hit CDs
as his Welcome to Strangeland, The Gates
Mixed Plate, and K.O.D.
How well do you know the others? Try
matching the eight Tech N9ne studio
albums to the left with the year of their
release.
Tickets to Tech N9nes Hostile Takeover
Tour are $30 in advance and $35 at the door,
and are available by calling (800)745-3000
or visiting RiverCtr.com.
ALO
BoomBox
Cornmeal
Dead Larry
EOTO
Fareed Haque & MathGames
Govt Mule
Hot Buttered Rum
IndigoSun
Janes Addiction
Keller Williams
Lotus
moe.
New Orleans Suspects
Old Shoe
Positive Vibr8ions
Quixotic
Rubblebucket
Sonic Sutra
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Umphreys McGee
Victor Wooten
Wook
Xceptional Xactitude
Yonder Mountain String Band
Zeds Dead
And yes, I totally made up Xceptional Xactitude. But I was
23 letters into this piece before realizing there wasnt an X band
scheduled for the festival, and damned if that was gonna stop me.
For more information on this years Summer Camp Music Festival
along with a handy grid showing just whos playing where and when
visit SummerCampFestival.com.
A n s w e r s : 1 D , 2 C , 3 A , 4 E , 5 G , 6 F , 7 H , 8 B . G o o d t h i n g h i s 2 0 1 2 r e l e a s e w a s a n E P a n d n o t a s t u d i o a l b u m . I g e t i n e n o u g h t r o u b l e f o r t h e s a l t y l a n g u a g e i n t h e s e p a g e s .
1) Absolute Power
2) Anghellic
3) The Calm Before the Storm
4) Everready (The Religion)
5) Killer
6) Misery Loves Kompany
7) Sickology 101
8) The Worst
Umphreys McGee
by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
What Else
Is Happenin
MUSIC
Friday, May 25 Sierra Leones
Refugee All Stars. Concert with one
of Africas top touring and recording
bands, with an opening set by Orgone.
Englert Theatre (221 Washington
Street, Iowa City). 8 p.m. $20-22. For
tickets and information, call (319)688-
2653 or visit Englert.org.
Saturday, May 26 Tanya Tucker.
The country-music legend in concert.
Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention
Center (1777 Isle Parkway, Bettendorf ).
7:30 p.m. $25-35. For information,
call (800)724-5825 or visit Bettendorf.
IsleOfCapriCasinos.com.
Saturday, May 26 Michael
McDonald. Concert with the Grammy-
winning singer and former Doobie
Brother. Riverside Casino Event
Center (3184 Highway 22, Riverside).
8 p.m. $50-60. For tickets and
information, call (319)677-3456 or visit
RiversideCasinoAndResort.com.
Saturday, May 26, and Sunday,
May 27 The Travoltas. All-ages
outdoor concert with the disco-tribute
musicians and special guests. Rock
Island Brewing Company (1815 Second
Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. $10-12. For
RIBCO.com.
Thursday, May 31 The Robert
Cray Band. The Grammy-winning
Music
Ronnie Baker Brooks
The Redstone Room
Friday, May 25, 8 p.m.
P
erforming with his father and
brother as the Brooks Family
Blues Dynasty, Chicago-based
singer/guitarist Ronnie Baker Brooks
will be among the headliners at this
years Mississippi Valley Blues Festival,
so I guess you could consider his May
25 Redstone Room concert something
of a Quad Cities warm-up.
Then again, with the All Music
Guide describing Brooks as a monster
guitarist with an ample supply of
technique and passion, and the
Boston Herald calling his most recent
CD ferocious and unrelenting,
Im thinking the temperatures in
the Davenport venue might be
significantly
higher than
warm.
The son of
Chicago-blues
legend Lonnie
Brooks and
the sibling of
famed blues
artist Wayne
Baker Brooks, Ronnie unofficially
entered the family business at age nine,
playing guitar on-stage at one of his
dads concerts. A mere decade later,
he was an actual member of Lonnies
band, touring alongside the likes of
Koko Taylor, Elvin Bishop, and Lil
Ed Williams. And a decade after that,
he released a debut album 1998s
Golddigger that was produced by
someone who also knows a little
something about music as a family
enterprise: Janet Jackson.
Golddigger earned Brooks a Blues
Music Award nomination for best new
artist, and after releasing his equally
acclaimed CDs Take Me Witcha and
The Touch, he has emerged as one of
our most soulful and accomplished
musicians, with BluesRevue.coms Eric
Wrisley writing, Ive heard Ronnie
Baker Brooks referred to as the new
King of Chicago Blues, and when hes
on-stage, theres little question why.
So expect Brooks soul- and hip-hop-
inspired blues energy to be explosive
regardless of whether hes playing the
Redstone Room or to a huge outdoor
crowd; as he joked on MNBlues.com,
Ill play for the grass. I actually had a
college friend who played for another
kind of grass, but hed probably prefer I
didnt mention his name in print.
Ronnie Baker Brooks appears locally
with opener Bella Soul, and more
information on the night is available
by calling (563)326-1333 or visiting
Music
Tech N9nes Hostile Takeover Tour
Davenport RiverCenter
Wednesday, May 30, 8 p.m.
A
ccording to legend, the chart-topping
rap artist Tech N9ne born Aaron
Dontez Yates adopted his stage name
after fellow rapper Black Walt told him his
exceptionally quick, rhythmic patter was
reminiscent of a TEC-9 semi-automatic
handgun. Personally, I think its a cool
moniker, and am kind of thankful that
Tech N9nes choices didnt come down to
Woodpecker or Pneumatic Paint Shaker
instead.
Local audiences, meanwhile, can revel in
the mans gifts for speed and rhyme in Tech
N9nes Hostile Takeover Tour, which hits
Davenports RiverCenter on May 30. Joining
the musician are some of the most exciting
names on the rap and hip-hop scene
today, as the tour boasts scheduled sets by
Machine Gun Kelly, Krizz Kalico, MayDay,
Prozak, and Stevie Stone. And with his last
seven albums all scoring on the top 10 of
Billboards U.S. rap charts and 2011s All
6s and 7s hitting number-one on Billboards
independent, R&B, and rap charts Tech
N9ne himself will no doubt exhilarate fans
with samplings from such smash-hit CDs
as his Welcome to Strangeland, The Gates
Mixed Plate, and K.O.D.
How well do you know the others? Try
matching the eight Tech N9ne studio
albums to the left with the year of their
release.
Tickets to Tech N9nes Hostile Takeover
Tour are $30 in advance and $35 at the door,
and are available by calling (800)745-3000
or visiting RiverCtr.com.
Theatre
Greater Tuna
Richmond Hill Barn Theatre
Thursday, May 31, through Sunday, June
10
P
earl! Pearl! Get in here!
Oh, for heavens sake, what
is it, Vera?
I just got on
that Interweb
thingie and
thought Id look
up our town,
and it turns
out someones
written a whole
play about it!
And were characters in it!
What?! Why, of all the nerve!
Its a comedy called Greater Tuna,
and its playing someplace called the
Richmond Hill Barn Theatre way up
in Geneseo, Illinois ... !
Illinois?! What do they know about
Texas in Illinois?!
And supposedly its been called
inspired, affectionate, and an acting
tour de force by Variety magazine!
Oh, I dont trust those
Californians ... .
Apparently, everyones a character
in this thing! The radio DJs Arles and
Thurston, and that no-good Hank
Bumiller, and that drunkard R.R.
Shavely, and that dimwit Petey Fisk ...
even that irritating dog Yippy is in the
show.
Let me tell you, Ive got a bitter pill
for that little mongrel ... .
And get this! Its being directed
by someone named James Fairchild,
who played a number of our citizens
last winter in a play called A Tuna
Christmas! Theres a bunch of these
Tuna productions out there!
Well, I dont like this one bit.
Unless ... . Maybe we should take a
trip up there and audition for the dang
thing ourselves! If someones going to
play us on-stage, it might as well be
us!
Youre not going to believe this,
Vera, but the entire town is being
played by two people and theyre
both men! Seems like these fellas John
VanDeWoestyne and Bruce Carmen
switch in and out of costumes real fast
and end up acting like every living
soul in Tuna!
Even the women?
Even the women!
Well, thats a bit of a drag.
And kind of fishy, dont you think?
Greater Tuna runs at the Richmond
Hill Barn Theatre May 31 through June
10, and more information and tickets
are available by calling (309)944-2244
or visiting RHPlayers.com.
A n s w e r s : 1 D , 2 C , 3 A , 4 E , 5 G , 6 F , 7 H , 8 B . G o o d t h i n g h i s 2 0 1 2 r e l e a s e w a s a n E P a n d n o t a s t u d i o a l b u m . I g e t i n e n o u g h t r o u b l e f o r t h e s a l t y l a n g u a g e i n t h e s e p a g e s .
1) Absolute Power
2) Anghellic
3) The Calm Before the Storm
4) Everready (The Religion)
5) Killer
6) Misery Loves Kompany
7) Sickology 101
8) The Worst
A) 1999
B) 2000
C) 2001
D) 2002
E) 2006
F) 2007
G) 2008
H) 2009
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Flower Factory, and K&W Greenery; $50; for
information, call 309-756-9978, Rock Island
County Fairgrounds, Archer Drive & Avenue of the
Cities, East Moline, IL, http://web.extension.illinois.
edu/hmrs, 6:15am Sat Jun 2.
Grant Wood Scenic Byway Third GEAR
Bicycle Tour, June 2 & 3; riders will cover 90 miles
in two days cycling through the countryside
of Jones and Jackson counties farms, forests,
bridges, and ridges; riders begin in Anamosa in
Jones County, on the Wapsipinicon River, and
end a day later in Bellevue, on the Mississippi;
there will be sag wagon and mechanical support,
luggage and shuttle transport, T-shirt for early
registration, and complimentary muffins and
drinks Saturday morning; for information, call
563-652-2441 or 800-747-7377, http://www.
grantwoodgear.com, Sat Jun 2.
Illinois Bird Club Bird Show, featuring double
shows for NFSS, SPBE, NAPS, NCS and ACS, and
single shows for ALBS and ABS; for information,
call 309-645-7773, Avantis Dome, 3401 Griffin,
Pekin, IL, 9am Sat Jun 2.
Rock Island County Master Gardeners
Wisconsin Bus Trip, explore greenhouses,
nurseries and garden centers in a day trip with
stops including Klehms Song Sparrow Farm and
Nursery, Avalon; the Flower Factory in Stoughton;
and K&W Greenery, Janesville, WI; $50, University
of Illinois Extension, 4450 Kennedy Drive Suite 3,
East Moline, IL, http://web.extension.illinois.edu/
registration/?RegistrationID=6543, 6am Sat Jun 2.
Run for the Son, a 5K-certified run/walk, with
check-in and packet pick-up from 7-7:45am, and
the event starting at 8am; $20-25 registration; for
information, contact Rebecca at 309-788-2273,
Christian Care, 2209 3rd Ave., Rock Island, IL,
http://www.getmeregistered.com/runfortheson,
8am Sat Jun 2.
QC Pridefest 2012, annual celebration of
LGBT culture in the streets of 2nd and Warren,
featuring vendors, live music, information booths,
interactive art & sports activities, and more,
Davenport Rainbow District, 2nd St., Davenport,
IA, http://www.qcpride.org, 12pm Sat Jun 2 and
Sun Jun 3.
Games for Grown-ups, choose from Wii and
other computer games as well as board games
and card games; free; for information, call 563-
www.davenportlibrary.com, 2pm Sat Jun 2.
Davenport Schools Graduation, students
from West High School graduate at noon, Central
High School at 3pm, and North High School at
5:30pm, i wireless Center, 1201 River Dr, Moline, IL,
http://www.iwirelessCenter.com, 12pm Sun Jun 3.
Miss Iowa Scholarship Programs Mad
Hatters Tea, featuring the 2012 Miss Iowa and
Miss Iowas Outstanding Teen contestants, along
Heartland Central Model Railroad Open
House, on Saturdays; featuring HO Scale, N Scale,
and Narrow Gauge model trains, and over 1,200
feet of track located in the buildings lower level;
for information, e-mail mjerson@msn.com, Major
Art & Hobby, 201 E 2nd St, Davenport, IA, 12pm
thru Sat Aug 25.
on Saturdays, in the lot between JC Penney
& Sears; for information, call 563-386-5059,
Way on E. Kimberly, Davenport, IA, 8am thru Sat
Aug 25.
Prayers for World Peace, on Sundays; share
a short series of Buddhist prayers extracted from
texts by Shantideva and Geshe Langri Tangpa
by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso; free; for
information, call 563-322-1600, Lamrim Kadampa
Buddhist Center, 502 1/2 3rd St., Davenport, IA,
http://www.meditateiniowa.org, 10am thru Sun
Aug 26.
Quad City Botanical Center Garden Railroad
Exhibit, on Sundays; exhibit supported by the
Heartland Central Model Railroad Club; free with
$1-5 admission; for information, call 309-794-
0991, Quad City Botanical Center, 2525 4th Ave.,
Rock Island, IL, 12pm thru Sun Aug 26.
Bags League Night, for information, call 563-
386-5997, The Pub, 4320 N. Brady St., Davenport,
IA, thru Mon Aug 27.
on Mondays; for information, call 563-386-5059,
Trinity Bettendorf Farmers Market, Utica Ridge
Rd., Bettendorf, IA, 3pm thru Mon Aug 27.
Free Pool Night, on Wednesdays; for
information, call 309-277-0982, McManus Pub,
1401 7th Ave, Moline, IL, thru Wed Aug 29.
on Wednesdays, in the lot between JC Penney
& Sears; for information, call 563-386-5059,
Way on E. Kimberly, Davenport, IA, 8am thru Wed
Aug 29.
Scotch & Cigars Night, on Wednesdays;
smooth tastes and sampling surprises on the
patio; for information, call 309-762-4700, Bass
Street Chop House, 1601 River Dr, Moline, IL,
http://www.bschouse.com, 5pm thru Wed Aug
29.
Billiards, Mon.-Fri.; free; for information, call
563-386-7477, CASI (Center for Active Seniors),
www.casiseniors.org, 8am thru Thu Aug 30.
May
Campground Games, join a naturalist for
outdoor games at the picnic shelter; free; for
information, call 563-652-3783, South Sabula
Lakes Park, South Ave., Sabula, IA, 7pm Fri May
25.
Friday Martini Madness, a featured martini
for $6.95 and a choice appetizer for $6.95;
today - smoked salmon and herb cream cheese
crustini paired with the Bartenders Choice; for
information, call 309-762-4700, Bass Street Chop
House, 1601 River Dr, Moline, IL, http://www.
bschouse.com, Fri May 25.
Monthly Wine Tasting, of sampling of 8-10
wines with complimentary hors doeuvres; $15; for
information, call 309-762-4700, Bass Street Chop
House, 1601 River Dr, Moline, IL, http://www.
bschouse.com, 6pm Fri May 25.
Wild 55K Run/Walk, a benefit run/walk
for Bethany for Children & Families; $25-30; for
information, call 309-797-7700, Golds Gym, 4885
Utica Ridge Rd, Davenport, IA, https://register.
bazumedia.com/reg/form?eventID=921, 8am Sat
May 26.
Campground Games, join a naturalist for
outdoor games at the picnic shelter; free; for
information, call 563-652-3783, Spruce Creek Park,
north of Bellevue on 395th Ave., Jackson County,
IA, 7pm Sat May 26.
National Cemetery in Rock Island Program,
(Center for Active Seniors), 1035 W. Kimberly Road,
Davenport, IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, Mon
May 28.
Quad Cities Criterium, annual bicycle race
featuring hundreds of riders from the U.S. and
abroad; for information, call 309-788-6311, The
District of Rock Island, 16 1/2 St., Rock Island, IL,
http://www.quadcitiescriterium.com, 8am Mon
May 28.
Coffee with Roxanna Mortiz, free; for
12:30pm Tue May 29.
Elizabeth Tate High School Graduation, open
to the public; for information, call 319-688-2653,
Englert Theatre, 221 East Washington St., Iowa
City, IA, https://sites.google.com/a/iccsd.k12.
ia.us/tate, 7pm Tue May 29.
June
Jeff Civillico & Tim Gabrielson, an evening
with the Las Vegas-based jugglers and
magicians; $15; for tickets and information, call
319-648-1234, Riverside Casino Event Center,
riversidecasinoandresort.com, 8pm Fri Jun 1.
Mississippi River Distilling Company First
Friday Event, celebrating the release of Cody
Road Whiskey; for information, call 563-271-0608,
Mississippi River Distilling Company, 303 N. Cody
Rd., LeClaire, IA, http://www.mrdistilling.com,
5:30pm Fri Jun 1.
Trivia Night Fundraiser, held in support of
Churches Uniteds Emergency Fund; wear your
best 60s & 70s clothes, but there will be questions
for all generations; with a silent auction, food
available for purchase, and more; no alcoholic
beverages; 6pm doors, 7pm trivia; $10/person,
tables of 8; for information and to reserve, call
563-332-5002, St. John Vianney Church, 4097 18th
St, Bettendorf, IA, http://www.cuqca.org, 7pm Fri
Jun 1.
Rhubarb Festival, 21st annual festival
featuring more than 3,000 homemade rhubarb
pies for sale, rhubarb sampling, 12,000 free
rhubarb seeds given away, crafts, music,
entertainment, and more; for information, call
309-582-2751, Downtown Aledo, Aledo, IL, http://
www.aledomainstreet.com, Fri Jun 1.
Garden-Lovers Shopping Trip to Wisconsin,
join the Rock Island County Master Gardeners
for a day trip to shop and explore greenhouses,
nurseries, and garden centers; stops will include:
Klehms Song Sparrow Farm and Nursery, the
with Miss Iowa 2011 Jessica Pray and Miss Iowas
Outstanding Teen 2011 Francesca Lubecke-Wilde;
desserts and coffee/tea served, Isle Casino Hotel
Bettendorf, 1777 Isle Parkway, Bettendorf, IA,
http://www.missiowa.com, 3pm Sun Jun 3.
Monthly All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast, featuring
live music by the Freddie Steenbock Duo from
8-11am; $6; for information, call 563-322-4971,
Davenport American Legion, 702 W. 35th St.,
Davenport, IA, 7am Sun Jun 3.
Transit of Venus Telescope Viewing and Live
Webcast, an extremely rare astronomical event,
the planet Venus will pass directly in front of the
sun beginning around 5pm and continuing into
sunset; view the transit directly through solar-
filtered telescopes provided onsite, or watch a
live webcast of the transit; free; for information,
call 563-333-6141, Rogalski Center - St. Ambrose
University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA, http://
www.sau.edu, 4:30pm Tue Jun 5.
Family Fun Night, with special guests,
activities, games, and more; free; for information,
call 563-326-7832, Davenport Public Library
- Eastern Ave. Branch, 6000 Eastern Ave.,
6pm Wed Jun 6.
Accessory Swap Meet, bring in your unwanted
accessories at 6:30pm, and shop for new swap-
meet items at 7pm; $10; for information, call
com, 6:30pm Thu Jun 7.
Miss Iowa Scholarship Program, the Miss
Iowa program serves as official preliminary to Miss
America; $32, or $100 for three days; for tickets,
call 800-745-3000, Adler Theatre, 136 E. 3rd St.,
Davenport, IA, http://www.adlertheatre.com, 7pm
Thu Jun 7 thru Sat Jun 9.
Bettendorf Middle Park Ice Cream Social,
Davenport, IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, Fri
Jun 8.
BeeRME for Music, 4th-annual beer-
tasting fundraiser held on the RMEs second
floor; featuring tastings from a wide range of
distributors, hors doeuvres, live entertainment,
a complimentary tasting glass, a raffle, and
more; proceeds benefit RMEs music educational
programming such as Rock Camp USA, Winter
Blues, River Current Tours, and Sound Lab; $15-25;
RME (River Music Experience), 131 W. 2nd St.,
org, 5pm Sat Jun 9.
Strawberry-fest-a-pa-looza, featuring live
music by Modern Mythology and the Blackstones,
The Grove Tap, 108 S 1st St, Long Grove, IA, https://
www.facebook.com/events/381886438520437/,
6pm Sat Jun 9.
Effigy Mounds Bird Walk, for information, call
563-873-3491 ext. 112, Effigy Mounds National
Monument, 151 Hwy 76, Harpers Ferry, IA, http://
www.nps.gov/efmo, 8am Sat Jun 9.
http://www.davenportlibrary.com, 2pm Sat Jun 9.
CASIs Spectacular Land, $2-3; for information,
www.casiseniors.org, 1pm Mon Jun 11.
German American Heritage Center Bus
Tour, register by June 12 for June 23 trip; a triple-
header to the Rock Island Arsenal, celebrating
its 150th anniversary this year, the Old Stone
Church (German Episcopal Methodist Church)
in Muscatine, and the Mississippi River Distilling
Company in LeClaire; with tour guide Pat Steen,
and lunch included; $35-40; for information and
to register, call 563-322-8844, German American
Heritage Center, 712 W. 2nd St., Davenport, IA,
http://www.gahc.org, 9am Tue Jun 12.
Senior Coffee Hour, games, news, and fun for
those ages 50 and older; enjoy coffee and snacks
while interacting with other seniors; free; for
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Mississippi River Motorcycle Rally, thru June
16; 18th annual rally featuring contests, games,
bike shows, live music, dancing, food, beer, a
Bikini Bike Wash, vendors, and more; $10/person
spectator pass, motorcyclists $5/day or $10/
three-day pass; free admission with military ID;,
Davenport, IA, http://www.mrmrally.com/index.
cfm, Wed Jun 13 thru Sat Jun 16.
2nd Fiddle Sale - Preview Party, fundraiser
for the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, featuring
furniture, home furnishings, antiques, jewelry, furs,
clothing, books, toys, games, sports equipment,
collectibles, and art pieces; $10 at the door, 902
W. Kimberly Rd., Davenport, IA, http://www.
qcsymphony.com, 6pm Thu Jun 14.
davenportlibrary.com, 6pm Thu Jun 14.
Savvy Senior Trivia, seniors test their
knowledge and keep an active mind with trivia
games; free; for information, call 563-326-7832,
1pm Thu Jun 14.
Bus Trip to Amish Country in Oelwein,
IA, includes a farm tour, lunch in the town of
Oelwein, dinner at the Ox Yoke Inn Interstate, and
more; $95-115; for information and to reserve,
call 309-794-0991, ext. 30, Quad City Botanical
qcgardens.com, Fri Jun 15.
2nd Fiddle Sale, fundraiser for the Quad
City Symphony Orchestra, featuring furniture,
home furnishings, antiques, jewelry, furs,
clothing, books, toys, games, sports equipment,
collectibles, and art pieces; $10 at the door, 902
W. Kimberly Rd., Davenport, IA, http://www.
qcsymphony.com, 8am Fri Jun 15 and Sat Jun
16.
Iowa Craft Brew Festival, on the Locust St.
Bridge; the event will feature more than 25 Iowa
breweries and 100+ craft beers, along with a host
of regional and national micro-brews; unlimited
beer samplings, live music, food, and a wide
variety of special brews exclusive to the festival;
$20-30; designated driver tickets available for $5;,
Downtown Des Moines, Des Moines, IA, http://
iowabeer.org, 1pm Sat Jun 16.
8th Annual Dodgeball Showdown, co-ed
8-on-8 dodgeball competition with a $1,000 first
prize, plus an evening concert with the Dirt Road
Rockers and Grazin District; for information, call
309-283-1809, Daiquiri Factory, 1809 2nd Ave.,
Rock Island, IL, http://www.daiquirifactory.com,
10:30am Sat Jun 16.
West End Street Fest, featuring an evening
concert with Wild Oatz, food, entertainment, and
more; no cover charge; for information, e-mail
1955jamese@gmail.com, Jimmie Os Saloon, 2735
Telegraph Rd., Davenport, IA, 12pm Sat Jun 16.
Night Sky Viewing with the Popular
Astronomy Club, meet in the zoo parking lot
at dusk; club telescopes will be available or you
may bring your own; canceled only if raining;
for information, call Alan at 309-797-3120, Niabi
Zoo, Niabi Zoo Rd., Coal Valley, IL, http://www.
pacastronomy.50megs.com, 7:30pm Sat Jun 16.
Ride The River Duathlon, for 6th, 7th, and
8th graders; challengers will run-bike-run either
solo or on adult/child teams; trophies will be
awarded to boys and girls for first, second and
third places per grade, as well as for adult/child
teams; the school with the most participants will
get a traveling trophy; for information, contact
Race Director Larry Davis at 563-210-4991 or
ladavis58@yahoo.com, Freight House, 421 W. River
Dr., Davenport, IA, http://www.riveraction.org,
Sun Jun 17.
Ride the River, hosted by River Acvtion; pedal
the basic route of 20 miles or follow the signs for
rides of up to 60 miles; begin at The Freight House
in Davenport, proceed to Leach Park, Bettendorf,
and cross the Mississippi River to Moline, Illinois
on the Celebration Belle riverboat; those crossing
by bridge will cross Arsenal Island, and continue
the route to the suggested turn around at The
Quarter, returning to Davenport via Arsenal
Bridge or the Centennial Bridge; for information,
call 563-322-2969, Freight House, 421 W. River Dr.,
Davenport, IA, http://www.riveraction.org, Sun
Jun 17.
Metropolitan Community Church of the
Quad Cities Handicap-Accessible Service,
with free doughnuts and coffee beginning at
10:30am, and a pizza buffet at 12 noon following
the worship service; donations encouraged; for
information, contact Reverend Rich Hendricks
at 563-324-8281 or e-mail richdhendricks@msn.
com, Clarion Hotel Davenport, 227 LeClaire St,
Davenport, IA, http://www.mccqc.com, 10:30am
Sun Jun 17.
Senior Coffee Hour, games, news, and fun
for those ages 50 and older; enjoy coffee and
snacks while interacting with other seniors; free;
Jun 18.
Senior Olympic Art and Literary, for
Davenport, IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, 7pm
Wed Jun 20.
6pm Wed Jun 20.
CASI Membership Picnic, $6-8; for
Thu Jun 21.
Senior Bingo, have a blast playing bingo at
the library with other seniors for small prizes; free;
IA, http://www.davenportlibrary.com, 1pm Thu
Jun 21.
Royal Ball for All, fundraiser for the Quad
City Autism Center hosted by Royal Ball Run for
Autism; the family-friendly event will feature royal-
themed games, activities, food and of course, and
appearances by some well-known princes and
princesses, with children encouraged to wear
their most royal costumes; for information, call
309-781-0815 or e-mail royalball@gmail.com,
Milan Community Center, US 67, 2 miles south of
Milan, IL, Milan, IL, http://www.royalballrun.com,
5pm Fri Jun 22.
Senior Olympic Shuffleboard, for
5:30pm Fri Jun 22.
Classic, Rod, and Custom Car Show, also
with a flea market; for tickets and information,
call 563-652-9815, Ohnward Fine Arts Center,
ohnwardfineartscenter.com, 12pm Sat Jun 23.
Juneteenth Festival, annual celebration of
African-American culture, featuring childrens
activities, information booths, live music and
dance, historical presentations, and more; free; for
information, call 563-322-7363, RIBCO, 1815 2nd
Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://qcjuneteenth.com/,
11am Sat Jun 23.
Royal Ball Run, fundraiser for the Quad City
Autism Center hosted by Royal Ball Run for
Autism; walk or run a 5K course along the Rock
River and through Milan, followed by a Prince &
Princess 1/4-mile Fun Run; for information, call
309-781-0815 or e-mail royalball@gmail.com,
Milan Community Center, US 67, 2 miles south of
Milan, IL, Milan, IL, http://www.royalballrun.com,
7:30am Sat Jun 23.
Menke Observatory Star Party, on-site
12- and 14-inch telescopes will be available for
sky viewing; visitors are welcome to bring smaller
telescopes as well; free; for information, contact
Dr. Robert Mitchell at 563-333-6141, Menke
Observatory, Dixon, IL, http://www.sau.edu, 7pm
Sat Jun 23.
3rd Annual Jewish Feast-ival, featuring
headliner Hawkeye Herman, food, childrens
activities, cultural and historical exploration, and
more; $2, ages 12 & under free; for information,
call Michael Weindruch at 309-788-3426, Tri-City
Jewish Center, 2715 30th St., Rock Island, IL, 11am
Sun Jun 24.
Blossoms at Butterworth, a traditional
garden party featuring vintage delights and
family-oriented activities: antique cars, lawn
games of the 1800s, live music, guided bus tour,
tour of historic Deere-Wiman and Butterworth
homes, refreshments, and more; free; for
information, call 309-743-2701 or e-mail gsmall@
butterworthcenter.com, Deere-Wiman Carriage
butterworthcenter.com, 12pm Sun Jun 24.
Virtual Tour of Davenport, repurpose
hardcover books into amazing works of art; free;
Public Library - Eastern Ave. Branch, 6000 Eastern
Ave., Davenport, IA, http://www.davenportlibrary.
Car Cruise-In and Grill-Out, feature live
music by the Old 57s; for information, call
luckyfrogjj08@yahoo.com, The Lucky Frog Bar
and Grill, 313 N Salina St, McCausland, IA, 7pm Fri
Jun 29.
Bottoms Up Quad City Burlesque: Broadway
at the Speakeasy, a Broadway celebration
blending some of the finest burlesque dancers
with some of the funniest comedians in the area;
$15-18; for information and tickets, call309-786-
7733 extension 2, The Circa 21 Speakeasy, 1818
3rd Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://www.circa21.com,
8pm Fri Jun 29 and Sat Jun 30.
July
Red, White, and Boom!, annual July 4th
celebration with live performances, activities,
food, drinks, and a climactic fireworks show, held
in Rock Islands Schwiebert Park, and Davenports
Modern Woodmen Park and LeClaire Park; free,
https://sites.google.com/site/redwhiteboom/,
6pm Tue Jul 3.
Red, White, and Boom! Watch Party,
viewing of the annual fireworks display for Figge
members, with a free ice cream social from 8-
9:30pm and a cash bar available; for information,
call 563-326-7804, Figge Art Museum, 225 W 2nd
St, Davenport, IA, http://figgeart.org, 6pm Tue
Jul 3.
Friends of the Rock Island Library Big Book
Sale, for information, call 309-732-7323, Rock
Island Public Library - 30/31 Branch, 3059 30th St.,
Rock Island, IL, http://www.rockislandlibrary.org,
9am Thu Jul 5.
Firecracker Bingo, $2-3; for information, call
www.casiseniors.org, 12pm Fri Jul 6.
Games for Grown-ups, choose from Wii and
other computer games as well as board games
and card games; free; for information, call 563-
www.davenportlibrary.com, 2pm Sat Jul 7.
Rock Island Arsenal 150th Anniversary
Celebration, celebration of the Arsenals 150th
anniversary with a parade, a USO show at 12, 2,
& 4pm, narrated bus tours of Arsenal Island, and
tours of Joint Manufacturing and Technology
Center, Locks and Dam 15, the Navy Operational
Support Center, COL Davenport House, and
Quarters One; free;, Arsenal Island, Rock Island, IL,
http://ria150.army.mil, 10am Sat Jul 7.
Starved Rock Day Trip: A Tribute, for
Davenport, IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, Mon
Jul 9.
10am Tue Jul 10.
Savvy Senior Trivia, seniors test their
knowledge and keep an active mind with trivia
games; free; for information, call 563-326-7832,
1pm Thu Jul 12.
davenportlibrary.com, 6pm Thu Jul 12.
Effigy Mounds Bird Walk, for information, call
563-873-3491 ext. 112, Effigy Mounds National
Monument, 151 Hwy 76, Harpers Ferry, IA, http://
www.nps.gov/efmo, 8am Sat Jul 14.
563-326-7832, Davenport Public
Library - Eastern Ave. Branch,
6000 Eastern Ave., Davenport, IA,
http://www.davenportlibrary.com,
2pm Sat Aug 4.
Savvy Senior Trivia, seniors
test their knowledge and keep
an active mind with trivia games;
free; for information, call 563-326-
7832, Fairmount Street Library,
3000 N. Fairmount St., Davenport,
IA, http://www.davenportlibrary.
com, 1pm Thu Aug 9.
2012 Iowa State Fair, featuring
grandstand acts TobyMac, The
Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie,
The Monkees lead singer Micky
Dolenz, Gary Puckett & The
Union Gap, The Grass Roots, The
Buckinghams, Larry the Cable Guy,
Miranda Lambert, The Band Perry, Big Time Rush,
Hank Williams Jr., Journey, Pat Benatar, Loverboy,
Rascal Flatts, and more; for information, call 800-
iowastatefair.org, Thu Aug 9 thru Sun Aug 19.
CASIs Golden Tones Ice Cream Social, $2
non-members, free for members; for information,
www.casiseniors.org, 6pm Fri Aug 10.
Sat Aug 11.
Deery Brothers Summer Series for Late
Models, 5:30pm Hot Laps, 6pm Races, $15 adults,
$5 children ages 6-11, free for ages 5 and under;
5:30pm Mon Aug 13.
10am Tue Aug 14.
Grand Outlaw National Tractor and Truck
Pull, $20 Adults, $10 children ages 6-11, free for
ages 5 and under; for information, call 800-545-
FAIR, Iowa State Fairgrounds, East 30th Street &
East University Ave., Des Moines, IA, http://www.
iowastatefair.org, 2pm Wed Aug 15.
Aug 16.
Demolition Derby, $12 adults, $5 children
ages 6-11, free for ages 5 and under; for
information, call 800-545-FAIR, Iowa State
11:30am Sat Aug 18.
pacastronomy.50megs.com, 7:30pm Sat Aug 18.
Floatzilla, River Action hosts the Quad Cities
3rd-annual paddle sports festival that culminates
with a Guinness World Record attempt at the
largest flotilla of kayaks and canoes on Lake
Potter; for information, call 563-322-2969, Lake
Potter, 31 Ave Rt 92, Rock Island, IL, http://www.
floatzilla.org, Sat Aug 18.
e-mail jgilliland@quadcitieschamber.com or call
563-823-2681, Downtown Davenport, Davenport,
IA, http://downtowndavenport.com/play/
festivals/street-fest/, Fri Jul 27 and Sat Jul 28.
15th Annual Jr. Bix 7, annual foot race for
ages 12 & under, held in conjunction with the
Quad-City Times Bix 7; $12-15; for information, call
563-383-2489, Downtown Davenport, Davenport,
IA, http://www.bix7.com, 8am Sat Jul 28.
Effigy Mounds Moonlight Hike, for
information, call 563-873-3491 ext. 112, Effigy
Mounds National Monument, 151 Hwy 76,
Harpers Ferry, IA, http://www.nps.gov/efmo, Sat
Jul 28.
Quad-City Times Bix 7, annual foot race in
which 15,000 participants, including the greatest
long distance runners in the world, compete
to win thousands of dollars in prize money;
for information, call 563-383-2489, Downtown
Davenport, Davenport, IA, http://www.bix7.com,
8am Sat Jul 28.
Prayers for World Peace, share a short
series of Buddhist prayers extracted from
texts by Shantideva and Geshe Langri Tangpa
by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso; free; for
information, call 563-322-1600, Lamrim Kadampa
Buddhist Center, 502 1/2 3rd St., Davenport, IA,
http://www.meditateiniowa.org, 10am Sun Jul
29.
AARP Lunch, $2 non-members, free for
members; for information, call 563-386-7477, CASI
Tue Jul 31.
2012 Mississippi Valley Fair, annual carnival
event featuring grandstand musician Rodney
Atkins; $3-10 daily admission (not including
grandstand acts); $40-45 Fun Cards for six-day
admission and entry to the grandstand acts
(no grandstand entry without Fun Cards); for
information, call 563-326-5338, Mississippi Valley
Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St, Davenport, IA,
http://www.mvfair.com, Tue Jul 31.
August
2012 Mississippi Valley Fair, annual carnival
event featuring grandstand musicians The
Band Perry (Wed.), Billy Currington (Thu.), REO
Speedwagon (Fri.), Hank Williams Jr. (Sat.), and
Montgomery Gentry (Sun.); $3-10 daily admission
(not including grandstand acts); $40-45 Fun Cards
for six-day admission and entry to the grandstand
acts (no grandstand entry without Fun Cards);
IA, http://www.mvfair.com, Wed Aug 1 thru Sun
Aug 5.
Bix Porch Party, with jazz music,
entertainment, food, and more, held in
conjunction with the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial
Jazz Festival; free; for information, call 563-
326-7832, Davenport Public Library (Main),
davenportlibrary.com, 11am Thu Aug 2.
Games for Grown-ups, choose from Wii
and other computer games as well as board
games and card games; free; for information, call
Sun Jul 15.
Rock Island County Fair, annual event
featuring talent shows, pageants, races, bull
riding, live music nightly, arts & crafts, a petting
zoo, horse shows, carnival rides, vendors, and
more; free admission before 8pm, $5 after; for
information, call 309-796-1620, Rock Island
County Fairgrounds, Archer Drive & Avenue
of the Cities, East Moline, IL, http://www.
rockislandcountyfair.com, Mon Jul 16 thru Sat
Jul 21.
Jul 16.
6pm Wed Jul 18.
Heavenly Hostas Bus Trip, fundraising trip
to the Dubuque Arboretums Hosta Gardens,
with stops at the Sinsinawa Mound Center, Jims
Hostas, Breitbachs Restaurant in Balltown Iowa,
and more; $95-115; for information and to reserve,
call 309-794-0991 ext. 30, Quad City Botanical
qcgardens.com, Thu Jul 19.
Jul 19.
American Cancer Society Relay For Life,
annual overnight event featuring a dinner to
honor cancer survivors, luminaria ceremony, live
entertainment, childrens activities, fundraisers, a
community breakfast, and many other activities
designed to Celebrate, Remember and Fight Back;
for information, call 309-794-0601, Black Hawk
College - Quad City Campus, 6600 34th Ave.,
Moline, IL, http://www.relayforlife.org/rockislandil,
Fri Jul 20 and Sat Jul 21.
Sat Jul 21.
pacastronomy.50megs.com, 7:30pm Sat Jul 21.
davenportlibrary.com, 6pm Thu Jul 26.
Living Proof Live, featuring Beth Moore,
with worship led by Travis Cottrell, i wireless
Center, 1201 River Dr, Moline, IL, http://www.
iwirelessCenter.com, Fri Jul 27 and Sat Jul 28.
Street Fest 2012, featuring live music, food
and arts & crafts vendors, childrens activities, a
Video Games Etc. tent, and more; for information,
Sun Aug 19.
Aug 20.
Bottoms Up Quad City Burlesque: The
Caribbean at the Speakeasy, a Caribbean
celebration blending some of the finest burlesque
dancers with some of the funniest comedians
in the area; $15-18; for information and tickets,
call309-786-7733 extension 2, The Circa 21
Speakeasy, 1818 3rd Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://
www.circa21.com, 8pm Fri Aug 24 and Sat Aug
25.
3rd Annual River City Beer Festiv-ale,
outdoor event featuring samplings of dozens
of premium brews and specialty beers; for
information, call 309-793-1999, RIBCO, 1815 2nd
Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://www.ribco.com, 2pm
Sat Aug 25.
Effigy Mounds National Park Service
Birthday Celebration, celebrate the birthday of
the National Park Service - August 25, 1916 - with
a night hike; for information, call 563-873-3491
ext. 112, Effigy Mounds National Monument,
151 Hwy 76, Harpers Ferry, IA, http://www.nps.
gov/efmo, Sat Aug 25.
QC Phoenix Festival 2012, second-annual
domestic-violence fundraiser, themed Still I Rise;
featuring musical performances, art exhibits,
demonstrations, and more; for information,
call 309-292-6380, Schwiebert Riverfront Park,
between 17th & 20th Streets, Rock Island, IL,
http://www.qcphoenixfestival.com, 12pm Sun
Aug 26.
ONGOING
The Blacklist Presents 100 Laughs, on most
Fridays & Saturdays; local standup comedians
perform at 9pm, and the improv troupe takes the
stage at 10pm; 8:30pm doors; $10; for tickets and
information, call 309-786-7733, extension 2, The
Circa 21 Speakeasy, 1818 3rd Ave., Rock Island, IL,
http://www.circa21.com, 9pm Fri May 25 thru
Sat Aug 18.
ComedySportz, on Fridays & Saturdays;
interactive comedy with the areas long-
running improv troupe; $10-$12; for tickets and
information, call 309-786-1111 or e-mail Info@
ComedySportzQC.com, The Establishment
Theatre, 220 19th St., Rock Island, IL, http://www.
ComedySportzQC.com, 7pm Fri May 25 thru Sat
Aug 25.
Standup Comedy Showcase, on Mondays;
also an open-mic night for singers; sign up at
iwannarock@iowacityyachtclub.org, Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St, Iowa City, IA, http://www.
iowacityyachtclub.org, 9pm Mon May 28 thru
Mon Aug 27.
Wisenheimer, on Wednesdays; uncensored,
long-form improv with performers from
ComedySportz; $5 at the door; for information,
call 309-786-1111, The Establishment Theatre,
220 19th St., Rock Island, IL, http://www.
EstablishmentTheatre.com, 8pm Wed May 30
thru Wed Aug 29.
Open Mic Night, on the last Wed. of the
month; featuring an emcee and 12 local
comedians; 7pm doors, 8pm show; $3 admission;
full bar & menu; for information, e-mail OpenMic@
establishmenttheatre.com or call 309-786-1111,
The Establishment Theatre, 220 19th St., Rock
Island, IL, http://www.EstablishmentTheatre.com,
8pm Wed May 30 thru Wed Aug 29.
Looking Forward, Looking Back exhibit @ Cedar Rap-
ids Museum of Art June 2 through September 9
The Blacklist Presents Shots n Giggles,
on the first Sat. of the month; standup comedy
at 9pm, improv with the Blacklist performers
at 10pm; 8:30pm doors; $10; for tickets and
information, call 309-786-7733, extension 2, The
http://www.circa21.com, 9pm Sat Jun 2 thru Sat
Aug 4.
Comic Open Mic, on the third Fri. of the
month; $3; 7:30pm doors, 8pm show; for
information, call 309-786-7733 extension 2, The
http://www.circa21.com, 8pm Fri Jun 15 thru Fri
Aug 17.
Clinton Showboat Comedy Night, on
Tuesdays; for tickets and information, call
clintonshowboat.org, Tue Jul 3 thru Thu Jul 31.
ADDITIONAL EVENTS
Gary Mule Deer, concert with the famed
comedian and singer-songwriter; $25-35; for
peoriaciviccenter.com, 8pm Thu May 24.
Its a Mystery Dinner Theatre, dinner, drinks,
and a mystery show with the popular area troupe;
$15; for information and to reserve, call 563-
328-8127, Rhythm City Casino, 101 W. River Dr.,
Davenport, IA, http://davenport.isleofcapricasinos.
com/happenings-entertainment.aspx, 6pm Fri
May 25 and Sat May 26.
Jeff Civillico and Tim Gabrielson, comedy,
magic, and audience interaction with the famed
touring performers; $15; for information and
tickets, call 877-677-3456, Riverside Casino Event
Center, 3184 Highway 22, Riverside, IA, http://
www.riversidecasinoandresort.com, 8pm Fri Jun
1.
Larry the Cable Guy, Blue Collar comedian
on the Grandstand Stage, with special guest
Reno Collier; $35; for information, call 800-545-
FAIR, Iowa State Fairgrounds, East 30th Street &
East University Ave., Des Moines, IA, http://www.
iowastatefair.org, 8pm Sat Aug 11.
NOW PLAYING
Titanic 3D, James Camerons Oscar-winning
smash in 3D, on the six-story screen; $8-12.50; for
tickets and showtimes, call 563-324-1933, Putnam
Museum, 1717 W 12th St, Davenport, IA, http://
www.putnam.org, thru Thu May 31.
The Last Reef 3D: Cities Beneath the Sea,
thru Aug. 2; nature documentary on the six-story
screen; $6.50-8.50; for information, call 563-
324-1933, Putnam Museum, 1717 W 12th St,
Davenport, IA, http://www.putnam.org, thru Thu
Aug 2.
Flying Monsters 3D, thru Aug. 30; a National
Geographic entertainment led by naturalist Sir
David Attenborough; $6.50-8.50; for tickets and
showtimes, call 563-324-1933, Putnam Museum,
1717 W 12th St, Davenport, IA, http://www.
putnam.org, thru Thu Aug 30.
May & June
This American Life, the hit radio show on the
Englert screen, with stories by David Rakoff and
Glynn Washington, a short film by Mike Birbiglia,
music by OK Go, comedy by Tig Notaro, and more;
2653, Englert Theatre, 221 East Washington St.,
Iowa City, IA, http://www.englert.org, 7pm Wed
May 30.
Creature Feature, on Fridays; watch child-
friendly, G- and PG-rated monster movies with
your little creature; free; for information, call
563-326-7832, Fairmount Street Library, 3000
davenportlibrary.com, 1pm Fri Jun 1 thru Fri
Aug 10.
In a Room Darkly, on Mondays; watch noir
films, films showing the dark side of human
nature, and the movies about the world after
dark, rated PG or PG-13; free; for information, call
563-326-7832, Davenport Public Library - Eastern
Ave. Branch, 6000 Eastern Ave., Davenport, IA,
http://www.davenportlibrary.com, 6pm Mon Jun
4 thru Mon Jul 30.
Oscar in the Afternoon, watch an Academy
Award-winning film rated G, PG, or PG-13; free; for
2pm Wed Jun 6.
little sparrows, a screening of the Australian
drama in the librarys Independent Movie Night
series; free; for information, call 309-732-7323,
Rock Island Public Library - Main Library, 401 19th,
6pm Thu Jun 7.
Night at the Museum, a screening in the
Summer of the Arts Free Movie Series, with pre-
movie activities at the Museum of Natural History;
bring lawn chairs and blankets; for information,
call 319-337-7944, University of Iowa Pentacrest,
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, http://www.
uiowa.edu/mnh, 7pm Sat Jun 9.
CASI Movie Matinee, $2; for information, call
www.casiseniors.org, 1pm Tue Jun 12.
The Sting, a screening in the Summer of the
Arts Free Movie Series; bring lawn chairs and
blankets; for information, call 319-337-7944,
University of Iowa Pentacrest, University of Iowa,
Iowa City, IA, http://www.uiowa.edu/mnh, 7pm
Sat Jun 16.
Big, the Oscar-nominated Tom Hanks comedy
in a presentation in the Movie Monday Series; free;
for information, call 563-344-4175, Bettendorf
IA, http://www.bettendorflibrary.com, 10am Mon
Jun 18.
Dinner and a Movie Night, visit Rock Island
restaurants for take-out, or bring your own picnic,
and enjoy a food-related movie on our big screen;
Island Public Library - Main Library, 401 19th,
5:30pm Tue Jun 19.
Parents Night Out with the Happiest Baby
& Happiest Toddler, film on Dr. Harvey Karp, and
his revolutionary parenting techniques; enjoy
live demonstrations, watch footage of parents
in action, and take part in a hot-topic parent
Q&A session. Families will learn simple solutions
to help them raise happy, well-behaved young
children; for information, call 563-441-0242, Rave
Motion Pictures Davenport 53, 3601 E. 53rd St.,
Davenport, IA, http://www.movietickets.com/
house_detail.asp?afid=wibsc&house_id=23475,
7:30pm Thu Jun 21.
Men in Black, a screening in the Summer
of the Arts Free Movie Series, with a pre-movie
performance by the Iowa City Community Band;
bring lawn chairs and blankets; for information,
call 319-337-7944, University of Iowa Pentacrest,
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, http://www.
uiowa.edu/mnh, 7pm Sat Jun 23.
The Tempest, a re-broadcast of Shakespeares
classic play from the Stratford Shakespeare
Festival, starring Christopher Plummer as
Prospero; $15-18; for information and tickets,
org, 7pm Sat Jun 23.
Knitflicks, knit while enjoying a movie and
snacks with other knitters; all movies will be
romantic comedies rated PG or PG-13; free; for
6pm Wed Jun 27.
One Man, Two Guvnors, a National Theatre
Live presentation of Richard Beans award-winning
play featuring satire, songs, and slapstick; $15-18;
Englert Theatre, 221 East Washington St., Iowa
City, IA, http://www.englert.org, 7pm Fri Jun 29.
July
How to Train Your Dragon, the Oscar-
nominated animated hit in a Movie Mondays
presentation; free; for information, call 563-
344-4175, Bettendorf Public Library, 2950
Learning Campus, Bettendorf, IA, http://www.
bettendorflibrary.com, 10am Mon Jul 2.
How I Ended This Summer, a screening in
the librarys Independent Movie Night series;
in Russian with English subtitles; free; for
information, call 309-732-7323, Rock Island Public
Library - Main Library, 401 19th, Rock Island, IL,
http://www.rockislandlibrary.org, 5:30pm Thu
Jul 5.
Big Fish, a screening in the Summer of the Arts
Free Movie Series; bring lawn chairs and blankets;
for information, call 319-337-7944, University of
Iowa Pentacrest, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA,
http://www.uiowa.edu/mnh, 7pm Sat Jul 7.
www.casiseniors.org, 1pm Tue Jul 10.
Oscar in the Afternoon, watch an Academy
Award-winning film rated G, PG, or PG-13; free; for
2pm Wed Jul 11.
Frankenstein, a National Theatre Live
presentation of the gothic horror tale, directed
by Danny Boyle, starring Benedict Cumberbatch
and Jonny Lee Miller; $15-18; for tickets and
englert.org, 7pm Sat Jul 14.
Hugo, a screening in the Summer of the Arts
Free Movie Series, with pre-movie activities in
conjunction with the Iowa Book Festival; bring
lawn chairs and blankets; for information, call 319-
337-7944, University of Iowa Pentacrest, University
of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, http://www.uiowa.edu/mnh,
7pm Sat Jul 14.
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story, drama and
a heroic horse, in a Movie Mondays presentation;
10am Mon Jul 16.
Dinner and a Movie Night, visit Rock Island
restaurants for take-out, or bring your own picnic,
and enjoy a food-related movie on our big screen;
Island Public Library - Main Library, 401 19th,
5:30pm Tue Jul 17.
The Bourne Identity, a screening in the
Summer of the Arts Free Movie Series; bring lawn
chairs and blankets; for information, call 319-337-
7944, University of Iowa Pentacrest, University of
Iowa, Iowa City, IA, http://www.uiowa.edu/mnh,
7pm Sat Jul 21.
Ordinary Supermen, a screening in the
series When We Left Earth The NASA Missions;
incorporates digitally re-mastered film and
audio recordings from NASAs vaults, including
key on-board footage filmed by the astronauts
themselves; learn about the space program
from the actual astronauts and engineers who
made history; with a docent-guided tour of the
exhibition NASA / ART: 50 Years of Exploration
at 1:30pm; free with museum admission; for
information, call 563-326-7804, Figge Art
figgeart.org, 2:30pm Sat Jul 21 and Sun Jul 22.
6pm Wed Jul 25.
Events
Outdoor Festivals and Events
Davenport
June through August
2
012s season of summertime
festivals in Davenport starts
with feelings of pride and
open-heartedness, continues
with music and exercise and
fireworks, and ends with
barbecued ribs. Its like the
perfect day stretched out over
three whole months! The fun begins with the
June 2 and 3 QC Pridefest, the Quad Cities
annual celebration of GLBT culture, which
will feature musicians, vendors, and outdoor
entertainment in the Rainbow District at
Second and Warren streets. Heading up
the hill, the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds
will house our annual Mississippi River
Motorcycle Rally, the June 13 through 16
event featuring vendors, live shows, contests,
games, and music for biking enthusiasts of
all stripes ... and, not for nothing, for anyone
curious about the scheduled Bikini Bike Wash.
Though taking place in LeClaire Park on June
23, this years Juneteenth Festival will again
celebrate June 19s official Emancipation Day
(which commemorates the announcement
of slaverys abolition) with programs on
African-American culture, childrens activities,
information booths, live entertainment,
historical presentations, and more. June 29
serves as opening day for LeClaire Parks
Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, running
through July 1, and both that outdoor venue
and Modern Woodmen Park will, on July
3, host the childrens activities, musical
performances, and awesome fireworks display
of the area-wide Independence Day party
Red, White, and Boom! Dedicated runners
the world over will be in Davenport for July
28s annual Quad-City Times Bix 7 street
race, while music fans will be racing to the
city to attend three summertime festivals: the
country-music celebration of the Heartland
Jam (Centennial Park, July 20 and 21); the pop-
and rock-fueled carnival atmosphere of the
41st Annual Street Fest (between Brady and
Ripley streets, July 27 and 28); and the always-
anticipated Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz
Festival (downtown venues, August 2 through
5). More spectacular music will be on hand
at this years Mississippi Valley Fair (July 31
through August 5), with the Mississippi Valley
Fairgrounds headliners including Rodney
Atkins, The Band Perry, Billy Currington,
REO Speedwagon, Hank Williams Jr., and
Montgomery Gentry. And while, at press
time, the bands are still to be announced for
LeClaire Parks River Roots Live and Ribfest
on August 17 and 18, we do know two things:
(1) the air will be filled with tunes by some of
the finest roots musicians working today, and
(2) youre advised to bring a bib. For more
information on this years outdoor festivals
in Davenport, call (563)322-1706 or visit
DowntownDavenport.com. Mike Schulz
The Band
Perry
The Goonies, a screening in the Summer
of the Arts Free Movie Series, with a pre-movie
performance by area and Iowa cheerleaders; bring
7pm Sat Jul 28.
Friends and Rivals, a screening in the series
When We Left Earth The NASA Missions;
figgeart.org, 2:30pm Sat Jul 28 and Sun Jul 29.
August
Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World, a screening in the
Summer of the Arts Free Movie Series; bring lawn
chairs and blankets; for information, call 319-337-
7944, University of Iowa Pentacrest, University of
Iowa, Iowa City, IA, http://www.uiowa.edu/mnh,
7pm Sat Aug 4.
Landing the Eagle, a screening in the series
figgeart.org, 2:30pm Sat Aug 4 and Sun Aug 5.
The Lion King, a screening in the Summer
of the Arts Free Movie Series, with pre-movie
activities at the Museum of Natural History; bring
7pm Sat Aug 11.
The Explorers, a screening in the series When
We Left Earth The NASA Missions; incorporates
digitally re-mastered film and audio recordings
from NASAs vaults, including key on-board
footage filmed by the astronauts themselves;
learn about the space program from the actual
astronauts and engineers who made history; with
a docent-guided tour of the exhibition NASA
/ ART: 50 Years of Explorationat 1:30pm; free
with museum admission; for information, call
Davenport, IA, http://figgeart.org, 2:30pm Sat
Aug 11 and Sun Aug 12.
www.casiseniors.org, 1pm Tue Aug 14.
The Shuttle, a screening in the series When
We Left Earth The NASA Missions; incorporates
digitally re-mastered film and audio recordings
from NASAs vaults, including key on-board
footage filmed by the astronauts themselves;
learn about the space program from the actual
astronauts and engineers who made history; with
a docent-guided tour of the exhibition NASA
/ ART: 50 Years of Explorationat 1:30pm; free
with museum admission; for information, call
Davenport, IA, http://figgeart.org, 2:30pm Sat
Aug 18 and Sun Aug 19.
ChocolateFest Movie, sweet treats and a
chocolate-themed movie for adults; free; for
http://www.rockislandlibrary.org, 5pm Tue Aug
21.
6pm Wed Aug 22.
Home in Space, a screening in the series
figgeart.org, 2:30pm Sat Aug 25 and Sun Aug 26.
EXHIBITS
Anne Frank: A History for Today, exhibit
includes photographs of the Frank family and other
occupants of the Secret Annex, and addresses
such themes as anti-Semitism, racism, ethnic
cleansing, and genocide; co-sponsored by the
Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities; free with $5-7
museum admission; for information, call 309-793-
1300, Putnam Museum, 1717 W 12th St, Davenport,
IA, http://www.putnam.org, thru Mon May 28.
Heinz Geiringer Exhibit, for information, call
309-793-1300, Putnam Museum, 1717 W 12th
St, Davenport, IA, http://www.jfqc.org, thru Mon
May 28.
Beetle to Benz, an exhibition exploring two
iconic German cars; free with museum admission;
for information, contact Kelly at kelly.lao@gahc.
org or 563-322-8844, German American Heritage
Center, 712 W. 2nd St., Davenport, IA, http://www.
gahc.org, thru Sun Jun 3.
Dinosaurs Unearthed, a dynamic animatronic
dinosaur exhibition featuring 14 animatronics,
2 full-size skeletons, 22 fossils, and a dig pit for
children; Mon.-Thu. & Sat. 10am-5pm, Fri. 10am-
8pm, Sun. noon-5pm; $7.50-10; for tickets and
information, call 563-324-1933 ext. 242, Putnam
Museum, 1717 W 12th St, Davenport, IA, http://
www.putnam.org, thru Sun Jul 8.
Building Brainstorm, a design-studio
exhibition where you can explore what its like to
be an architect, designer, and engineer; plan a
dream home or a dog house, build a skyscraper
model, find the best arrangement of an
apartment models rooms and furniture, construct
a structure you can crawl through, and more;
Mon.-Thu. 9am-8pm, Fri.-Sat. 9am-5pm, Sun.
noon-5pm; free with $4-7 museum admission; for
information, call 563-344-4106, Family Museum,
2900 Learning Campus Dr, Bettendorf, IA, http://
www.familymuseum.org, thru Thu Aug 30.
Celebrating 50 Years at the Herbert Hoover
Presidential Library-Museum, exhibit featuring
three sections - Creating the Legacy,Dining with
the President,and Ideas of Lincoln and Hoover
- that will each highlight a different aspect of what
it means to be president; open 9am-5pm daily; for
information, call 319-643-5301, Herbert Hoover
Presidential Library & Museum, Off I-80 at exit 254,
West Branch, IA, http://www.hoover.archives.gov,
thru Thu Aug 30.
EVENTS
Cards for Veterans, make a card to say thanks
to a veteran, which will be delivered to veterans
in the Quad Cities; free with $4-7 museum
Family Museum, 2900 Learning Campus Dr,
Bettendorf, IA, http://www.familymuseum.org,
1am Sat May 26.
Family Free Funday Mondays, free admission
every Monday; for information, call 563-344-
4106, Family Museum, 2900 Learning Campus Dr,
9am Mon May 28 thru Mon Aug 13.
Free Admission Monday, free admission
every Monday; for information, call 563-324-1933,
Putnam Museum, 1717 W 12th St, Davenport, IA,
http://www.putnam.org, 10am Mon May 28 thru
Mon Aug 13.
Young Entrepreneurs Market, kids have
gathered their gently used toys and hand-made
crafts and are looking to sell; free with $4-7
museum admission; for information, call 563-344-
4170, Family Museum, 2900 Learning Campus Dr,
8:30am Sat Jun 9.
Putnam Martinis Night: Tornado Alley
3D, enjoy hors doeuvres, martinis, and a
documentary on the six-story screen; $18-23; for
tickets and information, call 563-324-1054, ext.
258, Putnam Museum, 1717 W 12th St, Davenport,
IA, http://www.putnam.org, Thu Jun 21.
Ongoing
Public Skate, on Thursdays; 4:45pm & 9:30pm,
Fridays 10:30am, 5:45pm, & 8:15pm; Saturdays
6:45pm, Mondays & Wednesdays 11am; $5 and
up; for information, call 563-322-5220, Rivers
Edge, 700 W. River Dr., Davenport, IA, http://www.
cityofdavenportiowa.com/department/division.
php?fDD=21-438, 4:45pm Thu May 24 thru Thu
Aug 30.
Drop-In Hockey (Adult), Tue. & Thu. 11Am,
Mon. 9:30am; $10; for information, call 563-322-
5220, Rivers Edge, 700 W. River Dr., Davenport,
IA, http://www.cityofdavenportiowa.com/
department/division.php?fDD=21-438, 11am Thu
May 24 thru Thu Aug 30.
May
Quad Cities River Bandits, vs. the Wisconsin
Timber Rattlers; $7-13; for tickets, call 563-324-
3000, Modern Woodmen Park, 209 S Gaines
St, Davenport, IA, http://www.milb.com/index.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Thu May 24.
Peoria Chiefs, vs. the Clinton LumberKings; $7-
11; for tickets, call 309-680-4008, OBrien Field, 730
SW Jefferson, Peoria, IL, http://www.peoriachiefs.
com, 6:30pm Thu May 24.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Fri May 25.
com, 6:30pm Fri May 25.
UFC 146 Live, for information, call 563-386-
5997, The Pub, 4320 N. Brady St., Davenport, IA,
Sat May 26.
Peoria Chiefs, vs. the Wisconsin Timber
Rattlers; $7-11; for tickets, call 309-680-4008,
OBrien Field, 730 SW Jefferson, Peoria, IL, http://
www.peoriachiefs.com, 6:30pm Sat May 26.
www.peoriachiefs.com, 2pm Sun May 27.
www.peoriachiefs.com, 2pm Mon May 28.
www.peoriachiefs.com, 6:30pm Tue May 29.
Clinton LumberKings, vs. the Kane County
Cougars; $5-7; for tickets, call 563-242-0727,
Ashord University Field, 537 Ballpark Drive,
Clinton, IA, http://www.lumberkings.com, 7pm
Wed May 30.
Quad Cities River Bandits, vs. the Beloit
Snappers; $7-13; for tickets, call 563-324-3000,
Modern Woodmen Park, 209 S Gaines St,
Davenport, IA, http://www.milb.com/index.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Wed May 30.
Thu May 31.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Thu May 31.
June
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Fri Jun 1.
Fri Jun 1.
2nd Annual Golf ForeHomes, four-man
best ball format, with a chance to win a car from
Dahl Ford for a hole in one; 7am registration,
8am shotgun start; $75/player includes golf, cart,
prizes, and lunch; for information and to reserve,
call 563-359-9066 or e-mail Dougal.Nelson@
HabitatQC.org, Hawthorn Ridge Golf Course, 621
Highway 94, Aledo, IL, 8am Sat Jun 2.
Habitat Golf Outing, noon registration,
1:30pm shotgun start; fundraiser for Habitat for
Humanity Quad Cities; for information, call 563-
359-9066, Byron Hills Golf Course, 23316 94th Ave.
N., Port Byron, IL, http://www.habitatqc.org, 12pm
Sat Jun 2.
Quad Cities River Bandits, vs. the Burlington
Bees; $7-13; for tickets, call 563-324-3000, Modern
Woodmen Park, 209 S Gaines St, Davenport, IA,
http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t565, 7pm
Sat Jun 2.
Clinton LumberKings, vs. the Cedar Rapids
Kernels; $5-7; for tickets, call 563-242-0727,
Sat Jun 2.
Sun Jun 3.
Sun Jun 3.
Mon Jun 4, 6pm.
Bees; the Strike Out Hunger at the Ballparkgame
-- bring in five non-perishable food items and
receive reduced box-seat or general-admission
tickets; $7-13; for tickets, call 563-324-3000,
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Mon Jun 4.
Peoria Chiefs, vs. the Cedar Rapids Kernels; $7-
com, 6:30pm Wed Jun 6.
com, 7pm Thu Jun 7.
com, 7pm Fri Jun 8.
Peoria Chiefs, vs. the Kane County Cougars;
$7-11; for tickets, call 309-680-4008, OBrien
Field, 730 SW Jefferson, Peoria, IL, http://www.
peoriachiefs.com, 6:30pm Sat Jun 9.
peoriachiefs.com, 2pm Sun Jun 10
peoriachiefs.com, 7pm Mon Jun 11.
Clinton LumberKings, vs. the Wisconsin
0727, Ashord University Field, 537 Ballpark Drive,
Tue Jun 12.
Quad Cities River Bandits, vs. the Kane
County Cougars; $7-13; for tickets, call 563-324-
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Tue Jun 12.
Wed Jun 13.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Wed Jun 13.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Thu Jun 14.
Thu Jun 14.
www.peoriachiefs.com, 7pm Thu Jun 14.
com, 6:30pm Fri Jun 15.
com, 6:30pm Sat Jun 16.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Sat Jun 16.
Caseys Co-ed 6s Volleyball Tournament, for
information, call 309-738-9677, Caseys Tavern,
1512 15th St, Moline, IL, Sat Jun 16.
com, 2pm Sun Jun 17.
jsp?sid=t565, 5pm Sun Jun 17
Fri Jun 22.
Sat Jun 23.
Sun Jun 24.
Peoria Chiefs, vs. the Quad Cities River Bandits;
peoriachiefs.com, 7pm Fri Jun 22.
peoriachiefs.com, 6:30pm Sat Jun 23.
peoriachiefs.com, 2pm Sun Jun 24.
Clinton LumberKings, vs. the Peoria Chiefs;
$5-7; for tickets, call 563-242-0727, Ashord
University Field, 537 Ballpark Drive, Clinton, IA,
http://www.lumberkings.com, 7pm Mon Jun 25.
http://www.lumberkings.com, 7pm Tue Jun 26.
http://www.lumberkings.com, 7pm Wed Jun 27.
Quad Cities River Bandits, vs. the Cedar
Rapids Kernels; $7-13; for tickets, call 563-324-
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Thu Jun 28.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Sat Jun 30.
July
jsp?sid=t565, 5pm Sun Jul 1.
peoriachiefs.com, 2pm Sun Jul 1.
peoriachiefs.com, 7pm Mon Jul 2.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Mon Jul 2.
jsp?sid=t565, 6pm Tue Jul 3.
peoriachiefs.com, 6:30pm Tue Jul 3.
Clinton LumberKings, vs. the Beloit Snappers;
http://www.lumberkings.com, 7pm Wed Jul 4.
Peoria Chiefs, vs. the Burlington Bees; $7-11;
for tickets, call 309-680-4008, OBrien Field, 730
com, 5:30pm Wed Jul 4.
http://www.lumberkings.com, 7pm Thu Jul 5.
com, 7pm Thu Jul 5.
com, 7pm Fri Jul 6.
http://www.lumberkings.com, 7pm Fri Jul 6.
Quad Cities River Bandits, vs. the Clinton
LumberKings; $7-13; for tickets, call 563-324-
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Sat Jul 7.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Mon Jul 9.
2012 John Deere Classic, thru July 15;
annual pro-am golf tournament, with golf clinics,
childrens activities, and more; $12-24, ages 12
& under free when accompanied by paid adult;
for information and tickets, call 800-336-4655,
TPC at Deere Run, 3100 Heather Knoll, Silvis, IL,
http://www.johndeereclassic.com, Mon Jul 9 thru
Sun Jul 15.
Clinton LumberKings, vs. the West Michigan
Whitecaps; $5-7; for tickets, call 563-242-0727,
Wed Jul 11.
Peoria Chiefs, vs. the Dayton Dragons; $7-11;
com, 7pm Wed Jul 11.
TinCaps; $7-13; for
tickets, call 563-324-
3000, Modern Woodmen
Park, 209 S Gaines St,
Davenport, IA, http://
www.milb.com/index.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Mon
Jul 23.
Peoria Chiefs, vs. the
Cedar Rapids Kernels;
$7-11; for tickets, call
309-680-4008, OBrien
Field, 730 SW Jefferson,
Peoria, IL, http://www.
peoriachiefs.com, 7pm
Wed Jul 25.
Clinton
LumberKings, vs.
the Quad Cities River Bandits; $5-7; for tickets,
call 563-242-0727, Ashord University Field,
537 Ballpark Drive, Clinton, IA, http://www.
lumberkings.com, 7pm Wed Jul 25.
Clinton LumberKings, vs. the Quad Cities
River Bandits; $5-7; for tickets, call 563-242-0727,
Thu Jul 26.
com, 7pm Thu Jul 26.
com, 7pm Fri Jul 27.
Fri Jul 27.
Thu Jul 12.
com, 7pm Thu Jul 12.
com, 7pm Fri Jul 13.
Fri Jul 13.
Clinton LumberKings, vs. the South Bend
Silver Hawks; $5-7; for tickets, call 563-242-0727,
Sat Jul 14.
Peoria Chiefs, vs. the Bowling Green Hot
Rods; $7-11; for tickets, call 309-680-4008, OBrien
peoriachiefs.com, 6:30pm Sat Jul 14.
peoriachiefs.com, 2pm Sun Jul 15.
Sun Jul 15.
Clinton, IA, http://www.lumberkings.com, 10am
Mon Jul 16.
peoriachiefs.com, 11am Mon Jul 16.
Quad Cities River Bandits, vs. the Lake
County Captains; $7-13; for tickets, call 563-324-
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Wed Jul 18.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Thu Jul 19.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Fri Jul 20.
Quad Cities River Bandits, vs. the Fort
Wayne TinCaps; $7-13; for tickets, call 563-324-
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Sat Jul 21.
Quad Cities River Bandits, vs. the Fort
Wayne TinCaps; $7-13; for tickets, call 563-324-
Quad Cities River Bandits, vs. the Fort Wayne
Jackson Pollocks Mural @ Des Moines Art Center through July 15
18 Avenue & 17 Street
Rock Island
(309) 732-SWIM www.rigov.org/wwj
th th
All Aboard for Family Fun!
OPENS
May 26
Sat Jul 28.
Peoria Chiefs, vs. the Beloit Snappers; $7-11;
com, 6:30pm Sat Jul 28.
Sun Jul 29.
com, 2pm Sun Jul 29.
com, 7pm Mon Jul 30.
Mon Jul 30.
Quad Cities River Bandits, vs. the Peoria
Chiefs; $7-13; for tickets, call 563-324-3000,
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Tue Jul 31.
August
jsp?sid=t565, 1pm Wed Aug 1.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Thu Aug 2.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Fri Aug 3.
com, 6:30pm Sat Aug 4.
com, 2pm Sun Aug 5.
11th Annual UPS / Gildas Club Golf
Tournament, all moneys donated go directly
to Gildas Club of the Quad Cities; noon sign-in,
1pm shotgun start; with prize drawings, a silent
auction, a post-game dinner, and more; $75/
player; for information, call Troy Thornburg at 563-
340-5343 or Brooke Heckinger at 319-470-4783,
Glynns Creek Golf Course, 19251 290th St., Long
Grove, IA, 1pm Sun Aug 5.
com, 7pm Mon Aug 6.
com, 7pm Tue Aug 7.
Wed Aug 8.
Thu Aug 9.
thru Fri Aug 10.
Sat Aug 11.
Sun Aug 12.
Mon Aug 13.
com, 7pm Wed Aug 15.
com, 7pm Thu Aug 16.
com, 7pm Fri Aug 17.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Sat Aug 18.
Sat Aug 18.
Sun Aug 19.
jsp?sid=t565, 5pm Sun Aug 19.
Genesis Pro-Am Challenge 2012, annual
golfing event held at the Crow Valley Golf Club,
Oakwood Country Club, and Short Hills Country
Club; there will be a 11:30am shotgun start
at each course and a $250 entry fee to play,
which includes lunch, course refreshments,
cart and greens fees, an entry gift, and heavy
hors doeuvres during the Awards Reception at
each course; with a golf professional playing in
each foursome; proceeds from the raffle and
tournament help provide nursing scholarships
for future and current Genesis nurses; for
information and tickets, call 563-421-6861,
Genesis Medical Center, 1230 E Rusholme St,
Davenport, IA, http://www.genesishealth.com,
11:30am Mon Aug 20.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Mon Aug 20.
Clinton, IA, http://www.lumberkings.com,
6:30pm Mon Aug 20.
WWW.THEORPHEUM.ORG
THE ORPHEUM THEATRE GALESBURG, IL
Clinton, IA, http://www.lumberkings.com, 6:30pm
Tue Aug 21.
jsp?sid=t565, 7pm Tue Aug 21.
www.peoriachiefs.com, 6:30pm Sat Aug 25.
Sat Aug 25.
Sun Aug 26.
www.peoriachiefs.com, 2pm Sun Aug 26.
www.peoriachiefs.com, 6:30pm Mon Aug 27.
Mon Aug 27.
Tue Aug 28.
www.peoriachiefs.com, 6:30pm Tue Aug 28.
Clinton LumberKings, vs. the Burlington
Bees; $5-7; for tickets, call 563-242-0727, Ashord
http://www.lumberkings.com, 6:30pm Wed Aug
29.
com, 6:30pm Wed Aug 29.
Clinton LumberKings, vs. the Burlington
Bees; $5-7; for tickets, call 563-242-0727, Ashord
http://www.lumberkings.com, 6:30pm Thu Aug
30.
com, 6:30pm Thu Aug 30.
May & June
A Gardening Calendar, a teleconference in
the Four Seasons Gardening program, with Ron
Wolford; learn what needs to be done year around
to insure you have the garden/landscape of your
dreams; $3-5, University of Illinois Extension,
4450 Kennedy Drive Suite 3, East Moline, IL,
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/
?RegistrationID=6477, Thu May 24.
How to Use OverDrive to Download eBooks
and More, learn how to download free eBooks
and audiobooks onto your portable reading or
audio device with the librarys Overdrive digital
books subscription; bring your Rock Island Library
card, device, owners manual and a laptop, if you
have one; for in formation, call 309-732-7323,
Rock Island, IL, http://rockislandlibrary.org, 6pm
Thu May 24.
Microsoft Configuring & Administering
SharePoint 2010, with Microsoft certified trainer
Terrence McCleary; $1,350; for information and
to register, call 1-877-753-4966 or e-mail itinfo@
rkdixon.com, RK Dixon, 5700 Utica Ridge Rd.,
Davenport, IA, http://www.rkdixon.com, 8:30pm
Tue May 29 thru Thu May 31.
Microsoft InfoPath 2010, Level 1, with
Microsoft certified trainer Terrence McCleary;
$300; for information and to register, call 1-877-
753-4966 or e-mail itinfo@rkdixon.com, RK Dixon,
5700 Utica Ridge Rd., Davenport, IA, http://www.
rkdixon.com, 8:30am Fri Jun 1.
Living & Loving with God: Angelology, on
Fridays; five-week course with Pastor Richard
Sorrentino; $2-4 per session; for information, call
www.casiseniors.org, 10:30am Fri Jun 1 thru Fri
Jun 29.
Commercial & Private Pesticide Applicator
Testing, for information, call 563-359-7577, Scott
County Extension, 875 Tanglefoot Lane, Suite
B, Bettendorf, IA, http://dbs.extension.iastate.
edu/calendar, 10am Fri Jun 1.
CASI Computer Class, thru June 7; for
Mon Jun 4.
Veggies, a course in the Homegrown
Challenge: Gardening Classes series, geared to the
new or beginner gardener; learn some of basics
for planting, care, and harvesting of fresh produce;
free, University of Illinois Extension, 4450 Kennedy
Drive Suite 3, East Moline, IL, http://web.extension.
illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=6511,
5:30pm Mon Jun 4.
Managing Project Communication, thru June
7; tools and approaches for influencing outcomes,
negotiating results and managing conflicts; learn
to recognize negotiation styles, including your
own; $995; for information, contact Jennifer Prinz
at 563-441-9950 or pd@sau.edu, St. Ambrose
Continuing Studies & Conference Center, 1950 E.
54th St., Davenport, IA, http://www.sau.edu/pd,
8:30am Tue Jun 5.
ACCEL Program Info Session, adult learners
desiring to complete their bachelors degree in a
flexible evening and weekend format are invited;
the session will offer participants an overview
of the programs unique, discussion-driven
learning environment, and the opportunity to
ask questions of program staff; free; register at
accel@sau.edu; for information, call 563-441-9500,
St. Ambrose ACCEL Campus, 1950 E. 54th St.,
Davenport, IA, http://www.sau.edu/accel, 5:30pm
nearly as foreboding as their reactions to him
led you to believe. His dancing was beautifully
fluid, with grand, sweeping movements taking
up much of the stage as if the character were
staking out his
territory as one
without limitations,
but Carabosse
seemed more
grumpy uncle than
wicked spell-caster
because Gomez
lacked a suitably
commanding
presence.
At first blush, Margaret Huling also didnt
quite seem to fit her role as Roses supernatural
protector, the Good Fairy of the Forest but
in truth, I think thats a good thing. As I also
noticed in Ballet Quad Cities February
performance of Love on the Run, Huling has
this slight attitude in her stage personality not
an arrogance, but a hint of independence or
self-certainty that I find captivating. And
this personality trait allowed Huling to shape a
Good Fairy that seemed a wiser woman than
the standard goodly pixie; she was a true
matron of the forest rather than a sweet, sparkly
sprite. (More than once while watching Huling
perform, I wondered how well she might have
handled the role of Carabosse.)
The ballets program didnt list a set designer,
but whoever created the backdrops deserves
high praise, particularly for the forest scenes.
While the Kings and Queens castle was
stunning for its grandeur and depth both it
and Roses hideaway seemed to extend beyond
the flat scrims on which they were painted the
woods possessed a bit of magic. When Rose
first wandered off into the forest, the lighting
was fairly dark, and trees with a castle hidden
among them were visible. However, as the lights
brightened, mushrooms appeared at the base
of the trees, while fruit was suddenly visible in
the branches, with each reddish-orange tone
practically glowing in what seemed like an
otherworldly effect.
The Sleeping Beauty was also a very
manageable hour and a half in length,
including intermission. While a fine showcase
of choreographic discipline and classical style
(compared to the more modern numbers
included in Love On the Run), it was also an
excellent display of the companys abilities to act
while dancing the dancers collective ability to
tell a story through movement and emotional
expression and deserved the standing ovation
the performance received.
For information on Ballet Quad Cities, call
(309)786-3779 or visit BalletQuadCities.com.
Tue Jun 5.
Kindle Class, learn how to use OverDrive E-
books on your Kindle; handouts will be available;
be sure to register your Kindle and create an
Amazon account before the class; free; for
information and to register, call 309-524-2470 or
e-mail reference@molinelibrary.org, Moline Public
molinelibrary.org, 2pm Wed Jun 6.
OverDrive eBook Downloading Demo, learn
how to download free eBooks and audiobooks
onto your portable reading or audio device with
the librarys Overdrive digital books subscription;
bring your Rock Island Library card, device,
owners manual and a laptop, if you have one; for
Library - Southwest Branch, 9010 Ridgewood Rd.,
2pm Thu Jun 7.
CASI Computer Class, thru June 14; for
Mon Jun 11.
Irrigation Tips and Garden Maintenance, a
course in the Homegrown Challenge: Gardening
Classes series, geared to the new or beginner
gardener; learn some of basics for planting, care,
and harvesting of fresh produce; free, University
of Illinois Extension, 4450 Kennedy Drive Suite
3, East Moline, IL, http://web.extension.illinois.
edu/registration/?RegistrationID=6511, 5:30pm
Mon Jun 11.
Downloading eBooks from the Bettendorf
Library: iPad/iPhone Version, with instructor
Mark Fitkin; at 3 & 7pm; free; for information and
to register, call 563-344-4175, Bettendorf Public
http://www.bettendorflibrary.com, Mon Jun 11.
Library: eReader Version, with instructor Mark
Fitkin; at 3 & 7pm; free; for information and to
register, call 563-344-4175, Bettendorf Public
http://www.bettendorflibrary.com, Tue Jun 12.
Six-Week Conversational Spanish,
Wednesdays thru July 25 (no class July 4); $12-18;
Davenport, IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, Wed
Jun 13.
Library: Kindle Version, with instructor Mark
http://www.bettendorflibrary.com, Wed Jun 13.
Recipe Club Cooking Demo, free chef
demos using recipes from the library cookbook
collection; for information, call 309-732-7323,
Rock Island Public Library - Southwest Branch,
9010 Ridgewood Rd., Rock Island, IL, http://www.
rockislandlibrary.org, 2pm Wed Jun 13.
ACCEL Program Information Webinar,
for adult learners desiring to complete their
bachelors degree in a flexible evening and
weekend format; the webinar will offer
participants an overview of the programs unique,
discussion-driven learning environment, and the
opportunity to ask questions of program staff;
free; register at accel@sau.edu; for information,
call 563-441-9500, St. Ambrose University, 518 W.
Locust, Davenport, IA, http://www.sau.edu/accel,
12pm Thu Jun 14.
Garden Pests, a course in the Homegrown
Challenge: Gardening Classes series, geared to the
new or beginner gardener; learn some of basics
for planting, care, and harvesting of fresh produce;
5:30pm Mon Jun 18.
8:30am Tue Jun 19.
Whats Blooming at the Moline Public
Library, join Master Gardeners Sugandhi
Sivakumar and Claudia Vierneisel for a free herb-
container gardening program; bring in your own
small flower pot and we will provide potting
soil and an herb plant to get your herb garden
started; free; for information and to register, call
Wed Jun 20.
http://www.rockislandlibrary.org, 5:30pm Thu
Jun 21.
Crop Rotation & Composting, a course in
the Homegrown Challenge: Gardening Classes
series, geared to the new or beginner gardener;
learn some of basics for planting, care, and
harvesting of fresh produce; free, University of
Illinois Extension, 4450 Kennedy Drive Suite 3,
East Moline, IL, http://web.extension.illinois.
edu/registration/?RegistrationID=6511, 5:30pm
Mon Jun 25.
Master Gardener Summer Webinar Series:
Garden Goodness, for information, call 563-359-
7577, Scott County Extension, 875 Tanglefoot
Lane, Suite B, Bettendorf, IA, http://dbs.extension.
iastate.edu/calendar/, 6:30pm Tue Jun 26.
Scrapbooking with Diane, teacher Diane
Zabel, a Creative Memories Independent
Consultant, will teach a class on both regular and
digital scrapbooking; free; for information, call
309-523-3440, River Valley Library, 214 S. Main St.,
Port Byron, IL, http://www.rivervalleylibrary.org,
7pm Tue Jun 26.
6pm Tue Jun 26.
July
Herbs, a course in the Homegrown Challenge:
Gardening Classes series, geared to the new
or beginner gardener; learn some of basics for
planting, care, and harvesting of fresh produce;
5:30pm Mon Jul 2.
Commercial & Private Pesticide Applicator
Testing, for information, call 563-359-7577, Scott
County Extension, 875 Tanglefoot Lane, Suite
B, Bettendorf, IA, http://dbs.extension.iastate.
edu/calendar, 10am Fri Jul 6.
Library: eReader Version, with instructor Mark
http://www.bettendorflibrary.com, Mon Jul 9.
Library: Kindle Version, with instructor Mark
http://www.bettendorflibrary.com, Tue Jul 10.
W
hat struck me most about Ballet Quad
Cities Saturday-night performance
of The Sleeping Beauty was how easy
it was to follow the storyline even though it was
told entirely in
dance (set to Peter
Ilich Tchaikovskys
score), and
featured absolutely
no dialogue.
Of course, it
helped that the
tale of a princess
destined to prick
her finger at age
18 and, through a modified curse, fall into a
deep sleep is a familiar one, and that the details
of this version were clearly described in the
shows program. But even with that advance
knowledge of the plot, choreographer Courtney
Lyons company was expressive both facially
and physically, which allowed the story to make
sense even without spoken words. No intended
emotion or external portrayal of thought was
lost in the dancers exaggerated smiles, scowls,
and looks of fright, and some of the movement
was especially fine; I particularly liked the fairies
dance steps as the elementary-school-aged
performers flitted about the stage sometimes
in unison, and at others striking balletic poses
as they pointed at the fallen Prince or welcomed
more of their fairy friends to the stage. Their
scene, playful and joyous, had a slight sense of
organized chaos about it.
As the titular character, Emily Kate Long
exuded virginal innocence with a sweetness in
her step and gentility in her countenance. And
when her Rose left her forest sanctuary on her
18th birthday, Longs encounter with Jacob
Lyons Prince was stirring for the emotional
connection between the two. The simplicity of
their happiness when first meeting and dancing
together didnt have much nuance, but was
certainly fitting considering the purity of their
relationship. (Lyon, in fine form, held a delighted
smile on his face even as he lifted Long off the
ground in seemingly effortless motions.)
And Jill Schwartz couldnt have been clearer
in the way she expressed her Queens torment,
beginning with the moment she sent her
newborn baby off to the forest so Rose could
avoid sharp things on which she might prick
her finger. Schwartzs emotional pain was most
moving during the Kings, and Queens visits
with Rose, as the performer blended excited
happiness with frustration and a sense of loss
while rushing to embrace her daughter.
Unfortunately, while the rest of the company
smartly cowered and cringed as the Queens evil
brother Carabosse approached each of them in
turn, Jason Gomez, who danced the part, wasnt
Spell Bound
Ballet Quad Cities The Sleeping Beauty, May 19 at the Adler Theatre
By Thom White
DANCE
Tue Jul 10.
6pm Tue Jul 10.
Rock Island Public Library - Southwest Branch,
9010 Ridgewood Rd., Rock Island, IL, http://www.
rockislandlibrary.org, 2pm Wed Jul 11.
Library: iPad/iPhone Version, with instructor
Mark Fitkin; free; at 3 & 7pm; for information and
to register, call 563-344-4175, Bettendorf Public
http://www.bettendorflibrary.com, Wed Jul 11.
Chef Monika Sudakov, award-winning chef
and cultural anthropologist Monika Sudakov of
the Chestnut Street Inn teaches a cooking class on
using local produce; the menu will be determined
by whats abundant in your garden or fresh at
the Farmers Market; free; for information and to
register, call 309-524-2470, Moline Public Library,
3210 41st St., Moline, IL, http://www.molinelibrary.
org, 6:30pm Wed Jul 18.
12pm Wed Jul 18.
http://www.rockislandlibrary.org, 1:30pm Fri Jul
20.
6pm Mon Jul 23.
12pm Tue Jul 24.
People Garden Project & Working with
Youth / Edible Ornamentals, presentations in
the Master Gardeners Summer Webinar Series,
with Linda Naeve and Cindy Haynes; $5; for
Scott County Extension, 875 Tanglefoot Lane,
Suite B, Bettendorf, IA, http://www.extension.
iastate.edu, 6:30pm Tue Jul 24.
August
Teaching and Learning With Monarch
Butterflies, a two-day teacher workshop
combining classroom and field experiences, it
enables pre-K through 12th-grade educators to
teach essential skills in literacy, math, science,
geography, technology, Spanish, the arts, and
social studies through the captivating story of
monarchs; $109-129; for information and to
register, call 309-756-9978, Quad City Botanical
Center, 2525 4th Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://web.
extension.illinois.edu/hmrs, 8:30am Thu Aug 2
and Fri Aug 3.
6pm Tue Aug 7.
Wed Aug 8.
12pm Fri Aug 17.
http://www.rockislandlibrary.org, 2pm Wed Aug
22.
Top Ten Sustainable Gardening Tips from
Turtle Farm, a presentation in the Master
Gardeners Summer Webinar Series, with Angela
Tedesco; $5; for information and to register,
call 563-359-7577, Scott County Extension, 875
Tanglefoot Lane, Suite B, Bettendorf, IA, http://
www.extension.iastate.edu, 6:30pm Tue Aug 28.
CONTINUING EVENTS
BioEnergy Healing, Nutrition, and Lifestyle
Consultations, with 25-years-experienced Dr.
Jenna Hobbins D.C.; for information and a free
consultation, call 563-324-0738, Thu May 24 thru
Thu Aug 30.
Chair Yoga with Karen Stollon, on Thursdays;
postures are taught while seated in a chair or
holding onto one for support in other poses;
this supportive, gentle class offers movement
for the restricted; $12; for information, call
309-764-YOGA, Indigo, A Creative Approach to
Fitness & Wellness, LLC, 1621 5th Ave., Moline, IL,
http://www.indigowellness.info, 6pm Thu May 24
thru Thu Aug 30.
Chair Yoga with Weights, on Thursdays;
$5-6; for information, call 563-386-7477, CASI
Rd., Davenport, IA. http://www.casiseniors.org,
10:30am, Thu May 24 thru Thu Aug 30.
Gentle Exercise Class, on Thursdays; $2-4;
Personal Reflexology Sessions, on Thursdays;
$20; for information, call 563-386-7477, CASI
Zumba, on Thursdays; get your jam on, feel the
beat, and have a blast getting healthy; $6/class,
first class is free; for information, call 309-798-0279
or e-mail zumbajulie@gmail.com, QC SoDa Dance
Studio, 1502 6th Ave., Moline, IL, http://www.
qcsoda.com, 5:30pm Thu May 24 thru Thu Aug
30.
Zumba Gold, on Thursdays; $2-4; for
10:45am Thu May 24 thru Thu Aug 30.
Aqua Combo, a moderate to high-intensity
class on Tuesdays and Thursdays; $6 per visit or
$57-61 for a 20-visit pass; for information, call 309-
796-5601, BHC Community Aquatic Center, 6600
34th Ave, Moline, IL, http://www.bhc.edu, 6pm
Yoga, on Fridays, with instructor Michelle
Campbell; $12 drop-in classes, $95/10-class
pass; for information, call 563-322-5354, DSY
Bettendorf, 3420 Towne Pointe Dr., Bettendorf, IA,
http://www.davenportschoolofyoga.com, 8am Fri
May 25 thru Fri Aug 24.
Aqua Motion, a moderate-intensity class on
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; no swimming
experience is necessary; $6 per visit or $57-61 for
a 20-visit pass; for information, call 309-796-5601,
BHC Community Aquatic Center, 6600 34th Ave,
Moline, IL, http://www.bhc.edu, 11am Fri May 25
thru Wed Aug 29.
Gentle Exercise Class, on Mondays,
Wednesdays, & Fridays; $2 for CASI members;
Fri May 25 thru Wed Aug 29.
Free Community Yoga Class, on Saturdays;
gentle and beginner classes with yoga teachers-
in-training; for information, call 309-764-YOGA,
Indigo, A Creative Approach to Fitness & Wellness,
LLC, 1621 5th Ave., Moline, IL, http://www.
indigowellness.info, 12pm Sat May 26 thru Sat
Jul 28.
Student-led Yoga Class for Beginners,
on Sundays; a gentle class geared toward the
beginning student; free; for information, call
Fitness & Wellness, LLC, 1621 5th Ave., Moline, IL,
http://www.indigowellness.info, 12pm Sat May
26 thru Sat Jul 28.
Simply Meditate Sunday: Buddhist
Meditation, on Sundays; a brief overview of
how to do a breathing meditation, followed by
a 10-minute guided breathing meditation, and
an additional 10 minutes allowed for personal
meditation; $5; for information, call 563-322-
1600 or e-mail info@mediateiniowa.org, Lamrim
Kadampa Buddhist Center, 502 1/2 3rd St.,
Davenport, IA, http://www.meditateiniowa.
org/simply-meditate, 11am Sun May 27 thru Sun
Aug 26.
Zumba Fitness, on Mondays; an exhilarating,
effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-
burning dance fitness-party thats moving
millions of people toward joy and health; $42/7
weeks, $7/walk-in session; for information and
to register, call 563-742-5800, Trinity Enrichment
Center, 4622 Progress Dr. # A, Davenport, IA,
http://www.trinityqc.com, 6pm Mon May 28
thru Mon Jun 25.
Aqua Zumba, on Mondays; a unique shallow
water class that blends cardio dance and water
aerobics; $6 per visit or $57-61 for a 20-visit
pass; for information, call 309-796-5601, BHC
Community Aquatic Center, 6600 34th Ave,
Moline, IL, http://www.bhc.edu, 6pm Mon May
28 thru Mon Aug 27.
Buddhist Meditation Class, on Mondays;
each class provides explanations about how to
meditate and a guided breathing meditation;
then an aspect of Buddhism is explained, followed
by another meditation; $5-$10; for information,
call 563-322-1600, Lamrim Kadampa Buddhist
Center, 502 1/2 3rd St., Davenport, IA, http://www.
meditateiniowa.org, 6:45pm Mon May 28 thru
Mon Aug 27.
Chair Yoga, on Mondays; $30 for 6 sessions;
$5; for information, call 563-386-7477, CASI
Energizing Yoga, on Mondays; $5-6; for
Revive & Restore, on Mondays; this gentle/
restorative class includes a warm-up that awakens
& energizes the spine, a few standing poses to
build strength, postures for balance, and the last
30 minutes are wonderful, restorative postures
that use props to support your body; $12; for
information, call 309-764-YOGA, Indigo, A Creative
Approach to Fitness & Wellness, LLC, 1621 5th
Ave., Moline, IL, http://www.indigowellness.info,
4pm Mon May 28 thru Mon Aug 27.
Tai Chi for Arthritis, on Mondays; with
instructor Erica Heinrichs; start the 8-week
sessions at any time; $32-40; for information, call
www.casiseniors.org, 4:30pm Mon May 28 thru
Mon Aug 27.
Yoga, on Mondays, with instructor Michelle
http://www.davenportschoolofyoga.com, 6pm
Yoga, on Mondays; walk-ins welcome; bring a
yoga mat; $5; for information, call 563-386-7477,
Zumba Class, on Mondays; $2-4; for
Zumba Gold, on Mondays; $5-6; for
10:30am Mon May 28 thru Mon Aug 27.
Yoga, on Tuesdays, with instructor Michelle
http://www.davenportschoolofyoga.com, 9:30am
Free Community Yoga Class, on Wednesdays;
gentle and beginner classes with yoga teachers-
in-training; for information, call 309-764-YOGA,
Indigo, A Creative Approach to Fitness & Wellness,
LLC, 1621 5th Ave., Moline, IL, http://www.
indigowellness.info, 6:30pm Wed May 30 thru
Wed Jun 27.
Zac Brown Band @ i wireless Center August 3
Student-led Yoga Class for Beginners, on
Wednesdays; a gentle class geared toward the
beginning student; free; for information, call
Fitness & Wellness, LLC, 1621 5th Ave., Moline,
IL, http://www.indigowellness.info, 6:30pm Wed
May 30 thru Wed Jun 27.
Ask Your Body What Is Right for You, on
Wednesdays; nutrition-muscle testing and a
neurological-bubconscious update, presented
by 25-years-experienced Dr. Jenna Hobbins D.C.;
5:30pm Wed May 30 thru Wed Aug 29.
Energizing Yoga, on Wednesdays; $5-6; for
Wed May 30 thru Wed Aug 29.
Great River Tai Chi, on Wednesdays; $18-30
for six weeks; for information, call 563-386-7477,
10:30am Wed May 30 thru Wed Aug 29.
SHIIP (Senior Health Insurance Information
Program), on Wednesdays; free; for information,
www.casiseniors.org, 9am Wed May 30 thru Wed
Aug 29.
TOPS: Taking Pounds Off Sensibly, on
Wednesdays; $1-2; for information, call 563-
casiseniors.org, 12pm Wed May 30 thru Wed
Aug 29.
Yoga, on Wednesdays, with instructor Michelle
http://www.davenportschoolofyoga.com, 8pm
Zumba Gold, on Wednesdays; $2 for CASI
Monday Night Yoga, on Mondays; a Vinyasa-
style drop-in class with instructor Becky Bell; for
6:30pm Mon Jun 4 thru Aug 27.
Summer BooST Camp, drop-in class on
Wednesdays & Fridays, with instructor Roberta
Kelinson; energize, tone, firm, shed extra
pounds; bring tennis shoes and a yoga mat; for
6:45am Wed Jun 6 thru Wed Jul 25..
LECTURES & EVENTS
May & June
Is Your Thyroid Making You Fat?,
endocrinologist Dr. Ramarao Pradeep will explain
what the thyroid is, signs of a disorder, and how
to make the necessary lifestyle changes; free; for
Trinity Regional Health System, http://www.
trinityqc.com, 5pm Thu May 24.
Dont Have a Stroke, Dr. Robert Chesser
will take the mystery out of understanding the
different types of strokes; he will discuss the
warning signs as well as the treatment options
and what you can do to help prevent a stroke;
free; for information and to register, call 309-779-
2993, Trinity Regional Health System, http://www.
trinityqc.com, 6pm Thu May 31.
Nutrition Before, During, and After
Cancer Therapy, a Trinity dietitian will discuss
nutrient needs before, during, and after
cancer; information on common herbal and
vitamin supplements and antioxidants; free; for
information, call 309-779-2000 or 877-242-8899,
Trinity Regional Health System, 5pm Thu May 31.
Look Good... Feel Better, program
teaches beauty techniques to female cancer
patients in active treatment to help them
combat the appearance-related side effects
of cancer treatment; the American Cancer
Society, in partnership with the National
Cosmetology Association and the Personal Care
Products Council Foundation, train volunteer
cosmetologists to teach women how to cope with
skin changes and hair loss using free cosmetics
and skin care products donated by the cosmetic
industry; free; for information and to register, call
309-779-2993, Trinity Bettendorf, 4500 Utica Ridge
Road, Bettendorf, IA, http://www.trinityqc.com,
3pm Mon Jun 4.
Soul Service & Distribution, LLC Event,
Stephanie Burrough and Dr. Rachel Gendreau
present a talk intended to empower you & give
you the tools to your own health & wellness; free;
for information, call 309-794-YOGA, Indigo, A
Creative Approach to Fitness & Wellness, LLC, 1621
5th Ave., Moline, IL, http://www.indigowellness.
info, 6:30pm Wed Jun 6.
Laughter Yoga, free; for information, call 563-
casiseniors.org, 10:30am Thu Jun 7
Bariatric Seminar, bariatric center staff will
present an educational seminar on surgical
weight loss options to include the LAP-BAND
System, Roux-en-Y, and Sleeve Gastrectomy;
there will be a question and answer period with
an opportunity to sign up with Trinitys Bariatric
Center; free, $50 to sign up; for information, call
309-779-2500, Trinity Moline, 500 John Deere
Road, Moline, IL, http://www.trinityqc.com,
1:30pm Fri Jun 8.
Art of Breathing: Harmonizing Body,
Breath, & Mind, led by Andrew Sugarman; learn
a meditative form of yoga that combines mindful
movement, precise breathing techniques, and
the cultivation of sustained mental focus; learn
how to refine your ability to use your breath and
move your body from the inside out; $40-45; for
information or to register, contact Johanna Hilliard
at 563-726-2623 or, DSY Bettendorf, 3420 Towne
Pointe Dr., Bettendorf, IA, 2pm Sat Jun 9.
Playful Partners, for information, call 309-794-
YOGA, Indigo, A Creative Approach to Fitness &
Wellness, LLC, 1621 5th Ave., Moline, IL, http://
www.indigowellness.info, Sat Jun 9.
Art of Breathing: Harmonizing Body,
Breath, & Mind, led by Andrew Sugarman; learn
a meditative form of yoga that combines mindful
movement, precise breathing techniques, and
the cultivation of sustained mental focus; learn
how to refine your ability to use your breath and
move your body from the inside out; $40-45; for
information or to register, contact Johanna Hilliard
at 563-726-2623 or, Davenport School of Yoga,
421 Brady Street, Davenport, IA, 12pm Sun Jun
10.
Raz Penmatcha, M.D., free; for information,
www.casiseniors.org, 6pm Tue Jun 12.
Blood Drop Blood Drive, held in the
gymnasium, co-sponsored by the Mississippi
Valley Regional Blood Center; to sign up for an
appointment time, contact Pat McKillip at 309-
736-6635 or pmckillip@bethany-qc.org, Bethany
for Children & Families, 1202 W 3rd St, Davenport,
IA, http://www.bethany-qc.org, 11am Tue Jun 12.
1:30pm Fri Jul 13.
Small Steps, Big Rewards, June 14 & 21;
designed to help with the prevention of diabetes;
you will hear an overview of pre-diabetes, risk
assessment and management, healthy eating
tips, behavior awareness, and more; $50; for
information, call 309-779-2993, Trinity Moline, 500
John Deere Road, Moline, IL, http://www.trinityqc.
com, 4pm Thu Jun 14.
Sunday Funday: Yoga & Wine Tour, held on
the third Sunday of the month thru October;
an hour of gentle yoga at noon, followed by a
tour of the winery and the option to taste; $75;
for information, call 309-794-YOGA, Creekside
Vineyards Inn, 7505 120th Ave., Coal Valley, IL,
http://www.indigowellness.info, 12pm Sun Jun
17.
Medicare Q&A w/ SHIIP, information and
answers to Medicare questions from a Senior
Health Insurance Information Program counselor;
9am Wed Jun 20.
You Know You Need a Hysterectomy When?,
hear about the critical risk factors, symptoms and
treatment options, and get key tools and valuable
information that can lead to a healthier you; free;
for information, call 309-779-2993, Trinity Rock
Island, 2701 17th St., Rock Island, IL, http://www.
trinityqc.com, 12pm Fri Jun 22.
Ashtanga Yoga Workshop: Learning the
Primary Series, for information, call 309-794-
YOGA, Indigo, A Creative Approach to Fitness &
Wellness, LLC, 1621 5th Ave., Moline, IL, http://
www.indigowellness.info, Sat Jun 23.
Road, Moline, IL, http://www.trinityqc.com, 3pm
Mon Jun 25.
July & August
casiseniors.org, 10:30am Thu Jul 5.
Creative Movement Yoga Workshop, for
Wed Jul 11.
9am Wed Jul 18.
6:30pm Mon Jul 23.
Road, Moline, IL, http://www.trinityqc.com, 4pm
Mon Jul 23.
9:30am Fri Jul 27.
10:30am Sat Jul 28.
AARP Driving Course, July 31 (9am-1pm) and
Aug. 1(12:30-4:30pm); designed for drivers age
50+ to learn safety strategies and tips to help them
adapt to physical and mental changes related
to aging; this class may entitle participants to a
ten-percent premium reduction on their auto
insurance; $12-14; for information, call 309-779-
2993, Trinity Rock Island, 2701 17th St., Rock Island,
IL, http://www.trinityqc.com, 9am Tue Jul 31.
casiseniors.org, 10:30am Thu Aug 2.
present an educational seminar on surgical weight
loss options to include the LAP-BAND System,
Roux-en-Y, and Sleeve Gastrectomy; there will be a
question and answer period with an opportunity
to sign up with Trinitys Bariatric Center; free, $50
to sign up; for information, call 309-779-2500,
Trinity Moline, 500 John Deere Road, Moline, IL,
http://www.trinityqc.com, 6pm Mon Aug 6.
Blood Drop Blood Drive, held in the
gymnasium, co-sponsored by the Mississippi
Valley Regional Blood Center; to sign up for an
appointment time, contact Pat McKillip at 309-
736-6635 or pmckillip@bethany-qc.org, Bethany
for Children & Families, 1202 W 3rd St, Davenport,
IA, http://www.bethany-qc.org, 11am Tue Aug 7.
9am Wed Aug 15.
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Nutrition Before, During, and After
Cancer Therapy, a Trinity dietitian will discuss
nutrient needs before, during, and after
cancer; information on common herbal and
vitamin supplements and antioxidants; free; for
information, call 309-779-2000 or 877-242-8899,
Trinity Regional Health System, 5pm Thu Aug 30.
GROUPS
Blood Pressure Checks by Dr. Lynn Boegler,
D.C., Mondays in the Fit-for-Life Fitness Center;
Symptom Management Group, on
Wednesdays; for information, call 309-762-5433,
The Project of the Quad Cities, 2316 5th Ave,
Moline, IL, http://www.apqc4life.org, 1pm Wed
May 30 thru Wed Aug 29.
Cardiac Comeback Club, on the first Thu. of
the month; this support group for heart patients
will allow club members to meet with former
patients and hear from Trinity medical experts
about heart health topics; free; for information,
call 309-779-2993, Trinity Rock Island, 2701 17th
St., Rock Island, IL, http://www.trinityqc.com, 5pm
Thu Jun thru Thu Aug 2.
Low Vision Support Group, on the first Thu.
of the month; free; for information, call 563-
casiseniors.org, 10am Thu Jun 7 thru Thu Aug 2.
Caregivers Support Group, on the second
Mon. of the month; free; for information, call 563-
casiseniors.org, 11am Mon Jun 11 thru Mon
Aug 13.
Parkinsons Support Group, on the 3rd. Sat
casiseniors.org, 10am Sat Jun 16 thru Sat Aug 18.
General MDA Support Group, on the fourth
Wed. of the month; for individuals and families
affected by muscular dystrophy; for information,
call 319-393-8905, Trinity 7th Street Campus, 500
John Deere Rd, Moline, IL, Wed Jun 27 thru Wed
Aug 22.
Grief Support Group, on the fourth Wed.
casiseniors.org, 9:30am Wed Jun 27 thru Wed
Aug 22.
May
2012 Midwest Small Business Government
Contracting Symposium, featuring power
speakers, matchmaking, industry briefings, a
marketplace, evening networking socials, a golf
outing, and more; for information, call 309-764-
2000, i wireless Center, 1201 River Dr, Moline, IL,
http://www.iwirelesscenter.com, Thu May 24.
Condor and the Eagle Seminar: Sacredness
of Union of Polarities, led by Magdala Ramirez
and Mario Monroy; a unique seminar that will
take you deep within to the understanding of the
ancient knowledge of the, Singing Bird Nature
Center, Black Hawk State Historic Site, Rock Island,
IL, http://www.unionofpolarities.com, 10am Sat
May 26.
Backyard Naturalist, an introduction to the
amazing animals and plants in your backyard
and neighborhood; learn to identify and interact
with the plants and creatures around you; free; for
1pm Sat May 26.
Growing Hostas, Don Musak will cover
growing hostas and hosta care; $1-5; for
information, call 309-794-0991, Quad City
http://www.qcgardens.com, 1pm Sun May 27.
Can Israel Negotiate with Any Palestinian
Government?, a lecture on conflict in the
Middle East by Dr. Art Pitz, presented with
support from the Jewish Federation of the
Quad Cities; free; for information, call 309-
732-7323, Rock Island Public Library - Main
Library, 401 19th, Rock Island, IL, http://www.
rockislandlibrary.org, 6pm Tue May 29.
Informational Meetings about Voting and
the New Voter Registration Cards, presented
by Roxanna Moritz, Scott County Auditor and
Commissioner of Elections; free; for information,
call 563-386-7477, CASI (Center for Active
Seniors), 1035 W. Kimberly Road, Davenport, IA,
http://www.casiseniors.org, 12:30pm Tue May
29.
Professional Development Program
- Five Practices of Exemplary Leaders,
Ginny Wilson-Peters of Integrity Integrated
will identify the practices of extraordinary
leaders based on research and interviews with
leaders at all levels of an organization, from
CEOs to individual contributors$; 40-50; for
information and to register, contact contact
Abbey Nagle at 563-823-2677 or anagle@
QuadCitiesChamber.com, Western Illinois
University Quad Cities, 3561 60th St, Moline,
IL, http://events.quadcitieschamber.com/
sbaweb/events/events.asp?details=true&cale_
id=325&month=5/10/2012, 8:30am Thu May 31.
June
Railroad Gardens, Joe Weston from the
Heartland Model Railway Club will talk about G-
Scale railroad gardens; $1-5; for information, call
com, 1pm Sun Jun 3.
Channel Cat Talk: Freshwater Mussels
of the Upper Mississippi River, led by Jon
Duyvenjonck, U.S. Fish & Wildlife; learn about
Ecology, life history, button making, and exotic
zebra mussels; $12; hosted by River Action; for
information, call 563-322-2969, Celebration
Belle, 2501 River Dr, Davenport, IA, http://www.
riveraction.org, 9am Tue Jun 5.
Stephen Foster and the Rise of American
Music, Award-winning folk singer and
songwriter Chris Vallillo presents the music
of Stephen Foster and explores his impact on
American culture; free; for information, call
309-732-7323, Rock Island Public Library - Main
rockislandlibrary.org, 6pm Tue Jun 5.
Riverine Walk: Canoe/Kayak Nahant Marsh,
hosted by River Action, led by Mik Holgersson,
Environmental Specialist; explore the wetlands
of Nahant Marsh by canoe or kayak; $5; for
Nahant Marsh, 4220 Wapello Ave., Davenport, IA,
http://www.riveraction.org, 6:30pm Wed Jun 6.
Channel Cat Talk: River Landscape Mosaic,
led by Dr. Norm Moline, Augustana College;
study the channel characteristics, riverfront uses
and environmental issues from Arsenal Island to
Campbells Island; hosted by River Action; $12;
for information, call 563-322-2969, Celebration
riveraction.org, 9am Thu Jun 7.
Riverine Walk: Canoe/Kayak Nahant Marsh,
Environmental Specialist; explore the wetlands
of Nahant Marsh by canoe or kayak; $5; for
Nahant Marsh, 4220 Wapello Ave., Davenport, IA,
http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Sat Jun 9.
Native Orchids, Marcia Whitmore will present
a program that covers the flowers growth, and
growing patterns; $1-5; for information, call 309-
794-0991, Quad City Botanical Center, 2525 4th
Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://www.qcgardens.com,
1pm Sun Jun 10.
Travelogue - Spectacular Lands and Wondrous
Waters, free for members, $1 for non-members;
for information, call 563-386-7477, CASI (Center for
Active Seniors), 1035 W. Kimberly Road, Davenport,
IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, 1pm Mon Jun 11.
All About NuVal Numbers, free; for information,
call 309-732-7323, Rock Island Public Library
- Southwest Branch, 9010 Ridgewood Rd., Rock
Island, IL, http://www.rockislandlibrary.org, 3:30pm
Tue Jun 12.
Dunn Brothers Coffee, join Gina and Paula
Bettini from Dunn Bros. Coffee for an informative
talk on how the coffee bean journeys from the tree
to your cup; they will discuss their trip to Nicaragua,
as well as methods of roasting, brewing,, Moline
Public Library, 3210 41st St., Moline, IL, http://www.
molinelibrary.org, 7pm Tue Jun 12.
Channel Cat Talk: River Navigation, led by
Capt. Tom Bolton; learn how river traffic works from
kayaks to barges and everything in between; hosted
by River Action; $12; for information, call 563-322-
2969, Celebration Belle, 2501 River Dr, Davenport, IA,
http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Tue Jun 12.
Channel Cat Talk: River Navigation, led by
Capt. Tom Bolton; learn how river traffic works from
kayaks to barges and everything in between; hosted
by River Action; $12; for information, call 563-322-
2969, Celebration Belle, 2501 River Dr, Davenport, IA,
http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Thu Jun 14.
Riverine Walk: Pre-Civil War Village of East
Davenport, hosted by River Action, led by Karen
Anderson, Historian; visit the Pre-Civil War Camp
McClellan, Sioux Indian graveyard in the Big Woods
of Camp McClellan; $5; for information and to
register, call 563-322-2969, Prospect Terrace Park,
Mississippi St. & River Dr., Davenport, IA, http://www.
riveraction.org, 6:30pm Wed Jun 13.
Riverine Walk: Pre-Civil War Village of East
Davenport, hosted by River Action, led by Karen
Anderson, Historian; visit the Pre-Civil War Camp
McClellan, Sioux Indian graveyard in the Big Woods
of Camp McClellan; $5; for information and to
register, call 563-322-2969, Prospect Terrace Park,
Mississippi St. & River Dr., Davenport, IA, http://www.
riveraction.org, 9am Sat Jun 16.
Growing Day Lilies, Barrett & Lynn Stoll offer
growing tips on flowers this season; $1-5; for
information, call 309-794-0991, Quad City Botanical
qcgardens.com, 1pm Sun Jun 17.
Greatest Grains Gluten Free Cooking, $5-6;
IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, Tue Jun 19.
Channel Cat Talk: Day in the Life of a River Boat
Captain, led by Harry Pelton, River Boat Captain;
cruise the Mississippi and listen to stories of a river
boat captains working days on the river; hosted by
River Action; $12; for information, call 563-322-2969,
Celebration Belle, 2501 River Dr, Davenport, IA,
http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Tue Jun 19.
Riverine Walk: Beling Nature Preserve,
hosted by River Action, led by Dr. Bohdan Dziadyk,
Augustana College; learn about the physical and
biological characteristics of this 100-acre nature
preserve on the North Shore of the Rock River; $5;
Len Browns North Shore Inn, 7th Street and the Rock
River, Moline, IL, http://www.riveraction.org, 6:30pm
Wed Jun 20.
Talk of the Town, on the 3rd Wednesday of the
month; free for members, $2 for non-members; for
information, call 563-386-7477, CASI (Center for
IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, 11am Wed Jun 20.
Channel Cat Talk: Day in the Life of a River Boat
Captain, led by Harry Pelton, River Boat Captain;
cruise the Mississippi and listen to stories of a river
boat captains working days on the river; hosted by
River Action; $12; for information, call 563-322-2969,
http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Thu Jun 21.
Riverine Walk: Beling Nature Preserve,
hosted by River Action, led by Dr. Bohdan Dziadyk,
Augustana College; learn about the physical and
biological characteristics of this 100-acre nature
preserve on the North Shore of the Rock River; $5;
Len Browns North Shore Inn, 7th Street and the
Rock River, Moline, IL, http://www.riveraction.org,
9am Sat Jun 23.
1pm Sat Jun 23.
Floatzilla!, River Action will give you a taste
in what 2012 Floatzilla has in store; $1-5; for
qcgardens.com, 1pm Sun Jun 24.
Beth and David Lagomarcino, Beth and
David Lagomarcino, third and fourth generation
Quad Cities candy makers, will present a delicious
program on the making of their legendary
chocolates; free; for information and to register, call
Moline, IL, http://www.molinelibrary.org, 7pm Tue
Jun 26.
Channel Cat Talk: Campbells Island, led by
Gena Schantz, Historian; learn about the War of
1812, Black Hawks attack on Campbell, and the
factors that contributed to Campbells defeat;
hosted by River Action; $12; for information, call
563-322-2969, Celebration Belle, 2501 River Dr,
Davenport, IA, http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Tue
Jun 26.
Virtual Tour of Davenport, learn about
historic places, infamous locations, and amazing
architecture; free; for information, call 563-326-7832,
Davenport Public Library - Eastern Ave. Branch,
davenportlibrary.com, 1pm Wed Jun 27.
Riverine Walk: Make Room for the River,
hosted by River Action, led by Kathy Wine, Executive
Director, River Action; make room for the river in
your life, in the floodplain, and in your architecture;
meet at the shelter on Credit Island, across from
Sunday in the Park RiverWay art; $5; for information
and to register, call 563-322-2969, Credit Island,
Davenport, IA, http://www.riveraction.org, 6:30pm
Wed Jun 27.
Channel Cat Talk: Campbells Island, led by
Gena Schantz, Historian; learn about the War of
1812, Black Hawks attack on Campbell, and the
factors that contributed to Campbells defeat;
hosted by River Action; $12; for information, call
563-322-2969, Celebration Belle, 2501 River Dr,
Davenport, IA, http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Thu
Jun 28.
Dietician Janet Macon, Macon will review some
of the healthy resources available at the Moline
Public Library and then prepare a simple recipe
or two for sampling; free; for information and to
register, call 309-524-2470, Moline Public Library,
org, 7pm Thu Jun 28.
Fit for Life, diet and fitness tips from Begin Again
Fit For Life personal trainers Mike and Michele;
free; for information, call 309-732-7323, Rock Island
Public Library - Southwest Branch, 9010 Ridgewood
Rd., Rock Island, IL, http://www.rockislandlibrary.org,
2pm Thu Jun 28.
Thungs & Kisses, funny, strange, and fascinating
stories of true love and love gone wrong from
throughout history; free; for information, call
563-326-7832, Fairmount Street Library, 3000
Riverine Walk: Make Room for the River,
hosted by River Action, led by Kathy Wine, Executive
Director, River Action; make room for the river in your
life, in the floodplain, and in your architecture; meet
at the shelter on Credit Island, across from Sunday
in the Park RiverWay art; $5; for information and to
register, call 563-322-2969, Credit Island, Davenport,
IA, http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Sat Jun 30.
July
Channel Cat Talk: Investigating Arsenal
Island History, led by Sam Heilig, Corps of
Engineers; learn Arsenal history from past
to present including river views of Colonel
Davenport House, Quarters One, & backwater
tour of Upper Sylvan Slough; hosted by River
Action; $12; for information, call 563-322-2969,
http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Tue Jul 3.
Channel Cat Talk: Investigating Arsenal
Island History, led by Sam Heilig, Corps of
Engineers; learn Arsenal history from past
to present including river views of Colonel
Davenport House, Quarters One, & backwater
tour of Upper Sylvan Slough; hosted by River
http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Thu Jul 5.
Fit for Life, diet and fitness tips from Begin
Again Fit For Life personal trainers Mike and
Michele; free; for information, call 309-732-7323,
7pm Mon Jul 9.
Travelogue - Spectacular Lands and
Wondrous Waters, free for members, $1 for non-
Mon Jul 9.
Channel Cat Talk: How Do Locks and Dams
Work?, led by Bill Gretten, Corps of Engineers;
experience locking through Lock & Dam 15, get a
brief history of navigation on the Mississippi, and
discuss water level control and dam operation
and the Corps role in operation and maintenance
of the navigation system; hosted by River
http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Tue Jul 10.
Riverine Walk: QC Wild Places - Sunderbruch
Park, hosted by River Action, led by Greg Wolf,
City of Davenport; explore this diverse 134 acre
park on Davenports west side. Sunderbruch Park
consists of three main trail systems: hiking, off-
road biking, and equestrian; meet at the shelter;
2969, Sunderbruch Park, 4500 Telegraph Rd,
Wed Jul 11.
Channel Cat Talk: How Do Locks and Dams
Work?, led by Bill Gretten, Corps of Engineers;
experience locking through Lock & Dam 15, get a
brief history of navigation on the Mississippi, and
discuss water level control and dam operation
and the Corps role in operation and maintenance
of the navigation system; hosted by River
http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Thu Jul 12.
Riverine Walk: QC Wild Places - Sunderbruch
Park, hosted by River Action, led by Greg Wolf,
City of Davenport; explore this diverse 134 acre
park on Davenports west side. Sunderbruch Park
consists of three main trail systems: hiking, off-
road biking, and equestrian; meet at the shelter;
2969, Sunderbruch Park, 4500 Telegraph Rd,
Davenport, IA, http://www.riveraction.org, 9am
Sat Jul 14.
Channel Cat Talk: Music on the Mississippi,
led by Ellis Kell, Musician, River Music Experience;
learn about how music migratedup the river, the
history of American roots music, and its influence
on music today; $12; hosted by River Action;
for information, call 563-322-2969, Celebration
riveraction.org, 9am Tue Jul 17.
Riverine Walk: QC Wild Places - Lost Grove
Lake, hosted by River Action, led by Chad Dolan,
Fisheries & Management Biologist, IA DNR; learn
about the history of lake construction, significant
Events
Outdoor Festivals and Events
Rock Island
May through August
W
elcome to
summertime in
Rock Island, where the
music is infectious, the
activities are numerous,
and the beer flows in
seemingly unending
quantities. But just in
case you dont have
directions to my apartment, there are, I
guess, a few other Rock Island destinations
and events worth checking out this season.
Fans of disco and pop, for instance, wont
want to miss the annual Memorial Day
Weekend concerts with The Travoltas,
who will be rocking RIBCOs outdoor stage
on May 26 and 27, while harder forms of
rocking will come courtesy of the Daiquiri
Factorys June 30 Rock the District concert
with headliner Papa Roach and July 14
Daiquiri Factory 8th-Anniversary Party,
featuring the hair-metal head-bangers of
Hairbangers Ball. (Good luck saying that
last bit 10 times in a row.) There will be
plenty more music on hand plus arts and
crafts, street vendors, childrens activities,
and food and drink galore in the District
of Rock Islands annual celebration of
Cajun culture Gumbo Ya Ya, taking place
June 8 and 9, and the Districts annual
celebration of Caribbean culture Ya Maka
My Weekend, occurring August 10 and
11. If youre a sporting enthusiast, plan
on thrilling to the sights and sounds of
hundreds of wheels whizzing past you in
May 28s annual bicycle-racing spectacular
the Quad Cities Criterium, while
participants will be hoping that circular
objects dont whiz past them in June
16s Dodgeball Showdown, the annual
Daiquiri Factory competition that will
climax with a Dirt Road Rockers concert
on the Great River Stage. The sky will be
filled with colors while the grounds are
filled with vendors and events for kids of all
ages in the annual, fireworks-festooned
celebration Red, White, & Boom! at
Schwiebert Riverfront Park on July 3. And
finally, taking place directly outside RIBCO
on August 25, the venue will present its
third-annual River City Beer Festiv-ale,
an event offering samplings from dozens of
premium beers and micro-brews, and one
so conveniently located that everyone can
easily enjoy all four hours of taste-tests and
simply walk home after. Or at least walk
to my home. Hmm. Now Im definitely not
giving directions. For more information
on Rock Islands summertime happenings,
call (309)788-6311 or visit RIDistrict.com.
Mike Schulz
Gumbo Ya Ya
performers
Mudbugs

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Prospect Park Auditorium, Moline
Curtain Times:
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Photo by Edgar Lower
Featured Image from the Quad Cities Photography Club
(Editors note: The River Cities
Reader each month will feature
an image or images from the
Quad Cities Photography Club.)
T
his colorful image created
by Edgar Lower was one
of the top-scoring images
in the Quad Cities Photography
Clubs April competition in the
creative category. Edgar was in
downtown Moline in July 2010
when many antique autos were
on display in the John Deere
Commons. He started by shooting
part of a white and silver Cord au-
tomobile, moving in on the spare
tire with its surrounding lines
and shapes. Then with Adobe
Photoshop CS3, he used Curves
to develop the various colors.
The Quad Cities Photography
Club welcomes visitors and
new members. The club
sponsors numerous activities
encompassing many types and
aspects of photography. It holds
digital and print competitions
most months. At its meetings,
members discuss the images,
help each other to improve, and
socialize. The club also holds
special learning workshops and small
groups that meet on specific photography
topics, and occasionally offers interesting
shooting opportunities. The club meets
at 6:30 p.m. the first Thursday of the
month September through June at the
Butterworth Center, 1105 Eighth Street
in Moline.
For more information on the club, visit
QCPhotoClub.com.
on many a record, but the singer/songwriter
has plenty more bullets. As fierce as she often
is, she is also capable of lovely vulnerable
moments, as on the nakedly emotional
singing of Learn to Say No.
Jesus Was a Wino takes its cue from
the cheerfully blasphemous title, an
upbeat stomper that concisely takes down
judgmental Christians in the comforting
croon of the chorus: And if people knew /
They would look down on you. / Dont they
know that its true / Jesus was a wino, too?
And then theres Steve Earle, in which
the legendary singer/songwriter is fused
with the real-life story of a high-on-himself
local musician who stalked Loveless. In its
unflattering first lines, the song dispels any
notion of a warm fantasy: He read an article
that said I like to do cocaine / And now he
comes to all my shows and says if I need some
hell pay. And from there its detailed and
desperate, touching on power, age, and sex
dynamics without ever losing its cheeky sense
of humor.
When asked about the origins and process
of Steve Earle and Jesus Was a Wino,
Loveless didnt offer much insight. And
talking about songwriting generally, she said
she works fast: Most of my songs sort of
write themselves. ... I dont like laboring over
a song.
Her reticence is okay by me. The songs
speak plenty loudly.
Scott H. Biram and Lydia Loveless will perform
on Wednesday, June 6, at RIBCO (1815 Second
Avenue in Rock Island). The show starts at
8:30 p.m., and tickets (RIBCO.com) are $10 in
advance and $13 the day of the show.
For more information on Scott H. Biram, visit
ScottBiram.com. For more information on
Lydia Loveless, visit LydiaLoveless.com.
somebody that young writing good songs and
out on the road already. I didnt get on the
road until I was 25, and shes 21.
Loveless isnt fond of hearing it, but shes
clear kin with Neko Case, in the sense of
starting in country music and having a giant,
brassy voice and full confidence in it. (Im
kind of the horn section of any band Im in,
Case has said.)
Outside of giving a basic reference
point, though, the comparison wilts in the
face of Loveless second album, last years
Indestructible Machine. It clearly announces
the arrival of a distinct and powerful singer
and songwriter.
She explained in a phone interview earlier
this month that her first album The Only
Man was mostly recorded when she was 17,
with her inexperience working against her. It
was kind of weird to go into the studio with
actual producers and feel like I was maybe
wasting peoples time, she said. I think it
turned out well. It just didnt turn out the way
I would have preferred. I definitely knew it
wasnt going to be exactly what I wanted, just
because I wasnt making the decisions, and no
one really listens to 17-year-old girls.
Indestructible Machine, she said, was
recorded with her own band and represents
me a lot better than I may have been
represented in the past. Its definitely a lot
more rock-and-roll.
Loveless assertive, direct voice is magnetic
by itself on the album, but her songs are gems,
too without a dud in the batch. The opening
two tracks are a formidable combination
punch, with Bad Way to Go kicking things
off seemingly mid-song, banjo and guitars at
punk tempo. Cant Change Me is impossibly
catchy roots rock, with the defiant chorus
Thats going to change how you feel
about me, baby / But it wont change me
seemingly a mission statement.
Those two songs would be the high points
Maturity and Grace in Rough Packages
by Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
MUSIC
Evelyn? Merv also enjoys a much-
deserved place in the Iowa Sports Hall
of Fame.
In a wonderful testimony to
his tremendous contributions, the
Bettendorf School Board voted
unanimously to name the Bettendorf
football game field after Merv
Habenicht in honor of his remarkable
achievements and the love the
community has for this one-of-a-kind
icon. A fund has been established by
the not-for-profit Bettendorf Booster
Club (in care of Mark Brooks; Athletic
Director; 3333 18th Street; Bettendorf,
Iowa 52722) to re-turf the game field,
as well as the practice/soccer field, and
is now accepting donations. Mervs fans
can also weigh in to share thoughts,
feelings, and memories by visiting
RCReader.com/y/merv.
There is great joy and comfort in
Mervs enduring legacy, that those who
knew Merv will honor his memory in
a thousand different ways: personal
achievements not otherwise possible
without his influence; kindnesses
toward others learned from his example;
consistent interest in others children
uncommon in many adults; unceasing
devotion to spouse and family; and
humor all along the way. Have no
doubt that in the great scrimmage of
heaven, Merv is not only coaching; he is
entertaining.
58 years, and raising five remarkable
children (Nan, Bobby, Kurt, Karen
affectionately called Tweedy and
Jill), with a whole tribe of grandchildren
and great grandchildren, as anything less
than exemplary.
And even though Merv had his own
challenges, he also had enough faith and
character to face those challenges, and
turn them into something positive by
which to inspire and teach. For Merv,
it was that simple. He always queried
our well-being, but never pushed; no
judgment, just a clear desire to help
if he could. The wow factor was that,
with Evelyns help, they often made a
monumental difference.
Whenever I reminisce about Merv
and Evelyn, I have a difficult time
even thinking of one without the other.
I never knew a couple so cleaved, yet
the embodiment of two such distinct
individuals. I am describing two hugely
type-A personalities here, not a yin/yang
thing more like two forces of nature
that have hooked up for a lifetime.
Type-A personalities are a prerequisite
for coaching football, so what does it
tell you that in his phenomenal career,
Merv led the Bettendorf Bulldogs to five
state championships and an outstanding
228-70-1 record, and he coached 15
playoff teams and 70 all-state players,
including Iowas own Tavian Banks,
who was more like a son to Merv and
Weighing in on Bettendorf Coach
Merv Habenicht (1935-2012)
by Kathleen McCarthy
km@rcreader.com
WORDS FROM THE EDITOR
singer/songwriter and guitar legend
in concert. Englert Theatre (221
Washington Street, Iowa City). 8 p.m.
$40-50. For tickets and information, call
(319)688-2653 or visit Englert.org.
Friday, June 1 Shock G. Hip-hop
and rap with the Digital Underground
musician. Rock Island Brewing
Company (1815 Second Avenue, Rock
Island). 9 p.m. $20 advance tickets. For
RIBCO.com.
Sunday, June 3 The Devil Makes
Three. Bluegrass, folk, and country
musicians in concert, with an opening
set by Spider John. The Redstone
Room (129 Main Street, Davenport).
8 p.m. $12.50-15. For tickets and
Wednesday, June 6 Scott H. Biram
and Lydia Loveless. Blues, country, and
rock. Rock Island Brewing Company
(1815 Second Avenue, Rock Island).
8:30 p.m. $10-13. For information, call
(309)793-4060 or visit RIBCO.com.
Wednesday, June 6 An Evening
with Walter Trout. Legendary
blues guitarist in concert. The
Redstone Room (129 Main Street,
Davenport). 8 p.m. $15. For tickets and
THEATRE
June 3 Anton in Show Business. New
Ground Theatres presentation of Jane
Martins theatre farce, directed by Wayne
Hess. Village Theatre (2113 East 11th
Street, Davenport). Thursday-Saturday
7:30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. $15-18. For
tickets and information, call (563)326-
7529 or visit NewGroundTheatre.org.
June 10 Little Shop of Horrors.
Hit musical comedy about a boy and
his man-eating plant. Clinton Area
Showboat Theatre (311 Riverview Drive,
Clinton). Thursday-Saturday 7:30 p.m.,
Sunday and Wednesday 3 p.m. $16-
23. For tickets and information, call
(563)242-6760 or visit ClintonShowboat.
org.
EVENTS
Monday, May 28 Quad Cities
Criterium. Annual bicycle race involving
hundreds of competitive riders from
the U.S. and abroad. District of Rock
Island. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Free admission. For
QuadCitiesCriterium.com.
Friday, June 1, through Sunday,
June 3 Iowa Arts Festival. Annual
outdoor festival featuring an art fair,
musical performances, food vendors,
childrens activities, and more.
Downtown Iowa City. Friday 4-11:30
p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-11:30 p.m.,
Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission.
For information, call (319)337-7944 or
visit SummerOfTheArts.org.
Saturday, June 2 Run for the
Son. A 5K-certified run/walk, with
proceeds benefiting domestic-violence-
prevention programs. Christian
Care Rescue Mission (2209 Third
Avenue, Rock Island). 8 a.m. $20-25.
For information and to register, call
(309)788-2273 or visit GetMeRegistered.
com/runfortheson.
Saturday, June 2, and Sunday, June
3 QC Pridefest. Annual celebration
of LGBT culture, featuring vendors,
live music, information booths,
interactive art, sports activities, and
more. Davenports Rainbow District
(Second and Warren streets). Saturday
noon-midnight, Sunday noon-6
p.m. $5 admission for both days. For
information, visit QCPride.org.
What Else Is Happenin
Got A Problem? Ask Amy Alkon.
171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405
or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (AdviceGoddess.com)
2011, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved.
Attila the Honey
I asked my boyfriend for his e-mail
password so I could look at a message hed
mentioned. He grabbed my laptop and said
hed log in and forward it to me. He is a good
guy and has never given me reason to distrust
him, but if you arent hiding anything, why
would you care whether your girlfriend
can read your e-mail, Facebook messages,
whatever? He says he feels that people
should have a certain amount of privacy in a
relationship and doesnt believe in sharing his
passwords. Really? Not even with the woman
hes been sleeping with for two years?
Suspicious
Of course, theres no place for water-
boarding or other enhanced interrogation
techniques in a healthy relationship, but after
two years of having sex with a guy, youd think
youd at least be allowed to have a spy drone
follow him to the office.
While some women trade sex for dinner,
jewelry, and major appliances, all you expect is
your boyfriends privacy. Privacy controlling
what information about yourself gets shared
with others is a fundamental right. Yet Im
amazed by the amount of e-mail I get, mainly
from women, who think having regular sex
with someone entitles them to roll back that
persons privacy to that of a convicted serial
killer (save for the flashlight-assisted cavity
searches).
Like these other ladies, you seem to be
confusing dating with rent-to-own. This man is
your romantic partner, not your new washing
machine. He gets to choose which hopes,
dreams, fears, and tasteless jokes he shares
with you; you dont get to harvest his e-mail,
his organs, and his every thought. But should
you somehow bully his password out of him
and start mowing through his messages, its like
putting people on speakerphone without their
knowledge. He needs to disclose the possibility
of this to everyone with his e-mail address:
When you write me, its as if youve written
everyone Ive slept with recently. (Subject line:
Im whipped.)
Keep in mind that you arent suspicious of
him because you found a thong in his travel
mug but because you feel entitled to loot his
digital life and he refuses to let you. (Why dont
you just put truth serum on his salad?) A desire
for privacy isnt evidence of sneakiness. People
show different sides of themselves to different
people, and hes likely to feel curtailed in who
he is and what he writes if Big Girlfriend is
always watching: Um, you spelled trough-
licker wrong in that misogynistic e-mail to Jeff.
(Suddenly, NSFW Not Safe for Work has an
alternative meaning: No Sex for Weeks.)
You wont make a man trustworthy by
turning your relationship into a police state.
The time to figure out whether somebodys
ethical is before you get into a committed
relationship with him. If you cant trust your
boyfriend, why are you with him? If you can,
accept that his information is his property, and
leave him be when he closes the bathroom
door to his mind. Relationships are actually
richer when those in them have private lives,
when theyre two people who come together
to share a lot of things instead of two people
who share absolutely everything down to
a single e-mail address: JenniferNJason@
WeAreNowOneBigBlob.com.
Its Reigning Men
Im 23, and I realized that I dont know
who I am. I just got out of a two-year
relationship with a musician. I totally cleaved
to his world sold his CDs, promoted the
band, started writing songs. But it really
wasnt me, and we were all about him.
Before him, I dated a Rolfer, and my world
became all about body alignment and
Pilates and whatever else he was preaching.
I feel like I lose myself in a man and then get
nothing back.
Disappearing
When youre between boyfriends, its got
to be hard to know whether to spend the day
picketing Wall Street or occupying a dressing
room at Abercrombie. What happened? You
started your search for self but then your feet
got tired? You actually have to go out and
answer the question Who am I?; you cant
just cheat off whomever youre sleeping with.
Consider doing as a guest on my radio show,
therapist Dossie Easton, did. When she was in
her 20s, she decided that she needed to find
out who she was when she wasnt trying to be
somebodys old lady and vowed to remain un-
partnered (though not celibate) for five years.
Maybe you dont have to stay un-partnered for
five years, as Dossie actually did, but you should
keep fishing around for what youre all about
until you bring more to a relationship than a
blank slate and a willingness to take notes.
Ask
the
Advice
Goddess
BY AMY ALKON
infrastructure, and fish habitat; dress for a hike;
2969, Lost Grove Lake, between 220th Avenue
and 230th Avenue, McCausland, IA, http://www.
riveraction.org, 6:30pm Wed Jul 18.
IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, 11am Wed Jul 18.
Channel Cat Talk: Music on the Mississippi, led
by Ellis Kell, Musician, River Music Experience; learn
about how music migratedup the river, the history
of American roots music, and its influence on music
today; $12; hosted by River Action; for information,
call 563-322-2969, Celebration Belle, 2501 River Dr,
Davenport, IA, http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Thu
Jul 19.
Nutrition Superfoods, free; for information,
call 309-732-7323, Rock Island Public Library - Main
rockislandlibrary.org, 6pm Thu Jul 19.
Whiteys Ice Cream, owners Jon and Jeff Tunberg
will discuss the history of their company, and offer
delicious facts about the ice cream business; bring a
brown-bag lunch if desired; free; for information and
to register, call 309-524-2470, Moline Public Library,
org, 12pm Fri Jul 20.
Riverine Walk: QC Wild Places - Lost Grove
Lake, hosted by River Action, led by Chad Dolan,
Fisheries & Management Biologist, IA DNR; learn
about the history of lake construction, significant
infrastructure, and fish habitat; dress for a hike; $5;
Lost Grove Lake, between 220th Avenue and 230th
Avenue, McCausland, IA, http://www.riveraction.org,
9am Sat Jul 21.
Channel Cat Talk: Fort Armstrong and the
Island before the Arsenal, led by Gena Schantz,
Historian; learn about the history of Fort Armstrongs
role in western settlement, George Davenport:
Indian trader, and Upper Island Water Power
development; $12; hosted by River Action; for
information, call 563-322-2969, Celebration Belle,
2501 River Dr, Davenport, IA, http://www.riveraction.
org, 9am Tue Jul 24.
Riverine Walk: Davenport Police Station Green
Roof, hosted by River Action, led by Lt. Mike Venema,
Davenport Police Department; explore two green
roofs, learn about green roof technology, and learn
how green roofs retain the rain; $5; for information
and to register, call 563-322-2969, Davenport Police
Facility, 416 Harrison St, Davenport, IA, http://www.
riveraction.org, 6:30pm Wed Jul 25.
Channel Cat Talk: Fort Armstrong and the
Island before the Arsenal, led by Gena Schantz,
Historian; learn about the history of Fort Armstrongs
role in western settlement, George Davenport:
Indian trader, and Upper Island Water Power
development; $12; hosted by River Action; for
org, 9am Thu Jul 26.
1pm Sat Jul 28.
Riverine Walk: Davenport Police Station Green
Roof, hosted by River Action, led by Lt. Mike Venema,
Davenport Police Department; explore two green
roofs, learn about green roof technology, and learn
how green roofs retain the rain; $5; for information
and to register, call 563-322-2969, Davenport Police
Facility, 416 Harrison St, Davenport, IA, http://www.
riveraction.org, 9am Sat Jul 28.
Channel Cat Talk: Mississippi River Flooding,
led by Eric Schallert, Senior Engineer, City of
Davenport; learn historic stories & see pictures of
Davenport floods, learn how those floods affected
city development, and discover how we currently
manage floodplains; $12; hosted by River Action; for
org, 9am Tue Jul 31.
August
Riverine Walk: The Turtles of Nahant Marsh,
Environmental Specialist; visit turtle trapping sites at
Nahant Marsh and learn about the different species
living there including the endangered Blandings
Turtle; $5; for information and to register, call
563-322-2969, Nahant Marsh, 4220 Wapello Ave.,
Wed Aug 1.
Channel Cat Talk: Mississippi River Flooding,
led by Eric Schallert, Senior Engineer, City of
Davenport; learn historic stories & see pictures of
Davenport floods, learn how those floods affected
city development, and discover how we currently
manage floodplains; hosted by River Action; $12; for
org, 9am Thu Aug 2.
Riverine Walk: The Turtles of Nahant Marsh,
Environmental Specialist; visit turtle trapping sites at
Nahant Marsh and learn about the different species
living there including the endangered Blandings
Turtle; $5; for information and to register, call 563-322-
2969, Nahant Marsh, 4220 Wapello Ave., Davenport,
IA, http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Sat Aug 4.
Channel Cat Talk: Plans for the New I-74
Bridge, led by Doug Rick, Iowa Department of
Transportation; learn about the history of the
existing bridges and the background and status of
the I-74 corridor improvements; hosted by River
http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Tue Aug 7.
Riverine Walk: Bike Tour - Credit Island, hosted
by River Action, led by Dean & Deb Mathias, QC
Bicycle Club; ride the new Credit Island Bridge to
Nahant Marsh, explore the IA MRT, and learn about
planned trail developments; bring your own bike
- helmet required; $5; for information and to register,
call 563-322-2969, Credit Island, Davenport, IA,
http://www.riveraction.org, 6:30pm Wed Aug 8.
Channel Cat Talk: Plans for the New I-74
Bridge, led by Doug Rick, Iowa Department of
Transportation; learn about the history of the
existing bridges and the background and status of
the I-74 corridor improvements; hosted by River
http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Thu Aug 9.
Riverine Walk: Bike Tour - Credit Island, hosted
by River Action, led by Dean & Deb Mathias, QC
Bicycle Club; ride the new Credit Island Bridge to
Nahant Marsh, explore the IA MRT, and learn about
planned trail developments; bring your own bike
- helmet required; $5; for information and to register,
call 563-322-2969, Credit Island, Davenport, IA,
http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Sat Aug 11.
The History and Mystery of Gourds, presented
by Dallas and Roxie DeShane; from necessary vessels
to artwork in your home, learn how gourds have
evolved from their past to the present; $1-5; for
qcgardens.com, 1pm Sun Aug 12.
Travelogue - Spectacular Lands and Wondrous
Waters, free for members, $1 for non-members;
IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, 1pm Mon Aug 13.
Channel Cat Talk: Native Americans and the
Mississippi River, led by Christina Kastell, Putnam
Museum; learn about the areas native peoples and
their relationships to the river; hosted by River Action;
$12; for information, call 563-322-2969, Celebration
riveraction.org, 9am Tue Aug 14.
You shouldnt feel bad if you have; its pretty
common. But I hope you wont indulge in this
behavior any time soon. In the coming weeks, its
crucial for you to base your decisions on deeper
understandings not just in regards to potential
partners and lovers, but for everything. As
you evaluate your options, dont allow physical
appearance and superficial attractiveness to be
the dominant factors.

CAPRICORN (December 22-
January 19): The 21st flight of the
4.5-billion-pound Space Shuttle
Discovery was supposed to happen on June 8,
1995. But about a week before its scheduled
departure, workers discovered an unforeseen
problem. Northern Flicker Woodpeckers had
made a mess of the insulation on the outer
fuel tank; theyd pecked a couple of hundred
holes, some quite deep. To allow for necessary
repairs, launch was postponed for over a month.
Im choosing this scenario to serve as a useful
metaphor for you, Capricorn. Regard it as your
notice not to ignore a seemingly tiny adversary
or trivial obstacle. Take that almost-insignificant
pest seriously.

AQUARIUS (January 20-February
18): Its official: Dancing increases
your intelligence. So says a report in the New
England Journal of Medicine. Unfortunately,
research found that swimming, bicycling, and
playing golf are not at all effective in rewiring the
brains neural pathways. Doing crossword puzzles
is somewhat helpful, though, and so is reading
books. But one of the single best things you
can do to enhance your cognitive functioning
is to move your body around in creative and
coordinated rhythm with music. Lucky you: This
is a phase of your astrological cycle when youre
likely to have more impulses and opportunities
to dance. Take advantage! Get smarter. (More
info: TinyURL.com/DanceSmart.)

PISCES (February 19-March 20): Your
animal totem for the next phase of your
astrological cycle is a creature called a
hero shrew. Of all the mammals in the world, it
has the strongest and heaviest spine proportionate
to its size. This exceptional attribute makes the
tiny animal so robust that a person could stand
on it without causing serious harm. You will need
to have a backbone like that in the coming weeks,
Pisces. Luckily, the universe will be conspiring to
help you. I expect to see you stand up to the full
weight of the pressures coming to bear on you
and do it with exceptional charisma.

Homework: Write your ultimate personal ad.
Address it to your current partner if youre already
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with big cats say that lions tend to be obnoxious
and grouchy, whereas tigers are more affable
and easy to get along with. And I think that in
the coming weeks itll be important for you to
be like the tiger. During this time, you will have
an enhanced power to cultivate friendships and
influence people. Networking opportunities will
be excellent. Your web of connections should
expand. By the way, even though lions are called
kings of the jungle, tigers are generally bigger,
more muscular, and better fighters.

VIRGO (August 23-September 22):
In 1977, the first Apple computers
were built in a garage that Steve Jobs
father provided for his son and Steve Wozniak
to work in. (You can see a photo of the holy
shrine here: TinyURL.com/AppleGarage.) I
suggest you think about setting up your own
version of that magic place sometime soon: a
basement, kitchen, garage, warehouse, or corner
of your bedroom that will be the spot where you
fine-tune your master plan for the coming years
and maybe even where you begin working
in earnest on a labor of love that will change
everything for the better.

LIBRA (September 23-October 22):
I have a heads-up for you, Libra. Do
your best to avoid getting enmeshed in any sort
of he said/she said controversy. (Of course
it could be a he said/he said or she said/she
said or trans said/intersex said brouhaha, too
you get the idea.) Gossip is not your friend in
the week ahead. Trying to serve as a mediator
is not your strong suit. Becoming embroiled
in personal disputes is not your destiny. In my
opinion, you should soar free of all the chatter
and clatter. Its time for you to seek out big
pictures and vast perspectives. Where you belong
is meditating on a mountaintop, flying in your
dreams, and charging up your psychic batteries
in a sanctuary thats both soothing and thrilling.

SCORPIO (October 23-November
21): In some Australian aborigine
cultures, a newborn infant gets
two names from the tribal elders. The first is
the name everybody knows. The second is
sacred, and is kept secret. Even the child isnt
told. Only when he or she comes of age and is
initiated into adulthood is it revealed. I wish
we had a tradition similar to this. It might
be quite meaningful for you, because youre
currently navigating your way through a rite of
passage that would make you eligible to receive
your sacred, secret name. I suggest we begin
a new custom: When youve completed your
transformation, pick a new name for yourself,
and use it only when youre conversing with
your ancestors, your teachers, or yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (November
22-December 21): Please raise
your hand if you have ever sought
out a romantic connection with someone
mostly because of the way he or she looked.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): My
soul is a fire that suffers if it doesnt
burn, said Jean Prevost, a writer and
hero of the French Resistance during World War
II. I need three or four cubic feet of new ideas
every day, as a steamboat needs coal. Your soul
may not be quite as blazing as his, Aries, and you
may normally be able to get along fine with just
a few cubic inches of new ideas per day. But I
expect that in the next three to four weeks, you
will both need and yearn to generate Prevost-
type levels of heat and light. Please make sure
youre getting a steady supply of the necessary
fuel.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Heres a
great question to pose on a regular basis
during the next three weeks: Whats
the best use of my time right now? Whenever
you ask, be sure to answer with an open mind.
Dont assume that the correct response is always,
working with white-hot intensity on churning
out the masterpiece that will fulfill my dreams
and cement my legacy. On some occasions, the
best use of your time may be doing the laundry
or sitting quietly and doing nothing more than
watching the world go by. Heres a reminder
from philosopher Jonathan Zap: Meaning
and purpose are not merely to be found in the
glamorous, dramatic moments of life.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
Sometimes I think and other times
I am, said French poet Paul Valery.
Most of us could say the same thing. From
what I can tell, Gemini, you are now entering
an intensely I am phase of your long-term
cycle a time when it will be more important
for you to exclaim Whoo-hoo! than to mutter
Hmmm ; a time to tune in extra strong to
the nonverbal wisdom of your body and to the
sudden flashes of your intuition; a time when
youll generate more good fortune by getting
gleefully lost in the curious mystery of the
moment than by sitting back and trying to figure
out what it all means.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Dont
pretend you cant see the darkness.
Admit to its presence. Accept
its reality. And then, dear Cancerian, walk
nonchalantly away from it, refusing to fight it
or be afraid of it. In other words, face up to the
difficulty without becoming all tangled up in
it. Gaze into the abyss so as to educate yourself
about its nature, but dont get stuck there or
become entranced by its supposedly hypnotic
power. I think youll be amazed at how much
safety and security you can generate for yourself
simply by being an objective, poised observer
free of melodramatic reactions.

LEO (July 23-August 22): Its okay with
me if you want to keep the lion as your
symbolic animal, Leo. But Id like to
tell you why Im proposing that you switch over
to the tiger, at least for now. People who work
IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, 11am Wed Aug 15.
Riverine Walk: View of the River, hosted by
River Action, led by Dr. Reuben Heine, Augustana
College; learn local history and pre-history of the river
and QC area, river navigation, & past and present
river development aboard Augustana Colleges
boat, Stewardship; meet at Lake Potter; $5; for
information and to register, call 563-322-2969, Sunset
Park, 18th Ave & Sunset Rd, Rock Island, IL, http://
www.riveraction.org, 9am Wed Aug 15.
Channel Cat Talk: Native Americans and the
Mississippi River, led by Christina Kastell, Putnam
Museum; learn about the areas native peoples and
their relationships to the river; hosted by River Action;
$12; for information, call 563-322-2969, Celebration
riveraction.org, 9am Thu Aug 16.
Preparing for Retirement Living, a Senior Day
program in which Rod Langel from Palmer Hills
Retirement Community will discuss preparing for life
during retirement; refreshments served afterward;
free; for information, call 563-344-4175, Bettendorf
IA, http://www.bettendorflibrary.com, 1:30pm Thu
Aug 16.
Riverine Walk: View of the River, hosted by
River Action, led by Dr. Reuben Heine, Augustana
College; learn local history and pre-history of the river
and QC area, river navigation, & past and present
river development aboard Augustana Colleges
boat, Stewardship; meet at Lake Potter; $5; for
information and to register, call 563-322-2969, Sunset
Park, 18th Ave & Sunset Rd, Rock Island, IL, http://
www.riveraction.org, 6:30pm Sat Aug 18.
Water Gardens, Nancy Gruber teaches you how
to create an exquisite home pond, will talk about
organic water gardening, koi, and goldfish, and
what water plants you should choose for your pond;
$1-5; for information, call 309-794-0991, Quad City
Botanical Center, 2525 4th Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://
www.qcgardens.com, 1pm Sun Aug 19.
Channel Cat Talk: Rafting Logs to QC Mills, led
by Gayle Rein, Historian; learn how the Mississippi
was filled with rafts of pine logs cut in WI & MN in the
19th century, and explore the history of QC lumber
industry in IA and IL; hosted by River Action; $12; for
org, 9am Tue Aug 21.
Riverine Walk: Credit Island & War of 1812,
hosted by River Action, led by Karen Anderson,
Historian; learn about Credit Island Harbor, Grand
Isle/Suburban Island Amusement Parks, and
Mississippi River migratory flyway; $5; for information
Wed Aug 22.
Channel Cat Talk: Rafting Logs to QC Mills, led
by Gayle Rein, Historian; learn how the Mississippi
was filled with rafts of pine logs cut in WI & MN in the
19th century, and explore the history of QC lumber
industry in IA and IL; hosted by River Action; $12; for
org, 9am Thu Aug 23.
1pm Sat Aug 25.
Riverine Walk: Credit Island & War of 1812,
hosted by River Action, led by Karen Anderson,
Historian; learn about Credit Island Harbor, Grand
Isle/Suburban Island Amusement Parks, and
Mississippi River migratory flyway; $5; for information
Davenport, IA, http://www.riveraction.org, 9am Sat
Aug 25.
Transcendental Meditation, Claudia Magill
teaches you how to ease and relax your body and
mind; $1-5; for information, call 309-794-0991, Quad
City Botanical Center, 2525 4th Ave., Rock Island, IL,
http://www.qcgardens.com, 1pm Sun Aug 26.
WEEKLY
Adult Children of Alcoholics Support Group , on
Thursdays; share your inspiring story and help others
to overcome/deal with characteristics of ACOA;
free; for information, e-mail miyoshij@yahoo.com,
Bettendorf, IA, 6pm Thu May 24 thru Thu May 31.
The Project Weekly Dinners , on Thursdays;
weekly dinner with friends from the Project of the
Quad Cities; $6; for information, call 309-762-5433 or
e-mail info@apqc4life.org, Connections Nightclub,
822 W. 2nd St., Davenport, IA, http://www.apqc4life.
org, 5pm Thu May 24 thru Thu Aug 30.
Euchre, on Thursdays & Fridays; $2; for
IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, 1pm Thu May 24 thru
Aug 30.
Bingo, on Fridays; $2-3 plus cards; for information,
1035 W. Kimberly Road, Davenport, IA, http://www.
casiseniors.org, 12:30pm Fri May 25 thru Fri Aug 24.
QCAD Drop-in for Teens, on Fridays; for
information, call 309-786-2580, Quad Citians
Affirming Diversity Center, 1608 2nd Ave., Rock Island,
IL, http://www.qcaffirmingdiversity.org, 6:30pm Fri
May 25 thru Fri Aug 24.
Bridge, on Mondays & Fridays; $2; for information,
casiseniors.org, 12:30pm Fri May 25 thru Mon Aug 27.
Pinochle , on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, &
Fridays; $2; for information, call 563-386-7477, CASI
Davenport, IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, 1pm Fri
May 25 thru Wed Aug 29.
Sewing Ugly Quilts, on Mondays; no experience
necessary; for information, call 563-386-7477, CASI
Davenport, IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, 8am Mon
May 28 thru Mon Aug 27.
Shuffleboard Club, on Mondays; featuring
free lessons for those who have never played or
would like a refresher; $2-4; for information, call
casiseniors.org, 2:15pm Mon May 28 thru Mon Aug
27.
Canasta, on Tuesdays; $2; for information, call
casiseniors.org, 1pm Tue May 29 thru Tue Aug 28.
Crocheting & Knitting, on Tuesdays; make hats,
scarves, & mittens for children and the homeless;
beginners taught, yarn donations accepted; for
IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, 12:30pm Tue May 29
thru Tue Aug 28.
Fireside Knitters , on Tuesdays; knit and crochet
items for various social organizations throughout
the Quad Cities; supplies provided; for information,
davenportlibrary.com, 6:30pm Tue May 29 thru Tue
Aug 28.
Cribbage, on Wednesdays; $2; for information,
casiseniors.org, 1pm Wed May 30 thru Wed Aug 29.
QCAD Young Adults Social Group , on
Wednesdays; for information, call 309-786-2580,
Quad Citians Affirming Diversity Center, 1608 2nd
Ave., Rock Island, IL, http://www.qcaffirmingdiversity.
org, 7pm Wed May 30 thru Wed Aug 29.
MONTHLY
Independent Scholars Evening, the evenings
are for the presentation of area scholars ongoing
work; snacks and a cash bar available; free; for
information, call 309-762-9202, e-mail qcinstitute@
sbcglobal.net,or visit http://www.facebook.com/
pages/Phoenix-Art-Gallery/190686381317, Moline
Commercial Club, 513b 16th St, Moline, IL, http://
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Institute-for-Cultural-
and-Healing-Traditions-Ltd/109523579139747, 7pm
QCAD Mens Coming Out Group , on the 2nd
& 4th Thursdays of the month; for information, call
qcaffirmingdiversity.org, 7pm Thu May 24 thru Thu
Aug 23.
QCAD Gay and Gray Group, on the 4th Monday
of the month; for information, call 309-786-2580,
org, 7pm Mon May 28 thru Mon Aug 27.
QCAD Open Sew, on the 4th Monday of the
month; class for quilting and other sewing projects
meets on the 4th Mon. of the month; for information,
call 309-786-2580, Quad Citians Affirming Diversity
qcaffirmingdiversity.org, 6pm Mon May 28 thru Mon
Aug 27.
QCAD Stitch & Bitch , meets the 1st & 4th
Mondays of the month; a class for quilting and other
sewing; for information, call 309-786-2580, Quad
Citians Affirming Diversity Center, 1608 2nd Ave.,
Rock Island, IL, http://www.qcaffirmingdiversity.org,
6pm Mon May 28 thru Mon Aug 27.
Davenport City Council Committee of the
Whole , on the second and last Wed. of the month;
Davenport City Hall, 226 W. 4th St., Davenport, IA,
5:30pm Wed May 30 thru Wed Jun 27.
QCAD Spectrum, on the first Mon. of the month;
transgender social/support group meets on the 1st
Sat. of the month; for information, call 309-786-2580,
org, 7pm Sat Jun 2 thru Sat Aug 4.
Quad Cities Computer Society Meeting, on
the first Mon. of the month; for information, call
309-764-5570 or e-mail joseph85_us@yahoo.com,
Butterworth Center, 1105 8th Street, Moline, IL, http://
www.qcs.org, 7pm Mon Jun 4 thru Aug 6.
Committee of the Whole , on the first and third
Tue. of the month; Scott County Administration
Building, 600 W 4th St, Davenport, IA, http://www.
scottcountyiowa.com/board, 8am Tue Jun 5 thru
Tue Jun 19.
QCAD Dining OUT , on the second Monday of
the month; meet at a designated restaurant and
enjoy a meal with QCAD friends; for information,
call 309-786-2580, Quad Citians Affirming Diversity
qcaffirmingdiversity.org, 6:30pm Mon Jun 11 thru
Mon Aug 13.
Milan Optimist Club , meets on the 2nd Wed. of
the month, Milan American Legion, 515 W 1st Ave,
Milan, IL, 6:30pm Wed Jun 13 thru Wed Aug 8.
Gay & Gray , on the 3rd Monday of the month;
join with other LGBTQ seniors in a fun and supportive
environment; a place to meet other people like you,
learn answers to your questions about end-of-life
issues, and connect you to senior services in the
area; for information, call 309-786-2580, Quad Citians
Affirming Diversity Center, 1608 2nd Ave., Rock Island,
IL, http://www.qcad-outforgood.org, 7pm Mon Jun
18 thru Mon Aug 20.
Golden Wedding Club, on the third Tue. of the
month; open to couples married 50+ years; eat
lunch, play cards, and socialize; $5-7; for information,
call Elaine Eriksen at 563-391-7427, CASI (Center for
IA, http://www.casiseniors.org, 4pm Tue Jun 19 thru
Tue Aug 21.
Quad Cities Macintosh Users Group (QCMUG)
Meeting , on the third Tue. of the month; in the
2nd floor Norm Kelinson Room; featuring a special
program/presentation on Macintosh Applications
or hardware, and an Open Forum question
and answer period where members help other
Macintosh users solve problems and improve their
computer skills; $20/year family memberships,
guests welcome, Bettendorf Public Library, 2950
Learning Campus, Bettendorf, IA, http://http://www.
qcmug.org, 6:30pm Tue Jun 19 thru Tue Aug 21.
May through July
Sacredness of the Union of Polarities, a
Quad Cities Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS-QC)
meeting, with a presentation by Magdala Ramirez;
for information, e-mail IONSQC@aol.com or call 563-
332-7259, Bettendorf Public Library, 2950 Learning
Campus, Bettendorf, IA, http://www.noetic.org,
6:30pm Thu May 24.
Network @ Night, ring your coworkers and
friends and hang out with over 100 young
professionals from the Quad Cities; free for
members, $10 for non-members; for information,
call 563-823-2659, Granite City Food & Brewery,
5270 Utica Ridge Rd, Davenport, IA, http://
thenetworkqc.com/events/63, 5:30pm Wed Jun 6.
2012: Sacred Wisom, Ancient Prophesies, a
Quad Cities Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS-QC)
meeting, with a presentation by Dr. Steve Spyrison;
for information, e-mail IONSQC@aol.com or call 563-
332-7259, Bettendorf Public Library, 2950 Learning
Campus, Bettendorf, IA, http://www.noetic.org,
6:30pm Fri Jun 8.
Civil Rights Commission Meeting, Davenport
City Hall, 226 W. 4th St., Davenport, IA, 12pm Tue
Jun 12.
LGBT Caregivers Resource Night, for
information, call 309-786-2580, In Touch Adult Day
Care, 4011 Avenue of the Cities, Moline, IL, http://
www.qcaffirmingdiversity.org, 6:30pm Tue Jun 12.
Bettendorf School Board Meeting, Mississippi
Bend AEA, 729 21st St, Bettendorf, IA, 7pm Mon
Jun 18.
Robert Dubiel, a Quad Cities Institute of Noetic
Sciences (IONS-QC) meeting; for information, e-mail
IONSQC@aol.com or call 563-332-7259, Bettendorf
IA, http://www.noetic.org, 6:30pm Thu Jul 12.
May 10 Answers: Page 11
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1. Foundling
5. Gulf
10. Comprehension
15. Reddish gem
19. Omnia vincit _
20. Precipitancy
21. James Dean persona
22. Et _ (and others)
23. Queen
24. Inert gas
25. Part of a Dickens title: 2 wds.
26. Scandinavian
27. Start of a quip by anonymous: 3 wds.
31. Read
32. Back
33. Book for schoolchildren
34. Advocated
37. Like the brain
39. Comprises
43. Highway sign letters
44. Drink
45. So-so mark
46. Kind of salmon
48. Frame for a coffin
50. Impress
52. Haggard title
53. Burn a little
54. Cuckoo
55. Went wrong
57. Word with sob or weak
59. Operated
60. Make ready, for short
61. Seamans jacket
63. Pasture: Var.
64. Part 2 of quip: 2 wds.
67. Frozen water
69. Toward the tail
70. Part 3 of quip: 3 wds.
74. Educators union
75. Runners
79. Inland sea in Asia
80. Labor org.
81. Cheat
84. Ceiling
85. Certain pol.
86. Sculls
87. Burton or Tebow
88. _ Plaines
90. Not taped, not filmed
91. Perfectly
93. Panel truck
94. Crone
96. Baste
97. Puts one within another
98. Nonsense
100. Parts of seats
102. The Parthenon
105. Coup d_
107. Chaplins wife
108. End of the quip: 5 wds.
113. Attention-getter
114. Number after ait
115. _ - _ -France
116. Hill
118. Abbr. in bus.
119. Ad _ per aspera
120. Beat
121. Kelly or Krupa
122. Word in gazetteers
123. Siddhartha author
124. Cygnets
125. West Flanders river
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1. Kind of paint
2. Nurse
3. High-altitude region
4. L.A. neighbor
5. Tree surgeons tool
6. Stag
7. Norse heaven
8. Pilfered
9. Drudge
10. Hoary
11. One on a pension
12. Degraded
13. Marge Simpsons sister
14. Pedal anagram
15. Old appliance
16. Bates or Arkin
17. Hoop
18. _ Fledermaus
28. Peter _ Rubens
29. Medicinal lozenge
30. Yogurt cousin
34. Coal
35. Tapering structure
36. Heroic poem
38. Like a brewhouse
40. Laughs
41. French artist
42. Passes over
46. Map
47. Word with cliff or coat
49. Second serving
51. Osiers
52. Pen
53. Formed a hard covering
56. Number prefix
58. Appear
60. Mustache shape
62. Ceremonial
65. Loutish ones
66. River to the Caspian Sea
68. Wary
70. Villain in Oliver Twist
71. Undermine
72. Overhanging parts
73. Outer
74. Point
76. Legates
77. Fix firmly
78. Diner orders
82. Depends
83. Oven in a glassworks
86. Jimmy _ of Superman
89. Sled dogs
92. Stab
93. TV audience
95. Swell
98. Makes duller
99. Concern of moralists
100. Pallas _
101. Vim
103. Asian starling
104. Self-possession
106. Attorney- _ - _
108. Slow down!
109. Towel designation
110. Dies _
111. British PM
112. Slave
113. Whiz
117. Ending for rocket or racket
FAKING IT May , 01
Live Music Live Music Live Music
Email all listings to calendar@rcreader.com Deadline 5 p.m. Thursday before publication
2012/05/24 (Thu)
ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail, 2606
W Locust Davenport, IA
Bebop Jazz Night -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd
Ave. Rock Island, IL
C.J. the DJ -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
DJ Scott & Karaoke -Greenbriar Res-
taurant and Lounge, 4506 27th St
Moline, IL
Fat Dawgs Productions Karaoke & DJ
-Parkers, 635 15th St Moline, IL
Forei gner - Di amond J o Cas i no,
Dubuque, IA
Jason Carl -Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303
Brady St. Davenport, IA
Johnny O Jam Sessions -The Muddy
Waters, 1708 State St. Betten-
dorf, IA
Karaoke by Pieler Productions -The
Pub, 4320 N. Brady St. Davenport,
IA
Live Lunch w/ Randy Leasman (noon)
-RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd
St. Davenport, IA
Mixology -Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St. Iowa City, IA
Open Mic Night -Uptown Bills Coffee
House, 730 S. Dubuque St. Iowa
City, IA
Pert Near Sandstone - Comfort Kings
-Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St
Iowa City, IA
Ramona & the Swimsuits - Pennyhawk
& Neon - Nude -The Mill, 120 E Burl-
ington Iowa City, IA
Soul Dance Party -Gabes, 330 E. Wash-
ington St. Iowa City, IA
Summer Camp Music Festival 2012
-Three Sisters Park, 17189 N. Rt. 29
Chillicothe, IL
The Avey Brothers -Rascals Live, 1418
15th St. Moline, IL
Thumping Thursday w/ DJ Hypnotic
and Patrick Rifley -McManus Pub,
1401 7th Ave Moline, IL
2012/05/25 (Fri)
ABC Karaoke -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust
St. Davenport, IA
ABC Karaoke -Creekside Bar and Grill,
3303 Brady St. Davenport, IA
ABC Members-Only Karaoke -Moose
Lodge - Davenport, 2333 Rocking-
ham Rd Davenport, IA
Bryce Janey Trio -The Muddy Waters,
1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Davi d Zol l o & The Body El ectri c
(6:30pm) -Sheraton Hotel - Iowa
City, 210 S. Dubuque St. Iowa City,
IA
Dueling Pianos at The Establishment
-The Establishment Theatre, 220
19th St. Rock Island, IL
Emanations Series Part V: Steve Gris-
more & Randall Hall -Rozz-Tox, 2108
3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Funktastic Five -Rascals Live, 1418 15th
St. Moline, IL
Justin Morrissey & Friends -Head-
quarters Bar & Grill, 119 E. 22nd Ave.
Coal Valley, IL
Karaoke Night -Chucks Tap, 1731 W.
6th St. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Hollars Bar and Grill,
4050 27th St Moline, IL
Karaoke Night -Roadrunners Road-
house, 3803 Rockingham Rd. Dav-
enport, IA
Koobys Karaoke -Wide Open Bar &
Grill, 425 15th St. Moline, IL
Live Lunch w/ Ren Estrand (noon)
St. Davenport, IA
Night People (5:30pm) - The Dawn
(9:30pm) -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Locust Davenport, IA
North of 40 -Martinis on the Rock, 4619
34th St Rock Island, IL
Passion -Riverside Casino and Golf Re-
sort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA
Ronnie Baker Brooks -The Redstone
Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Russ Reyman Trio (6pm) -Phoenix, 111
West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Sierra Leones Refugee All Stars -
Orgone -Englert Theatre, 221 East
Washington St. Iowa City, IA
Sierra Leones Refugee All Stars After-
Party -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn
St Iowa City, IA
Smooth Groove -Martinis on the Rock,
4619 34th St Rock Island, IL
Snogulated Pig - I Am Your Disease
- My Beautiful Mistake - Hello
Ramona -RME (River Music Experi-
ence), 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Chillicothe, IL
Tapped Out -Colona Memorial Weekend
Event, Route 84 Colona, IA
The Chris & Wes Show -Shenanigans,
303 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
The Dirt Daubers - Hellwater - Paul
Waters & Lonesome Tears -RIBCO,
1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
The Horde - Angelust - Chance in Hell
- Plagued by Saints - Larry The
Wizard Sievers -Gabes, 330 E.
Washington St. Iowa City, IA
The Music of Dr. Joe Seng -Joes Club,
1402 W. 7th St. Davenport, IA
The Tangents -RME Communi ty
Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Daven-
port, IA
Yesterdays Gone -The Pub, 4320 N.
2012/05/26 (Sat)
Blackstones -The Muddy Waters,
BMT: Beatles Musical Tribute Band
-The Lucky Frog Bar and Grill, 313 N
Salina St McCausland, IA
Caught in the Act -Stooges, 908 3rd
St Orion, IL
Chase Garrett -Orange Street Theatre,
701 Orange St Muscatine, IA
Community Drum Circle (10:30am)
St. Davenport, IA
Crossroads -Mound Street Landing,
1029 Mound St. Davenport, IA
Danika Holmes -The Grape Life Wine
Emporium - Davenport, 3402 Elmore
Ave. Davenport, IA
DJ Scott & Karaoke -Greenbriar Res-
taurant and Lounge, 4506 27th St
Moline, IL
Gray Wolf Band -River House, 1510
River Dr. Moline, IL
Heartless Bastards - These United
States - Little Legend -Gabes, 330
E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA
enport, IA
Koobys Karaoke -Headquarters Bar &
Grill, 119 E. 22nd Ave. Coal Valley, IL
Lee Blackmon -The Grape Life Wine
Emporium - Davenport, 3402 Elmore
Ave. Davenport, IA
Michael McDonald -Riverside Casino
Event Center, 3184 Highway 22 Riv-
erside, IA
Miracles of God - Cop Bar - Good
Habits -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S
Linn St Iowa City, IA
Night People -Sal ute, 1814 7th St
Moline, IL
Open Mic Night -Downtown Central
Perk, 226 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Russ Reyman, Pianist (7pm) -Phoenix,
111 West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Shovels & Rope - Kernal -Rozz-Tox,
2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Skoold -The Hub, 406 Main St. Cedar
Falls, IA
Chillicothe, IL
Sunset 4 Ever -RME Communi ty
port, IA
Tanya Tucker -Quad-Cities Waterfront
Convention Center, 1777 Isle Park-
way Bettendorf, IA
Terry & the Loan Sharks -Rascals Live,
1418 15th St. Moline, IL
The Travoltas -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Vocal Expressionz (5pm) - Vodkas-
even (9pm) -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Locust Davenport, IA
Who Cares -Colona Pavilion, 401 1st
St., Colona, IL
Zither Ensemble (10am) -German
American Heritage Center, 712 W.
2nd St. Davenport, IA
2012/05/27 (Sun)
ABC Karaoke -11th Street Precinct,
2108 E 11th St Davenport, IA
25 FRIDAY
26 SATURDAY
Tanya Tucker @ Quad-Cities Waterfront
Convention CENTER May 26
24 THURSDAY
27 SUNDAY
River City 6 (2pm) -Riverside Casino
and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22
Riverside, IA
2012/05/29 (Tue)
Acoustic Music Club (4:30pm) -RME
Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
Bears of Blue River - Teenage - Ameri-
can Dust -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Glenn Hickson (5:30pm) -OMelias
Supper Club, 2900 Blackhawk Rd.
Rock Island, IL
Jam Night w/ Jordan Danielsen -11th
Street Preci nct, 2108 E 11th St
Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night -Cool Beanz Coffee-
house, 1325 30th St. Rock Island, IL
Open Mic Night -The Dam View Inn, 410
2nd St Davenport, IA
Southern Thunder DJ Service (5pm) &
Karaoke (9pm) -McManus Pub, 1401
7th Ave Moline, IL
Tuesday Night Dance Party w/ Rad-
con -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
2012/05/30 (Wed)
A Party to Go Karaoke Night -Stacks
Bar, 525 14th St. Moline, IL
ABC Karaoke -Abblebees Neighbor-
hood Grill - Elmore Ave., 3838 Elmore
Ave. Davenport, IA
ABC Karaoke -Barrel House 211, 211 E.
Jam Session -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Country Roads Band -Duckys Lagoon,
13515 78th Ave W., Andalusia, IL
Eli Lueders - Phil Ochs - Brandon Ross
- Doug Nye - The Mayflies - Snow
Demon (4pm) -The Mill, 120 E Burl-
ington Iowa City, IA
Lee Blackmon (4pm) -Rhythm City Ca-
sino, 101 W. River Dr. Davenport, IA
Oh! What A Night 70s Disco Party
-The Muddy Waters, 1708 State St.
Bettendorf, IA
Russ Reyman, Pianist (10am-2pm
brunch) -The Lodge Hotel , 900
Spruce Hills Dr. Bettendorf, IA
Steve Bobbitt (5pm) - North of 40
(9pm) -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust
Davenport, IA
Chillicothe, IL
The Travoltas - Just Chords -RIBCO,
Karaoke for Kids (3-5pm) -Hollars Bar
and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL
Anthony Catalfano Quartet (10:30am)
-Brady Street Chop House, Radisson
QC Plaza Hotel Davenport, IA
Sunday Jazz Brunch at Bix Bistro
(10:30am & 12:30pm) -Hotel Black-
hawk, 200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
The New Black 7 -The Hub, 406 Main
St., Cedar Falls, IA
2012/05/28 (Mon)
One Night Stand Open Mic -I owa
City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa
City, IA
Open Mic w/ J. Knight -The Mill, 120 E
Burlington Iowa City, IA
Karaoke Night -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Keller Karaoke -Martinis on the Rock,
Live Lunch w/ John McLaughlin (noon)
St. Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night -Boozies Bar & Grill, 114
1/2 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night -RME Community
Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport,
IA
Rocktastic 4 -Rascals Live, 1418 15th
St. Moline, IL
Tech N9nes Hostile Takeover Tour w/
Machine Gun Kelly a.k.a. (MGK),
Krizz Kaliko, Mayday!, Prozak, &
Stevie Stone -Davenport RiverCent-
er, 136 E. 3rd St Davenport, IA
The Chris & Wes Show -Mound Street
Landing, 1029 Mound St. Daven-
port, IA
The Old 57s (6pm) - Open Mic Hosted
by Randy Ketelsen and Corey Wal-
lace (9:30pm) -The Rusty Nail, 2606
The Pub Unplugged: Live Acoustic
Acts -The Pub, 4320 N. Brady St.
Davenport, IA
Troy Harris, Pianist (10pm) -Red Crow
Grille, 2504 53rd St. Bettendorf, IA
2012/05/31 (Thu)
ABC Karaoke -Greenbri ar Restau-
rant and Lounge, 4506 27th St
Moline, IL
C.J. the DJ -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
INK (6: 30pm) -RME Communi ty
port, IA
Jason Carl -Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303
Johnny O Jam Sessions -The Muddy
Waters, 1708 State St. Betten-
dorf, IA
Karaoke by Pieler Productions -The
Pub, 4320 N. Brady St. Davenport,
IA
Live Lunch w/ Mo (noon) -RME Com-
munity Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Dav-
enport, IA
Oakhurst -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S
Linn St Iowa City, IA
Open Mic Night -Uptown Bills Coffee
House, 730 S. Dubuque St. Iowa
City, IA
The Avey Brothers -Rascals Live, 1418
15th St. Moline, IL
The Robert Cray Band -Englert The-
atre, 221 East Washington St. Iowa
City, IA
Thumping Thursday w/ DJ Hypnotic
and Patrick Rifley -McManus Pub,
1401 7th Ave Moline, IL
Tony Brown - Groove Session -Gabes,
330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA
2012/06/01 (Fri)
ABC Karaoke -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust
St. Davenport, IA
ABC Members-Only Karaoke -Moose
Lodge - Davenport, 2333 Rocking-
ham Rd Davenport, IA
Barlowe & James (6pm) -Skinny Legs
BBQ, 2020 1st Street Milan, IL
Bettendorf Park Band -Bi l l Bowe
Memorial Bandshell, Middle Park
Bettendorf, IA
Choral Dynamics: From Alligators
to Zebras -Orpheum Theatre, 57 S.
Kellogg St. Galesburg, IL
Cobalt Blue -The Muddy Waters,
Emperors Club - Death Ships - Grand
Tetons -Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St. Iowa City, IA
Friday Live @ Five: Cobalt Blue (5pm)
-RME Cour tyard, 131 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
Iowa Arts Festival: The Pines (7pm)
- Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey
(8:15pm) - Greg Brown (9pm) -
Downtown Iowa City, Iowa City, IA
enport, IA
Kellly Steward & the Restless Kind
-The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa
City, IA
Koobys Karaoke -Wide Open Bar &
Grill, 425 15th St. Moline, IL
Rhubarb Festival: Fry Daddies (11am)
- Terry Hanson Jazz (1pm) - Karen
Keener (3pm) - RiverCity 6 (5pm)
-Downtown Aledo, Aledo, IL
River Water Tribe -RME Community
Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport,
IA
Russ Reyman Trio (6pm) -Phoenix, 111
West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Shock G -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
1 FRIDAY
30 WEDNESDAY
31 THURSDAY
29 TUESDAY
28 MONDAY
Shock G @ RIBCO June 1
Now Accepting Registrations
David R. Collins
Writers Conference
June 28-30 at St. Ambrose University
Enroll by June 14 for special prices
Three-day Workshops: Novel Writing, Poetry, Very Short
Fiction, Memoir Writing, and Literary Collage

Saturday Only Book Fair: Book Sales,
readings by special guests, book fair
participants, and more.

Special Author Luncheon on June 29th

Limited Critique and Pitch Sessions
available

FREE Evening Events!
Sponsors:
Modern Woodmen
of America
Illinois Arts Council
St. Ambrose English Dept.
For more details visit
midwestwritingcenter.org
or call 563.324.1410
- Joy Kills Sorrow (5pm) - Carrie
Rodriguez (7pm) - Los Lobos (9pm)
-Downtown Iowa City, Iowa City, IA
Justin Morrissey -Bleyarts Tap, 2210 E.
enport, IA
Koobys Karaoke -Headquarters Bar &
Grill, 119 E. 22nd Ave. Coal Valley, IL
Mike Blumme Trio (6pm) -Skinny Legs
BBQ, 2020 1st Street Milan, IL
Mr. Babers Neighbors - The Solar
String Band - The Wholefamdam-
ily -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
One Night Standards - Rolling Black-
outs -Bier Stube Moline, 417 15th
St Moline, IL
Open Mic Night -Downtown Central
Perk, 226 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Phineas Js -Bald Knobbers Bar, 2575
Grand Ave., Galesburg, IL
Rhubarb Festival: Mercer County High
School Jazz Band (10am) - Ellis Kell
& Whoozdads (noon) - Robyn Lee
(2pm) - Myrna Rae Dancers (3pm)
-Downtown Aledo, Aledo, IL
River Prairie Minstrels (6pm) -RME
Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
RME Guitar Circle (2pm) -RME Com-
munity Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Dav-
enport, IA
Russ Reyman, Pianist (7pm) -Phoenix,
111 West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Steph Johnson -Rascals Live, 1418 15th
St. Moline, IL
The Muddy Waters Two-Year An-
niversary Celebration (3pm) -The
Muddy Waters, 1708 State St. Bet-
tendorf, IA
Smooth Money Gesture - Tasty Trigger
-Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St
Iowa City, IA
The Last Glimpse - The Blushing Gun
- The Post Mortems -The Redstone
Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
The Music of Dr. Joe Seng -Joes Club,
1402 W. 7th St. Davenport, IA
The Pri ncemen -Ri versi de Casi no
Riverside, IA
2012/06/02 (Sat)
A Party to Go Karaoke Night -Wooden
Nickel Saloon, 2042 W 3rd St Dav-
enport, IA
Choral Dynamics: From Alligators
to Zebras -Orpheum Theatre, 57 S.
Kellogg St. Galesburg, IL
Daryl Singletary -Riverside Casino
Riverside, IA
Dennis McMurrin & the Demolition
Band -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn
St Iowa City, IA
Fifth of Country -Orange Street Theatre,
701 Orange St., Muscatine, IA
Ghost Hollow Road - Action Bastard
-Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock Is-
land, IL
Gray Wolf Band -Steeplegate Inn, 100
W. 76th St., Davenport, IA
Iowa Arts Festival: Bree Nettie and
Marty Letz (noon) - Ben Schmidt
(1:30pm) - The Recliners (3pm)
Toology - Man the Machine -RIBCO,
Zither Ensemble (10am) -German
American Heritage Center, 712 W.
2012/06/03 (Sun)
ABC Karaoke -11th Street Precinct, 2108
E 11th St Davenport, IA
Choral Dynamics: From Alligators to
Zebras (2pm) -Orpheum Theatre, 57
S. Kellogg St. Galesburg, IL
Freddie Steenbock Duo (8-11am)
-Davenport American Legion, 702
W. 35th St. Davenport, IA
Grass Widow - Wet Hair - Outside
World -Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St. Iowa City, IA
Iowa Arts Festival: Sampradaya Dance
Group (10am) - Awful Purdies
(11am) - Iowa City Community
Band (1pm) - Collectible Boys
(2:30pm) -Downtown Iowa City,
Iowa City, IA
Karaoke for Kids (3-5pm) -Hollars Bar
and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL
Kofi Bakers Cream Experience -Rascals
Live, 1418 15th St. Moline, IL
Manny Lopez Trio (10:30am) -Brady
Street Chop House, Radisson QC
Plaza Hotel Davenport, IA
Polyester Band (2pm) -Riverside Casino
Riverside, IA
Russ Reyman, Pianist (10am-2pm
brunch) -The Lodge Hotel , 900
Spruce Hills Dr. Bettendorf, IA
Sunday Jazz Brunch at Bix Bistro
(10:30am & 12:30pm) -Hotel Black-
hawk, 200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
The Devil Makes Three - Spider John
-The Redstone Room, 129 Main St
Davenport, IA
2012/06/04 (Mon)
Ed Franks -Rhythm City Casino, 101 W.
River Dr. Davenport, IA
John Beacher (5pm) -RME Com-
muni ty Stage, 131 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
One Night Stand Open Mic -I owa
City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa
City, IA
Open Mic w/ J. Knight -The Mill, 120 E
Burlington Iowa City, IA
2012/06/05 (Tue)
Blues Cafe (6:30pm) -RME Com-
muni ty Stage, 131 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
Glenn Hickson (5:30pm) -OMelias
Supper Club, 2900 Blackhawk Rd.
Rock Island, IL
Jam Night w/ Jordan Danielsen -11th
Street Preci nct, 2108 E 11th St
Davenport, IA
Montana Skies -The Mill, 120 E Burling-
ton Iowa City, IA
Open Mic Night -Cool Beanz Coffee-
house, 1325 30th St. Rock Island, IL
Open Mic Night -The Dam View Inn, 410
2nd St Davenport, IA
Southern Thunder DJ Service (5pm) &
Karaoke (9pm) -McManus Pub, 1401
7th Ave Moline, IL
Stephen Foster and the Rise of Ameri-
can Music (6pm) -Rock Island Public
Library - Main Library, 401 19th Rock
Island, IL
2012/06/06 (Wed)
A Party to Go Karaoke Night -Stacks
Bar, 525 14th St. Moline, IL
ABC Karaoke -Abblebees Neighbor-
hood Grill - Elmore Ave., 3838 Elmore
Ave. Davenport, IA
ABC Karaoke -Barrel House 211, 211 E.
ABC Karaoke -Ganzos, 3923 N. Mar-
quette St. Davenport, IA
David Dondero -The Mill, 120 E Burling-
ton Iowa City, IA
Jam Session -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Karaoke Night -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Keller Karaoke -Martinis on the Rock,
Live Lunch w/ Marc & Brandi Janssen
(noon) -RME Community Stage, 131
W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Open Mic Hosted by Randy Ketelsen
and Corey Wallace -The Rusty Nail,
2606 W Locust Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night -Boozies Bar & Grill,
114 1/2 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Rocktastic 4 -Rascals Live, 1418 15th
St. Moline, IL
Scott H. Biram - Lydia Loveless
-RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Is-
land, IL
The Chris & Wes Show -Mound Street
Landing, 1029 Mound St. Daven-
port, IA
The Pub Unplugged: Live Acoustic
Acts -The Pub, 4320 N. Brady St.
Davenport, IA
Troy Harris, Pianist (10pm) -Red Crow
Grille, 2504 53rd St. Bettendorf, IA
Walter Trout -The Redstone Room,
129 Main St Davenport, IA
6 WEDNESDAY
5 TUESDAY
3 SUNDAY
4 MONDAY
The Devil Makes Three @ The Redstone Room June 3
2 SATURDAY

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