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GUEST COMMENTARY
by John W. Whitehead
johnw@rutherford.org
Television, Football, and Politics:

Gaming Spectacles Designed to Keep the Police State in Power
Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice.
We watch him, by ours. There is no need for
wardens or gates or Ministries of Truth. When
a population becomes distracted by trivia, when
cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of
entertainments, when serious public conversation
becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short,
a people become an audience and their public
business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds
itself at risk; a culture-death is a clear possibility.
Professor Neil Postman
f there are two spectacles that are almost

guaranteed to render Americans passive
viewers, incapable of doing little more than
cheering on their respective teams, its football
and politics specifically, the Super Bowl and
the quadrennial presidential election.
Both football and politics encourage zealous
devotion among their followers, both create
manufactured divisions that alienate one group
of devotees from another, and both result in
a strange sort of tunnel vision that leaves the
viewer oblivious to anything else going on
around them apart from the big game.
Both football and politics are televised, bigmoney, advertising-driven exercises in how to
cultivate a nation of armchair enthusiasts who

are content to sit, watch, and be entertained,
all the while convincing themselves that
they are active contributors to the outcome.
Even the season schedules are similar in
football and politics: the weekly playoffs, the
blow-by-blow recaps, the betting pools and
speculation, the conferences, and then the
final big championship game.
In the same way, both championship
events are costly entertainment extravaganzas
that feed the nations appetite for competition,
consumerism, and carnival-esque stunts. In
both scenarios, cities bid for the privilege of
hosting key athletic and political events. For
example, San Francisco had to raise close
to $50 million just to host the 50th Super
Bowl, with its deluxe stadium, Super Bowl
City, free fan village, interactive theme park,
and free Alicia Keys concert, not including
the additional $5-million cost to taxpayers
for extra security. Likewise, it costs cities
more than $60 million to host the national
presidential-nominating conventions for the
Republicans and Democrats.
Dont get me wrong. Im not suggesting
that there is anything wrong with enjoying the
entertainment that is football or politics.

However, where we go wrong as a society
is when we become armchair quarterbacks, so
completely immersed in the Big Game or the
Big Campaign that we are easily controlled by
the powers-that-be the mega-corporations
that run both shows and oblivious to what is
really going on around us.
For instance, while mainstream America
has been fixated on the contenders for the
Vince Lombardi Trophy and the White House,
the militarized, warring surveillance state has
been moving steadily forward. Armed drones,
increased government surveillance and
spying, SWAT-team raids, police shootings
of unarmed citizens, and the like continue
to plague the country. None of these dangers
has dissipated. They have merely disappeared
from our televised news streams.
In this way, television is a dream come true
for an authoritarian society.
Television isolates people so they are not
joining together to govern themselves. As
clinical psychologist Bruce Levine notes,
viewing television puts one in a brain state
that makes it difficult to think critically, and
it quiets and subdues a population. And
spending ones free time isolated and watching

TV interferes with our ability to translate
our outrage over governmental injustice into
activism, and thus makes it easier to accept an
authoritys version of society and life.
Supposedly the reason why television and
increasingly movies are so effective in subduing
and pacifying us is that viewers are mesmerized
by what TV insiders call technical events.
These, according to Levine, are quick cuts,
zoom-ins, zoom-outs, rolls, pans, animation,
music, graphics, and voice-overs, all of which lure
viewers to continue watching even though they
have no interest in the content. Such technical
events, which many action films now incorporate,
spellbind people to continue watching.
Televised entertainment, no matter what is
being broadcast, has become the nations new
drug high. Researchers found that almost
immediately after turning on the TV, subjects
reported feeling more relaxed, and because
this occurs so quickly and the tension returns
so rapidly after the TV is turned off, people
are conditioned to associate TV viewing with
a lack of tension.
Continued On Page 12
ILLINOIS POLITICS

by Rich Miller
CapitolFax.com
Understandin the Governors

Odd Speech Pattern
very time Governor Bruce Rauner

gives a major speech, social media
(and even mass media) light him up
over the way he drops his gs at the end
of words.
Hes workin and doin his best and
shakin up Springfield, or whatever.
Last year, after his first State of the
State Address, Illinois Public Radio even
interviewed a language expert about
whether he was doin this on purpose.
It does seem contrived. Rauner was
educated at Ivy League schools, after
all, and worked in some of the highest
echelons in business. If you listen to any
of his speeches in the years before he ran
for governor, youll notice that he talked
back then like an educated Midwesterner.
Anyway, Rauner asked me over to the
Executive Mansion for a chat after last
weeks State of the State Address.
It wasnt exactly an honor. He wanted
me to come by so he and I could have it
out after he said something false about
me at a press conference.
He held the presser to unveil
an executive order consolidating
information-technology services into a
single state agency. It was a fairly noncontroversial announcement about a
much-needed governmental upgrade.
I was actually kinda bored listening on
the Internet until the governor was asked
about some state-revenue projections that
he sent to legislators several months ago
and shared with me earlier this month.
Rauners own projections were based
on what would happen if the governor
got his economic agenda passed. The
memo to legislators was designed to
build support for (or at least defend) his
controversial pro-business agenda.
I published Rauners projection of a
$510-million revenue increase, which
I thought insufficient to justify all this
impasse-related carnage. As I pointed
out, the governors numbers meant
he was aiming for a mere 1.4-percent
revenue increase over Fiscal Year 2015.
The author of the Capitol Fax has his
numbers way, way wrong, and we will
be discussin that in our budget address,
Rauner told reporters, even though I
simply used Rauners own numbers.
I will also point out, Rauner
continued, that the author of that blog
used to work for Speaker [Michael]
Madigan, so I dont want to put too much
credence in the commentary.
What a crock.
I was a House page for two or three
weeks way back in 1985. My tenure might

not have even been that long, because
the House wasnt in session while I was a
page and I quit before they came back to
town for a job on my college campus.
I wish I could tell you what happened
at my subsequent meeting with Rauner,
but I cant because it was completely offthe-record. As he told reporters, Rauner
will be issuing revised projections. Total
increased revenue and state and local
government savings, he believes, are
about $6 billion.
I can, however, tell you a story because
I cleared it with the governor the
next day.
At one point during our discussion I
decided to lighten the mood a little and
asked him what the deal was with all
those dropped gs, teasing him that he
sounded like somebody attempting to
imitate a hillbilly. That got a big laugh,
particularly from Rauners wife.
The governor said he now feels free
to be himself since he was elected. Mrs.
Rauner agreed that his public wardrobe
has drastically deteriorated since election
day, as has his grammar.
Governor Rauner told me he couldnt
talk like he wanted and wear what he
wanted when he was a businessman
because nobody would want to do
business with him. At one point, he said,
his business partners even asked him
not to drive his lousy old car to company
outings because it was an embarrassment
to them.
Rauner said he was the only partner at
his firm who didnt own a private jet and
fancy cars. He said hes proud to still
have the first tie he ever bought.
So all of that video and audio of him
speaking years ago was actually the
contrived Rauner, the governor said.
Now he just wants to be himself, and that
means droppin his gs and doin other
stuff like wearin the clothes he likes, not
the clothes others expect him to don.
Anyway, its not exactly earthshattering stuff, but I thought youd be
interested because this does give us some
insight into how the governor thinks.
First, if you really get him angry,
he will throw you under the bus with
Madigan. And second, he will happily
and un-self-consciously drop his gs
while he does it.
Rich Miller also publishes Capitol
Fax (a daily political newsletter) and
CapitolFax.com.
COVER STORY
by Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
Beginning with the End

The Hauberg Civic Center Has an Ideal Suitor, but the Rock Island City Council Should Take Its Time
f the City of Rock Island is unwilling to devote the resources to operate and upgrade
the Hauberg Civic Center, its hard to imagine a better owner than Bridges Catering.
Bridges now based in Princeton, Iowa
is an established family company whose
owners have deep roots in Rock Island. It
plans to renovate and maintain the Hauberg
mansion consistent with its historic
character, expand public access, and use the
site for both food preparation and events
with fewer than 100 people. Shifting the
mansion, its carriage house, and grounds
into Bridges hands would add property
and sales taxes to Rock Islands coffers, and
eliminate from the budget an event-rental
facility (operated by the Parks & Recreation
department) whose financial performance
is in the red and getting worse.
In an interview last week, Bridges coowner Bill Healy was as good a salesperson
as one could hope for promising to be a
good steward and willing to contractually
commit to his pledges.
I dont see as a Rock Island resident
how this plan can be a bad thing, he said.
Were trying to bring a lot of jobs into
Rock Island. Were trying to bring a very,
very big sales-tax base. We trying to put
something on the property-tax roll. And
were trying to take something that is not
being used [much] at all and use it for the
exact function for which its intended.

Yet as the city council wrestles with
whether to start the process of selling
Hauberg, it has to understand that the land
and buildings shouldnt just be considered
surplus property and handed to what the
council deems the best bidder. Because of
its significance as a historic property and
the fact that it was given to the city, its
future deserves a thorough discussion of
both the Bridges proposal and alternatives.
The prospects for that still look dubious
given the plan on the table, and it could go
either way a too-quick embrace of private
ownership, or a knee-jerk rejection of it.
As a Rock Island resident and taxpayer,
Im excited about the possibility of Bridges
Catering taking over the Hauberg Civic
Center (located at 24th Street and 13th
Avenue) if the city would otherwise let it
languish. But I desperately wish the timing
and process were better, and I hope the city
council takes time to evaluate all its options.
Raising the Alarm
One problem with all of this was perhaps

unavoidable. Because talks with Bridges
Catering were preliminary, and because
Bridges had not yet publicly stated its
interest in the property, an agenda item
declaring Hauberg surplus property and
putting it up for bid was almost certain to
raise alarm. Without a named suitor, citizens

would imagine the worst scenario: the loss to
the community of a local historical treasure.
And raise alarm it did at the January 18
city-council meeting, even though Mayor
Dennis Pauley removed the item from
the agenda.
But Bridges stepped forward a week
after that meeting, and now the public has
better information.
A second problem wont be so easy to
address. City staff appears to be working
backward from the assumption of selling
Hauberg to Bridges Catering, going through
the legal requirements to a clear endgame.
On the one hand, the speed with which
the city has proceeded is understandable.
Bridges Catering approached the city about
buying Hauberg late last year, and the
company needs to know in relatively short
order whether it will be able to proceed
with its plans for the site or if it should
continue searching for a new home.
On the other hand, city staff appears far
too eager to get rid of Hauberg, without
much consideration of alternatives.
This is concerning for a number of reasons.
First, Hauberg built from 1909 to
1911 is listed on the National Register of
Historic Places, and in 2009 it was included
on the list of Rock Islands 100 Most
Significant Unprotected Structures. It has
not been locally landmarked, so it doesnt

have protections requiring, for example,
historically appropriate renovations.
Also known as the Denkmann-Hauberg
House and the Tulip Mansion, the house
was designed by Robert C. Spencer for John
Hauberg (a historian) and his wife Susanne
(the daughter of Frederick Denkmann, a
partner in the Weyerhuser-Denkmann
Lumber Company).
Second, the Hauberg family gave the
property to the city in 1956. While a
prohibition preventing the City of Rock
Island from selling the property expired
in 2006, how it came to be in city hands
should certainly be a factor in its future.
Third, although issues with Hauberg
diminishing revenues, the need for a new
roof and other infrastructure improvements
are nothing new, the facilitys operational
deficit is relatively small. Hauberg costs the
city money each year roughly $40,000 in
expenses against revenues and its going to
cost more in the future, but its not a giant
millstone around the citys neck.
Fourth, if the city moves forward with
the sale of the property, it would be taking
an action that seems premature in the
context of larger changes likely to happen
within the Parks & Recreation department.
A consultant hired to evaluate the
department only delivered its final report
on January 10, and it never mentions selling
Hauberg. Moreover, it suggests that the
public might support a tax increase for the
Parks & Recreation department.
Given the consultants recommendations,
this process will look to some people like the
city is putting the cart before the horse: opting
to sell Hauberg before exploring alternatives.
As Rock Island resident and Augustana
Professor Megan Quinn wrote to me in an
e-mail after Bridges Catering announced its
interest in the property: I still think the city
is rushing this and should put a moratorium
on committing to a sale or lease of Hauberg
until citizens are permitted to bring ideas
to the table and more study of the costs and
benefits of various options are done. She
said that many neighborhood groups are
meeting and brainstorming alternatives to
selling or leasing the property.
She continued: Assuming the level of
public access to Hauberg will be the same
under private ownership is short-sighted
and nave. Over the long term, the sale
of public assets, assets that make Rock
Island unique and give it a sense of place,
is a losing strategy and not financially
Continued On Page 6
COVER STORY
Continued From Page 5
Beginning with the End

sustainable. So many more considerations
need to be made than the immediate benefit
of the couple hundred thousand [dollars]
the city will receive. Whats the cost to
future generations if access to a historic
landmark is diminished? Whats the cost
to the city of Rock Islands reputation as a
place that values historic preservation?
The Need for More Study
The Rock Island Parks & Recreation

Department Operational Audit & Business
Plan Study offered a path forward with the
Hauberg Civic Center: This facility should
basically only be open for rentals or events.
Strong consideration should be given to
having the facility managed and operated
by a private vendor. It also must be
realized that the building needs substantial
infrastructure improvements.
Among action items suggested for the
middle term (within two to three years),
it recommends that the city explore the
viability of contracting for the management
and operation of Hauberg Civic Center.
That indicates Colorado-based consultant
Ballard*King & Associates didnt envision
selling Hauberg. Bridges Healy said his
company has no interest in leasing Hauberg
from the city.
There is a reading of the report as
a whole that might support the sale of
Hauberg eventually. Among items to
happen in the first year is evaluating the
citys commitment to parks and recreation
facilities and services. The report further
states: If services are going to be reduced, a
specific analysis will need to be completed to
determine which facilities and parks should
be closed, services reduced, or management
moved to another organization.
But thats no justification for putting
Hauberg up for immediate sale. The
consultants report is a five-year plan for
the entirety of the Parks & Recreation
department, and the suggestion to
potentially close some parks and facilities
explicitly calls for further study. Most
importantly, the specific recommendations
for Hauberg are clear enough that the
consultant saw the facility as a long-term
part of the citys inventory.
Rock Island City Manager Thomas Thomas
said the city is still evaluating the report: Its
an ongoing process. We just got the report.
Were going through it piece-by-piece.
Its also important to stress that the staff
report to the city council on the resolution
accepting bids for Hauberg mischaracterized
the Parks & Recreation consultants final
recommendations, claiming that the
consultant suggested the city divest itself
of some park properties so that proper

maintenance on the remaining properties
can be done. That was certainly one
longer-term option, but the report was also
clear that additional funding through a tax
increase might be supported by the public.
In fairness, if the city would ultimately
conclude that it had no stomach for an
ongoing operational financial deficit
at Hauberg, or for needed capital
improvements, or for renovations that
would make it more attractive as a banquet
and meeting facility, its probably better to
sell the property sooner rather than later
especially when it has what might be
considered an ideal purchaser.
But that conclusion should be arrived at
through study and consideration by the city
council, and it shouldnt be an assumption
as it now appears to be.
The study certainly paints a grim picture
of the current situation, noting that with a
decreasing population base in the city and
a desire not to increase taxes, funding for
parks and recreation has remained static in
the past five-plus years.
But the report doesnt conclude that
the funding status quo must hold. A
September 2015 online survey that was part
of the study asked: Would you support
an increase in tax levy to support the
indoor and outdoor facility improvements
that mean the most to you and your
household? Only 17 percent (out of 549
respondents) said they would not, nearly 23
percent said they would, and more than 27
percent said they might.
Thats different, of course, from asking
specifically about increased funding for
Hauberg Civic Center, and the loaded
wording likely skewed responses. Yet for a
question about a potential tax increase, the

positive responses were fairly high.
The survey also asked: Do you feel that
the City of Rock Island should continue to
operate and maintain the current inventory
of indoor and outdoor facilities? More than
73 percent of 549 respondents said yes.
Filling in the Blanks
Rock Island City Manager Thomas

makes no apologies for how the question of
Haubergs future has been handled so far.
The January 18 agenda item now delayed
indefinitely was merely a first step that was
necessary to even have a conversation about
the Bridges proposal, he said last week. The
sale was never on the table at that meeting.
Thomas said that the next step will be a
city-council study session on the Bridges
proposal, after which the application for
bids might be put back on the agenda. The
Hauberg Civic Center was not on the agenda
for the councils February 1 study session
or regular meeting, but a study session is
expected to be scheduled for later this month.
The January 18 agenda item would have
declared the Hauberg buildings (and the
10 acres of gardens and woodlands on
which they sit) as surplus property, and it
would have approved advertising for bids,
accepting offers through February 10. City
staff anticipated city-council action on the
bids at its February 22 meeting.
Sale of the property would require
approval from three-quarters of the sevenmember council.
The resolution would have put
restrictions on any sale, requirements that
would move forward with the property
regardless of its owner: It is required
that the existing buildings and grounds
shall remain and shall be rehabilitated by

the purchaser in a manner acceptable to
the City of Rock Island. There shall be
no fundamental alterations allowed to
the exteriors of any buildings that are not
applicable to the appropriate time period
of the buildings. ... Additionally, should the
buyer wish to build any other structure(s)
on the property, the esthetics of that
structure will have to be architecturally
accurate to the time period of the property.
Purchaser shall agree that the property
will remain an attraction for residents and
visitors. Lastly, the City shall have the first
right of refusal to purchase the property
back should the buyer ever desire to sell.
Thomas agreed when I asked whether
the city moved so quickly on putting
the property up for bid because it had a
concrete proposal. This was really the
first time someone had come to us with a
real legitimate business venture that would
ensure the integrity of the facility but also
allow for a well-known business to bring in
jobs and services to this community, he said.
So its easy to understand the rationale
for fast-tracking the potential sale of
Hauberg. The proposal is to an extent timesensitive, and this resolution was merely
a first step. The city council still has the
option not to put the property out to bid.
And it is under no obligation to accept the
highest bid, or any bid at all.
And now that Bridges Catering has
discussed its plans, Rock Island residents
and officials can evaluate the prospect
of selling Hauberg with more context.
Well fill in the blanks with a lot more
information, Thomas said. Because I
think a lot of opinions are being based on
not knowing all the facts.
Bridges Caterings Healy said he thought
the city council was lukewarm at best
to his companys proposal based on the
agenda item being pulled.
I twice e-mailed five questions to the
citys mayor and council members about
Hauberg and Bridges. Only two council
members Ward 4s Stephen L. Tollenaer
and Ward 5s Kate Hotle actually
answered the questions.
Tollenaer expressed support for selling
Hauberg to Bridges.
Hotle whose district includes Hauberg
wrote that she opposed the sale at this
time: There are still too many unanswered
variables, and all the alternatives to
maintaining the building have not been
discussed or considered. She also said that
the building needs to be landmarked, and
that contractual requirements on preserving
its historic character would be insufficient.
Mayor Dennis Pauley wrote that he

by Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
pulled the Hauberg item off the agenda to

obtain additional information. Ward 2s
Virgil J. Mayberry and Ward 7s Chuck
Austin III all gave general responses
indicating they were undecided.
Ward 1s Ivory Deaon Clark, Ward 3s P.J.
Foley, and Ward 6s Joshua Schipp did not
respond to my questions.
The Case for Bridges
Healy said there is an urgency to council

consideration of his companys proposal,
but he also said hes presented no deadline
to city officials. He said his family was on
vacation and out of the country for the
January 18 council meeting, and he was
greeted upon his return with the uproar
caused by the Hauberg agenda item. We
didnt expect the negative backlash that
came out from this, he said.
I do not know why it was pushed ahead
like it was, he said. If we wanted it pushed
ahead, I would have made it a week when
we were here.
He said Bridges has secured financing
that includes purchase of the property
along with renovation expenses, plus capital
improvements that might cost as much as $2
million, but he has no concrete timeline from
his lender: Weve been actively working with
them, and they know that this is an ongoing
process. ... We dont have a drop-dead date.
Still, he said, Bridges would like an
answer in the reasonably near future: The
sooner the better. We would like to know
our direction whether we need to start
looking for another property.
Healy said his company over the past two
years has already looked at 17 buildings in
Rock Island and three sites where it could
build. Everything that we saw needed
about the same work as Hauberg, he said.
We want to move our business. Wherever
we move it to, were going to have to spend
money renovating. We know that. So thats
already a cost we figured for.
Because most of Bridges business is in
the Quad Cities, he said, the company is
paying significant amounts of money for
travel and wages that would be slashed by
moving: The cost savings from bringing
our business into the Quad Cities [from
Princeton] would more than make up for
that. ... The amount of money that we are
currently spending right now just in travel
costs and labor costs associated with travel
honestly almost pays that note.
And Hauberg is an especially good
location for Bridges given the companys
exclusive catering contracts with Abbey
Station, the Quad City Botanical Center,
and Skellington Manor all in Rock Island.
But citizens of Rock Island are more

interested in how Bridges would manage the
property. For one thing, Healy said, Bridges
would not build any additional structures
on the property, and it wouldnt tear down
any buildings. The carriage house would be
converted into the companys main kitchen.
Current listed hours indicate Hauberg
is open for 27 hours each week from
Tuesday through Thursday. Healy said the
public would have continued access to the
grounds, and access to the mansion at least
40 hours per week whenever the building
is being staffed. That would include normal
business hours during the week, but also
often on weekends. Anybody could visit the
mansion, he said.
It would be a promotional opportunity
for us, he said. Because you could
hopefully walk through that door and say,
Wow. Look what they did to this. I want to
have my daughters 17th birthday here. The
nicer that we make it, the more ... people
would want to come there.
He had a similar approach to capital
improvements, from necessary ones such as
a new roof to ADA compliance to making
the mansions organ functional again.
He said Bridges is absolutely willing to
commit to renovations consistent with the
buildings time period.
Theres an allure, theres a charm to that
building, he said. If you take things like
that away, its not what it is. And if we
dont make it beautiful, we dont have any
chance of selling it as a venue for events.
I do not think it is a bookable, functional
facility right now in todays times.
And he said his company proposed
including the citys right of first refusal in
any sale agreement: We brought that to the
city. ... We feel that would only be fair.
On a financial level, he said, the benefits
to the city would include more than $100,000
in sales taxes some of which the city is
getting now, but all of which the city would
lose if Bridges locates in another Illinois city.
Property taxes, he estimated, would be in the
five figures. And when you combine those
with current operational deficit of Hauberg,
he said, its about a $200,000 [annual] swing
for the City of Rock Island.
He concluded: I think theres a way to
calm peoples fears and try to get across that
what were trying to do is a genuine good
thing. ...
I know some of the hearts and minds
will not change. We understand that. We
just dont want the minds of 30 or 40 people
that are staunch advocates for preservation
of it to outweigh what could potentially be
a couple-hundred-thousand-dollar-a-year
difference in city spending.
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MUSIC
Shes Got the World on Her Strings
By Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
Violinist Livia Sohn Performs with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, February 6 and 7
ivia Sohn, the featured soloist for the Quad

City Symphony Orchestras forthcoming
Masterworks: Song & Dance concerts,
began playing the violin at age five. Maybe.
Thats what they tell me, says Sohn with a
laugh. I think it was earlier than that, because
I have no memory of not playing, and I feel
like you remember stuff that happened before
you were five.
She does, however, vividly remember her
first professional engagement, which took
place when Sohn was the ripe old age of eight.
I played [Camille] Saint-Sans Introduction
et rondo capriccioso with an orchestra in
Connecticut, and they put me last on the
program. The concert started at eight, and it was
about 9:30, and I was supposed to go on at 9:45.
And I was so tired. So I fell asleep backstage.
Laughing again, Sohn says, One of the
conductors had to wake me up, and he brought
me out on stage and said, Well, shes not
gonna make it to 10 oclock, so shes gonna play
now. But Sohns sleepiness, she adds, didnt
negatively affect her performance. I made it
through. I think the adrenaline kicked in.
With her rsum boasting appearances with
more than 70 orchestras on five continents,
Sohns concert-goers have likely felt that same
sort of rush time and time again. To be sure,
reviewers have. Music periodical The Strad,
for example, praised Sohn for her remarkably
lithe and transparent tone of exceptional purity,
and NYConcertReview.com raved about
the artists heated exuberance and heartfelt
musicality, calling her a bona fide virtuoso and
a stylistically sophisticated interpreter.
Area audiences, meanwhile, will feel that
blast of musical energy when Sohn who
last played alongside the orchestra in 1999
performs Samuel Barbers famed, 20-minute
Violin Concerto at the Adler Theatre on
February 6 and Augustana Colleges Centennial
Hall on February 7. She wont, however, be
performing with the ensemble in the Grieg and
Beethoven pieces that complete the program,
and consequently says the one thing I dont quite
believe in the whole of our recent interview: Ill
be working the least hard of anyone on stage.
So Much to Learn
Born in New York, raised in Connecticut,

and currently living in Portola Valley,
California, Sohn says that music was in her

blood even before she picked up the violin at
age five-or-under.
My mom was a cellist, she says, and she
actually went to New England Conservatory.
She came from Korea to study with Bernard
Greenhouse, and her entire side of the family
were musicians. My aunt is actually a very famous
teacher in Korea. Shes like the go-to person.
But genetics aside, Sohn says that she cant
recall a time when she wasnt fascinated by the
violin. I cant explain it, she says, but even
when I was five, it wasnt something I did that
I was forced to do. It was always something
very serious in my mind. I mean, I liked the
sound. But I also liked that it wasnt easy. It
was the challenge I liked.
And its still that way today, she continues.
Ive been playing for many decades,
and theres still so much to learn. This is
something that Ive done all my life. I know
it better than anything else in the world. I
can do this better than anything else. But
its a difficult instrument, and theres a lot of
repertoire, and there are always things you can
be better at and more knowledgeable about.
So I think, from the beginning, I liked
that it wasnt something you could conquer
immediately. You had to put a lot of work into
it. And once you get past that hump of just
sounding like a cat dying because the violin,
when you start, is pretty brutal its pretty

exciting. Little by little, you see progress, and
it sort of motivates you.
Sohn was so musically motivated as a
youth, and so naturally gifted, that she
was accepted into the Juilliard Pre-College
Division at age seven, and began studying
under renowned violin instructors including
Dorothy DeLay and Hyo Kang.
At the time, it was just me and one other
boy, she says of entering the program at such
a young age. Nowadays, I think there are
probably many little girls running around
there. But that does seem really young. I have
a nine-year-old son, and I cant imagine him
doing something like that.
As a child, says Sohn, playing violin
was something I always knew I would do
professionally. But that was before I understood
what it really entailed. And once I did, you
know, I was like, Hmmm ... maybe not.
With a laugh, she says, I mean, by the time
I was 15, I was one of the lucky ones I already
had a manager, and was already out playing
concerts. But doing it professionally is really
difficult, and its really competitive, and so I had
a period right before college where I was like,
Maybe I want to do something else instead. I
wanted to go to a quote-unquote normal college
like a party school with frats and sororities.
But the more I thought about it, I was
like, Maybe that would be fun for half a year.
But this [the violin] is more my calling.
Sohn instead chose to continue her studies at
Juilliard, from which she graduated in 1998. I
think I made the right decision.
Guadagnini and
Zygmuntowicz
A list of the revered conductors shes

played for, esteemed venues and festivals
shes appeared at, and many cities and
countries Sohn has visited would entail many
hundreds of words. But the artist is incredibly
succinct, and funny, when revealing how
she determines favorite performance sites:
Usually theyre based on food. (Laughing,
she adds, I mean, Italy is amazing. I did a
tour there last year, and you can go into any
place, even what looks like a hole in the wall,
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THEATRE

By Dee Canfield
Prison Broken
Getting Out, at Augustana College through February 7
ugustana Colleges
enormous tension as
Getting Out, directed
he tries to convince
by Jeff Coussens, is
her to return to a life of
the story of one womans
prostitution, where she
difficulties in reconstructing
can earn more in two
her life after being released
hours than in a week as a
from prison, and author
dishwasher. Although hes
Marsha Normans 1978 play
onstage for just a few brief
is a brilliant depiction of lifes
moments, Nick Romero
realities for a woman who
effectively strolls through
has been caught in a cycle
as an imperious warden.
of violence, beginning with
And Emily Johnsons Ruby
Sarah Baker and Debo Balogun.
abuse as a child. Although
Photo courtesy of the Augustana Arlenes upstairs neighbor
she served her time in prison
who has successfully
Photo Bureau
and has been released, she now
transitioned into post-prison
has the real getting out to do getting out
life as a cook has a down-to-earth realism,
of her own psychological hell.
and one feels a glimmer of hope for Arlene
Normans drama employs two actors to
once the two women begin to bond.
portray its central character. Sarah Baker
Although Getting Out is a wonderful
plays the present-day Arlene, newly released
play, I found it difficult to be fully engaged
from prison, and Megan Hammerer is
here. My difficulty stemmed, in part, from
Arlenes younger self Arlie, who has led a
the moments in which actions didnt seem
life of pain and crime. Arlie/Arlene inhabit
based in true motivation, as in Bennies
the stage simultaneously for much of Getting
sudden change of heart in a critical scene,
Outs action, and the script is an unrelenting
and Carls unconvincing retreat from Bennie
tale of emotional struggle requiring acting
in another. Also, the stage business and
ability of great range and skill, not only
props were sometimes ineffective: a broom
to sustain the intensity and drama, but to
used randomly and without focused intent;
create dimensions of character and inner
an apparently empty milk carton falling out
reality. It would be a challenge for the most
of a full sack of groceries. (And why, in the
accomplished of performers, and I was happy opening scene, had the previous tenant left
to see Augies cast reach so high. Bakers
so many pieces of wadded-up paper all over
challenge is to portray a depressed, broken
the floor, other than to give Arlene something
woman haunted by her violent past. Although to pick up? Was that tenant a frustrated
all vestiges of her formerly passionate, intense writer?) And then there was the basic but allpersonality seem to have been eradicated
important factor of projection. Although the
(possibly as a result of depression), Baker
actors gave excellent, realistic line deliveries,
exudes a very effective, quiet resolve as she
they spoke so fast, and with Southern and
stands up to Bennie (Samuel Langellier), a
street accents, that projection was doubly
creepy, controlling prison guard, and to her
important, yet oftentimes missing here.
mother (Madison Mortenson), who reminds
Based on past shows I had seen at
Arlene of her shortcomings and predicts
Augustana, I came in with very high
shell never change. But most importantly,
expectations, and because I was so easily
Baker makes one care about her character.
pulled out of the plays reality, I wondered if I
One wants Arlene to win.
was simply being overly critical and too easily
Hammerer is wonderfully cast as Arlie,
distracted a case of Its not you, its me!
exerting enormous emotional energy while
But the reality remains: I couldnt enter the
enacting the abused child, angry adolescent,
emotional forest because of the representative
and willfully uncooperative inmate. Hers
trees. There were some beautifully realized
is a most difficult task: sustaining audience
moments of real drama, but this Getting Out
interest during her frequent and ongoing
was not knit together as a whole, and did not
rage-filled tirades by providing variations of
provide the sustained emotional realism and
emotional tones. However, her direction in
tension necessary to deliver the anticipated
this regard was sometimes found wanting; as
knock-out punch.
time went on, I found myself tuning out a bit,
Getting Out runs at Augustana Colleges
feeling as if I had heard it all before.
Potter Theatre (Bergendoff Hall of Fine
Debo Balogun delivers a powerful,
Arts, 3701 Seventh Avenue, Rock Island)
menacing turn as Arlenes former pimp
through February 7, and tickets and more
Carl. His is, perhaps, the productions most
information are available at (309)794-7306 or
emotionally truthful performance, and
Augustana.edu/arts.
Baloguns interactions with Arlene provide
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BRIDGE OF SPIES
Steven Spielberg's hugely

entertaining Cold War thriller is a
near-masterpiece of tone, and of
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toward edgy nail-biter, social
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always feels absolutely appropriate
for the on-screen action. (Same day
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STEVE JOBS
This thunderously enjoyable

exploration of the late computer
visionary boasts sparklingly
quotable dialogue by Aaron Sorkin,
intensely clever changes in film
stock courtesy of director Danny
Boyle, and and a thunderously fine
lead in Michael Fassbender. (Same
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TRUMBO
Blacklisted screenwriter Dalton

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inside-baseball gusto, and this
entertaining, frequently riveting
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Grin and Bear It
KUNG FU PANDA 3
Did the makers of Kung Fu Panda 3 not get

the memo that second sequels in franchises
are traditionally supposed to suck? Because
this thing, to quote Jack Blacks hirsute and
animated alter ego Po, is Awesome!!! with all
three exclamation points.
I was a bit worried at the start. Even
though Pos eventual nemesis Kai was
being sensationally well-voiced by J.K.
Simmons, this ber-villains plan for world
dominion forcibly collecting the chi of
kung-fu masters and imprisoning their
souls was too generically comic-book-y for
my tastes. That, however, was the last time
any variation on generic entered my brain
regarding directors Alessandro Carlonis and
Jennifer Yuhs superbly designed, riotous,
unexpectedly moving comic adventure. As
always with this series, I adored the gorgeous
visual detail and quick-witted verbal and
physical slapstick, and the older I get (and
the older he gets), the more I recognize
Dustin Hoffmans voice as a thing of singular,
scratchy beauty. But the storyline here is
resolved with particularly satisfying Easternphilosophy tidiness, and theres no end of
smart, frequently hilarious grace notes: the
crowds incredulity as Po and his newfound
dad (perfectly voiced by Bryan Cranston)
dont recognize their shared lineage; the
Panda Village scene in which dozens of bears
rush to greet Po and have to stop halfway
through the rush to catch their collective
breath; Pos panda re-training requiring him
to be as lazy, and to eat as much, as possible.
Best of all, the movie keeps knocking the
wind out of its own potentially pretentious
sails. Even the most dire of circumstances
are treated here with a gentle wink and
Kung Fu Panda 3
a soft elbow in the ribs: When Po finally
confronts Kai, he unleashes his climactic
purity of spirit with a light round of
playground teasing; when Angelina Jolies
Tigress dolefully informs Po that their
home city has been destroyed, Pos manic
duck stepdad (the priceless James Hong)
immediately shrieks, But hows my
restaurant?! Add to all this a lovely message
for kids about how learning to be you
is the path to true fulfillment, exceptional
animated choreography, and ceaselessly
winning voice work (by the additional likes
of Seth Rogen, David Cross, Lucy Liu, Jackie
Chan, and an absolutely delightful Kate
Hudson), and the expected second-sequel
blahs are wonderfully well-avoided here.
Thank you, Dreamworks Animation, for
Kung Fu Panda 3. Please dont eff everything
up with a Kung Fu Panda 4.
THE FINEST HOURS

Some critics have complained that The
Finest Hours is a Disney-fied version of The
Perfect Storm. Theyre not wrong; director
Craig Gillespies oceanic rescue saga is a
Disney release, and follows the rough arc
of Wolfgang Petersens 2000 maritime hit.
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But do none of those critics remember how

frequently, maddeningly phony Petersens
film was? This new outing, concerning a
seemingly impossible Coast Guard rescue
from 1952, doesnt have similarly sharp
editing or monster waves comparable to
Petersens. But in almost every other way,
Gillespies film is an improvement. For too
much of its length, it does resemble The
Perfect Storm re-designed as a triumphof-the-underdog sports flick, with all the
contrivances, telegraphing, and cornball
dialogue that entails. (Unsurprisingly,
Gillespies credits include Disneys baseball
dramedy Million Dollar Arm.) Yet the
serviceable effects and scenes of peril do
their jobs, and, more importantly, the cast
absolutely does its. Hoary material aside,
you completely believe in the honest,
unassuming portrayals of seafarers Casey
Affleck, Ben Foster, John Ortiz, Kyle Gallner,
Beau Knapp, and others, and Chris Pine
and Holliday Grainger wholly deserve their
characters initially pushy A Love for the
Ages build-up theyre magical together.
(Theyre also magical independently; Pine
pulls off even the Not on my watch! clich
with impressive, heartfelt authority, and
Grainger manages to beg Pines commanding
officer to Please call him back five times
in a row with incredible emotional acuity
and variance, and without ever resorting to
actual begging.) The movie is formulaic as
all-get-out, but the title The Finest Hours still
might accurately reflect your time spent at it.
FIFTY SHADES OF BLACK

The motion-picture Academy is currently
under fire for, among other offenses,
recognizing only Sylvester Stallone for Creed
despite the films many on- and off-screen

talents of color, and citing Straight Outta
Compton merely for its quartet of white
screenwriters. How much flak will I be
taking for saying that, in the gross-out
slapstick Fifty Shades of Black, the one
sustained performance is given by Jane
Seymour, and the closest thing to an
inspired shock is the casting of Florence
Henderson? Fifty Shades of Grey, despite
my moderate enjoyment of the movie, is
eminently worth satirizing. But Marlon
Wayans and Michael Tiddes, the star and
(white) director of the A Haunted House
comedies and this new assault, dont do
satire. They do replication with pop-eyed
comic apoplexy and boner jokes, and their
ribbing of E.L. James is almost astoundingly
lame: grimly unfunny, tonally stupefying,
and so grossly self-satisfied that you want to
physically smack it on a minute-by-minute
basis. Kudos, then, to lead Kali Hawk for
even attempting a semblance of a consistent
portrayal, and to the satisfyingly copious
shots of decorative white wine. Raspberries
to nearly everything else, including Wayans
painfully forced and gratuitous mugging,
Fred Willard looking dangerously unwell,
and the line, regarding James bestseller,
Was this written by a third-grader?!
Those who release Fifty Shades of Black
really shouldnt throw stones.
For reviews of Dirty Grandpa, The
5th Wave, The Boy, Jane Got a Gun,
Anomalisa, The Danish Girl, and other
releases, visit RiverCitiesReader.com.
Follow Mike on Twitter at Twitter.com/
MikeSchulzNow.
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Whats Happenin
Exhibits
Figge Art Museum
Thursday, February 4, through Sunday, June 5
ell, how about that? Its the

first week of February in the
Quad Cities, and there are gorgeous,
summery sights everywhere! Fields
of wildflowers! Golden-hued
sunsets! Irises! Poppies! A child
playing guitar on the banks of a
gently flowing stream!
You do realize, though, that
youll have to visit the Figge Art Museum to see all
this, right? Because until our weather improves, you
can only see that collection of arresting images
along with dozens of equally beautiful pieces in the
Figges 39th Annual Rock Island Art Guild Fine Arts
Exhibition, on display February 6 through May 15.
After many years of being housed at Augustana
Colleges Centennial Hall Art Gallery, this years
juried exhibit, which boasts works by artists living
within a 150-mile radius of the Quad Cities, will find
the Figge showcasing 53 selections chosen by this
years juror, Julie Rodreigues Widholm director of
Chicagos DePaul Art Museum. Widholm will also
decide which individuals will receive awards for their
accomplishments in painting, photography, mixed
media, acrylics, ceramics, and other media, with the
competing artists including such familiar area talents
as Leslie Bell, Sara Slee Brown, Raphael Iaccarino,
Dean Kugler, and Pam Ohnemus.
Not content, however, to debut only 53 artworks on
February 6, the Figge will treat patrons to 56 more in
its other premiering exhibition Cameo Stones: Hidden
Gems in the Figge Collection. On display through
May 15, this exhibit showcases, for the first time in
40 years, a dazzling selection of cameo and intaglio

stones donated in 1929 by Dr. Clarence T. Lindley,
works ranging in size from three inches to a mere
quarter-inch in height. Grouped by subject matter into
categories that include warriors, historical figures, and
mythological creatures, Cameo Stones
celebrates the subtle craft of engraving
through stunning pieces of ornamental
jewelry, giving museum guests an upclose look at an art form dating as far
back as ancient-Egyptian times.
And if a combined 109 works arent
enough for your Figge visit, how about
60 more? In Mississippi River Views
from the Muscatine Art Center, on
display through June 5, our Big River is explored
through paintings, drawings, maps, and prints by noted
artists including the 19th Centurys Seth Eastman and
Henry Lewis. Among the images are early views of
Muscatine, Davenport, and Moline, plus a model of
the paddlewheel boat River Queen, and all manner of
related programming will be presented at the Figge in
conjunction with the exhibition.
February 6s opening reception will feature a
gallery talk by Muscatine Art Center director Melanie
Alexander and Figge Executive Director Tim Schiffer.
March 24s Sounds of the Mississippi finds the River
Music Experiences Ellis Kell sharing the rivers history
and music. And on February 4, River Action hosts a
Figge reading of Susan Glaspells Inheritors the Pulitzer
Prize winners 1921 drama set in the Davenport of 1879
and 1920 with a cast that includes Jessica Denney,
Angela Rathman, Jim Seward, Calvin Vo, and ... me.
Sorry for the shameless self-promotion. Let me make
it up to you with the accompanying image of Pam
Ohnemus summertime acrylic Midday. Youre welcome.
For more information on the Figges current and
upcoming exhibits and events, call (563)326-7804 or
visit FiggeArtMuseum.org.
Music
The Reverend
Robert B. Jones Sr.
Cool Beanz Coffeehouse
Wednesday, February 10,
6 p.m.
River Music Experience
Thursday, February 11,
6 p.m.
ppearing locally as
artist-in-residence for the Mississippi Valley
Blues Societys Blues in the Schools program, the
Reverend Robert B. Jones Sr. will bring his signature
blend of impassioned blues vocals, thrilling
instrumentalization, and storytelling talents to
Rock Islands Cool Beanz Coffeehouse on February
10 and the River Music Experiences Performance
Hall on February 11. An interview with
TheCountryBlues.com revealed that Jones avoids
playing in lewd places where they mix alcohol
and music, so it makes perfect sense that the artist
would be at Cool Beanz and the RME instead of ...
you know, my place.
A Detroit native who still makes the Motor City
his home, serving as pastor of the Sweet Kingdom
Missionary Baptist Church, the 59-year-old Jones
professional music career began in his early 20s
when he started playing popular Detroit venues
including the Soup Kitchen Saloon and Sullys, while
also serving as a radio-show host for WDETs Blues
from the Lowlands. His ardent, captivating local
performances of spirituals, folk tunes, and blues and
roots classics with the

on including the guitar,
and mandolin quickly
Chicago, Duluth, and K
And before long, he was
numerous legends of his
Hammond, Keb Mo, the
Brown, and Willie Dixo
With Jones rising visi
perform venues both na
the latter of which he di
Germany, Poland, and th
through all of his stage a
the artist has continued
with students, traveling
his self-developed Blue
and, in the process, earnin
Foundations esteemed Ke
Award in 2007.
Jones additional laurels
Music Awards for Outstan
Songwriting and an honor
in-Residence for Tennesse
Center, and his prestigiou
collaborating with musicia
London Blues Society ense
band in Ann Arbor, Mich
blown away by Jones durin
and RME engagements, w
why famed blues photogra
that the artist is comforta
loud-talkers, fancy-hatted
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and I actually mightve got
my place.
For more information o
Jones Sr.s area visits, conta
Blues Society at (563)322-
GUEST COMMENTARY Continued From Page 3

Television, Football, and Politics: Gaming Spectacles Designed to Keep the Police State in Power
Not surprisingly, the United States is one of
the highest TV-viewing nations in the world.
Indeed, a Nielsen study reports that
American screen viewing is at an all-time
high. For example, the average American
watches approximately 151 hours of television
per month. That does not include the larger
demographic of screen-watchers who watch
their entertainment via their personal
computers, cell phones, tablets, and so on.
Historically, television has been used by those
in authority to quiet citizen unrest and pacify
disruptive people. In fact, television viewing has
also been a proven tactic for ensuring compliance
in prisons. Faced with severe overcrowding and
limited budgets for rehabilitation and counseling,
more and more prison officials are using TV to
keep inmates quiet, according to Newsweek. Joe
Corpier, a convicted murderer, said, If theres a

good movie, its usually pretty quiet through the
whole institution.
In other words, screen viewing not
only helps to subdue people but, as Levine
concludes, it also zombifies and pacifies us
and subverts democracy.
Television viewing, no matter what were
collectively watching whether its American
Idol, the presidential debates, or the Super Bowl
is a group activity that immobilizes us and
mesmerizes us with collective programming. In
fact, research also shows that regardless of the
programming, viewers brain waves slow down,
thus transforming them into a more passive,
nonresistant state.
As such, television watching today results in
passive group compliance in much the same
way that marching was used by past regimes to

create group indoctrination. Political advisor
Bertram Gross documents how Adolf Hitler
employed marching as a technique to mobilize
people in groups by immobilizing them. Hitler
and his regime leaders discovered that when
people gather in groups and do the same
thing such as marching or cheering at an
entertainment or sporting event they became
passive, non-thinking non-individuals.
By replacing marching with electronic
screen devices, we have the equivalent of Hitlers
method of population control. Gross writes: As
a technique of immobilizing people, marching
requires organization and, apart from the outlay
costs involved, organized groups are a potential
danger. They might march to a different drum
or in the wrong direction ... . TV is more
effective. It captures many more people than

would ever fill the streets by marching and
without interfering with automobile traffic.
Equally disturbing is a university study that
indicates we become less aware of our individual
selves and moral identity in a group. The studys
findings strongly suggest that when we act in
groups, we tend to consider our moral behavior
less while moving in lockstep with the group.
Thus, what the group believes or does, be it
violence or inhumanity, does not seem to lessen
the need to be a part of a group, whether it be a
mob or political gathering.
So what does this have to do with the Super
Bowl and the upcoming presidential election?
If fear-based TV programming or
programming that encourages rivalries and
factions makes people more afraid and
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by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
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Theatre
What Else
Is Happenin
Ragtime: The Musical
Adler Theatre
Wednesday, February 17, 7:30 p.m.
MUSIC
he newest presentation in the Adler Theatres

Broadway at the Adler series is February 17s
touring production of Ragtime: The Musical, the
glorious turn-of-the-(last)-century entertainment
that boasts a truckload of rave reviews and award
wins and nominations. So prep yourself for the next
few paragraphs, folks: Its Bragtime!
Based on E.L. Doctorows kaleidoscopic 1975 novel
(which was subsequently adapted for 1981s Oscarnominated film), Ragtime follows three groups as
they navigate their way through early-20th-Century
New York: well-to-do white suburbanites living in
New Rochelle; struggling African Americans residing
in Harlem; and Jewish immigrants newly arriving
from Ellis Island. Their paths all converge in this
musical tale of hope, despair, romance, civil unrest,
and the elusive pursuit of the American Dream, and
theatre critics have been raving about the results
since the shows 1996 debut, with the New York Times
calling Ragtime blessed with beauty, ambition, a
smashing wardrobe, and a social conscience, and
Variety raving about this crisp and appealing
work deftly weaving together the various storylines
through which Doctorow evoked the formative years
of this century.
The shows original Broadway production scored
a whopping 14 Drama Desk Award nominations
and 13 Tony Award nods its four Tony wins
including those for Terrence McNallys book and

Stephen Flahertys and Lynn Ahrens score and its
2009 revival on the Great White Way earned another
seven and six, respectively. But beyond the thrill of
Ragtimes widely acclaimed story, music, and design
elements is the fun of seeing its fictional characters
interact among recognizable figures of its era.
Are you wondering who pops up, or do you
already know? Lets test your smarts with the
following quiz: Which of the following appear onstage in Ragtime: The Musical, and which dont?
1) Henry Ford
2) Charlie Chaplin
3) Emma Goldman
4) J.P. Morgan
5) Marie Curie
6) Harry Houdini
7) Albert Einstein
A) Yes, he/she is in Ragtime: The Musical.

B) Nope, he/she isnt.
For tickets to the Adlers 7:30 p.m. presentation
of Ragtime: The Musical, call (800)745-3000 or visit
AdlerTheatre.com.
Answers: 1 A, 2 B, 3 A, 4 A, 5 - B, 6 A, 7 B. Interestingly, Einstein is a character in Doctorows novel but not

in the stage musical. Maybe Houdini made him disappear.
instruments hes adept

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Friday, February 5 The Steepwater

Band. Roots and blues musicians
perform the Rolling Stones Get Yer
Ya-Yas Out, with an opening set by
the Kris Lager Band. The Redstone
Room (129 Main Street, Davenport).
8 p.m. $11.50-12. For tickets and
information, call (563)326-1333 or visit
RiverMusicExperience.org.
Friday, February 5, and Friday,
February 12 RIBCO Battle of the
Bands. Rounds two and three of the
annual competition featuring three
45-minute sets of original music.
Rock Island Brewing Company (1815
Second Avenue, Rock Island). 9 p.m. For
RIBCO.com.
Friday, February 5 Fletcher
Rockwell. Concert with the Chicagobased blues and country artists. Red
Rodeo (1720 Second Avenue, Rock Island).
8 p.m. $5 cover. For information, call
(309)206-8508 or visit TheRedRodeo.com.
Saturday, February 6, and Sunday,
February 7 Quad City Symphony
Orchestra: Song & Dance. The fourth
Masterworks concerts of the year with
guest violinist Livia Sohn and a repertoire
featuring Grieg, Barber, and Beethoven.
by John W. Whitehead
johnw@rutherford.org
distrustful of one another, then our current
television lineup is exactly what is needed by
an authoritarian society that depends on a
divide and conquer strategy.
Moreover, according to Levine,
authoritarian-based programming is more
technically interesting to viewers than
democracy-based programming. War
and violence, for example, may be rather
unpleasant in real life. However, peace and
cooperation make for boring television.
What this means is that Super Bowl matches
and presidential contests are merely morepalatable, less-bloody manifestations of war
suitable for television-viewing audiences.
This also explains why television has
become the medium of choice for charismatic
politicians with a strong screen presence. They
are essentially television performers actors, if
you will. Indeed, any successful candidate for

political office especially the president must
come off well on TV. Television has the lure of
involvement. A politically adept president can
actually make you believe you are involved in
the office of the presidency.
The effective president, then, is essentially
a television performer. As the renowned
media analyst Marshall McLuhan recognized
concerning television: Potentially, it
can transform the presidency into a
monarchist dynasty.
If what we see and what we are told through
the entertainment-industrial complex which
includes so-called news shows is what those
in power deem to be in their best interests,
then endless screen viewing is not a great thing
for a citizenry who believe they possess choice
and freedom. Mind you, the majority of what
Americans watch on television is provided

through channels controlled by a corporate
elite of six mega-corporations with the ability to
foster a particular viewpoint or pacify its viewers
on a large scale.
Unfortunately for us, the direction of
the future, then, may be toward a Brave
New World scenario in which the populace
is constantly distracted by entertainment,
hooked on prescription drugs, and controlled
by a technological elite.
Freedom is an action word. It means
turning off your screen devices or at least
greatly reducing your viewing time and
getting active to stave off the emerging
authoritarian government.
Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, and countless
science-fiction writers and commentators have
warned that we are in a race between getting
actively involved in the world around us or

facing disaster.
If were watching, were not doing.
As television journalist Edward R. Murrow
warned in a 1958 speech: We have currently
a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing
information. Our mass media reflect this.
But unless we get up off our fat surpluses and
recognize that television in the main is being
used to distract, delude, amuse, and insulate us,
then television and those who finance it, those
who look at it, and those who work at it, may see
a totally different picture too late.
Constitutional attorney and author John W.
Whitehead is founder and president of the
Rutherford Institute (Rutherford.org). His latest
book, Battlefield America: The War on the
American People, is available at Amazon.com.
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What Else Is Happenin

Saturday: Adler Theatre (136 East
Third Street, Davenport), 8 p.m.,
$6-48. Sunday: Augustana Colleges
Centennial Hall (3703 Seventh
Avenue, Rock Island). 2 p.m. $6-38.
For tickets and information, call
(563)322-7276 or visit QCSO.org.
Saturday, February 6, and
Sunday, February 7 Carlisle
Evans Peck. Concerts with
the Minneapolis-based singer/
songwriter, composer, and
Geneseo native. Saturday: Ca dZan
(411 South Road, Cambridge),
6:30 p.m., $10-20 suggested
donation. Sunday: Rozz-Tox (2108
Third Avenue, Rock Island), 8
p.m., free. For information, visit
CarlisleEvansPeck.bandcamp.com.
Saturday, February 6
Outshyne. Touring country
musicians in concert. Red Rodeo
(1720 Second Avenue, Rock Island).
8 p.m. $5 cover. For information,
call (309)206-8508 or visit
TheRedRodeo.com.
Monday, February 8 Valley
Maker. A Moeller Mondays concert with
singer/songwriter Austin Crane. Village
Theatre (2113 East 11th Street, Davenport).
For information, visit MoellerMondays.com.
Wednesday, February 10 Andy
Frasco & the U.N. Rock and soul
musicians in concert, with opening sets
by Groovement and the Low Down.
The Redstone Room (129 Main Street,
Davenport). 7:30 p.m. $9.50-10. For tickets
and information, call (563)326-1333 or visit
RiverMusicExperience.org.
Thursday, February 11 John Primer.
Concert with the Grammy and Blues
Music Award nominee, with an opening
set by the 2016 Winter Blues All-Stars.
The Redstone Room (129 Main Street,
Davenport). 7:30 p.m. $13.75-17. For
tickets and information, call (563)3261333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.
For a 2013 interview with Primer, visit
RCReader.com/y/primer.
Friday, February 12 The Multiple Cat.
Record-release party for the area rockers,
with sets by Dirty Swears and Just Let Go.
Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Avenue, Rock Island). 9
p.m. $10. For information, call (309)200-0978
or visit RozzTox.com.
Friday, February 12 Davina & the
Vagabonds. Jazz, blues, and roots musicians
in concert, with an opening set by the
Appleseed Collective. The Redstone Room
(129 Main Street, Davenport). 8 p.m. $13.7517. For tickets and information, call (563)3261333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.org. For
LIZZO @ Daytrotter - February 17

a 2013 interview with Davina Sowers, visit
RCReader.com/y/davina.
Friday, February 12 Tyler Hammond
Band. Georgia-based country musicians
in concert. Red Rodeo (1720 Second
Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. $5 cover. For
TheRedRodeo.com.
Saturday, February 13 Smooth
Jazz Valentines Concert. Great Sounds
Promotions presents a romantic concert
event with guitarist Marc Antoine and
saxophonist Phil Denny. The Redstone Room
(129 Main Street, Davenport). 8 p.m. $45-50.
For tickets and information, call (563)3261333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.
Saturday, February 13, and Sunday,
February 14 The World Beloved: A
Bluegrass Mass. The Nova Singers and guest
artists Monroe Crossing, under the direction
of Laura Lane, perform traditional choral
music with folk and bluegrass stylings.
Saturday: Knox Colleges Kresge Recital Hall
(2 East South Street, Galesburg), 7:30 p.m.
Sunday: St. Paul Lutheran Church (2136
Brady Street, Davenport), 4 p.m. $15-18. For
tickets and information, call (309)341-7038
or visit NovaSingers.com.
Sunday, February 14 Rayland Baxter.
Concert with the singer/songwriter in
support of his new album Imaginary Man,
featuring an opening set by Margaret
Glaspy. The Redstone Room (129 Main
Street, Davenport). 9 p.m. $11.50-14. For
tickets and information, call (563)326-1333
or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.
Tuesday, February 16 Amy

Grant & Steven Curtis Chapman.
Grammy- and Dove-winning
contemporary-Christian artists in
concert. Adler Theatre (136 East
Third Street, Davenport). 7 p.m.
$45-95. For tickets, call (800)7453000 or visit AdlerTheatre.com.
Wednesday, February 17
LIZZO. Alternative hip-hop artist
Melissa Jefferson in concert as
part of the Daytrotter Downs
festival. Daytrotter (324 Brady
Street, Davenport). 7 p.m. $16.82.
For tickets and information, visit
Daytrotter.com.
Barbara Waltons Invocation @ Quad

City Arts Center - February 12 thru April 1
THEATRE
EVENTS
Thursday, February 4
Inheritors. River Action hosts
a reading of the abridged
version of Susan Glaspells
Davenport-set drama, directed
by Aaron Randolph III. Figge
Art Museum (225 West Second
Street, Davenport). 7 p.m. For
information, call (563)322-2969 or
visit RiverAction.org.
Friday, February 12, through Saturday,
February 20 Moon Over Buffalo. Ken
Ludwigs Tony-nominated backstage
comedy, directed by Heather Schmidt.
District Theatre (1724 Fourth Avenue, Rock
Island). Thursday-Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday
2 p.m. $20. For tickets and information, call
(309)235-1654 or visit DistrictTheatre.com.
Friday, February 5 2016 Bacon & Beer

Festival. Annual event featuring samples
of more than 100 craft beers and bacon
delicacies, with area chefs competing for
the Squealer Award. Davenport RiverCenter
(136 East Third Street, Davenport). 6 p.m.
$25-30. For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or visit
RiverCtr.com.
Saturday, February 6 Shipwrecked
in Gilligans Garden. Wintertime party
featuring live music, island games, food
and beverages, and a coconut station,
with attendees encouraged to dress as
their favorite Gilligans Island characters.
Quad City Botanical Center (2525 Fourth
Avenue, Rock Island). 7 p.m. $20. For tickets
and information, call (309)794-0991 or visit
QCGardens.com.
Tuesday, February
9 Rajun Cajun Food
Thursday, February
Fest. Annual fundraising
11 SPECTRA: Local
event featuring CajunLovers Open Mic.
and Creole-inspired
Original poems, songs,
cuisine, specialty cocktails,
stories, soliloquies, and
dancing, and more. Figge
rants co-sponsored by the
Art Museum (225 West
Midwest Writing Center.
Second Street, Davenport).
Rozz-Tox (2108 Third
5 p.m. $30-35. For
Avenue, Rock Island). 8
information and to reserve,
p.m. Free. For information,
call (563)326-7804 or visit
call (563)324-1410 or
FiggeArtMuseum.org.
visit RozzTox.com and
Carlisle Evans Peck Friday, February
MWCQC.org.
February 6-7
12, through Sunday,
February 14 22ndAnnual Iowa Illinois Regional Auto
Friday, February 12, through Friday,
Show. Event showcasing more than 350
April 1 Janet Checker & Barbara Walton.
2016 vehicles. Davenport RiverCenter
Exhibit of oil paintings by Checker of Galena
(136 East Third Street, Davenport). Friday
and encaustic art by Barbara Walton of
and Saturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sunday 10
Ames. Quad City Arts Center (1715 Second
a.m.-5p.m. $3-8, children six and under
Avenue, Rock Island). Tuesday-Friday 10
free, children 12 and under free on Sunday.
a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free.
For tickets and more information, visit
For information, call (309)793-1213 or visit
QuadCityAutoShow.com.
QuadCityArts.com.
LITERATURE
EXHIBIT
MUSIC
Navigating a Journey
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by Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
The Multiple Cat, Intricate Maps; February 12 at Rozz-Tox
uad Cities musician and engineer

Pat Stolley is not a good interview.
Hes plain-spoken and blunt, and
when asked last week about the origins
of Intricate Maps the new album from
his band The Multiple Cat his answer
couldnt be more ordinary and pragmatic:
I had a band that was doing stuff.
In the past, the singer/songwriter/
guitarist said, he had difficulty keeping a
band together, with people moving away
or being less than reliable. But following
2013s The Return of the Multiple Cat,
he had a solid ensemble that wanted to
keep working. So it was as simple as the
confluence of writing songs and having
interest from the local label Cartouche
Records in putting them out.
Chalk up Stolleys manner to preferring
creation over discussion. Starting with
the opening seconds of lead tracks
Maps and David, the record is dense
with pop rock that is precise, detailed,
and economical but also organically vital
and often joyously catchy.
And while the eight tracks that fit that
description would be plenty rewarding,
the three Theme-titled pieces bridge
songs and help shape Intricate Maps into
a dynamic, breathing album. Listening to
the records carefully modulated flow, its
difficult to take Stolley at his word that
his limited time dictates that he use just
about everything he writes; its a triumph
of songwriting, instrumentation, and
arrangement dovetailing with smart
sequencing and evocative connective tissue.
While the Multiple Cat has over its
intermittent 20-year-plus history largely
been Stolleys show, Intricate Maps was
more democratic, with bassist Ben Crabb
and drummer Phil Pracht writing most
of their own parts. (Andrew Barkau has
since replaced Pracht.) The bass and
drums here are essential organs, not
merely the rhythm section as necessary
window dressing.
The bass and click-y percussion drive
Maps as much as Stolleys

vocals and more than his guitar,
and its sharply segmented
structure is a model of shifting
energy and mood within a
stable whole.
David has an even layering
that allows the listeners ears
to prioritize sounds more than
the mix the throbbing bass
rising at times, the keyboards
swimming to the top at others,
Stolleys breathy falsetto
surfacing.
Green Ice is a delicately
swirling drawing, with sturdy bass lines
and warmly enveloping keyboards
contrasting with the finer, darker textures
of hushed vocals, light guitar, and horn.
Lyrically and thematically, Stolley said,
he was inspired by the deaths of two first
cousins one from cancer, one from
alcohol and analytic psychologist Carl
Jungs interest in alchemy.
And if that paired with my descriptions
of Intricate Maps calculation makes the
album sound sterile and a touch academic,
Ill stress that Stolleys craft leaves plenty
of room for pumping blood and humor.
The Boring Game, he said, is told from
the perspective of a Ouija boards spirits:
These beings are beyond time and allpowerful thinking, but they have to field
all these sixth-grade-girl questions.
And in the albums back half, Magic
That Works is angular and dominated by
guitar, a straightforward and bright rock
song that helps release some of Intricate
Maps building pressure.
Theme iii strips away all pretension
with its simple jam Stolleys lyrical
guitar and Crabbs distorted bass playing
off each other and the Multiple Cat
then takes its final U-turn into the
luxuriant piano-and-cymbal comfort of
low-key closer Bells.
Each song on the album, Stolley said, is
discrete, but Intricate Maps still feels like
a satisfying journey with the best tour
guides one could hope for.
The Multiple Cat will perform on Friday,
February 12, at Rozz-Tox (2108 Third
Avenue, Rock Island; RozzTox.com). The
9 p.m. all-ages show also includes a set by
Dirty Swears and a DJ session with Just
Let Go. Admission is $10.
For more information on the Multiple Cat,
visit TheMultipleCat.BandCamp.com.
Intricate Maps is available from
CartoucheRecords.com.
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MUSIC
By Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
Shes Got the World on Her Strings

and they will have good food. Its incredible.)
Wherever she performs, she brings along
one of two violins her 1770 J.B. Guadagnini
or her 2006 Samuel Zygmuntowicz
depending on the nature of her repertoire
and locale.
This is a pretty major argument amongst
concert-goers and musicians, says Sohn of
the perceived differences in the violins sound
quality. Im on the side that thinks that if
somebody didnt tell you that one instrument
was 400 years older than the other one, you
wouldnt be able to tell the difference. I think
a lot of it is in peoples heads, and they want
to romanticize things. Some of these modern
instruments and Im lucky enough to have
one are made so incredibly well these days.
That being said, she continues, I pulled
out my Guadagnini the other day, and there is
a shimmery quality to it thats maybe lacking
in my modern one. But my modern one also
has a more pinpointed loud a louder sound,
basically. You get certain things from one and
certain things from another, and its good to
have both.
Like, Im recording Brahms trios this
coming fall, and the cellist in my group has
a 1710 Gagliano, so for that, Ill probably
use my Guadagnini. But if I have to cut
through an orchestra, generally Ill take my
Zygmuntowicz. And if Im going to cold
climates, Ill leave my Guad at home just for
safety. She laughs. I dont want it cracking
on me.
Its a safe guess, then, that Sohn will bring
along the Zygmuntowicz for her earlyFebruary concerts in the Quad Cities, and the
artist says shes excited to perform Barbers
Violin Concerto, a composition that she
describes as so great. So great. But a bit odd.
Its strange, she explains, because
the three movements sound kind of like
two pieces. The last movement is really
virtuosic, like a moto perpetuo you start
running and running and you get to the
end. Which is really different from the
first two movements, which are very lush,
romantic, heart-on-your-sleeve. And it starts
immediately with the violin playing the tune.
Theres no introduction or anything its just
immediately out there. I kind of like that, and
I like the dichotomy of the two characters.
And its super-fun to play.
Following Sohns Quad Cities concerts,
shell return to her California stomping
grounds, where shes on the faculty of Stanford
Universitys music department, and where she
lives with husband Geoff Nuttall himself
a Stanford faculty member and professional
violinist. Youd be mistaken, though, if you
imagined their time together a nonstop series
of dueling banjos for violins.
Sohn says, Theres not a lot of repertoire

for two violins, and hes also in a string
quartet. The summertime is generally when
we get to play together the most well go to
certain festivals and sometimes be put in a
group together. But I like playing with him.
Were very different players, so its always a
new perspective.
And which spouse is the better player?
You know, says Sohn with a laugh, cagily

evading the question, we often say that if we
combined our playing, we would be, like, a
really supreme violinist.
Livia Sohn performs in the Quad City
Symphony Orchestras Masterworks IV: Song
& Dance concerts at the Adler Theatre (136
East Third Street, Davenport) on Saturday,
February 6, at 8 p.m., and at Augustana

Colleges Centennial Hall (3703 Seventh
Avenue, Rock Island) on Sunday, February
7, at 2 p.m. For tickets and information, call
(563)322-7276 or visit QCSO.org.
For more information on the artist, visit
LiviaSohn.com.
MUSIC
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by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
Taking the Bull by the Horns

Red Rodeo Provides a Haven for Country-Music Fans
ntil very recently, Quad Citians wanting

a rodeo experience had no choice but
to wait for the i wireless Centers annual
Worlds Toughest Rodeo tour. But for the last
month, the District of Rock Island has been
housing its very own, full-time Rodeo and its
got the bull to prove it.
Right now, we rent one for Saturdays,
says booking manager Red Redahan of the
mechanical bull at Red Rodeo the new,
Nashville-style nightclub he operates with wife
and venue owner Cherie. But were actually
going to have our own mechanical bull soon,
and hell be there every night. And people love
it. You land on an air mattress and nobodys
been injured. People just sign their waivers and
have a great time. Red laughs. And then we
throw em off.
Some were no doubt also thrown off by
the very existence of Red Rodeo (located at
1720 Second Avenue in Rock Island). While
touring acts arrive via summers Mississippi
Valley Fair, and high-profile musicians make
occasional i wireless Center and Adler Theatre
appearances, the Quad Cities have long been
without a venue designed specifically for fans
of live country music. After moving from
Atlanta to Davenport roughly two years ago,
Red and Cherie were determined to fill that
entertainment void.
My wife and I are huge fans of Nashville,
says Red. We try to go as often as we can, and
one of our favorite things to do there is just walk
the streets and stop into different places and
listen to live music everywhere. And when we
moved up here, we couldnt find anything to do
if you just wanted that Nashville feel just laidback, relaxed, beer-drinking country music.
As he and his wife have experience

working in the hospitality and restaurant/
bar industries, Red says they began
kicking around the idea of duplicating a
Nashville-type honky-tonk, looking around
for buildings that would be fitting for our
concept. And it actually took about a year
before somebody mentioned that the building
in the District was available. So we went down
there, we looked at it, and we thought, with
some work, the place could be perfect.
With Red Rodeos renovated space boasting
a 1,400-square-foot dance floor, a 24-by20-foot stage, occupancy for 499, and a
rustic interior featuring wood blanks from a
demolished barn, Red says he and Cherie are
thrilled with both the venue which had its
grand opening on New Years Eve and those
whove frequented it.
Its really more than what we imagined,
he says. Just the whole vibe of the place. And
its really the people that have made it so great.
Country-music fans in the Quad Cities have
shown up, and theyve brought that same
mentality thats in Nashville. Like, We just want
to go out, enjoy a few drinks, dance a little bit,
and listen to great music.
Some of those country tunes have come
courtesy of local artists such as the Iowa-based
Adam Keith Band, which played Red Rodeo on
January 9 and returns on February 13. Adam
keeps the dance floor full the whole night,
says Red. They put on a great, high-energy
show. And we want to support anybody we can
whos from this area thats trying to really do
something with their music. We want to help
get them exposure and a following.
But the Redahans have also been working
Tyler Hammond, February 12 at Red Rodeo

with booking agents in Nashville, Chicago,
and Iowa City to land touring musicians that
otherwise wouldnt have visited the Quad
Cities. We were watching the routing for these
artists as they went through the area, says Red,
and saw that most of the time theyd route
from Chicago to Des Moines and wouldnt stop
here. So we wanted to create something that
would get up-and-coming bands to not just
drive through.
One of those bands is Fletcher Rockwell,
performing a Red Rodeo concert on February
5. They play all the big country bars in
Chicago like Joes on Weed St. and the Fireball
Saloon, says Red. They play a lot of country,
but also throw in country versions of songs
by bands like the Lumineers and Mumford &
Sons. Were really excited to have them.
The following Friday, Red Rodeo hosts a
February 12 evening with the Tyler Hammond
Band. Hes a south-Georgia guy whos another
one of the Nashville up-and-comers, and hes
been selling out PBR bars in Kansas City and
St. Louis. Hes a heartthrob, as well definitely
one of the ladies favorites.
And man, I hope people do research
on Outshyne, the Nashville-based artists

performing on February 6. They are awesome.
They wrote a song with Florida Georgia Line,
and had the number-one song [Moonlight
Crush] on XMs country station The Highway.
Referencing Red Rodeos cover charges for
Fridays and Saturdays live-music nights, Red
adds, And getting to see them all these guys
for only five dollars is a steal. A few years
from now, youll be seeing these bands in big
festivals, and youll be able to look back and say
you saw them live for five bucks.
One forthcoming event, however, will have
a higher ticket price. But given that March
12s Red Rodeo concert boasts Nashville duo
Love & Theft CMT Music Award nominees
whose single Angel Eyes topped Billboards
country chart $15 for advance tickets also
seems like a steal. Love & Theft is the type of
name youd expect to see at a fair, says Red.
Usually theyre playing for tens of thousands
of people. But thisll be a real up-close-andpersonal experience.
Its amazing, he continues, but we get
probably 10 to 15 e-mails a day from bands that
want to play here. Were completely booked
solid all the way through July. And if patrons
dont want to come for the music, theres always
the bull.
Yeah, Ive ridden the bull, says Red. Its
great fun. If you get on too many times,
though, you feel it the next morning, for
sure ... .
For more information on Red Rodeo
(1720 Second Avenue, Rock Island) and its
performance schedule, visit TheRedRodeo.com.
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Ask
the
Mr. Swipe Right
Advice
Goddess
Im a woman whos both loving and

seriously hating Tinder. Guys on this app
mostly want to hook up, and even those who
say they want a relationship are flaky, often
disappearing after a single date. Sure, this
sometimes happens with guys I meet in real
life, but not at the rate of my Tinder dates.
Annoyed
Welcome to the Hookupatorium!

Tinder takes all the wait and effort out of
speed-dating. No need to put on pants or pull
them up, if youre on the john. You just swipe
right on your phone to match with somebody
and maybe even swipe em right into your bed
20 minutes later. Plus, its fun less like a dating
site than a video game. Call of Booty, anyone?
However, for anyone seeking happily ever
after instead of hook-up-ily, Tinder can pose
a problem, and that problem is too much choice.
But choice is a good thing, right? The more,
the better! Its the principle behind those endless
options! deli menus you know, the ones with
a page count that makes you forget whether
youre supposed to decide what to have for lunch
or whether Ayn Rand was a bad writer.
Unfortunately, our psychological operating
system evolved in an environment where the
level of choice was more like Sir, can I bring
you the grubs or the grubs? So research finds
that were easily overwhelmed by a slew of
options often choosing poorly and being
bummed about it afterward or feeling too
snowed to choose at all. Social psychologist
Barry Schwartz explains that these problems
with choosing are about protecting ourselves
from regret the pain of blaming ourselves
for making the wrong choice. But having a lot
of options isnt necessarily unmanageable if
we have enough information to differentiate
between them and narrow the field. However,
on Tinder, theres minimal info only age,
location, pics, and a few lines about a person
making it an endless swipe-stream of shes hot
and shes hot in a slightly different way.
Also consider that Tinder is not designed
to help you find love (that lasts for more than
a few sweaty hours); Tinder is designed to
keep you Tinder-ing. The psychological hook
is intermittent reinforcement. Predictable
rewards like if you swiped and always got
a match quickly give us the yawnies. But
Tinders unpredictable rewards the random
Ding! Its a match! turn you into a coke-
BY AMY ALKON
seeking lab rat, relentlessly swiping for your next

high.
You may decide to keep nibbling at Tinders
mobile-global man buffet, but dates that come
out of real-life meetings are probably more likely
to lead to second dates, and maybe more. At a
party, youre, say, one of eight single women, five
of whom a guy isnt that attracted to and one of
whom he broke up with last year. And finally,
theres how face-to-face meetings come with
behavioral constraints that Tinder convos lack.
You should find its the rare guy at the coffee
shop who immediately follows up That a soy
latte? by pointing to his zipper: Ready for
showtime?
Shirknado
My girlfriend has been feeling neglected

and keeps worrying that Im mad at her. I love
her, but I have big business problems now, and
I dont want to burden her with them. Also,
since we have a good thing, doesnt it make
sense to focus on the stuff thats a mess?
Startup Guy
Unfortunately, it isnt possible to outsource
your relationship to some guy in the Philippines:
Please stay on the line. Your feelings are very
important to us .
Men and women tend to deal with crisis in
different ways. Women manage their emotions
by expressing them; men just hope theirs will
go away. Evolutionary psychologists Leda
Cosmides and John Tooby explain that men
evolved to be the defenders of the species, and in
battle, it would have put them at a disadvantage
to show their feelings especially those
reflecting vulnerability, like Yikes, Im totally
out of my league!
Being predisposed to bury your feelings
in the backyard doesnt mean you should
assuming you dont want your next startup to
be a new relationship. This isnt to say you need
to blather on about everything, Oprahs-couch
style. You just need to share the bad as well
as the good, even just by texting, tough day,
babe. You might even put reminders on your
phone to send brief sweet messages a few times
daily. Maybe that seems dumb and unromantic.
Whats dumber and more unromantic is adding
breakup problems to your business problems
because you didnt put in 46 seconds a day
telling a woman that she matters. Sure, misery
reportedly loves company. But lets not be hasty
in filling the flower vases and putting out the
good towels.
Got A Problem? Ask Amy Alkon.
171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405

or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (AdviceGoddess.com)
2016, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved.
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The

Bibles Book of Exodus tells the story
of the time Moses almost met God.
Show me your glory, please, the prophet says
to his deity, whos hiding. You cannot see my
face, God replies, but I will show you my back
parts. Thats good enough for Moses. He agrees.
I hope that you, too, will be satisfied with a
tantalizingly partial epiphany, Aries. Im pretty
sure that if you ask nicely, you can get a glimpse
of a splendor thats as meaningful to you as God
was to Moses. It may only be the back parts,
but that should still stir you and enrich you.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The

archaic English word quaintrelle refers
to a woman who treats her life as a work
of art. She is passionate about cultivating beauty
and pleasure and wit in everything she is and
does. But shes not a narcissistic socialite. Shes
not a snooty slave to elitist notions of style. Her
aim is higher and sweeter: to be an impeccable,
well-crafted fount of inspiration and blessings.
I propose that we resuscitate and tinker with
this term, and make it available to you. In 2016,
you Tauruses of all genders will be inclined to
incorporate elements of the quaintrelle, and you
will also be skilled at doing so. If you have not
yet dived in to this fun work, start now!
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Sufi
teacher (and Gemini) Idries Shah
offered this teaching: They say that
when Fortune knocks, you should open the
door. But why should you make Fortune knock,
by keeping the door shut? Lets make this
your featured meditation, Gemini. If there is
anywhere in your life where proverbial doors
are shut either in the world outside of you
or the world inside of you unlock them and
open them wide. Make it easy for Fortune to
reach you.
with finesse. Your intuition reveals exactly how

to make good use of the fertile contradictions.
Youre crafty, adaptable, and effective. So which
way will you go? How will the tale unfold? I
think its completely up to you. Blind fate will
have little to do with it. For best results, all you
have to do is stay in close touch with the shining
vision of what you really want.
VIRGO (August 23-September 22):
To hell with my suffering, wrote
Arthur Rimbaud in his poem May
Banners. I suggest you make that
your mantra for now. Anytime you feel a sour
thought impinging on your perceptions, say, To
hell with my suffering. And then immediately
follow it up with an expostulation from
another Rimbaud poem, Its all too beautiful.
Be ruthless about this, Virgo. If you sense an
imminent outbreak of pettiness, or if a critical
voice in your head blurts out a curse, or if a
pesky ghost nags you, simply say, To hell with
my suffering, and then, Its all too beautiful. In
this way, you can take advantage of the fact that
you now have more power over your emotional
pain than usual.
LIBRA (September 23-October 22):
I like people who unbalance me,
says Irish writer Colum McCann. Normally I
wouldnt dream of encouraging you to make
the same declaration, Libra. My instinct is to
help you do everything necessary to maintain
harmony. But now is one of those rare times
when you can thrive on what happens when you
become a bit tilted or uneven or irregular. Thats
because the influences that unbalance you will
be the same influences that tickle your fancy
and charge your batteries and ring your bell and
sizzle your bacon.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Many

Cancerians harbor a chronic ache
of melancholy about what theyre
missing. The unavailable experience in question
could be an adventure they wish they were
having or an absent ally they long to be near
or a goal they wish they had time to pursue.
Thats the bad news. The good news is that
you can harness the chronic ache. In fact, its
your birthright as a Cancerian to do so. If you
summon the willpower to pull yourself up out
of the melancholy, you can turn its mild poison
into a fuel that drives you to get at least some of
what youve been missing. Now is a favorable
time to do just that.
SCORPIO (October 23-November

21): The African Association was a
19th Century British group dedicated
to exploring West Africa. Its members hoped
to remedy Europeans ignorance about the
areas geography. In one of the Associations
most ambitious projects, it commissioned an
adventurer named Henry Nicholls to discover
the origin and to chart the course of the
legendary Niger River. Nicholls and his crew set
out by ship in their quest, traveling north up a
river that emptied into the Gulf of Guinea. They
didnt realize, and never figured out, that they
were already on the Niger River. Im wondering
if theres a comparable situation going on in your
life, Scorpio. You may be looking for something
that you have already found.
LEO (July 23-August 22): How

will the next chapter of your story
unfold? I suspect there are two
possible scenarios. In one version, the
abundance of choices overwhelms you. You get
bogged down in an exciting but debilitating
muddle, and become frazzled, frenetic, and
overwrought. In the other possible scenario, you
navigate your way through the lavish freedom
SAGITTARIUS (November
22-December 21): Richard P.
Feynman was a brilliant physicist who
won a Nobel Prize in 1965 for his pioneering
work in quantum electrodynamics. He also
played the bongo drums and was a competent
artist. But excessive pride was not a problem for
him. Im smart enough to know that Im dumb,
he testified. The first principle is that you
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must not fool yourself and you are the easiest
person to fool. I suggest you adopt him as your
role model for the next two weeks, Sagittarius.
All of us need periodic reminders that weve
got a lot to learn, and this is your time. Be extra
vigilant in protecting yourself from your own
misinformation and misdirection.
CAPRICORN (December
22-January 19): Food connoisseur
Anthony Bourdain has a TV show
that enables him to travel the globe indulging
in his love of exotic cuisine. He takes his
sensual delights seriously. In Charleston, South
Carolina, he was ecstatic to experience the
flavorful bliss of soft-shell crab with lemon
pasta and shaved bottarga. Frankly, he told
his dining companion, Id slit my best friends
throat for this. Bourdain was exaggerating
for comic effect, but Im concerned you may
actually feel that strongly about the gratifications
that are almost within your grasp. I have no
problem with you getting super-intense in
pursuit of your enjoyment. But please stop short
of taking extreme measures. You know why.
AQUARIUS (January 20-February
18): You may sometimes be drawn
to people or places or ideas long before they can
give you their gifts. Although you sense their
potential value, you might have to ripen before
youll be ready to receive their full bounty. Heres
how author Elias Canetti expressed it: There
are books, that one has for 20 years without
reading them, that one always keeps at hand,
yet one carefully refrains from reading even a
complete sentence. Then after 20 years, there
comes a moment when suddenly, as though
under a high compulsion, one cannot help
taking in such a book from beginning to end,
at one sitting: it is like a revelation. I foresee
a comparable transition happening for you,
Aquarius.
PISCES (February 19-March 20): The
Leaning Tower of Pisa is eight stories
high, including its belfry, and tilts
sideways at a four-degree angle. When builders
started construction back in 1173, they laid a
weak foundation in unstable soil, and the building
has never stood straight since then. And yet it is
the most lucrative tourist attraction in the city of
Pisa, and one of the top 10 in Italy. Its flaw is the
source of its fame and glory. Whats the equivalent
in your world, Pisces? Now is a favorable time to
take new or extra advantage of something you
consider imperfect or blemished.
Homework: Brag about your flaws and
weaknesses and mistakes. Send your boast
to TruthRooster@gmail.com and visit
FreeWillAstrology.com.
Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny's
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Crossword
PRICE POINT February 4, 2016
ACROSS
1. Lambaste
5. City in Egypt
10. Michaelmas daisy
15. Dollop
19. Pater
20. Pack animal
21. Percentage
22. The wallaroo
23. Relative of an org.
24. Mixer
25. Quadrangular
27. Start of a quip by anonymous: 2 wds.
29. Run before a gale
31. Pizzazz
32. Full-bodied
33. Tense
34. _ iron
35. Puget Sound city
38. Part 2 of quip: 4 wds.
45. Foregoing
46. M*A*S*H setting
47. Airs
48. Girl in Sevastopol
49. Arrived
50. Horse opera
51. Fragrance
52. Strikebreaker
53. Ending for Marx or Dada
54. Number prefix
55. In other words: Lat.
56. Sees
59. Dwarf buffalo
60. Overeat
61. Junior worker
65. Chester _ Arthur
66. Pretender
67. Presume to
72. More stark
73. Stole
75. Dutch colonist
76. _ _ fault
77. Greek letters
78. Bilk
79. Money box fodder
81. Gents
82. False show

83. Position
84. Walter _ Disney
85. Snare part
89. Transgressed
90. Keanu Reeves role
91. Weaponry
92. _ facto
93. Shakes
97. Portico
98. End of the quip: 2 wds.
102. The _ Molly Brown
104. Oar pin
106. Anger
107. Mine passage
108. Arab ruler: Var.
109. Gourmand
110. Saharan
111. Suggested amount
112. Interprets
113. Recite
114. Young woman
DOWN
1. Tiff
2. Bind, in a way
3. Church area
4. Swamp tree
5. Source of wool
6. Reduce
7. Turf and Trojan
8. Qty.
9. Opposing one
10. Perspicacious
11. Farm structure
12. Make lace
13. Stumbles
14. Come back
15. Lucas or Cukor
16. Blockhead
17. Kind of surgeon
18. Tree trunk
26. Concern of investors
28. Frost
30. _ Libre
33. Vetch
35. Merely implied
36. Disconcert
January 21 Answers: right
37. Mark or observe

38. Goes by car
39. Cake
40. Furrows
41. Part of QED
42. Acknowledgement
43. Leaf shape
44. Takes
46. Hudson or Mulgrew
50. Yellow pigment
51. House of brick
52. Pitprop
54. Mink cousin
55. Sluggish
56. _ plexus
58. Refuges
59. Make fit
60. The Hunger _
63. Imagine
64. Of a bone
66. Software fix
69. Charged particles
70. Scandinavian
71. Facilitated
72. Trounce
73. Mint family member
74. Torn
78. Team member
79. Regional conditions
80. Anoints
81. Medical image
83. Primp
84. River in Spain
85. _ prius
87. Ask
88. Appraisers
89. Area of activity
92. Ait
93. Campus area
94. Nullify
95. Wife of Osiris
96. Idem
97. Jumper
98. Jot
99. Mata _
100. Sponsorship
101. Some table wines
103. Arthur or Benaderet
105. Topper
January 21 Crossword Answers
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Live Music Live Music Live Music

Email all listings to calendar@rcreader.com Deadline 5 p.m. Thursday before publication
THURSDAY
2016/02/04 (Thu)
Doug Collins Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave.,

Rock Island IL
Quad City Symphony Orchestra w/
Livia Sohn (2pm) Senior Star at
Elmore Place, 4500 Elmore Ave.,
Davenport IA
FRIDAY
2016/02/05 (Fri)
Battle of the Bands: Round Two

RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave., Rock Island IL
Fletcher Rockwell Red Rodeo, 1720
2nd Ave., Rock Island IL
Jim Ryan River House, 1510 River Dr.,
Moline IL
QC Slim My Place the Pub, 4405 State
St., Bettendorf IA
The Recliners The M ill, 120 E.
Burlington St., Iowa City IA
Rude Punch 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Mound St., Davenport IA
The Steepwater Band Kris Lager
Band The Redstone Room, 129
Main St., Davenport IA
Summercamp on the Road: The Evan
Stock Band Flash in a Pan Soul
Phlegm Live Broadcast Iowa
City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St, Iowa
City IA
Teenage Rage Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd
Ave., Rock Island IL
Willard Wilcox Kilkennys, 300 W. 3rd
St., Davenport IA
30
2016/02/06
(Sat)
SATURDAY
Alash Ensemble CSPS/Legion Arts,

1103 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids IA
Bob Marley Birthday Bash: Fire Sale

Fireman Stan Iowa City Yacht Club,
13 S Linn St, Iowa City IA
The Brat Pack RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.,
Rock Island IL
Carlisle Evans Peck Ca dZan, 411
South Rd., Cambridge IL
Cosmic 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Dillon Fuego Sly Swif t Peer
Pressure Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St., Iowa City IA
Electric Shock Purgatorys Pub, 2104
State St, Bettendorf IA
Hammer & the Nailers My Place the
Pub, 4405 State St., Bettendorf IA
Justin Morrissey River House, 1510
River Dr., Moline IL
Laura Ingalls Wilder Birthday Concert
(2pm) Scott Engledow (7pm)
Uptown Bills Coffee House, 730 S.
Dubuque St., Iowa City IA
Outshyne Red Rodeo, 1720 2nd Ave.,
Rock Island IL
Pat Foley Governors Pub & Grill, 3470
Middle Rd., Bettendorf IA
Quad City Symphony Orchestra
Masterworks IV: Song and Dance
Adler Theatre, 136 E. 3rd St.,
Davenport IA
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar The
Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar,
111 West 2nd St., Davenport IA
Switchback The Mill, 120 E. Burlington
St., Iowa City IA
Whiplash Abby Hawkeye Tap Sports
Bar N Grill, 4646 Cheyenne Ave.,
Davenport IA
Wild Oatz Harley Corins, 1708 State
St., Bettendorf IA
Willard Wilcox Kilkennys, 300 W. 3rd
St., Davenport IA
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THURSDAY
2016/02/11 (Thu)
Attic Light Hunter Dumped Us

Here Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St., Iowa City IA
John Primer Winter Blues All-Stars
2016 The Redstone Room, 129
Main St., Davenport IA
Rev. Robert Jones Sr. (6pm) River
Music Experience (RME), 129 Main
St., Davenport IA
FRIDAY
12
2016/02/12 (Fri)
Davina & the Vagabonds @ The Redstone Room - February 12
SUNDAY
2016/02/07 (Sun)
Carlisle Evans Peck Ginger Bones

John Stenger Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd
Heather Styka Liv Carrow Gabes,
330 E. Washington St., Iowa City IA
Quad City Symphony Orchestra
Masterworks IV: Song and Dance
Centennial Hall, Augustana College,
3703 7th Ave., Rock Island IL
The RiverCity 6 (9:30am) First
Lutheran Church - Geneseo, 114 E.
Main St, Geneseo IL
MONDAY
2016/02/08 (Mon)
Moeller Mondays Presents Rozz-Tox,

2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island IL
Valley Maker Village Theatre, 2113 E

11th St, Davenport IA
TUESDAY
2016/02/09 (Tue)
Chris Avey Live My Place the Pub,

4405 State St., Bettendorf IA
The Dandelion Stompers (6pm) The
Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa
City IA
WEDNESDAY
10
Andy Frasco & the UN Groovement

The Low Down The Redstone
Room, 129 Main St., Davenport IA
Burlington Street Bluegrass Band The
Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City IA
Rev. Robert Jones Sr. (6pm) Cool
Beanz Coffeehouse, 1325 30th St.,
Rock Island IL
Battle of the Bands: Round Three

RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave., Rock Island IL
The Blackberry Bushes Stringband
Cedar County Cobras The Mill, 120
E. Burlington St., Iowa City IA
Bobby McFerrin Riverside Casino
Event Center, 3184 Highway 22,
Riverside IA
Buddy Olson (5pm) The Rusty Nail,
2606 W. Locust St., Davenport IA
The Chris and Wes Show Kilkennys,
300 W. 3rd St., Davenport IA
Davina & the Vagabonds The Appleseed Collective The Redstone
Groovement The Maytags Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Jerry Beauchamp Dance Walcott
Coliseum, 116 E Bryant St, Walcott IA
Jordan Danielsen River House, 1510
River Dr., Moline IL
Keep Off the Grass 11th Street
Precinct, 1107 Mound St., Davenport
IA
The Manny Lopez Big Band (6pm)
The Circa 21 Speakeasy, 1818 3rd
The Multiple Cat Record Release Show

Dirty Swears Just Let Go RozzTox, 2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island IL
The Stone Flowers Harley Corins,
Tucker & Douglas (6pm) The ARTery,
1629 2nd Ave in the District, Rock
Island IL
Tyler Hammond Band Red Rodeo,
1720 2nd Ave., Rock Island IL
Wild Oatz The Rusty Nail, 2606 W.
Locust St., Davenport IA
Zach Harris Band My Place the Pub,
30
SATURDAY
2016/02/13 (Sat)
13
Adam Keith Red Rodeo, 1720 2nd

Anak1n Roosevelt the Titan Sherpa
BOTH Jim Swim Iowa City Yacht
Club, 13 S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Blues Rock It w/ Detroit Larry
Davison Cabanas, 2120 4th Ave.,
Rock Island IL
The Chris and Wes Show Kilkennys,
300 W. 3rd St., Davenport IA
Code 415 Harley Corins, 1708 State
St., Bettendorf IA
David Brooks & The Piano Man
Xperience Ohnward Fine Arts
Center, 1215 E Platt St., Maquoketa
IA
El Ten Eleven Shallou Gabes, 330 E.
Washington St., Iowa City IA
The Fretless (6:30pm) Ca dZan, 411
South Rd., Cambridge IL
The Guess Who Riverside Casino
Event Center, 3184 Highway 22,
Riverside IA
WQPTQuad Cities PBS invites kids to write & illustrate

an original story . . . fact or fiction, prose or poetry.
ENTRY DEADLINE
MARCH 30, 2016
Presented by:
Who can enter?
Any student in Kindergarten through 3rd Grade

can enter. There is no cost to enter.
Everyones a Winner!
Every entrant will receive a Certificate of Achievement.
Top 16 Local Winners
Four winners from each grade will be selected to

receive cool prizes at a celebration in May.
Contest Deadline
Stories must be received by Wednesday, March 30

Stories may be mailed or delivered to
WQPT-Quad Cities PBS in Moline.
For entry forms, guidelines ans complete details, go to:
wqpt.org/writerscontest
Funding and support provided by:
With additional support from John Deere
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Live Music Live Music Live Music

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Nova Singers: The World Beloved: A

Bluegrass Mass (4pm) St. Paul
Lutheran Church - Davenport, 2136
Brady St., Davenport IA
Hammer & the Nailers Purgatorys
Rayland Baxter Margaret Glaspy
Pub, 2104 State St., Bettendorf IA
The Redstone Room, 129 Main St.,
Hot Rods Walcott Coliseum, 116 E
Davenport IA
Bryant St., Walcott IA
Justin Morrissey 11th Street Precinct,
2016/02/15 (Mon)
1107 Mound St., Davenport IA
The Knockoffs My Place the Pub, 4405
Mississippi Valley Country & Western
State St., Bettendorf IA
Music Association Dance East
Laney Jones & the Spirits Rivers Edge
Moline American Legion, 829 16th
Gallery, 216 W. 3rd St., Muscatine IA
Ave., East Moline IL
The Low Down RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.,
Moeller Mondays Presents Rozz-Tox,
Rock Island IL
2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island IL
Nova Singers: The World Beloved: A
Bluegrass Mass Knox Colleges
Kresge Recital Hall, 2 East South St., 2016/02/16 (Tue)
Knox College, Galesburg IL
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar The Amy Grant & Steven Curtis Chapman
Adler Theatre, 136 E. 3rd St., Davenport IA
Chris Avey Live My Place the Pub,
Smooth Jazz Valentines Concert:
Marc Antoine & Phil Denny The
Redstone Room, 129 Main St., 2016/02/17 (Wed)
Davenport IA
Steve McFate River House, 1510 River LIZZO Daytrotter, 324 Brady St.,
Davenport IA
Dr., Moline IL
Strings of My Heart Uptown Bills Luke Arvid Soft Self Portraits RozzTox, 2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island IL
Coffee House, 730 S. Dubuque St.,
Richard Bruxvoort Colligan (12:15pm)
Iowa City IA
Two Rivers United Methodist
Tongue Party Typical Rozz-Tox, 2108
Church, 1820 5th Ave., Rock Island IL
3rd Ave., Rock Island IL
Whiplash Abby Missippi Brew, River Wu Man & Shanghai Quartet Englert
Theatre, 221 East Washington St.,
Dr, Muscatine IA
Iowa City IA
2016/02/14 (Sun)
2016/02/18 (Thu)
Bjorn Olaf Schag Karpit Gabes, 330
Daytrotter Downs Festival 2016:
E. Washington St., Iowa City IA
William Elliott Whitmore P.O.S.
Gaelic Storm Englert Theatre, 221 East
Mothers Curtis Harding Adler
Washington St., Iowa City IA
Theatre, 136 E. 3rd St., Davenport IA
Schag Karpit Kansas Bible Company

Summertown Iowa City Yacht
Serious Business My Place the Pub,
4405 State St., Bettendorf, IA
Vice Squad Purgatorys Pub, 2104
State St, Bettendorf IA
Weirdtown Fest II: Ghost Hairs
Aseethe Pyramid Dust Koba
mediumPenis Contraktor
Ampyre Electricity Joe Grove
Analsausage Blue Movies
Dr.Heat Suburban Commando
(5pm) Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave.,
Rock Island IL
MONDAY
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TUESDAY
16
WEDNESDAY
SUNDAY
14
THURSDAY
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18
30
2016/02/20
(Sat)
SATURDAY
Amy Grant @ Adler Theatre - February 16
D e s m o n d J o n e s L a s t Wi l l &
Testament Van Allen High
Graves Samuel Locke Ward
Gabes, 330 E. Washington St., Iowa
City IA
Sierra Hull Ghost of Paul Revere
The Redstone Room, 129 Main St.,
Davenport IA
FRIDAY
2016/02/19 (Fri)
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3 on the Tree RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.,

Rock Island IL
Aaron Smith Kilkennys, 300 W. 3rd
St., Davenport IA
Bucktown Revue N ighswander
Theatre, 2822 Eastern Ave,
Davenport IA
The Chris & Wes Show Thirstys on
Third, 2202 W. 3rd St., Davenport IA
Cobalt Blue 11th Street Precinct, 1107

Cody Hicks Red Rodeo, 1720 2nd Ave.,
Rock Island IL
Doug Brundies Big Acoustic Show
River House, 1510 River Dr., Moline IL
Ernie Hendrickson & Dan Hubbard
CD Release Show The Redstone
The Funnies Fargo Dance & Sports,
4204 Avenue of the Cities, Moline IL
Lost Country Dancers Dance Walcott
Coliseum, 116 E Bryant St, Walcott IA
Melanie Devaney (noon) Bettendorf
Public Librar y, 2950 Lear ning
Campus Dr., Bettendorf IA
The Revelers CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103
3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids IA
Santah Dagmar The Mill, 120 E.
Burlington St., Iowa City IA
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Aaron Smith Kilkennys, 300 W. 3rd

St., Davenport IA
Aaron Williams & the Hoodoo
Flatted Fifth Blues & BBQ, 300 Potter
Dr., Bellevue IA
Ben Miller Band Frank F. Sidneys
Western Bandit Volunteers
Adrians Wake Iowa City Yacht
The Blackstones Missippi Brew, River
Dr, Muscatine IA
The Funnies Fargo Dance & Sports,
4204 Avenue of the Cities, Moline IL
Hammer & the Nailers Harley Corins,
Hap Hazard 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Mass Gothic MAZED B-Star
Gabes, 330 E. Washington St., Iowa
City IA
Pete Seeger Tribute Concert Uptown
Bills Coffee House, 730 S. Dubuque
St., Iowa City IA
Phil Vassar Quad-Cities Waterfront

Convention Center, 2021 State St.,
Bettendorf IA
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar The
Sin City 3 My Place the Pub, 4405 State
St., Bettendorf IA
Tony Hoeppner & Friends The Grape
Life Wine Store & Lounge, 3402
Elmore Ave., Davenport IA
Weirdtown Fest II: Erases Eraser
Paul Hertz Novonski Fleeting
Breath Cancer Lake Underwater
Escape from the Black Holes Deer
Surround Our Home We Also
Let Blood Closet Witch Eyes
suicided K0... Bob Bucko Jr
(5pm) Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave.,
Rock Island IL
SUNDAY
2016/02/21 (Sun)
21
R e b e c c a R e g o & t h e Tr a i n m e n
(6:30pm) Ca dZan, 411 South
Rd., Cambridge IL
Third Sunday Jazz: Miguel Zenon
Quartet (6pm) The Redstone
Youth Choir, Prelude Strings, and
Youth String Ensemble Concert
Centennial Hall, Augustana College,
3703 7th Ave., Rock Island IL
Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and
Yo u t h S y m p h o n y O r c h e s t r a
Concer t Centennial Hall,
Augustana College, 3703 7th Ave.,
Rock Island IL
EXHIBITION OPENING
Mississippi
River Views
from the
Muscatine Art Collection
JANUARY 30-JUNE 5, 2016
This exhibition is generously sponsored by
Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust
Joseph Rusling Meeker, Mississippi River Bluffs,

1880, oil on canvas, Collection Muscatine Art Center
Davenport, Iowa 563.326.7804

www.figgeartmuseum.org
DJs/Karaoke/
Jams/Open Mics
THURSDAYS
Cross Creek Karaoke Central Avenue

Tap, 2604 Central Ave., Bettendorf, IA.
DJ MAXimus (Feb. 4) Gabes, 330 E.
Washington St., Iowa City, IA.
DJ Night w/ 90s Music Thirstys on Third,
2202 W. Third St., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Bier Stube Moline, 415
15th St., Moline, IL.
Karaoke w/ Double Dz Purgatorys Pub,
2104 State St., Bettendorf, IA.
Open Jam Night Harley Corins, 1708
State St., Bettendorf, IA.
Open Mic Night Uptown Bills Coffee
House, 730 S. Dubuque St., Iowa
City, IA.
Open Jam Session My Place the Pub,
FRIDAYS
Cross Creek Karaoke Firehouse Bar

& Grill, 2006 Hickory Grove Rd., Davenport, IA.
DJ Dance Party w/ Just Let Go (Feb. 12)
Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island, IL.
DJ Dolla The Smoking Dog Pub, 1800
Second Ave., Rock Island, IL.
DJ K Yung Barrel House Moline, 1321
Fifth Ave., Moline, IL.
Karaoke Night Circle Tap, 1345 West
Locust St., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night The Grove Tap, 108 S. 1st
St., Long Grove, IA.
Karaoke Night Miller Time Bowling,
2902 E. Kimberly Rd., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Roadrunners Roadhouse,
3803 Rockingham Rd., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Thirstys on Third, 2202
W. Third St., Davenport, IA.
Open Mic Coffeehouse (Feb. 5) First
Lutheran Church of Rock Island, 1600
20th St., Rock Island, IL.
SATURDAYS
Community Folk Sing (Feb. 13, 3pm)

Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA.
DJ Dolla The Smoking Dog Pub, 1800
Second Ave., Rock Island, IL.
Irish Music Session (Feb. 6, 4pm)
Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA.
Karaoke Night The Grove Tap, 108 S. 1st
St., Long Grove, IA.
Karaoke Night Miller Time Bowling,
2902 E. Kimberly Rd., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Roadrunners Roadhouse,
3803 Rockingham Rd., Davenport, IA.
Open Mic Night Downtown Central
Perk, 226 W. 3rd St., Davenport, IA.
Songwriters Round Table (Feb. 13,
noon) River Music Experience Sound
Lab, 129 N. Main St., Davenport, IA.
Twisted Mics Music & Entertainment
Barrel House Moline, 1321 Fifth Ave.,
Moline, IL.
SUNDAYS
Catfish Jazz Jam Session (Feb. 14, 3pm)

Knights of Columbus, 1111 W. 35th
St., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke w/ JB Promotions The Rusty
Nail, 2606 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA.
MONDAYS
Musicians Jam w/ CJ Lomas (Feb. 15,

6pm) Theos Java Club, 213 17th St.,
Rock Island, IL.
Open Mic w/ J. Knight The Mill, 120 E.
Burlington St., Iowa City, IA.
Comedy
TUESDAYS
Acoustic Jam Night w/ Steve McFate

(Feb. 16) Mr. Eds Liquor Store & Tap,
127 Fourth St. W., Milan, IL.
Acoustic Music Club (4:30pm) River
Music Experience, 129 N. Main St.,
Davenport, IA.
Open Mic Night Broken Saddle, 1417
5th Ave., Moline, IL.
Open Mic Night Cool Beanz Coffeehouse, 1325 330th St., Rock Island, IL.
Tuesday Blues Jam w/ Mark Avey &
Detroit Larry Davison Cabanas,
2120 4th Ave., Rock Island, IL.
Underground Open Mic w/ Kate Kane
Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St.,
Iowa City, IA.
WEDNESDAYS
Acoustic Jam Night w/ Steve McFate

McManus Pub, 1401 7th Ave.,
Moline, IL.
Cross Creek Karaoke Harley Corins,
Jam Session & Mug Night Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA.
Karaoke Night 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Circle Tap, 1345 West
Locust St., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.,
Rock Island, IL.
Karaoke w/ Most Wanted My Place
the Pub, 4405 State St., Bettendorf, IA.
Open Jam w/ Earth Ascending Bent
River Brewing Company, 512 24th St.
Rock Island, IL.
Open Mic Night Boozies Bar & Grille, 114
W. 3rd St., Davenport, IA.
FRIDAY
ComedySportz (7pm) The Establishment,

220 19th St., Rock Island, IL.
Mike Armstrong (7:30pm) Penguins
Comedy Club, 208 Second Ave. SE,
Cedar Rapids, IA.
Studio Series: Survivor (9:30pm) The Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock Island, IL.
30
SATURDAY
Comedy Night: Jeff Acuri Nate Burrows

Alex Kumin Adam Burke (7:30
& 10:30pm) Grace Performing Arts
Center, 316 S. Main St., Princeton, IL.
Mike Armstrong (7:30pm) Penguins
Cedar Rapids, IA.
Studio Series: Wisenheimer (9:30pm)
The Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock
Island, IL.
The Blacklist: 100 Laughs (9pm) The
Backroom Comedy Theater, 1510 N.
Harrison St., Davenport, IA.
SUNDAY
The Circumstantial Comedy Show

(9pm) BREW, 1104 Jersey Ridge Rd.,
Davenport, IA.
MONDAY
Tom Garlands Catacombs of Comedy

Showcase (10pm) Iowa City Yacht
Club, 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA.
TUESDAY
Comedy Open Mic (8:30pm) Harley

Corins, 1708 State St., Bettendorf, IA.
WEDNESDAY
10
The Backroom Comedy Open Mic Night

(7:30pm) The Backroom Comedy Theater, 1510 N. Harrison St., Davenport, IA.
THURSDAY
11
Comedy Spectacular: Daniel Frana

Byron Graham Dave Losso Sam
Tallent (9pm) The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City, IA.
Drew Michael Andrew Cline Todd
Willhite Robert Crous Nick Mielke
Donny Townsend RIBCO, 1815 2nd
FRIDAY
12
The After Hour (10:30pm) Circa 21

Speakeasy, 1818 Third Ave., Rock Island, IL.
Heywood Banks (7:30pm) Penguins
Cedar Rapids, IA.
Hooking Up with the Second City (8pm)
Englert Theatre, 221 E. Washington
St., Iowa City, IA.
Jason Russell Gary Menke Jake Harris (8pm) Golden Leaf Banquet &
Convention Center, 2902 East Kimberly
Rd., Davenport, IA.
Studio Series: Shakespeared! (9:30pm)
The Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock
Island, IL.
30
SATURDAY
13

23
Drew Michael Andy OBrian Robert

Flanagan Mike Lucas Donny
Townsend Nick Butler (9pm) The
Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City, IA.
Heywood Banks (7:30pm) Penguins
Cedar Rapids, IA.
Hooking Up with the Second City (8pm)
Englert Theatre, 221 E. Washington
St., Iowa City, IA.
Hunt for Murder (6pm) Skellington
Manor & Banquet Center, 420 18th St.,
Rock Island, IL.
Studio Series: True Story (9:30pm) The
Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock
Island, IL.
The Blacklist: The Newlywed Game & The
Blacklist Against Humanity (9pm)
The Backroom Comedy Theater, 1510
N. Harrison St., Davenport, IA.
SUNDAY
14
The Circumstantial Comedy Show

(9pm) BREW, 1104 Jersey Ridge Rd.,
Davenport, IA.
MONDAY
15
Tom Garlands Catacombs of Comedy

Showcase (10pm) Iowa City Yacht
Club, 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA.
TUESDAY
16
Comedy Open Mic (8:30pm) Harley

Corins, 1708 State St., Bettendorf, IA.
WEDNESDAY
17
The Backroom Comedy Open Mic Night

(7:30pm) The Backroom Comedy Theater, 1510 N. Harrison St., Davenport, IA.
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