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GUEST COMMENTARY
by Thomas L. Knapp
Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others
residential candidates work hard to

convince ordinary Americans that
theyre just like us. Regular folks.
Put their pants on one leg at a time, you
betcha.
But nobody clears the airspace for me
when I fly into a city.
Nor, I bet, do federal agents cordon off
several blocks around venues in which
youre scheduled to speak, restricting
people who dont like you to free-speech
zones for the duration of your visit.
And if either of us puts the pedal to
the metal and flies down Interstate 89
at more than 90 miles per hour to keep
appointments in Keene, Claremont,
and Concord, New Hampshire, well be
lucky if we get off with stern lectures and
expensive tickets.
Hillary Clinton gets a Secret Service
escort. The police dont even consider
pulling her over for a ticket. Theyre there
to make sure all us regular people you
know, the ones shes just like keep
ourselves out of her way.
No, Im not picking on Hillary. Its all
of them. I can cite experiences, my own
and those of friends, going back to 1992
revealing the same disregard for the rules
that bind everyone else.

In 1992, the Secret Service searched
the apartment of a friend of mine for
no other reason than that it happened
to overlook president George H.W.
Bushs motorcade route. Later that fall,

my future wife was ordered to finish
her meal and clear out of a restaurant
immediately. Because Bush wanted to eat
there.
In 2000, police ordered me to walk

about three miles out of my way to reach
a free-speech zone. Mere mortals were
excluded from the streets surrounding
the building where Vice President Al
Gore and presidential candidate George
W. Bush were scheduled to debate (read:
tell us how much like us they are, just
regular folks, folks).
In 2008, U.S. Highway 65 between
Springfield and Branson, Missouri, was
cleared of mere mundanes so presidential
candidate John McCains motorcade
could pass through. The local newspaper
dutifully noted its police-escorted speed
of 100 miles per hour.
These things arent the exceptions.
Theyre the rule. The political class is not
like the rest of us. Theyre not regular
folks.
And I guess thats okay. It would be a
shame for any of them to be late to the
microphones from which they lecture us
on the importance of the rule of law.
Thomas L. Knapp is director and senior
news analyst at the William Lloyd
Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy
Journalism (TheGarrisonCenter.org).
ILLINOIS POLITICS

by Rich Miller
CapitolFax.com
Why Is Madigan Refusing

to Cast Votes?
couple of weeks ago, I started noticing that House Speaker Michael

Madigan wasnt voting on most legislation during his chambers floor debates.
Madigan was feeling under the weather that
week, and was ill enough that a leadership
meeting with the governor couldnt be scheduled until a few days later, so I let it go.
But the pattern continued the following
week. A spot check of roll
calls showed Madigan
was listed as present and
accounted for but hadnt
voted for or against much
of anything.
What the heck?
Madigans historical
voting record is all over the
map because, in the past, he
has tended to vote for all of
his Democratic members
bills unless he had a strong ideological
opposition, or if he had a conflict of interest.
Madigans spokesperson, Steve Brown, told
me the speaker decided back in January that
he only wants to make informed votes. There
are just so many bills out there and not enough
time to consider each one, Brown said.
Huh?
Madigan and his top staff examine
each and every bill and amendment back
and forth at least once a week, and often
several times a week. So if any legislator is
informed, its Michael J. Madigan.
Brown also agreed with my own
observation that Madigan could be
patterning his behavior after the U.S. House
speaker, who traditionally votes on only the
rarest of occasions. Madigan did vote for a
recent Fiscal Year 2015 state-budget fix, but
thats probably because he was a party to the
agreement. He has voted on a handful of
other bills, but there doesnt seem to be much
of a pattern.
Brown said it was conceivable that
Madigan would also step in and vote if one of
his members needed an extra push to get his
or her bill to the minimum majority of 60.
Its possible, I suppose, that Madigan
doesnt want to tip his hand to the governor,
or anyone else for that matter, about where he
actually stands on legislation. But I was told
by others that this has nothing to do with the
new governor, although they refused to say
what was really going on.
Keep in mind: This is a guy who is
legendary in Springfield for his mildly
eccentric habits. He eats an apple at noon
every day. He eats dinner at precisely 7
each night almost always at one of two
Springfield restaurants (unless hes in the
rare mood for a steak, and then he and his

people head out to that spot), and he eats the
same meal and drinks the same wine every
time. A severe crisis erupted at one of those
restaurants several years ago when weekend
staff accidentally served all of Madigans
special wine to some tourists.
There is, or at least seems to be, a reason
for every single political thing he does. He
makes no moves without
considering all the
possible angles. It took
him eight hours to issue
a press release after Rod
Blagojevich was arrested,
for crying out loud.
So, after 44 years in
the Illinois House, for
this man to suddenly
and without a credible
explanation decide to
stop voting on almost all legislation is simply
bizarre.
And his top lieutenants are enforcing
Madigans new policy with a vengeance. Im
told a couple of staffers were upbraided last
week when they pushed Madigans rollcall button on some legislation. They were
reportedly told in no uncertain terms to
never do that again.
Some have darkly speculated without
evidence that maybe some investigators are
poking around Madigans voting record.
But, really, if something is up (and there is
zero evidence of that), then why change his
behavior now, after its too late? That just
doesnt make sense.
Maybe hes trying to play with everybodys
head. I just dont know. Whatever is going on,
Speaker Madigan certainly wouldnt allow
any of his members to behave this way. I can
just see it now ... .
Madigan: Why arent you voting?
Member: I only want to make informed
votes, Mr. Speaker, sir.
Madigan: Then read the analyses that my
staff writes for you and pick a button. Better
yet, just let my staff inform you of your best
voting options. Your constituents sent you
here to vote on legislation, not sit there like
an armless bump on a log with zero political
future because Im going to find somebody
else to take your seat if you dont start voting
right now.
Member: Yes, sir. Itll never happen again,
sir. Im sorry, sir. May I please shine your
apple, sir?
Madigan: Too late. Its 12:30.
This is a guy who

is legendary in
Springfield for his
mildly eccentric
habits
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by Jeff Ignatius
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The Radical Pragmatist

An Interview with Republican GOP Candidate Mark Everson
hances are good youve

never heard of Republican
presidential candidate Mark
Everson, and he doesnt (and likely
never will) have the campaign cash
to change that.
And if you are aware of him,
your impression might not be
particularly favorable. He ran the
loathed Internal Revenue Service for
four years under President George
W. Bush. And his tenure as CEO of
the American Red Cross lasted less
than eight months, with Everson
forced to resign because of an
inappropriate romantic relationship
with a subordinate.
It doesnt help that for a person
running for president, Eversons
electoral-political experience is
pretty thin by his own admission.
But there are many reasons
you should acquaint yourself with
Everson and his agenda:
Hes doing his shoestring campaign in
Iowa right, pledging to visit all 99 counties.
He sat down earlier this month for a
100-minute interview with me, reflecting a
willingness to go wherever people will listen.
He plans to spend between $250,000
and $300,000 of his own money on his
candidacy, so even if hes not conventionally
viable, hes quite literally invested in his
campaign.
The six points of emphasis for his
campaign include immigration reform that
would include a path to citizenship for lawabiding illegal immigrants already in the
country a hot-button example of Everson
not pandering to the more conservative side
of the GOP.
Those six planks also include two
elements that dont pander to any major
constituency. He favors reinstating some
form of the military draft, and he supports
entitlement reform that would, for example,
take Social Security benefits away from
people who dont financially need them.
Despite that, his platform has a populist
streak, most notably a major reform of the
tax code that would create a 12.9-percent
national sales tax and exempt 150 million
people from the income tax. (Filing-jointly
couples with income less than $100,000 and
singles making less than $50,000 would not
pay any income tax.)
On that populist front, he also pledges
to aggressively pursue criminal prosecution
against individuals engaging in illegal activity
at big banks, and he promises to serve
only one term as president. (He also favors
a constitutional amendment restricting
their normal political neighborhood,

and they are willing to entertain
policy solutions that are outside of
their normal space ... if they feel that
those policy decisions or initiatives
are well-thought-out, they have a
chance to work, and theyre not
being advanced for political reasons.
I think that theres a hunger for an
authenticity. ...
Some of the older people are not
going to like what Im saying about
entitlement reforms. I already know
some of the younger people dont like
the idea of the draft.
Tax Reform
presidents to a single five- or six-year term.)

Befitting somebody whose career has
been in administration rather than politics,
Everson is a strong advocate of separation of
powers, and promises as president to execute
the law as written rather than pursuing an
agenda through executive orders or rulemaking which would represent a shift back
toward the spirit of the Constitution that
should appeal to people concerned about an
imperial American presidency.
The man comes with baggage in his
personal life, but hes reasonably up-front
about it and doesnt make excuses.
In total, Everson represents a sort
of radical pragmatism born of an
administrative soul. Some of his positions
would undoubtedly be difficult to
accomplish politically, but they also
represent thoughtful, practical approaches
to serious problems and issues. If he doesnt
have a realistic chance of winning the Iowa
caucuses, one can at least hope hell get
enough traction to enlarge the conversation
leading up to them in February 2016.
Personally, I wish Everson were as detailed
and firm with all of his issues as he is with
tax reform, but he has a solid reason for
being (at times) wishy-washy. Talking about
entitlement reform, for example, Everson
refused to say what lines he would draw on
eligibility for Social Security benefits: You
set a set of principles and you work with the
Congress to negotiate real reforms. Thats
what you should do. If you set up a dynamic
where you derive a set of particular answers,
then people pick apart those answers. ...
I recognize that major changes in the
Everson largely supports Michael J.

Graetzs Competitive Tax Plan, which
can be found at RCReader.com/y/
everson3. Projections for the deficitneutral, five-point plan state that
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federal taxes from all sources would
direction of the country have to run through
only increase for the top 20 percent of earners.
Congress; thats the body that does that. So
The proposal also includes lower taxes on
Im going to work to get things done. Im not
corporate income.
going to make the perfect the enemy of the
People ... dont feel great about the IRS.
good. ... Just pandering to people and saying,
If we can relieve that [by exempting a
Heres where I am; Im not going to budge,
significant portion of the population from
thats just going to get us where we are now.
the federal income tax], thats important.
Here are excerpted highlights from
I think economists pretty well agree that
our conversation, organized into major
a consumption tax [on goods and services]
topics of discussion (and not necessarily
would be a good thing for a growing
reflecting conversational flow). A longer
economy, for people more piloting ... their
version of the interview including a
own finances ... .
lightly edited audio version can be found
If you bring down the corporate rate ... ,
at RCReader.com/y/everson1. For more
thats going to make us more competitive ...
information on Eversons campaign, visit
and bring that piece [of corporate-incomeMarkForAmerica.com.
tax revenue] back, because you wont have
as much structuring with the Apples and the
Googles and all that overseas.
Eversons campaign-announcement letter
can be found at RCReader.com/y/everson2.
I have an agenda that addresses some
Everson supports reforming many different
issues that some of these folks dont find
types
of entitlements, but our discussion
convenient, because I talk about the big
largely
dealt with Social Security.
banks. ... They [other candidates] are getting
I
would
tighten the eligibility, and the way
money from all the big Wall Street guys, so
I
look
at
it
is
if you dont need your Social
theyre not going to talk about this. So I do
Security,
if
youve
done well enough, we
think that theres a very real chance. Okay,
should
look
at
whether
thats necessary ... .
I recognize: Maybe Im not the guy. But I
We
need
to
entertain
bringing out
actually think I have something to offer both
eligibility
ages,
we
need
to
look at some of
in terms of the agenda and then in terms of
the
inflation
indices,
and
we
need to look at
credentials.
some of the benefit levels tied to earnings
or wealth. All of those things need to be
considered. And then we need to get to
something that will sustain and get us back
In the conversations I have with people,
to a reasonable level of spending.
they are so frustrated with the current
dynamic that they are searching for
Continued On Page 16
candidates who will take them outside of
Why Hes Running
Entitlement Reform
Unpopular Positions
Vol. 22 No. 881

MAGIC
by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
Dove Bard
Magician David Casas at Area Venues April 30 through May 3
ear the end

of our recent
interview, I
ask David Casas a
question that, I think,
most people would
want to ask a professional magician who
spends much of his
time making doves
appear and disappear:
Has anything really
awful ever happened
during your act?
He smiles and
replies: The only
thing thats really
happened was at one
of my first shows.
Every time I used
to produce a bird, I
would always hold
them close to me. So I
was doing that at one
show, and people started laughing, but I
didnt know what they were laughing at.
So I just kept going with my act, and they
kept laughing, and I think I went to grab
a silk or something ... . And then I see
this big line of bird poop running down
my coat.
And I was like, Oh-h-h-h ... now I
get it, says Casas. I just shook my head
and said, Thatll happen with birds, and
kept going, you know? And I learned that
when I produce the bird, I need to hold
it out.
As awful occurrences involving
magicians and doves go, that ones pretty
minor. (I mean, Ive seen The Prestige.)
But it certainly speaks well of Casas
talents that after 18 years of immersion
in his stage art, 13 of them spent as a
full-time professional, unanticipated dove
poop is the bottom of the barrel.
As for Casas himself, the Davenport
resident currently appears to be at the
top of his game. Between April 30 and
May 3 alone, the self-described comedy
magician will appear in three Quad
Cities engagements: April 30s Dia!:
Celebration of Children, Books, &
Cultures at the Moline Public Library;

May 2s hour-long solo performance The
Magic of David Casas at the Circa 21
Speakeasy; and May 3s Humility of Mary
Shelter fundraiser Helping with Humor
at The Establishment.
And the work schedule for this
longtime practitioner of sleight-of-hand
and closeup magic is only getting busier.
Right now, says Casas, Im teaching
magic classes for the Rock Island Park
District on Mondays. Ive recent been
approached by the Davenport and
Bettendorf districts to teach classes in
the fall. And my June, July, and August
are, like, swamped. Almost 30 shows
every month, traveling all over Iowa and
Illinois.
For the longest time, I said I wanted to
be busy all the time, he adds. And this
year anyway, I finally got my wish.
A 35-year-old Muscatine native,
Casas says that wish originated when he
was a high-school junior and saw two
gentlemen from Roberts Magic Shoppe
in Davenport demonstrating closeup
magic in a NorthPark Mall kiosk. That
caught my eye, he says, and they had
fliers that said

they were teaching
magic lessons. So
I started taking
classes.
You know how
there are illusionists
who cut people
in half or levitate
women? he
continues. That
never really amazed
me, because I
always knew there
was a trick to it
the assistant did
all the work, or the
box was a trick box.
To me, that wasnt
magic. Magic was
when someone
came out and just
made things appear
and disappear.
Thats what I wanted to learn. Man, that
guy is just standing there in a tux, so
where are all these birds coming from?!
As a nascent high-school magician, I
would practice eight to 10 hours a day,
says Casas. I never had a lot of friends
in high school because they were all
going to parties and stuff, and I would
stay home and practice on weekends.
I think thats how I got good so fast. I
learned really quick, but I was just really
disciplined and took it seriously and
practiced a lot, and I started thinking, I
can do this for a living maybe.
From the start, Casas was also
practicing with live birds, which he
admits is unusual for a kid. There was
a pet store in Bettendorf where I got my
first two doves. Actually, they were a male
and a female, which I didnt know at the
time, and they would lay eggs and start
breeding so I wound up getting more
and more and more.
But it takes a lot of work, thats for
sure, he says of dove training. A lot of
patience and repetition. You have to get
them comfortable with you and get to
April 30 - May 13, 2015

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recital and performs a spunky hip-hop dance
expected the lads populating my seat section
while rapping Fish gotta swim and sharks
to be disappointed. Fortunately, though,
gotta bite, so you better watch out for these
theres plenty of content here that appeals to
pearly whites. The twins get their chance
both girls and boys, and judging by the young to shine in On My Team, a rousing ditty
males positive reactions, they were delighted
that has Rhonda and Wanda one-upping
by the show as was I.
each other with their sports achievements.
Fancy Nancy: The Musical centers on a
Meanwhile, the Caribbean-themed What
dance recital featuring Nancy and her four
Ill Be, in which the kids imagine what roles
closest friends, as well as several nevertheyll play in the dance recital, includes the
seen classmates. Thats not a description
brilliant lyric I can be a coral and sing in
that has anything boyish about it, but
harmony. That was one of several times I
three of the main characters pals Aaron
reacted to Fancy Nancy with loud laughter,
Lords charmingly agreeable Lionel and the
which led to many nearby kids turning their
tomboyish, dressed-alike twins Rhonda
heads to stare at me in (I hope) amusement.
and Wanda (Kirsten Sindelar in pigtails and
I also admire Lords decision to play the
Morgan Griffin in a ponytail) supply the
only male friend in the bunch as confused
storys more masculine elements. For the girls, by the girls interests, rather than annoyed
theres Nancy, portrayed by Kaitlyn Casanova by them. By doing so, theres almost a
in a lovely performance that includes an
subliminal message regarding friendship in
always-sunny disposition and a sense of
his portrayal, with Lionel choosing to see his
personal pride without condescension.
friends in the most positive light regardless
Theres also Nancys best friend Bree, who, in
of their differences. When the friends receive
Sara Tubbs amusing and delightful depiction, word about the dance recital, the girls shriek
shares Nancys bright-eyed outlook on life.
with glee while Lord raises his eyebrows and
Director/choreographer Andrea Moores
steps away with a look of bewilderment, but
staging of the musical, composed by Danny
one without an ounce of disdain. Because
Abosch and Susan DiLallo (who also wrote
the girls are his friends, Lionel harbors no
the script), maintains a friendliness to it
resentment toward them, and Lord, in this
thats devoid of any hints of darkness. The
and other moments, is a subsequent delight
storys conflict involves an ocean-themed
to watch.
dance recital in which, everyone assumes,
Still, its Nancy, closely orbited by Bree,
Nancy and Bree will be cast as the two lead
who is the shows focal point, with the two
mermaids though everyone also assumes,
sharing a charming duet, Youll Always
incorrectly, that there are two mermaids. So it Feel Much Better After Tea, while sipping
comes as quite a shock when theres only one
from teacups and wearing feathered boas
mermaid in the recital, and neither girl gets
and feather- and bow-adorned hats. (Their
the role.
outfits here are among designer Gregory
Instead, Bree is cast as an oyster and
Hiatts most cheerful ensembles.) And while
Nancy a tree, which the latter girl, in true
Circa 21s Fancy Nancy: The Musical may be
about childhood friendship, the lesson Nancy
Fancy Nancy style, says is ordinary. Thats
learns in the end is one that holds true for
a fancy word for there are a lot of them.
viewers of any age, girls and boys alike.
Still, after a bicycle accident eventually lands
Bree the leading role, Moore and her cast
Fancy Nancy: The Musical runs at the Circa
avoid any kind of somber tone even when
21 Dinner Playhouse (1828 Third Avenue, Rock
Nancy tells Bree shes happy for her yet
Island) through May 15, and more information
struggles with knowingly lying to Bree, and
and tickets are available by calling (309)786being disappointed for not getting the part
7733 extension 2, or visiting Circa21.com.
herself. (Somberness is also avoided when
MUSIC
Made with Casual Care

by Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
Joe & Vicki Price, Night Owls; Performing May 3 at the River Music Experience
he new
album
from the
northeast-Iowa
blues duo Joe
& Vicki Price
is called Night
Owls, and the
cartoonish cover
art (by Vicki)
features five
literally skeletal
figures (including a man and woman each with a guitar
and amp).
The title couldnt be more appropriate,
as the 10-track collection of originals often
has the casual feel of a post-midnight
jam intimate, a little on the sleepy side,
wholly devoid of self-consciousness. Just
two people performing with their guitars,
voices, and feet.
The sound is similarly straightforward,
unadorned, and unfussy, and some tunes
feel so dusty that theyre only missing the
pops, crackles, and hisses of neglected
vinyl or degraded tape. Even though the
album was recorded in Nashville, the
production is largely (and intentionally)
artless.
Yet despite the cheeky cover illustration
and lightly electrified tunes that might as
well be 60 years old, theres a real vitality
in the duos songs (written, with the
exception of Bones, separately) and
the recordings. The bare-bones (sorry!)
instrumentation and the choices in style
and singing are employed with rigor, and
the more you listen to the album, the more
its apparent how carefully constructed it
is.
High Blood Pressure is particularly
striking, with an understated funk in the
lead guitar, a gentle counterpoint in the
other guitar, and sandpaper vocals from
Joe (a 2002 inductee into the Iowa Blues
Hall of Fame). Those components would
be enough to carry the song, but in one
passage (and only one passage) Vicki pairs
her voice with her husbands, and its the
perfect little touch matching the slightly
askew guitar interplay. That lead guitar
sounds a little tipsy deeply eloquent
but drunk enough to stumble and
momentarily lose the tempo, and sober
enough to finish the song with a bravura
dancing, percussive flourish.
Opener Honey invokes Night Owls
drawling vibe immediately, with slow
blues licks and Vickis sweetest singing,
but within a minute the song shows the
albums giddyup, as deliberate

gives way to
rollicking guitar
and soulful
belting. Dark
Bar, as its
title suggests,
sustains the
pleasantly
listless mood for
its entirety, with
Vicki in loungesinger mode and contrasting guitar styles
jazz on the one instrument and slightly
blown-out blues on the other.
The relaxed, unforced singing on
Nights Owls is well-suited to its laid-back
atmosphere, and the two vocalists provide
a natural variety, with Vicki showing an
ample range on her own. But in truth,
theres not much that needs to be said
(or sang): Joes and Vickis guitars say,
moan, screech, and shout plenty on their
own, fully evident on the instrumentals
Airline and Whoopee Pie very
different tracks that push the blues into
rockabilly territory. The former rocks, and
the latter is spare, precise, and lovely, with
the light percussion (on a guitar body)
skittering around.
The lead on A Beer Away effectively
mimics a horn section without ever losing
its electric-blues character. The guitars
on Fat Cat are playful and upbeat, while
on Love Kills Slowly, the bass-heavy
playing is slightly ominous and off-kilter,
a smart complement to Joe singing, Love
is murder.
So the first impression of Night Owls
might be of something tossed-off quickly
and easily, and that feeling is reinforced
throughout. Yet the minimalist aesthetic
and comfortable blues disguise an album
thats sneaky in its richness.
Joe & Vicki Price will perform on Sunday,
May 3, at a Mississippi Valley Blues
Society (MVBS.org) benefit concert at
the River Music Experience (129 Main
Street, Davenport; RiverMusicExperience.
org). Doors open at 1:30 p.m., and other
performers include Ellis Kell, Detroit
Larry Davison & Charlie Hayes, Detroit
Larry & Blues Rockit, Mercury Brothers,
Hal Reed & Mississippi Journey, The
Candymakers, and Robert Jon & the
Wreck.
For more information on Joe & Vicki Price,
visit JoePriceBlue.com.
MUSIC
by Frederick Morden
f.morden@mchsi.com
A Fitting Exclamation Point

The Quad City Symphony, April 11 at the Adler Theatre
he closing Masterworks concerts of

the Quad City Symphonys centennial
season included a commission meant as a
prelude leading, without pause, into Beethovens
Ninth Symphony. I was skeptical. The Choral
symphony one of the greatest compositions in
music was a logical conclusion for a seasonlong celebration of 100 years, but attaching
contemporary music to it raised two questions:
What could the new music possibly add, and
would it diminish Beethovens towering work?
Yet James Stephensons A-ccord worked on
several levels April 11 at the Adler Theatre.
It successfully connected Beethoven to 21st
Century musical thinking. More importantly, it
neatly summarized the rigor and thoughtfulness
of Music Director and Conductor Mark Russell
Smiths highly symbolic program which
presented a unified message bridging time, style,
and language, and ceded the spotlight to guest
vocalists as the Quad City Symphony closed its
milestone season.
A-ccord brought all that together, featuring
both voices and instruments, placing an English
translation of Friedrich Schillers Ode (a
component, in German, of the Ninth Symphony)
alongside words from Quad Cities poet Dick
Stahl, and treating Beethovens source material
in a contemporary way, with an innovative
use of a single melodic line with rhythmic and

orchestral variations.
The music began with a slow, unison chantlike tune in the choirs and orchestra. Suddenly, it
burst into a fast tempo with changes in rhythm,
orchestration, and vocalizations that took on the
characteristics of a musical roller-coaster ride.
The voices pulsated words that, similar to the
musical content, seemed to suggest recognizable
bits of music, perhaps Beethovens Ninth;
the somewhat vague allusions, to these ears,
sounded like echoes of concerts throughout the
100-year history of the orchestra.
Stephensons musical line was separated
into motives and segments, and rhythmically
varied. In one moment, the line was wildly
spiraling throughout the orchestra from the
unison string section into the woodwinds and
down through the brass; then, in combinations
of instruments (augmented by keyboard
percussion), it created new timbre and musical
characterizations. Despite fascinating changes
in instrumental colors, the actual content was
always monophony one connected melody.
And then the musical coaster glided back into
its chant-like starting point and seamlessly,
without stopping, morphed into the mysterious
beginning of Beethovens Ninth Symphony.
Smith called A-ccord a brilliant solution to
merging a contemporary feel with Beethoven.

And I agree: Stephensons piece had the
conceptual, musical, and compositional legs to
effectively segue into the Ninth and reinforce the
tenets of Smiths program.
In the Beethoven symphony, the Quad City
Symphony shined brightest in the heartfelt
lyricism of the last two movements.
Throughout the third movement, difficult
musical calisthenics, including changes of
tempo, meter, and particularly the shapes of
changing phrases, sounded effortless relaxed,
carefree, and radiantly beautiful. In this
masterful musical pas de deux, the elegantly
shaped melodic variations and answering
obbligati glided smoothly between the strings
and woodwinds. The melodic sequences in the
violas and cellos were tenderly played, each
a little more intense than the last, pushing
through to a climactic point before passing the
tune on to the second violins.
The insight in the orchestras playing was
not simply that each variation was articulately
together, but that the differences in character
were made distinct through contrasts in
dynamic pressure and tonal nuance. For
example, the ascending, thickly intensifying
melodic sequences in the second violins and
violas were combined with sweet, breath-like
descending counter-melodies in the first violins.

The fourth-horn solo (performed by the
principal player, a custom with many orchestras)
was uniformly supple, demonstrating great
flexibility in both range and tone control.
In the fourth movement, Smith led the cellos
and basses through a robust instrumental
recitative, punching cadence points with the
rest of the orchestra and foreshadowing the
melodic material that appears later in the voices.
The vocal proclamation by guest bassbaritone Dean Elzinga at the beginning of the
vocal section was appropriately startling and,
when joined by the men of the chorus, launched
a sturdy opening verse of Schillers text of
enthusiastic optimism for the brotherhood-ofman theme.
Subsequent entrances by the guest soloists
soprano Karen Slack, mezzo-soprano Eleni
Matos, and tenor Vale Rideout completed the
quartet with musical vigor.
The Quad City Choral Arts and Handel
Oratorio Society choirs prepared by Jon Hurdy
were exceptional in their German diction,
resulting in an electrifying and discrete
statement of the Ode theme even when the
orchestra was playing full-out. At the climatic
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THEATRE
Top Five with a Bullet
By Thom White
thomasjasonwhite@gmail.com
High Fidelity, at the District Theatre through May 3
he April
Natarelli), and
16 preview
their regular
performance
customers
of the District Thewho never buy
atres High Fidelity
anything (Tyler
was, during its first
Henning, Brant
act, a painful expePeitersen, and Ian
rience because
Bishop) sing about
by intermission,
Robs business:
my facial muscles
Yes, if youre
actually hurt from
into vinyl, weve
smiling so much.
got everything
While this musical
essential. Im
Tristan Tapscott
composed by
sitting on a
Tom Kitt and Amanda Green, with a book by
business that has zero growth potential! Its a
David Lindsay-Abaire is, in itself, a lot of fun,
big, loud, driving song that features almost the
director James Fairchild and his cast rocked the
entire cast crammed into the Districts intimate
hell out of it, presenting its story of a recordperformance space (one that perfectly suits the
store owners most recent breakup (in a long line record-store setting, especially given designer
of them) with infectious energy.
Tapscotts set covering almost every inch of
While High Fidelity is among my favorite
the walls with vinyl records, band posters, and
musicals, I do think Greens lyrics lack a certain
instruments) and sets the tone for a rockin good
poetry, which prevents them from being
time.
memorable. Three days after seeing the District
Music director Randin Letendre and her
Theatres production, Im still humming Kitts
band of instrumentalists are also a large part of
melodies but struggling to remember the lyrics
High Fidelitys fun. Set on a ledge on the second
of songs from a piece with which Im already
floor of Robs record store, the musicians are
familiar. But the words do fit well into the
visible throughout the show, and although their
context of the musical, driving it forward as
placement has the accompaniment sometimes
the central character Rob (a beautifully layered
overpowering the vocals, it also lets the audience
Tristan Tapscott) deals with his live-in girlfriend see how much these players seem to enjoy
Laura (a brooding yet endearing Sara Tubbs)
playing. This adds a fitting, rock-concert vibe to
leaving him. Rob speaks (and sings) of his lack
a show celebrating that musical genre.
of interest in restoring their relationship, though
Beyond the sound imbalance, my only other
its clear he wants her back, especially when he
complaint is that this production would have
composes a list of his top-five break-ups of all
benefited, I think, from stronger choreography.
time dating back to a school-playground crush,
(No specific choreographer is listed in the
and notably excludes Laura from it. That is,
program.) What Fairchild included isnt bad,
until she or rather his Sandy-in-Grease-postdespite a few bits being too over-the-top silly,
makeover mental image of her forces her way
such as when Rob, his employees, and his
on it in Number Five with a Bullet, a song that
customers play ring around the rosie with
I cant get out of my head, thanks in no small
a set piece. But some numbers beg for more
part to Tubbs no-holds-barred, rock-and-roll
involved or complicated dance steps, with the
delivery of the number.
actors seeming to sometimes visibly itch for
If it isnt that song, its She Goes thats
more movement to correspond with the beat of
proving difficult to get out of my brain.
the music.
Antoinette Holman, as Robs platonic pal Liz,
Otherwise, Id rank the District Theatres
brings the house down in her soulful scolding
High Fidelity among the top-five musicals ever
of Rob, pointing out his broken-record habit of
staged by the company. I also find it rather
going through girlfriend after girlfriend in much amusing that, of all the productions in the
the same manner: You meet someone, you
theatres current and oft-maligned (by me, too)
move in together, she goes. It was almost all I
space, this one fits its spacial limitations better
could do to hold myself back from standing up
than any other. The District Theatre has finally,
and stopping the performance to demand that
fully embraced its intimate stage area in what is,
Holman perform the song again.
thankfully, the last performance being presented
I also couldve left the theatre after the first
in this building.
song, The Last Real Record Store on Earth, and
High Fidelity runs at the District Theatre (1623
been satisfied with the evenings entertainment.
Second Avenue, Rock Island) through May 3, and
In the number, Rob, his employees Barry (a
more information and tickets are available by calling
comical music snob played by Joe Maubach)
(309)235-1654 or visiting DistrictTheatre.com.
and Dick (the charmingly awkward Anthony
Movie Reviews
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by Mike Schulz mike@rcreader.com
A.I., A.I. ... . Oh!
EX MACHINA
If youre a fellow fan of the high-tech

Twilight Zone that is the BBCs Black
Mirror and last years Christmas special
with Jon Hamm didnt sate your craving
for more, you wont want to miss the
sci-fi creep-out Ex Machina. (If youre not
a fan of Black Mirror, which is currently
streaming on Netflix, you clearly havent
watched it yet. Get cracking.) Like a
105-minute episode of that haunting
anthology series, Alex Garlands quasifuturistic morality fable boasts a simple
premise that grows more complicated
and nightmarish as it progresses. Also
like a super-sized Black Mirror, the
experience leaves you feeling a little
shaken and happily freaked out, and kind
of antsy to see it again.
Both Ex Machina and its echoes
to the BBC program begin with our
introduction to the software programmer
Caleb, whos played by Domhnall
Gleeson, the resurrected boyfriend from
the excellent Black Mirror episode Be
Right Back. In the opening scene, we
witness Caleb winning a contest granting
him a weeks stay with his companys
enigmatic, ber-wealthy owner Nathan
(Oscar Isaac), a tech whiz who amassed
his fortune creating the worlds fastest
search engine. Caleb is helicoptered to
Nathans expansive retreat, greeted by his
genial host with a handshake and a beer,
and told that his contest win was actually
a ruse, as Caleb has been brought on a
specific mission: to determine if Nathans
top-secret, artificially intelligent cyborg
Ava (Alicia Vikander) can sufficiently
pass as human.
Even before Avas arrival, were given
subtly significant
reasons to find
something about
this situation
deeply amiss: the
helicopter pilot
dropping Caleb off
a good mile from
the compound
because Im
not allowed to
Alicia Vikander in Ex Machina
land any closer;
the unexpected,
landscape, the pristine research center,
alpha-bro heartiness of the reclusive
and the face of Alicia Vikander. But with
Nathan; even Caleb himself, a pale figure
Avas warning and Calebs confusion
so passive and expressionless that you
about what that warning could mean, a
begin to wonder and writer/director
gnawing ugliness permeates the surface
Garland takes full advantage of this if
beauty, and Garland turns his sci-fi tale
the young man is the one whos actually an
into a rather complex and frightening
A.I. (The Irish Domhnall, son of the great
mystery a considerable feat for a movie
Brendan Gleeson, adds to his remoteness
featuring only four main characters.
by adopting one of those flat, all-purpose
(The fourth is Nathans suspiciously mute
accents that Europeans frequently employ
housekeeper Kyoko, eerily played by
to play American.) Yet our fascination
Sonoya Mikuno.) Is Caleb there to study
and fears increase when Ava, despite the
Ava, or so that Nathan can study him?
visible electronics encased in her frame,
Or, in a more insidious possibility, is it
does indeed appear capable of independent
actually Ava whos doing the studying?
thought and action. And they really
Certainly, in her sublime performance,
increase when, during Calebs and Avas
Vikander gives every indication that Ava
second interview, a momentary power
could be the one in control. In the recent
outage prevents Nathan from monitoring
Seventh Son, the Swedish performer was
their conversation, and Ava surreptitiously
stuck in a thankless girlfriend role that
warns Caleb, Hes not your friend. You
didnt allow her to emerge as anything
shouldnt trust anything he says.
other than eye candy. Here, however, shes
From the start, Ex Machina is wholly
a revelation. Vikander is instantly credible
engaging on a purely visual level. Rob
as a sentient machine (which isnt the
Hardys crisp cinematography gives
insult it might seem), yet what makes her
Nathans retreat, with its glass walls and
especially great is that you feel youre not
high-tech gadgetry, a distinctively elegant
only watching a cyborg think, but learn to
the future is now sheen, and Garlands
think. Through the tiniest shifts in focus
long takes allow us plenty of time to
and bearing, you see Ava modulate her
admire the gorgeousness in the forest
responses to Caleb so that, in nearly

every conversation, she winds up in the
position of power, and as Ex Machina
progresses, Vikanders beatific loveliness
almost imperceptibly teeters toward
malevolence; Ava never scared me more
than when, near the end, her portrayer
let loose with an uncharacteristically
beaming grin.
What Vikander does here is smart,
savvy, sexy work that continually
keeps you on your toes, and its
180 degrees removed from what
Isaac provides, which is brashness
and force and oftentimes hilarious
condescension. In recent years, the
35-year-old Isaac has become maybe
the most reliable young character
actor in movies, and his Nathan
is another singular creation a
brilliant hermit whos somehow both
deeply intimidating and effortlessly
approachable. (For his part, Gleeson
may perhaps be too well-cast as a mildmannered nebbish, but he has several
topnotch moments, and holds his own
against his more striking co-stars.)
Isaacs isnt a characterization youd
ever expect, but then again, theres
almost nothing about the superbly
paced, madly involving Ex Machina
that isnt unexpected.
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Whats Happenin
Comedy
Erin Foley
Radisson Quad City Plaza

Thursday, May 7, 5:30 p.m.
he Womens Connections
11th-Annual Celebrate
a Special Woman Signature
Event will take place at
Davenports Radisson Quad
City Plaza on May 7, and
the celebrations featured speaker is actress and
comedienne Erin Foley. At the Internet Movie
Database, youll notice that Foleys first film credit
was Cameron Crowes Oscar-winning Almost
Famous, in which she played Alison the Fact
Checker. With 15 years having now passed, Crowe
could easily cast Foley as the lead in that movies
sequel so long as its title found Crowe ditching the
Almost.
Delivering a keynote address titled Lady with
Pockets, which is also the title of her newly released
comedy album, Foley will treat event guests to some
of the quick-witted, intensely smart, supremely funny
observations that have made her an in-demand
performer on the comedy-club circuit, and led to her
being a featured panelist on TruTVs comedy-advice
hit How to Be a Grown-Up.
In the spirit of that show, which begins its new
season on June 2, allow me to present a five-point
variant titled How to Be the Featured Speaker at an
Annual Womens Connection Signature Event.
1) Have a Sense of Humor. With her popular
stand-up act touching on everything from national
politics to long-distance relationships to sad-singleperson books titled Vegan Cooking for One, Foley
is a veteran of New Yorks and Los Angeles most
prestigious comedy clubs, co-hosts West Hollywoods
weekly improv show Drunk on

Stage, and has not one but two
comedy albums to her name (the
other being 2011s Lower the Bar).
2) Have an Extensive List of
Acting and Writing Credits. In the
years since Almost Famous, Foleys
rsum has also managed to boast
guest appearances on the comedy
series Curb Your Enthusiasm and
Go On, performances in the TV
movies Comedy Colosseum and
Dishin It Up!, and a writing credit
on the new NBC sitcom One Big Happy.
3) Have an Extensive List of Late-Night Credits.
Beyond being the star of her own Comedy Central
Presents ... special, Foley has delivered stand-up sets
on such talk shows as Conan, The Late Late Show
with Craig Ferguson, Chelsea Lately, Arsenio Hall, @
Midnight, and Last Call with Carson Daily.
4) Have the Huffington Post in Your Corner.
Foley was not only included in the top 20 of the
Huffington Posts recent list of 53 of Our Favorite
Comedians, but received raves for the routines
she writes that keep building more laughs with each
added detail, and her Andy Kaufman-like sense of
absurdity blended with political awareness.
5) Have Self-Confidence. In an e-mail interview
in Dlist Magazine, Foley was asked, Using three
words, how would you describe your comedy? Her
answer? UN F---ING BELIEVABLE. Caps hers.
Now thats self-confidence.*
For tickets to the 11th-Annual Celebrate a
Special Woman Signature Event with Erin Foley, call
(309)631-0167 or visit Womens-Connection.org.
*In fairness, Foley did follow that up with (kidding)
and her actual answer Observational Political
Whoopee-Cushionish. Less self-confident, maybe, but
certainly more descriptive.
Music
Mississippi Valley Blues Society Festival Fundraiser

The Redstone Room
Sunday, May 3, 1:30-10 p.m.
egendary composer and

musician W.C. Handy once
described the blues as the sound
of a sinner on revival day. If
thats indeed the case, and youre
planning to attend the Redstone
Room concert event on May
3, then you may want to start
that Sunday with a visit to your
chosen house of worship. Youre
gonna spend the rest of that day surrounded by sinners.
But what thrillingly talented sinners theyll be! From 1:30
to 10 p.m., the Davenport venue will host the Mississippi
Valley Blues Society Festival Fundraiser, with proceeds
helping to finance this years Mississippi Valley Blues
Festival. And the concerts lineup features a crazy-gifted
assemblage of blues masters performing 30- to 45-minute
sets: Ellis Kell at 2:15 p.m.; Larry Davidson & Charley Hayes
at 3 p.m.; Joe & Vicki Price at 4 p.m.; Detroit Larry with
Blues Rock-it at 5 p.m.; the Mercury Brothers at 6 p.m.; Hall
Reed & Blues Journey at 7 p.m.; and the local blues artists of
the Candymakers performing with the southern-Californiabased Robert Jon & the Wreck (pictured) at 8 p.m.
Yet what might be just as amazing as that talent roster is
the fact that, across the board, the musicians involved all
agreed to perform at the fundraiser for free.
I was really surprised, says the Blues Societys media
liaison Ellen Clow. Im the one who actually asked
everyone, and everyone said yes right away. They didnt
hesitate at all, and were happy to do it. Securing the
internationally touring artists of Robert Jon & the Wreck
was, for understandable reason, a particular coup, which
came about with assistance from Candymakers lead singer
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by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
Theatre
Antony & Cleopatra
QC Theatre Workshop
Friday, May 1, through Saturday, May 9
As You Like It
Augustana Colleges Potter Theatre

Friday, May 1, through Sunday, May 10
ll the worlds a stage, and all the men and

women merely players. Thats a line from
Shakespeares As You Like It. But on May 1, you
might think that all the world or at least the
world of Quad-Cities theatre is an Elizabethan
stage, because in an incredible rarity for this (or
really any) community, two of the Bards most
famous works are enjoying opening nights on the
very same day.
At Davenports QC Theatre Workshop, the
Prenzie Players and director Kate Farence will
present the historical tragedy Antony & Cleopatra
through May 9, a follow-up to the companys
January production of Julius Caesar that boasts
several performers revisiting their wintertime
roles. J.C. Luxton reprises his Antony while Kristin
Skaggs greatly extends her JC curtain-call cameo
as Cleopatra, and additional cast members include
such Prenzie veterans as Jen Brown, Andrew
Bruining, Andy Curtiss, Jarrod DeRooi, Mischa
Hooker, Alaina Pascarella, and Denise Yoder.
Meanwhile, over at Rock Islands Augustana
College, director Jennifer Popple will stage As You
Like It itself through May 10, delivering a unique
twist on the Bards pastoral comedy by setting
the play in the revolutionary decade of the 1960s.
Rowan Crow and Keenan Odenkirk

portray leading lovers Rosalind and
Orlando, with Shakespeares other
romantics and clowns and clownish
romantics played by such talents as
Liam Baldwin, Luke Currie, John
DAversa, Carissa Gilliand, Jessica
Holzknecht, Leslie Kane, and Josh
Pride.
But how, you may wonder, will
you ever tell the two shows apart?
Beyond, you know, the titles and casts
and which side of the Mississippi
theyre on ... . Why, through this quiz, of course!
To prep for your Bard-ian two-fer, try determining
which of the following quotes are from Antony &
Cleopatra, and which are from As You Like It.
1) Love is merely a madness.
2) In time we hate that which we often fear.
3) I know that a woman is a dish for the gods.
4) Do you not know I am a woman? When I think,
I must speak.
5) I will praise any man that will praise me.
6) Men are April when they woo, December when
they wed.
7) I love long life better than figs.
8) Do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than
vows made in wine.
A) Antony & Cleopatra
B) As You Like It
For more information and tickets to Antony
& Cleopatra, call (563)484-4210 or visit
PrenziePlayers.com. As You Like It information and
tickets are available by calling (309)794-7306 or
visiting Augustana.edu/arts.
Answers: 1 B, 2 A, 3 A, 4 B, 5 A, 6 B, 7 A, 8 B. Wait a minute ... vows made in wine are false?

Great. Now I gotta re-think my whole romantic history.
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onna finish out the night.
g with grants and business sponsors,
the Blues Society aid greatly in the
al blues festivals this year, perhaps,
han ever, considering the recent
ty of the fests 11th-hour moves away
eClaire Park. The flood making us
nto downtown Davenport two years
w really hurt us, she says. There was
ed expense of having to rent that
And our not being able to secure a
ter meant that our gate revenue was
wn. (This years festival was moved
ndependence Day weekend to Labor
ekend.)
astic about the eight blues acts secured
ser, and also for the events silent
orabilia, which will include items that
lues Fest fans equally stoked.
cial Blues Fest posters I think 25 of
y year that are autographed by every
estival. And people have donated
uction items. Ive got 2004 through
being framed. Weve also got a Stevie
phed item, a Honeyboy Edwardsnd a signed contract, theres gonna be a
overnight stays ... .
re are the musicians. Just about all
m or another, have been down to the
hallenge in Memphis, says Clow of the
rmers, or have made it into the finals.
e Iowa Blues Hall of Fame. Its going
event. A lot of talent. And probably a
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What Else Is
Happenin
MUSIC
Thursday, April 30 Euforquestra

and Jon Wayne & the Pain. Afro-beat,
reggae, and funk musicians in concert,
with an opening set by The Low Down.
The Redstone Room (129 Main Street,
Davenport). 8 p.m. $10-12. For tickets
and information, call (563)326-1333 or
visit RiverMusicExperience.org.
Friday, May 1 Chicago Farmer.
Folk singer/songwriter Cody Diekhoff
performs his 998th concert, with a
set by Backyard Tire Fires Edward
David Anderson and a post-show set
with Under the Willow. The Redstone
Room (129 Main Street, Davenport).
9 p.m. $11.50-12. For tickets and
information, call (563)326-1333 or visit
RiverMusicExperience.org.
Sunday, May 3 Quad City
Symphony Orchestra Signature
Series: The Beaten Path. Concert
event featuring a repertoire performed
by percussionists Gary Ciccotelli,
Michael Geary, Tony Oliver, James
Weir, and Aaron Williams. Augustana
Colleges Wallenberg Hall (3520
Seventh Avenue, Rock Island). 3 p.m.
$10-25. For tickets and information, call
(563)322-7276 or visit QCSymphony.
com.
Wednesday, May 6 Noah Guthrie.
Concert with the pop and Americana
singer/songwriter. The Redstone
Room (129 Main Street, Davenport).
7:30 p.m. $11.50. For tickets and
Thursday, May 7 Eliot Lipp.
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What Else Is Happenin
Electro-funk musician in concert, with an

performing in support of his album
opening set by Heatbox. The Redstone
High on Tulsa. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third
Room (129 Main Street, Davenport). 9 p.m. Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. $15-20. For
$13.75-17. For tickets and information,
call (563)326-1333 or visit
RozzTox.com.
Wednesday,
Friday, May 8 The
May 13 Tim Stop.
Gratest Story Ever
Concert with the
Told. Reunion show
singer/songwriter and
with the Grateful Dead
Bettendorf native. Rozztribute musicians. Rock
Tox (2108 Third Avenue,
Island Brewing Company
Rock Island). 8 p.m. $5(1815 Second Avenue,
10. For information, call
Judy Heaths Winters Breath
Rock Island). 9 p.m. For
@ the MRVAD Art Drive - May 2 & 3 (309)200-0978 or visit
information, call (309)793RozzTox.com.
1999 or visit RIBCO.com.
Saturday, May 9 The Ballroom
Thieves. Alternative, folk, and rock
Friday, May 1, through Saturday, May
musicians in their CD-release show, with
9 Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor
an opening set by Busted Chandeliers.
Dreamcoat. Andrew Lloyd Webbers
The Redstone Room (129 Main Street,
and Tim Rices biblical musical in a coDavenport). 8:30 p.m. $11.50-14. For
presentation by the Center for Living
tickets and information, call (563)326-1333 Arts and Two Rivers United Methodist
or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.
Church, directed by Dino Hayz. May 1
Saturday, May 9 Quad City Wind
and 2: The Center for Living Arts (2008
Ensemble. Annual spring concert
Fourth Avenue, Rock Island), Friday 7
with the area musicians. St. Ambrose
p.m., Saturday 2 and 7 p.m. May 8 and
Universitys Galvin Fine Arts Center (2101
9: Two Rivers United Methodist Church
Gaines Street, Davenport). 7:30 p.m.
(1820 Fifth Avenue, Rock Island), 7 p.m.
$8-10. For tickets and information, visit
$10. For information, call (563)340QCWindEnsemble.org.
78165 or (309)788-9384, or visit
Saturday, May 9 Knubby. Concert
CenterForLivingArts.org or TwoRiversUMC.
with the Cedar Rapids-based rockers, with
org.
sets by Waking Robots, Satellite Heart, and
Saturday, May 2, through Sunday,
Leviathans. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Avenue,
May 10 Rumpelstiltskin. StudentRock Island). 8 p.m. $5-10. For information, performed musical based on the Brothers
call (309)200-0978 or visit RozzTox.com.
Grimm story, composed and written
Sunday, May 10 RiverBend Bronze
by Aaron Randolph III and directed
Handbell Ensemble. The musicians
by Stephanie Seward. Davenport
third-annual Mothers Day concert,
Junior Theatre (2822 Eastern Avenue,
directed by Larry B. Peterson. Scottish Rite
Davenport). Saturdays 3 and 7 p.m.,
Cathedral (1800 Seventh Avenue, Moline).
Sundays 3 p.m. $6-8 at the door. For
4 p.m. Free-will donations encouraged.
For information, visit Facebook.com/
DavenportJuniorTheatre.com.
rivervendbronze.
Friday, May 8, through Sunday, May
Sunday, May 10 Lowland Hum.
17 Driving Miss Daisy. Alfred Uhrys
Concert with the North Carolina-based
Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy/drama,
husband-and-wife musicians, with a set by directed by Donna Weeks. Playcrafters
Crystal City. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Avenue,
Barn Theatre (4950 35th Avenue, Moline).
Rock Island). 8 p.m. $5-10. For information, Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 p.m., Sundays 3
call (309)200-0978 or visit RozzTox.com.
p.m. $13. For tickets and information, call
Monday, May 11 The Lettermen.
(309)762-0330 or visit Playcrafters.com.
Annual concerts with the pop crooners
Tuesday, May 12 Chuggington Live!
in their sixth decade of performance.
The Great Rescue Adventure. Family stage
Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse (1828 Third
spectacle based on the popular childrens
Avenue, Rock Island). Noon-12:45 p.m.
show. Adler Theatre (136 East Third Street,
plated lunch, 1 p.m. show, $51.73. 6-7 p.m.
Davenport). 6:30 p.m. $15-55. For tickets,
buffet, 7:15 p.m. show, $58. For tickets and
call (800)745-3000 or visit AdlerTheatre.
information, call (309)786-7733 extension
com.
2 or visit Circa21.com.
Monday, May 11 Moeller Mondays
Presents: John Moreland. Concert with
Thursday, April 30 Chonda
the Oklahoma-based singer/songwriter,
Pierce. The Christian comedienne and
THEATRE
COMEDY
Sundays noon-5 p.m. Free with $4-7

motivational speaker performs on her Its
museum admission. For information, call
a Girl Thing tour. Adler Theatre (136 East
(563)326-7804 or visit FiggeArtMuseum.
Third Street, Davenport). 7 p.m. $28-56.
org.
For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or visit
Saturday, May 9, and Sunday, May
AdlerTheatre.com.
Sunday, May 3 Helping with Humor. 10 Beaux Arts Fair. Annual outdoor
celebration of fine art and crafts,
Fundraiser for Davenports Humility of
featuring vendors, live music, food,
Mary Shelter, featuring performances
childrens activities, and more. Figge
by magician David Casas and the
Art Museum Plaza (225 West Second
improv comedians of ComedySportz.
Street, Davenport). Saturday 10 a.m.-5
The Establishment (220 19th Street,
p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. For
Rock Island). 6 p.m. $10 donation. For
information, e-mail BeauxArtsFair@
gmail.com or visit BeauxArtsFair.com.
ComedySportzQC.com.
Saturday,
May 9, and
Saturday,
Saturday, May 2
May 16 Rock
The Magic of David
City Live.
Casas. An interactive,
My Verona
family-friendly evening
Productions
with the illusionist. Circa
presents
21 Speakeasy (1818
a sketchThird Avenue, Rock
comedy show
Island). 7 p.m. $12. For
in the vein
Eliot Lipp @ The Redstone Room - May 7 tickets and information,
of Saturday
call (309)786-7733
Night Live. Circa 21 Speakeasy (1818 Third
extension 2 or visit Circa21.com.
Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. $10-12. For
Sunday, May 3 Rozz-Talk: Sean
tickets and information, call (309)786-7733 Moeller. Andrew King conducts an
extension 2 or visit Circa21.com.
interview with the founder of Daytrotter,
followed by a concert set with C.J. Boyd.
Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Avenue, Rock
Friday, May 1 Gallery Hop! Annual
Island). 8 p.m. Free. For information, call
springtime walking tour featuring art
(309)200-0978 or visit RozzTox.com.
Friday, May 8 A Tinyhouse
vendors, exhibits, demonstrations,
Collective Presents. An evening of
live music, and more at more than 20
music and comedy with the band
downtown venues. District of Rock
Island. 6-10 p.m. Free. For information,
Mississippi Cotten and comedian
call (309)786-6311 or visit RIDistrict.com. Andrew King. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third
Saturday, May 2 Village in
Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. $5-10. For
Bloom: Festival of the Arts. Annual
RozzTox.com.
festival honoring John and Isabel
Friday, May 8 The After Hour.
Bloom featuring student artwork, live
Andrew King hosts a late-night talk
performances, childrens activities, and
more. Village of East Davenport. 10 a.m.- show featuring Kyle Carter (executive
4 p.m. Free admission. For information,
director of the Downtown Davenport
visit VillageOfEastDavenport.com.
Partnership), comedian Chris
Saturday, May 2, and Sunday,
Schlichting, and the musicians of The
May 3 - Mississippi River Valley Art
Multiple Cat. Circa 21 Speakeasy (1818
Directory Art Drive. The 10th biThird Avenue, Rock Island). 10:30 p.m.
annual, self-guided driving tour allowing $8. For tickets and information, call
the public to visit artists in more than
(309)786-7733 extension 2 or visit
two dozen homes, studios, and retail
Circa21.com.
galleries throughout the Quad Cities.
Saturday, May 9, and Sunday, May
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. For information, call
10 Quad City Air Show. Celebration
(563)343-2765 or visit MRVAD.com.
featuring aerial demonstrations,
Saturday, May 2, through Sunday,
presentations, information booths,
May 10 Young Artists at the Figge:
concessions, and more. Davenport
Pleasant Valley. Exhibit of works by
Municipal Airport (9010 North
elementary art students. Figge Art
Harrison Street, Davenport). 8 a.m.Museum (225 West Second Street,
6 p.m. $5-25, $50/carload pass. For
Davenport). Tuesdays through Saturdays information, call (563)349-7469 or visit
10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursdays 10 a.m.-9 p.m.,
QuadCityAirShow.com.
EVENTS
VISUAL ARTS
15
16
POLITICS
by Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
The Radical Pragmatist

Bringing Back the Draft
I dont like the multiple deployments, the

number of people weve had who served
repeatedly overseas. And they come back
damaged.
So there are things that weve got to take
a look at about the composition of the
military. Im not suggesting you go back to
a draft thats going to constitute 50 or 80
percent of the force, but I think you could
put in 20 or 25 percent, phase that in over
time, and then it would be a healthy change.
... I think that its essential that we find ways
to rebuild our national sense of community.
Immigration Reform
I favor the comprehensive reform. First,

changing the legal system to make it more
operating in our own economic self-interest
rather than ... largely about quotas and
family unification and things like that. I
want us to be more competitive in this
global economy. So I would change the legal
system, but then I would strengthen the
border control ... .
So then you get to: If you if tighten up
going forward the illegal immigration, what
do you do about those people who are here?
... The 11 million people [in the United
States illegally] arent going anywhere. Were
not going to send them all home. That
would be so destructive to our economy and
our culture, and what we cant do is just let
this issue sit here. We need to address it, and
... reinforce assimilation.
The folks who are here, yeah, if they can
demonstrate that theyre fully participating,
I would give them the path to citizenship,
and then we get one America all pulling in
the same direction.
Foreign Policy
You have to understand that oftentimes

the underlying facts which are being
presented to you are wrong. So you have
to have a policy dynamic that ... will work.
You have to assume: What happens if the
facts arent here; what happens if theyre over
here? ... You have to construct policies that
can fit within a knowledge that the facts that
you have are probably wrong.
Obviously the facts were wrong on what
we did in Iraq. We also were totally wrong
in the execution. ... We would have been far
better off if wed worked with the army that
was there instead of going with the chaos. It
took us years to learn our way through that,
obviously. There are numerous lessons to be
learned.
When you get into the Mideast, it goes
back to Iran and ISIS. We need to recognize
that ISIS is not a terrorist group; ISIS is
a nation state. It has territory. I think it

changes things significantly. It changes the
equation of whether youre dealing with
things on a military basis.
Im concerned about Iran for a couple
reasons. ... Its been very tough to get
compliance with the sanctions that the West
has had on Iran to begin with, and now if
we unilaterally lift those sanctions at a time
when there is a very dangerous jockeying
going on between Iran and her proxies on
the one side and adversaries on others ... . If
you empower the Iranians as you will do,
this nuclear issue aside the question really
has to be asked: Are you making things
tougher? ... I wouldnt lift the sanctions [on
Iran] at this point.
Surveillance and Security
I asked: Do you believe the National

Security Agency surveillance of American
citizens was operating within the law as
written by Congress, considering that
enforcement of statutes as passed is a central
theme of your campaign?
I dont know enough of the details of the
specific programs to render a judgment.
... My gut feeling is that the country in the
post-9/11 period was pretty aggressive about
confronting challenges ... . If I get in and
take this over, Im going to take a good look
at all that. Im not second-guessing. The
countrys been safe; thats important. I think
were having a conversation about whats
been collected or whats not been collected.
But ... its reckless to comment too much
... . If you have access to the classified
information, you know what really is
happening, you reach different judgments on
this as to whats reasonable. The trick is to get
experienced, good people in there who arent
enamored of their toys, who are respectful of
those lines and balancing them out. You have
to keep the country safe, but you cant do it at
the expense of our Constitution.
Education Policy
I think federal standards are helpful.

Looking across the country and saying, ...
What works and what doesnt work?, and
having the best way to test and really get at
how kids are doing. ... Were getting data for
the first time down to ethnic groups within
communities as to how theyre doing. This
is all good, accumulating that data. But I
do not believe in ceding the authority [over
whats taught in schools] to some GS-13 in
Washington.
What I think really exacerbated this
problem was when we started to award
financial incentives from the federal
government based on somebodys judgment
[about educational policy] ... .
I dont think the funding should be a

driver in that. I think what should happen
here is that the federal government could
share information about what works and
what doesnt work. ... My goodness, weve
got to get to best practices. But we cant
change the dynamic where were moving
local control to Washington. ... The control
and the implementation have got to be at the
local level.
Prosecuting Banks
Everson is adamantly opposed to the

current federal approach toward white-collar
crime involving banks. In promoting criminal
prosecution, he quoted James Comey: The
nice thing about white-collar criminals is
they get it. If you send a few of them to jail,
behaviors change.
Im concerned about the fact that weve
got these mega-institutions now that are
undeniably different than what weve had
in the past in terms of their international
reach, the broader set of products they have;
theyre tied to non-traditional banking
services capital markets and they have
operated largely outside the law.
This is a serious concern to the security of
the financial system. We cant have entities
taking on that degree of risk in doing those
things in a way that undermines the safety
of the system. And also it undermines
respect for the rule of law because ... they
run the light, they pay the ticket, and
they speed up. The executives arent held
accountable. Theyre not even fired.
Theres been this game where they
[federal prosecutors] shake down the banks
for these fines. If theres a criminal charge,
make it. These banks are well-defended.
They can take care of themselves. Theyve
got a lot more resources then some U.S.
attorneys office does.
We need to find a way to hold the CEO
accountable. I would ask Congress to write
a law that would say, $500 million in
fines, then any salary in excess of a million
dollars gets taxed at a rate of 95 percent.
They can draw the line higher or lower.
... Youve got to construct something to
have some skin in the game here [for bank
leaders].
His Government Experience
Beyond serving as commissioner of

the IRS, Everson also held high-ranking
positions in the federal governments Office
of Management & Budget and Department
of Defense. Starting in 2009, he served more
than three years in the cabinet of Indiana
Governor Mitch Daniels.
My credentials are superior to anybody
in the field on the Republican side in terms
of running the government. ... Its not

bureaucratic and administrative experience.
Its experience running important
institutions, and its experience dealing with
the Congress. I testified before Congress 50
times when I was the IRS commissioner.
I have executed the law as written. One of
the primary objections of Republicans to
this president is that he has used his pen
to rewrite laws. Nobody else in the contest
can make the rightful claim that they have
a record that I have of executing the laws
as written. Thats a track record people can
look at, and they can see what Ive done and
what I havent done, and thats the approach
Ill take if I go all the way through and am
elected.
Respecting the Law

as Written
I asked Everson about the role of the

president in pursuing an agenda given his
criticisms of Congress 11th-hour reauthorizations, not addressing important
issues (such as immigration and tax
policy) head-on, and not revisiting flawed
legislation.
Ive got six big-ticket items. ... [For
example,] I think youre only going to get
real change when somebody runs on a
program of tax reform. Its clear, and that
gives cover to the Congress to then do
those things. Youve got to set principles
and then work and recognize that there are
differences on both sides of the table.
The president can advocate for things,
he can accept the will of the people as
expressed by the legislative body, or he can
veto things ... . But we seem to have drifted
into this position where were not working
constructively with articulating some of
the big-ticket items ... . Youve got to play a
robust role [with Congress]. [But] once the
law is written, youre done.
A One-Term Presidency
Ive served in two very different

administrations the Reagan administration
and the second Bush administration ... .
But they had one thing in common: By
year three, decisions up and down the line
were made with a view to the re-elect. And
I think thats the wrong way to run the
country. Were at a very delicate point in
time in terms of trying to address continuing
challenges associated with globalization
[and] transitions in the economy, not to
mention a very deteriorated foreign overseas
position, and the continuing problems of
Russia and Putin, and the Mideast and ISIS,
and a growing, more-muscular China. So
this is an important time to get this right.
17
18
Ask
the
Eat, Pray Youll

Shut Up, Love
Advice
Goddess
Ive always been a feelings stuffer, but Ive

been reading about vulnerability creating
intimacy, blah, blah, blah, so Im trying to
be an open book. Though my boyfriend
appreciates this, he keeps telling me theres a
line between expressiveness and my making
everything an emotional issue to be hashed
out. He last said this when I confessed that
I had Googled his ex-girlfriend and felt
threatened by how pretty she is. Should I
have kept that to myself?
Open
If you were any more open, youd have
squatters and roosters.
Its great that youve thrown yourself into
the trenches of Self-Improvementville, but the
way you connect with someone is by letting
them see who you are, not poking them in
the eye with it every 20 minutes. Vulnerability
shouldnt be a fancy word for Everything you
say or do hurts my feelings. This carnival of
insecurities presented as problems for your
boyfriend to solve turns his life with you
into a never-ending emotional chore wheel.
(Remember, hes in a relationship with you, not
a psychology internship.)
This isnt to say youre wrong to look to your
boyfriend for soothing. But before you press
a problem on him, ask yourself how it would
affect him, whether he can fix it, and whether
its really his business to know. Not all feelings
are made for sharing. Some need to go off in a
corner and die a quiet death on their own. Still,
you arent without help in ushering them there.
(This is what therapists, best friends, and the
Journaling-Industrial Complex were invented
for.)
People think that keeping romance alive
takes a $10,000-a-night Spanish castle package,
complete with moonlight carriage rides with an
aria-singing Placido Domingo jogging behind.
But its actually the mundane daily stuff that
matters how you and your partner respond
to each others seemingly unimportant remarks
and gestures. It turns out that telling your
partner I cant find the salt shaker anywhere
isnt just an expression about a lost object; its
what marriage researcher John Gottman calls a
bid for connection.
In a study Gottman did with newlyweds, he
found that the ones still married six years later
were overwhelmingly those who consistently
engaged with their partner and met those
bids with turn-towards. Turning toward a
partner means being responsive soothing,
BY AMY ALKON
encouraging, supportive, or maybe just

showing interest. This involves, for example,
replying to your partners remark about the
lost salt shaker even with I hate when that
happens! rather than Lemme finish this
Minecraft session or saying nothing at all
(effectively treating the other person like some
old couch you stopped noticing).
This turning toward thing is something
you and your boyfriend can each do. Think
of it as treating each other like you havent
forgotten you love each other. Its smart
relationship policy and smart life policy wiser
than getting in the habit of responding to a
partners Im starting a machete collection
with Thats nice, dear.
Toad Rash
The guy Ive been seeing for a month just

told me that he doesnt want a relationship
or monogamy. I told him from the start
that I was looking for something real and
wanted to take it slowly. I did sleep with him
too quickly on the first date. Still, I feel
that men dont really respect what you say
youre looking for. They get what they want
and then leave. How do I keep this from
happening in the future?
Ouch
Nothing like tearing off all your clothes on
the first date to say I want to take it slowly.
(Your words said no, but your thighs had
a marching band and a banner: Welcome
Home, Big Guy!)
Many women claim to be seeking something
real either because they are or because
they dont want it to seem like their exercise
program is the walk of shame. Guys are
hip to this, so they nod their heads about the
realness-seeking and then nudge the woman
to see whether shell tumble into bed. In other
words, your problem was not that the guy
didnt respect what you said you wanted but
that you didnt. (This might be a good time to
notice that blame is just lame wearing a b
as a hat.)
To avoid another Sexodus, match your
behavior to your goals. Research (and common
knowledge) finds that having sex pronto is
a bad idea for a woman whos looking for
something lasting with a guy. This isnt to say
sex on the first or second date never leads to
more. Its just a risky strategy to sleep with
a man before hes emotionally attached to
you like when your answer to the question
So how long have you two lovebirds been
together? is Its actually coming up on two
and a half beers!
Got A Problem? Ask Amy Alkon.
171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405

or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (AdviceGoddess.com)
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MAGIC
Dove Bard
know you. So I have a six-week training
program. The first week, I just kind of
gently toss them from hand to hand. I
do that twice a day for like 20 minutes.
Then you get them to try to fly to your
finger. If the bird doesnt do it, I pick
him up, pet him, give him a little rest,
and we try it again. And each week, you
move your hands a little further apart. A
little further, then a little further, and by
the fifth and sixth week you can kind of
flip them out of your hand and they fly
around and learn to return to you.
But not every bird can do it, says
Casas. And if a bird cant do something,
I just dont use him for that type of
production. (This, of course, begs the
question of how Casas can tell which
dove is which. Well, I know em because
Ive worked with them so much, he
answers. The common person wouldnt
be able to tell them apart.)
Casas became so accomplished with
his bird act and other sleight-of-hand
feats that, after high-school graduation,
he moved to Las Vegas to pursue a career
as a professional magician, finding an
immediate mentor in Vegas headliner
Jason Byrne.
He charged me the first time I worked
with him, says Casas, but after he saw
how dead-serious I was and the potential
I had, he was like, Im gonna teach you
now for free. And for the whole year I
lived there, he taught me three or four
times a week, and I actually got to be his
on-stage assistant.
But given his nervousness when
assisting Byrne (Every night my
stomach just turned because I didnt
want to set up a trick wrong and make
him look bad) and the difficulty in
finding full-time work (There are
literally hundreds of magicians out
there), Casas left Vegas and returned
to the Quad Cities where, perhaps
ironically, he had a much easier time
securing employment in his field. In this
area, he says, Im a big fish in a small
pond, because there arent very many
people who do magic here.
Stating that it took only a year or two
to become a full-time area magician,
Casas says that upon his return to the
Quad Cities, The first thing I did was
get a Web site. And then it was basically
just marketing myself marketing,
marketing, marketing which is a fulltime job in itself. I started putting ads in
the newspaper. I made fliers and hung
em around town.
But what really helped me was I
got into restaurants, he continues. I
by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
would just go into restaurants and say

to the managers, Hi, Im David Casas.
Im a professional magician. And I was
wondering if you might be interested in
having me come in maybe once a week,
just for a couple hours, and entertain
your guests while they wait for their
food.
And about nine out of 10 times, I
would get the job. Id offer them a free
night, and then I would go in and do
my thing, and at the end they would
approach me and be like, Youre hired.
(It should be noted that, this being
restaurant employment, my thing refers
to Casas closeup magic more associated
with card tricks than live birds.)
While appearing at such area
establishments as Biaggis, Carlos
OKellys, and Davenports Elmore
Avenue Applebees where Casas still
performs a weekly Kids Night show
every Wednesday the magician says,
I would hand out business cards, and
people would start hiring me for, like,
weddings and corporate events and
banquets and after-proms and company
picnics and that sort of thing.
And then I started doing some
comedy clubs, he continues, which
is how I met Patrick [Adamson] from
ComedySportz. They used to have an
open-mic night, and I would do my
comedy magic, which stuck out because
everybody else was doing stand-up.
My favorite part of my show now,
actually, is the interactive-comedy part.
I love interacting with the spectators,
because I do a lot of improv with them,
and you dont know how theyre gonna
react. They might be a little shy, they
might be a little overly rambunctious ... . It
makes it a new experience for me, as well.
But the birds will always be close to
me, says Casas. Theyre kind of my
signature. I have 12 birds now that I keep
at home in a big flight cage, and I take
very good care of them. Theyre my coworkers and my pets. And they pay my
bills.
David Casas will perform at the Moline
Public Library (3210 41st Street,
MolineLibrary.com) at 6:30 p.m. on
April 30; the Circa 21 Speakeasy (1818
Third Avenue, Rock Island, Circa21.
com) at 7 p.m. on May 2; and the
Establishment (220 19th Street, Rock
Island, EstablishmentQC.com) at 6 p.m.
on May 3.
For more information on the area
magician, visit DavidCasasMagic.com.
MUSIC
by Frederick Morden
f.morden@mchsi.com
A Fitting Exclamation Point

point Embrace each other, you millions! This
kiss is for the whole world! the male choir
members sang powerfully through a difficult
high range.
But most impressive was the double fugue
that conveyed two messages and musical
themes simultaneously. It was Hurdys vivid
vocal conception, the careful preparation of the
choirs, and Smiths management of the complex
orchestration that rendered the fugal material
clearly discernible.
Opening the concert, Hurdy conducted both
choirs in a performance of Arnold Schoenbergs
setting of Conrad Ferdinand Meyers poem
Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth). Friede
is an unaccompanied vocal piece that teeters on
the cusp of atonality and whose message calls for
an end to violence with an appeal for the youth
to become leaders toward a peaceful future.
Moving from linear melodic counterpoint
to more complex intervallic leaps, the choir
showed not only control of the complex
harmonies but a dynamic expanding and
contracting of phrases typical of Romantic
music.
At times, head tones in the sopranos
overpowered their middle register, but the
imitating thirds in the altos and sopranos (On
how many a holy night) were rich in both their
blend and rhythmic counterpoint, creating a
wonderfully exotic timbre. This musical color
was re-created later between the sopranos and
tenors with the Peace tone painting. And, at
the climatic points of Flaming swords for the
righteous and Trumpets shall sound, the
basses and tenors created a striking contrast
of dynamics that led confidently to the final
D-major chord with both choirs.
Symbolism ran through the evening.
Closing this celebratory Masterworks season,
Smith constructed an elegant program that
made a strong case for the continued vitality
of the Quad City Symphony spotlighting
collaborators, tying new music to one of the
apexes of the canon, and forcefully articulating
the selections positive message of peace. There
was also the pivotal role of the human voice in
all three pieces. Complementary texts in English
and German. Hurdy conducting his a cappella
choirs with the orchestra quietly listening.
Schoenbergs appeal to youth. Stephensons
decision to use only a unison melody that
represented a harmony among mankind. And,
finally, using Beethovens masterpiece as a fitting
exclamation point to the symphonys centennial.
The Quad City Symphony will close its season
with a special concert featuring cellist Yo-Yo
Ma on Thursday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Adler Theatre. 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.
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Chris

Moneymaker was employed as an
accountant in Tennessee. On a whim,
he paid $39 to enter an online poker
tournament. Although he knew a lot about the
game, he had never competed professionally.
Nevertheless, he won the tournament. As his
award, he received no money, but rather an
invitation to participate in the annual World
Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Can you guess
the storybook ending? The rookie triumphed
over 838 pros, taking home $2.5 million. I dont
foresee anything quite as spectacular for you,
Aries, but there may be similar elements in your
saga. For example, a modest investment on your
part could make you eligible for a chance to earn
much more. Heres another possible plot twist:
You could generate luck for yourself by ramping
up a skill that has until now been a hobby.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): eBay
is a multi-billion-dollar e-commerce
business that has been around for
almost 20 years. But it had an inauspicious
beginning. The first item ever sold on the
service was a broken laser pointer. Even though
the laser pointer didnt work, and the seller
informed the buyer it didnt work, it brought in
$14.83. This story might be a useful metaphor
for your imminent future, Taurus. While I have
faith in the vigor of the long-term trends you
are or will soon be setting in motion, your initial
steps may be a bit iffy.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Poetically
speaking, its time to purify your
world of all insanities, profanities,
and inanities. Its a perfect moment for that
once-in-a-blue-moon Scour-a-Thon, when
you have a mandate to purge all clunkiness,
junkiness, and gunkiness from your midst. And
as you flush away the unease of your hypocrisies
and discrepancies, as you dispense with any
tendency you might have to make way too much
sense, remember that evil is allergic to laughter.
Humor is one of the most effective psychospiritual cleansers ever.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): I was
in the checkout line at Whole Foods.
The shopper ahead of me had piled
her groceries on the conveyor belt, and it was
her turn to be rung up. How are you doing?
she said cheerfully to the cashier, a crabbylooking hipster whom I happened to know is a
Cancerian poet and lead singer in a local rock
band. Oh, I am living my dream, he replied.
I guessed he was being sarcastic, although I
didnt know for sure. In any case, I had a flash of
intuition that his answer should be your mantra
in the coming weeks. Its time to redouble
your commitment to living your dream! Say it
20 times in a row right now: I am living my
dream.
LEO (July 23-August 22): As I awoke
this morning, I remembered the dream
Id just had. In the dream, I had written
a horoscope for you. Heres what it said: The

Kentucky Derby is a famous horse race that
takes place on the first Saturday of every May.
Its called The Run for the Roses because one
of the prizes that goes to the winning horse and
jockey is a garland of 554 roses. I suspect that
your life may soon bring you an odd treasure
like that, Leo. Will it be a good thing, or too
much of a good thing? Will it be useful or just
kind of weird? Beautiful or a bit ridiculous? The
answers to those questions may depend in part
on your willingness to adjust your expectations.
VIRGO (August 23-September
22): Dont calm down. Dont retreat
into your sanctuary and relax into
protective comfort. If you have faith and remain
committed to the messy experiment you have
stirred up, the stress and agitation youre dealing
with will ripen into vitality and excitement. Im
not exaggerating, my dear explorer. Youre on
the verge of tapping into the catalytic beauty
and rejuvenating truth that lurk beneath the
frustration. Youre close to unlocking the deeper
ambitions that are trapped inside the surfacelevel wishes.
LIBRA (September 23-October
22): American author Stephen Crane
wrote his celebrated Civil War novel The Red
Badge of Courage in 10 days. Composer George
Frideric Handel polished off his famous oratorio
Messiah in a mere 24 days, and Russian writer
Fyodor Dostoyevsky produced his novel The
Gambler in 16 days. On the other hand, Junot
Daz, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel The
Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, needed 10
years to finish it. As for you, Libra, I think this is
and should be! a phase more like Dazs than
the other three creators. Go slowly. Be super
extra thorough. What youre working on cant
be rushed.
SCORPIO (October 23-November
21): In her book A Natural History of
the Senses, Diane Ackerman describes
a medieval knight who asked his lady for a
strand of her pubic hair: a symbol of her life
force. The lady agreed. He placed the talisman in
a locket that he wore around his neck, confident
that it would protect him and consecrate him
in the course of the rough adventures ahead. I
recommend that you consider a similar tack in
the coming weeks, Scorpio. As you head toward
your turning point, arm yourself with a personal
blessing from someone you love. Success is most
likely if you tincture your fierce determination
with magical tenderness.
SAGITTARIUS (November
22-December 21): An escalator
can never break, mused comedian
Mitch Hedberg. It can only become stairs. You
should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out
of Order sign, just Escalator Is Temporarily
Stairs. I think a similar principle applies to
you, Sagittarius. If we were to try to evaluate
your current situation with conventional
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by Rob Brezsny
wisdom, we might say that part of your usual
array of capacities is not functioning at its
usual level. But if we adopted a perspective like
Hedbergs, we could rightly say that this part of
you is simply serving its purpose in a different
way.
CAPRICORN (December
22-January 19): Ive got a tough
assignment for you. It wont be easy,
but I think youre ready to do a good job. Here
it is: Learn to be totally at home with your
body. Figure out what you need to do to feel
unconditional love for your physical form.
To get started on this noble and sacred task,
practice feeling compassion for your so-called
imperfections. I also suggest you cast a love
spell on yourself every night, using a red
candle, a mirror, and your favorite creamy
beverage. It may also help to go down to the
playground and swing on the swings, make
loud animal sounds, or engage in unusually
uninhibited sex. Do you have any other ideas?
AQUARIUS (January 20-February
18): When Aquarian media mogul
Oprah Winfrey was born, Oprah was not
what she was called. Her birth certificate says
she is Orpah, a name her aunt borrowed from
a character who appears in the biblical Book
of Ruth. As Oprah grew up, her friends and
relatives had trouble pronouncing Orpah,
and often turned it into Oprah. The distorted
form eventually stuck. But if I were her, I would
consider revisiting that old twist sometime
soon, maybe even restoring Orpah. For you
Aquarians, its a favorable time to investigate
original intentions or explore primal meanings
or play around with the earliest archetypes.
PISCES (February 19-March 20):
What I propose is that you scan your
memories and identify everyone who
has ever tried to limit your options or dampen
your enthusiasm or crush your freedom. Take
a piece of paper and write down a list of the
times someone insinuated that you will forever
be stuck in a shrunken possibility, or made
a prediction about what you will supposedly
never be capable of, or said you had a problem
that was permanently beyond your ability to
solve. Once youve compiled all the constricting
ideas about yourself that other people have
tried to saddle you with, burn that piece of
paper and declare yourself exempt from their
curses. In the days after you do this ritual, all
of life will conspire with you to expand your
freedom.
Homework: Whats the decision you agonize
about? The commitment you can never make?
Tell all at FreeWillAstrology.com.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT April 30, 2015
April 16 Answers: Right
April 16 Crossword Answers
ACROSS
1. British gun
5. Grape-press residue
9. French painter
14. Food type, for short
18. Tent: Var.
19. La Cosa Nostra
20. Dwell
21. Exchange premium
22. Cognate
23. _ _ honesty...
24. Rabbit
25. Kind of palm
26. Start of a quip by Mitch Hedberg:
3 wds.
29. Sailboat
31. Dorothys dog
32. Lager
34. Cork float
35. Has- _
37. Defunct alliance
39. Kind of ships tank
43. Flatfish
44. Willie of baseball
45. Used a kitchen gadget
47. Small
49. Part 2 of quip: 3 wds.
53. Part 3 of quip
54. Old nuclear org.
55. Chose
56. Retreads
57. Soda fountain orders
59. Perfectly
60. Due or double
61. Belief
62. Thwarts
63. Spools for 35mm
65. Toy box
66. Monte _
67. Hockey events
68. Printed handout
69. Ceremonial staff
70. Compass pt.
73. Denominations
74. Vandalize
75. Pronouncements
76. Golf need
77. Part 4 of quip
78. Part 5 of quip: 3 wds.
81. Pose
82. ROC capital
84. _ fixe
85. Coed
86. Sainted anagram
88. Man of La Mancha
90. _ de Jouy
92. Crash
93. Foxx the comedian
94. Close
95. Seesaw
100. End of the quip: 2 wds.
106. Touch on
107. Flee to Gretna Green
109. Rose oil
110. Adams or Falco
111. Stouts Wolfe
112. Tendon
113. French department
114. Pro _
115. East of _
116. Mode
117. Hold out
118. West Flanders river
DOWN
1. Nova
2. Polynesian idol
3. Poem of a kind
4. Potassiums number
5. Stone fruit
6. Remotely
7. Irritate
8. Bottle gourd
9. _ de mer
10. By surprise
11. Kind of palm
12. Redact
13. Well-founded
14. Muskmelon
15. Gelatin substitute
16. Baltic capital
17. Blessing
19. Moistens
27. Free electron
28. Kindergartner
30. Shape
33. Most foolishly sentimental
35. Black tea
36. Do in, in a way
37. Ranees garment

38. Looked over
39. Exposed
40. Poehler and Winehouse
41. Full-dress coat
42. Shelters
43. Wall Street event
44. Some canines
46. Snowy _
48. Begley and Asner
50. Sings
51. Some mineraloids
52. Dutch city
57. The Island of Doctor _
58. Sicken
61. Censure
62. Ex post _
64. Gorge or graze
65. Hoisting device
66. Secret store
67. Figure of planet Earth
68. Luggage
69. Ceremonial headgear
71. Perceive
72. Gets spliced
73. Part of SSS: Abbr.
74. Duplicate
75. Extinct animal
79. Cousin to a godsend
80. Forge
82. Afrikaans
83. Like a vagabond
87. Son of Poseidon
89. Tokyo, once
90. Thither
91. Old-fashioned
93. Beat back
94. Sting
95. Arrow part
96. Under covers
97. Preserve
98. Settled on a branch
99. Posh
101. Old portico
102. Elevator name
103. Lupino and namesakes
104. Nick at _
105. Appurtenances
108. Farm animal
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Live Music Live Music Live Music

Email all listings to calendar@rcreader.com Deadline 5 p.m. Thursday before publication
THURSDAY
2015/04/29 (Wed)
00
30
Bettendorf Park Band Spring Concert

-Bettendorf Public Library, 2950
Learning Campus Dr. Bettendorf, IA
Cantus: Anthem -St. Marys Catholic
Church - Iowa City, 220 E Jefferson
St Iowa City, IA
Chris Avey Experience Acoustic Show
-Rascals Live, 1414 15th St. Moline, IL
Euforquestra - Jon Wayne & the Pain The Low Down -The Redstone Room,
129 Main St Davenport, IA
Locally Owned - Red Comet -Gabes,
330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA
Runa -CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, IA
Soul Phlegm - Alpha Bet - Addison
Payne - Lyle Smithe & the Mobile
Sweaters -The Mill, 120 E. Burlington
St. Iowa City, IA
FRIDAY
2015/05/01 (Fri)
00
1
Blues Rock-it -The Muddy Waters, 1708

State St. Bettendorf, IA
Brad Brenny (5pm) -The Faithful Pilot Cafe & Spirits, 117 N Cody Rd
LeClaire, IA
Buddy Olson (5pm) -The Rusty Nail,
2606 W. Locust St. Davenport, IA
Chicago Farmer - Edward David
Anderson - Under the Willow
-The Redstone Room, 129 Main St
Davenport, IA
Cinco de Mayo Fiesta: The Marvels Los Mocambos & BelMex -Rascals
Live, 1414 15th St. Moline, IL
Funktastic Five -11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St. Davenport, IA
Lyle Beaver Trios Welcome Home
Dance -Walcott Coliseum, 116 E
Bryant St Walcott, IA
Robert Jon & the Wreck - The Candymakers -Bent River Brewing
Company - Rock Island, 512 24th St.
Rock Island, IL
Rude Punch -Augustana College, Rock
Island, IL
Shadow Stone - Aterratale - Motorbiscuit -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
Str8 Shooters (11:30am) -Black Hawk
College - Quad City Campus, 6600
34th Ave. Moline, IL
Twins - Mooner - Black Bull Nova - Colt
Walkers -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S
Linn St Iowa City, IA
Undlin & Wolfe - Seth Knappen -RozzTox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Zach Harris -My Place the Pub, 4405
2015/05/02 (Sat)
30
SATURDAY
Acoustic Guillotine - Gnarly Davidson

- Shitstorm -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Caught in the Act -11th Street Precinct,
Cosmic (3pm) -Ganzos, 3923 N. Marquette St. Davenport, IA
Dani Lynn Howe -Broken Saddle, 1417
5th Ave. Moline, IL
Drive-By Truckers -Englert Theatre,
221 East Washington St. Iowa City, IA
Electric Shock - Bad Hair -Rascals Live,
1414 15th St. Moline, IL
Euforquestra - Jon Wayne & the Pain
- Soul Vistas -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo -Jims Knoxville Tap, 8716 Knoxville Rd. Milan, IL
Jim Ryan - Todd Reed - Paul Wessling
(6pm) -Bleyarts Tap, 2210 E. 11th St.
Davenport, IA
John Moreland @ Rozz Tox - May 11

Jordan Danielsen, Jef Spradley &
Carolynn Johnston (6pm) -Jumers
Casino & Hotel, 777 Jumer Dr. Rock
Island, IL
Mamas Variety Show: Frankie Joe
Willderman - Sunflower Slim Roger Carlson - The 38th Street
Birds (6pm) -Mama Comptons, 1725
2nd Ave Rock Island, IL
Mark Avey Band -The Muddy Waters,
1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Minus Six - The Real Quaid -RIBCO,
1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
North of 40 -Whiskey Barrel Saloon, 305
W 2nd St. Rock Falls, IL
Phoenix Jordan and Sharon Bousquet
-Uptown Bills Coffee House, 730 S.
Dubuque St. Iowa City, IA
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar -The
Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar, 111
West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
The Acoustic Project (6pm) -Cool
Beanz Coffeehouse, 1325 30th St.
Rock Island, IL
The Blackstones -My Place the Pub,
The Fez -The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St.

Iowa City, IA
The Hot Rods -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W.
Locust St. Davenport, IA
The Knockoffs -Generations Bar & Grill,
4100 4th Ave. Moline, IL
The Old 57s -Galena Brewing Company,
227 N. Main St. Galena, IL
Vice Squad -Purgatorys Pub, 2104 State
St Bettendorf, IA
SUNDAY
2015/05/03 (Sun)
Buddy Olson (3pm) -Duckys Lagoon,

13515 78th Ave W. Taylor Ridge, IL
C.J. Boyd (9:30pm) -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd
Ave. Rock Island, IL
Frankie Joe Willderman & Friends
(noon) -Davenport Farmers Market,
421 West River Drive Davenport, IA
Jordan Danielsen & Jef Spradley
(2pm) -Fireside Winery, 1755 P Ave.
Marengo, IA
MVBS Fundraiser: Ellis Kell (2:15pm) Detroit Larry Davison and Charlie
Hayes (3pm) - Joe & Vicki Price (4pm)
- Detroit Larry and Blues Rockit
(5pm) - Mercury Brothers (6pm) - Hal
Reed & Mississippi Journey (7pm)
- The Candymakers (8pm) - Robert
Jon & the Wreck -The Redstone Room,
129 Main St Davenport, IA
North of 40 (10:30am) -Community
Fellowship Church, 701 S. Oak Ln.
Blue Grass, IA
Rob Dahms (5pm) -The Muddy Waters,
Speedy Ortiz - Krill - Two Inch Astronaut - Sainthood -Gabes, 330 E.
Washington St. Iowa City, IA
Spring Zither Concert (2pm) -German
American Heritage Center, 712 W.
2nd St. Davenport, IA
Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ the Josh Duffee
Jazz Quartet (9am) -Bix Bistro, 200
E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
The Cactus Blossoms -CSPS/Legion
Arts, 1103 3rd St SE Cedar Rapids, IA
MONDAY
2015/05/04 (Mon)
Monday Moeller Presents -Rozz-Tox,

2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Navy Horizon Band (5:30pm) -RME (River
Music Experience), 129 N. Main St.
Davenport, IA
The Homeless Open Mic Projec t
(1pm) -The Center, 1411 Brady St.
Davenport, IA
TUESDAY
2015/05/05 (Tue)
Chris Avey Live -My Place the Pub, 4405

Daikaiju -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
Navy Liberty Call Show Band

(12:30pm) -CASI (Center for Active
Seniors), 1035 W. Kimberly Road
Davenport, IA
Trio Brasileiro -CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103
3rd St SE Cedar Rapids, IA
WEDNESDAY
2015/05/06 (Wed)
Buddy Olson (5pm) -The Rusty Nail,

2606 W. Locust St. Davenport, IA
Daniel Lanois - Rocco DeLuca -Englert
Theatre, 221 East Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
Noah Guthrie -The Redstone Room, 129
Main St Davenport, IA
Uglyradiorebellion - Ike Willis -Gabes,
330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA
THURSDAY
2015/05/07 (Thu)
00
7
Dave Ellis & Guests -Grumpys Saloon,

2120 E 11th St Davenport, IA
Eliot Lipp - Heatbox -The Redstone
Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Hiroya Tsukamoto (6:30pm) -Ca dZan,
411 South Rd. Cambridge, IL
Jazz & Latin Dance Night (6pm) -The
Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Iowa City, IA
Jordan Danielsen -Harringtons Pub,
2321 Cumberland Square Dr. Bettendorf, IA
Locally Owned - The Unusual Suspects
-Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa
City, IA
The Gratest Story Ever Told -Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Zachary Freedom -Uptown Bills Coffee House, 730 S. Dubuque St. Iowa
City, IA
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FRIDAY
2015/05/08 (Fri)
00
8
A Damn Good Time Vol. 9 -RME (River

Music Experience), 129 N. Main St.
Davenport, IA
A Tinyhouse Collective Presents: Mississippi Cotten -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd
Ave. Rock Island, IL
DKT Parkside -Parkside Grill & Lounge,
2307 5th Ave Moline, IL
Heatbox - The Jumbies -Iowa City Yacht
Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Johnny O & the Midnight Show -My
Place the Pub, 4405 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Open Mic Coffeehouse -The Center,
1411 Brady St. Davenport, IA
Tallgrass - Cedar County Cobras - Dead
Trains -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
The Copyrights - Hospital Job - The
Ridgways - Buddha -Rascals Live,
The Gratest Story Ever Told -RIBCO,
1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
The Jason Carl Band -11th Street Precinct, 1107 Mound St. Davenport, IA
The Manny Lopez Big Band (6pm) -The
Circa 21 Speakeasy, 1818 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
The Mercury Brothers -The Muddy
Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
30
2015/05/09 (Sat)
SATURDAY
3 Years Hollow - Sugar Nipples - Remember My Name -Rascals Live,

Aaron Kamm & the One Drops - Das

Thunderfoot -Iowa City Yacht Club,
13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Celebrate Mom at the Pops: Music
from the Great American Songwriters -The Orpheum Theatre, 57
S. Kellogg St. Galesburg, IL
Cosmic -11th Street Precinct, 1107
Mound St. Davenport, IA
David G. Smith -Uptown Bills Coffee
House, 730 S. Dubuque St. Iowa
City, IA
Gray Wolf Band -Len Browns North
Shore Inn, 700 N. Shore Dr. Moline, IL
John June Year - Holy White Hounds Kick -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
Jordan Danielsen (3pm) -Creekside
Vineyards Winery & Inn, 7505 120th
Ave. Coal Valley, IL
Knubby - Waking Robots - Satellite
Heart - Leviathans -Rozz-Tox, 2108
3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
North of 40 -Wildwood Smokehouse
& Saloon, 4919 Dolphin Dr. SE Iowa
City, IA
Powell -Bier Stube Moline Biergarten,
Quad City Slim -The Muddy Waters,
Quad City Wind Ensemble -Galvin
Fine Arts Center, 2101 Gaines St.
Davenport, IA
Reelfoot Rift - Crater - Old Guy Drive
By -Bier Stube Moline, 415 15th St
Moline, IL
Resurrgent -Purgatorys Pub, 2104 State
St Bettendorf, IA
TUESDAY
2015/05/12 (Tue)
12
Chris Avey Live -My Place the Pub, 4405

2015/05/13 (Wed)
WEDNESDAY
The Ballroom Thieves @ The Redstone Room - May 9

Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar -The
Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar, 111
West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Six Organs of Admittance - Elisa Ambrogio -The Mill, 120 E. Burlington
St. Iowa City, IA
The Ballroom Thieves CD Release
Show - Busted Chandeliers -The
Redstone Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
The Old 57s -The Depot, 214 Locust
St. Sterling, IL
Wade Bowen - Cody Hicks -First Avenue
Club, 1550 First Ave Iowa City, IA
SUNDAY
2015/05/10 (Sun)
10
An Evening with Suzy Bogguss -Englert Theatre, 221 East Washington

St. Iowa City, IA
Buddy Olson (3pm) -Duckys Lagoon,
13515 78th Ave W. Taylor Ridge, IL
Donnie Hottub Gustason & Friends
(5pm) -The Muddy Waters, 1708
Inti-illimani (6pm) -Maquoketa Art

Experience Studio & Gallery, 124 S.
Main St. Maquoketa, IA
Lowland Hum - Crystal City -Rozz-Tox,
2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Rupert Wates (6:30pm) -Ca dZan, 411
South Rd. Cambridge, IL
Summerglen (2pm) -Uptown Bills
Coffee House, 730 S. Dubuque St.
Iowa City, IA
Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ the Josh Duffee Jazz Quartet (9am) -Bix Bistro,
200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Tyrone Wells - Dominic Balli - Emily
Hearn -The Mill, 120 E. Burlington
St. Iowa City, IA
Zeta June -Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St. Iowa City, IA
MONDAY
2015/05/11 (Mon)
11
Moeller Mondays Presents: John

Moreland -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
The Lettermen (1 & 7:15pm) -Circa
21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
13
Burlington Street Bluegrass Band

-The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Iowa
City, IA
Curtis Hawkins -The Muddy Waters,
Shen Teh - Keeley Filgo - Waking
Robots - Boh Doran -Gabes, 330 E.
Washington St. Iowa City, IA
Tim Stop -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
West Branch High School Jazz Band
-Herbert Hoover National Historic
Site, off I-80 at exit 254 West Branch,
IA
THURSDAY
2015/05/14 (Thu)
00
14
Ancient River - Dead Feathers - Zuul

-Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa
City, IA
Jef & Doc -11th Street Precinct, 1107
Mound St. Davenport, IA
Lojo Russo -Grumpys Saloon, 2120 E
11th St Davenport, IA
Mike Zito - The Steepwater Band -The
Redstone Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Mori Mente -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
FRIDAY
2015/05/15 (Fri)
00
15
Bucktown Revue -Nighswander Theatre, 2822 Eastern Ave Davenport, IA

Buddy Olson (5pm) -Missippi Brew,
River Dr Muscatine, IA
Camp Euforia Quad City Showcase:
Have Your Cake - Frank F. Sydneys
Western Bandit Volunteers - Earth
Ascending -The Redstone Room, 129
Main St Davenport, IA
Corporate Rock -11th Street Precinct,
Exit, Emergency - The Easy Mark - We
Have Your Satellite - Survival
Soundtrack - Cliffdiving (5:30pm)
- La Witch - Jeremy Porter & the Tucos - Pamperhead - Burning Hands
(10pm) -Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St. Iowa City, IA
Groovement - The Candymakers
-Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St
Iowa City, IA
Inti-Illimani (6:30pm) -Iowa City Ped
Mall, 14 S. Clinton St Iowa City, IA
Jazz After Five w/ The Blake Shaw
Group (5pm) - Christopher the Conquered - Gloom Balloon (9pm) -The
Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Iowa City, IA
Soul Storm -Bier Stube Moline Biergarten, 415 15th St. Moline, IL
Studebaker John -The Muddy Waters,
The Holydrug Couple - Gosh - Idpyramid -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
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DJs/Karaoke/
Jams/Open Mics
THURSDAYS
THURSDAYS
ABC Karaoke The Rusty Nail, 2606 W.

Locust St., Davenport, IA.
C.J. the D.J. RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave., Rock
Island, IL.
Cobra Kai Karaoke The Backroom
Comedy Theater, 1510 N. Harrison St.,
Davenport, IA.
College Night Open Mic (April 30 only,
6:30pm) River Music Experience, 129
N. Main St., Davenport, IA.
D.J. Night w/ 90s Music Thirstys on Third,
2202 W. Third St., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Bier Stube Moline, 415
15th Street, Moline, IL.
Karaoke Night My Place the Pub, 4405
State St., Bettendorf, IA.
Mixology DJ Night Gabes, 330 E. Washington St., Iowa City.
Open Jam w/ the Avey Brothers The
Muddy Waters, 1708 State St., Bettendorf, IA.
Open Mic Night Uptown Bills Coffee
House, 730 S. Dubuque Street, Iowa
City, IA.
Thumpin Thursdays DJs - Rascals Live,
1414 15th Street, Moline, IL.
Twisted Mics Music & Entertainment
Broken Saddle, 1417 5th Ave., Moline, IL.
FRIDAYS
Karaoke Night Roadrunners Roadhouse,

3803 Rockingham Rd., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Thirstys on Third, 2202
W. Third St., Davenport, IA.
Open Mic w/ Frankie Joe Willderman
(6pm) Mama Comptons, 1725 Second Ave. Arts Alley, Rock Island, IL.
Soulshake DJ Night Gabes, 330 E.
Washington St., Iowa City.
(May 1 only) Broken Saddle, 1417
5th Ave., Moline, IL.
SATURDAYS
SATURDAYS
Karaoke Night (May 9 only) Broken

Saddle, 1417 5th Ave., Moline, IL.
Karaoke Night The Grove Tap, 108 S. 1st
St., Long Grove, IA.
Karaoke Night Miller Time Bowling, 2902
E. Kimberly Rd., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Roadrunners Roadhouse,
3803 Rockingham Rd., Davenport, IA.
Open Mic Night Downtown Central Perk,
226 W. 3rd St., Davenport, IA.
Barrel House Moline, 1321 Fifth Ave.,
Moline, IL.
SUNDAYS
SUNDAYS
FRIDAYS
Cross Creek Karaoke Firehouse Bar &

Grill, 2006 Hickory Grove Rd., Davenport, IA.
DJ K Yung Barrel House Moline, 1321
Fifth Ave., Moline, IL.
Karaoke Night Circle Tap, 1345 West
Locust Street, Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night The Grove Tap, 108 S. 1st
St., Long Grove, IA.
Karaoke Night Miller Time Bowling,
2902 E. Kimberly Rd., Davenport, IA.

Drum Circle (May 3 only, 5:30 p.m.) - Unitarian Universalist Church of the Quad
Cities, 3707 Eastern Ave., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Mound St., Davenport, IA.
TUESDAYS
TUESDAYS
Comedy
Acoustic Jam Night w/ Steve McFate
Tims Corner Tap, 4018 14th Ave.,
Rock Island, IL.
Acoustic Music Club (4:30pm) River
Music Experience, 129 N. Main Street,
Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Brady Street Pub, 217
Brady St., Davenport, IA.
Open Mic Night (6:30pm) Cool Beanz
Coffeehouse, 1325 330th St., Rock
Island, IL.
Open Mic w/ Corey Wallace 11th
Street Precinct, 1107 Mound St.,
Davenport, IA.
Underground Open Mic w/ Kate Kane
Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St.,
Iowa City, IA.
WEDNESDAYS
WEDNESDAYS

Brady Street Pub Open Jam Brady
Street Pub, 217 Brady St., Davenport, IA.
Jam Session w/ Ben Soltau Iowa
City Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St., Iowa
City, IA.
Karaoke Night 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Circle Tap, 1345 West
Locust Street, Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night My Place the Pub, 4405
State St., Bettendorf, IA.
Karaoke Night RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.,
Rock Island, IL.
Karaoke Night Sharkys Billiards, 2902
E. Kimberly Rd., Davenport, IA.
Youth Open Mic (6:30pm) River
Music Experience, 129 N. Main St.,
Davenport, IA.

THURSDAY
THURSDAY 30
30
Beiderbomb: Comedy Invitational

(8pm) Boozies Bar & Grill, 114
W. 3rd St., Davenport, IA.
Chonda Pierce (7pm) Adler Theatre,
136 E. Third St., Davenport, IA.
Eric Holthaus (8pm) The Mill, 120 E.
Burlington St., Iowa City, IA.
FRIDAY
FRIDAY 1
00
1
ComedySpor tz (7pm) The Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock

Island, IL.
Studio Series: Survivor (9:30pm)
The Establishment, 220 19th St.,
Rock Island, IL.
The Comedian Coalition (7pm) The
Backroom Comedy Theater, 1510
N. Harrison St., Davenport, IA.
SATURDAY
SATURDAY 2
Blacklist Against Humanity (9pm)

The Backroom Comedy Theater,
1510 N. Harrison St., Davenport, IA.
Island, IL.
Studio Series: Wisenheimer
(9:30pm) The Establishment,
220 19th St., Rock Island, IL.
The Magic of David Casas (7pm)
Circa 21 Speakeasy, 1818 Third
Ave., Rock Island, IL.
SUNDAY
SUNDAY 3
Helping with Humor (5pm) The

Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock
Island, IL.
The Circumstantial Comedy Show
(9pm) BREW, 1104 Jersey Ridge
Rd., Davenport, IA.
MONDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
WEDNESDAY 6
Comedy Open Mic (7:30pm) Penguins Comedy Club, 208 Second

Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA.
Comedy Open Mic Night (7:30pm)
THURSDAY 7
Beiderbomb: Comedy Invitational

(8pm) Boozies Bar & Grill, 114
W. 3rd St., Davenport, IA.
Erin Foley (5:30pm) Radisson Quad
City Plaza Hotel, 111 E. Second St.,
Davenport, IA.
Knock Em Dead Comedy Tour w/
Andrew Ouellette (10pm) The
Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa
City, IA.
Pauly Shore (7pm) Ohnward Fine
Arts Center, 1215 E. Platt St., Maquoketa, IA.
FRIDAY
FRIDAY 8
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Through June 21, 2015
March
13-14-15 & 20-21-22
Sponsored by
Helge Sibast, Chair Model No. 8, 1953, Sibast Furniture, collection of Rosalie Anderson; image courtesy of the
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Hippo, Monkey and Bear Figures, Goldstein Museum of Design; Verner Panton, Wire Cone Chair, 1958-1966,
Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
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8
A Tinyhouse Collective Presents:

Andrew King (8pm) Rozz-Tox,
2108 Third Ave., Rock Island, IL.
Island, IL.
Studio Series: Tubbs & Kelly Presents ... (9:30pm) The Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock Island, IL.
Current exhibition
Organized by the Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn, Iowa, this

exhibition brings together a wonderful selection of the most influential
pieces of post-war furniture design and reminds us how Danish design
and our daily lives were intertwined in the post-war era.
MONDAY 4
The Catacombs of Comedy Showcase (10pm) Iowa City Yacht
Club, 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA.
Fri & Sat @ 7:30

Sun @ 3pm
FOR TICKETS VISIT
www.playcrafters.com
(309) 762-0330
The Blacklist (9pm) The Backroom

Comedy Theater, 1510 N. Harrison
St., Davenport, IA.
SATURDAY
SATURDAY 9

Island, IL.
Rock City Live (8pm) Circa 21
Speakeasy, 1818 Third Ave., Rock
Island, IL.
Studio Series: A Midsummer Nights
Improv (9:30pm) The Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock Island, IL.
The Blacklist: Shots n Giggles
(9pm) The Backroom Comedy
Theater, 1510 N. Harrison St., Davenport, IA.
This Is Only a Test (6pm) Englert
Theatre, 221 E. Washington St.,
Iowa City, IA.
30
SUNDAY 10
SUNDAY
10
The Circumstantial Comedy Show

(9pm) BREW, 1104 Jersey Ridge
Rd., Davenport, IA.
MONDAY
MONDAY 11
11
The Catacombs of Comedy Showcase (10pm) Iowa City Yacht

Club, 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA.
WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY 13
13
Comedy Open Mic (7:30pm) Penguins Comedy Club, 208 Second

Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA.
Comedy Open Mic Night (7:30pm)
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