River Cities' Reader - Issue 857 - May 29, 2014

River Cities Reader Vol. 21 No. 857 May 29 - June 11, 20142 Business Politics Arts Culture Now You Know RiverCitiesReader.com

Theres an old Statehouse saying that House Speaker Michael Madigan cares mostly about two votes each Democratic legisla-tor makes: one to re-elect him speaker, and the other for his chambers operating rules.

Some, such as Representative Elaine Nekritz, have gotten away with voting against Madigans rules. Nekritz explained to Madigan why she voted against them, and he was impressed with her thoughtfulness. Shes since moved up the ladder to become one of the Houses hardest-working members who also carries some major legislation.

But nobody ever gets away with voting against Madigan for speaker.

Theres no question that Democrat Will Guzzardi ran a highly effective outsider campaign against state Representative Toni Berrios (D-Chicago) earlier this year. Guzzardi soundly defeated Berrios, the daughter of Cook County Democratic Party Chair Joe Berrios, and along the way told the Chicago Tribune that the monolithic structures of power in Springfield arent doing any good for anyone.

Its not difficult to discern whom he was talking about. The longest-serving House speaker in Illinois history is the very embodiment of a monolithic structure of power.

So there have been some expectations that Guzzardi might not cast his vote for Madigans re-election as speaker next January. He said last week that he hasnt yet made up his mind: Thats something I intend to figure out when the vote comes up.

While voting against the speaker would likely score points back home in his independent-minded district, Guzzardi said its still a tough decision because theres a lot hinging on it.

Guzzardi said he talked with Madigans chief of staff, Tim Mapes, after the primary. Mapes congratulated him and said that the speaker hoped to sit down with him after the general election.

Weve got to figure out what sort of relationship were going to have, Guzzardi said, adding, Im sure itll be a good one. I want to get stuff done.

Those last two lines are probably the most important, and telling.

Its a pretty decent bet that Guzzardi can only have a good relationship with Madigan and get things done for his district if he votes for Madigan.

I reached out to Guzzardi because Madigans Democratic Majority PAC is hosting a meet-and-greet event with the speakers top targeted candidates this month.

What Happens When You Cross the Speaker

by Rich MillerCapitolFax.com

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Guzzardi can only get things done for

his district if he votes for Michael

Madigan for House speaker.

Representative Jaime Andrade (D-Chicago) is the only incumbent on the list, but he was appointed to the seat. Hes attending despite the fact that he has a hugely Democratic district.

The list also includes Carol Ammons, a Democrat who defeated Madigans preferred candidate Sam Rosenberg in the Champaign County-area district currently represented by Democratic Representative Naomi Jakobsson. Ammons used Madigans backing to bludgeon Rosenberg. Apparently, fences have been mended.

But there are a couple of big holes in the list of meet-and-greet attendees. Most notable is

Guzzardi, who said he wasnt invited to the event. Another absence worth noting is Mo Khan,

who defeated the establishments pick in the 20th House District. Democrat Jerry Acciari was seen by some as a Democratic lay down candidate against Chicagos only Republican state legislator, Representative Michael McAuliffe. Acciari was backed by the citys 41st Ward, which sent out flyers using Khans original first name of Mohamed, even though his legal and ballot name is Mo.

Khan ended up winning, but Madigan hasnt yet expressed his support. Theres a decades-old truce (albeit often violated) on the Northwest Side and surrounding suburbs between the two parties. It appears to be holding for now. Khan said he first heard of the meet-and-greet was when a supporter recently forwarded him the invitation. The House Democrats promised to respond to questions about the event but never got back to me.

By the way: McAuliffe was one of the few Republicans who voted for Madigans resolution last week to put a minimum-wage-increase referendum on the November ballot.

So is Madigan dissing Guzzardi and Khan? Madigans spokesperson said they werent invited because candidates who face no real opposition in November were left off the list.

So why was Andrade invited? Andrade has a solidly Democratic district, after all. Well, Andrade is an appointed legislator, I was told, and thats why he was invited while others werent.

Thats a bit of a stretch, but at least it shows that the Madigan folks arent publicly going out of their way to be hostile to Guzzardi. However, fully embracing him could be a problem during the spring session, considering some of the residual bitterness about that primary battle among some legislators.

Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax (a daily political newsletter) and CapitolFax.com.

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Vote Diane Holst for Scott County Supervisor in June 3 Primary

Every blue moon the stars align to produce a candidate for public of-fice who is the real deal. Taxpayers are fortunate enough to have just such a candidate for the Scott County Board of Supervisors in Diane Holst.

I have marveled at Dianes tenacity in staying engaged as a concerned citizen. Over the past four years, she has attended more than 100 meetings where Scott County business has been discussed, heard, and voted on. (Some meetings were held in private for more than four years before she proved that the states open-meetings law was being violated.) She is eminently qualified to serve on the Board of Supervisors.

Holst struggled with the decision to run because she is not a politician. She has a career in the private sector and a full family life, with three grandchildren on the way. However, she recognizes the importance of having informed county supervision as taxpayers are faced with programs and policies from the federal and state governments from mental health to emergency management to air

quality to homeland security.Make no mistake: The burden for

sustaining these massive programs will fall to Scott County taxpayers. And the lack of transparency that characterizes county business to date must change if residents are to have any voice in these matters. Unless you are willing to attend the meetings, do the research, and ask the smart questions as Holst does your only hope for meaningful civic participation is to elect her.

Holsts interest in county business was piqued when the Scott Emergency Communications Center (SECC911) project was being sold to the public. The more she learned while attending the meetings, the more she realized she needed to research and understand. Her interest turned into a regular presence at various county meetings for more than four years. Often she was the only member of the public in attendance, consistently asking the questions of supervisors that the supervisors were not asking of the staff. (See RCReader.com/y/holst1 for an example.)

Determined to understand the program and the processes involved with SECC911, Holst was troubled that the county split the cost of the $28-million facility with the City of Davenport, with each letting a $10-million bond to avoid the mandatory referendum required for any capital projects exceeding $10 million.

This back-door maneuver worked beautifully because the vast majority of those living in Scott County have no clue the facility even exists let alone that it has its own no-cap taxing authority. This means the county can raise taxes any time it needs more money to sustain the consolidated dispatch center, which technically is still not consolidated. And since emergency management is fast becoming the primary programming mechanism by which the federal government is exerting control over our local communities, it is increasingly important that we be more vigilant on a local level by electing representatives who will closely examine county

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budgets, expenditures, revenue streams, and grant applications.

It is an uncommon sense of responsibility that drives Holst, coupled with her willingness to share information by routinely video-recording meetings and posting them online (RCReader.com/y/holst2). One of her goals is to make county government more accessible to the public. The county records all its executive sessions which are closed to the public but does not oblige us when the meetings are open. This is absurdly unresponsive, and Holst agrees. There is no excuse for the lack of transparency, especially when taxpayers paid for the technology that would accommodate more public access.

There is a body of Holsts research available to anyone interested. Honestly, she is already doing the lions share of the work, so by electing her as a supervisor, she can influence the direction of county policy in favor of taxpayers first and foremost.

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Winners from the River Cities Readers 2014 Photo ContestCOVER STORY

We received 116 entries in our 2014 Photo Contest in four cat-egories: Fun in the Sun, In the Garden, Summer Nights, and Heat Wave. Were happy to present this selection of winners. Thanks to all who entered!

Tom Pickering - Heat Wave, Second PlacePhotographed at a luau in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.

Jean Zaputil - In the Garden, Second PlaceThis bunch of fresh vegetables from the garden is as beautiful as a bouquet of flowers.

Aric Keil - Summer Nights, Honorable MentionA concert at Codfish Hollow in Maquoketa, Iowa.

Glen Marten - In the Garden, Third PlaceA bee gathers pollen from a flower and gets a face full.

Garvis L. DiLauro - In the Garden, Honorable MentionDragonfly on break.


Glen Marten - In the Garden, First PlaceAfter a summer shower, water drops form on a Hosta flower stem.

Tom Pickering - Summer Nights, Third PlacePhotographed at the Quad Cities Balloon Festival in East Moline.

Kelly Rehnberg - Summer Nights, First PlaceThis was the very first night that I shot with my Canon 6D, and I ran to the bridge to test out the high ISO capabilities. In the process, I managed to catch the fireworks at the end of the baseball game. It was a very warm night, and I was with my husband and stepson. They ran ahead while I shot this image. My stepson was bummed because he thought I missed the fireworks!

Jess Ellis - Heat Wave, Third PlaceWapsipinicon River, just south of DeWitt. I caught the morning fog lifting up off the river.

Jess Ellis - Fun in the Sun, Second PlaceA leap into the waters of Milford Sound, New Zealand.



On May 2, the life-sized sculptures of the Blues Brothers were back on public display in the Rock Island District after months of storage and repairs. The sculptures are seated in chairs near the corner of Second Avenue and 18th Street.

On the same day, Watching the Ferry a sculpture of two boys seated on a park bench was unveiled at its new site in Davenports Lindsay Park near the riverfront. This sculpture had been out of public view for five years, since its removal from near the Iowa American Water treatment plant when construction began on a floodwall.

Although the timing was a coincidence, the two sculptures share some similarities. Both depict two young men seated side-by-side and convey a sense of camaraderie. Both look to a past associated with the Quad Cities. Both are based on works in other media: television and film with the Blues Brothers and a lithograph with Watching the Ferry.

A comparison between the two pieces is intriguing because of this difference in their sources as well as in their attitudes, materials, and locations.

John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd first put on the Blues Bothers signature sunglasses, fedoras, black suits, and narrow ties on Saturday Night Live in the late 1970s. The skit blossomed into a number-one album on the Billboard charts and a sold-out concert tour and culminated with a movie in 1980.

The movie tells us that the brothers grew up in a Rock Island orphanage. The city embraced this fictional backstory with the dedication in 2006 of these sculptures purchased in honor of Dan Carmody for his service as president of Renaissance Rock Island.

Their presence in the District reminds us of this areas blues and jazz connections much like the Blues Brothers characters introduced new generations to some of the great R&B and soul songs of the 1950s and 60s.

While the Blues Brothers are drawn from fictional characters, Watching the Ferry is based on a 1947 lithograph by Quad Cities artist John Bloom, who

Art in Plain Sight: Blues Brothers and Watching the FerryArticle and photos by Bruce Walters

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worked with Grant Wood as a mural painter early in his career. Bloom was sketching at LeClaire Park when he saw two boys watching the W.J. Quinlan ferry. The lithograph and the sculpture differ in that one of the boys in the sculpture is pointing toward the river, while neither is pointing in the lithograph.

Sculptor Louis Quaintance, a Rock island native, used his 12- and 14-year-old nephews as models. The sculpture was unveiled on September 26, 1992.

In both sculptures, the figures dont directly acknowledge one another. Yet we feel their comfort sitting together, buddies not having to impress the other. This sense of companionship and each figures ease of gesture and pose are the strengths of these artworks.

Yet they project different emotions. The boys unbridled excitement contrasts sharply with the cool demeanor of the Blues Brothers.

The use of materials also contributes to their disparate sensibilities; we respond to the sculptures differently because of our associations with the materials.

Cast in bronze, Watching the Ferry conveys a sense of importance and permanence. This is a traditional fine arts medium.

On the other hand, the Blues Brothers sculptures are made of resin and fiberglass, media associated with commercial products. The sculptures are unsigned; and the artists name is not included on the nearby plaque reinforcing the sense that they are objects not worth our consideration as works of art.

That contrast is underscored by their locations one on a street in an entertainment district, the other in a park.

Neither work is meant to challenge, push, or confront us. They are nostalgic and comfortable. Yet their differences in mood and era present us with distinct snapshots of our communitys past. They also provide us with an opportunity to examine our perceptions of what is and is not art.

Bruce Walters is a professor of art at Western Illinois University.

This is part of an occasional series on the history of public art in the Quad Cities. If theres a piece of public art that youd like to learn more about, e-mail the location and a brief description to [email protected].


that / I dont have anything to hide. And then, of course, the list grows

from minor missteps (I was on the job sleeping) to war crimes (mass genocide). Its a fun conceit, but in the accumulation of sins and the soft piano treatment (punctuated on occasion by thick outbursts of bass), it becomes something greater a provocative exploration of serial deception and guilt as elements of the human condition, without ever articulating the point directly.

I doubt the whole of Joy, Pain, Love, Songs. will play well for many listeners, because the album careens so wildly opening with the bluesy sax-and-guitar grind of All I Need and closing with the jazzy, jumpy piano ditty Dance and covering a lot of territory in between.

At the same time, I cant imagine many people not finding a handful of tracks to love depending on their tastes.

The somewhat uncomfortable mix isnt particularly damaging, and

its likely a function of what Knudsen learned during his song-a-week project. Rather than crafting a cohesive album, hes collected a group of songs that touch on myriad aspects of his personality no matter how messy or disparate the result.

One thing that I struggled with for a long time with songwriting was always changing stuff, he said. Theres something to be said for sticking with your idea. If its catchy and if its good, just go with it. Dont think too hard about it and kind of let it be itself ... and let it go. ... Sometimes you just have to finish it up and see what happens. ... During that project, it was all about finishing.

The Lewis Knudsen Band will perform a CD-release show on Thursday, June 5, at the Redstone Room (129 North Main Street, Davenport; RiverMusicExperience.org). Admission to the 7 p.m. all-ages show is $5.

For more information on Lewis Knudsen, visit LewisKnudsen.com.

Lewis Knudsen, Joy, Pain, Love, Songs.; June 5 at the Redstone RoomFearlessly All in

by Jeff Ignatius [email protected]

Last year, Quad Cities-based singer/songwriter Lewis Knudsen decided to give up substitute-teaching to devote himself full-time to music. Lots of musicians make a similar leap, but few of them commit to it as fear-lessly and smartly as Knudsen has.

He performed at open mics and got gigs wherever he could restaurants, bars, wineries, nursing homes, birthday parties, company parties.

He set out to write and record a new song a week in 2013, a project that ended up generating 40 tracks (all of them available on his Web site at LewisKnudsen.com/songs-from-2013). For the uncharitable who think Knudsen was a slacker for falling short of his goal, the song-a-week project was waylaid by a three-week tour of Europe through the Germany-based Songs & Whispers organization.

He assembled a band and professionally recorded the self-released album Joy, Pain, Love, Songs. whose debut hell be marking with a June 5 show at the Redstone Room.

And while studio recording can be a challenge for neophytes, Knudsen sidestepped that issue in two ways by fine-tuning the songs in live settings and having the process come to him by tracking with mobile equipment in his quintets practice space. It was exactly like being in my living room and recording the whole album, Knudsen said in a phone interview last week.

Based on preliminary masters for the 12-song album, the 30-year-old musician who plays piano and guitar has put down a strong foundation. Its a somewhat crazy mix of wit and easy sentiment, showtune-y piano pop, rock, and warm acoustic-guitar pieces, and earnestness and subversion. Knudsens versatility in singing, writing, and playing is augmented by the bands saxophonist and violinist used sparingly to precisely create a breadth of sound matched by the variety of song styles.

On the punchy piano pop of Cost of Living, Knudsen builds on the refrain of Life is not short. / Its long, twisting that twist on the clich and crafting a bright celebration of struggle and failure: Make sure they laugh / Cause youre gonna cry / When you do your best / Finish last and sigh. By the time it accelerates toward the finish line, I found myself infected with the deep desire to cheerfully fall on my face.

The song is followed by the sharply titled All My Chains Are Songs, a slow lament that is all simple, unfiltered heart. The name is the only thing clever about it, and its a bit jarring after the joyful complication of Cost of Living, yet Knudsen sells the hell out of it and other songs that traffic in pure emotion.

One might expect something similarly sincere from I Dont Have Anything to Hide, but the title is a brief bluff immediately undercut: I dont have anything to hide / Except my heroin. / I dont have anything to hide / Except my gambling. / I dont have anything to hide / Except my sex addiction. / Aside from

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The seminal crossover-thrash band D.R.I. re-leased its seventh studio album, Full Speed Ahead, in 1995, and fans hungry for an eighth album ... well, theyll need to keep waiting.

Founding vocalist Kurt Brecht, in a recent phone interview promoting D.R.I.s May 30 appearance at RIBCO, said the band isnt against the idea and has made fits and starts. It recorded four demos in 2004 and released a Web-only track from those sessions. And, he added, founding guitarist Spike Cassidy was saying something about recording the next time were in L.A. with the engineer that used to do our old albums when we were on Metal Blade Records.

But, he said, if something comes from that studio time, it will likely be an EP. Not that we couldnt write a full album, he said. Its just weve been so busy touring and stuff, we dont want to stop to put out an album. ... Were just so happy to have an unlimited amount of dates thrown at us all over the world to play, so we dont want to slow down. Plus, without a current record deal, the band is under no obligation to release new material and getting a record deal or self-releasing an album would require energy that could be devoted to touring.

Lest you think the quartet also known as Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (a moniker bestowed by Brechts father as a reaction to the groups rehearsals in the family home) is living high on nostalgia, the singer said that the band has been able to make it since it devoted itself full-time to music in the early 80s but its never been a way to get rich. I dont mean make it like Justin Bieber make it. I just mean make it to where youve got gas to put in your van and a way to keep it running and get you to the next show and not to have to work at a regular job. ...

We still grind and struggle, but we are able to make a living only because, for years and years, weve learned to live very cheap. ... The grind and the struggle are the best part of it.

(Asked whether the band had been forced to live in its van and eat at soup kitchens as it did in its early days, Brecht

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said with a chuckle that D.R.I. is always just one tour away from it.)

Dirty Rotten Imbeciles started in 1982 as a straight-ahead punk outfit. Its 1983 debut packed 22 songs into

18 minutes, and 1985s Dealing with It! followed a similar template although Nursing Home Blues and Argument Then War suggested the path toward a punk/thrash fusion in song length and pummeling complexity.

The title of 1987s Crossover bluntly announced a commitment to that joining of punk and metal, and by 1989s Thrash Zone, Brechts snotty vocal bite and phrasing were about all that remained of its punk roots, sacrificed for lots of down-tuned riffage.

But the singer said that D.R.I.s current sets draw roughly equally from all its albums, with at least five songs from each record.

Brecht added that the band has been able to attract new fans over the past two decades without new material. The group tries to keep its sets fresh for longtime supporters, and social-media sites help it find where demand is high. D.R.I. recently toured Australia for the first time in more than a quarter-century and added its first-ever dates in New Zealand.

Im surprised anybody likes us, he said, but younger people keep finding the band. They have either been talked to about it [D.R.I.], or trained by their parents. Sometimes I think they got into another type of not-as-extreme hardcore music, like Green Day ... and then they start if theyre smart and intelligent and inquisitive researching that band and find out who their influences were, and then you go off on a different tangent. ... And a lot of times itll come back to D.R.I.

D.R.I. will perform on Friday, May 30, at RIBCO (1815 Second Avenue, Rock Island; RIBCO.com). The show starts at 9 p.m. and also features Obsidian Hammer and Johnny Scum. Advance tickets are $15.

For more information on D.R.I., visit DirtyRottenImbeciles.com.

Fiddler on the Roof, at the Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse through July 19D.R.I., May 30 at RIBCO

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Im willing to admit that I had significant reservations when I heard Marc Ciemiewicz would be playing Tevye in the Circa 21 Dinner Playhouses Fiddler on the Roof. While Ive enjoyed every performance Ive seen from this actor, I wasnt sure he could pull off this particular part and I confess this hoping that my praise is all the more significant: Ciemiewicz knocks the role out of the park. Sporting a beard and using a deep baritone voice to speak and sing, and significantly changing his physi-cal demeanor, this person I normally adore for his cutesy charm and spunk completely disappears into the character of Tevye, all the while maintaining his adept comedic skill. I will never doubt Ciemiewiczs acting range again.

For me, though, the test of quality for any production of this classic musical-theatre story that of a Jewish family facing changing traditions in 1905 Russia is the scene titled The Dream. Ive enjoyed mediocre productions of Fiddler on the Roof, perhaps more than I should have, simply because this sequence was so well rendered in them, and here, director Jim Hesselman does not disappoint, presenting Tevyes (made up) dream with zombies, limb-extending prosthetics, and designer Steve Sorensons foggy, green-lighting concept. I loved seeing a fresh take on this scene, which was filled with high energy, significant creepiness, and an atmosphere that feels bigger than the performance space and the number of actors inhabiting it. (I liked the sequence so much that I may try to slip into the theatre week after week just to watch it again and again.)

And fortunately, Hesselmans overall production matches the quality of The Dream. His show provides a sense of the familiar appropriate to such an iconic piece of musical theatre, but theres also a newness to it, as Hesselman presents Fiddler in a way that feels like the musical hasnt been done before, with pacing that makes the (roughly) two-and-three-quarter-hours presentation not seem very long, but also not feel rushed. Hesselmans choreography is also enjoyable, with its effective simplicity boasting nods to the

by Thom White

Tradition-al Family

originals dance steps while remaining original, and the same is true of scenic designer Susan D. Holgerssons relatively simple series of ramps, stairs, and catwalks, which are built given the askew boards throughout the structure to

look as though the towns residents put it up themselves without the aid of professional carpenters.

The cast, across the board, does an impeccable job re-creating familiar characters, but there are a few stand-outs besides Ciemiewicz, many of whom are local actors. With her no-nonsense ways that she still renders as humorous, Rachelle Walljasper couldnt possibly be a better Golde. Dee Canfields grand gesticulation and over-dramatic facial expressions are well-suited for Yente, the towns matchmaker. Brad Hauskins portrays the town rabbi, and vanishes so completely into the character that I didnt even know this until intermission, when, as a Circa 21 Bootlegger, he served desserts in costume. Mitch Donahues Fyedka, regarding the plight of the townfolk, walks a fine line between a stoic disposition and a sympathetic one. And Aidan Sanks Motel is so awkward and bumbling that its easy to see why Tevye doesnt want him to marry his eldest daughter although Sank, offering a heaping helping of endearing qualities, still had me rooting for their marriage.

If I may make another confession, Fiddler on the Roof like Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Annie is on my list of musicals I dont care to see again, given how many stagings of them Ive already seen. However, it wouldve been a travesty had I avoided Circa 21s production of this classic by playwright Joseph Stein, composer Jerry Block, and lyricist Sheldon Harnick. Hesselmans treatment makes this song-filled tale well worth seeing yet another time.

Fiddler on the Roof runs at the Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse (1828 Third Avenue, Rock Island) through July 19, and more information and tickets are available by calling (309)786-7733 extension 2 or visiting Circa21.com.

Aidan Sank, Alexis Harter, and Marc Ciemiewicz


A Depression-era band performs an impromptu concert at a small-town theatre, facing off against an overbearing, somewhat inept police officer who later, after getting plastered, takes a shine to them. The groups biggest adversary is a mean-spirited rich woman who, after boo-worthy attacks on the group, gets her comeuppance when her power is pulled out from under her. The story serves as the bridge to performances of early-20th-Century songs performed by this jukebox musicals cast members, who play on string instruments and out-of-the-ordinary percussion sources.

Its a description that fits both Southern Crossroads and the District Theatres latest debuting production, Big Rock Candy Mountain.

Playwright/director Tristan Layne Tapscotts homage, with its musical arrangements by Danny White, features not only the same formula as its theatrical inspiration, but also unabashed nods to it with references to the Greene Family Singers (the band at the center of Southern Crossroads) in the dialogue and on a promotional poster on the wall of the Owensboro Little Theater, the location of Big Rock Candy Mountains concert. Although, in this piece, the band is a group of escaped convicts who duck into a theatre where the evenings musicians failed to show up resulting in the escapees, in order to hide, reforming their folk and bluegrass ensemble the similarities to Southern Crossroads continue with two of the band members remaining silent throughout the musical (except, on one line, to speak in unison with their bandmates).

While mildly annoyed by how much Tapscott borrows from Southern Crossroads he appeared in both of the Circa 21 Dinner Playhouses recent productions of the musical I still enjoyed Fridays performance for the quality of the musicians and the humor in Tapscotts well-written dialogue. Though the characters monologues (arguably) run longer than necessary, every one of Tapscotts pretense-free, naturalistic lines seems sincere. And unlike its inspiration, Big Rock Candy Mountain ran about 90 minutes without intermission, and with just enough songs to keep my interest, whereas I grew tired of Southern Crossroads genre music, and got a tad bored, toward the end. (And then two encores were performed.) Tapscott also designed this productions set, which tickled me because its a thrust stage built on the District Theatres actual stage; the well-rendered performance space is both redundant and appropriate, given that this musical is essentially set in a made-up theatre

THEATRE By Thom WhiteThe Bluegrass Is Always Greener Big Rock Candy Mountain, at the District Theatre through June 1

within a real theatre.With the book

structured around Big Rock Candy Mountains songs, its important that the band be excellent and here, it is, as Mark Ruebling, Doug

Kutzli, Tom Vaccaro, Kyle Jecklin, and Rocky Kampling perform the hell out of Whites arrangements. I couldnt help but tap my toes and nod my head to upbeat songs including Buffalo Gals, Sunny Side of Life, and the title tune, while also being impressed by slower numbers such as The House of the Rising Sun.

In addition to the escaped-convict band members, theres also Chris Tracys loveable theatre owner George, who is trying to raise money so that his venue isnt overtaken by his landlord, Linda Rueblings one-dimensional rich bitch Velda. Alexander Richardson plays Melvin, who runs the lights and makes appearances here and there stage-managing the concert. Anthony Natarelli is Clyde, a theatrical handyman of sorts who also gets a chance to sing with the band after which I wished his pleasing, notable vocals were featured even more. Wayne Hess balances bravado with ineptitude as Willie, the law-enforcement officer who keeps butting in on the concert while looking for George.

It was Mike Kelly, however, who stole the show for me as Teddy, the towns mayor and husband to Velda; without speaking a word, he pulls focus with his politicians smile and sense of self-importance. His Teddy is much like Stephen Colbert when the TV personality accepts the applause meant for his guests, and the character is obviously awash with the glory of the towns perceived adoration, but his sense of importance lacks any arrogance. (Teddys toothy grin and sparkling eyes are signs that hes relishing his election victory as if thrilled that the townspeople like him so much.) I actually missed some of the other characters dialogue because my attention was on Kelly, watching to see if hed ever drop character but he didnt.

While its formula is too similar to that of Southern Crossroads, I do think Big Rock Candy Mountain, as a musical, stands on its own. As with their adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Tapscott and White have, once again, created a piece that could be produced by theatres beyond just the Districts.

Big Rock Candy Mountain runs at the District Theatre (1611 Second Avenue, Rock Island) through June 1, and more information and tickets are available by calling (309)235-1654 or visiting DistriuctTheatre.com.


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Yet why get in a dither about the movie when so much of it is so spectacularly satisfying? The cast, it should go without saying, helps tremendously; beyond the contributions of the aforementioned stars, were treated to juicy turns by Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, Peter Dinklage (with a porno mustache) as Trask, and the always reliable one-two punch of Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen. (Several other familiar characters make appearances, too, including contrary to previous reports Anna Paquins Rogue.) And while excited gasps may never occur, dozens of random chuckles absolutely do. The 70s-time-travel element yields many fantastic gags, including Wolverines shock at the sight of his pre-adamantium claws, and you may find it impossible not to giggle, at the very end, when you realize that Days of Future Pasts inspiration, overall, is less Stan Lee than Back to the Future-meets-Groundhog Day. Does anyone else think this is absolutely the preferable way to go? Wouldnt you rather attend, say, a lighthearted, superhero-flavored heist comedy an Oceans Eleven for X-Men than yet another tired, apocalyptic slugfest? For years now, comic-book movies have cornered the market on seriousness. Maybe its time for them to fully, finally, embrace the comic.

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X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PASTDirector Bryan Singers X-Men: Days of

Future Past opened this past weekend, and generally speaking, I liked it. At random moments throughout, I even loved it. And in one glorious, exquisitely crafted sequence about 40 minutes into the picture, I even fell madly in love with it.

If youve also seen this seventh entry in the franchise that began with Singers 2000 X-Men, you doubtless know which sequence Im talking about. For the uninitiated, however, it takes place in 1973. Arriving from a war-torn year in the not-too-distant, post-2014 future, Hugh Jackmans Wolverine has time-traveled to the Nixon era to (a) enlist the aid of Charles Xavier and Erik Magneto Lehnsherr, (b) stop the shape-shifting Mystique from assassinating the mutant-loathing scientist Bolivar Trask, and (c) prevent the worldwide extermination of mutants at the hands of Trasks merciless robot Sentinels. (The films plotting is even more labyrinthine than this sentence suggests, yet screenwriter Simon Kinbergs numerous, dovetailing storylines are delivered with remarkable lucidity.) After James McAvoys Xavier and his ally, Nicholas Hoults Beast, are recruited to the cause, we learn that Michael Fassbenders Erik is currently in custody at the Pentagon, being held on suspicion of murdering JFK. (In a great dark joke, Magnetos powers are presumed responsible for the trajectory of the magic bullet that killed Kennedy.) A prison break is therefore mandatory, and its suggested that the free mutants seek the help of the goofy young slacker Peter (American Horror Storys Evan Peters), a.k.a. Quicksilver, whos able to run at the speed of light. Long story short: best idea

ever.Peter does indeed

release Erik from his subterranean cell, yet before they and their mutant allies can make their escape, the men find themselves in a Pentagon kitchen swarmed by armed police officers who immediately open fire. What happens next, meanwhile, may constitute the wittiest, funniest, most joyous 60 seconds in the history of cinematic superhero sagas. With the action taking place in slow motion and, hilariously, Jim Croces Time in a Bottle on the soundtrack, the clearly delighted Peter races through the kitchen and along its walls; gently scoots the whizzing bullets away from our heroes bodies; rearranges the cops fists so theyll punch each other (and themselves) out; and even takes time to sample the meat gravy spinning through the air. Once this slow-mo Croce segment ends, we watch as, in an instant, the bullets miss their marks and the officers fall to the ground unconscious, and Wolverine and his companions stare at Peters doings with looks of What the hell just happened? Peter, for his part, just smiles. But back in the real world, the audience or, at least, my audience bursts into spontaneous, wholly deserved applause.

If it seems that Ive spent an inordinate amount of wordage on this particular scene, thats completely intentional, because Days of Future Pasts Pentagon escape highlights everything thats most wonderful about Singers latest, and suggests how the film, and maybe all current films in its genre, couldve

been more wonderful still. Can you imagine a superhero epic in which a scene of this caliber inventive, hysterical, utterly surprising was the norm rather than the exception? One

in which the crowd actually clapped at the narratives climax instead of merely at a mid-movie show-stopper?

As with all ber-expensive comic-book blockbusters, this newest X-Men, prior to its more subdued postscript, ends with 20-plus minutes of pounding, clanging, thunderously boring action; heroes bash robots, robots bash heroes, heroes and robots bash against crumbling edifices ... . You know the drill. Yet while the visual effects are impressive and yadda yadda yadda, nothing in these scenes of outsize peril is of any true interest. Sure, the occasional meaningful death may result near the finales of comic-book movies, such as Jean Greys demise in the Brett Ratner-directed X-Men: The Last Stand. But nearly without fail, character and story are swallowed whole whenever theres an onslaught of CGI wizardry dominating the screen, and this sad fact holds true even for an outing as fundamentally clever as Days of Future Past. By now, and I expect Im not alone in this, Ive seen so many digitized miracles in superhero flicks that this films Sentinel attacks and floating sports stadium evince nothing so much as yawns; Singers work becomes duller than hell at the exact moments it should thrill the bejeezus out

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Whats HappeninMusicDaniel ODonnell and Mindless BehaviorAdler TheatreWednesday, June 4, and Monday, June 9

The beloved Irish crooner Daniel ODonnell performs at Davenports Adler Theatre on June 4. The teenage talents of Mindless Behavior perform at the Adler on June 9. And at first glance, youd probably think that, besides the venue theyre performing in, nothing of note links these disparate artists.

ODonnell, after all, is an internationally renowned singer and philanthropist who, in 2012, became the first artist to have a different album land on the UK charts every year for 25

consecutive years. A famed television presence and cultural icon in his native Ireland, ODonnells ballads and up-tempo tunes have earned him a worldwide fan base counting in the millions. And with 2013s A Picture of You the mans 46th album since his 1984 debut The Boy from Donegal ODonnell may currently be at the very height of his popularity, with accolades including lifetime-achievement awards from the Irish Post and Irelands Sunday World, and a British Country Music Award as International Artist of the Year.

By contrast, the gifted young singers and dancers of Mindless Behavior released their debut CD #1 Girl in September of 2011, and their follow-up album to date, their only other album All Around the World in March of 2013. Yet with the former title reaching number seven and the latter title number six on the Billboard 200 charts, Mindless Behavior certainly knows from success already and also, one presumes, knows from crazily shrieking fans, considering the group has toured alongside

EventBig Bacon BonanzaDavenport RiverCenterSaturday, June 7, 3 10 p.m.

Churches United of the Quad Cities Area will be hosting its inaugural Big Bacon Bonanza at the Davenport RiverCenter on June 7. And I could no doubt devote a lot of words to this casual indoor/outdoor fundraising event, attempting to promote the event by highlighting its food samplings; its informational booths; its live performances by musicians Lojo Russo and Hardball, and its bacon-eating contest; and its merchandise available for purchase, including shirts, jewelry, and, yes, bacon-scented deodorant.

But would any of that get you to the RiverCenter faster than this?

MusicHigh on FireRock Island Brewing CompanyThursday, May 29, 8 p.m.

On May 29, the Rock Island Brewing Company hosts an evening with musicians who, according to the UKs The Guardian, have been blowing amps and minds for more than a decade. AllMusic.com declared that their music rolls like sinister thunder across the landscape. And SputnikMusic.com called their most recent album a ferocious and captivating listen that twists and turns through the deepest, darkest depths while pushing forward into new sonic territory.

Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for ... the Osmonds!

Whoops. I mean High on Fire. I keep getting those groups confused.

Theres absolutely no confusion, however, about High on Fires exceptional reputation among sludge- and stoner-metal fans, as these Oakland, California-based artists have thrilled listeners and critics with decibel-shattering anthems ever since their 2000 CD debut The Art of Self-Defense. Led by frontman and founder Matt Pike the guitarist for the venerated metal band Sleep who, in 2007, was named one of Rolling

Stones New Guitar Gods High on Fire will set RIBCO ablaze (figuratively speaking) with its propulsive, high-

energy sound that Pitchfork.com described as stop-in-your-tracks audacious. And while performing songs from their latest release, the musicians will inevitably highlight some of their more direct influences, which range from cannabis to H.P. Lovecraft to NBC television. Dont believe me? Heres Pike on the genesis of 2012s De Vermis Mysteriis:

I got this idea about Jesus Christ and the Immaculate Conception: What if Jesus had a twin who died at birth to give Jesus his life? And then what if the twin became a time traveler right then? He lives his life only going forward until he finds this scroll from an ancient Chinese alchemist ... and then he starts traveling back in time. Basically, he keeps waking up in other peoples bodies at bad times. Its kinda like that old TV show Quantum Leap.

Which kinda means, in this scenario, that Scott Bakula is God. Knew it.

High on Fire performs with opening sets by Bible of the Devil and Never the Sun, and more information on the night is available by calling (309)793-4060 or visiting RIBCO.com.


MUSICFriday, May 30 Black Star

Riders: The New Thin Lizzy. Concert featuring members of the most recent lineup of Thin Lizzy, with an opening set by Halo of Flies. Rascals Live (1418 15th Street, Moline). 8 p.m. $30-38. For tickets and information, call (309)797-9457 or visit RascalsLive.com. For a recent interview with Damon Johnson of Black Star Riders and Thin Lizzy, visit RCReader.com/y/riders.

Friday, May 30 D.R.I.: Dirty Rotten Imbeciles. Touring thrash-metal musicians in concert, with opening sets by Obsidian Hammer and Johnny Scum. Rock Island Brewing Company (1815 Second Avenue, Rock Island). 9 p.m. $15. For information, call (309)793-4060 or visit RIBCO.com.

Friday, May 30, through Sunday, June 1 Choral Dynamics: Big Band Blitz. Big-band tunes with the area vocal ensemble and musicians. Orpheum Theatre (57 South Kellogg Street, Galesburg). Friday and Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. $7.50-15. For information, call (309)342-2299 or visit TheOrpheum.org.

Saturday, May 31 The Muddy

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MusicThe MenzingersRiver Music ExperienceTuesday, June 10, 7 p.m.

Formed in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 2006, The Menzingers will bring their punk-rock and emo stylings to Davenports River Music Experience on June 10. And if the bands concert begins the same way that its 2014 album Rented World does, that means itll start with a simple musical declaration: I Dont Want to Be an Asshole Anymore.

Sigh. Too bad the Readers staff meetings never start like that.

With their fourth full-length offering released a mere month ago, The Menzingers have quickly ascended to the upper ranks of modern punk masters, touring in support of Against Me! in 2010, and finding their 2012 CD On the Impossible Past named Album of the Year by AbsolutePunk.net, PunkNews.org, and even the Spanish magazine RockZone. Composed of guitarists/vocalists Tom May and Greg Barnett, bass player Eric Keen, and drummer Joe Gordino, the group has landed a significant fan base with songs such as Irish Goodbyes, In Remission, and Nice Things, and music critics have been as bounteous in their

praise as The Menzingers have been in their creation of rich, erudite, and electrifying compositions.

BBC.com reviewer Alistair Lawrence, for example, raved about the towering, infectious high caused by their rousing brand of rugged rock music, adding that while its not uncommon to discover music that can offer sweet relief from the bad times, its much rarer to discover bands who make the bad times sound fantastic. Pitchfork.com proclaimed, The Menzingers excel in desperate, earnest, melodic punk with just enough Replacements-esque recklessness.

And in its review of Rented World, PopMatters.com called the album muscular and something full-throated and ready for large audiences. Thats what she said. You didnt really think Id get through a piece on Scranton musicians without referencing The Office, did you?

The Menzingers RME oncert opens with sets by Lemria and Pup, and for more information, call (563)326-1333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.

consecutive years. A famed television presence and cultural icon in his native Ireland, ODonnells ballads and up-tempo tunes have earned him a worldwide fan base counting in the millions. And with 2013s A Picture of You the mans 46th album since his 1984 debut The Boy from Donegal ODonnell may currently be at the very height of his popularity, with accolades including lifetime-achievement awards from the Irish Post and Irelands Sunday World, and a British Country Music Award as International Artist of the Year.

By contrast, the gifted young singers and dancers of Mindless Behavior released their debut CD #1 Girl in September of 2011, and their follow-up album to date, their only other album All Around the World in March of 2013. Yet with the former title reaching number seven and the latter title number six on the Billboard 200 charts, Mindless Behavior certainly knows from success already and also, one presumes, knows from crazily shrieking fans, considering the group has toured alongside

the Backstreet Boys, Janet Jackson, Jason Derlo, and Justin Bieber. With its quartet of Princeton, Ray Ray, Roc Royal, and new member EJ all still in their mid-teens, future successes for Mindless Behavior seem all but assured, and their Viewers Choice citation at the BET Awards likely wont be the last trophy on Mindless Behaviors collective mantle.

ODonnell is 52; Mindless Behaviors oldest performer is 17. ODonnell excels at country and folk; Mindless Behavior excels at hip-hop and R&B. ODonnell sings Danny Boy; Mindless Behavior sings My Girl. So what, pray tell, do these Adler headliners have in common? Well, they, uh ... I guess you could say that, um ... er ... .

Man, after stalling for 350 words, youd think Id have come up with something.

For tickets to the area concerts with Daniel ODonnell and Mindless Behavior, call (800)745-3000 or visit AdlerTheatre.com.

Nope. Didnt think so.

The Big Bacon Bonanzas hog-themed fun will last from 3 to 10 p.m., and tickets are available by contacting Churches United at (563)332-5002 or visiting CUQCA.org.


EVENTSThursday, June 5 Clara Barton

Presentation. One-woman show with Leslie Goddard portraying the Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross. Moline Public Library (3210 41st Street, Moline). 7 p.m. Free admission. For information, call (309)524-2470 or visit MolineLibrary.com.

Friday, June 6, through Sunday, June 8 QC Pridefest. Outdoor celebration of LGBT culture, featuring a street fair, live music, a shopping mecca, regional entertainment, a carnival, fireworks, and more. Davenports Rainbow District on Second Street. Thursday 6:30 p.m. pre-party. Friday and Saturday noon-midnight. $5 weekend admission. For information, visit QCPride.org.

Friday, June 6, and Saturday, June 7 Gumbo Ya Ya. Annual Cajun festival featuring vendors, arts and crafts, and performances by the New Orleans Suspects, Dikki Du & the Zydeco Krewe, the Funky Butt Brass Band, Amy Nicole & Zydeco Soul, Environmental Encroachment, the Backwater Bayou Band, and the Zydeco Voodoo Band. District of Rock Island. Friday 5 p.m. gates, Saturday 4 p.m. gates. $9-14. For information, call (309)788-6311 or visit GumboYaYaFestival.com.

Sunday, June 8 Juneteenth Celebration. Week-long community celebration commemorating the end of slavery in America, featuring live music, presentations, discussions, a film screening, games, childrens activities, and Friday and Saturday events in Davenports LeClaire Park. For information and a schedule of events, visit QCJuneteenth.com.

Sunday, June 8 Gala of the Royal Horses. Event featuring performances involving the Andalusian, Friesian, Lipizzaner, and Arabian breeds, including maneuvers once used on the battlefield. i wireless Center (1201 River Drive, Moline). 3 p.m. $27.50-57.50. For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or visit iwirelessCenter.com.

Wednesday, June 11, through Saturday, June 14 Rally on the River Quad Cities. Annual celebration of biker culture, with live music, demonstrations, vendors, contests, rides, and more. Centennial Park (Beiderbecke Drive and Marquette Street, Davenport). For information, call (309)799-7625 or visit RallyOnTheRiverQC.com.

Waters Four-Year Anniversary Celebration. Event featuring drink specials, giveaways, food, and performances by the Winter Blues All-Stars, Funktastic Five, Tangent!, and John Nemeth & the Bo-Keys. The Muddy Waters (1708 State Street, Bettendorf ). 4 p.m. Free admission. For information, call (563) 355-0655 or visit TheMuddyWaters.com.

Saturday, May 31 Nikki Hill. Roots and rock musician in concert, with an opening set by 3 on the Tree. Rock Island Brewing Company (1815 Second Avenue, Rock Island). 9:30 p.m. $9-12. For information, call (309)793-4060 or visit RIBCO.com. For a 2013 interview with Hill, visit RCReader.com/y/hill.

Thursday, June 5 J.E. Sunde. CD pre-release party with the singer/songwriter, featuring opening sets by The Multiple Cat, Bedroom Shrine, and Brooks Strause. Rock Island Brewing Company (1815 Second Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. $10. For information, call (309)793-4060 or visit RIBCO.com.

Thursday, June 5 Wild Ponies. Country musicians perform in support of their Things That Used to Shine CD. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. $8. For information, call (309)200-0978 or visit RozzTox.com.

Thursday, June 5 Lewis Knudsen Band. CD-release concert with the soul, jazz, and pop musicians. The Redstone Room (129 Main Street, Davenport). 7 p.m. $5. For tickets and information, call (563)326-1333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.

Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6 Heartbreak Hotel: A Salute to Young Elvis. Stage tribute to the Kings early hit songs and films, featuring Robert Shaw & the Lonely Street Band. Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse (1828 Third Avenue, Rock Island). Thursday: 5:45 p.m. doors, 6-7 p.m. buffet, 7:15 show. Friday: 11:30 a.m. doors, 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. plated lunch, 1 p.m. show. $43.37-49.12. For tickets and information, call (309)786-7733 extension 2 or visit Circa21.com.

Friday, June 6 Caroline Rose. Alt-country and Americana musician in concert, with an opening set by Kevin Presbrey. The Redstone Room (129 Main Street, Davenport). 8:30 p.m. $7. For tickets and information, call (563)326-1333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.org. For a 2013 interview with Rose, visit RCReader.com/y/rose.

Friday, June 6 Fresh Horses: The Ultimate Garth Brooks Tribute. Country-music celebration with Les

Smith and his ensemble. Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center (1777 Isle Parkway, Bettendorf ). 6 and 8 p.m. $15. For information, call (800)724-5825 or visit Bettendorf.IsleOfCapriCasinos.com.

Saturday, June 7 The Nadas. Rock musicians in concert, with an opening set by Secret Someones. The Redstone Room (129 Main Street, Davenport). 8 p.m. $15. For tickets and information, call (563)326-1333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.

Saturday, June 7 Georgette Jones. Country-music concert with the daughter of George Jones and Tammy Wynette. Ohnward Fine Arts Center (1215 East Platt Street, Maquoketa). 7 p.m. $13-25. For tickets and information, call (563)652-9815 or visit OhnwardFineArtsCenter.com.

Tuesday, June 10 Ces Cru. The 2014 Constant Energy Struggles Tour, with opening sets by Info Gates, Tapewerm, and DJ Hi Tech. Rock Island Brewing Company (1815 Second Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. $13. For information, call (309)793-4060 or visit RIBCO.com.

THEATREFriday, May 30, through Sunday,

June 8 Dear World: A Musical Fable. Musical adaptation of The Madwoman of Chaillot by composer Jerry Herman, featuring a nightly fundraising dinner. New Era Community Building (3455 New Era Road, Muscatine). Fridays and May 31: 6 p.m. June 8: 5 p.m. $12-22. For tickets and information, call (563)263-0881 or visit NewEraLutheran.com.

Thursday, June 5, through Sunday, June 15 The Melville Boys. Sibling comedy by Norm Foster, directed by Gary Clark. Richmond Hill Barn Theatre (600 Robinson Drive, Geneseo). Thursdays through Saturdays 7:30 p.m., Sundays 3 p.m. $10. For tickets and information, call (309)944-2244 or visit RHPlayers.com.

Thursday, June 5, through Sunday, June 15 The Taffetas. Musical featuring a girls doo-wop quartet performing hits of the 1950s. Clinton Area Showboat Theatre (311 Riverview Drive, Clinton). Thursdays through Saturdays 7:30 p.m., Sundays and Wednesdays 2 p.m. For tickets and information, call (563)242-6760 or visit ClintonShowboat.org.

Thursday, June 5, through Sunday, June 15 Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Andrew

Lloyd Webbers and Tim Rices biblical musical, directed by James Beaudry. Timber Lake Playhouse (8215 Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll). Tuesdays through Saturdays 7:30 p.m., Sundays and Wednesdays 2 p.m. $17-23. For tickets and information, call (815)244-2035 or visit TimberLakePlayhouse.org.

Thursday, June 5, through Sunday, June 29 The Sunshine Boys. Neil Simons Tony-nominated warring-comics comedy. Old Creamery Theatre (39 38th Avenue, Amana). Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 p.m. Sundays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 2 p.m. $18.50-28. For tickets and information, call (319)622-6262 or visit OldCreamery.com.

DANCEFriday, June 6, through Sunday,

June 8 Ballet Under the Stars. Annual outdoor vignettes performed by the dancers of Ballet Quad Cities. Lincoln Park (11th Avenue and 38th Street, Rock Island). 8 p.m. Donations encouraged. For information, call (309)786-3779 or visit BalletQuadCities.com.

VISUAL ARTSFriday, June 6, through Sunday,

August 3 A Moveable Museum: Works from the UIMA School Programs Collection. Exhibit featuring works from five continents in a wide range of artistic media. Figge Art Museum (225 West Second Street, Davenport). Tuesdays through Saturdays 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursdays 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sundays noon-5 p.m. Free with $4-7 museum admission. For information, call (563)326-7804 or visit FiggeArt.org.

Friday, June 6, through Sunday, June 8 Iowa Arts Festival. Annual outdoor festival featuring works by more than 125 local and national artists, live music and entertainment on two stages, childrens activities, and more. Downtown Iowa City. Friday 4-11 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-11 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission. For information, visit SummerOfTheArts.org.

KIDS STUFFWednesday, June 11 Jeanie B.

& the Jelly Beans. Outdoor concert of family-friendly bluegrass, country, blues, and rock-and-roll. Butterworth Center (1105 Eighth Street, Moline). 6:30 p.m. Free admission. For information, call (309)743-2701 or visit ButterworthCenter.com.

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The approach that director Tyson Danner takes with the QC Theatre Workshops True West frus-trates me in that, with leading actors Jeremy Mahr and (Reader employee) Mike Schulz playing either Austin or Lee depending on the re-sults of a flipped coin minutes before the metaphorical curtain rises, I want to see them in both roles. With the character assignments left to chance, however, its possible to attend every performance of the plays run and not get an opportunity to see Schulz and Mahr ever swap char-acters. And in a way, thats too bad, as the performers were so remarkable in May 16s presentation that I imagine a switch would make a subsequent viewing all the more interesting.

That Fridays coin flip led to Schulz portraying screenwriter Austin, a responsible man working on a screenplay while house-sitting for his mother (Susan Perrin-Sallak), who is on a trip to Alaska. Hes joined (and often annoyed) by Jeremy Mahrs Lee, Austins older, far less responsible, freewheeling, and freeloading brother. Given my knowledge of and high regard for playwright Sam Shepards dark comedy and Schulzs and Mahrs acting sensibilities, this is how I wouldve cast them in True West. Therefore, Id hoped the coin toss wouldve resulted in the opposite casting, but that was just a minor disappointment, as the actors are exceptional in these roles.

I found it fascinating to watch Schulzs uptight composure as Austin melt into drunken hysteria after Lee swoops in and sells a script idea to Austins agent (Brent Tubbs Saul, who has the stereotypical swagger of a man who has money to throw around a man who actually has no natural swagger). Perhaps most impressive is watching Schulzs face flush with redness whenever his Austin is frustrated at Lee, proof of the depth to which Schulz is in touch with his character. Danner takes it even further, physically matching Austins descent into madness with an increasing state of untidiness in the initially pristine home

(one beautifully rendered for the productions 1980 time period by scenic designer Tyler Reinert), and in Schulzs appearance as he strips down to his undershirt and the height and dishevelment of his hair increases.

Mahr, whose consistency as an actor I greatly admire, adds enjoyable physical characteristics to

his Lee, from a tic involving wiping his upper lip with his thumb to the manner in which he walks or rather, saunters with his belly leading the way. Mahrs Lee doesnt have to speak a word and his character (a sort of self-entitled hick) is clear not only in the way he walks, but in how he slams drawers and tosses beer can after beer can into the sink with complete disregard for how his actions affect those around him. When he does speak, Mahr accentuates this physical characterization with his country drawl as he talks of living alone in the desert and commands his brother to lend him his car.

As the brothers collide, with Austins months of screenwriting work scrapped by Saul in favor of Lees minutes worth of western-movie ideas (which Austin thinks are stupid and trite), and Austin, in a way, forced to write Lees screenplay, the chemistry between Mahr and Schulz becomes even more apparent, with its back-and-forth of familiarity, camaraderie, and rivalry. Theres an excitement present in watching them interact as chaos (and flying toast) ensues, and by the end of the QC Theatre Workshops well-paced, never-a-dull-moment presentation of True West, theres no doubt about the impressive abilities of these two actors. Now if only I could see them in the opposite roles, which Im sure would cement my admiration of their talents all the more.

True West runs at the QC Theatre Workshop (1730 Wilkes Avenue, Davenport) through June 1, and more information and tickets are available by calling (563)650-2396 or visiting QCTheatreWorkshop.org.

Brotherly LoatheTrue West, at the QC Theatre Workshop through June 1

By Thom WhiteTHEATRE

Jeremy Mahr and Mike Schulz

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Winners from the River Cities Readers 2014 Photo ContestCOVER STORY Continued From Page 5

Mary Scott - Heat Wave, First PlaceTaken near the Santa Monica beach along the bike path. Although it was nearing the end of the day it was still very hot.

Mary McNeil - Fun in the Sun, Third PlaceAt Lake Michigan with my daughter Ellie.

Monica J. Overberg Goodrick, - Fun in the Sun, Honorable MentionIs there a fish in my pocket? At Scott County Park.

Monica J. Overberg Goodrick - Summer Nights, Honorable MentionSunset from Coors Field in Denver, Colorado.

Alaina Santilli - In the Garden, Honorable MentionTaken with my Nikon D5200 SLR in full sun.


Grant Whitty - Summer Nights, Second PlaceTaken in Bettendorf.

Kathy Nice - In the Garden, Honorable MentionNorthern Broken Dash Skipper Butterfly on a wildflower in the prairie at Nahant Marsh in Davenport.

Tom Pickering - In the Garden, Honorable MentionPhotographed at Bickelhaupt Arboretum in Clinton, Iowa.


mention her expressing embarrassment or apologizing afterward as people acting out in uncharacteristic ways tend to do. If you decide to stick around, be wary of succumbing to optimism bias our tendency to project a rosy future for ourselves: silver linings all around; hold the clouds. This leads to selective eyesight, like focusing on how hot a woman is rather than how hot-headed. This may work for you for a while perhaps until shes melting your ear in the drugstore aisle: Where are the tampons I told you to get, you big moron? Of course, at that point, theres only one thing to say to her: Sorry, maam. I think youve mistaken me for somebody else.

Junior High and MightyIm a 23-year-old guy dating a beautiful

and exciting 33-year-old woman. Because shes older than everybody in my circle, my buddies have taken to calling her Mom (though not to her face) and ripping on me for dating her. She really is fantastic, but I have to admit this is having an impact on me making me both angry at my friends and embarrassed that she and I stick out for the age difference.

Peer-Pressured

Ten years seems like a big deal now, but when youre 139, she wont even be 150 yet.

Its understandable that youre feeling all wound-y from these razzings, but being male is about being a competitor ultimately for women down to the smallest scale. As one sperm taunted the other, You swim like you expect to end up in an old tube sock.

The power of your buddies mockery isnt surprising, considering the finding by UCLAs Matthew Lieberman and Naomi Eisenberger that our brains react to social pain in much the same way they do to physical pain. This makes sense, as we are a social species and, early on, our survival may have depended on what other people thought of us. But theres being aware of peoples remarks and theres letting them drive you like a joystick. Also, the way to pretty much ensure that guys keep ripping on you is showing that youre vulnerable to it, such as by dumping your hot-mama girlfriend so you dont stick out from the pack. Remember, age is just a number like zero, the amount of sex many of them are having and would probably like to see you having, too.

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Askthe Advice GoddessBY AMY ALKONQue Syrah Syrah

Ive been dating a fun, very attractive woman for about a month, and things have been going great. However, on our last date, we were out at dinner, and the female server accidentally spilled an entire glass of red wine on her dress. Though the server seemed mortified and apologized profusely, my date absolutely lost it going into a rage and yelling at the poor server, telling her she needs to learn how to do her job, et cetera. Except for this incident, this woman has been sweet to me and generally acts like a nice person. Should I give her some leeway on this?

Concerned

Red wine and clothing have been problematic companions for centuries. Impressive as it is that Jesus turned water into wine, if only hed developed a way to turn wine back into water, he could have opened a highly successful chain of dry cleaners.

And while its pretty awful when somebody spills red wine all over your outfit, its especially awful when you are on a date and want to be at your sexy, pulled-together best. (If you felt a 2006 Bordeaux would have improved your look, you would have thrown a glass of it on yourself before leaving the house.)

But as I note in my new book Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F--- (June 3, St. Martins Press), when youve just started dating someone, the butter-paws waiter who gives them a red-wine bath is probably doing you a favor. Significant character flaws (like rage issues) are unlikely to be revealed in the early stages of dating, when the biggest source of stress you see your date experiencing is the kitchens forgetting to leave off the parsley garnish on their medallions of duck.

If, when youre dating someone new, you never get seated in the clumsy waiters section, go camping together, collaborate on a project, or engage in other stress-producing activities that strain a persons patience and party manners. Bad personality traits, if any, are likely to scurry around like cockroaches after somebody turns the lights on.

As for this woman, it doesnt look good. Her behavior suggests not only a lack of compassion but poor self-regulation, psychologists term for the ability to control ones emotional reactions. You also dont

economic development. Who does not support economic development? It is how you provide for and measure economic development that matters. And only one candidate, Diane Holst, is offering specifics for this tool of government that all candidates of all stripes bandy about.

She advocates establishing non-negotiable criteria up-front designed to attract development with specific compliance rules and incentives (if appropriate) that apply to all comers, so that both developers and taxpayers always know the cost/risk attributes. All contracts that include incentives must be accompanied by strong accountability measures that trigger strict enforcement of penalties, including claw-backs if companies renege on any of the deliverables. These include utilizing up to three state laws already on the books to ensure performance in exchange for incentives and breaks. She is able to see the entire field, rather than knee-jerk hindsight policy shifting, after mega-developments such as Orascom fail to actualize.

In conclusion, the current Board of Supervisors protects the needs of the bureaucracy more often than the needs of residents. This is seen with such cavalier mid-year budget increases over $700,000. There was no discussion, just perfunctory approval as usual. The Scott County budget has doubled over the past 14 years, while population growth has been only 5 percent. So where is all this money going, but to enlarge government programming?

Electing Diane Holst will give Scott County residents a new confidence that at least one supervisor is actually supervising. Vote the person, not the party, and elect a non-politician to this critical seat on the Scott County Board of Supervisors in the primary election on June 3. It could very well be one of the most important votes you ever cast. The role county governments play in implementing massive new federal programming is enormous.

We have to be done with politics as usual if we are going to create any kind of change. Holst is not a politician, a career bureaucrat, or a lawyer. She is Mrs. Citizen and is not an obstructionist or a contrarian. She is common sense personified, not a go-along-to-get-along recruit of political-party leadership. Holst is humble in her sense of obligation and civic duty, and has the political courage to share what she has learned, articulate the issues, and provide specific solutions for voters consideration (RCReader.com/y/holst3). Only one other candidate even has a Web site for sharing information about his candidacy: Jarod Powell (PowellForIowa.com).

I urge you to visit DianeHolst.com and learn things about Scott County you probably did not know before. For example, the public claim by incumbent supervisors William P. Cusack and Carol T. Earnhardt that our property-tax rates have been lowered for the past two years might cause taxpayers to think their taxes will be lower. While the levy rate has been lowered, the taxable percentage on the assessed value of our properties has been increased at the state level. This misnomer, known as a rollback, means that unless the levy rate is lowered enough to offset the increased taxable percentage or unless assessed values dont rise taxes will go up. And for many in Scott County, they did.

Meanwhile, when property-tax relief could occur, it hasnt even when, as incumbent Supervisor Earnhardt revealed, the county has enough surplus cash on hand to fund a new patrol headquarters, new maintenance building, and courthouse improvements without bonding. Bonding capacity is for capital improvements. Big cash surpluses are for property-tax relief. Lowering levy rates that do not offset taxable-assessed-value increases is not property-tax relief, no matter how you sell it.

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change has changed these past 12 months. I am not kidding and I am not exaggerating. Getting just one of my certainties destroyed would have been acceptable; I long ago became accustomed to the gradual chip-chip-chipping away of my secure foundations. But this most recent phase, when even my pretty illusions of stability got smashed, truly set a record. So then why am I still standing strong and proud? Why is it Im not cowering in the corner muttering to the spiders? Have I somehow found some new source of power that was never available to me until my defenses were totally stripped away? I think Ill go with that theory.

VIRGO (August 23-September 22): About 32,000 years ago, squirrels in northeast Siberia buried the fruits

of a flowering plant deep in their burrows, below the level of the permafrost. Then a flood swept through the area. The water froze and permanently sealed the fruits in a layer of ice. They remained preserved there until 2007, when they were excavated. A team of scientists got a hold of them and coaxed them to grow into viable plants. Their success has a metaphorical resemblance to a project you will be capable of pulling off during the next 12 months, Virgo. Im not sure what exact form it will take. A resuscitation? A resurrection? A recovery? The revival of a dormant dream? The thawing of a frozen asset or the return of a lost resource?

LIBRA (September 23-October 22): For German physicist Arnold

Sommerfeld, the good news was that he was nominated for the Nobel Prize 81 times. The bad news is that he never actually won. Actor Richard Burton had a similar fate. He was nominated for an Academy Award seven times but never took home an Oscar. If there is anything that even vaguely resembles that pattern in your own life, Libra, the next 12 months will be the most favorable time ever to break the spell. In the next few weeks, you may get a glimpse of how it will unfold.

SCORPIO (October 23-November 21): I should have kissed you longer. I hope you wont be replaying that

thought over and over again in your imagination three weeks from now. I hope you wont be obsessing on similar mantras, either, like I should have treated you better or I wish I would have listened to you deeper or I should have tried harder to be my best self with you. Please dont let any of that happen, Scorpio. I am begging you to act now to make any necessary changes in yourself so that you will be fully ready to give the important people in your life the care they deserve. If you do so, you will be free of regrets later.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21): Longing, what is

that? Desire, what is that? Those are questions Louise Gluck asks in her poem Prism. Does

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob BrezsnyARIES (March 21-April 19): When I was young, wrote French author Albert Camus, I expected people

to give me more than they could continuous friendship, permanent emotion. That didnt work out so well for him. Over and over, he was awash in disappointment. Now I have learned to expect less of them than they can give, he concluded. Their emotions, their friendship, and noble gestures keep their full miraculous value in my eyes; wholly the fruit of grace. Id love to see you make an adjustment like this in the coming months, Aries. If you do, the astrological omens suggest you will experience a blessing like Camus.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Some earthquakes happen in slow motion. These rare events occur 22 to 34 miles

down, where tectonic plates are hotter and gooier. Unlike the sudden, shocking jolts of typical temblors, this gradual variety can take many days to uncoil and never send dishes flying off shelves up here on the earths surface. I suspect your destiny will have a resemblance to this phenomenon in the coming months, Taurus. Your foundations will be rustling and rumbling, but they will do so slowly and gently. The release of energy will ultimately be quite massive. The realignment of deep structures will be epic. But there will be no big disturbances or damages.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I suspect that some night soon you will have a dream of being naked as you stand on

stage in front of a big audience. Or maybe not completely naked. Theres a strong possibility you will be wearing pink and green striped socks and a gold crown. And it gets worse. In your dream, I bet you will forget what you were going to say to the expectant crowd. Your mouth will be moving but no words will come out. So thats the bad news, Gemini. The good news is that since I have forewarned you, you can now do whatever is necessary to prevent anything resembling this dream from actually occurring in your waking life. So when you are called on to show what youve got and to make a splashy impression, you will be well-prepared.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): When I slip into a meditative state and seek insight about your future, I have a

reverie about a hearty sapling growing out of a fallen tree thats rotting on the forest floor. I see exuberant mushrooms sprouting from a cowpie in a pasture. I imagine compost nourishing a watermelon patch. So what do my visions mean? Im guessing youre going through a phase of metaphorical death and decay. You are shedding and purging and flushing. In the process, you are preparing some top-notch fertilizer. It wont be ready for a while, but when it is, a growth spurt will begin.

LEO (July 23-August 22): Dear Diary: Almost everything that was possible to

she really not know? Has she somehow become innocent again, free from all her memories of what longing and desire have meant to her in the past? Thats what I wish for you right now, Sagittarius. Can you do it? Can you enter into beginners mind and feel your longing and desire as if they were brand new, just born, as fresh and primal as they were at the moment you fell in love for the first time? If you can manage it, you will bestow upon yourself a big blessing.

CAPRICORN (December 22-January 19): You could really benefit from engaging with a compassionate critic

someone who would gently and lovingly invite you to curb your excesses, heal your ignorance, and correct your mistakes. Would you consider going out in search of a kick-ass guide like that? ideally, this person would also motivate you to build up your strengths and inspire you to take better care of your body. One way or another, Capricorn, curative feedback will be coming your way. The question is: Will you have a hand in choosing it, or will you wait around passively for fate to deliver it? I highly recommend the former.

AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18): Now would be an excellent time for you to dream up five new ways

to have fun. Im not suggesting theres anything wrong with your existing methods. Its just that in the next few weeks, life will conspire to help you drop some of your inhibitions and play around more than usual and experience greater pleasure. The best way to cooperate with that conspiracy is to be an explorer on the frontiers of amusement and enchantment. Whats the most exciting thing you have always wondered about but never done? What interesting experiment have you denied yourself for no good reason? What excursion or adventure would light up your spontaneity?

PISCES (February 19-March 20): Now is an excellent time to transform your relationship with your past. Are you

up for a concentrated burst of psycho-spiritual work? To get the party started, meditate your ass off as you ponder this question: What fossilized fixations, ancient insults, impossible dreams, and parasitic ghosts am I ready to let go of? Next, move on to this inquiry: What can I do to ensure that relaxed, amused acceptance will rule my encounters with the old ways forever after? Heres a third query: What will I do with all the energy I free up by releasing the deadweight I had been clinging to? Homework: I dare you to give a compliment to someone youve never praised before. Tell me about it at FreeWillAstrology.com.


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