River Cities' Reader - Issue 844 - November 27, 2013

River Citiesrsquo Reader bull Vol 20 No 844 bull November 27 - December 11 20132 Business bull Politics bull Arts bull Culture bull Now You Know bull RiverCitiesReadercom

WORDS FROM THE EDITOR by Kathleen McCarthykmrcreadercom

As Americans we had better revisit what the Bill of Rights means to our countryrsquos future because the individual protections

that the Bill of Rights provides each of us are in real jeopardy There has been a slow creep by our legislative judicial and executive branches to erode these protections in favor of adminis-trative rules and regulations that instead protect the growth and continuity of government

The federal government has gone so far beyond what was originally intended for our republic that there will be no stopping it from the top down The only hope we have to preserve our future as an open society is to get involved in our local county and city governments including our school districts where we can fully participate oversee and influence the politicians and bureaucrats who are our friends family and neighbors

Common Core is the new national education initiative of curriculum and standards that were developed by two private trade groups in cooperation with Achieve Inc with the majority of funding provided by the federal government Additional financial assistance came from the Bill amp Melinda Gates and Eli amp Edythe Broad foundations which contributed $60 million and General Electric which gave $18 million The two trade groupsrsquo names ndash the

Under the Radar Common Core in Our Schools National Governors Association and the Chief Council of State School Officers ndash mislead the public into falsely thinking Common Core was developed by each statesrsquo elected representatives

Rather the entire curriculum is privately owned and copyrighted giving sole control over its content to a small cadre of developers who will also reap massive profits for manufacturing all new Common Core-approved textbooks training materials for teachers and national-testing components that will dwarf previous testing practices in America These no-bid contracts are worth billions to private and quasi-public corporations such as Pearson Core One Press and Achieve

Several weeks ago I attended a public presentation on Common Core in Peoria Illinois The facilitator queried the audience of approximately 200 people on whether they had heard of Common Core prior to the event About half the audience raised their hands He then asked how many present knew of Common Core when the state adopted it in 2010 No hands were raised

Common Core was implemented through state education boards in 45 states including Illinois and Iowa without legislative authority or oversight Nor did its development include input from school districts or the academic

community at large Parents were not notified of the adoption of these new standards and it is still difficult to get substantive information from schools on the components of Common Core Additionally the mainstream media has given Common Core precious little coverage further shrouding the program elements from public awareness

Common Core has slipped in under the radar of parents and teachers across the country and represents a sea change in education that is mostly experimental with virtually no substantive evidence that its controversial methods are effective in teaching our children This extraordinarily high level of risk deserves participation from all stakeholders but almost none were engaged

The following is a list of need-to-know aspects of Common Core

bull Not a single certified academic participated in the development of Common Core

bull Common Core standards for math and language arts were published on June 2 2010 (Science and other academic categories are still in development) Yet most states had already signed on without knowing Common Corersquos content so that they could be eligible for exemptions from No Child Left Behind or for a portion of the $42-billion in stimulus money

allocated to Race to the Topbull After development a validation committee

was empaneled to review the Common Core standards that included five academics all of whom refused to sign off on the curriculum because it fell far short of current standards both domestic and international Two academics Stanford and NASA mathematician James Milgram (math curriculum) and University of Arkansas Professor Emerita Sandra Stotsky (language-arts curriculum) are now active opponents of Common Core

bull Schools in Common Core states agree to establish a ldquolongitudinal databaserdquo to track every student from pre-K through post-graduation The database includes information far beyond scholastic data such as birth weight parentsrsquo voting preferences miles to school and family food-consumption habits It is illegal for the federal government to have a national student database yet the states are collecting the same data as defined in Common Core and are able to share their interoperable databases across state lines When in 2011 the Electronic Privacy Information Center sued the Department of Education over unlawful collection of student data a federal judge dismissed the case claiming

Continued On Page 14

River Citiesrsquo Reader bull Vol 20 No 844 bull November 27-December 11 2013 3Business bull Politics bull Arts bull Culture bull Now You Know bull RiverCitiesReadercom

have to work very hard to woo labor leaders if he wants their support Dillard speaks their language while Rutherford is more of an unknown quantity Rutherfordrsquos campaign has far more money on hand than Dillardrsquos but nowhere near enough to compete with

RaunerStill does any candidate really

want organized laborrsquos support in a Republican gubernatorial primary A Capitol FaxWe Ask America poll conducted August 21 found that a whopping 80 percent of likely GOP-primary voters said theyrsquod be less inclined to vote for a Republican candidate for governor ldquowho received hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from public-

employee unionsrdquoSo others in organized labor are

strenuously arguing against any endorsement at all believing todayrsquos Republican voters are so hostile to laborrsquos interests that overt support for a preferred union candidate would almost surely result in a political death sentence and therefore in a host of unknown uncontrollable possibilities

That particular faction is arguing hard for an all-out assault on Rauner during the primary None of the other candidates would be nearly as hostile to laborrsquos interest as Rauner would be goes the reasoning

A TV-advertising assault on Rauner could knock him out of contention Therersquos a thick opposition-research book on Rauner but his association with Democrats such as Mayor Rahm Emanuel would be just as toxic for GOP-primary voters as public-employee campaign contributions (83 percent less likely to support according to the Capitol FaxWe Ask America poll)

However some labor leaders say that Governor Pat Quinn has been moving to the opinion that running against Rauner might not be so horrible after all Despite Raunerrsquos potential to spend tens of millions of dollars next year some Quinn backers think Raunerrsquos background gives them enough ammunition to thump him

Rauner has enough of a personal fortune to stay on the air from now through next November without a break His ads are already focused on painting Quinn as the bad guy and that theme will only intensify if he wins the GOP primary He could bury Quinn before the governor has a chance to bury him

Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax (a daily political newsletter) and CapitolFaxcom

Illinois union leaders are reportedly mull-ing several options about what to do in the governorrsquos race But the only thing

the leaders appear to agree on so far is that anti-union Republican gazillionaire Bruce Rauner cannot be allowed to win

Some union honchos are looking at endorsing a candidate in the Republican primary State Senator Kirk Dillard for instance already has strong support from the Operating Engineers a union that is now even more opposed to Rauner since the candidatersquos endorsement by the strongly anti-union Associated Builders amp Contractors group Other unions have also taken keen notice of that endorsement

Surprisingly enough Dillard is also being looked at by some public-employee unions Theyrsquore hoping that hersquoll be a ldquonordquo vote on pension reform Dillard told the Kankakee Daily Journal several days ago that he wants employees to pay more into the system and wants a later retirement age ndash neither of which appears to be in the cards at the moment Dillard would know what was going on behind the scenes with the pension-reform conference committee because his running mate Representative Jil Tracy sits on the committee

However he chooses to explain it a ldquonordquo vote on pension reform could bring him closer to a possible union nod Then again Dillard told the Sun-Times last week that he had always supported pension reform and denied rumors that he was planning to vote against the bill But even a pension-bill ldquoyesrdquo vote will not in and of itself prevent some unions from endorsing Dillard

Dillardrsquos campaign has struggled to raise money barely able to meet its expenses so a labor endorsement would bring in much-needed dollars Unions have backed Dillard in the past to the tune of $400000 from public-employee unions alone during his career They know hersquos a social conservative (he was endorsed last week by noted figures on the far right such as Phyllis Schlafly and Penny Pullen) but they feel they can at least get a fair hearing from him

Treasurer Dan Rutherford has tried to reach out to labor particularly on the pension issue He has attempted to steer away from taking a hard public line on pension reform urging compromise But Rutherford doesnrsquot have much history with the unions so hersquoll

Unions Face Difficult Choice in GOP Primary

by Rich MillerCapitolFaxcom

ILLINOIS POLITICS

Unions know Dillardrsquos a social

conservative but they feel they can at least get a fair hearing from

him

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Hunger is a human problem with millions of faces but two related numbers can illuminate the size of the problem in the

Quad Cities ndash and the heartwarming community generosity thatrsquos fighting it

The first number Christian Care served more than 56000 meals last year at its meal site according to Executive Director Elaine Winter The second ldquoOur budget [for food] is about a thousand dollars a yearrdquo she said

The site at 2209 Third Avenue in Rock Island serves 19 meals week (Therersquos no lunch on Saturday or Sunday) On average then it was feeding more than 57 people per meal The cash cost per meal Less then two cents

What this one site illustrates is that food assistance beyond what taxpayer-funded government programs provide is a real persistent need in the Quad Cities And the community ndash through churches charitable organizations and individuals ndash has been meeting the need

The bad news is that hunger appears to be growing

The infrastructure for feeding the hungry in our area is undoubtedly rich On the front lines there are nine meal sites in the Quad Cities proper where anybody can get a hot meal

And there are 29 food pantries in Scott County with another 16 in Rock Island County Most serve specific neighborhoods and theyrsquore typically open between one and five days a week for a few hours at a time

Over those is a support network Twenty-five food pantries ndash run by 400 volunteers ndash in the Quad Cities are associated with Churches United which provides both food and monetary assistance (For example Hy-Vee recently donated 1000 frozen turkeys to Churches United which then distributed them to its food pantries) Each Churches United pantry spends at least $12000 a year acquiring food beyond what it receives in direct food donations

And much of the food that is distributed by local food pantries comes from River Bend Food Bank in Moline which serves five counties in Iowa and 17 in Illinois Food-assistance programs can access donated food (for example what is collected in the annual Student Hunger Drive) for a ldquoshared maintenancerdquo cost of 18 cents a pound Qualified agencies in Illinois can through a state program get food with no shared-maintenance cost and the equivalent program in Iowa costs agencies between 4 and 14 cents a pound Programs can also purchase items that typically arenrsquot donated in bulk ndash for instance 12 canned hams for $3066 or 24 cans of chicken-noodle soup for $1216

Beyond serving as a source of food for meal sites and food pantries River Bend also has three Kids Cafeacutes serving evening meals four nights a week during the school year and a Backpack

Program that provides 1600 packs of take-home weekend food to children through nearly 40 schools

According to Tom Laughlin executive director of the River Bend Food Bank roughly half of the food his organization distributes is given away for free ndash without even shared-maintenance costs

Of course none of these would be possible without the generosity of the community Hundreds of individuals families businesses community groups foundations and churches donate their time money cooking skills and food to meal sites food pantries Churches United and River Bend

But this network is being stretched pretty thin ldquoNot all of our food pantries have been able to give families everything that wersquove normally given them beforerdquo said Anne Wachal interim executive director of Churches United ldquoWersquove had to cut back a little bit as well because either itrsquos costing more to purchase the food or itrsquos not available or wersquore trying to get our food to last a little bit longer because wersquore seeing more people coming inrdquo

Laughlin said his organization will distribute approximately 8 million pounds of food this year ndash 1 million pounds more than last year and almost double the amount before the most recent recession ldquoDemand just keeps increasingrdquo he said

The Scope of HungerAccording to a 2013 study by Feeding

America ndash of whose food-bank network River Bend is a member ndash the Quad Cities area fares relatively well in ldquofood securityrdquo The report defines food insecurity as ldquothe household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate foodrdquo In other words these are not necessarily people who need to use food pantries or meal sites but their situations are tenuous enough that theyrsquore not far from needing to As Pam LaRoque who coordinates the City Center Ministry food pantry in downtown Davenport said many families are just a few ldquopaychecks away from using a food pantryrdquo

Overall Scott and Rock Island counties in 2011 had overall food-insecurity rates in the lowest range (4 to 14 percent of the population) But the picture was more grim for children with Scott County in the 15-to-19-percent range and Rock Island County in the 20-to-24-percent range

Specifically Scott Countyrsquos overall food-insecurity rate was 140 percent and its rate for children was 190 percent an estimated 42 percent of food-insecure children in the county are not eligible for federal nutrition assistance

Rock Island County had an overall food-insecurity rate of 120 percent and a child rate of 198 percent the study estimated that 26 percent of food-insecure children are not eligible for federal nutrition assistance

Beyond the potential hunger included in ldquofood insecurityrdquo a better measure of actual hunger is the use of food-assistance programs

In 2012 for example Churches United had 31314 visits to its affiliated food pantries Wachal said (Households can visit a food pantry once every 30 days) Through October it had 29072 visits in 2013

The number of people using Churches United food pantries she noted has grown each quarter in 2013 ndash from 7522 to 8608 to 9483 ldquoIrsquove not seen it like this in several years where every quarter we rise by almost a thousandrdquo she said ldquoThatrsquos pretty unusualrdquo

She added that with cuts to benefits in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP also known as food stamps) hitting November 1 demand will grow even more One food pantry in Illinois she said saw a 30-percent increase in visits on that date ndash all of them first-time visitors

Churches United was on a pace through October to have nearly 35000 visits in 2013 but that number will likely be even higher with the SNAP cuts Visits in 2010 were 29120 and in 2007 they were 26415

Christian Carersquos site saw its annual meals rise from 50928 in 2009 to 56586 last year

As robust as the Quad Cities food-assistance system is Laughlin said hersquos skeptical that it can feed all those who are hungry as the number of them grows He said area food pantries will see increases in demand of 10 to 15 percent this year

ldquoTherersquos a gap because of federal cuts SNAP is the first line of defense against hunger and [with] the amount of money theyrsquore cutting people are going to feel it The food pantries they were set up as a supplemental resource They werenrsquot set up to be the primary source of feeding people in a communityrdquo

Whorsquos HungryPeople involved in feeding the hungry say

that there is a wide variety of people getting food assistance in the Quad Cities

Wachal gave a few examples among Churches Unitedrsquos clientele families with two children and household incomes of $40000 retired grandparents raising grandchildren widowed or divorced women with few job skills

At the food pantry she coordinates LaRoque said she sees many people from downtown Davenportrsquos senior high-rises and people on Social Security and disability

Winter said Christian Carersquos meal site

serves many low-income families veterans the homeless abused women and people whorsquove fallen on hard times ldquoWe see a lot more people toward the end of the month because food stamps have been used up or whatever assistance they might have gotten through the month has been usedrdquo she said

For a broader perspective Churches United surveyed its food-pantry users over the summer with more than 1300 responses While the survey wasnrsquot a scientific random sample the volume of responses was certainly large enough to be meaningful

Nearly 95 percent said the food pantry met their needs

Demographically visitors skewed older Roughly a third were between the age of 36 and 50 while more than 46 percent were 51 or older

More than 31 percent of those surveyed were raising andor feeding grandchildren ndash including 37 percent of those older than 50

Almost 60 percent reported being unemployed in the past six months ndash which means that more than 40 percent of those surveyed had been continuously employed but still needed food assistance

Laughlin estimated that 40 percent of households that use food pantries have at least one member whorsquos employed full-time ldquoMany clients are faced with life-essential choices between food and rent food and medical care food and day care food and transportationrdquo he said

Often among those priorities Wachal said ldquofood is last on the listrdquo

A Year-Round ProblemThe nature of the holiday season means that

people are particularly generous this time of yearAnd therersquos no doubt that people need more

food assistance in the winter with higher utility bills cutting into many familiesrsquo food budgets

But summer is also difficult for families raising children as the kids arenrsquot in school and donrsquot have easy access to free or reduced-price meals At LaRoquersquos food pantry for example July was the busiest month so far in 2013

She stressed that hunger doesnrsquot hit only near the holidays and food-assistance programs need donations and volunteers throughout the year ldquoAs blessed as we are during this time of year getting donations hunger is a year-round thingrdquo she said ldquoWe appreciate people remembering the hungry in April in July in Septemberrdquo

Locations and times for area meal sites and food pantries can be found at RiverBendFoodBankorgmealsiteshtm

A Robust Network Fights a Growing Problem in the Quad CitiesA Portrait of Hunger ndash and Generosity

by Jeff Ignatiusjeffrcreadercom

COVER STORY


requirement But initially before the show received the final thumbs-up from Music Guildrsquos play-selection committee the size of its cast was a concern

ldquoWhen it was first done in New Yorkrdquo says John ldquoit was done with one man and two women and they eventually made it bigger to where it was two men and three women And so there was some talk among us of lsquoOkay do we expand this into more people and divvy up the partsrsquo

But we really liked the continuity of the core players on stage so that it wouldnrsquot be lsquoOh therersquos another new face therersquos another new face rsquo So we made the decision early on that we were gonna keep it a tighter show even though we did take the additional step of making the Dr Ted character ndash who was originally just a voice-over ndash a real person You know with that small a cast the more people we get involved rdquo

Jaci Weigandt herself a veteran of several Music Guild productions adds ldquoI think there mightrsquove been some disappointment that there wasnrsquot a chorus in this because there are a lot of people myself included who only feel comfortable doing chorus numbersrdquo

ldquoBut thankfullyrdquo says John ldquohere at Guild people dive right in to other spots Jamie [Bauschka] whorsquos doing our props came through auditions and shersquos a wonderful performer but we had to tell her lsquonorsquo this time And she jumped right in and said lsquoYeah Irsquoll do propsrsquordquo

According to performers Sondgeroth and Hardacre both of whom boast numerous credits in large-scale Music Guild endeavors this more intimate stage experience is proving quite a memorable one

ldquoTherersquos something about being on stage with 30 other people thatrsquos really greatrdquo says Sondgeroth ldquoBut then therersquos something about making a moment happen with only five other people You really have to rely on each other in a different wayrdquo

ldquoSome of the harmonies are crazyrdquo adds Hardacre of A Christmas Survival Guidersquos frequent five-part musical arrangements ldquoRehearsing them you want to pull out your hair at times But itrsquos a really good fun challenge You have to really know your

Sitting down with director John Weigandt assistant director Jaci Weigandt (Johnrsquos wife) and cast

members Faith Hardacre and Jennifer Sondgeroth prior to a Tuesday-night rehearsal for Quad City Music Guildrsquos A Christmas Survival Guide I mention that this forthcoming show seemed like a rather unusual choice for the organizationrsquos wintertime slot

ldquoWhatrdquo asks Hardacre with mock surprise ldquoWe donrsquot normally have drunken dances on stagerdquo

Not normally no Nor does Music Guild normally produce holiday shows with casts composed solely of six performers Nor holiday shows referencing therapy sessions and 12-step programs Nor to be frank holiday shows with titles that patrons donrsquot instantly recognize

ldquoIrsquove been asked many times lsquoWhat is thisrsquordquo says Hardacre ldquoPeople are like lsquoIs this a new show Is this something that was at the Tonysrsquo And Irsquom like lsquoItrsquos just this really cool compilation revuersquo Itrsquos not really a musical with lines [of dialogue] and a set plot but itrsquos a very intense hour and a half I mean wersquore dancing in almost every single scenerdquo

And probably more often than not making us laugh ldquoI think itrsquos definitely appropriate for kidsrdquo says Sondgeroth ldquobut there are definitely some double entendres and more adult pieces of humor that will thankfully go right over the little onesrsquo headsrdquo

ldquoWhat I like about the writingrdquo adds John Weigandt ldquois that some of that double-entendre stuff goes by so quickly that you as an audience member sit there saying lsquoDid I just hear that Did they really say thatrsquordquo

Laughs Sondgeroth ldquoDid that just happenrdquo

Created by James Hindman Ray Roderick and John Glaudini and running December 5 through 8 at Molinersquos Prospect Park Auditorium A Christmas Survival Guide is as Hardacre says a holiday-themed musical revue almost wholly devoid of dialogue and one that has played regional and community theatres nationwide since its 2000 debut The show has also earned some pretty stellar reviews with Louisvillersquos Courier-Journal describing it as ldquobrimming with enjoymentrdquo

and the New York Press deeming it ldquothe funniest Christmas revue aroundrdquo

Yet given its lack of immediate title recognition A Christmas Survival Guide is still an unexpected choice for Music Guildrsquos December slot considering the organizationrsquos offerings over the past eight years have included A Christmas Carol Miracle on 34th Street White Christmas Babes in Toyland and Itrsquos a Wonderful Life ndash twice

Says Sondgeroth ldquoWhat wersquove found with the lsquoChristmas classicsrsquo if you will is that people are kind of starting to make them part of their holiday traditions Wersquore starting to get calls for tickets from big numbers of people early on because lsquoOh wersquove been doing this every year We all go out to dinner and see the Christmas Music Guild showrsquo But there are only so many lsquoChristmas classicsrsquo that there are musical versions ofrdquo

Referencing the holiday production currently running at the Circa rsquo21 Dinner Playhouse John adds ldquoWe wouldrsquove loved to have gotten our hands on A Christmas Story bu-u-ut rdquo

ldquoSo we were kind of looking for other thingsrdquo says Sondgeroth ldquoBut we did want to stay holiday-themed because of this I donrsquot know phenomenon of people wanting something they could make part of their Christmas traditionrdquo

With its narrative through-line of shoppers seen busily preparing for the season and its score a blend of original tunes and standards such as ldquoSilent Nightrdquo ldquoSilver Bellsrdquo and ldquoO Holy Nightrdquo A Christmas Survival Guide certainly fulfills the ldquoholiday-themedrdquo

Nontraditional TraditionQuad City Music Guild Presents A Christmas Survival Guide December 5 through 8

THEATRE by Mike Schulzmikercreader

Vol 20 middot No 844Nov 27- Dec 11 2013

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Continued on Page 17

Chris Castle Jennifer Sondgeroth Tom Naab Faith Hardacre and Zach Hendershott


ideas melodic content style and nuance from each voice

Higdon suspends the audiencersquos dependence on conventional form and tonality as the basis for music and transforms what sound in its essence can express Gradually and quite naturally my mind begins to linger over things ndash mental images emotions people ndash as I feel my mood guided by something in the music At times the profuse density of textures makes the piece coalesce into a fabric of sound ndash not individual strands from specific instruments They become compelling in their mystery ndash how they are put together The solo violin evolves into an evocative more sensual instrument by saying fresh important things through inventive new sounds

Structurally instead of organizing her musical ideas into for example the sonata A-B-A form Higdon employs a compositional technique similar to Baroque ldquothrough-composingrdquo ndash relatively continuous non-sectional and non-repetitive music-writing a form of musical free-association ldquoI may think the music is going to go one place but sometimes the music has other ideasrdquo she wrote ldquoI trust it enough to follow it to see if the suggested path is good Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnrsquotrdquo

But Higdon still adheres to many of the hallmarks of the concerto style ndash the technical flair demonstrated by the soloist musical interaction with the orchestra and the grouping of music into the standard three-movement format with a predictable path dramatic slow and fast

The title of the first movement is ldquo1726rdquo the street number of the Curtis Institute of Music where Higdon was a student and now works as an adjunct professor She uses these numbers in a form of music encryption the fundamental tones used in the movement are created by assigning a pitch to each digit This is a modern version of an idea that dates back to the Baroque period when Bach used his family name as the thematic motive for some of his compositions

Higdonrsquos second movement reflects a direct conventional approach slowly and lyrically exploring the beautiful ldquocantabilerdquo or ldquosingingrdquo sound of the violin Titled ldquoChaconnirdquo ndash the plural form of the Baroque ldquoChaconnerdquo ndash the movement uses several repeating chord progressions some overlapping with improvised-like variations in the orchestra and containing more

The Quad City Symphony Performs Jennifer Higdonrsquos Bewildering Beautiful Violin ConcertoCompelling Mystery


Jennifer Higdonrsquos Violin Concerto unfolds as a slow burn with flickering firefly-like tones then straps you into

a sonic roller coaster corkscrewing through ever-changing musical images When you have experienced the sublime disorderliness of Higdonrsquos concerto it seems miraculous that it ultimately makes sense you have experienced something that was perceivable if not completely comprehensible

The winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music Higdonrsquos concerto could be bewildering for audiences at the Quad City Symphonyrsquos December 7 and 8 concerts with its copious fast-changing variations of instrumental combinations and dynamics violin harmonics with small finger cymbals tingling high woodwinds with low growling cellos and basses sudden changes in volume and constantly contrasting textures of sound The musical events might seem random at first but somewhere in your brain you should be able to recognize and reorganize them enough to get a sense of Higdonrsquos complex yet stunningly accessible musical thinking

For context itrsquos helpful to understand the composerrsquos creative process which she described to me in an e-mail exchange over the summer ldquoIt is purely a decision made by the sound No thought to the theoretical construction of the movements whatsoever No pre-determined scales no established form no generated harmonic motion Those things might be there in some form but if theyrsquore there I am not aware of themrdquo

Intentional or not familiar forms and tonality are everywhere in this piece Traditional compositional elements ndash such as repetition imitation melody Classical and Baroque forms ornamentation chords tone rows development and recapitulation ndash are all present

But crucially they are secondary to her instinctive approach and they drift into and out of their expected sequence The succession of musical ideas is determined through improvisation and her artful control of tonality emotional content colorful orchestration and the flow of energy ties the piece together

The overlapping contrasting musical ideas create vivid tapestries of musical color Rather than using one tonal system ndash such as G Major whole tone or 12-tone rows ndash she combines many with changing orchestration and dynamics Warm resonant chords mix with exchanges between the solo violin and several soloists in the orchestra and they are not imitating each other but generating a group instrumental conversation with distinct

by Frederick Mordenfmordenmchsicom

MUSIC


palette and within such a narrow dynamic range The songs are varied but in their mildness they blend together after a while

Minus Six (which also features Kameron Rummans on bass and Rob Baner on drums) bills itself as a rock band without guitar but in

reality therersquos precious little rockinrsquo ldquoGrassfedrdquo references times when ldquothe musicrsquos pumpinrsquordquo in a chorus meant to get a rise out of the listener but Cartonrsquos voice ndash which has echoes of Peter Gabriel ndash and the music are simply not forceful enough to be convincing

So Come Out leans too heavily on earnest ballads and pleasant piano pop ndash both good fits for the band in small doses ldquoLet Me Come Aroundrdquo is the high point in the latter style with its catchy chorus and tonal digressions that pack a lot into just over three minutes

But even with the songsrsquo structural adventurousness it often feels like something is missing Therersquos a sterile sameness in the production and mix that reminds me of musical theatre in the prominence and clarity of the vocals and Cartonrsquos held-back articulation of the lyrics the need to be understood trumps variety and messy emotion

Perhaps more damaging are lost opportunities hints of promising paths not taken The jazzy energetic instrumental interplay of ldquoGrassfedrdquo and the ukulele whistling and French lyrics on closing track ldquoLrsquooiseau srsquoenfuitrdquo show that Minus Six isnrsquot timid Unfortunately Come Out from Where You Hide too often is

Minus Six will play an album-release show at RIBCO (1815 Second Avenue Rock Island) on Wednesday November 27 starting at 930 pm

For more information on Minus Six visit MinusSixcom


MUSIC

On Minus Sixrsquos new album Come Out from Where You Hide

ldquoGrassfedrdquo boldly announces itself with gorgeously inter-twined fast runs on sax and piano ndash downhill then up and back down again a deft flash of early jazz grafted onto verses of piano rock The instrumental breaks elevate the whole with pianist Kevin Carton and saxophonist Matt Sivertsen given the space to playfully develop and explore

Itrsquos telling that these sections represent the whole of the songrsquos progression as the verses and chorus are (relatively speaking) inert ndash which is where the album falters as a whole The dominant style and overly consistent mix donrsquot sustain interest over the course of the record and fertile detours donrsquot come quite often enough

Thatrsquos not a problem at all on the tight ldquoBurnrdquo which is bracing in a way similar to ldquoGrassfedrdquo but more thoroughly with urgency and a level of detail and variation in the singing to match whatrsquos happening with the piano and the creamy honk of the saxophone

Those are my two favorite songs on Come Out from Where You Hide which has plenty of other highlights Therersquos the almost tangible yearning of Cartonrsquos singing thatrsquos mirrored in the bass on jaunty lead track ldquoOrionrsquos Beltrdquo The jarringly sudden discordant shift of ldquoLucid Dreamingrdquo announced by the sax and brought to fruition by the piano ndash with a sunny chorus shoving the clouds away just as quickly And the writing and vocal phrasing at the beginning of ldquoLullabyrdquo pleading but clear-eyed ldquoThe powerrsquos out Therersquos more important things than paying bills on timerdquoI could go on and therersquos no doubt that Come Out is a collection of polished skillful songs Yet while itrsquos by no means bloated the albumrsquos 15 tracks (running just under an hour) become strangely numbing ndash a function of the quartetrsquos choice to work with such a static

Too Few DetoursMinus Six Come Out from Where You Hide November 27 at RIBCO

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The club sponsors numerous activities encompassing many types and aspects of photography It holds digital and print competitions most months At its meetings members discuss the images help each other to improve and socialize The club also holds special learning workshops and small groups that meet on specific photography topics and occasionally offers interesting shooting opportunities The club meets at 630 pm the first Thursday of the month September through June at the Butterworth Center 1105 Eighth Street in Moline

PHOTOGRAPHY

Featured Image from the Quad Cities Photography Club(Editorrsquos note The River Citiesrsquo Reader each month will feature an image or images from the Quad Cities Photography Club)

In May the Quad Cities Photography Club sponsored a photography trip to Costa Rica with Foto Verde Tours

Jay Brooks and his wife were among the members on the trip Jay said that ldquothe diversity of photography [subjects] in this beautiful country is truly amazingrdquo and many participants are eager to return

Jayrsquos high-scoring image is a green basilisk lizard Said Jay of his image ldquoWhat makes it very unusual is the ant carrying a leaf that must have taken a wrong turn and is sitting on the lizardrsquos head The lizard did not eat the ant and it eventually continued its journey with a newfound route Pure luck is how I was able to capture this unique imagerdquo

He shot this image with a Canon 6D with a Canon 100-400-millimeter lens at ISO 1600 380 millimeters f56 and 11000 of a second

The Quad Cities Photography Club welcomes visitors and new members

For more information on the club visit QCPhotoClubcom


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by Mike Schulz bull mikercreadercomby Mike Schulz bull mikercreadercomMovie Reviews by Mike Schulz bull mikercreadercom

game wouldnrsquot he have insisted on an environment that this natural hunter mightrsquove felt less comfortable in (In the original Hunger Games we were told that the competitionsrsquo artificial locales were altered annually deserts one year tundras the next et cetera) Another question Wouldnrsquot a change of scenery have been more fun for all of us Despite however diverting-enough attacks by poisonous fog and crazed baboons and creepiest of all birds whose chirping sounds just like the tortured shrieks of the contestantsrsquo loved ones Catching Firersquos setting and the means by which the game reaches its conclusion feel too much like business as usual And despite the promising introduction of fellow challengers played by Jena Malone Sam Claflin (quite good as Finnick) Jeffrey Wright Lynn Cohen and the beloved weirdo supreme Amanda Plummer wersquore even deprived of almost all chances to watch the gamesrsquo participants battle one another (Each of the aforementioned new arrivals winds up a friend to Katniss and Peeta and as Pulp Fiction fans will attest giving Jennifer Lawrence an adversary with fanged teeth is way less interesting than the possibilities inherent in letting her square off against Amanda Plummer) Even at almost two and a half hours this Hunger Games blockbuster is never boring and there are certainly enough compelling actors and situations to keep me psyched for

THE HUNGER GAMES CATCHING FIRE

My unfamiliarity with its source material was Irsquom convinced a large part of why I enjoyed last yearrsquos The Hunger Games movie so much To be sure I dug the film itself with its exciting and moving survival-of-the-fittest encounters and its fierce Jennifer Lawrence performance and its bevy of grandly outreacute supporting figures (and in the Capitol sequences beyond-outreacute production design) But not having read any of the three books in Suzanne Collinsrsquo seminal young-adult adventure series what I was most taken with was the surprise of the experience Hunger Games newbies such as myself were allowed to take in Collinsrsquo richly imagined dystopian saga with gradual understanding and horror much the way (Irsquom presuming) the booksrsquo readers did and while we had every reason to expect Lawrencersquos teen warrior Katniss Everdeen to survive the storyline was just spiky and unpredictable enough to make us wonder how exactly she ever would

For my money the seriesrsquo second cinematic installment The Hunger Games Catching Fire doesnrsquot inspire anywhere near that level of ldquoWhatrsquos gonna happen nextrdquo engagement Itrsquos a solid mostly enjoyable follow-up and ndash with Francis Lawrence taking over the directorial reins from Gary Ross ndash sometimes even better than that Jennifer Lawrencersquos already-excellent performance has significantly deepened as have those of several of her co-stars and the visual

effects this time around have notably improved And sure as the second segment in a trilogy ndash one that will as is the norm these days be stretched into four movies ndash there was bound to be a certain amount of disappointment built into the tale (Mild spoiler As the connective tissue between the original film and the forthcoming Mockingjay movies Catching Fire isnrsquot really designed as a stand-alone entertainment and its finale is really just a teaser for a finale yet to come) But as someone unschooled in Collinsrsquo literary works I still left this sequel thinking Is that it Wersquore goosed with a potentially fascinating and scary narrative in which Katniss Josh Hutchersonrsquos teammate Peeta and 22 other survivors of previous challenges-to-the-death are forced into combat and they (and we) are merely plunked into another jungle setting with oddly similar threats nearly identical to that of the first Hunger Games

Therersquos more to Catching Fire than that of course ndash primarily the planned revenge of President Snow (the marvelously icy Donald Sutherland) who aided by inscrutable gamesman Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman) hopes that Katnissrsquo televised demise will end the growing threat of nationwide insurrection Yet beat for beat and despite it being less overtly sentimental

than Rossrsquo film this new outing felt like such a carbon copy of its forebear that I found myself slowly but unmistakably losing interest in the proceedings Another grim prelude in the slums of Panemrsquos

District 12 with actor Liam Hemsworth ndash as Katnissrsquo sidelined beau Gale ndash again suggesting that brother Chris ldquoThorrdquo Hemsworth got all the charisma genes in the family Another prepping-for-the-games tour with returning players Woody Harrelson Lenny Kravitz Stanley Tucci and the wondrous Elizabeth Banks collectively cornering the market in eccentricity (Happily Banksrsquo Effie Trinket gets to be eccentrically human in this one) Another series of training sequences Another chastely romantic rendezvous between Katniss and Peeta the latter of whom (as is telegraphed in Hutchersonrsquos uncharacteristically listless portrayal) is given even less to do in this installment And another slow rise from the subterranean depths as Katniss enters her Most Dangerous Game-esque surroundings snags a bow and arrows joins up with some allies and enters a tree- and vine-infested habitat that luckily for her looks and ndash despite the intense heat ndash feels an awful lot like the woods back home

Question If President Snow really wanted to keep Katniss off-balance in the

Listen to Mike every Friday at 9am on ROCK 104-9 FM with Dave amp Darren

Kat-and-Mouse Game

Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson in The Hunger Games Catching Fire


TheatreA Fairy Tale ChristmasCirca rsquo21 Dinner Playhouse Friday November 29 through Saturday December 28

Hey you parents out there would

you mind handing the paper to your grade-school kids for just a sec Got a new theatrical production Irsquod like to tell rsquoem about Thanks

Hiya kids As Irsquom sure you know itrsquos the holiday season again and that means that Rock Islandrsquos Circa rsquo21 Dinner Playhouse is presenting another big exciting musical comedy just for you Itrsquos called A Fairy Tale Christmas and it runs November 29 through December 28 and even if you havenrsquot heard about the show before yoursquore certainly going to be familiar with its characters

It takes place in a land called Happily Ever After and itrsquos all about a bunch of people getting ready for the Crystal Christmas Ball and what happens when one of them doesnrsquot quite follow the rules But look whorsquos on the guest list Cinderella her Fairy Godmother Snow White her Magic Mirror Goldilocks Puss in Boots the Three Little Pigs Grumpy Jack (the kid with the beanstalk) and no fewer

than three Prince CharmingsA Fairy Tale Christmasrsquo story and

songs were written by Scott Bradley and Matt and Tina Jo Wallace who also created the family musicals Rapunzel and A Velveteen Rabbit

Christmas The show is being directed by longtime Circa rsquo21 favorite Brad Hauskins whom you probably saw in the theatrersquos productions of Click Clack Moo Cows That Type How I Became a Pirate and Freckleface Strawbery The Musical

And look whorsquos in the cast Kelly Lohrenz from Pinkalicious Cara Chumbley from Legally Blonde Sunshine Ramsey who played the title character in not one but two Junie B Jones musicals Plus Adrienne Bergeron Chuckie Dixon Jeremy Lagunas Nicholas Munson Kate Turner itrsquos gonna be a great time and I know yoursquove been extra good this year so make sure your parents get you this extra cool treat for the holidays

You can hand the paper back to your Mom or Dad now And wersquore all going to pretend that you didnrsquot also read that article on RIBCOrsquos ldquoLife amp Times Tourrdquo right Right Bye kids

Thanks parents We had a nice little chat

For dates times and tickets to A Fairy Tale Christmas call (309)786-7733 extension 2 or visit Circa21com

MusicThe Life amp Times TourRock Island Brewing CompanyFriday November 29 9 pm

The Rock Island Brewing Company has a very special

engagement set for November 29 when the District venue hosts a night with the visiting performers of ldquoThe Life amp Times Tourrdquo Ah-h-h ldquoThe Life amp Times Tourrdquo Sounds so nostalgic So hearth-and-home And apparently the tour features two gentlemen from suburban Georgia and a young woman who based her stage name on Snow White Letrsquos

meet these family-friendly artists shall we

Among the headliners ndash and the

one whose debut CD The Life amp Times of Jonny Valiant gave the tour

its name ndash is Jonathan McCollum better known by his stage handle Rittz (pictured) A rapper currently signed to Tech N9nersquos Strange Music label Rittz had a 2010 breakthrough on the Yelawolf song ldquoBox Chevyrdquo and has since gone on to demonstrate his vigorous rapid-fire technique on tracks such as ldquoBloody Murdahrdquo ldquoFar from a Bitchrdquo and ldquoI Donrsquot Give a F---rdquo with DJBoothnet saying that Rittz ldquomakes really good f---inrsquo musicrdquo Okay then Whorsquos next

Ah Itrsquos Jarren Benton another Georgia native who had a studio-album debut this year with My Grandmarsquos Basement ndash now thatrsquos family-friendly With BeatStarscom calling the CD ldquoan independent classicrdquo and Benton himself ldquodefinitely a star in the makingrdquo the rap artist has performed international tours throughout the United States Australia and Europe and his propulsive mix tapes and music videos feature such titles as ldquoHuffing Glue with Hasselhoffrdquo ldquoFreebasing with Kevin Baconrdquo ldquoWe on (My Own D---rdquo) All righty Moving right along

Now here we go Itrsquos Claudia Feliciano whose professional name is Snow Tha Product a

TheatreThe Prenzie Playersrsquo Two Gentlemen of VeronaQC Theatre WorkshopFriday December 6 through Saturday December 14

Following their first completely Bard-less season the verse-theatre talents of the

Prenzie Players return to their roots with one of Shakespearersquos fastest funniest comedies Two Gentlemen of Verona running at Davenportrsquos QC Theatre Workshop December 6 through 14

A farcical tale filled with romantic mix-ups action and to quote the film Shakespeare in Love

ldquoa bit with a dogrdquo Two Gentlemen of Verona is being directed by veteran Prenzie Player Andy Lord and finds troupe newcomer Joseph Curtiss among its performers continuing ndash for more than a decade now ndash the grouprsquos run of featuring at least one Prenzie newbie in each production

But beyond Curtiss the comedyrsquos cast will also boast 10 gifted actors familiar from their appearances in previous Prenzie outings If you know their work and know Two Gentlemen of Verona try guessing who plays which character in this latest endeavor (As usual with the Prenzies donrsquot let the rolesrsquo original genders mislead you

Two Gentlemen of Verona runs Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 pm and Sunday at 2 pm and more information and tickets are available by calling (309)278-8426 or visiting PrenziePlayerscom

Whatrsquos HappeninrsquoWhatrsquos Happeninrsquo

Answers 1 ndash E 2 ndash H 3 ndash G 4 ndash C 5 ndash F 6 ndash I 7 ndash A 8 ndash D 9 ndash J 10 ndash B That last one is ironic because Tracy Skaggs actually lives in Milan Of course itrsquos West Milan and itrsquos in Illinois not Italy and the city is pronounced ldquoMy-lunrdquo here but still Nutty coincidence huh

1) Kitty Israel2) Stephanie Moeller3) Catie Osborn4) Maggie Woolley5) Denise Yoder6) Andy Curtiss7) Andrew Koski8) Adam Michael Lewis9) Cole McFarren10) Tracy Skaggs

A) AntonioB) Duke of MilanC) JuliaD) LaunceE) LucettaF) PanthinoG) SilviaH) SpeedI) ThurioJ) Valentine


EventHandmade City Holiday 2013Davenport SkyBridgeSaturday December 7 10 am - 3 pm

The local arts-and-crafts collective Handmade City

has something special in store for holiday shoppers and window shoppers alike with the grouprsquos seventh area show Handmade City Holiday 2013 But a warning to you window shoppers Yoursquore gonna need a re-e-e-eally tall ladder

ldquoYeah itrsquos cool that wersquore in the Davenport SkyBridge for the third timerdquo says Handmade City arts-and-crafts director Rose Noble of the December 7 event ldquoI think more people should host stuff up there to be honestrdquo Of course if the group continues with the frequency of past shows ndash this is its third SkyBridge event of 2013 ndash more people might not get the chance to

Herself a local artisan Noble says Handmade City originated because ldquomy friend Leah [Sprott] and I noticed that the Quad Cities didnrsquot really have a craft show that sold the more traditional crafts we were making And surrounding areas like Chicago Madison and Iowa City seemed to have shows that were a bit pricey to apply for So we kind of wanted to have a show for all of our super-talented friends that was affordable and was able to give them a chance to sell more indie-craft artworkrdquo

Held at Theorsquos Java Club in December of

2010 Noble says ldquothe very first show we did we had 11 artists and I kind of had to beg a couple people to be in it lsquoCome on Itrsquoll be really coolrsquo But we ended up packed I had people sell out of things It was awesomerdquo

The following year when Handmade Cityrsquos show was held at Rozz-Tox ldquowe easily

had 35 people who applied And to me that made me feel like lsquoOkay other people are really wanting this around herersquo Word-of-mouth has really worked pretty well for usrdquo

Given Noblersquos description of the unique handmade items available for purchase and perusal itrsquos easy to guess why ldquoWe have everything from clothing to jewelry candles home deacutecor candy cupcakes Therersquos artwork prints letterpress stationery Pretty much anything you could think of And Handmade City will be doing gift wrap so people can get their presents wrapped there toordquo

Plus if past shows are any indication you should probably also expect some more unusual items ldquoOne time we had a guy who made little robot ornaments out of old batteries That was awesome and he actually had a deal where if you brought him old batteries yoursquod get a discount on whatever you were buyingrdquo Kinda hoping he returns on December 7 I just looked in my kitchen junk drawer and that man could decorate freakinrsquo Festival of Trees next yearFor more information on Handmade City Holiday 2013 visit Handmade-Citycom



moniker inspired by Disneyrsquos Snow White Whew A rap artist who just four weeks ago inspired FreeMusicEmpirecom to write ldquo2013 is better with Snow Tha Product in itrdquo the musicianrsquos complex yet catchy vocal and lyrical arrangements can be heard on such efforts as ldquoDrunk Loverdquo ldquoDamn Itrdquo ldquoCookie Cutter Bitchesrdquo ldquoHoly Sh--rdquo

Wow I shouldrsquove maybe done more research before also writing about A Fairy Tale Christmas on these pages huh

Fridayrsquos ldquoLife amp Times Tourrdquo performance features an opening set by AWTHNTKTS and more information on the night is available by calling (309)793-4060 or visiting RIBCOcom



MUSICSunday December 1 ndash Jim

McDonough Holiday Grande New stage production featuring the pianist and International Steinway Artist a 14-piece orchestra and a cast of singers and dancers performing Christmas music and other favorites Adler Theatre (136 East Third Street Davenport) 230 pm $35-40 For tickets call (800)745-3000 or visit AdlerTheatrecom

Friday December 6 and Saturday December 7 ndash Christmas at Augustana The Augustana Brass Ensemble Augustana Symphony Orchestra Augustana Choir Jenny Lind Vocal Ensemble Wennerberg Menrsquos Chorus Cantilena Augustana Ascension Ringers and others perform for the sixth-annual holiday concert Augustana Collegersquos Centennial Hall (3703 Seventh Avenue Rock Island) Friday 8 pm Saturday 4 pm $10-20 For tickets and information call (309)794-7306 or visit Augustanaedu

Saturday December 7 and Sunday December 8 ndash Quad City Symphony Orchestra The Masterworks III concerts featuring guest conductor Alasdair Neale

What Else Is Happeninrsquo

Whatrsquos Happeninrsquo by Mike Schulzmikercreadercom

Continued On Page 14Answers 1 ndash E 2 ndash H 3 ndash G 4 ndash C 5 ndash F 6 ndash I 7 ndash A 8 ndash D 9 ndash J 10 ndash B That last one is ironic because Tracy Skaggs actually lives in Milan Of course itrsquos West Milan and itrsquos in Illinois not Italy and the city is pronounced ldquoMy-lunrdquo here but still Nutty coincidence huh


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the percentage of literature and increasing informational texts as the student advances in grades The result of this according to language-arts academics is severely diminished critical-thinking skills that are specifically developed through exposure to literary texts

bull Common Core methodologies are so different that teachers require extensive re-training to implement the curriculum Teachersrsquo compensation will be tied to testing results

bull Common Core is not the product of legislative action It is being implemented solely through administrative procedure using federal dollars as the incentive for states to adopt its programming This is a monumental change in education policy yet state legislators had no say or oversight in its development or implementation Fifteen states are introducing legislation to remove Common Core from their schools including Michigan Georgia and North Carolina

bull School districts are technically not mandated to adopt Common Core because it is illegal for the federal government to involve itself in state school-curriculum testing It gets around this prohibition by allowing the states to determine proficiencies and then ties dollars to minimum proficiencies that incentivize lower standards

across the nation Because it is voluntary communities can engage and accept or reject Common Core according to their judgment But this requires that parents teachers and administrators fully investigate its merits or lack thereof

bull Common Core is basically a repackaging of George H Bushrsquos outcome-based education whose curriculum was resoundingly defeated when the Christian community rallied against it in the early 1990s The objections then were similar including an excessively intrusive government agenda pre-determining studentsrsquo career pathways and a disturbingly inappropriate focus on influencing studentsrsquo value systems at the expense of scholastic achievements Common Core is this same program on steroids because of the advances in technology and behavioral science and the increasing erosion of parentsrsquo rights Because Common Core is regulated via administrative procedure it is not answerable to the US Constitution Ponder that while you still have critical-thinking skills to do so

Please see this article online at RCReadercomycore for source links and reading recommendations on Common Core

and violinist Naha Greenholtz with a repertoire including Jennifer Higdonrsquos Pulitzer Prize-winning Violin Concerto and Rachmaninoffrsquos Symphony No 2 Saturday Adler Theatre (136 East Third Street Davenport) 730 pm Sunday Augustana Collegersquos Centennial Hall (3703 Seventh Avenue Rock Island) 2 pm $10-55 For tickets and information call (563)322-7276 or visit QCSymphonycom

Saturday December 7 ndash Casey Abrams Concert with the singersongwriter and American Idol finalist Augustana College Center for Student Life (639 38th Street Rock Island) 8 pm $10 For tickets and information call (309)794-7306 or visit Augustanaedu

Sunday December 8 ndash Pokey LaFarge Country-blues and early-jazz musician in concert with an opening set by The Tillers The Redstone Room (129 Main Street Davenport) 730 pm $8-10 For tickets and information call (563)326-1333 or visit RiverMusicExperienceorg

Sunday December 8 ndash An Ambrosian Christmas Concert featuring St Ambrose Universityrsquos

Chamber Singers University Chorale Symphonic Band SAU-Community Symphony Orchestra Jazz Ensemble STAMVOJA and Bee Sharp Adler Theatre (136 East Third Street Davenport) 7 pm $2-5 For tickets and information call (563)333-6251 or visit SAUedu

Tuesday December 10 ndash Branson on the Road Christmas Style Holiday concert of bluegrass rockabilly gospel and comedy with the touring performers Circa rsquo21 Dinner Playhouse (1828 Third Avenue Rock Island) 1130 am doors 1145 am-1245 pm plated lunch 1 pm show $4232 7 pm show $25-30 For tickets and information call (309)786-7733 extension 2 or visit Circa21com

THEATREThursday December 5 through

Sunday December 8 ndash A Christmas Survival Guide Quad City Music Guildrsquos musical-comedy revue about the most stressful time of the year directed by John Weigandt Prospect Park Auditorium (1584 34th Avenue Moline) Thursday-Saturday 730 pm

Sunday 2 pm $10-15 For tickets and information call (309)762-6610 or visit QCMusicGuildcom

Friday December 6 through Sunday December 15 ndash A Christmas Carol Tristan Tapscottrsquos and Danny Whitersquos adaptation of Charles Dickensrsquo holiday classic District Theatre (1611 Second Avenue Rock Island) Thursdays-Saturdays 8 pm Sundays 2 pm $20 For tickets and information call (309)235-1654 or visit DistrictTheatrecom

Saturday December 7 and Sunday December 8 ndash Toy Camp Toy-themed family musical directed by Corinne Johnson St Ambrose Universityrsquos Galvin Fine Arts Center (2101 Gaines Street Davenport) 3 pm $7-8 For tickets and information call (563)333-6251 or visit SAUedu

Wednesday December 11 through Sunday December 15 ndash A Green River Returning-soldier drama by Aaron Randolph III directed by Philip Wm McKinley Augustana Collegersquos Potter Theatre (3701 Seventh Avenue Rock Island) Wednesday-Saturday 730 pm Sunday 130 pm $9-11 For tickets and

information call (309)794-7306 or visit Augustanaedutickets

HOLIDAY EVENTSFriday November 29 ndash Bottoms Up

Quad City Burlesque Christmas Show Holiday-themed evening with the area burlesque artists and comedians Circa rsquo21 Speakeasy (1818 Third Avenue Rock Island) 8 pm $10 plus an unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots For tickets and information call (309)786-7733 extension 2 or visit Circa21com

Sunday December 1 ndash 19th Century Christmas Annual event featuring live music festive holiday trimmings and homespun arts and crafts Butterworth Center (1105 Eighth Street Moline) Noon-5 pm Free admission For information call (309)743-2700 or visit ButterworthCentercom

Friday December 6 ndash Gallery Hop Seasonal event featuring art exhibits presentations discounts and more at numerous downtown locales The District of Rock Island For information call (309)788-6311 or visit RIDistrictcom

Continued From Page 13


even if the answer is incorrect If a student can make a case for 2 times 2 equals 5 the student is considered successful in the lesson regardless that the answer is wrong ldquoFaction writingrdquo allows the student to use a combination of facts and fiction in writing research papersessays on factualhistorical events As long as the process is believable the work is acceptable regardless if facts are wrong or nonexistent Common Corersquos deliberate departure from empirical answers as the primary objective in learning is arguably irrational and potentially dooms students to an inferior knowledge base

bull One of the architects of Common Core David Coleman is also the president of the College Board which provides the SAT college-entrance tests ensuring that curricula will have to conform to Common Core for students to score well on the SATs

bull Common Core testing is actually data-mining that instead of testing what students actually know tests for beliefs attitudes habits and actions

bull Cursive writing is eliminated from the Common Core curriculum

bull Reading requirements are based on a percentage ratio of literature (fiction poetry) to informational texts (nonfiction) decreasing


the organization had no standing (EPICorgapaferpa)

bull Schools can collect and distribute a massive amount of private data without parentsrsquo permission

bull The Family Educational Rights amp Privacy Act (FERPA) protects student information from being shared in the same way the Health Insurance Portability amp Accountability Act (HIPAA) protects health information However Common Core has been given an exemption from FERPA allowing schools to share student information with multiple governmental agencies (even across state borders) and private-sector corporations

bull Common Core programming provides for intensive surveillance of students while at school ndash including cameras in the classroom wrist sensors chair sensors and mouse sensors ndash to collect physical and psychological data for specific types of academic and labor-related profiling

bull The Common Core curriculum replaces learning fundamentals (reading writing arithmetic critical-thinking skills) with an experimental focus on ldquoprocessesrdquo For example ldquoestimative mathrdquo is concerned with the studentrsquos thought process in deriving an answer

Under the Radar Common Core in Our Schools by Kathleen McCarthy

kmrcreadercomWORDS FROM THE EDITOR


even something as specific as a single line reading that made you sit up and go ldquoWhoardquo

The deadline for inclusion in the Readerrsquos collaborative Year in Theatre project is Monday December 16 at 5 pm Please send contributions to mikercreadercom with the subject heading ldquoYear in Theatrerdquo and please include a daytime phone number

A number of chosen selections will appear in the online version of the article and from those wersquoll also choose a couple dozen or so to publish in the Readerrsquos December 26 print edition

A full list of eligible titles can be found in the online version of this article at RCReadercomy2013theatre and we thank you very much in advance for your involvement Wersquore psyched to hear what everyone has to say

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The past three Decembers theatre reviewer Thom White and I have wrapped up the Readerrsquos annual

stage coverage with published conversa-tions on the year rife with opinions on local plays and musicals enjoyed (and sometimes not) But this time we want to hear from you

So this December in lieu of another Thom-and-Mike chat the River Citiesrsquo Reader is planning to publish what local theatre-goers and theatre participants found memorable about our arearsquos 2013 stage scene Your stipulations for sharing are

1) Your contributions must come in at 100 words or fewer

2) Your contributions can only be about stage works in which you were not personally involved (For the

Seeking Contributions to ldquoThe Year in Theatre 2013 Community ProjectrdquoTHEATRE

artistic directors among you this means sticking with shows that took place in venues other than your own)

Wersquore hoping especially for contributions that suggest just how thrilling the stage can be ndash shows or performances or details or weird and wonderful accidents that made you go ldquoThis is why I love theatrerdquo Allow Thom and I to offer two of our own

Thom ldquoAmong the theatrical elements that stick out in my mind from this past year is the wash of blood that poured over Lucy after the Count bit her in Ballet Quad Citiesrsquo Dracula While blood is to be expected in any representation of the story the release of this thick ribbon of red was a shock ndash the climax of a sensual encounter between the two characters and effectively disturbing for the sudden release of blood and the believability of

its look This frightful moment was truly a bit of theatrical magicrdquo

Mike ldquoI was at Countryside Community Theatrersquos Les Miseacuterables the night a storm knocked out the power in Eldridge causing the performance unfortunately to be canceled after 25 minutes But before everyone was sent home the cast ndash with no functioning stage lights ndash took the stage for the rousing Act I closer lsquoOne Day Morersquo and as a parting gift sang the absolute hell out of that thing uniting actors musicians crew and audience in a gloriously unplanned spectacle that earned an incredibly sincere hugely deserved standing ovation Canceled show or not it was unforgettable theatrerdquo

Those are our fewer-than-100 but feel free to use your words to discuss several shows or several individuals or

RiverCitiesReadercom


thinking about the face of Chiwetel Ejiofor For much of the movie the actor is asked to convey unspeakable outrage and anger literally without speaking and the burning ferocity in Ejioforrsquos eyes makes even Ridleyrsquos smart beautifully literate dialogue borderline-irrelevant After however Solomon surreptitiously tells the story of his capture and enslavement to Pittrsquos plantation visitor Bass with the latter stating that hersquoll ldquodo what he canrdquo to get word of Solomonrsquos plight to his family McQueen gives us a scene ndash a single shot actually ndash in which Solomon stares toward the camera for a full minute while quiet thunder rumbles ominously in the background Itrsquos a moment that could be easily mistaken for a throwaway narratively speaking it doesnrsquot look like anything is really happening in it But as the shot continues with Ejioforrsquos eyes slowly brimming with tears we gradually realize that itrsquos not that nothing is happening itrsquos that Solomon is listening for something and not necessarily for the stormrsquos arrival

Could it be the help that Bass vowed to provide Could it be Epps learning of Solomonrsquos treachery Could it be God answering an unspoken prayer These and numerous other options are seen in the tender ravaged landscape of Solomonrsquos face and without making any kind of showy deal of the moment Ejiofor suggests all of them with a nearly unblinking expression of torment suffused with an unmistakable measure of hope itrsquos a staggering brief scene and perhaps the richest piece of acting within Ejioforrsquos almost impossibly great performance (At present only Cate Blanchettrsquos Blue Jasmine turn would rival it for the title of 2013rsquos finest) It might appear to be one of those movies you go to more out of duty (or possibly guilt) than genuine desire but I urge you not to miss 12 Years a Slave There will no doubt be times you find yourself not wanting to be there You need to be there And afterward you may even find yourself wantingneeding to be there again

For reviews of Delivery Man Enough Said Dallas Buyers Club The Best Man Holiday and other current releases visit RiverCitiesReadercom

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Kat-and-Mouse Gameby Mike Schultz

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part three I just wish I didnrsquot leave this professionally rendered narratively ho-hum Hunger Games endeavor thinking the Catching in its title wasnrsquot accidentally replaced by Lacking

12 YEARS A SLAVEItrsquos impossible to imagine any viewer

of director Steve McQueenrsquos 12 Years a Slave not haunted for hours if not days or weeks by its potent frequently horrific imagery Be it the protracted sight of protagonist Solomon Northrup hanging from a tree his wiggling toes barely touching the dirt or the early shot of Northrup caged in a Washington DC prison with the camera slowly tilting upward to implicate Capitol Hill in his (and all slavesrsquo) ordeal McQueen continually delivers wrenching visual representations to match this already-wrenching tale Yet if pressed for the one image that I find lingering above all others in this magnificent devastating film it would simply be the face of Chiwetel Ejiofor who in one unbroken take near the finale almost seems to encapsulate hundreds of years of

injustice in one anguished stare

Unless for some strange reason yoursquove heard that the movie is bad probably everything yoursquove heard about 12 Years a Slave is true This factual tale of Solomon Northrup ndash a prosperous Northern violinist (played by Ejiofor) who in 1841 was kidnapped sold into slavery and made to endure a dozen hellish years toiling on a series of Southern plantations ndash is oftentimes painful to watch featuring brutal depictions of the loathsome conditions and loathsome people Solomon and countless others were forced to suffer under McQueenrsquos and screenwriter John Ridleyrsquos considerable artistry however makes the film if not an easy sit at least a consistently gripping one and one could hardly find fault with the exemplary production design or near-

ceaseless parade of outstanding performances (Only the overly laid-back readings of Brad Pitt who shows up toward the end as a sympathetic Canadian and virtual deus ex machina seem

somewhat anachronistic)Time and again in 12 Years a Slave

McQueen and his on- and off-screen collaborators offer sights sounds and actions that you feel might be burnished in your memory forever An inebriated and confused Solomon after a happy night drinking with presumed patrons of the arts waking to find his wrists and ankles shackled The sadistic alcoholic plantation owner Epps (Michael Fassbender transfixing and terrifying) walking Solomon into the night his lantern creating an incongruously warm glow beneath the manrsquos nightmarish whispered threats Eppsrsquo monstrous wife Mary (a rigid superb Sarah Paulson) casually lifting a heavy glass decanter and bouncing it off the forehead of her husbandrsquos favored slave Patsey (the luminous and heartbreaking Lupita Nyongrsquoo) And as he also demonstrated in his previous films Hunger and Shame McQueen has a true genius for sustained shots some lasting for minutes on end that draw you in with a staggering hypnotic pull In one sequence here Epps forces Solomon to whip Patsey for her insubordination and it isnrsquot until this aching bloody spectacle is nearly over that you realize why (beyond the obvious) itrsquos so particularly harrowing As operated by the marvelous cinematographer Sean Bobbitt McQueenrsquos circling camera never flinches from the pain the shot demands that we take in Solomonrsquos mortification and self-loathing and Patseyrsquos broken body and spirit without edits providing any desperately wanted yet inaccessible emotional distancing ldquoYou think watching this is toughrdquo McQueen may as well be asking ldquoImagine living itrdquo

And yet for all of the moviersquos memorable images and dramatic urgency and sterling portrayals (I havenrsquot even mentioned the pitch-perfect character work provided by Paul Giamatti Benedict Cumberbatch Paul Dano Garrett Dillahunt and the beyond-sublime Alfre Woodard) I canrsquot stop

Michael Fassbender and Chiwetel Ejiofor in12 Years a Slave

MOVIES


elaborate passages in the solo violinThe third movement called ldquoFly

Forwardrdquo is a lively finale that Higdon wrote ldquoallows the soloist to delight the audience with feats of great virtuosityrdquo

Like many composers Higdon was inspired to write the concerto for a specific player Hilary Hahn a violin student in Higdonrsquos 20th Century Music class had a penchant for what Higdon called ldquoexploring and discovering new musical languages and stylesrdquo The collaboration expanded the role of the soloist creating extended phrases of elaborately ornamented lines that swirl around the slower-moving accompaniment or thematic statements in the orchestra Now a professional soloist Hahn has championed the concerto in both concert halls and recordings

The Times of London concisely distilled the concerto by noting that ldquoHigdonrsquos work is traditionally rooted yet imbued with integrity freshness and a desire to entertain A promising mixturerdquo

For me in the beginning it was a thousand pieces of string dangling without form or logic leading some place I had never been But when it was over Higdon had artfully crocheted a wedding dress of music and all I could do was sit back and try to take in the marvelousness of it

Jennifer Higdonrsquos Violin Concerto will be paired with Rachmaninoff rsquos Symphony No 2 at the Quad City Symphonyrsquos concerts on December 7 (at the Adler Theatre) and 8 (at Augustana Collegersquos Centennial Hall) For tickets or more information visit QCSymphonycom

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



Nontraditional Traditionby Mike Schultz

mikercreadercomTHEATRE

stuff and you have to be on cue and itrsquos led to lots of I donrsquot know a lot more bonding between usrdquo

ldquoAnd therersquos some fantastic music in thisrdquo says Jaci ldquoand a number of songs that everybodyrsquos gonna recognize Although maybe not quite like thisrdquo

She isnrsquot kidding A Christmas Survival Guidersquos song list does for instance boast the holiday perennial ldquo12 Days of Christmasrdquo In this version however itrsquos titled ldquo12 Steps of Christmasrdquo with its singer looking forward to receiving ldquothe serenity to accept the things I cannot change the courage to change the

things I can and the wisdom to know the differencerdquo ldquoa session with my therapist Tedrdquo and from her sponsor ldquofi-i-ive smoki-i-ing pa-a-atchesrdquo

And while the traditionally mellow ldquoSilver Bellsrdquo may start much like you remember it the song here quickly morphs into a far more manic serenade to holiday-shopping madness

ldquoAll of a suddenrdquo says John ldquoit becomes about the sounds and sights and smells that are literally assaulting you all at once

during the holiday seasonrdquo Chuckling he adds ldquoYeah lsquoSilver Bellsrsquo kind of goes off the tracksrdquo

ldquoI really like Johnrsquos premiserdquo says Sondgeroth of A Christmas Survival Guide ldquoin that itrsquos like one of those old-school lsquoThe Julie Andrews Christmas Hourrsquo things where itrsquos kind of song song song but then there are these fun little vignettes added in And even though itrsquos not a known classic there are definitely things in it both funny and touching Anybody that has experienced the

holidays is going to be able to relate to it in many waysrdquo

Quad City Music Guildrsquos A Christmas Survival Guide runs December 5 through 8 at the Prospect Park Auditorium (1584 34th Avenue Moline) with Thursday through Saturday performances at 730 pm and Sundayrsquos performance at 2 pm For more information and tickets call (309)762-6610 or visit QCMusicGuildcom

Compelling MysteryMUSIC by Frederick Morden

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yourself a ring didnrsquot work and why you felt ldquoundervalued and ashamedrdquo when your boyfriend got down on one knee but only so he could plug in a moderately priced kitchen appliance and propose ldquoHow rsquobout we put stale bread cubes on sticks and dunk rsquoem in melted cheeserdquo

Being too needy to live alone is reason to get a dog or paste a face on your robot vacuum cleaner not rush into a lifelong commitment The way to figure this out is by spending time together without living together until hersquos ready to commit or yoursquore ready to throw in the towel But pick a date to take stock of whether progress is being made so you arenrsquot hanging on endlessly As they say in the fondue world there comes a time when a guy needs to either dip or get off the pot

Paradise LustI want to break up with my girlfriend but

we are supposed to go to Costa Rica and have already paid for the house wersquore renting for the month with her friends Is it ridiculous to wait rsquotil after Costa Rica to break up

ndash I Sound Like a Jerk

When you put off canceling a relationship to avoid canceling your vacation even posing for photos can get complicated You might find yourself trying to put a native person or pre-Columbian artifact between the two of you to avoid blurting out ldquoHey can you stand a little farther away from me Itrsquoll make it way easier to crop you outrdquo Unfortunately you canrsquot do much to cushion the blow when she invariably squeezes out of you that you stuck around long after you stopped loving her which will make her feel stupid and humiliated in addition to the usual fun feelings that come with being dumped Barring some immediate need for your emotional support (like your partnerrsquos grandmarsquos impending funeral or bail hearing) the kindest thing you can do is break up as soon as you know itrsquos over ndash even if it bummers up your travel plans and means yoursquoll eat some costs Letting your girlfriend go without you to Costa Rica might allow her to look back fondly on both the relationship and the vacation ndash in a way she couldnrsquot if she were flipping through her trip photos saying ldquoAnd this is the guy who wanted nothing to do with me kissing me under a jungle waterfallrdquo

Got A Problem Ask Amy Alkon171 Pier Ave 280 Santa Monica CA 90405

or e-mail AdviceAmyaolcom (AdviceGoddesscom)copy2013 Amy Alkon all rights reserved

Ask the Advice Goddess BY AMY ALKON

Took the Wind Out of Her Zales

Around Valentinersquos Day my beloved boyfriend of a year kept hinting about a big surprise Hersquod been talking about moving in with me and I was expecting a proposal and a ring I got a fondue pot I have two children and apparently the idea that a man should put a ring on a womanrsquos finger before moving in with her and her kids He said hersquod propose when he was ready Then by accident (I think) he left his Amazoncom page open on my computer showing the tackiest cheapest ring in the world and a pocketknife for himself (which cost more than the ring) I told him to move in and forget the ring I bought myself a ring but that didnrsquot work I felt undervalued and ashamed We fought often and he ended up moving out He wants me back but I donrsquot want to live with him without the stupid ring Wersquore both too needy to live apart Can we salvage this

ndash Heartbroken Mama

The man you love did give you a shiny object that you could show off to the girls at the office even if the admiring remarks you were hoping for werenrsquot ldquoLook at that thing Itrsquos twice the size of Mirandarsquos Crock-Potrdquo and ldquoOoh is that stainless steelrdquo

Diamond engagement rings can seem like a completely stupid thing to want Theyrsquore absurdly expensive and hard to tell from lab-created rings available at a fraction of the cost And what good are they really As evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller jokes in The Mating Mind ldquoWhy should a man give a woman a useless diamond engagement ring when he could buy her a nice big potato which she could at least eatrdquo

Well the answer is that men can walk away after sex and women may walk away with a bunch of little mouths to drag around and feed so women evolved to seek reliable signs that a man has access to resources and a willingness to provide them Any hump-rsquoem-and-dump-rsquoem smooth talker can make promises The most reliable signs of commitment are those economists call ldquocostly signalsrdquo meaning that they require substantial effort or financial investment and are therefore difficult to fake Basically only a guy whorsquos madly in love with you would be willing to prove it with an object as wildly expensive and useless as a diamond Thatrsquos why buying


elevated capacity for both giving and receiving pleasure In fact I predict that your ability to feel really good and make other people feel really good will be at a peak I hereby designate this the Week of Supreme Bliss

VIRGO (August 23-September 22) The BBC reported on an expert who combs Switzerlandrsquos Risoud Forest to

find the spruce trees whose wood can be made into the highest quality violins After years of experience Lorenzo Pellegrini knows which few trees will produce instruments with the most resonant tones They grow slowly and have few knots They need to have had enough water to grow strong but not so much water that theyrsquore mushy Your task in the coming weeks Virgo has a certain resemblance to the master tree-pickerrsquos work Itrsquos time for you to start selecting and gathering the raw materials you will use to craft your own lyrical story in 2014

LIBRA (September 23-October 22) Herersquos the bad news For all of us

including you there is a gap between our intentions and our actual effects Herersquos the good news Now is your special time to narrow that gap More bad news All of us you included are periodically guilty of sending out mixed messages We confuse people with our ambivalence what we say is sometimes different from what we feel More good news Now is your special time to reduce your mixed messages to as close to zero as possible One more taste of bad news Like all of us you are a bit hypocritical You engage in behavior that you criticize in others You donrsquot practice what you preach One last piece of good news Now is your special time to work on being forthright genuine and consistent

SCORPIO (October 23-November 21) ldquoI am very fond of strawberries and creamrdquo said author Dale Carnegie

ldquobut I have found that for some strange reason fish prefer worms So when I went fishing I didnrsquot think about what I wanted I thought about what they wanted I didnrsquot bait the hook with strawberries and cream Rather I dangled a worm or grasshopper in front of the fishrdquo Thatrsquos a good teaching story for you Scorpio In order to get your desires fulfilled by the people who have the power to do that you should give them what they actually long for ndash not what you long for or what you wish they would long for This is always true of course but itrsquos especially applicable to whatrsquos going on in your life right now

SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21) Touted as a prime source of ldquokick-ass spiritualityrdquo author

Danielle LaPorte has advice thatrsquos good for you to hear ldquoYou will always be too much of something for someonerdquo she says ldquotoo big too loud too soft too edgyrdquo But thatrsquos exactly as it should be she adds It would be a mistake to ldquoround out your edgesrdquo because then you would ldquolose your edgerdquo

Go to RealAstrologycom to check out Rob Brezsnys EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES

amp DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPESThe audio horoscopes are also available by phone at

1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob BrezsnyARIES (March 21-April 19) Thinking inside the box will be a crime against your nature in the coming weeks

The last place you want to be is in a pigeonhole I advise you to stay far away from tight squeezes claustrophobic ldquosanctuariesrdquo and ldquoconvenientrdquo confinements If yoursquore in a one-size-fits-all situation you simply wonrsquot be able to access your highest intelligence So then where should you be I am rooting for you to wander into the wild frontiers where unsanctioned wonders and marvels await you Irsquod love for you to find virgin terrain and uncharted territories where the boring old rules donrsquot apply

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Mike Finnigan is a veteran keyboardist and blues vocalist who has toured with more

than 20 major acts including Jimi Hendrix Etta James Leonard Cohen and Los Lonely Boys Therersquos a primal quality to his singing Itrsquos gritty and fluid and tempestuous almost feral at times I understand perfectly why Bonnie Raitt has called him a ldquotall drink of baconrdquo The sound he makes with his voice is that lush and tasty Can you guess his astrological sign Itrsquos Taurus of course Irsquom naming him your patron saint this week because you yourself are as close as you have ever come to being a tall drink of bacon

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) French painter Henri Matisse thought highly of his own work He tended to ignore critics

because he didnrsquot think they understood his art well enough to produce intelligent critiques There was one person whose opinion he was willing to heed though ndash a single colleague who he said had earned to right to evaluate and assess his art Pablo Picasso I encourage you Gemini to come up with your own short list of people whose judgment you totally trust and respect Itrsquos a good time to seek out their feedback on how yoursquore doing

CANCER (June 21-July 22) How is it possible that you have come so far and worked so diligently only to be resigned

now to hanging out in limbo waiting around for the lucky break that may or may not ever arrive Irsquom here today to escort you out of this infernal place If you resist my assignment is to drag you out Why am I so adamant Because I am sure itrsquos a mistake for you to be passive and hope for the best You need to resume working diligently focused for now on whatrsquos right in front of you without worrying too much about the big picture In my opinion that approach will lead you to unforeseen help ndash and a clarification of the big picture

LEO (July 23-August 22) Your levels of personal magic are high The radiance beaming out of your eyes is extra sparkly

Therersquos an artistry to the way you are expressing yourself Without even trying yoursquore exuding natural charisma and animal magnetism In light of all these advantages I suspect you will have an

And Irsquom here to tell you that you need all of your edge right now Sagittarius Itrsquos time to ignore peoplersquos mediocre expectations and push past their limits To be true to yourself you will probably have to be too much of something for several someones

CAPRICORN (December 22-January 19) Going into my spiritual mentoring session with the priestess I had the

intention of discovering truths about myself I didnrsquot know before That meant stirring up revelations about my ignorance as well as my potentials I wanted assistance in facing my flaws as well as in tapping into my dormant powers It worked Her guidance was a potent catalyst I was able to shed the debilitating nonsense stories Irsquod been telling myself about who I am I awakened strengths that had been asleep What I wish for you Capricorn ndash indeed what I predict for you ndash is a comparable experience To expedite matters go out in search of a person adventure or breakthrough that can help provide you with the kind of prod I received

AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18) I bet people will be gossiping about you more than usual Is there

anything you can do to ensure that itrsquos mostly benevolent gossip Yes there is First make sure that when you gossip about others you are unfailingly positive in your comments If you donrsquot have anything good to say about someone donrsquot say it Second be on your best behavior Communicate clearly and donrsquot even think about taking unethical shortcuts Finally contribute more inspirational energy than usual to every group yoursquore part of Be an effervescent team player

PISCES (February 19-March 20) Maybe your ego isnrsquot big enough Irsquom serious Is it possible that you could benefit

from being more proud of yourself Would it be healthy for you to give yourself more credit for the struggles you have weathered and the skills you have mastered and the beauty you have managed to forge out of the chaotic raw materials that life has given you Irsquove got a good feeling about this Pisces I can imagine you summoning the playful courage you will need to express more confidence I can even picture you beginning to fantasize about embarking on certain stirring adventures yoursquove never believed you were strong enough to try before now Homework What part of you is too tame How can you inspire it to seek wilder ways of knowing Write FreeWillAstrologycom


Nov 14 Answers RightHOWrsquoS THAT AGAIN November 27 2013

ACROSS1 Kind of woody fiber5 _ _ nothing10 Bilborsquos nephew15 Old Hebrew instrument19 Love personified20 Soft in music21 Less done22 Source of inspiration23 Start of a quip by 63-Across 3 wds25 Giraffid animal26 ldquoThin Manrdquo canine27 Awards28 Committee30 Britrsquos ciggy32 Colleen33 Jansch and Convy34 House for a cleric35 Pas de deux37 Kind of gun38 Japanese sport39 Mil rank42 Flees43 Container44 Part 2 of quip 3 wds47 Some colonists48 Start of a palindrome50 Jot51 Manage to live52 Part of Scand53 Daughter of Lear55 Letters56 Struck57 Harsh sounding59 Andre _ Chenier61 Son of Judah62 Cavity in rock63 Speaker of the quip 2 wds67 Nonsense68 Little bit70 Horse on a track71 A flower 2 wds75 ldquo_ Came a Spiderrdquo77 SSW or NNE eg78 French explorer81 Whey-faced82 _ a deux83 Within Prefix85 Part of 100-Across

86 Heal87 Part 3 of quip 3 wds90 French article91 Rec room game92 Admissions test93 Birds the class94 Bury96 Role in ldquoLohengrinrdquo97 After99 Consternation100 Sch in Annapolis102 Customize104 Ship part105 Make rough109 Reasonerrsquos word110 Place of assembly112 End of the quip114 Yearn115 Looked116 Stun gun117 Romney and Radcliffe118 Phooey119 Destroy by degrees120 Cache121 _ -majesteDOWN1 Thai money2 Pt of CSA Abbr3 Manhattan neighborhood4 Three siblings sometimes5 Orbital point6 Still _ (paintings)7 ldquo_ and the Real Girlrdquo8 Yoko _9 Cavorted10 Seat location 2 wds11 Libertines12 Nuncupative13 EPA cousin14 Paper-folding art15 Collect16 Power-line supports 2 wds17 Bone Prefix18 Raise24 ldquo_ What Friends Are Forrdquo29 Bedouin31 Battery terminals33 Elephant in juvenile tales34 Essentials

35 Patron36 Form of invisible radiation 2 wds37 Coarse38 Eye injury40 _ del Sol41 Repeatedly42 Ka-boom43 Sour45 A possessive46 Breed of horned sheep48 Cal abbr49 Comedian of a kind53 Spear for fish54 Sticker58 Root veggie60 Published again64 Thinks65 Country star _ Brooks66 Reference book67 ldquoNorma _rdquo68 Handles69 Stadium in Oahu72 Annex73 North Pole denizen74 Termini76 Legato anagram77 Discourage79 City on the Willamette River80 Affirm84 Amorous look86 Kind of tropical fever88 Mean89 Catch91 Star in Cygnus95 Rewards for a pooch98 Bitter _99 Made public100 Conductor of a kind101 Tapering part102 Race103 Medieval chest for riches104 Famed clown105 Lhasa _106 First-rate107 Casks108 _ est percipi111 Needlefish113 Beer or bath

November 14 Crossword Answers


Live Music Live Music Live Music Email all listings to calendarrcreadercom bull Deadline 5 pm Thursday before publication

Milky Way CD Release Show- Errol Hem - Hyphon - Molly Conrad - Jus-tin Means -Bier Stube Moline Black-hawk Room 417 15th St Moline IL

Mixology -Gabersquos 330 E Washington St Iowa City IA

Night People -Wild Rose Casino amp Resort 311 Riverview Dr Clinton IA

North of 40 -Wildwood Smokehouse amp Saloon 4919 B Walleye Dr Iowa City IA

Paul Franklin (530pm) - Funktastic Five (830pm) -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA

Powell -Rustic Ridge Golf Course Grille amp Pub 1151 East Iowa St Eldridge IA

Propaganda -Fargo Dance amp Sports 4204 Avenue of the Cities Moline IL

Southern Thunder Karaoke and DJ -Hollarrsquos Bar and Grill 4050 27th St Moline IL

The Return of the Hawk - Cur tis Hawkins amp Friends -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bettendorf IA

Nitrix -Rudyrsquos Sports Bar amp Grill 117 N Prospect St Cambridge IL

North of 40 -Martinirsquos on the Rock 4619 34th St Rock Island IL

Pieta Brown -Englert Theatre 221 East Washington St Iowa City IA


Radoslav Lorkovic CD Release Show -CSPSLegion Arts 1103 3rd St SE Cedar Rapids IA

Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar (7pm) -Phoenix 111 West 2nd St Davenport IA

Soul Phlegm - Aitas - Doctor Murdock - The Evan Stock Band -Iowa City Yacht Club 13 S Linn St Iowa City IA

Stayinrsquo Alive A Tribute to the BeeGees -Quad-Cities Waterfront Conven-tion Center 1777 Isle Parkway Bet-tendorf IA

The Modern Era -RIBCO 1815 2nd Ave Rock Island IL

Todd Wolfe Band -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bettendorf IA

Wild Oatz -Purgatoryrsquos Pub 2104 State St Bettendorf IA

20131201 (Sun)

ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA

Central Standard Time christmastime -Coralville Center for the Performing Arts 1301 5th St Coralville IA

Detroit Larry Davison and Chris Avey (6pm) -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bettendorf IA

Freddie Steenbock Duo (8am) -Daven-port American Legion 702 W 35th St Davenport IA

Holiday Zither Concer t -German American Heritage Center 712 W 2nd St Davenport IA

20131127 (Wed)

Acoustic Jam Night w Steve Mc-Fate -McManus Pub 1401 7th Ave Moline IL

Burlington Street Bluegrass Band -The Mill 120 E Burlington Iowa City IA

Chuck Murphy -Daiquiri Factory 1809 2nd Ave Rock Island IL

Cody Road -Jessersquos Saloon 803 1st Ave Silvis IL

Corporate Rock -Plamor Bowling Alley 1411 Grandview Ave Muscatine IA

Cross Creek Karaoke -Herorsquos Pub 3811 N Harrison St Davenport IA

Cross Creek Karaoke -La Hacienda 120 Main St Columbus Junction IA

DJ Joe Tingle -Barrel House Moline 1321 5th Ave Moline IL

Glenn Hickson (530pm) -Leersquos Lanes 925 S Oakwood Ave Geneseo IL

Ho Le Tuy amp Winnie Duy Uyen -River-side Casino and Golf Resort 3184 Highway 22 Riverside IA

Jam Session w Ben Soltau -Iowa City Yacht Club 13 S Linn St Iowa City IA

Karaoke Night w Fat Dawgs Produc-tions -QC Family Entertainment Center 4401 44th Ave Moline IL

Keller Karaoke -Martinirsquos on the Rock 4619 34th St Rock Island IL

Lynn Allen -Purgatoryrsquos Pub 2104 State St Bettendorf IA

Minus Six CD Release Party -RIBCO 1815 2nd Ave Rock Island IL

North of 40 -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA

Open Mic Night -Booziersquos Bar amp Grill 114 12 W 3rd St Davenport IA

Open Mic Night w Dave Ellis -Bleyartrsquos Tap 2210 E 11th St Davenport IA

Rude Punch -Barrel House 211 211 E 2nd St Davenport IA

Cross Creek Karaoke -Stickmanrsquos 1510 N Harrison St Davenport IA

Doug Miller - American Dust - Brooks Strause -Rozz-Tox 2108 3rd Ave Rock Island IL

Family Groove Company - The Dawn -The Redstone Room 129 Main St Davenport IA

Geoff Landon -Riverside Casino and Golf Resort 3184 Highway 22 Riv-erside IA

Karaoke King -Chuckrsquos Tap 1731 W 6th St Davenport IA

Koobyrsquos Karaoke -Funky Desi 1409 5th Ave Moline IL

Life amp Times Tour featuring Rittz - Snow The Product - Jarren Benton - AWTHNTKTS -RIBCO 1815 2nd Ave Rock Island IL

Lynn Allen Throw Back DVD Release Night -Rascals Live 1418 15th St Moline IL

Winterland -Iowa City Yacht Club 13 S Linn St Iowa City IA

20131130 (Sat)

ABC Karaoke -Creekside Bar and Grill 3303 Brady St Davenport IA

Chuck Murphy -Barrel House 211 211 E 2nd St Davenport IA

Cody Road -Wildwood Smokehouse amp Saloon - Iowa City 4919 B Walleye Dr SE Iowa City IA

Community Drum Circle (1030am) -RME (River Music Experience) 131 W 2nd St Davenport IA

Cosmic -Mound Street Landing 1029 Mound St Davenport IA

Crosstown Collision - Fairhaven - Run amp Punch - The Suites -Rozz-Tox 2108 3rd Ave Rock Island IL

DJ K -Funky Desi 1409 5th Ave Mo-line IL

Funktastic Five -Rascals Live 1418 15th St Moline IL

Guy Drollinger amp Gary Mortensen -Uptown Billrsquos Coffee House 730 S Dubuque St Iowa City IA

Jason Carl amp the Whole Damn Band -11th Street Precinct 2108 E 11th St Davenport IA

Joe Tingle -Barrel House Moline 1321 5th Ave Moline IL


Karaoke Night -Headquarters Bar amp Grill 119 E 22nd Ave Coal Valley IL

Karen Michael (6pm) - Simon Says Uncle (9pm) -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA

Kentucky Headhunters (8pm) - Geoff Landon (945pm) -Riverside Casino and Golf Resort 3184 Highway 22 Riverside IA

Lyle Beaver Trio -Walcott Coliseum 116 E Bryant St Walcott IA

The Chris amp Wes Show -Mound Street Landing 1029 Mound St Daven-port IA

The Hooks -Rascals Live 1418 15th St Moline IL

Them SomrsquoBitches - Idpyramid - Erin Moore -Bier Stube Moline Blackhawk Room 417 15th St Moline IL

Wicked Liz amp the Bellyswirls -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bet-tendorf IA

20131128 (Thu)

DJ amp Karaoke Night -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA

Double Dz Karaoke -Purgatoryrsquos Pub 2104 State St Bettendorf IA

Jam Sessions with John OrsquoMeara amp Friends -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bettendorf IA

Karaoke Night -Crabbyrsquos Bar amp Grill 826 W 1st Ave Coal Valley IL


Open Mic Night -Uptown Billrsquos Coffee House 730 S Dubuque St Iowa City IA

Open Mic Night w Karl -Kilkennyrsquos 300 W 3rd St Davenport IA

Reggae Night w Two Peace -Rookies 2818 N Brady St Davenport IA

20131129 (Fri)

ABC Karaoke -Circle Tap 1345 Locust St Davenport IA


Big Joersquos DJ amp Karaoke Show -VFW Post 9128 2814 State Street Bet-tendorf IA

Chuck Murphy -Longshots Bar amp Grill 3312 W Rock Falls Rd Cedar Falls IL

Jim McDonough Adler Theatre ndash December 1


29FRIDAY

28THURSDAY

30 30SATURDAY

1SUNDAY

27WEDNESDAY



Jim McDonough Holiday Grande 2013 (230pm) -Adler Theatre 136 E 3rd St Davenport IA

Karaoke Night -The Torchlight Lounge 1800 18th Ave East Moline IL

Midnite Riders (5pm) -East Moline American Legion 829 16th Avenue East Moline IL

Open Mic Afternoon (3pm) -Mama Comp-tonrsquos 1725 2nd Ave Rock Island IL

Soul Karaoke -Top Shelf Lounge 1327 13th Ave East Moline IL

Sunday Funday Karaoke (3pm) -Frickrsquos Tap 1402 W 3rd St Davenport IA

Sunday Jazz Brunch (1030am amp 1230pm) -Bix Bistro 200 E 3rd St Davenport IA

Troy Harris Pianist (10am) -The Lodge Hotel 900 Spruce Hills Dr Bettendorf IA

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ABC Karaoke -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bettendorf IA

Micawber - Ganesha - They Will Repent - Mutilated by Zombies -Gabersquos 330 E Washington St Iowa City IA

Musical Morning (7am) -Brewed Awak-enings 221 Brady St Davenport IA

Open Mic at the Paddlewheel hosted by Silly C amp Slack Man -Paddlewheel Sports Bar amp Grill 221 15th St Bet-tendorf IA

Open Mic w J Knight -The Mill 120 E Burlington Iowa City IA

The Chris amp Wes Show -Maryrsquos on 2nd 832 W 3rd St Davenport IA

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Studebaker John amp the Hawks -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bet-tendorf IA

The Hitman -Rustic Ridge Golf Course Grille amp Pub 1151 East Iowa St Eldridge IA

20131207 (Sat)


Casey Abrams -Augustana College Center for Student Life 639 38th St Rock Island IL

Caught in the Act -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA

Chuck Murphy -Bleyartrsquos Tap 2210 E 11th St Davenport IA

Cody Road -Generations Bar amp Grill 4100 4th Ave Moline IL

Cosmic -11th Street Precinct 2108 E 11th St Davenport IA

Destino (230pm) -Moline Public Li-brary 3210 41st St Moline IL


Holy Sheboygan - Donnie Bobb -Rozz-Tox 2108 3rd Ave Rock Island IL

Jason Carl amp Mike Miller -Stoegerrsquos Bar and Grill 1520 Washington St Davenport IA

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra w Wynton Marsalis (5 amp 8pm) -Iowa City West High School 2901 Melrose Ave Iowa City IA

Joe amp Vicki Price -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bettendorf IA


Josh Duffee amp His Orchestra -Rhythm City Casino 101 W River Dr Dav-enport IA


Open Mic amp Jam - The Grahams -RME (River Music Experience) 131 W 2nd St Davenport IA




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Jon Wayne amp the Pain - Rude Punch -The Redstone Room 129 Main St Davenport IA




Gas Rag - Los Voltage - Dead in Bed - Flaw -Gabersquos 330 E Washington St Iowa City IA

Glenn Hickson (530pm) -Jake Orsquos Grille 2900 Blackhawk Rd Rock Island IL


Open Jam w the Harris Collection -Brady Street Pub 217 Brady St Davenport IA

Open Mic Night -Cool Beanz Coffee-house 1325 30th St Rock Island IL

Open Mic w Jordan Danielsen -11th Street Precinct 2108 E 11th St Davenport IA

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Karaoke Night w Chuck Murphy -RIBCO 1815 2nd Ave Rock Is-land IL



O l d 5 7 rsquos ( 6 p m ) - K a ra o ke K i n g (930pm) -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA

Open Mic amp Karaoke Night -Pep-perjack rsquos 1225 E K imberly Rd Davenport IA



Open Mic Night w Rob Dahms -Rustic Ridge Golf Course Grille amp Pub 1151 East Iowa St Eldridge IA

Open Stage Night -Theorsquos Java Club 213 17th St Rock Island IL


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Celebrate the Holidays -Heritage Church - Rock Island 4801 44th St Rock Island IL

Chuck Murphy -Barrel House Moline 1321 5th Ave Moline IL


Destino (3pm) -Deere-Wiman Carriage House 817 11th Ave Moline IL

Eleven Fifty Two - Fist to the Sky - AsBigAsAMouse - 3 Years Hollow -Rascals Live 1418 15th St Moline IL

Jon Wayne amp the Pain - Dan DiMonte amp the Bad Assettes -Gabersquos 330 E Washington St Iowa City IA


Karl amp the Country Dutchmen -Walcott Coliseum 116 E Bryant St Walcott IA

Kevin Lonergan Benefit Show DJ Hi-Tech - Simon Lonergan - Chris Soppe - Devastating Dennis - Josh Barnes - Shane Brown - Richie Heller - Tyson Howell -RIBCO 1815 2nd Ave Rock Island IL


Night People -CASI (Center for Active Seniors) 1035 W Kimberly Road Davenport IA

Rumpke Mountain Boys -Iowa City Yacht Club 13 S Linn St Iowa City IA

Russ Reyman Trio (530pm) - Past Masters (830pm) -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA

Savannah Jack Band -Riverside Casino and Golf Resort 3184 Highway 22 Riverside IA

Sinjo Thraw Mash - Darling Slag - Blue Movies - Randall Hall w Augusta-na Avant Garde -Downtown Central Perk 226 W 3rd St Davenport IA


Jon Wayne amp the Pain Redstone Room ndash December 5

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Christmas at Augustana Friday December 6 at 8 pmSaturday December 7 at 4 pmCentennial Hall 3703 7th AvenueFeaturing performances by the Augustana Brass Ensemble Ascension Ringers Augustana Symphony Orchestra Augustana Choir Cantilena Augustana Jenny Lind Vocal Ensemble and the Wennerberg Menrsquos Chorus this moving holiday concert is not to be missedTickets $20 for adults $16 for senior citizens $10 for students and children

Lessons and Carols Thursday December 19 at 4 pm and 8 pmAscension Chapel 820 38th StreetEnjoy a beautiful spiritual presentation of lessons and carols within the intimate setting of Ascension Chapel The Augustana Chamber Singers and Campus Ministries present the story of Christrsquos birth in readings and songFree and open to the public

A Christmas Messiah George Frideric HandelSaturday December 14 at 8 pmSunday December 15 at 2 pmCentennial Hall 3703 7th AvenueHandel Oratorio SocietyHandel Oratorio Society Chamber OrchestraJon Hurty conductorA new take on a Quad-Cities Christmas tradition Different from previous years the performance will last less than 90 minutes without an intermission and will focus on the Christmas storySoloistsMichelle Areyzaga soprano Lauren McNeese mezzo-soprano Eric Ashcraft tenor Liam Moran bassTickets $20 for adults $16 for senior citizens $10 for students and childrenA limited number of free tickets are available for junior and senior high school students thanks to generous support from the Meredith FoundationTickets are available through the Augustana

Ticket Office Please call (309) 794-7306 or visit augustanaedutickets for more information



Gloria Hardiman - Bruce Teague -Iowa City Yacht Club 13 S Linn St Iowa City IA

Good Gravy - Zeta June -Gabersquos 330 E Washington St Iowa City IA

Human Aftertaste - Peach Pies Ca-burlesque -Rozz-Tox 2108 3rd Ave Rock Island IL

In the Flesh Pink Floyd Tribute -RIBCO 1815 2nd Ave Rock Is-land IL

Jason Carl -Bleyartrsquos Tap 2210 E 11th St Davenport IA

Jazz After Five w Equilateral (5pm) -The Mill 120 E Burlington Iowa City IA


Ken Paulsen Orchestra w Darlene -CASI (Center for Active Seniors) 1035 W Kimberly Road Davenport IA


Larry Bo Boyd (6pm) -Cool Beanz Coffeehouse 1325 30th St Rock Island IL

LeAnn Rimes -Riverside Casino Event Center 3184 Highway 22 Riverside IA

Lost Country Dancers Dance -Walcott Coliseum 116 E Bryant St Walcott IA

Night People (630pm) - Karaoke Night (11pm) -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA

Retro Ron -Rustic Ridge Golf Course Grille amp Pub 1151 East Iowa St Eldridge IA


The Manny Lopez Big Band (6pm) -The Circa lsquo21 Speakeasy 1818 3rd Ave Rock Island IL

The Nashville Machine -Riverside Ca-sino and Golf Resort 3184 Highway 22 Riverside IA

Pokey LaFarge - The Tillers -The Redstone Room 129 Main St Dav-enport IA





Vienna Teng -CSPSLegion Arts 1103 3rd St SE Cedar Rapids IA

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra The Lost Christmas Eve -i wireless Center 1201 River Dr Moline IL

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Chuck Murphy -Big Shots 419 15th St Moline IL

Cody Road -Martinirsquos on the Rock 4619 34th St Rock Island IL

Cosmic -Rascals Live 1418 15th St Moline IL


Curtis Hawkins Band -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bettendorf IA






The Hitman (6pm) - Karaoke King (930pm) -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA

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Chuck Murphy -Hookrsquos Pub 318 N 4th St Clinton IA





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Festival of Carols -Englert Theatre 221 East Washington St Iowa City IA





Marbin -Iowa City Yacht Club 13 S Linn St Iowa City IA

Milk amp Eggs - Ruth LaPointe -Uptown Billrsquos Coffee House 730 S Dubuque St Iowa City IA

Night People -Duckyrsquos Lagoon 13515 78th Ave Andalusia IL

North of 40 -Herorsquos Pub 3811 N Har-rison St Davenport IA

Richie Lee -Riverside Casino and Golf Resort 3184 Highway 22 River-side IA

RME Guitar Circle (2pm) - River Prairie Minstrels (6pm) -RME Community Stage 131 W 2nd St Davenport IA


Saving Able - 3 Years Hollow - 3 Pill Morning - Aterra Tale -Rascals Live 1418 15th St Moline IL

The Knockoffs -Fargo Dance amp Sports 4204 Avenue of the Cities Moline IL

Yesterdayrsquos Gone -Purgatoryrsquos Pub 2104 State St Bettendorf IA

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Jason Carl Unplugged (6pm) -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bet-tendorf IA



Open Mic Afternoon (3pm) -Mama Comptonrsquos 1725 2nd Ave Rock Island IL

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have to work very hard to woo labor leaders if he wants their support Dillard speaks their language while Rutherford is more of an unknown quantity Rutherfordrsquos campaign has far more money on hand than Dillardrsquos but nowhere near enough to compete with

RaunerStill does any candidate really

want organized laborrsquos support in a Republican gubernatorial primary A Capitol FaxWe Ask America poll conducted August 21 found that a whopping 80 percent of likely GOP-primary voters said theyrsquod be less inclined to vote for a Republican candidate for governor ldquowho received hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from public-

employee unionsrdquoSo others in organized labor are

strenuously arguing against any endorsement at all believing todayrsquos Republican voters are so hostile to laborrsquos interests that overt support for a preferred union candidate would almost surely result in a political death sentence and therefore in a host of unknown uncontrollable possibilities

That particular faction is arguing hard for an all-out assault on Rauner during the primary None of the other candidates would be nearly as hostile to laborrsquos interest as Rauner would be goes the reasoning

A TV-advertising assault on Rauner could knock him out of contention Therersquos a thick opposition-research book on Rauner but his association with Democrats such as Mayor Rahm Emanuel would be just as toxic for GOP-primary voters as public-employee campaign contributions (83 percent less likely to support according to the Capitol FaxWe Ask America poll)

However some labor leaders say that Governor Pat Quinn has been moving to the opinion that running against Rauner might not be so horrible after all Despite Raunerrsquos potential to spend tens of millions of dollars next year some Quinn backers think Raunerrsquos background gives them enough ammunition to thump him

Rauner has enough of a personal fortune to stay on the air from now through next November without a break His ads are already focused on painting Quinn as the bad guy and that theme will only intensify if he wins the GOP primary He could bury Quinn before the governor has a chance to bury him

Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax (a daily political newsletter) and CapitolFaxcom

Illinois union leaders are reportedly mull-ing several options about what to do in the governorrsquos race But the only thing

the leaders appear to agree on so far is that anti-union Republican gazillionaire Bruce Rauner cannot be allowed to win

Some union honchos are looking at endorsing a candidate in the Republican primary State Senator Kirk Dillard for instance already has strong support from the Operating Engineers a union that is now even more opposed to Rauner since the candidatersquos endorsement by the strongly anti-union Associated Builders amp Contractors group Other unions have also taken keen notice of that endorsement

Surprisingly enough Dillard is also being looked at by some public-employee unions Theyrsquore hoping that hersquoll be a ldquonordquo vote on pension reform Dillard told the Kankakee Daily Journal several days ago that he wants employees to pay more into the system and wants a later retirement age ndash neither of which appears to be in the cards at the moment Dillard would know what was going on behind the scenes with the pension-reform conference committee because his running mate Representative Jil Tracy sits on the committee

However he chooses to explain it a ldquonordquo vote on pension reform could bring him closer to a possible union nod Then again Dillard told the Sun-Times last week that he had always supported pension reform and denied rumors that he was planning to vote against the bill But even a pension-bill ldquoyesrdquo vote will not in and of itself prevent some unions from endorsing Dillard

Dillardrsquos campaign has struggled to raise money barely able to meet its expenses so a labor endorsement would bring in much-needed dollars Unions have backed Dillard in the past to the tune of $400000 from public-employee unions alone during his career They know hersquos a social conservative (he was endorsed last week by noted figures on the far right such as Phyllis Schlafly and Penny Pullen) but they feel they can at least get a fair hearing from him

Treasurer Dan Rutherford has tried to reach out to labor particularly on the pension issue He has attempted to steer away from taking a hard public line on pension reform urging compromise But Rutherford doesnrsquot have much history with the unions so hersquoll

Unions Face Difficult Choice in GOP Primary

by Rich MillerCapitolFaxcom

ILLINOIS POLITICS

Unions know Dillardrsquos a social

conservative but they feel they can at least get a fair hearing from

him

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River Cities' Reader - Issue 844 - November 27, 2013