River Cities' Reader - Issue #801 - March 29, 2012

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River Cities Reader Vol. 19 No. 801 March 29 - April 11, 2012 Business Politics Arts Culture Now You Know RiverCitiesReader.com
Scott County GOP Corruption Exposed: The Jewel Is Tarnished
S
cott County Republicans have every reason
to hang their heads in shame after the
sham of a county convention that broke
its own rules to deliberately exclude at least 30
percent of the duly elected precinct delegates
from being nominated as delegates to the district,
state, and national conventions. At a minimum,
members should be demanding that Scott County
GOP Central Committee Chair Judy Davidson
resign. Davidson was not elected convention
chair at the March 10 meeting, yet she disallowed
nominations for district and state delegates, then
railroaded through her own predetermined slate
of names to be delegates without a motion from
the delegation and then conducted a secret
ballot to conclude the charade. There were dozens
of delegates present who were elected in their pre-
cincts and, by the partys own rules, should have
been included first on any list or slate of delegates
moving forward.
As ugly as American politics has become,
electing delegates is representative governance at
the very grassroots level. At the much ballyhooed
January 3 caucuses, the only binding elections
that occurred were those of the GOP central-
committee members (two per precinct) and the
county delegates (various numbers per precinct
depending on population). Despite what the
media wants you to believe, the January 3
presidential-preference poll was just that a straw
poll, nothing more than a beauty contest and the
results are not binding for delegates. Those who
showed up in their precinct and were elected by
their neighbors as delegates earned the privilege
of moving forward to the next conventions to
represent their precincts as they see fit.
In other words, if the handwriting is on the
wall about any candidate, as the media and the
GOP want you to believe, then at a minimum,
that candidates supporters should have been
present at the January 3 precinct caucuses to do
the handwriting. The bottom line is that Ron
Paul supporters showed up in droves, resulting
in more than 35 percent of the delegates elected
on January 3 who lean toward Dr. Pauls
constitutional message of sound money and
international peace. These messages are ones that
Scott County GOP leaders do not want to see
proliferate, so they broke their own rules to quash
potential Ron Paul supporters from participating
in the April 21 district convention and the June
16 state convention. The fear factor here is that if
Ron Paul supporters make it to the conventions,
then Ron Paul delegates may make it to the
national convention and successfully work to
nominate Ron Paul.
Continued On Page 21
Whats worse is that party leaders worked hard
to find people to be county delegates and eventual
district/state delegates who were not present or
elected at the January 3 precinct caucuses. Judy
Davidson herself did not even participate at her
own precinct caucus. As long as you pay your
$15 and do what you are told, you are good to go
on the super-secret slate. This begs the question:
Why even have a precinct-caucus election of
delegates if the delegates moving forward are just
going to be handpicked by the central committee
behind closed doors? For that matter, why
even have a county convention if the delegates
themselves cannot nominate anyone moving
forward as the rules dictate?
Many of the delegates, myself included,
determined that what transpired on March 10
was fraudulent and unacceptable. We set out
out to reconvene the county convention as the
party rules allow and state statute (Iowa Code,
Title 2; 43.85) actually dictates to correct the
violations that occurred on March 10 and elect a
lawful slate of district/state delegates. The names
and addresses of the delegates are filed with
the county auditor and are a public document.
A postcard was mailed out to the delegates
announcing a reconvening, which is completely
lawful and proper if the delegates can assemble
a quorum which in this case was 93 delegates.
Unfortunately, only 71 delegates assembled on
Thursday, March 22, and thus a quorum was not
met, and no delegation business was conducted.
More evidence causing shame to every Scott
County Republican is how the central-committee
leadership and Judy Davidson conducted
themselves once the call for reconvening the
convention went out. Obviously the mandate
from Davidsons superiors up the GOP ladder
demanded that she stop the delegates from
achieving a quorum on March 22. Daily messages
barraged the delegates from Davidson, including
e-mails, postcards, letters, and robo-calls. Party
leaders were able to co-opt two local TV stations
into smearing the effort to gain a quorum by
labeling the postcard fake, false, and bogus
without actually investigating the issue: how
the process worked, or why reconvening was
legitimate and necessary.
The pressure must have been massive on
Davidson to maintain what former Iowa GOP
Chair Matt Strawn called Scott County: the
jewel in the Iowa GOP crown of counties. If the
Scott County delegation actually assembled with
a quorum and reconvened, then the county party
leaders corruption and lack of ethics would be
by Todd McGreevy
WORDS FROM THE PUBLISHER
Correction
In the article A Real Renaissance
Man (River Cities Reader Issue
800, March 15, 2012), the year of
Heidi Hernandezs graduation was
incorrect. She is a 2006 graduate of
St. Ambrose.
ILLINOIS POLITICS
I
ts hard to avoid contemplating how
Secretary of State Jesse White has
screwed up lately on so many fronts.
White has managed to mostly avoid
scandals throughout his life and as a result
has become one of the most popular
Democratic politicians of the past half-
century one year winning all 102 Illinois
counties, and then still taking about 70
percent of the vote during the the national
Republican landslide of 2010. (Democratic
Attorney General Lisa Madigan won with
65 percent, and Governor Pat Quinn won
with less than 47 percent that same year.)
But Whites engineering of the
appointment of Derrick Smith to his
old House seat was no doubt the biggest
mistake the secretary has ever made in his
decades-long political career.
As you know by now, Smith (D-
Chicago) was arrested earlier this month
on a federal bribery charge. Smith
is Whites guy. There is no plausible
deniability for White, and nothing at
all disputing the fact that White hired
Smith at the secretary of states office even
after the Chicago Sun-Times discovered
that Smith was involved with some
shenanigans at his city job, from which
hed been fired. He then put Smith into the
House seat even though Smith was the sort
of person who could barely speak in floor
debates.
Smith was pretty much an
embarrassment even before he was busted.
He was in over his head and was obviously
lacking in skills. He was Whites hack,
and everybody knew it. But at least Smith
looked like a clean embarrassment back
then. Now hes Whites horribly dangerous
embarrassment with a federal arrest
record.
Before the last election, White had
promised that this would be his final term.
But he changed his mind last year and said
he would run again in 2014. Its possible
that the Smith arrest could cause him to
rethink those plans. The high-profile bust
has most certainly put some blood in the
political waters. But whether he runs again
or not, this is the first time White has ever
displayed any sort of political vulnerability
at all. Hes been completely unbeatable, but
now there are visible cracks in his bright,
shining armor. The political superman
looks a little more human.
Hes done something that hes never
done before: White has handed his
potential opposition a beautiful gift.
Hes an honest, stand-up kind of a guy,
White said after he engineered Smiths
appointment to the House last year. Thatll
look great in a TV ad ... for his opponent.
White also defied legislative protocol
this year by going after state Senator
Annazette Collins (D-Chicago). Collins
was backed to the hilt by Senate President
John Cullerton as she fought what turned
out to be a losing battle with Patricia Van
Pelt-Watkins. Cullerton has dumped more
than $167,000 into the primary, an almost
unheard-of amount for a race such as this.
That sort of involvement is usually a big
warning sign to other pols to stay the heck
away. Legislative leaders dont like it at
all when fellow party members challenge
their authority over their own caucuses.
This isnt the first time that White has
meddled in that Senate district, though.
He backed candidates against former
Senator Rickey Hendon more than once.
And even though White seemingly picked
a blue-chip candidate to challenge Collins
(unlike the Derrick Smith debacle), and
even though Collins is an appointee and
hasnt yet made much of an impact in the
chamber, the Senate Black Caucus was
very aggressive in making extra sure that
Cullerton expended serious resources
to defend her. As a result, this particular
challenge has seemed to generate harder
feelings than Whites past involvement.
But this was the first time that any
party leader has directly and so bluntly
challenged Senate President Cullertons
authority over his own caucus. In this
business, if somebody disrespects you,
then theyd better be made to fear you, or
that disrespect could very well spread to
others. White is currently attempting to
fight off a 9-percent budget cut proposed
by Quinn (who, like everyone but White,
backed Senator Collins). White has offered
to cut 2 percent instead. Good luck with
that.
Secretary White needs to clean up his
messes. And fast.
Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax (a daily
political newsletter) and CapitolFax.com.
by Rich Miller
CapitolFax.com
Secretary of State Could
Pay for His Rare Misstep
Thousands Suffer from Lack
of Services as Lawmakers
Tackle Mental-Health Reform
by Lynn Campbell
IowaPolitics.com
IOWA POLITICS
L
awmakers are struggling with how to
transform Iowas 99-county system for
providing mental-health services into
a more uniform, statewide network. The un-
derfunded system presently leaves thousands
waiting for services.
Those are the people probably suffering
the most right now, said Margaret Stout, who
for 25 years was executive director of Iowas
chapter of the National Alliance on Mental
Illness, a not-for-profit that provides mental-
health education, advocacy, and support.
Iowas adult-mental-health system provided
services to 52,059 people last fiscal year,
according to the Iowa State Association of
Counties. Underfunding leaves thousands
more without needed services. The system has
an anticipated $51.4-million shortfall in Fiscal
Year 2013, according to the states Legislative
Services Agency.
When lawmakers began tackling the issue
last year, they focused on eliminating the list
of Iowans waiting for mental-health services.
They provided a one-time appropriation of $20
million.
But the money wasnt enough. Eleven Iowa
counties still have waiting lists, according to
the Iowa Department of Human Services.
Those lists include about 4,000 people, said
Teresa Bomhoff, vice president of NAMI
Greater Des Moines.
The end of federal stimulus money
exacerbated the problem. Counties used
$40 million of this money for mental-health
services, but that money is now gone.
State money to address shortfalls in the
system is expected to be in the human-services
budget, which the legislature has yet to address.
Meanwhile, a plan advanced March 22 by
House Republicans aims to create statewide
equity in the $1.3-billion mental-health system,
and provide $125.8 million in property-tax
relief. This would happen by leaving the entire
bill with the state and federal governments.
A House version of Senate File 2315 would,
on July 1, 2013, end a county mental-health
levy which ranges from 20 cents per $1,000
of assessed valuation in Plymouth County to
97 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation in
Audubon County and replace it with money
from the states general fund over five years.
That shift would amount to $145.8 million
after inflation.
We dont truly believe that property
taxes are the best way to pay for this, said
state Representative Renee Schulte (R-Cedar
Rapids), the bills House floor manager. Your
general fund consisting of income taxes,
sales taxes, and all that is just a more fair and
equitable way to levy funds for this particular
service.
But Bomhoff said having the state buy out
the countys share in the mental-health delivery
system makes people really, really nervous,
based on past performance.
State lawmakers shorted Iowa counties
about $7 million for mental-health services
last year providing $81 million instead of
$88 million leaving county taxpayers to pay
higher property-tax levies.
Counties have dealt with the legislature
making promises that they havent fulfilled
in the past, said Linda Hinton, government-
relations manager for the Iowa State
Association of Counties.
Even as Representative Schulte, via a 19-6
vote, moved the mental-health plan through
a House Appropriations committee on March
22, state Senator Jack Hatch (D-Des Moines)
said the plan has absolutely no support in the
Democrat-led Senate.
We are gaining nowhere in funding mental
health, Hatch said of the House plan. Were
just replacing state dollars for county dollars.
Mental health has always been underfunded.
So why would we continue to underfund it ...
while we are trying to redesign the system?
Hatch said in addition to the $125.8 million
paid by counties, an additional $150 million
will be needed to pay for mental-health
services in the next five years. He said the state
should focus its resources on that growth,
rather than merely changing the funding
mechanism.
State Representative Dave Heaton (R-Mount
Pleasant) said that if the state doesnt live up to
its promise to fund the mental-health system,
it would still lead to an increase in property
taxes at the local level.
Schulte said no one wants property taxes to
grow. The state will be much more motivated
to prioritize this funding, knowing that its
going to be a property-tax increase if they
dont, she said.
Stout said the success of mental-health
reform will be judged on whether the money
is there for needed services: Any changes that
may come forward may be a step in the right
direction, but if the money isnt there, were still
in the same boat. The system really would not
have changed unless the dollar follows. Thats
the main concern.
This article was produced by IowaPolitics.
com. For more stories on Iowa politics, visit
RCReader.com/y/iapolitics.
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essica Teckemeyers Fawn or Foe is
both a cuddly creature and a dis-
turbing monster, with a lifelike aura
that defies the porcelain from which its
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Exhibition, the piece stands out as a strong
marriage of technique and subtext.
Similarly, Kristin Quinns Flyway offers
a modern sensibility and expression that
differentiate it from an exhibition full of
technical skill yet often lacking stylistic
flair, nuance, and ambiguity.
While those two works are exceptional,
theres also a strong vein of realism in the
show, and several artists conjure meaning
through an abstract approach but without
quite reaching the resonant standard set by
Teckemeyer and Quinn.
Featuring 51 pieces by 40 artists within
a 150-mile radius of the Quad Cities,
the 36th-annual exhibit is on display in
Centennial Hall at Augustana College
through April 22. Juror Joseph Mella,
the director of the Vanderbilt University
Fine Arts Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee,
awarded prizes sponsored by the Rock
Island Art Guild and Augustana College.
The winner of the Three-Dimensional
Entry Award in Memory of Zeivel Harris,
Fawn or Foe is gently but distressingly
surrealistic: Dubuque, Iowas Teckemeyer
sculpted a hybrid porcelain animal with
a detailed, realistic approach. Its body is
that of a lying-down fawn, with perfectly
modeled spindly legs, showing bone and
sinew underneath a velvety fur. The hair
toward the creatures back appears longer
and coarser, leading down to a long dogs
tail. The head is altogether different, with
a smooth surface, and a snout resembling
that of a leopard.
Disconcertingly, the beasts head is
The 36th-Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, through April 22 at the Augustana College Art Museum
Cuddly Monsters, Captivating Portraits, and Juicy, Gross Textures
by Michelle Garrison
michelle_m_garrison@hotmail.com
hollow like a mask with empty sockets
instead of eyes. This ghost-like face
attentively stares, looking to the side, with
a slightly crooked neck. The whole piece is
matte white, adding to the ghostly feel.
The success of this sculpture comes
from its mystery and feeling of impending
action. The pose itself is moments from
motion it looks like the animal was
startled awake heightened by the realistic
detail of tensed muscles. The composition
of the sculpture also gives a feel of potential
energy through the diagonals formed by
the legs, the tail, and the neck. The creature
itself is enigmatic, especially with its hollow
eyes and vacant skull. As the title suggests,
it seems both benign and dangerous.
Davenport artist Quinns first-prize-
winning oil on canvas Flyway grabs visitors
attention immediately. Its around five feet
COVER STORY
Jessica Teckemeyer - Fawn or Foe
Samantha Haring - Inaccessible Pathways (Triptych)
Realization Over Reinvention
Lucero, April 3 at RIBCO
by Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
I
ts rare when critics
and artists see eye-
to-eye, as an exter-
nal perspective often
misses intent and the
nuances of creation,
and the view from
inside is often too close
to see the bigger pic-
ture. But with Luceros
Women & Work, the
Memphis-based band
and its reviewers are
seeing the same things
from their respective
vantage points.
In a phone interview
earlier this month
promoting his bands
April 3 performance
at RIBCO, bassist and
founding member John
C. Stubblefield said
that the new album released March
13 is distinct from Luceros previous
studio records: Every album before
[2009s] 1372 [Overton Park], weve
always kind of gone in and reinvented
to a certain degree. ... Rather than
reinvention on this one, I think it was
more realization ... .
That was echoed by AllMusic.coms
Thom Jurek, who wrote: Its as if this
sound was always there just waiting
for them to mature enough to let it
breathe. ... Women & Work is the sound
of a ... confident band, fully embracing
their hometowns musical legacy, and
wrapping it inside their own sound,
making each both larger and deeper.
Stubblefield said that the album has
added a strong sense of regionalism to
Luceros punkish alt-country barroom
brawn, most obviously with the soulful
horn section that debuted on 1372. That
album, he said, was kind of Lucero with
horns on top of it, where it was hinting at
this certain thing. On this entire record,
now that the horns have been playing
with us for a couple years, its more
integrated and more organic ... .
And Women & Work also touches on
the blues and spiritual traditions of north
Mississippi. It was cool to realize all the
different musical styles of the region and
pull it off on one record, Stubblefield
said.
(Some have found fault with the
albums love-letter-to-Memphis approach.
The A.V. Club thought the band took the
homage too far: It all sounds familiar,
and thats the problem ... : Lucero
has never sounded so assured or less
distinct.)
Led by singer/songwriter/guitarist Ben
Nichols, Lucero since its 2001 self-titled
debut has established twin reputations
as hard-working road dogs and sterling
songsmiths. You can hear both in
Nichols authoritatively weathered
and abused voice, as he infuses the
albums titular themes with both art and
experience. (Theres probably something
in his genes, too, as hes the brother of
writer/director Jeff Nichols, whose two
feature films thus far are grimly rich,
daring, and humane. Lucero scored his
Shotgun Stories.)
After a brief introduction, On My
Way Downtown kicks off Women &
Work with a bright
boogie, and the title
track continues the
party vibe.
The tempo slows
and the mood
darkens on It May
Be Too Late Now
I could get better /
Or I could get drunk
/ Two doubles for the
road / Reckon Im
done but Nichols
infuses the words
with an undeniable
rhythm that buoys it.
On I Cant
Stand to Leave
You, he sings
with a downbeat
resignation thats
leavened by a certain
hopeful sureness,
and the latter is matched by every
instrument the rhythm section, the
female backing vocals, the keys, and the
horns. The band expertly draws from
opposing feelings and somehow makes
that feel natural rather than ambivalent.
The album, Stubblefield said, was
developed over two months, and he said
the process involved exploring every
idea and every riff. ... A couple of songs,
the bridges became whole other songs.
Kind of our most collaborative effort.
The productive labor is evident on
Women & Work, which often creates
resolution where there should be loose
ends and tension. As Paste wrote, its
ultimately a mixture of a retrospective
eye and [the] solace of the future.
Lucero will perform on Tuesday, April 3,
at RIBCO (1815 Second Avenue in Rock
Island). The 8 p.m. all-ages show also
features William Elliott Whitmore. Tickets
(RIBCO.com) are $16 in advance and $20
the day of the show.
For more information on Lucero, visit
LuceroMusic.com.
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River Cities Reader Vol. 19 No. 801 March 29 - April 11, 2012 9 Business Politics Arts Culture Now You Know RiverCitiesReader.com
THEATRE
N
ew Ground Theatres current offering,
Mr. Marmalade, is about four-year-
old Lucy and her imaginary friends.
Suicidal, coke-snorting, physically and mentally
abusive imaginary friends. And its incredibly
funny. One particularly dark scene during
Thursdays performance,
in fact, had me laughing
so hard, for so long, that
I was wiping away tears
by the end of it.
Remembering how
impressed I was with
director Patti Flahertys
handling of playwright
Michael Callahans dark
one-act in New Grounds
January presentation Bad
Habits, I had no doubt she would treat author
Noah Haidles dark comedy with equal abandon
here, and more than adequately highlight its
humor. But its also to the productions benefit
that Patti isnt the only Flaherty involved; in his
role as the titular character, her husband Pat
Flahertys gravely voice and gritty style seem
perfect fits for the cocaine-addicted, abusive
imaginary friend.
The intensity of his performance, with its
tinge of acknowledgment of the humor in it, is
over-the-top funny at times, particularly in the
scene where Mr. Marmalade is snorting coke,
yelling at his pretend wife (a four-year-old, mind
you), and repeatedly calling her a bitch and
other, even less respectful words. That a little
girl is conjuring up a man who has to pencil her
into his schedule (with the help of his personal
assistant), and who berates her as if theyve been
married for years and he can hardly stand her,
is, frankly, awful. However, knowing that all of
this mature content is coming from the mind of
a girl far too young to have experienced much,
if any, of this stuff makes it shockingly funny.
Haidles work does, eventually, cross a line
for me with an action on Lucys part that I find
far too reprehensible to be funny and, indeed,
that elicited a momentary end to any laughter
from Thursdays audience. This lull, however,
was fleeting, as the hilarity of the rest of the
show and the actors performances eventually
overshadowed any discomfort.
While Pat Flaherty masterfully handles
the darker humor of his character, Jessica
Denneys Lucy holds her own against him in
every scene. Given her appropriately pouty face
and vocalizations, the young age of Denneys
character is clear, even though the innocence
of the physical portrayal doesnt match Lucys
corruptly imaginative mind. Yet its precisely
that mismatch of purity and nefarious behavior
that makes Denney so damned funny, and that
drives home Haidles irreverent jokes.
As Lucys newfound friend, five-year-old
By Thom White
With Imaginary Friends Like These ...
Larry, Dana Moss-Peterson offers a similar
combination of the blamelessness of a child with
the tainted mind of an adult, but with an added
sense of misery. Moss-Peterson delivers his
dialogue as though hes sighing while he speaks,
which adds unexpected, but not inappropriate,
comic emphasis to each
sentence. And whether
real or imaginary (or
some hybrid of both),
his wrist-slitting,
kleptomaniacal,
pre-school flunky is
a likably shocking
character, thanks to
Moss-Petersons blend
of sweetness and woe-
is-me style.
Stephanie Moeller, who Im used to seeing
portray characters a lot more nave than her
disengaged sexpot of a babysitter here, shows
great range shaping a figure so unlike her Juliet
in the Prenzie Players Romeo & Juliet last year,
or her Tuptim in 2009s The King & I with Quad
City Music Guild. Barb Engstrom, as Lucys
mother Sookie, seems a bit too doting and
kind to be the source of her childs psychotic
creativity (as I assume its Lucys family life
that inspires her fantasies), but as a lusty,
disrespectful boyfriend and Sookies one-night-
stand, respectively, Tom Taylor and Michael
King enjoy only a short time on stage yet make
big impressions with their clearly fleshed-out
characterizations.
Rounding out the cast, Paul Workman brings
delicacy and calm to his role as Bradley, Mr.
Marmalades assistant and the only imaginary
friend who is consistently kind to Lucy. And
Allen Whitmore's and Susan Perrin-Sallaks
crass behavior and intentionally awkward
dialogue as Larrys imaginary friends Cactus
and Sunflower reminded me of those family
members you dont want visiting you because
theyre so annoying although watching
someone else experience that familial
frustration is familiarly funny.
What perhaps strikes me most about Mr.
Marmalade, however, is how unexpected it is;
with the play being a physicalized portrait of a
four-year-olds imagination, I had absolutely no
idea, on Thursday, where the story was going
or what was coming next, which is part of what
makes this comedy so much fun. Theres a point
in the show where Sookie asks her daughter,
What are you doing pouring ketchup all over
yourself?, to which Lucy replies, It was that kind
of night. Happily, its also that kind of play.
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(2113 East 11th Street, Village of East Davenport)
through April 1. For tickets and information, call
(563)326-7529 or visit NewGroundTheatre.org.
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THEATRE
F
ridays performance of the Center for Liv-
ing Arts Spring Awakening wasnt perfect.
But it was in the productions imperfec-
tions that its main strengths were revealed,
because the earnestness in the actors portrayals
wound up overshadowing the pitch problems,
and the enthusiasm of
director Dino Hayzs
young-adult cast who
performed the hell out
of the piece proved so
infectious and stirring
that the show still proved
effective.
It helps, too, that
Hayz has such beautiful,
poetic lyrics and
melodies with which
to work. Composer Duncan Sheiks music and
Steven Slaters lyrics are hauntingly sad, and
make the Broadway cast recording of Spring
Awakening one of my go-to soundtracks when
I want to wallow in melancholy. With their
themes involving sexual discovery amongst
late-19th Century German teens, struggles with
schoolwork, newly experienced lustful thoughts,
and rebellion against overbearing teachers and
parents, Slaters and Sheiks songs clearly express
adolescent angst, loneliness, and, at times,
self-importance, and Hayzs version of the show
is an interesting blend of period piece and rock
concert.
Costumer designers Tina Hayzs and Julie
Ross wardrobe choices are clearly late-19th
Century in their simplicity, silhouettes
(particularly in the girls outfits), and muted
colors. However, Tina Hayzs energetic, bouncy
choreography combined with Dino Hayzs
flashing, color-embellished lighting gives the
impression of a modern-rock performance. The
use of hand-held microphones also adds to the
concert feel, though I found them considerably
distracting for their large sizes, unwelcome
amplification of imperfections, and inconsistent
employment. (Some performers used a mic on
one song, but needed no help with volume in
others.) And while theyre obviously also having
fun, the emotion that the cast members bring to
their performances gave me goosebumps during
some of the songs and in one particularly
poignant scene that I wont spoil here.
Garrin Jost tackles the shows main character,
Melchior, with the right amount of adolescent
turmoil. An intelligent, free-thinking atheist,
Melchior is the driving force behind much
of his towns youthful rebellion, and with his
impressive (though sometimes strained) vocals,
Josts effort to create this character doesnt show,
which is to say that he wholly becomes Melchior,
without a hint of pretending. And Aaron Lord
whose Moritz is Melchiors school-flunking
friend is a pleasure to watch every moment
hes on stage. While it helps that his hair, which
By Thom White
Teens Pique
is styled to stick straight up in a loose mess
of spikes, demands attention for its oddity,
Lord follows through with a characterization
thats touchingly nervous and uncertain, with
a wide-eyed mix of hope and fear that I found
endearing. I liked Josts Melchior, but I was
actively rooting for
Lords Moritz to pass
his exams and get the
girl (Becca Maumann)
whos fighting for his
attention.
If anyone here
manages to navigate
his or her way clearly
through Sheiks
melodies, its Haley
Nellis. While her love
interest Wendla is less nuanced than happily
agreeable in tone (though arguments could be
made that a limited emotional range is fitting
for the character), her vocals are beautiful,
boasting a richness worthy of Sheiks music.
And Nellis does manage to show dramatic fire
during a scene in which Wendla begs Melchior
to hit her with a switch, scrunching her face
with a concentrated preparedness for pain, and
releasing an appropriately disturbing blend of
want and fear in her voice.
Doug Johnson portrays multiple roles as all of
the towns adult men, and it surprised me to read
in the program that this is only his second stage
performance; Johnson seems so confident, so
certain in his interpretations, that I cant believe
his theatrical experience is so minimal. His
acting ability, however, is not, and the actor offers
a number of clearly defined characterizations
here, from an overly stern teacher to a grieving
father to a soft-spoken clergyman. Meanwhile,
in her role as Martha a girl regularly beaten
by her father theres a consistent desperation
in Myka Walljaspers voice, both when speaking
and singing. And while, on Friday, she started
her The Dark I Know Well song on the wrong
pitch and was off during the numbers first two
phrases, at no point did she miss an emotional
beat; Walljasper overcame her vocal mistake,
found the proper key by the third line, and
continued on with delightful emotional abandon.
Its this kind of similar, seemingly
wholehearted commitment to the material
that makes the Center for Living Arts Spring
Awakening worth seeing. It was easy for me to
overlook missed notes and harmonies, or the
rare bits of overacting here and there, thanks to
the impassioned work of the actors, and Hayzs
direction ringing true to the emotional intent of
Slaters and Sheiks show.
Spring Awakening runs at the Center for
Living Arts (2008 Fourth Avenue, Rock Island)
through April 7. For tickets and information, call
(309)788-5433 or visit Center4Living.com.
Spring Awakening, at the Center for Living Arts through April 7
Benjie Lewis, Aaron Lord, Max Moline,
and Andrew Bruning

THE HUNGER GAMES
As youre probably aware, director Gary
Ross The Hunger Games is the movie
version of the first in a trio of wildly
popular young-adult novels by author
Suzanne Collins. And perhaps the highest
compliment I can pay the film, among
the many compliments it deserves, is that
unlike with the Harry Potter and Twilight
screen adaptations, at no point are viewers
such as myself punished for being too
blas or lazy to have read the book.
I swear I didnt intend to be in this
position again. After completely missing
the pop-culture boat on J.K. Rowlings
and Stephenie Meyers literary offerings,
and not wanting to be inevitably
underwhelmed by yet another YA series
on the cover of every other issue of
Entertainment Weekly, I was determined
to sit my ass down and acquaint myself
with Collins futuristic adventure prior to
the films release. Needless to say, though,
it didnt happen, and I entered The Hunger
Games with that familiar feeling of being
out of the loop and, as an audience
member, borderline irrelevant before the
movie even started.
Yet the supreme pleasure of Ross
achievement is that it doesnt appear to
have been designed solely for the devoted;
at its best, it even delivers the cinematic
equivalent of that page-turning thrill you
get from a really juicy fiction. Information
is dispensed gradually, with your
understanding of character and event
subtly expanding with each chapter, and
as with the most addictive serials, youre
not quite ready
for the experience
to be over; you
want to re-read
(or re-watch)
it immediately
to revel in what
you enjoyed, and
catch amusing
and telling details
you mightve
missed the first
time around.
Ross take on
Collins trilogy-opener is thematically, and
sometimes visually, wrenching. But its also
consistently engaging, frequently exciting,
and occasionally even exhilarating, an
inspiring example of what can happen when
dedicated filmmakers dont concentrate on
making a satisfying adaptation so much as a
satisfying movie.
A dystopian amalgam of The Most
Dangerous Game, The Truman Show, The
Lottery, and numerous other literary and
big-screen influences, The Hunger Games
boasts a simple, horrific premise, one that
finds two dozen youths drafted for an annual
televised competition in which theyre
forced to survive in the wild, and fight to the
death, until only one remains. Yet within the
movies first minutes, the whys and hows
behind this obscene public spectacle begin
to trickle in through a series of fascinating
narrative tidbits: the bloody civil war that
erupted after America was divided into 12
separate districts; the competitions origins
as a government-sanctioned punishment for
the uprising, and a warning against future
revolutions;
the specifics
behind how the
unfortunate 24
are chosen for
participation.
By necessity,
theres an awful
lot of exposition
in the film. In a
welcome surprise,
however, none
of it feels like
exposition;
co-screenwriters Ross, Collins, and Billy
Ray deliver the tales backstory with (Im
guessing) fidelity, but also with such
unforced elegance that its meditations on the
past feel as vital, as dramatically necessary, as
the scenes set in the films present.
And with Jennifer Lawrence cast as
accidental 16-year-old warrior Katniss
Everdeen, The Hunger Games proves
tremendously vital. With her combination
of stillness, toughness, and deep empathy
as rewarding here as it was in her Winters
Bone breakout, Lawrence is again able to
convey enormous feeling while, on the
surface, actually doing very little; she allows
you to read deep reservoirs of emotion in
her tiniest shifts in timbre and bearing.
Ross guides several supporting actors here
toward rich, enjoyably outsize caricatures
(Stanley Tucci, Woody Harrelson, that
whirligig of comic fearlessness Elizabeth
Banks), and several others toward lovely,
understated turns. (Lenny Kravitz, as
Katniss personal groomer Cinna, is
especially fine, and Josh Hutcherson proves
to be the rare nice-guy heartthrob who
doesnt come off as a simp.) But Ross
has a real powerhouse in his Katniss
Everdeen and seems to know it; whether
grieving over a deceased ally or readying
her bow and arrow with feverish,
unbroken concentration, Lawrence
emerges as a complex, exceptionally
appealing heroine, and her director
gives his star all the breathing room she
appears to require.
Its easy to gripe about the mostly
lackluster visual effects and a few sketchy
characterizations (for the moment, Liam
Hemsworth, Wes Bentley, and an overly
effete Donald Sutherland arent bringing
much to this serialized party), and
naturally, I left with more questions than
the books faithful likely did. (Why are
alliances formed when the competitors
know that even their closest allies are out
to kill them? Why plant mines around
a stockpile of food when an explosion
will subsequently destroy the food?)
Yet there are so many extraordinary
elements in The Hunger Games not
least being the gloriously garish, fuschia-
and-magenta palette in the Capitol
sequences and the competitions fast,
grisly, artfully edited opener that I was
never actively bothered by its flaws, and
left the screening intensely thankful to
Ross and company for turning a literary
phenomenon into an accessible, thrilling
work that both fans and newbies can
enjoy with equal fervor. How novel.
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Assassin Nation
W
hile a brief, unpretentious piece, Coyote
Dances by local composer William
Campbell is long on musical adven-
ture, drama, and humor fashioned from a Native
American moral yarn reminding us not to get too
big for our britches.
In personal and
e-mail interviews,
Campbell chair of the
St. Ambrose University
music department and
an associate professor
there explained how he
portrayed a story of the
folkloric trickster hero
Coyote in music and the
March 31 and April 1
premiere of the composition with the Quad City
Symphony Orchestra.
I wanted to write fun music with exuberant,
joyful moments, the composer said. And the
score indicates that Coyote Dances is full of them.
Coyote Dances can be seen as an American
answer to Richard Strausss tone poem Till
Eulenspiegels Merry Pranks (based on German
mythology). Till and Coyote are reckless,
conceited, and impudent characters who have
lovable, charming dispositions. Their high jinks
provide moral and social lessons for children,
but a Coyote story also includes the subjects of
mysticism and supernatural powers, Campbell
explained.
The composition began in 2005 as Trickster
Dances, a four-movement opus the composer
described as an electro and acoustic piece
written for an Arizona dance company. The
seven-minute final movement was extracted and
re-scored for wind ensemble and, for the Quad
City Symphonys performance, a full orchestra.
While the score doesnt directly sketch out
the Cheyenne folk tale of Coyote chasing a star,
Campbells composition naturally evokes many
elements of it. You can hear a prairie morning
in his Copland-esque introduction of slow,
simple chords breathing in and out from a few
woodwinds. From the gently moving musical
bellows, a solo cello emerges, introducing the brief
suggestion of a melody that repeats and extends
its reach, stretching like an awakening Coyote.
The music becomes faster as more woodwind
and percussion instruments slip in, adding
accumulating sound and momentum to a subtle
climax. The slow, breath-like chords return,
but now they span over the quicker tempo.
More brass join in with the percussion sections
thematic bits and pieces of light, crinkling
metallic sounds in the celesta, vibraphone,
marimba, and suspended cymbals. Sudden
dynamic contrasts burst and subside. The melody,
stripped down to three-note overlapping groups,
flies back and forth across the orchestration and
signals Coyotes activity.
by Frederick Morden
f.morden@mchsi.com
A Tricksters Lesson in Music
As the drama and music develop, Coyote
senses he has supernatural powers and, in a
frantic flurry of repeating small melodic patterns,
jumps into the sky with flickering musical
gestures dancing between the trumpets and flutes,
with the first and second
violins imitating each
other and building into
a full-string-section
presentation of the
melody only now
inverted and racing
across the night sky.
With faster panting
music in the strings, the
brass become bolder,
getting louder as the
woodwinds compress their melodic entrances,
flashing in the darkness as Coyote grabs at a star.
The irregular rhythm and overlapping melodic
shards suggest Coyotes unstable flying, and he
tumbles toward the ground as the music collapses
and falls down to the sound of a gong. His body
is in pieces as small bits of theme gasp from the
dwindling orchestration.
Coyote reassembles himself as the music
becomes reminiscent of the opening theme,
but things have changed: The solo-cello theme
is abbreviated, with echoing sounds in quiet
bassoons and harp. Coyote is coming back to life
a notch wiser from the adventure. With the faster
tempo, he jumps back into the sky with flashing
instrumental melodic fragments and is content to
dance with instead of chase the star.
In the remaining measures of music, with the
melodic summation complete and Coyotes lesson
understood, the dramatic and musical conflicts
are resolved, letting the playful impulse for the
adventure linger until the orchestras final, firm
exclamation point.
Campbell does not employ the avant-garde
techniques popular in the late 20th Century
but returns to a traditional tonality called
pandiatonicism. The Beatles used this technique
in many songs, for instance This Boy. In Coyote
Dances, Campbell's use of pandiatonicism inserts
additional tones that are theoretically considered
dissonant but infuse color and excitement into the
composers music without changing its functional
harmony, creating additional instrumental hues.
Coyote Dances will be performed in the Quad City
Symphony Orchestras All Singing! All Dancing!
Masterworks concerts on March 31 (at the Adler
Theatre) and April 1 (at Augustana Colleges
Centennial Hall). For more information, visit
QCSymphony.com.
Frederick Morden is a retired orchestra-music
director, conductor, composer, arranger, educator,
and writer who has served on the executive board
of the Conductors Guild.
William Campbells Coyote Dances, Performed March 31 and April 1
by the Quad City Symphony
William Campbell
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MUSIC
THEATRE
I
attended Quad City Music Guilds The
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee on Monday, and before pro-
ceeding, its important to stress that the
performance I saw
was actually a dress
rehearsal that took
place three nights
before the shows of-
ficial opening.
Its only important
to stress this,
however, as a means
of suggesting just
how sensational
this charming,
wonderfully well-sung, awfully funny
production will be by the time paying
customers see it.
I mean, seriously: Shouldnt that run-
through have hit at least one major snag?
An uncomfortable pause or a screeching
body mic or something? Barring a few
slight, totally understandable lighting
glitches at the finale, though, and a
few equally slight lapses in confidence,
director Ben Holmes musical comedy,
on Monday, was already in excellent
shape. When I first learned that Music
Guild had scheduled Spelling Bee for a
one-weekend run, I was a little bummed;
this invigorating, witty show deserves
as many performances as it can get.
Having now seen it, Im actually even
more bummed, but only when thinking
about the revenue loss. It turns out Music
Guild couldve charged full-price for the
productions final rehearsals and patrons
wouldnt have asked for even partial
refunds.
Of course, considering how tuneful
and sweet and riotous Spelling Bee is
even without the first-rate presentation
offered here, how could they? With its six
driven, divinely eccentric grade-schoolers
(and four brave audience volunteers)
competing for a spelling-bee crown, and
composer William Finns songs routinely
providing as many laughs as Rebecca
Felmans book, the show seems a pretty
tough one to screw up. But its also a
show whose full magic cant really be
experienced without absolute fearlessness
on the part of its (adult) cast, the
majority of whom are playing the sorts
of ultra-bright, breathtakingly obnoxious
whippersnappers you generally cross the
street to avoid.
Its to Holmes immense credit, then,
by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
To Bee or Not to Be? Definitely Bee.
that beyond ensuring a snappy pace
(including intermission, Spelling Bee
runs under two hours) and, alongside
choreographer Beth Marsoun, offering
loads of imaginative
staging (especially
the clever handling
of the competitions
lightning rounds),
hes guided these
faux children to
portrayals of such
alertness and comic
invention. As Olive,
the poignant little
weirdo who whispers
into her hand before spelling words,
Lindsay Anderson performs with delicate
understatement and wry self-amusement
you giggle less at her jokes than at her
giggly reactions to her jokes and she
finds an extraordinary opposite number
in the hysterical Tyler Finley, whose
William Barfee is a dyspeptic crank
with an eternal grimace, a debilitating
peanut allergy, and a coliseum-sized
ego. (Informed that hes spelled a word
correctly, Barfee snorts and deadpans, I
know.)
Speaking with brusque assuredness
that would be a hoot even if she didnt
pronounce sentence as thententh,
Sarah Lounsberrys Schwarzy the
entitled daughter of two gay fathers is
a constant delight. Christine Goodalls
know-it-all Marcy delivers a joyous,
high-energy number complete with
somersault, cartwheel, and the splitting
of a board with one karate kick. Troy
Stark is fantastically smarmy as returning
champ Chip and, on Monday, pulled off
the shows subtlest visual gag with genius
timing, slowly adjusting his waistline
placard so no one would notice the
unfortunate protuberance threatening
to derail him.
And it only made sense that Dan
Peppers ber-bizarre Leaf Coneybear
was outfitted (by topnotch costumer
Deb Holmes) in a bright red cape, as the
actor here was less heroic than super-
heroic. Trembling, shouting, tugging at
his pajama bottoms, picking his nose ...
this kid is a true piece of work, and in
Peppers ferociously committed, big-
hearted performance, hes as utterly
endearing as he is comically repellent.
(Pepper so disappears into his role that
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,
at the Prospect Park Auditorium through April 1
Tyler Finley, Christine Goodall,
Troy Stark, and Dan Pepper
Whats Happenin
Music
Local H
Rock Island Brewing Company
Friday, April 6, 9p.m.
B
efore embarking on an East Coast tour that
takes the duo to New York, Massachusetts,
and Delaware, the alternative rockers of Local H
will, on April 6, play a concert at the Rock Island
Brewing Company.
Rock Island? Hey, thats where I live! Rock
Island! Woo-hoo! Ye-e-e-e-ea-a-ah-h!!!
Sorry. Just thought itd be fun to act like one of
those concertgoers who does that sort of thing.
If you catch Local Hs RIBCO gig, though, plan
on hearing a bunch of similarly excited outbursts.
Following the bands humble, 1987 beginnings
in Zion, Illinois, the original Local H duo of Joe
Daniels and Scott Lucas recorded and released a
trio of studio albums 1995s Ham Fisted, 1996s
As Good as Dead, and 1998s Pack Up the Cats
that were greeted with considerable critical and
commercial success; their single Bound for the
Floor reached number five on Billboards U.S.
alternative-rock chart, and tracks Eddie Vedder
and Fritzs Corner landed on the top 40 on both
the alternative- and mainstream-rock charts.
Daniels left the band in 1999, but Lucas quickly
found his new partner in former Cheap Trick
drum technician Brian St. Clair ... and the rest,
as they say, is rock history. Over the past dozen
years, Local H released three additional studio
albums, one live album, and one compilation
album; scored another top 40 hit with the single
Half-Life; and has become nearly as famous
for its unconventional live shows as it has for its
pulsating, exhilarating duets.
During 2005s All-Request Tour, menus of
Local H song titles were handed out to audiences
prior to the shows, and the set lists determined
by which seven songs were the most requested. In
2010s 6 Angry Records Tour, the groups album
titles were placed in a hat, a title was drawn at
random, and that nights show consisted of that
album played in its entirety. And in 2003, Local H
auctioned off a live show on eBay, and subsequently
performed a concert for the highest bidder in the
Chicago suburb of Crystal Lake, Illinois.
Crystal Lake? Hey, thats where I used to live!
Crystal Lake! Woo-hoo! Ye-e-e-e-ea-a-ah-h!!!
Wow. That is fun.
Local H performs with special guests The Last
Glimpse and Satellite Heart, and more information
on the evening is available by calling (309)793-
4060 or visiting RIBCO.com.
Theatre
Titus Andronicus
The Stern Center
Friday, March 30, through Saturday, April 7
T
he latest presentation by the areas
classical-theatre troupe the Prenzie
Players is the William Shakespeare tragedy Titus
Andronicus, which will be staged in the District of
Rock Islands new venue the Stern Center (1713 Third
Avenue) from March 30 through April 7.
Set during the latter days of the Roman Empire,
Titus Andronicus is the fictional tale of the titular
Roman-army general who engages in violent
revenge against Tamora, Queen of the Goths, and
the work is widely considered one of the Bards
most controversial achievements.
The Prenzies production features Aaron Sullivan
as Titus, Jessica Nicol White as Tamora, and a
host of similarly gifted and familiar area actors
surrounding them, in a cast that includes David
Cabassa, Cara DeMarlie, Bobby Duncalf, Bri
Kinney, Andy Koski, Andy Lord, Jeb Makula, Cole
McFarren, Angela Rathman, Nikki Steinbaugh,
Maggie Woolley, and Bryan Woods.
Jake Walker, a veteran of such Prenzie offerings
as Cyrano de Bergerac and The Taming of the Shrew,
serves as director. The shows crew finds Stephanie
Burrough serving as assistant director,
Denise Yoder as fight master, and Alaina
Pascarella in charge of makeup and gore.
And if youre a wee bit curious about
that last credit, know in advance that
among the more, shall we say, memorable
elements of Titus Andronicus are the
murder of Titus son, the rape of Titus
daughter, the forced removal of hands
and feet, the severing of heads, the slitting of throats,
one character buried alive, one thrown to a pack
of wild dogs, and two more baked into a pie and
subsequently eaten.
Man, Alainas gonna be busy, huh?
Doors for the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 8
p.m. shows open at 7:30 p.m., doors for the 2 p.m.
performance on April Fools Day open at 1:30 p.m.,
and more information and tickets are available by
calling (309)278-8426 or visiting PrenziePlayers.com.
Music
Lady Antebellum
i wireless Center
Thursday, April 5, 7 p.m.
A
mong their formidable accomplishments
in 2011, the country-music superstars of
Lady Antebellum released the chart-topping
album Own the Night; emerged victorious at
the Grammy Awards, Academy of Country
Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and
Teen Choice Awards; appeared as musical
guests on Saturday Night Live; and performed
on American Idols results show ... which
was somewhat ironic, considering that on
two occasions, the groups Hillary Scott
didnt make the shows first-round lineup.
Somewhere, Carrie Underwood, Chris
Daughtry, and Jennifer Hudson are smiling.
Not that Scott or bandmates Dave
Haywood and Charles Kelley have needed
the American Idol seal of approval, as fans will
again be reminded when Lady Antebellum
plays the i wireless Center on April 5. With
three number-one albums under their belts
since the groups recording debut in 2007,
these country-legends-in-the-making are
among the fastest-rising successes in modern
music. And while theyve been thrilling
audiences with their pop-fueled harmonics,
the musicians of Lady Antebellum have
scored loads of industry hardware in the
process, winning, to date, three trophies from
the Academy of Country Music, six from the
Country Music
Association,
two from the
American Music
Awards, two
from the CMT
Music Awards, and seven from the Grammy
Awards, including this past Februarys
Grammy for Best Country Album.
Theyve also, thus far, released 14 singles
that have landed among the top 10 on
Billboards U.S. Country charts. So how
familiar with their output are you? Fill in the
blanks to complete the titles of these top-10
Lady Antebellum hits:
1) Hello ____
2) Need ____ Now
3) Dancin Away with My ____
4) Our Kind of ____
5) Lookin for a Good ____
6) We Owned the ____
7) American ____
A) You
B) Love
C) Time
D) World
E) Night
F) Heart
G) Honey
Lady Antebellum will perform in
Moline with special guests Darius Rucker
and Thompson Square, and tickets are
available by calling (800)745-3000 or
visiting iwirelessCenter.com.
A n s w e r s : 1 D , 2 A , 3 F , 4 B , 5 C , 6 E , 7 G . O f c o u r s e , a t t h i s s t a g e i n L a d y
A n t e b e l l u m s p o p u l a r i t y , t h e g r o u p c o u l d p r o b a b l y i n s e r t H o n e y i n t o a l l o f t h o s e t i t l e s
a n d s c o r e a c h a r t - b u s t i n g C D f o r W i n n i e - t h e - P o o h .
River Cities Reader Vol. 19 No. 801 March 29 - April 11, 2012 1
by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
What Else
Is Happenin
MUSIC
Thursday, March 29 The Chris
Duarte Group. Ensemble led by
blues-guitar matstro Duarte, in a
presentation by the Mississippi
Valley Blues Society. Rascals Live
(1414 15th Street, Moline). 7
p.m. $10-12. For information, call
(563)322-5837 or visit MVBS.org.
Thursday, March 29 Rock
This Town with Rodney. Cabaret
performance with Circa 21
Bootlegger Rodney Swain. Circa
21 Dinner Playhouse (1828 Third
Avenue, Rock Island). 7 p.m. $10-12.
For tickets and information, call
(309)786-7733 extension 2 or visit
Circa21.com.
Thursday, March 29, through
Saturday, March 31 2012 Knox-
Rootabaga Jazz Festival. The
32nd-annual festival hosted by Knox
College, featuring performances
by the Noah Preminger Group, Ted
Sirotas Rebel Souls, the Knox College
Jazz Ensemble, the Knox Alumni
Big Band, and the Knox Faculty
and Friends Combo, performed at
McGillacuddys (58 South Cherry
Street) and the Orpheum Theatre (57
South Kellogg Street) in Galesburg.
$7-15/concert. For tickets and
information, call (309)341-7265 or
visit Knox.edu.
Music
Local H
Rock Island Brewing Company
Friday, April 6, 9p.m.
B
efore embarking on an East Coast tour that
takes the duo to New York, Massachusetts,
and Delaware, the alternative rockers of Local H
will, on April 6, play a concert at the Rock Island
Brewing Company.
Rock Island? Hey, thats where I live! Rock
Island! Woo-hoo! Ye-e-e-e-ea-a-ah-h!!!
Sorry. Just thought itd be fun to act like one of
those concertgoers who does that sort of thing.
If you catch Local Hs RIBCO gig, though, plan
on hearing a bunch of similarly excited outbursts.
Following the bands humble, 1987 beginnings
in Zion, Illinois, the original Local H duo of Joe
Daniels and Scott Lucas recorded and released a
trio of studio albums 1995s Ham Fisted, 1996s
As Good as Dead, and 1998s Pack Up the Cats
that were greeted with considerable critical and
commercial success; their single Bound for the
Floor reached number five on Billboards U.S.
alternative-rock chart, and tracks Eddie Vedder
and Fritzs Corner landed on the top 40 on both
the alternative- and mainstream-rock charts.
Daniels left the band in 1999, but Lucas quickly
found his new partner in former Cheap Trick
drum technician Brian St. Clair ... and the rest,
as they say, is rock history. Over the past dozen
years, Local H released three additional studio
albums, one live album, and one compilation
album; scored another top 40 hit with the single
Half-Life; and has become nearly as famous
for its unconventional live shows as it has for its
pulsating, exhilarating duets.
During 2005s All-Request Tour, menus of
Local H song titles were handed out to audiences
prior to the shows, and the set lists determined
by which seven songs were the most requested. In
2010s 6 Angry Records Tour, the groups album
titles were placed in a hat, a title was drawn at
random, and that nights show consisted of that
album played in its entirety. And in 2003, Local H
auctioned off a live show on eBay, and subsequently
performed a concert for the highest bidder in the
Chicago suburb of Crystal Lake, Illinois.
Crystal Lake? Hey, thats where I used to live!
Crystal Lake! Woo-hoo! Ye-e-e-e-ea-a-ah-h!!!
Wow. That is fun.
Local H performs with special guests The Last
Glimpse and Satellite Heart, and more information
on the evening is available by calling (309)793-
4060 or visiting RIBCO.com.
Event
Tracing Footsteps: A Journal of Music,
Photography, & Tales of the Road
The Redstone Room
Thursday, April 5, 8 p.m.
A
s youve likely noticed, we preface our Whats Happenin articles with headers
indicating what category the featured subjects fall under: Music, Literature,
Exhibit, et cetera.
The Redstone Rooms April 5 presentation of Tracing Footsteps: A Journal of
Music, Photography, & Tales of the Road might be the first event weve covered here
that could conceivably fall under all of them.
The entertainment begins with a program by Dennis McNally, the freelance
journalist who served as The Grateful Deads publicist from 1984 to 1995. McNally
will offer stories from his careers as an author and publicist and discuss a number
of his written works among them his lauded New York Times bestseller A Long
Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead and will then cede the stage
to the evenings other guest: Bill Payne (pictured), the co-founder of the beloved
rock band Little Feat.
A much-in-demand session musician whos worked with the likes of Jimmy
Buffett, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Seger, Emmyou Harris,
and Pink Floyd, Payne will perform on piano and keyboards while sharing
commentary on his music, his career with Little Feat, and his other notable
endeavors. Chief among them are his explorations in photography, and during
Paynes presentation, samples from his works will also be shown on large screens
and subsequently discussed. Finally, as a capper to the evening, McNally will return
to the stage as moderator for a special question-and-answer session with Payne,
allowing patrons an up-close-and-personal experience with the songwriter of such
classics as Oh Atlanta, Day or Night, and Time Loves a Hero.
So were listing this special Redstone Room happening under the catchall header
Event, but it might just as easily be Music or Literature or Exhibit. Or
Lecture, really. And if enough people groove to Paynes tunes, I guess Dance.
Plus, theres audience participation, so I suppose Theatre would qualify. And if
McNally and Payne crack a joke or two, Comedy wouldnt be totally inaccurate ... .
You get the idea. For a little bit of everything in the world of entertainment, secure
tickets for Tracing Footsteps: A Journal of Music, Photography, & Tales of the Road,
which are available by calling (563)326-1333 or visiting RiverMusicExperience.org.
Theatre
Titus Andronicus
The Stern Center
Friday, March 30, through Saturday, April 7
T
he latest presentation by the areas
classical-theatre troupe the Prenzie
Players is the William Shakespeare tragedy Titus
Andronicus, which will be staged in the District of
Rock Islands new venue the Stern Center (1713 Third
Avenue) from March 30 through April 7.
Set during the latter days of the Roman Empire,
Titus Andronicus is the fictional tale of the titular
Roman-army general who engages in violent
revenge against Tamora, Queen of the Goths, and
the work is widely considered one of the Bards
most controversial achievements.
The Prenzies production features Aaron Sullivan
as Titus, Jessica Nicol White as Tamora, and a
host of similarly gifted and familiar area actors
surrounding them, in a cast that includes David
Cabassa, Cara DeMarlie, Bobby Duncalf, Bri
Kinney, Andy Koski, Andy Lord, Jeb Makula, Cole
McFarren, Angela Rathman, Nikki Steinbaugh,
Maggie Woolley, and Bryan Woods.
Jake Walker, a veteran of such Prenzie offerings
as Cyrano de Bergerac and The Taming of the Shrew,
serves as director. The shows crew finds Stephanie
Burrough serving as assistant director,
Denise Yoder as fight master, and Alaina
Pascarella in charge of makeup and gore.
And if youre a wee bit curious about
that last credit, know in advance that
among the more, shall we say, memorable
elements of Titus Andronicus are the
murder of Titus son, the rape of Titus
daughter, the forced removal of hands
and feet, the severing of heads, the slitting of throats,
one character buried alive, one thrown to a pack
of wild dogs, and two more baked into a pie and
subsequently eaten.
Man, Alainas gonna be busy, huh?
Doors for the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 8
p.m. shows open at 7:30 p.m., doors for the 2 p.m.
performance on April Fools Day open at 1:30 p.m.,
and more information and tickets are available by
calling (309)278-8426 or visiting PrenziePlayers.com.
Cuddly Monsters, Captivating Portraits, and Juicy, Gross Textures
tall, vibrantly colored, dense with complex
shapes, and hung across from the gallery
entrance. Flyway shows an eye-level view
of a bridge over water seen through dozens
of low-hanging branches. The branches
and bridge are varying hues of red and
yellow, with hints of purple. The branches
form a frame around the composition,
creeping in from all corners. The sky,
starting as contrasting, realistic blue, fades
to white as it nears the horizon. The waves
and branches are flat, lacking shading or
texture. The bridge is also flat red, with
its support beams echoing the lines of the
limbs. Toward the center of the canvas,
there are small silhouettes of birds in flight,
which the title presumably references.
Quinns work is a modern take on
the traditional landscape, featuring
architecture, flora, and fauna. But while
the use of space and shape is realistic, the
extreme coloration and simplification
makes them function more as graphic
elements, or brush strokes and splatters in
an Abstract Expressionism-style painting.
Although saturated hues and a
multitude of lines are normally visually
overwhelming, the limited color palette
and strong sense of horizon provide
stability here. Quinns painting is
stimulating, pulling back short of chaos,
and pairs traditional subject matter with
contemporary aesthetic. The relatively
small size of the birds also adds interest,
and they visually imply a conflict
between humankind represented by
the bridge and unnatural colors and the
environment.
Among artists working in realism, the
best were able to cultivate an emotional
tone with straightforward subjects yet
masterful technique.
Mother, a pastel on paper by DeWitt,
Iowas Heidi McFall, is a portrait of a
middle-aged woman looking straight at
the viewer, her face filling most of the
approximately four-foot-tall page. She has
a slight smile, exuding a sense of youth
despite her age.
McFalls level of realism is impressive,
appearing as a photo at even close
inspection. The use of heavy darks on the
right side of the face adds to a feeling of
three-dimensionality and breaks up the
symmetry of the composition. Her choice
of reference was also effective a simple yet
relatable portrait of a mother.
Another technically impressive work of
realism is Revelations, an oil on panel by
Galena, Illinois Jessie Rebik. This work
is also photo-realistic, although smaller
in size, around 18 by 24 inches. It, too, is
a portrait, yet Rebik has added a layer of
emotional depth.
On an entirely flat white background is a
profile of a blonde woman, shown from the
sternum up. The composition implies that
she is nude, with no clothes visible, and her
hair is swept up into a simple bun held with
a clip. We see the same woman, repeated
just to the left, but looking at the viewer
with a blank expression.
The composition is simple, with an
unadorned and emotionless subject, yet
Rebik has infused it with vulnerability.
The light values, stark setting, and double
woman seem more like a dreamscape than
literal space. This subtly odd composition
contradicts the hyper-realistic painting
style, suggesting a conceptual narrative.
The woman seems to invite the viewers to
consider themselves from the outside, as
she appears to be doing with herself.
There are also strong works in a style
of softer, more painterly realism. DeKalb,
Illinois Samantha Haring applies this
approach to her alley cityscape Inaccessible
Pathways (Triptych), painted in oil on
canvas and the winner of an honorable
mention. This set of three related paintings
features the early-20th Century downtown
architecture familiar to Midwesterners.
Instead of the decorated facades, however,
Haring chose the unceremonious back
doors and alleyways, complete with
dumpsters and latticed power lines.
COVER STORY
Continued From Page 7
CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Mary Beth Koszut - Growing Roots, Kristin Quinn - Flyway,
Jeff Tady - Dominion, Heidi McFall - Mother
the work a spontaneous feel. Growing
Roots is faintly gross (through the
disembodied anatomy) but beautiful with
her unsaturated, light color palette, juicy
textures, and clear visual path. Identifying
the parts of the painting adds interest to
accompany the visceral appeal.
Texture also plays an important role in
the abstracted glacial landscape Dominion,
by Jeff Tady of Rock Island. This acrylic
painting on panel employs a strongly
vertical format, roughly five feet tall and
two feet across. This treatment is fitting
for the subject an icy, mountainous wall,
with blue sky peeking out behind the peaks.
Adding to the feeling of overwhelming
height is a large crevasse painted low
in the composition, implying an even
larger distance from apex to bottom.
Tady has added a subtly green hue to this
component, making it stand apart from the
pure blue of the sky, and the light blue tints
of the glacial shadows. His process makes
frequent use of dry brush, drips, and slight
splatters, giving this immovable object a
sense of fragility.
The Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition runs
through April 22 in the Augustana College
Art Museum, inside Centennial Hall at
the northwest corner of the intersection of
Seventh Avenue and 38th Street in Rock
Island.
Michelle Garrison is a mixed-media artist
who teaches art and design at Geneseo
Middle School.
by Michelle Garrison
michelle_m_garrison@hotmail.com
These images appear captured at
sunset, with intense warm highlights and
hard-edged, long shadows. There are no
pedestrians in any of these scenes, and they
appear sanitized, clear of the trash, puddles,
and graffiti one would expect. Harings
wet-on-wet application of paint, rather
than thinly glazed layers, unifies many of
the textures, giving everything a simplified
appearance. The emotional effect is lonely,
showing a lifeless downtown.
Other artists used a more abstract
approach to effectively convey meaning.
Its strong work, but not as striking as the
shows standouts.
Peoria, Illinois Mary Beth Koszut earned
second prize with her oil and graphite on
panel titled Growing Roots. Its abstract yet
strongly references our internal anatomy
of blood vessels, organs, and bone. The
background is blank white, subtly textured
with gray brush strokes and scratched-in
lines.
The subject appears to be a vaguely
human-shaped mass of tissues, with the
suggestion of vertebrae starting in the top
right. Our eyes move down and to the left,
following a thick, blue form, resembling a
vein. Following the path of the vein, we
see a mass of forms indicating a head, then
arrive at a focal point of two circular shapes
in the center one red, one blue. Pink
looping forms stack below them, suggesting
intestine, and lead our eyes out the bottom
left of the form.
Koszut has applied paint thickly, and
included drips and scratches, lending
Jessie Rebik - Revelations
The closing instrumental Crux is a solo
classical-guitar composition that serves
as a digestif.
But despite its varied styles, the album
as a whole feels homogeneous. The songs
are largely leisurely and gentle, and while
that works for the individual tracks, the
mood wears thin after a while.
When Ragaman tries to mix things up,
the results are ... well, mixed. Go Go Go
tries to rock out with jarring percussion
and distorted guitar, but its strained.
And as a singer, Lars Rehnberg here
doesnt muster enough dynamic range
even in songs that require it. On Go
Go Go, the casually mild vocals simply
dont match the aggression of the music
or the sometimes-sharp wordplay:
His tongue is a hot straight razor / His
stomach is a pot of coffee. On I Do, the
force of the words God damn doesnt
register in the singing.
That seems symptomatic of a larger ill.
While the compositions and instrumental
performances are rigorous and keen,
collectively they lean toward somnolence.
Often, And Other Anagrams seems to be
missing something ineffable an energy
or conviction or drive.
I wouldnt trade the bands mellowness
and delicacy, but the last two minutes
of Palace of Pele show how all those
elements can work together. The song
to that point is mostly distinguished
by the ska stroke, but it takes a U-turn
at the four-minute mark. The tempo
accelerates, Lars Rehnberg sings in
Hawaiian with punctuating Hey!s
and the climax is (relatively) frenetic.
Its a lively, emotional passage that marries
the bands inherent warmth and sparkling
technique with heart and verve.
Soluna also points in that direction,
with its strong guitar hook, yearning
electric cello (by Sam Rae), a notably
darker vibe, and its building and
collapsing tension. Like the best of
Andrew Bird, it finds an easy oddity
instantly winning and enchanting, and
only weird on reflection.
M
y first listens
to And Other
Anagrams,
the full-length debut
of the Quad Cities trio
Ragaman, brought to
mind something An-
drew Bird said to me
in a 2007 interview: I
dont know what a bass
line is supposed to do.
The context was find-
ing collaborators who didnt play stock
footage, who fight pop formulas in the
creation of pop music.
Bird and Ragaman share an endearing
softness and a natural aversion to
subjugating intelligence, and both seem
constitutionally incapable of conventional
approaches, from instrumentation to
style to structure. Ragaman employs the
sitar as the lead on Everyone You Know,
for example, and its the perfect essential
detail: Taking the traditional rock role
of the electric guitar, the instrument is
comfortable yet foreign, and its chattiness
anchors the song. The break of Ankle
Bells features what sound like kazoos
and trumpets although I suspect some
of that is mouth-mimicry.
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Lars
Rehnberg, bassist/engineer Gordon
Pickering, and percussionist Leif
Rehnberg make up Ragaman an
anagram of anagram, a joke referenced
in the albums title. Their style is a pop
stew with distinct flavors jazz, funk,
and world music intermingle and take
turns dominating. But its unified enough
by its ambition, its breezy texture, and
the vocals and playing of Lars Rehnberg
a former co-worker at the River Cities
Reader.
The charms of each song are different.
Opening track Verisimilitude starts
with classical-style guitar that blooms
into something tropical, and the singing
soars transcendently. (At other points
on the album, however, the vocals seem
nearly trapped by the words.) The bass,
electric, and acoustic guitars of Just a
Minute are separately purposeful and
expressive.
The conversational lyrics on I Do
adroitly switch gears the dialogue is
initially internal but then addresses a lost
lover and Lars Rehnberg nails the tone
while navigating a minefield of tricky
lines: She gently asked me Why, why
do you love her / Im giggling, thinking
something like Why do you breathe?
Finding an Easy Oddity
Ragaman, And Other Anagrams
by Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
MUSIC
O
ver the past 12 years, the Swedish com-
pany Paradox Interactive has developed
a stable of grand-strategy games for the
PC that simulate with often baffling complex-
ity the political, economic,
and military maneuverings of
entire nations over the course
of centuries. Paradoxs titles,
including 2004s Crusader
Kings, are fascinating and fun
if you can understand whats
going on, but getting to that
point is often a long process.
Crusader Kings II released
in February works hard and
largely succeeds at being more
accessible to novice players
while retaining immense depth
for those looking for it.
Crusader Kings II is a sandbox simulation
of medieval feudal Europe. The player chooses
a Christian European lord anyone from a
lowly count to the Holy Roman Emperor and
guides that lord and his (or occasionally her)
descendants through the centuries, attempting
to maintain their fief and perhaps accumulate
more territory and greater titles.
As a sandbox game, Crusader Kings II is
more similar to a board game such as Risk
albeit a thousand times more complex than
video games with linear progressions and plots.
The hundreds of other characters, controlled by
AI, follow the same rules as the player as they
attempt to improve their power. This means that
radically divergent alternative histories can and
often do occur; the Spanish Moors might push
the Europeans out of Spain entirely and even
begin conquering France.
Strategy games are often fantasies of control,
allowing players to comprehend and account
for every detail. That level of mastery is never
achieved in Paradoxs games, but that feels like
part of the point in Crusader Kings II. When
I first began playing, there were several major
features such as the technology system that
allows your provinces to develop more effective
by Grant Williams
grant.merlin.williams@gmail.com
The Hollow Crown: Crusader Kings II
GAMING
weapons, buildings, and bureaucracy about
which I understood next to nothing. Rather
than being in command, in Crusader Kings II
you are much more likely to find yourself doing
the best you can despite being
overwhelmed and overmatched.
Luckily, the game is largely
forgiving of mistakes.
Crusader Kings II s focus
on people rather than abstract
nations or factions is the
major difference between it
and Paradoxs other strategy
games, most notably the Europa
Universalis series. As a player,
you do not take control of
Scotland but Duncan, the king
of Scotland, who could easily
lose his title if things go poorly.
Most threats come from within rather than
without: Youre more likely to contend with a
power-hungry general and his plotting wife, or
a brother who feels cheated out of power, than
the armies of a foreign lord, who is likely facing
internal strife of his own.
Despite its emphasis on people, Crusader
Kings II remains a game about conquest, and
you will spend its entirety looking at the map, or
at charts and graphs and windows for interacting
with characters overlaid on the map. Every
tool you have available, from technological
advances to taxes to your relationship with the
pope, is geared toward its use in expanding
your territory through political machinations,
assassinations, or violent conquest. You use
people to acquire more territory (or at least
maintain what you already control), and they are
also your obstacles.
In shifting the focus to people rather than
abstract entities, Crusader Kings II, intentionally
or not, forces the player to confront the moral
character of a conqueror. At some point in this
game, you might marry off your 16-year-old
daughter to a 40-year-old king in exchange for
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Friday, March 30 Super Reverbs
featuring R.J. Mischo. Blues musicians
led by the world-renowned singer,
harmonica player, and band leader.
The Muddy Waters (1708 State
Street, Bettendorf ). 9 p.m. $5. For
information, call (563)355-0655 or visit
TheMuddyWaters.com.
Saturday, March 31 Rozz-Toxs
One-Year Anniversary Show. An
all-ages concert with The Daredevil
Christopher Wright, Healing Power, and
Chrash. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Avenue,
Rock Island). 7 p.m. doors. $5. For
information, e-mail info@rozztox.com or
visit RozzTox.com. For a 2009 interview
with The Daredevil Christopher Wrights
Jon Sunde, visit RCReader.com/y/
daredevil.
Saturday, March 31 Seun Kuti
& Egypt 80. Acclaimed afrobeat
musicians perform in a Mission Creek
Festival presentation. Englert Theatre
(221 East Washington Street, Iowa
City). 8 p.m. $22-25. For tickets and
Englert.org.
Saturday, March 31, and Sunday,
April 1 Quad City Symphony
Orchestra: All Singing! All Dancing!
The final Masterworks concerts of the
2011-12 season, with pianist Lydia
Artymiw, vocalists Sarah Shafer and
Abigail Nims, and a program featuring
St. Ambrose University faculty member
William Campbells Coyote Dances,
Fallas Three Dances from El Sombrero
de Tres Picos (Three-Cornered Hat),
Mozarts Piano Concerto No. 20, and
StraussSuite and Finale from Der
Rosenkavalier. Saturday Adler Theatre
(136 East Third Street, Davenport), 7:30
p.m. Sunday Augustana Colleges
Centennial Hall (3703 Seventh Avenue,
Rock Island), 2 p.m. $11-53. For tickets
and information, call (563)322-7276 or
visit QCSymphony.com.
Sunday, April 1 Mal Blum. New
York-based singer/songwriter in
concert. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Avenue,
Rock Island). 7 p.m. doors. $5. For
information, e-mail info@rozztox.com or
visit RozzTox.com.
Tuesday, April 3 Lucero. American
roots-rock musicians in their Women
& Work Tour, with special guest William
Elliott Whitmore. Rock Island Brewing
Company (1815 Second Avenue, Rock
Island). 8 p.m. $16-20. For information,
call (309)793-4060 or visit RIBCO.com.
Tuesday, April 3 Killer Paisley.
Concert with Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse
veterans and indie-folk musicians
Andrew Crowe and Vaughn Irving, with
an opening set by EmJay. Rozz-Tox
(2108 Third Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m.
$5. For information, e-mail info@rozztox.
com or visit RozzTox.com.
Thursday, April 5 Dave Pietro.
Concert with the acclaimed jazz
saxophonist, in a Hancher Auditorium
presentation. Englert Theatre (221 East
Washington Street, Iowa City). 7:30 p.m.
$12.50-30. For tickets and information,
call (319)335-1160 or visit http://www.
Hancher.UIowa.edu.
Friday, April 6 Split Lip Rayfield.
Popular bluegrass and Americana
musicians in concert, with an opening
set by Mountain Sprout. The Redstone
Room (129 Main Street, Davenport).
9 p.m. $12-15. For tickets and
RiverMusicExperience.org. For a 2005
interview with Split Lip Rayfields Eric
Mardis, visit RCReader.com/y/rayfield.
Friday, April 6 Hotel California.
Touring Eagles tribute band in concert.
Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention
Center (1777 Isle Parkway, Bettendorf ).
7:30 p.m. $10-15. For information,
call (800)724-5825 or visit Bettendorf.
IsleOfCapriCasinos.com.
Saturday, April 7 Papadosio.
Noted electronica and rock musicians
in concert, with an opening set by
Matthew Kylestewa. The Redstone
Room (129 Main Street, Davenport).
10 p.m. $10. For tickets and
RiverMusicExperience.org.
Tuesday, April 10 Nickelback.
Acclaimed Canadian rockers in concert,
with openers Bush, Seether, and My
Darkest Days. i wireless Center (1201
River Drive, Moline). 6 p.m. $50.50-76.
For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or visit
iwirelessCenter.com.
Tuesday, April 10 The Revival
Tour 2012. Concert with folk singers/
songwriters Chuck Ragan, Corey Branan,
Tommy Gabel, and Nathaniel Rateliff,
accompanied by Joe Gaunt and Joe
Ginsberg. Rock Island Brewing Company
(1815 Second Avenue, Rock Island).
8 p.m. $15-20. For information, call
(309)793-4060 or visit RIBCO.com. For a
2010 interview with Nathaniel Rateliff,
visit RCReader.com/y/rateliff.

THEATRE
Saturday, May 5 Diary of a Worm,
a Spider, & a Fly. One-act musical
based on the popular childrens books,
directed by Kimberly Furness. Circa
21 Dinner Playhouse (1828 Third
Avenue, Rock Island). 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
performances Thursdays-Saturdays
and Tuesdays. $8.50. For tickets and
information, call (309)786-7733
extension 2 or visit Circa21.com.
Saturday, March 31 Leading Ladies.
Cross-dressing farcical comedy by Ken
Ludwig. Black Hawk Colleges Building 1,
Room 306 (6600 34th Avenue, Moline). 7
p.m. $5 at the door. For information, call
(309)756-5000 or visit BHC.edu.
Sunday, April 1 The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee. Quad
City Music Guild presents the Tony-
winning musical comedy with audience
participants, directed by Ben Holmes.
Prospect Park Auditorium (1584 34th
Avenue, Moline). Thursday through
Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. $10-
15. For tickets and information, call 309-
762-6610 or visit QCMusicGuild.com.
Friday, March 30, through Sunday
April 1 Guys & Dolls. Frank Loessers
Tony Award-winning musical-comedy
classic. Assumption High Schools
Sunderbruch Auditorium (1020 Central
Park Avenue, Davenport). Friday and
Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m.
$6-8. For tickets and information, call
(563)326-5313 visit AssumptionHigh.
org.
Friday, March 30, through
Sunday, April 15 A Steady Rain.
Keith Huffs Broadway hit about two
tormented Chicago cops. Riverside
Theatre (213 North Gilbert Street, Iowa
City). Thursdays-Saturdays 7:30 p.m.,
Sundays 2 p.m. $15-28. For tickets and
RiversideTheatre.org.
COMEDY
Friday, March 30 David Cross.
Stand-up concert with the comedian
and star of TVs Arrested Development
and Mr. Show with Bob & David. Englert
Theatre (221 East Washington Street,
Iowa City). 7 p.m. $25-75. For tickets and
Englert.org.
Saturday, March 31 Cross-
Country Comedy Competition Finals.
Featuring the winners from the weekly
preliminaries held March 3-17, with the
grand-prize winner receiving $1,000
and entry into Octobers Iowa Comedy
Festival. Circa 21 Speakeasy (1818 Third
Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. $10. For
tickets and information, call (309)786-
7733 extension 2 or visit Circa21.com.
LITERARY ARTS
Friday, March 30 A Memory, a
Rant, & a Prayer: Readings to Stop
Violence Against Women & Girls.
Annual readings intended for mature
audiences, with proceeds benefiting
Family Resources Inc. and female
survivors of violence in Haiti. St.
Ambrose Universitys Rogalski Center
(518 West Locust Street, Davenport). 7
p.m. $5-8. For information, call (563)333-
6113 or visit SAU.edu.
Saturday, March 31 Spoken Word
& Poetry with Amber Tamblyn. The
Emmy-nominated actress and spoken-
word poet curates an event featuring
poets Beau Sia and Derrick Brown, as
part of the Mission Creek Festivals
literary-arts lineup. The Mill (120 East
Burlington, Iowa City). 8 p.m. $8. For
MissionFreak.com.
EXHIBIT
Saturday, March 31, through
Monday, May 28 Anne Frank: A
History for Today. Exhibit co-sponsored
by the Jewish Federation of the Quad
Cities, featuring photographs of the
Frank family and other occupants of
the Secret Annex, and touching on
such themes as anti-Semitism, racism,
ethnic cleansing, and genocide. Putnam
Museum (1717 West 12th Street,
Davenport). Free with $5-7 museum
admission. For information, call
(309)793-1300 or visit JFQC.org.
EVENT
Friday, March 30 Quad City Arts
mARTch madness Retro 50s Sock Hop.
A retro dinner buffet, rock n roll, a cash
bar, visual art, games, and more, in a
fundraiser for Quad City Arts visual-arts
program. Modern Woodmen Park (209
South Gaines Street, Davenport). 6:30
p.m. $30-40/person; $200/table of eight.
For tickets and information, call (309)793-
1213 or visit QuadCityArts.com.
What Else Is Happenin
a quorum, the delegates were prepared to take it
to court.
What is sad is that Spiker participated in
the cover-up of Davidsons transgressions
and failed to substantively address any of the
disenfranchised delegates documented concerns
about the March 10 proceedings. One can only
imagine the pressure Spiker was under, in his new
role at the helm of a political machine that has
proven it will cheat if the ends justify the means.
Its revealing to consider why, if reconvening the
county convention was so invalid, county and
state party leaders worked so hard and expended
so many resources convincing the delegates to
not attend.
It might be of interest to some that Davidson
purportedly has her hat in the ring for a seat
on the Republican National Committee, and
perhaps her actions were far more ambitious
than anyone knows. And Davidson, who did not
attend her own caucus on January 3, has been
appointed to a 17-member statewide committee to
evaluate what went wrong on caucus night? You
cant make this up. Regardless, corruption at the
local county-party level is so beyond redeemable.
What possible change can we expect at the state
and federal level when those in our own county
cant be trusted to conduct a fair and transparent
process?
The meme one will hear from Republicans
now is Focus on whats important: defeating
Obama in November. Never mind the corruption
and the outright theft of your elected voice in
the service of unity. Republicans are expected
to just blindly go with whatever candidate the
establishment coughs up and do their duty as
good servants. Never mind that Mitt Romneys
number-one financial backer is also Obamas
number-one financial backer: Goldman Sachs.
Never mind that the struggle we are in is a
charade of the highest order, keeping us distracted
from what is happening in our own backyards,
with our own county commissions, and in our
own state legislatures.
documented and established by a lawful quorum
of the delegation, tarnishing the jewel of the
Iowa GOP.
The irony of all this is that if the party
leadership had conducted themselves honorably
and within their own rules, they would have
likely carried the day. Davidson had a majority
of support for the rubber-stamping of her secret
slate, but she refused to recognize a motion
from the floor because that would open up the
delegation to debate. And heaven forbid that
a room full of adults would be encouraged to
debate any issues.
I can hear the back room pep-talk now: You
cannot allow those people to be self-determinant!
They do what we tell them to do, and if they
dont, we cheat to ensure they have no voice or
influence on others! Now get out there and preach
Unity, unity, unity!
The pressure was so great that it went all the
way to the new Republican Party of Iowa chair,
A.J. Spiker who is an avowed former Ron Paul
supporter from Story County. He penned a letter
stating that the state party selects the date of the
county convention for the entire state, and that the
state party would not be reconvening the Scott
County delegation.
Technically, Spiker is accurate on both counts,
and party leaders successfully gambled on the
delegation not considering what Spiker did not
include in his letter: that, after the state party set
the March 10 county-convention date and the
delegation met and adjourned, the delegation
can agree to meet again if they so choose. What
if March 10 had no quorum? What if March 10
went too long into the night and had to reconvene
for unfinished business? What Spiker also did
not include was that the authority over the results
of the county convention rests with the lawful
assembly (read: quorum) of the delegates elected
at the January 3 caucus, and no one else. If the
state GOP had denied these delegates their due
process by refusing to recognize a properly
elected slate of delegates upon reconvening with
Scott County GOP Corruption
Exposed: The Jewel Is Tarnished
by Todd McGreevy
wont be on equal footing with music
director Dave Blakeys splendid five-piece
orchestra (whose tempos on Monday
were perfect), John Weigandts gorgeously
hued lighting, and Mark Holmes beauty
of a gymnasium set. I kind of wished the
thick rope that extended from ceiling to
floor had been used a few more times
during the show, but Im also not sure
how much higher this particular Spelling
Bee could climb.
The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee runs at Molines Prospect
Park Auditorium (1584 34th Avenue)
through April 1. For information and
tickets, call (309)762-6610 or visit
QCMusicGuild.com.
when he first showed up in a fantasy
scene, portraying one of Schwarzys dads,
my immediate thought was, Oh, this
guys good who is that?)
While I also adored Kristine Oswalds
former bee champion Rona, her
boundless cheer helping to mask her
egomania, I was admittedly hoping for
more variety from J. Adam Lounsberrys
comfort counselor Mitch Mahoney on
Monday, he was basically just an operatic
grouch and more comic confidence and
consistency from Roger Akers, whose
Vice Principal Panch never seemed fully
defined, causing many of the shows
best jokes not to land. But again: This
was a rehearsal. And theres no reason
to think that, by Thursday, everyone
To Bee or Not to Be? Definitely Bee.
by Mike Schulz
mike@mchsi.com
THEATRE
associate such characters with a Coen brothers
film such as Fargo, but the game seems to reach
back much further for its inspiration.
Recall the story of King Duncan, who was
murdered by a general named Macbeth hoping
to seize control of Scotland. Or of the king of
Denmark who was murdered by his brother
Claudius to steal the throne; he in turn was
assassinated by Prince Hamlet, and that conflict
ended with Denmark invaded and occupied by
the armies of the prince of Norway.
By returning the human element to
strategy games, Paradox has created an engine
for producing tragedy of Shakespearean
magnitude.
Cruader Kings II is available for PC for $39.99 .
Grant Williams is a developer at Sedona
Technologies who hijacked an English degree to
study video games.
an advantageous political alliance. You might
assassinate your father-in-law so your wife can
inherit his titles before he sires a son as his heir.
And because you will likely have misunderstood
some important rule of the game, many of
these actions will not even accomplish what
you planned, and they often simply cause more
problems.
It is this that makes Crusader Kings II
fascinatingly unique. Most games about
conquest reduce war to numbers and maps:
how many soldiers each side has, and where they
are. They elide the details because the reality of
war is monstrous, and people who choose to
send hundreds or thousands of people to their
deaths to acquire more power are monsters.
Crusader Kings II , then, primarily involves
playing an inept monster with power a person
who can see others only in terms of how they
can help acquire more territory, but whose
moves frequently fail spectacularly. We might
The Hollow Crown: Crusader Kings II
by Grant Williams
grant.merlin.williams@gmail.com
GAMING
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everything in our power to avoid admitting
weve erred.)
Preventing this takes putting marriage
before ego and making a pact to resolve
conflicts by really listening to each other, putting
yourselves in each others shoes, and working
out solutions that work for you as a couple. Ask
her to explain why this location is so special
to her. Let her know that you truly appreciate
her efforts, but that whats special for you is
having everybody there (and without feeling
guilty about what it cost them to come). Offer to
help her find someplace closer; maybe suggest
having a pre-wedding photo shoot at Lake
PerfectWeddingSpot. Since theres no wiggle
room for friends and relatives who are broke,
lets hope shell come to understand that your
guests wont cry fewer tears of joy if youre saying
your vows in your uncles pasture. As for whats
truly special, anybody can have a fancy hotel
wedding; how many women get the opportunity
to have bridesgoats?
Doctors Without Borders
My normally very sweet boyfriend told me
that the doctor who gave him his physical was
hot and flirted like she was into him. I told
him he couldve kept all that to himself. He
said that she just is hot and that if she were
ugly, he wouldve told me that instead. Clearly,
he was checking her out, and I think its
disrespectful to tell me about it.
Dismayed
A person might get points for honesty, but
if hes somebodys boyfriend, hell get lots more
points if his honesty involves statements like
The lady doctor who just palpated my groin
was a ringer for Lou Ferrigno. Most people
get that merely having a thought isnt reason to
release it and let it bound around like a puppy.
Thats a good thing, because contrary to what
women want to believe, pretty much all men are
checking out all women at all times. That said,
if your boyfriend is a sweet guy, chances are his
message wasnt so much Shes hot as it was
Im hot. Hot women want me. The implication
being: Better hang on to me! Let him know
that hanging on to you takes respecting what you
dont want to hear. As for the doctors intentions,
considering the prospect of license revocation
and mens tendency to mistake friendliness for
interest, its possible she saw something in him
and probable it was something like two benign
polyps.
Manure and Wife
My fiance insists on having our wedding at
the most magical place to get married, this
beautiful lake resort. Her familys well-off, but
having it there creates a financial hardship for
my relatives and our friends, who are working
crappy jobs in a terrible economy. Our guests
mostly live in our hometown, and the lake is
a four-hour drive each way, and there are no
affordable places to stay. Ive suggested that
we have the wedding in this beautiful space
on my uncles farm, just outside of town, but
my fiance, whos typically unselfish, remains
inflexible. She wants it to be truly special
and says people who care about us will find a
way to come.
Concerned Shes So Unyielding
Brides-to-be can easily lose touch with
reality. They start by pricing the VFW hall, and
before long its Oh, is the International Space
Station booked? Okay then, well rent the Grand
Canyon for a white-water-rafting wedding. Not
to worry, Grandma you can use your oxygen
tank as a flotation device!
Destination weddings are great if you can
send the private jet to pick up Grandpa Lou,
Great-Auntie Myrtle, and all your Ph.D.-
equipped barista friends and then put them up
in a vast estate you rented for the wedding-ganza
weekend. But in a tough economy, maybe your
special day doesnt have to be other peoples
special day to go bankrupt: Please join us after
the ceremony for dinner and dancing, followed
by credit counseling.
Because boys dont grow up having misty
daydreams about someday being a groom, it
can be hard for a man to understand how an
otherwise sweet and reasonable woman can go
all wedding-zilla: My dress must have a 50-foot
train, trimmed with the skins of puppies! The
question is: Is this just a case of bride fever
temporary blindness to all forms of sense and
reason related to wedding planning or is it that
her true colors are graduating shades of bossy
selfishness (one part Kim Kardashian and two
parts Kim Jong Il)?
When two become as one, decisions need
to be a product of we and not she (as in, she
decides and then tugs the leash for you to come
along). A stumbling block to compromise is self-
justification the ego-protecting tendency to
stubbornly defend ourselves, insisting were right
and shoving away any information that suggests
otherwise. (To err is human as is doing
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through a megaphone. APRIL FOOL! I lied. That
wouldnt be such a terrible use of your time. The
astrological omens suggest that you will be visited
by rather unusual creative surges that may border
on being wacky. Personally, though, I would prefer
it if you channeled your effervescent fertility in
more highly constructive directions, like dreaming
up new approaches to love that will have a very
practical impact on your romantic life.

CAPRICORN (December 22-January
19): In F. Scott Fitzgeralds novel The
Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan is stirred
to the point of rapture by Jay Gatsbys silk shirts.
Ive never seen such beautiful shirts before, she
sobs, burying her face in one as she sits in his
bedroom. I sincerely hope you will have an
equivalent brush with this kind of resplendence
sometime soon, Capricorn. For the sake of your
mental and even physical health, you need direct
contact with the sublime. APRIL FOOL! I half-
lied. Its true that you would profoundly benefit
from a brush with resplendence. But I can assure
you that plain old material objects, no matter how
lush and expensive, wont do the trick for you.

AQUARIUS (January 20-February
18): Last December a woman in Tulsa,
Oklahoma made creative use of a Walmart. She
gathered various ingredients from around the
shelves, including lighter fluid, lithium, and drain
cleaner, and set up a meth lab right there in the
back of the store. Shes your role model for the
coming week, Aquarius. APRIL FOOL! I lied, kind
of. The woman I mentioned got arrested for illegal
activity, which I dont advise you to do. But I do
hope you will ascend to her levels of ingenuity and
audacity as you gather all the resources you need
for a novel experiment.

PISCES (February 19-March 20): A
Filipino man named Herbert Chavez has
had extensive plastic surgery done to
make himself resemble Superman. Consider
making him your role model, Pisces. I hope he
inspires you to begin your own quest to rework
your body and soul in the image of your favorite
celebrity or cartoon hero. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In
fact, youd be wise to avoid comparing yourself to
anyone else or remolding yourself to be like anyone
else. The best use of the current cosmic tendencies
would be to brainstorm about what exactly your
highest potentials are, and swear a blood oath to
become that riper version of yourself.

Life is a bitch and then you die. APRIL FOOL!
Heres the truth: Life is conspiring to give you exactly
what you need, exactly when you need it. Visit
FreeWillAstrology.com.
LEO (July 23-August 22): In his
documentary film Prohibition, Ken
Burns reports on the extreme popularity
of alcohol in 19th Century America. He says that
the typical person over 15 years of age drank 88
bottles of whiskey a year. In light of the current
astrological omens, Leo, I suggest you increase
your intake to that level and even beyond. APRIL
FOOL! I lied. Its not literal alcoholic spirits you
should be ingesting in more abundance, but rather
big ideas that open your mind, inspirational sights
and sounds that dissolve your inhibitions, and
intriguing people who expand your worldview.

VIRGO (August 23-September 22): A
woman in Euclid, Ohio, claims her
house is haunted by randy ghosts. They
have sex in my living room, Dianne Carlisle told a
TV news reporter. You can see the ladys high-
heeled shoes. I suspect you may soon be dealing
with a similar problem, Virgo. So consider the
possibility of hiring an X-rated exorcist. APRIL
FOOL! The naked truth is that you will not be
visited by spooks of any kind, let alone horny ones.
However, you would be smart to purify and
neutralize old karma that might still be haunting
your love life or your sex life. Consider performing
a do-it-yourself exorcism of your own memories.

LIBRA (September 23-October 22):
In Karley Sciortinos NSFW blog
Slutever.com, she announces that this blog is
intended to trick strangers into thinking my life is
more exciting than it actually is. I highly
recommend you adopt that approach, Libra. Do
whatever it takes lying, deceiving, exaggerating,
bragging to fool everyone into believing that you
are a fascinating character who is in the midst of
marvelous, high-drama adventures. APRIL FOOL!
I wasnt totally sincere about what I just said. The
truth is: Your life is likely to be a rousing adventure
in the coming days. Therell be no need to pretend
it is, and therefore no need to cajole or trick others
into thinking it is.

SCORPIO (October 23-November
21): Before you diagnose yourself with
depression or low self-esteem, said
author William Gibson, first make sure you are
not, in fact, just surrounded by a--holes. This is a
good time to check in with yourself, Scorpio, and
see if Gibsons advice applies to you. Lately, the
jackass quotient seems to have been rising in your
vicinity. APRIL FOOL! I was half-joking. Its true
that you should focus aggressively on reducing the
influence of jerks in your life. At the same time,
you should also ask yourself rather pointedly how
you could reduce your problems by changing
something about yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22-
December 21): Do not under any
circumstances put on a frog costume,
go to a shopping mall, and ride around on a
unicycle while reciting erotic poetry in German
ARIES (March 21-April 19): A few
months after America invaded Iraq in
2003, soldier Brian Wheeler wrote the
following to help us imagine what it was like over
there: Go to the worst crime-infested place you can
find. Go heavily armed, wearing a flak jacket and a
Kevlar helmet. Set up shop in a vacant lot. Announce
to the residents that you are there to help them, and
in the loudest voice possible yell that every Crip and
Blood within hearing distance is a PANSY. As a
character-building exercise, Aries, I highly
recommend you try something like this yourself.
APRIL FOOL! I was just kidding. What I just said is
not an accurate reading of the astrological omens.
But this is: Get out of your comfort zone, yes, but
with a smart gamble, not a crazy risk.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According
to a recent poll, Gods approval rating has
dipped below 40 percent for the first time
on record. My research suggests the new low is due
in part to a disproportionate amount of
dissatisfaction by those born under the sign of
Taurus. Can you fix this please? If youre one of the
discontent, please see if you can talk yourself into
restoring some of your faith in the Divine Wow.
APRIL FOOL! The real truth is: I encourage you to
be skeptical in regard to all authorities, experts,
and top dogs, including God. Its an excellent time
in your cycle to go rogue, to scream, I defy you,
stars! Be a rabble-rousing, boat-rocking doubter.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
Photographer Darrin Harris Frisby
doesnt think people should smile in
photographs. He regards it as superficial and
misleading. In the greatest portraits ever painted,
he says, the subjects gaze is almost always neutral,
neither inviting nor forbidding. Did Rembrandt
ever show people grinning from ear to ear? No.
Did Vermeer, Goya, Titian, Sargent, or Velasquez?
Nope. Make that your guiding thought in the
coming week, Gemini. Be a connoisseur of the
poker face. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is: In
the coming week you will have more than ample
reasons to be of good cheer. You should therefore
express delight extravagantly.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Back in
1835, a newspaper known as the New
York Sun resorted to an extreme
measure to boost readership: It ran a story about
how the renowned astronomer Sir John Herschel
had perfected a telescope that allowed him to see
life forms on the moon, including unicorns, two-
legged beavers that had harnessed fire, and
sexually liberated manbats. If Im reading the
astrological omens correctly, Cancerian, you
temporarily have license to try something almost
equally as wild and experimental to boost your
readership. APRIL FOOL! I lied about the
unicorns. Dont refer to clichd chimeras like
them. But its fine to invoke more unexpected
curiosities like fire-using beavers and sexually
liberated manbats.
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny
March 15 Answers: Right
RICH MAN , POOR MAN - March 9, 01
ACROSS
1. Like a truant
5. Waugh and Templeton
10. Fundamentals
14. Plastic beach toy
18. Cui _
19. Corrupt
20. Jalousie part
21. Little bit
22. Start of a quip by Steven Wright: 4 wds.
25. Lakota
26. Cyrano de _
27. Old card game
28. String
29. Existed
30. Long waxed wicks
32. Sing a certain way
33. Ottoman and others
37. Gypsy
38. Grandstanders
42. Simon _...
43. Part 2 of quip: 4 wds.
47. _ -eared
48. Frazzle
49. Kind of alarm
50. Tequila source
51. Very bad
52. Plastic _ Band
53. Graceful girl
54. Stayed in touch
55. Overindulge
56. Crude oil
59. Place near Syr.
60. Expanded
62. Viscounts better
63. Part 3 of quip
66. Oxford fellows
67. Red salmon
70. Like Austin Powers, e.g.
71. Low-lying coastal land
75. Hurt
76. Overhead
78. _ Torino
79. Cry of approbation
80. Vessels for wine
81. Jar
82. A musketeer
84. Dwarf buffalo
85. Manning, the Giant
86. Part 4 of quip: 3 wds.
88. Hes Jack Sparrow
89. Of an academic degree
91. Eagle (Var.)
92. Ousts
95. Dromedary feature
96. Orphan calves
99. _ Speedy
100. Extemporizes: Hyph.
103. Pitchers place
104. Conciliates
109. Nacreous material
110. End of the quip: 5 wds.
112. Beethovens Fur _
113. Pressure
114. Undermine
115. Early sitcom star
116. Denomination
117. Lambic
118. Had sufficient nerve
119. Waiting for the Robert _ _
DOWN
1. Nisan, formerly
2. Had on
3. Unmatched thing
4. Lengthways
5. Reluctant
6. Mythical queen of Sparta
7. Portray
8. One of fifty: Abbr.
9. Dawdler
10. Moving about
11. Make holy
12. Tea trolley
13. Pen
14. _ Rican
15. Pilaster
16. Major star
17. Furnish
21. Great Lakes Indian
23. Race
24. Kind of song
28. Cake of a sort
31. Semicircles
32. Crammed
33. Bar legally
34. Remember the _!
35. Extremely flashy
36. Goggle
38. Strike
39. Fred, Wilma and Pebbles
40. Smithy
41. Film characteristic
44. Bone of the pelvis
45. Stair anagram
46. Philippines native
49. Wheel rim
51. Moon goddess
53. Studied (with over)
54. Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills _
55. Full- _
57. Libertines
58. Silk tree
61. Notions
64. Inamorata or inamorato
65. Darkness
67. Fully satisfied
68. Eye, in combinations
69. Cap part
72. Star Wars contraption
73. Run off
74. Harvests
77. Papal letter
81. Underground stems
82. Like some dictionaries
83. Ditty
84. Really cute
86. Two-bagger
87. Dal _
90. Craving
93. Spotted
94. Painter _ Mondrian
96. Get around
97. _ Mongolia
98. Take pleasure in
100. Simians
101. Mark for removal
102. Secular
103. Lunar sea
105. Feet: Comb. form
106. Apostle Paul, formerly
107. _ homo
108. Scottish island
110. Nave
111. Nest egg letters
March 1 Crossword Answers
Live Music Live Music Live Music
Email all listings to calendar@rcreader.com Deadline 5 p.m. Thursday before publication
Billy Howke & the Hoax - The Sueves
- Mi chael Sarah - Good Habi ts
-Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa
City, IA
Community Drum Circle (10:30am)
-RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd
St. Davenport, IA
Danika Holmes -The Grape Life Wine
Emporium - Davenport, 3402 Elmore
Ave. Davenport, IA
DJ Scott & Karaoke -Greenbriar Res-
taurant and Lounge, 4506 27th St
Moline, IL
DropHammer - 1152 -Rascals Live, 1418
15th St. Moline, IL
Dueling Pianos at The Establishment
-The Establishment Theatre, 220
19th St. Rock Island, IL
Fat Dawgs Productions Karaoke & DJ
-Parkers, 635 15th St Moline, IL
Gray Wolf Band -Len Browns North
Shore Inn, 7th Street and the Rock
River Moline, IL
Groove Dynasty -Ri versi de Casi no
and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22
Riverside, IA
Jason Carl -Barrel House 211, 211 E. 2nd
St. Davenport, IA
Justin Morrissey & Friends -11th
Street Preci nct, 2108 E 11th St
Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Chucks Tap, 1731 W.
6th St. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Hollars Bar and Grill,
4050 27th St Moline, IL
Karaoke Night -Roadrunners Road-
house, 3803 Rockingham Rd. Dav-
enport, IA
Karen Michael (5pm) - Just Cuz (8:30pm)
-The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust Dav-
enport, IA
2012/03/29 (Thu)
32nd Annual Knox-Rutabaga Jazz
Festival: Knox Faculty and Friends
Combo -McGillacuddys, 58 S. Cherry
Galesburg, IL
ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Locust Davenport, IA
C.J. the DJ -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
Comfort - Luis Espinoza - Puddle
Jumper -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Hot Club of San Francisco: Meet Me in
Paris -CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103 3rd St
SE Cedar Rapids, IA
Jam Sessions with John OMeara and
Friends -The Muddy Waters, 1708
State St. Bettendorf, IA
Jason Carl -Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303
Brady St. Davenport, IA
Karaoke by Pieler Productions -The
Pub, 4320 N. Brady St. Davenport,
IA
Mission Creek Festival 2012: Black
Milk -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
Mission Creek Festival 2012: Mike
Doughty - Caroline Smith & the
Goodnight Sleeps - Death Ships
-The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa
City, IA
Mission Creek Festival: Kimya Dawson
& Leslie and the Lys (6:30pm)
-The Blue Moose Tap, 211 Iowa Ave.
Iowa City, IA
Mission Creek Festival: Oberhofer -
Mumfords - The Olympics - Sudden
& Subtle -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S
Linn St Iowa City, IA
Mission Creek Festival: Tim Hecker
-Fi rst Uni ted Methodi st Church
- Iowa City, 214 E Jefferson St Iowa
City, IA
Open Mic Night - Winners Showcase
-The Redstone Room, 129 Main St
Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night -Uptown Bills Coffee
House, 730 S. Dubuque St. Iowa
City, IA
Rock This Town with Rodney -Circa
21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
The Chris Duarte Group (6pm) - The
Avey Brothers (9pm) -Rascals Live,
1418 15th St. Moline, IL
Thumping Thursday w/ DJ Hypnotic
and Patrick Rifley -McManus Pub,
1401 7th Ave Moline, IL
2012/03/30 (Fri)
32nd Annual Knox-Rutabaga Jazz Fes-
tival: Knox Alumni Jazz Band - Ted
Sirotas Rebel Souls - Knox Alumni
Jazz Band (8pm) - Ted Sirotas Reb-
el Souls (9:30pm) -McGillacuddys,
58 S. Cherry Galesburg, IL
ABC Karaoke -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust
St. Davenport, IA
ABC Karaoke -Creekside Bar and Grill,
3303 Brady St. Davenport, IA
ABC Members-Only Karaoke -Moose
Lodge - Davenport, 2333 Rocking-
ham Rd Davenport, IA
Bee All U Can Be Karaoke -Wooden
Nickel, Wilton, IA
Charley Hayes (6pm) -Skinny Legs BBQ,
2020 1st Street Milan, IL
Cosmic -11th Street Precinct, 2108 E
11th St Davenport, IA
Deja Vu Rendezvous featuring Dani
Lynn Howe Band -The Redstone
Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
DJ Bo-J -Greenbriar Restaurant and
Lounge, 4506 27th St Moline, IL
Dubtonic Kru w/ the Fiyah -RME (River
Music Experience), 131 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
Emanation Series: Kali Yuga -Rozz-Tox,
2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Funktastic Five -The Pub, 4320 N. Brady
St. Davenport, IA
Gray Wolf Band -Rascals Live, 1418 15th
St. Moline, IL
enport, IA
Koobys Karaoke -Wide Open Bar &
Grill, 425 15th St. Moline, IL
Lee Blackmon (6pm) -Rhythm City Ca-
sino, 101 W. River Dr. Davenport, IA
Mission Creek Festival 2012: Lula-
cruza - Lady Espina - Miles Kean
Epictet -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S
Mission Creek Festival 2012: Sharon
Van Etten - Bowerbirds - The Lone-
lyhearts - Alexis Stevens -The Mill,
120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA
Mission Creek Festival 2012: War on
Drugs - Dirty Beaches - Wet Hair
- The Savage Young Taterbug
-Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa
City, IA
Mission Creek Festival: William Elliott
Whitmore & Justin Townes Earle
Iowa City, IA
Model Stranger w/ John June Year
-RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd
St. Davenport, IA
No Excuse -Purgatorys Pub, 2104 State
St Bettendorf, IA
North of 40 -Martinis on the Rock, 4619
34th St Rock Island, IL
Orangadang -RI BCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Rootless Experience -Brady Street Pub,
Secret Squirrel -Fargo Dance & Sports,
4204 Avenue of the Ci ti es Mo-
line, IL
Stuart Matthews -Bleyarts Tap, 2210 E.
Sudlow Jam Session (4:30pm) -RME
Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
Super Reverbs featuring RJ Mischo
-The Muddy Waters, 1708 State St.
Bettendorf, IA
The Music of Dr. Joe Seng -Joes Club,
1402 W. 7th St. Davenport, IA
The Old 57s (5:30pm) - Simon Says
Uncle (9:30pm) -The Rusty Nail, 2606
W Locust Davenport, IA
The Pri ncemen -Ri versi de Casi no
and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22
Riverside, IA
Twin River Band -Bobbies Diner &
Nightclub, 1213 W. 10th Ave., Mi-
lan, IL
2012/03/31 (Sat)
32nd Annual Knox-Rutabaga Jazz
Festi val : Knox Jazz Ensembl e
(5pm) - The Noah Preminger Group
(7pm) -The Orpheum Theatre, 57 S.
Kellogg St. Galesburg, IL
Alleman Heritage Ball: Cosmic -i wire-
less Center, 1201 River Dr Moline, IL
Avey Brothers -The Muddy Waters,
1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Bee All U Can Be Karaoke -The En-
chanted I nn, 4815 S Concord St
Davenport, IA
29 THURSDAY
31 SATURDAY
30 FRIDAY
Country Mice @ The Mill April 5
ADLER THEATRE - DAVENPORT
Tickets available in person at The Adler Theatre Box Office,
online at www.ticketmaster.com or call 1-800-745-3000.
www.rocklandsentertainment.com
TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012 - 7 pm
Karla Bonoff -CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103
3rd St SE Cedar Rapids, IA
Koobys Karaoke -Headquarters Bar &
Grill, 119 E. 22nd Ave. Coal Valley, IL
Li ve Lunch w/ John McLaughl i n
(noon) -RME Community Stage, 131
W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Lynn Allen -Purgatorys Pub, 2104 State
St Bettendorf, IA
Mission Creek Festival 2012: Tallgrass
- Zeta June - Skinny Chef -Iowa
City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa
City, IA
Mission Creek Festival: The Antlers
Iowa City, IA
Night People -Duckys Lagoon, 13515
78th Ave Andalusia, IL
Open Mic Night -Downtown Central
Perk, 226 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Paul Waters & the Lonesome Tears
-RI BCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock I s-
land, IL
Pi ano Fondue: Duel i ng Pi anos -
Rhythm City Casino, 101 W. River Dr.
Davenport, IA
Rob Dahms & Detroit Larry Davidson
(6pm) -Skinny Legs BBQ, 2020 1st
Street Milan, IL
Rozz-Tox One-Year Anniversary Show:
The Daredevil Christopher Wright
- Healing Power - Chrash -Rozz-Tox,
Russ Reyman, Pianist (7pm) -Phoenix,
111 West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Secret Squirrel -Fargo Dance & Sports,
4204 Avenue of the Ci ti es Mo-
line, IL
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 -Englert The-
atre, 221 East Washington St. Iowa
City, IA
Smooth Groove -Martinis on the Rock,
4619 34th St Rock Island, IL
Tapped Out -Racers Edge, 936 15th Ave
East Moline, IL
The David Mayfield Parade -RME
Davenport, IA
Twin River Band -Bobbies Diner &
Nightclub, 1213 W. 10th Ave., Mi-
lan, IL
Vodkaseven -The Pub, 4320 N. Brady St.
Davenport, IA
Zither Ensemble (10am) -German
American Heritage Center, 712 W.
2nd St. Davenport, IA
2012/04/01 (Sun)
ABC Karaoke -11th Street Precinct,
2108 E 11th St Davenport, IA
Cedar Island Band (2pm) -Riverside Ca-
sino and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway
22 Riverside, IA
Freddie Steenbock Duo (8-11am)
-Davenport American Legion, 702
W. 35th St. Davenport, IA
Funday Sunday with Dave Ellis (6pm)
Bettendorf, IA
Harper -Gs Riverfront Cafe, 102 S Main
St Port Byron, IL
Karaoke for Kids (3-5pm) -Hollars Bar
and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL
Mal Blum - Bug Collection -Rozz-Tox,
Manny Lopez Trio (10:30am) -Brady
Street Chop House, Radisson QC
Plaza Hotel Davenport, IA
Mission Creek Festival 2012: Little
Scream - The Daredevil Christo-
pher Wright - Brooks Strause & the
Gory Details - North English -The
Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA
Russ Reyman, Pianist (10am-2pm
brunch) -The Lodge Hotel , 900
Spruce Hills Dr. Bettendorf, IA
Sunday Jazz Brunch at Bix Bistro
(10:30am & 12:30pm) -Hotel Black-
hawk, 200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
2012/04/03 (Tue)
Acoustic Music Club (4:30pm) -RME
Davenport, IA
Blues Cafe (6:30pm) -RME Community
Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Glenn Hickson (5:30pm) -OMelias
Supper Club, 2900 Blackhawk Rd.
Rock Island, IL
Jam Night w/ Jordan Danielsen -11th
Davenport, IA
Karaoke w/ KO Karaoke -The Muddy
Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf,
IA
Killer Paisley - EmJay -Rozz-Tox, 2108
3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Lucero - William Elliott Whitmore -
RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Open Mic Night -Cool Beanz Coffee-
house, 1325 30th St. Rock Island, IL
Open Mic Night -The Dam View Inn, 410
2nd St Davenport, IA
Southern Thunder Karaoke & DJ -Mc-
Manus Pub, 1401 7th Ave Moline, IL
Unicycle Loves You -The Mill, 120 E
Burlington Iowa City, IA
2012/04/04 (Wed)
A Party to Go Karaoke Night -Stacks
Bar, 525 14th St. Moline, IL
ABC Karaoke -Appl ebees Nei gh-
borhood Grill - 3838 Elmore Ave.,
Davenport, IA
ABC Karaoke -Barrel House 211, 211 E.
Drewface Joe Band -Bobbies Diner
& Ni ghtcl ub, 1213 W. 10th Ave. ,
Milan, IL
Jam Session -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S
Karaoke Night -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Keller Karaoke -Martinis on the Rock,
Kenny Paulsen Quartet (6pm) - Open
Mic Night w/Randy Ketelsen & Corey
Wallace (9:30pm) -The Rusty Nail,
2606 W Locust Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night -Boozies Bar & Grill, 114
1/2 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night -RME Communi ty
Rocktastic 4 -Rascals Live, 1418 15th
St. Moline, IL
The Pub Unplugged: Live Acoustic
Acts -The Pub, 4320 N. Brady St.
Davenport, IA
Tommy Castro Band -Fat Fish Pub, 158
N. Broad St. Galesburg, IL
Troy Harris, Pianist (10pm) -Red Crow
Grille, 2504 53rd St. Bettendorf, IA
2012/04/05 (Thu)
Bare Wires -Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St. Iowa City, IA
Bill Payne -The Redstone Room, 129
Main St Davenport, IA
Jam Sessions with John OMeara and
Friends -The Muddy Waters, 1708
Jason Carl -Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303
Karaoke by Pieler Productions -The
Pub, 4320 N. Brady St. Davenport,
IA
Lady Antebellum - Darius Rucker
- Thompson Square -i wireless Cen-
ter, 1201 River Dr Moline, IL
Moon Taxi -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
Open Mic Night -Uptown Bills Coffee
House, 730 S. Dubuque St. Iowa
City, IA
The Avey Brothers -Rascals Live, 1418
15th St. Moline, IL
Thumping Thursday w/ DJ Hypnotic
and Patrick Rifley -McManus Pub,
1401 7th Ave Moline, IL
University of Iowa Jazz w/ the Latin
Jazz Ensemble (7pm) - Country
Mice (10pm) -The Mill, 120 E Burl-
ington Iowa City, IA
2012/04/06 (Fri)
ABC Karaoke -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust
St. Davenport, IA
ABC Members-Only Karaoke -Moose
Lodge - Davenport, 2333 Rocking-
ham Rd Davenport, IA
Fran & t he Count r y Gent l emen
(5:30pm) - Del Fox Band (9:30pm)
-The Rusty Nai l , 2606 W Locust
Davenport, IA
Gray Wolf Band -Edje Nightclub at
Jumers Casino and Hotel, I-280 &
Hwy 92 Rock Island, IL
6 FRIDAY
Sara Radle @ RME Community Stage April 9
5 THURSDAY
4 WEDNESDAY
3 TUESDAY
1 SUNDAY
2012/04/07 (Sat)
A Party to Go Karaoke Night -Wooden
Nickel Saloon, 2042 W 3rd St Dav-
enport, IA
Back 40 Band -Bobbies Diner & Night-
club, 1213 W. 10th Ave., Milan, IL
Band Du Jour (5pm) - Lustalots & Live
Wire (9:30pm) -The Rusty Nail, 2606
Dead Roots -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
Euforquestra - Roster McCabe -Gabes,
330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA
First Impression -Purgatorys Pub, 2104
State St Bettendorf, IA
Funktastic Five -Martinis on the Rock,
Gray Wolf Band -Edje Nightclub at
Jumers Casino and Hotel, I-280 &
Hwy 92 Rock Island, IL
enport, IA
Koobys Karaoke -Headquarters Bar &
Grill, 119 E. 22nd Ave. Coal Valley, IL
Night People -Tommys, 1302 4th Ave
Moline, IL
North of 40 -The Pub, 4320 N. Brady St.
Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night -Downtown Central
Perk, 226 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Hotel California -Quad-Cities Water-
front Convention Center, 1777 Isle
Parkway Bettendorf, IA
Howlin Rain -The Mill, 120 E Burlington
Iowa City, IA
Jim the Mule -Purgatorys Pub, 2104
State St Bettendorf, IA
enport, IA
Kent Burnside and New Generation
Bettendorf, IA
Koobys Karaoke -Wide Open Bar &
Grill, 425 15th St. Moline, IL
Local H - The Last Glimpse - Satellite
Heart -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
Los Vigilantes - Slut River -Gabes, 330
E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA
Mason Jennings - The Pines -Englert
Theatre, 221 East Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
Paddy OFurniture (5:30pm) -Shenani-
gans, 303 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Redeemed Voices (6pm) -RME Com-
munity Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Dav-
enport, IA
Simon Says Uncle -The Pub, 4320 N.
Smooth Groove -Martinis on the Rock,
Split Lip Rayfield - Mountain Sprout
Davenport, IA
The Music of Dr. Joe Seng -Joes Club,
1402 W. 7th St. Davenport, IA
The Voices -Riverside Casino and Golf
Resor t, 3184 Hi ghway 22 Ri ver-
side, IA
7 SATURDAY
OSG -The Muddy Waters, 1708 State St.
Bettendorf, IA
Papadosi o - Matthew Kyl estewa
Davenport, IA
River Prairie Minstrels (6pm) -RME
Davenport, IA
Russ Reyman, Pianist (7pm) -Phoenix,
111 West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Tommy Roe -Ri versi de Casi no and
Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riv-
erside, IA
Zither Ensemble (10am) -German
American Heritage Center, 712 W.
2012/04/08 (Sun)
ABC Karaoke -11th Street Precinct, 2108
E 11th St Davenport, IA
Bill Chrasil (2pm) - Tommy Roe (6pm)
-Riverside Casino and Golf Resort,
3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA
Campfire Jams w/ Bobby Burns -
Drama Major -RME (River Music
Experience), 131 W. 2nd St. Dav-
enport, IA
End Times Spasm Band -The Mill, 120
E Burlington Iowa City, IA
Euforquestras Live Album Release
Show - Firesale -The Redstone
Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Funday Sunday with Lee Blackmon
(6pm) -The Muddy Waters, 1708
Karaoke for Kids (3-5pm) -Hollars Bar
and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL
Peggy Seeger -CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103
3rd St SE Cedar Rapids, IA
Russ Reyman, Pianist (10am-2pm
brunch) -The Lodge Hotel , 900
Spruce Hills Dr. Bettendorf, IA
Sunday Jazz Brunch at Bix Bistro
(10:30am & 12:30pm) -Hotel Black-
hawk, 200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
2012/04/09 (Mon)
Sara Radle (5:30pm) -RME Community
2012/04/10 (Tue)
Acoustic Music Club (4:30pm) -RME
Davenport, IA
Glenn Hickson (5:30pm) -OMelias
Supper Club, 2900 Blackhawk Rd.
Rock Island, IL
Goldenboy - Collaquialisms -The Mill,
120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA
Jam Night w/ Jordan Danielsen -11th
Davenport, IA
Karaoke w/ KO Karaoke -The Muddy
Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf,
IA
Nickelback - Bush - Seether - My Dark-
est Days (6pm) -i wireless Center,
1201 River Dr Moline, IL
Open Mic Night -Cool Beanz Coffee-
house, 1325 30th St. Rock Island, IL
Open Mic Night -The Dam View Inn, 410
2nd St Davenport, IA
Quad City Kix Band -RME Community
Red Baraat -CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103 3rd
St SE Cedar Rapids, IA
Southern Thunder Karaoke & DJ -Mc-
Manus Pub, 1401 7th Ave Moline, IL
The Revival Tour 2012: Chuck Ragan
- Corey Branan - Tommy Gabel - Na-
thaniel Rateliff -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
2012/04/11 (Wed)
A Party to Go Karaoke Night -Stacks
Bar, 525 14th St. Moline, IL
ABC Karaoke -Appl ebees Nei gh-
borhood Grill - 3838 Elmore Ave.,
Davenport, IA
ABC Karaoke -Barrel House 211, 211 E.
ABC Karaoke -Ganzos, 3923 N. Mar-
quette St. Davenport, IA
Drum Circle (6pm) -Teranga House of
Africa, 1706 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Jam Session -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Karaoke Night -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Keller Karaoke -Martinis on the Rock,
Nitecrawlers (6pm) - Open Mic Night &
Jam Session (9:30pm) -The Rusty Nail,
2606 W Locust Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night -Boozies Bar & Grill,
114 1/2 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night -RME Communi ty
Open Mic Night w/Randy Ketelsen &
Corey Wallace -The Rusty Nail, 2606
Rocktastic 4 -Rascals Live, 1418 15th
St. Moline, IL
The Pub Unplugged: Live Acoustic
Acts -The Pub, 4320 N. Brady St.
Davenport, IA
Troy Harris, Pianist (10pm) -Red Crow
Grille, 2504 53rd St. Bettendorf, IA
Chuck Ragan @ RIBCO April 10
8 SUNDAY
9 MONDAY
10 TUESDAY
11 WEDNESDAY
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