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GUEST COMMENTARY by David S. DAmato

The Libertarian and Catholic Social Teachings

Roman Catholic leaders from Cardinal

scar Andrs Rodrguez Maradiaga toPope Francis himself have made newsthis year in their criticisms of supposed free-market economies, likening them to a form ofidolatry that exploits and denies access to thepoor. Because Catholic social teachings empha-size stewardship and aid to the less fortunate,clergymen such as Maradiaga have taken aim atperceived structural causes for poverty.

It is in identifying these causes that thecardinals fulminations against free markets

become problematic. While he can hardlybe blamed for supposing that something inrelations between rich and poor is amiss, it ishis faith in the positive interventions of thestate that is the deception. Ironically, thefree market that Maradiaga so sincerelydenounces is itself a product of deep andsustained state coercion on a scale not oftenrecognized for what it is. We must thereforedistinguish between two ways of employingthe phrase free market, lest we fall intothe trap that caught Maradiaga the trap ofopposing libertarianism in principle withoutactually understanding the economic system itprescribes.

Free markets dont have to mean theparticular incarnation of corporate world

dominance we see all around us today. For an

entire tradition an individualist anarchismthat once blossomed in the United States freemarkets meant simply voluntary exchangebetween sovereign individuals with equalrights and liberties. If consistently adheredto, such a system would,these anarchists argued,distribute wealth andproperty more evenly andequitably, effectively endingthe exploitation of the

working poor.Many of todaysfree-market libertarianscontinue in thistradition, arguing thatlibertarianism shouldntbe either a defense ofcorporate capitalism orits euphemistic rhetoricalsubstitute. For us, freemarkets are a system whereby individuals areleft free to do whatever they might within theboundaries set by equal freedom that is,all individuals stand on equal footing as freeagents who might start their own businesses,homestead property, or sell their work or wares.

Taken together with an absence of subsidies

to big business under such a system, the

profuseness of open opportunities for self-reliance and self-employment would mean astriking shift in bargaining power. No longerwould corporate powerhouses enjoy theprerogative of offering scanty pay on a take

it or leave it basis,for free individualswould summarilychoose to leave it.With governmentland monopolies

disintegrated, withregulatory and licensurebarriers abolished, withthe free and open issueof alternative currencies,no business entity couldgrow to any notable sizeor influence withoutfaithfully serving itspatrons.

Thats what a great many libertarians meanwhen we talk about free markets. We are nomore enamored of corporate power and therealities of global capitalism than CardinalMaradiaga or Americans on the political left indeed, many of us are far more critical of ourexisting economic system than anyone on the

mainstream, progressive left. If in fact there

is a problem with contemporary libertariannarratives, it lies in their departures from free-market principles, not in any hard-line orcutthroat devotion to them.

There can be little doubt that CardinalMaradiagas heart is in the right place, thathis concerns about wealth inequality andcompassion for those in need are genuine.But the libertarian opposition to aggressionin all its forms, including ostensibly legitimatestate action, is not at all antithetical to those

concerns.Systematic poverty and exploitation in factdepend on aggression. Catholics should bechary of relying on Maradiagas characterizationof libertarianism as an apologia for greed andwidespread economic destitution. If thats reallywhat it was, most libertarians I know wouldoppose it, too.

Center for a Stateless Society (C4SS.org) Trusteeand Senior Fellow David S. DAmato is anattorney living and writing in Chicago. He holdsa J.D. from New England School of Law andan LL.M. in global law and technology fromSuffolk University Law School. He maintains aWeb site devoted to individualist anarchism atIndividualistAnarchist.com.

Cardinal Maradiagas

concerns about

wealth inequality and

compassion for those inneed are genuine, but the

libertarian philosophy is

not at all antithetical to

those concerns.


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Media Ignore Real Problemswith Remap-Reform Petition

by Rich Miller

CapitolFax.comILLINOIS POLITICS

Almost 90 percent of the Yes for Inde-pendent Maps petition entries tossedas invalid by the Illinois State Board

of Elections this month were for people whowere either not registered to vote or werentregistered to vote at the address shown on thepetitions, official documents show. The groupis attempting to get a constitutional amend-ment on the ballot to reform thestates indisputably hyper-partisanlegislative-redistricting process.

Yet the states media, led by theChicago Tribuneeditorial page,have focused on problems withsignatures that dont match upto voter-registration cards. Itseither a gross misunderstandingof the situation or a deliberatedeception.

The state board used acomputer program to choose25,000 petition entries at random

out of the 500,000 or so entriesturned in by the remap-reformgroup. Board employees then examined theentries and struck 13,807 as invalid, for a failurerate of about 55 percent.

Of those, 7,535 entries (55 percent of thetotal rejected) were from people who werenot registered to vote, according to Board ofElections Director Rupert Borgsmiller. Another4,565 (33 percent) were signers who werentregistered to vote at the address shown on thepetition. The Yes for Independent Maps folkssay they believe they can rehabilitate 4,130 ofthose, but that would be highly unusual. Theyneed to restore somewhere between 2,500 and3,000 petition entries.

But despite the fact that the remap-reformgroup mainly lost petition challenges basedon voter registration, the news media hasstubbornly continued to focus on the relativelytiny fight over whether petition signaturesmatched up to signatures on voter-registrationcards.

The reality is that just 937 petition entries(7 percent of the total rejected) were tossedbecause the signatures didnt match up to

voter-registration files. Another 721 (5 percent)were tossed because the boards staff examinerscouldnt read the signatures and/or the addressto figure out who the person actually was.

Yet a Chicago Associated Press storypublished last week focused solely onsignatures, as did a Tribunenews story, as didtwo Tribuneeditorials, as did pretty much

everyone else.Obviously, if the problem is merely matchingup signatures, thats a subjective exercise andripe for potential abuse. But the real problemwith the remap petitions is unregistered orimproperly registered voters. These things

simply are not subjective.Its because of a back-room process, an

uneven, rushed process, that it had gotten tothis point, remap reformer Michael Kolenc toldreporters last week. The uneven process hasalso been highlighted three times by the Tribuneeditorial board, and its yet another grotesquedistortion of the facts.

A June 5 Tribuneeditorialclaimed that individualexaminers invalidation ratesranged from 17 percent to86 percent. In one of twoeditorials last week, the Tribunefinally admitted that it wastalking about just two boardstaffers. Should we take theword of the elections-boardexaminers as gospel? Oneexaminer disqualified 86percent of the signatures he orshe checked. Another examiner

disqualified only 17 percent.So what about those two

examiners? If you look at the actual data, youllsee that the two staffers in question examinedonly a handful of entries. A tiny sample of a5-percent total sample can mathematicallyexplain any wild individual variations.

The board assigned 38 staffers to theexamination task. One staffer looked at just asingle entry, so lets toss him out. Of the rest,the number of signatures examined rangedfrom 1,714 down to 91, for an average of 676examined and a median of 711.

The staffer who disqualified only 17percent examined just 92 petition entries. Thestaffer who disqualified 86 percent looked at

just 183 entries. The overwhelming majority ofthe examiners had pretty close to the final rateof 55 percent invalid.

Director Borgsmiller also noted that inthe last two days of the examination process,his staffs validation rate jumped to over 60percent. Borgsmiller said that most of the

petitions looked at during that period werefrom Downstate. The Yes for Independent Mapsgroup had several solid Downstate volunteers,particularly in central Illinois.

The bottom line here is that this states mediahave fallen for spin thats made the Board ofElections look like some evil entity. If thatsso, then why did the board certify Republicangubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauners widely-hated-by-insiders term-limits constitutionalamendment last week? The most likely answeris almost always the simplest. Rauner obviouslyran a tight ship. The remap folks apparently didnot.

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

The main issue

with the petitions

is unregistered

or improperly

registered voters.

These things

simply are not

subjective.

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The River Monks, July 2 at Rozz-Tox

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MUSIC

Rye is nearly a rock song, butthe instrument brings more thandistortion. There are, in fact, atleast four distinct guitar parts,each serving a different function a slow, flat, reverb-heavy hook; abright complement to the vocals;scratchy, nearly ominous rhythmicnoise; and, near the end, abackward squall. That sounds likeoverkill particularly on a recordlargely made from fluffy clouds but it reflects a clarity of visionand execution.

The River Monks started in2010 as a trio, and although thegroup has doubled in size sinceits debut albumJovials, theres asmart restraint in the songwritingand arrangements on the new

record; there might be more people, but thesongs arent burdened by superfluous partsor playing.

Stier saidJovialswas largely written inthe studio: We were kind of just learning

what we wanted to do as a band, whatwe wanted to sound like, experimentingwith what kinds of sounds we could maketogether.

Home Is the House, by contrast, wasthoroughly thought-out because of thebands new geography, and recordingsessions in three states. The second timearound, we really had to be a little moremature about our arrangements, how wewere going to plan it out because we had to

record it in ... these specified chunks of time.Mature is a good word, as the albumskates up to the line between gorgeousarticulation and overly precious perfection ending up an accessible and richdocument of a bands grasp matching itsreach.

The River Monks will perform onWednesday, July 2, at Rozz-Tox (2108Third Avenue, Rock Island; RozzTox.com).The 8 p.m. all-ages show also includesBrooks Strause and The Multiple Cat, andadmission is $5.

For more information on the River Monks,visit TheRiverMonks.com.

T

he bands moniker comesfrom the likely source of theDes Moines Rivers name

(the French Rivire des Moinesriver of the monks), andTinyMixTapes.com declared thatthe River Monks might just beIowa. The five-part vocal harmo-nies swirl outward like wind acrossthe fields, while the bands tradi-tional folk instrumentation is givenIowas unexpectedly progressivetouch, leaving you with somethingentirely recognizable, yet com-

pletely new.Its new album is titled Home

Is the House, invoking a sense ofphysical place.

And many thousands of peoplein Iowa know the band evenif they dont realize it. The River Monkscomposed the theme music for Iowa PublicRadios two talk shows.

The irony is that the band playingRozz-Tox on July 2 no longer has a home.

While the group originated in Des Moines,some of the sextets members have beenscattered about to Nashville, to Omaha,Nebraska, and soon to California.

So the River Monks seven-weeksummer tour, singer/songwriter Ryan Stiersaid in a phone interview last week, is a bidfor longevity. Weve been really forced tofigure out: If the bands going to continue,then we need to set some groundwork.

Stier was talking about the bands

touring base, but Home Is the Houseservesas a stunningly strong musical foundation,a record with a comfortably alluringsurface that serves as an entry point intocomplications that reward close listening.

While home is the overriding theme ofthe album, its engagingly structured morelike a developing consciousness. Stier saidthe opening two tracks Overture andthe long-form Skin can be seen as anemergence from sleep.

If you want to look at it like a metaphor,the albums kind of waking up right there[in Overture], yawning and stretchingand getting you ready for whats to come,he said. And Skin is not necessarily adream, but its based on an idea of Was

that a dream? where youre wondering ifyoure awake yet.

From those ephemeral beginnings,Home Is the Houseclarifies into more-conventional songs although, likeAndrew Bird, the force of idiosyncratic

personality transforms the building blocksof Americana into something that defiespigeonholing. The bands precise folk-rockarrangements, broad palette, and vocals thatmelt the emotional edges off wistfulnessblend into a relaxed, patient meal in whichthe individual flavors of each course aregiven the room to breathe and expand.

On Mouth, the vocals, banjo, andacoustic guitar provide the backbone, buthorns entering in the middle add a gentlemelody, the kick drum provides a softheartbeat in an interlude, and there areeven a few electronic ambient flourishes.Harmonizing voices paired with acousticguitar imitate ringing bells.

Throughout the record, theres a deftbalance of simplicity and density ofstraightforward musical and thematicideas explored fully and cleverly, whichlends lean mass to even the gentleness.From moments of ethereal harmoniesto infrequent blasts of discord, theres

confidence and certainty in fulfilling eachtracks considerable ambitions.

The band uses electric guitarinfrequently, for example, but its carefullyemployed to serve the song. Loam &

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Cadence of Diversityis a joyful mural rich with expressions of manycultures that are balanced with an

underlying theme of connectedness.The 100-foot-long mural is painted

on a concrete wall just south of SeventhAvenue on 38th Street in Rock Island.Working with more than 50 Augustanastudents, Peter Xiao a professor of art atthe college led the murals developmentand execution throughout much of 2009,completing the work in the spring of2010.

The mural depicts a wide range ofnationalities and cultures through itsfigures, symbols, and landmarks, drawntogether by the word coexist at itscenter. The main figures differ in age,race, and sex, yet they are primarilyengaged in shared experience: music.Repeated forms tie together otherelements of the mural; the same patterns

in the Great Wall of China, for example,are unexpectedly found on the legs of aspinning break dancer.

The figures and symbols are furtherconnected by a train, the Rock Island

Line, that weaves its way through thisfestive, rolling landscape. The railroadcars and ties along the tracks create arhythm that visually represents a musicaltempo and cadence.

The Rock Island Line was a companythat operated an extensive network ofrailroads across the central states fromChicago to Omaha, from Minneapolis toTexas. Originally founded in Rock Islandin the 1850s, the railroads name servesas a metaphor for the community in themural.

Also running the length of the muralare the lyrics to the song The RockIsland Line. John Lomax first recorded

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By Thom White

Consider-ing itstitle, and

my unfamiliar-ity with theBritt Menziesbooks on whichits based, I wasuncertain whatto expect goinginto ThursdaysCirca 21 Din-

ner Playhouseproductionof StinkyKids:The Musical. That title, for me, conjuresup thoughts of the grotesque GarbagePail Kids collector cards from the 1980s.Thankfully, though, the showsStinkyKids are nothing like those urchins,as was noted upon my first look at cos-tume designer Gregory Hiatts colorful,playful choices for the six characters, with

each six- or seven-year old child wearinga predominant color with accents suchas flowers or shapes in another hue.

The actors bright smiles and childlikedispositions further eased my concerns,which were obliterated once theperformers started singing. ComposerDaniel S. Acquistos melodies are maturefor a childrens musical, featuringunexpected but beautiful changes in pitchto end phrases. When the melodies are

layered with his harmonies, Acquistosmusic holds up to the songs in muchhigher-profile musicals. Meanwhile,the lyrics by Sammy Buck, who alsowrote StinkyKidsbook, are much morechildish, with expected rhymes andodd uses of repeated or extra wordsto complete phrases though thisis appropriate, considering this is achildrens musical.

Director Andrea Moore keeps the pacemoving along with high energy, bringing

the production in at about 50 minutes offun, with strong life lessons about makingmistakes and the importance of tellingyour parents about them. Those moralsplay out after the perennially sunny, ever-obedient Britt (Lauren VanSpeybroeck)goes to sleep with gum in her mouth,despite being told not to by her parents.As she and her friends prepare to goto Captain Happys Jumpy-Fun-Super-Bouncy Indoor Place, they try to get the

gum out of Britts hair before her parentsfind out and she gets into trouble, eventhough their attempts wind up involvingfurther acts of disobedience.

Moore also choreographs the piece

with the samelevel of energyas her peppypacing. Myparticularfavorite dancesteps are inSpearnana,which is asong aboutchoosing onegum over

another thetitle being a

combinationof two flavors but which is actuallyabout having to choose one best friendover another. (In Britts case, its AlexisHarters Jen or Iliana Garcias Hannah.)Moores movements for the chorus in thisnumber are a modified hand jive with anadded dash of Beyoncs Single Ladieschoreography thrown into the mix.

VanSpeybroecks signaturesprightliness suits Britt, with hereffervescent smile and well-behavedmanner bordering on goody-goody,but staying cute and likable. Harter andGarcia earn points for their delightful,powerful vocals, as well as for theirgood-natured tension as Jen and Hannahfight over being Britts best friend. AdamT. Biners Johnny stands out for hishumorously spastic nature (as well as

his superhero cape with a big J on it),while Mark Bacons Billy amuses withhis spoutings of scientific intelligence,and Mitch Donahues Max balancesathleticism with common sense; hesBritts voice of reason in understandingtrue friendship.

I was pleased to have my partners10-year-old daughter Madisonaccompanying me to the performance,and even more pleased to note howriveted she was by the proceedings, evensinging some StinkyKids: The Musicallyrics on the way to the car after theperformance. While the show is aboutkids three or four years her junior, shestill enjoyed it, perhaps because itslessons about behaving and asking forhelp when you get into sticky situationsare universal and because, here, theyreso enjoyably shared.

StinkyKids: The Musical runs at the

Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse (1828 ThirdAvenue, Rock Island) through July 12, andmore information and tickets are availableby calling (309)786-7733 extension 2 orvisiting Circa21.com.

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Prior to last Thurs-day, I had seen 40productions at Mt.

Carrolls Timber LakePlayhouse, and somehow,during all those visits,I had never been therewhen it rained. Yet rainit did on Thursday, andit rained hard, and Icouldnt imagine more

fitting weather for the venues opening-nightperformance ofAn Inspector Calls, an eerie, suc-culent psycho-drama (with laughs) that madethe literal storm clouds a spectacular match forthe figurative ones on-stage.

Within the first seconds of author J.B.Priestleys 1946 play, you could sense theaudience enjoying the unplanned marriage ofdirector Chuck Smiths presentation and MotherNatures effects. Opening, in near-darkness, withsound designer Lucas Pawelskis re-creationof an old-timey radio broadcast a gong-

punctuated invitation to solve a forthcomingmystery An Inspector Callsofficially beginswith six people at a table. The setting is a ruralmanse in 1912 England, and a congratulatorytoast is being given by proprietor Arthur Birling(John Chase), whose daughter Sheila (CarolineMurrah) is newly engaged to business tyroGerald Croft (Gabriel Brown). Also on hand areArthurs wife Sybil (Danielle Brothers), their sonEric (Cody Jolly), and their maid Edna (BethanyFay), and while the mood in the productions

early scenes is festive, there are hints Arthurstoo-aggressive bonhomie, Erics constant swigsof port that all might not be merry in thishousehold. And then the doorbell rings.

Enter Inspector Goole (Grant Brown), ablunt, fastidious figure with perfect posturewhose arrival felt as deliciously ominous as theheavy rain landing on Timber Lakes rooftop.Delivering news of a local girls violent suicide,Goole suggests that her death may have beencaused, at least in part, by one or more membersof the gathered party, and asks if he might

question them about their possible connectionsto the deceased. What transpires, then, isconsequently less a whodunnit than a juicy who-also-dunnit, with the Birlings and Crofts initialcivility giving way to regret, recrimination,and moral rot, all exacerbated by the lingeringquestion of just who, or what,the strangelyomniscient Inspector Goole actually is. (Itsimpossible, after all, to ignore the homophone ofhis surname.)

Theatrical mysteries of this sort live or die on

the strengths of their actors; ideally, charactersshould remain suspect even when youre certainyou know everything there is to know aboutthem. And Smith, whose stage compositionsare beautifully rendered, has a humdinger castassembled forAn Inspector Calls. That ever-great

THEATRE by Mike [email protected]

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night ...An Inspector Calls,at the Timber Lake Playhouse through June 28

Timber Lake veteranChase is sensationallypompous here and hasscenes of frighteningdiscord with Jolly,whose early, bitchyinsouciance morphs,wrenchingly, intoabject self-loathing.Gabriel Brown Josephin the venues recent

Technicolor Dreamcoat lets a touching guilttrickle through his charming geniality, andMurrah, in the role that won Jane Adams a1994 Tony, deserves an award of her own forher seemingly delicate Sheila emerging as thedeterminedly sensible, andfunny, heart of thepiece. (On Thursday, Murrahs best bit camewhen Sybil insisted that her daughter not listento the inspectors vile story, and Sheila blurted,But youre forgetting that Im supposed to beengaged to the hero of it!)

As Goole, Grant Brown is fantastically

inscrutable, his insinuating accusationsand schoolmarm priggishness occasionallyinterrupted by bursts of self-righteous anger.Brothers has such a wondrously intimidatinglower register, and is so thrillingly imperious,that you smile at her presence even when Sybilis at her most monstrous; despite its sharedsetting, Priestleys play isnt Downton Abbey, butin Brothers, at least, this production does haveits own Maggie Smith. (Sybils elegant burgundygown is also the finest of costumer Kathleen

Embreys superb period creations.) Fays furtiveglances, meanwhile, keep you guessing aboutEdnas possible role in the story not that youllbe getting any clues from me.

A spiky melodrama with the soul of athriller,An Inspector Calls is a first-rateguessing game ... although I wish I didntexert quiteso much energy trying to guessthe meaning behind scenic designer NateDahlkempers fascinatingly artificial drawing-room set, with its intentionally unfinishedfloorboards, exposed brick, and nonfunctional

grandfather clock. (Does this clearly symbolicset represent the decay of the British upperclass? The peeling away of artifice? Theugliness beneath surface beauty? All of theabove?) But I absolutely lovedthe question ofthe shows final moments and tableau, which,as I was leaving the auditorium, led one patronahead of me to say, I totally got that, and herfriend to reply, I didnt get it at all. Im notsure I did, either, but days afterward, Im stillhaving a blast trying to.

An Inspector Calls runs at the Timber LakePlayhouse (8215 Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll)through June 28, and more information andtickets are available by calling (815)244-2035 orvisiting TimberLakePlayhouse.org.

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the song in 1934

when it was sungby inmates in anArkansas prison.Since then, it hasbeen recordedby a great rangeof performers from bluessinger LeadBelly to countrysinger JohnnyCash, fromcalypso singerHarry Belafonteto each of theformer Beatles.(The song andrailroad werealso elementsof AugustanaAssistantProfessor Jacob Bancks Rock Island Line,which the Quad City Symphony debuted

in March.) This variety of musical stylesis reflected in the folk, jazz, and classicalinstruments and musicians representedin the mural.

The background is painted inthe sequence of colors of the visiblespectrum, which can be seen assymbolizing the breadth of culturesbrought together in our community andthough the college. The Eiffel Tower, theColiseum, and the Great Wall of China

represent different cultures and alsoAugustanas overseas programs. Otherobjects, such as the dinosaur fossils in thecolleges Fryxell Geology Museum, relatespecifically to Augustanas campus.

The word coexist is formed in partby three symbols that stand for Islam,Judaism, and Christianity. Appropriatedfrom a popular logo created by PiotrMlodozeniec for an exhibition inJerusalem to promote religious tolerance,

the grouping gives the mural a visualfocus; its familiarity draws our attention.Yet that familiarity might prevent a causal

viewer from lo oking m ore clos ely at therest of the work, which takes far moretime to fully appreciate.

The mural poetically finds rhythmsand patterns in diverse activities anddistant places. It reaches for universalthemes but is rooted in this area throughits use of symbols from the college, thecommunity, and our railroad heritage.It is also Midwestern in its stylisticabstraction and rolling forms, similar to

paintings by Grant Wood and the otherregionalist artists.The musicians and dancers that

populate the mural dont directly interactwith the symbols or passing train, yet thelocomotives winding path links them.Each is connected even if unknowingly through the spirit of the song they areplaying.

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. Ifthere's a piece of public art that you'd liketo learn more about, e-mail the locationand a brief description to [email protected].

ART Article and Photos by Bruce [email protected]

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Spencersscenic designand JennaDambergerslate-19th-Century, rural-Midwesterncostumes,Morgansstaging of thestory with

playwrightsHerbert andDorothy Fields

original book revised by Peter Stone unfoldswith a gentle but energetic pacing thats nevertoo slow.

That energy partly comes from someenjoyable performances from the cast,including Jenna Haimes as Franks assistantDolly Tate. With her Southern drawl andslow, careful enunciation making it clear shes

putting on airs, particularly condescendingones, her Dolly is a bitchy caricature thatsfun to hate, while Laurel Deckers CharlieDavenport is easy to like for her self-confidence, sly attitude, and bright smile.As Buffalo Bill Cody, Jalen Lee sometimesfalters in matching Deckers showmanship,but he makes up for any shortcomings whenhe sings. And while Carly Ann Bergs Winnieand Daxx Jayroe Wiesers Tommy are fairlyone-note as happy-go-lucky lovebirds, theyre

paired perfectly, as exemplified by their sweet,romantic delivery of Who Do You Love, IHope?

Also well worth mentioning is designerCassie Mings, whose lighting effects featurefrequent shifts in color and position, but inways that arent overly flashy. Her talent isbest represented during the They Say ItsWonderful scene in which, thanks to Mingsmid-stage lighting of Baisley and McHenry, aset change takes place downstage of Annie andFrank without attention being called to it, asthe people changing the set as well as the setpieces themselves are seen only in silhouette.

In my opinion, the Clinton Area ShowboatTheatres presentation ofAnnie Get Your Gunis near-perfection and a must-see production.Baisleys performance, meanwhile, is onethat will stay with me for a long while, andwill likely be the benchmark by which Imeasure the next actor I see take on her iconiccharacter.

Annie Get Your Gun runs at the ClintonArea Showboat Theatre (311 RiverviewDrive, Clinton) through June 29, and moreinformation and tickets are available by calling(563)242-6760 or visiting ClintonShowboat.org.

There weremomentsduring

Fridays perfor-mance ofAnnieGet Your Gunat the ClintonArea ShowboatTheatre in whichI forgot that Iwas watching a

performance.That is to say,the audiencearound me disappeared as I became lost inthe production, and particularly captivated byHeather Baisleys Annie Oakley. This, for me,was a true escapist experience: I was absolutelytaken in by Baisleys fantastic portrayal.

For frame of reference, Baisleys sincere,charming, moxie-filled Annie is more likeReba McEntires take on the gun-toting,

tell-it-like-it-is figure than Ethel Mermanslarger-than-life turn. Baisleys performanceseems effortless genuine and overflowingwith engaging charisma. On Friday, when theperformer first opened her mouth to sing,and a voice with the velvety richness of JudyGarlands and the tone of Adeles emanatedfrom her lips, I was already smitten. (Bycoincidence, Id purchased a vinyl record of theBroadway productions original-cast recordingearlier in the day but dont want to listen toit yet, to avoid mentally overriding BaisleysAnnie.)

Nathan McHenrys vocals, however, aresimilarly memorable in his portrayal of Annieslove interest and shooting-showmanship rivalFrank Butler. McHenrys baritone voice, bothwhen he speaks and when he sings, carrieswith it his characters gravitas and bravado.While the two blend remarkably well oncomposer/lyricist Irving Berlins ballads,such as They Say Its Wonderful and TheGirl That I Marry performing with a

beautiful chemistry that elicits support fortheir inevitable connection they bring downthe house with their rousing, high-spiritedperformance of Anything You Can Do.

Director Wm. Perry Morgan stages Anniesand Franks story as a show-within-a-show,placing the cast members on seats along thesides of the stage, in full view, as they waitto enter a scene and deliver their lines. Thepresentation is fitting, given that the backdropof this couples love story is the traveling

Buffalo Bills Wild West Show in which Frankis the star, and, therefore, the means by whichhe and Annie meet, as she steps up to Frankschallenge of a shooting contest. And withautumnal colors emphasized in both Adam

THEATRE By Thom White

How the West Was WonderfulAnnie Get Your Gun, at the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre through June 29

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MusicBarn on the 4thCodfish Hollow Barn

Friday, July 4, 5 p.m.

Chances are goodthat when 5 p.m.rolls around on theFourth of July, thesun will still be out.(Then again, this is

the Midwest, so thepossibility of sky-darkening storms shouldnt be ignored.) But if you visit the CodfishHollow Barn, my guess is youll have no trouble viewing late-afternoon fireworks,considering the Maquoketa venue will be offering explosive entertainment galore with

its latest BHeadli

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Whats HappeninMusicG. Love & Special SauceThe Redstone Room

Thursday, July 3, 9 p.m.

On July 3, DavenportsRedstone Room hostsa special evening with thealternative hip-hop and blues artists of G. Love & Special

Sauce, performing in support of their recent album Sugar.On that recording, youll find the song Too Much Month,the bands ode to being desperately short on funds. Andamong its lyrics, youll find the following: I got too muchmonth for the end of my money / And not enough moneyfor the end of the month.

This is ordinarily when Id make some crack, such as

And boy,do we Readeremployees knowthats like! But Im angling for a raise, sotiming doesnt seem right.

With Sugar released a mere two montago, though, the time is absolutely right fan electrifying night with G. Love & SpecSauce, whose latest collaboration reunitebands original lineup of musicians for thfirst album together in nearly a decade.

Composed of vocalist/guitarist/harmoplayer Garrett G. Love Dutton (pictured), bassist JamJimi Jazz Prescott, and drummer Jeffrey The House

Clemens, the group released its self-titled debut CD in1994, and soon found its single Cold Beverage receivheavy airplay on MTV. The albums success led to freqtouring and the release of such additional hits as 1995sCoast to Coast Motel, 1997s Yeah, Its That Easy, 1999sPhiladelphonic , and 2001s Electric Mile, all of which lain the top five on Billboards Heatseekers charts. (It als

1) Matt Pryor2) The Bellfuries

3) The Whigs4) The Josh Berwanger Band5) Hunterchild

A)Mission ControlB) Designing a Nervous BreakdownC)Just Plain LonesomeD) Confidence ManE) Hunterchild

agimme.YouregonnablamemeforHunterchildself-titlingtheduosonlyalbumtodate?!Sheesh!

EventThink Tank: CreatingPositive OutcomesRivermont Collegiate

Thursday, June 26, 6 p.m.

Described as a forum for the QuadCities areas most compellingthinkers and doers, Bettendorfs Think

Tank invites the public to a June 26Rivermont Collegiate presentationtitled Creating Positive Outcomes.Considering its being given byBettendorfs Andy Yohe, its impossibleto imagine a more fitting title.

It was down along the train tracksunderneath the I-74 bridge, says Yoheof the 1994 accident that changed hislife. My friends and I had been jumpingtrains for fun once in a while, and wesaw this train coming by. But after I

grabbed the ladder and it yanked me offmy feet, I realized it was going a little toofast for me, and I just instinctively let go.

I rolled away from the train andthought I was fine, he continues, butwhen I looked down, I realized myright leg was about 20 feet away fromme. It flew off. And my left leg was justhanging on there by the material on thepants I was wearing.

Thankfully, Yohe says, a trainengineer saw it happen, so he got to911 within a minute of me being runover. If it wasnt for that guy, I definitelywouldnt be here. Yet the accident stillled to his right leg being amputatedabove the knee, and his left leg above his

ankle, plus the question of what Yohe only 16 years old at the time would dowith the rest of his life.

What he did, as attendees ofCreating Positive Outcomes will hear,

was find the strength to go throughpainful rehab and rigorous physicaltraining, and eventually earn two goldmedals in the Paralympics 2010 and2014 sled-hockey teams. For somereason, says Yohe, I really took a highroad on the whole thing, and reallywanted to focus on getting rehabilitated,and trying as hard as I could to lead anormal life. And Ive been working hardat it ever since.

During his Rivermont Collegiate

presentation, Yohe will share tales of hisdaily training, his 2006 recruitment toTeam USA, and the astonishing journeythat led to his life as a player, coach,husband, father, college graduate, andbusiness professional. Hell also offerinspiration on how, as he says, havingyour own positive attitude really createspositive outcomes in your life butdont expect his presentation to bedevoid of humor. Asked whether itstougher to win two gold medals or raisetwo kids under the age of five, Yohelaughs and says, Oh, the kids. For sure.

For more information on, and ticketto, Yohes presentation, call (563)322-2065 or e-mail [email protected].


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rnstormer event: Barn on the 4th.ing Codfish Hollows indie-music celebration will be therockers of The Hold Steady (pictured), the Brooklyn-basedt burst on the scene with 2004s debut release Almost Killed Me.at album and the groups sixth this past Marchs Teeth DreamsSteady has thrilled fans with exuberant heartland-rock stylings

in magazine to laud the bands arena-friendly sonics anded storytelling, and last year, the musicians achieved what mighte the ne plus ultra of pop-culture cool: landing one of theirhe HBO series Game of Thrones.Hold Steady are soon to be surrounded by cool, as Codfisharn on the 4th also features sets with a number of other stellaramong them: alt-rock trio The Whigs; electronic R&B duold; roots quartet The Bellfuries; acoustic rocker Matt Pryor; and

rockers of The Josh Berwanger Band. Test your indie-musicmatching the artists with the title of one of their albums.on on, and tickets to, Barn on the 4th, call (563)321-0172 or visitormers.com.

MUSICThursday, June 26 Embellish.

Concert presented by the Area 8

Festival of the Handbell Musiciansof America, featuring performersrepresenting the Grand Rapids,Michigan, area. Adler Theatre (136

East Third Street, Davenport). 8 p.m.$10. For information, visit AreaVIII.org.

Friday, June 27 Bells of the

Lakes. Concert presented by the Area8 Festival of the Handbell Musicians

of America, featuring performersrepresenting the Twin Cities ofMinnesota. Adler Theatre (136 EastThird Stree t, Davenpo rt). 8 p.m. $10.For information, visit AreaVIII.org.

Saturday, June 28 Homegrown

Music Showcase. Local bands DramaMajor, Dynoride, and Echoes &Afterthoughts in concert. Rock IslandBrewing Company (1815 Second

Avenue, Rock Island). 9 p.m. $5. Forinformation, call (309)793-4060 orvisit RIBCO.com.

Saturday, June 28 Matt Mason

Band. Concert with the 2011 winner

of CMTs Next Superstar and hisensemble. On the Rock Grille & Bar(4619 34th Street, Rock Island). 8 p.m.

For information, call (309)732-1631 orvisit OnTheRockGrille.com.

Saturday, June 28 Ring

Davenport Closing Concert.

What ElseIs Happenin

by Mike Schulz

[email protected]

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served as the house band for Comedy Centrals 1999-2001series Turn Ben Stein on.)

Following Prescotts five-year break from the band,the group is now back to its original iteration, and Sugarreviewers appear more than delighted; PopMatters.comwrote, G. Love & Special Sauce are pushing forward yetagain with their unmistakable brand of hip-hop, soul, andblues, and GuitarWorld.com raved about the albums killersongs and groove-heavy, Chicago-blues-infused brandof stripped-down rock-and-roll. And if youre lookingfor more on the band, check out my editor Jeff Ignatius

2007 interview with Dutton! It might be the most brilliant,incisive, entertaining ... .

Yeah, I might be angling for that raise a bit too hard now.G. Love & Special Sauce performs locally with an

opening set by Rob Drabkin, and more informationis available by calling (563)326-1333 or visitingRiverMusicExperience.org.

Answers:1D,2C,3A,4B,5E.Fine.Thatlastonewas

TheatreThe Suppliantsand The PersiansLincoln Park

Saturday, June 28,

through Sunday, July 6, 8 p.m.

Over its half-century-plus history,the Rock Island-based GenesiusGuild has dedicated

itself to the presentationof classical theatre everything from thecomedies of Aristophanesto the tragedies ofShakespeare. If, however,you attend one of Genesius GuildsLincoln Park performances betweenJune 28 and July 6, dont make themistake of thinking youll be seeing anold play. Youll actually be seeing theoldest play.

That would be The Persians, a one-acttragedy by the Greek author Aeschylus,and a piece credited as, yes, the oldestdramatic work still in existence. Theonly surviving portion of a trilogy thatwon first prize in Athens City Dionysiafestival of 472 B.C.E., The Persians isthe tale of Athens defeat of Xerxesarmy told from the point-of-view of the

vanquished, and also features what isconsidered by many to be the first ghost

scene in Western theatre. Familiar areaactor John Donald OShea gets to playthat ghost in director Don Wootensproduction, and the cast also includesMelanie Radkiewicz, Neil Friberg, Doug

Adkins, Don Faust, Mischa Hooker, and

longtime Guild veteran Earl Strupp.But if youre thinking that one short

Aeschylus play isnt enough for a nightsoutdoor entertainment, fear not: Weregetting a two-fer! Prior to The Persians,Genesius Guilds two-act evening willfind director Dori Foster staging theauthors The Suppliants, which madeits debut in the far more modernizedyear of 463 B.C.E. Its the stor y of

50 Greek maidens, the

daughters of Danaos, whowere unhappily forced intomarriage with 50 Egyptiancousins making the dramakind of like a more denselypopulated, creepier version

of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.Included in The Suppliants cast

are recognizable local talents suchas Bob Hanske, Gary Adkins, AnnaTunnicliff, Sydney Crumbleholme,

Alaina Pascarella, Jo Vasquez, and SarahMurphy. And while it should be notedthat the Suppliants/Persiansdouble-billis Genesius Guilds annual presentationfeaturing characters wearing classicalmasks of the period, it should also benoted that the ever-prolific Pat Flahertywill be wearing masks in bothof them.I love the guy dearly, but just cause wecant see your face, Pat, doesnt mean wecant recognize your greed. (Insert winkyemoticon here.)

Donations are encouraged forThe Suppliants and The Persiansfree Saturday- and Sunday-nightperformances, and more information isavailable by visiting Genesius.org.


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(Editors note: The River Cities Readereach month will feature an image orimages from the Quad Cities PhotographyClub.)

One of the top-scoring creative im-ages in the Quad Cities Photog-raphy Club competition for May

was created by Mary Anderson. On arecent trip to Costa Rica, she was stayingat a lodge near the Arenal Volcano. Therewere lovely gardens, and while walkingaround the lodge she found an interestingorange and white blossom. She wanted toliven it up a bit, so she used PhotoshopElements and Topaz plug-ins to cre-

ate the unusual look. She used a NikonD5000 camera with a Nikon 18-300-mil-limeter lens.

The Quad Cities Photography Clubwelcomes visitors and new members.The club sponsors numerous activitiesencompassing many types and aspects of

photography. It holds digital and printcompetitions most months. At its meetings,members discuss the images, help eachother to improve, and socialize. The clubalso holds special learning workshopsand small groups that meet on specificphotography topics, and occasionally offersinteresting shooting opportunities. Theclub meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Thursdayof the month September through June atthe Butterworth Center, 1105 Eighth Streetin Moline.

For more information on the club, visitQCPhotoClub.com.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Featured Image from theQuad Cities Photography Club


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addresses the camera directly, even though,to make consistent sense of this storytellingdevice, he really needs to. And while,unlike the stage show, the numbers hereare all performed realistically within thecontext of the narrative, that decision leadsto a number of odd, awkward segments,such as when songs from jukeboxes

comment on the on-screen dialogue.(Stay, for example, is heard just as Valli isasking, Why does everybody leave?)

Still, Eastwoods smartly designed,inarguably unusual achievement is worthseeing and definitely worth hearing,even if Youngs deservedly lauded falsettois beginning to sound rather strained. (Inyet another strange touch, the Broadway-soundtrack version of My Eyes AdoredYou plays as background in a pair of

critical junctures, and its obvious thatYoungs vocal cords, at present, arent whatthey were when he won a 2006 Tony Awardfor his Valli impersonation.) Numberssuch as Sherry and Big Girls Dont Cryand Who Loves You are rambunctiousand thrilling, and the exhilaration ofthe finale a glorious cinematic curtaincall set to December 1963 (Oh, What aNight) almost singlehandedly erases anygripes made during the films previous 130minutes.Jersey Boys is a mess. Do your bestnot to miss it.

For reviews of 22 Jump Street, How to TrainYour Dragon 2, Think Like a Man Too, andother current sequels plus the additionaltitles out there visit RiverCitiesReader.com.

Follow Mike on Twitter at Twitter.com/MikeSchulzNow.

Movie Reviews by Mike Schulz [email protected]

JERSEY BOYS

Jersey Boys, Clint Eastwoods film version of2005s still-running Broadway smash, is a big,bizarre, cornball, clever, terrible, wonderfulmovie. Its hard to fathom what, beyond itsinherent appeal, made Eastwood want to takeon the project; this bio-musical about 1960spop sensations the Four Seasons seems soclearly designed for Scorsese thats its almostsome kind of joke that it instead wound upin the hands of a man who, stylistically andtemperamentally, is Scorseses polar opposite.Yet somehow, astonishingly, the damned thingworks. Its parts may be stronger than thewhole at least if youre allowed to cherry-pick the parts but the film is affecting andentertaining and alive, and exudes more sheer

joy than any other title on Eastwoods 43-yeardirecting rsum.

In basic outline,Jersey Boys is a fairlystandard rags-to-riches saga, tracing thecareer trajectories of Four Seasons FrankieValli (John Lloyd Young), Tommy DeVito(Vincent Piazza), Nick Massi (MichaelLomenda), and Bob Gaudio (Erich Bergen)from the singers humble, Garden Statebeginnings to their 1990 induction in theRock & Roll Hall of Fame. But theres almostnothing standard about Eastwoods treatmentof the material, which flip-flops so radically

between presentational styles that youre leftpractically dizzy.

At times, the film is nearly as broad as anold Jerry Lewis comedy; theres a slapstickheist and a booze-guzzling nun, and Valliswife Mary (Rene Marino) is conceived asa braying shrew whom Valli is much betteroff without. (Youre left feeling that Mary hasbeen made extra-nightmarish just so we wont

judge Valliharshly whenhe cheats onher.) In manyinstances,however, thisbroadness alsoworks in the

films favor.There arehilarious light-bulb momentsin whichcharactersget brilliantideas from comically obvious sources theinspiration for the bands name arrives as aliteral (fluorescent) light-bulb moment andthe over-the-top humor really sails when

Massi rants about DeVitos slovenliness, orwhen Joseph Russo does anythingas themusicians pal Joey, who, we learn, becamean actor named Joe Pesci. (Russos cadencesare unmistakably Pesci-an, and pointedly sowhen, in a great GoodFellas in-joke, Gaudiotells Joey that hes funny, and Joey responds,Funny how?)

And for all the bits and sequences thatare intentionally exaggerated here, there aresubtler, more down-to-earth ones serving ascounterpoint albeit not always to the filmscredit. Every scene involving Vallis maritaltroubles and his struggles with estrangedteen daughter Francine (Freya Tingley),for instance, reads as hopelessly false,with the canned emotions and soap-operasentimentality made more noxious by theaddition of those maudlin piano strains thatEastwood, as a composer, is so inordinatelyfond of. (I had mistakenly presumed that,

with constantFour Seasonstunes at hisdisposal, wedbe safe fromEastwoodstraditionallysappy music

cues inJerseyBoys, butalas ... .) YetEastwoodsfrequentknack foreliciting

restrained performances serves him wellwhenever the terrific Piazza or Bergen orMike Doyle (superb as theatrical lyricistBob Crewe) is on on-screen, and Christopher

Walken is excellent as a wizened gangsterbankrolling the group even though, as usual,Walkens singular rhythms threaten to makehis every reading unintentionally hilarious.

If I sound wildly inconsistent in myfeelings toward the movie, its because, as Ihope Im demonstrating, the movie is wildlyinconsistent, too. As they did in their originalbook for the musical, screenwriters MarshallBrickman and Rick Elice choose to have eachFour Season tell one-fourth of the groupscollective tale directly to the audience, a witty,fourth-wall-busting conceit that Eastwoodadopts for the film, and that works muchbetter here than it does in, say, The Wolf ofWall Street or House of Cards. (At leastJerseyBoys narrators arent constantly relayinginformation weve already been given.) But forsome reason, Eastwood drops the conventionas soon as we reach Vallis final quarter of thetale; until the films final seconds, Young never

Under the Streetlamp

John Lloyd Young, Eric h Bergen , Vincent Piazza, and

Michael Lomenda in Jersey Boys

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ton of, to make buyers feel they were getting areally good deal.

Likewise, as a 58-year-old who takes careof herself, youll look far more appealingin a neighborhood filled with 58-year-oldreference points than 20-something ones ona dating site specifically for singles over 50,for example, such as OurTime.com. The samegoes for activities. The best groups for youare those where you arent the anchor makingsome 22-year-old of average attractiveness

look hot. It may also help to acknowledgeand even try to laugh about how hard datingis for women your age. Seeing this simply asan annoying fact of life after 50 may help youtake it less personally. It could also lead youto a greater appreciation of later l ifes small

victories, such as when sex ends with a manrolling over and snoring (as opposed to beingzipped into a bag by the coroner).

Hooked on a FelonMy best friends new boyfriend is aconvicted sex offender who has three

children from three different women. He

has no job and pays no child support. Ive

tried in vain to convince her that hes a

bad bet. They keep insisting we all go to

dinner so I can get to know him. How do

I explain that I want nothing to do with him

without ruining our friendship?

Uncomfortable

When your friend meets guys online,it shouldnt be on MegansLaw.com.Unfortunately, pointing this out to her isprobably futile. Were slaves to our egos,determined to see ourselves as smart,lovable, and making wise choices, even if ittakes believing the unbelievable: Soulmate,inmate whats the difference? What youdont have to do is accept their offer of aringside seat. Instead, tell her youre happyshes happy but youd prefer to spend time

with her alone. Her knowing you disapproveof him may put a gash in your friendship, butit may be a smaller gash if you stop trying toconvince her. This may mean youll be aroundwhen she needs you most after things gosouth. Maybe you can at least keep her fromimmediately seeking his replacement, like bydolling herself up and lingering outside parolehearings: Hey, handsome ... didnt I see youon Law & Order: Special Victims Unit?

Got A Problem? Ask Amy Alkon.171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405

or [email protected] (AdviceGoddess.com)2014, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved.

Askthe

AdviceGoddessBY AMY ALKON

Carbon DatingI am a single, 58-year-old woman with

a one-year subscription to eHarmony. In

the six months Ive been on, only two men

have contacted me. Of the dozen men

Ive reached out to, only one responded,

and nothing came of it. Im stumped why

Im getting such a sparse response. I am

attractive and very fit, have a career, and

own a home. Is my online-dating experience

typical for women my age? Sad to think

Ill face the next 20 to 25 years without a

partner. And I am notjust sitting at home

waiting for a man to fall into my lap. Im in

a cycling club, a wine group, a music-lovers

group, and a craft-beer group. Yet none of it

has produced a boyfriend.

Cobwebs

On dating sites, where the face-to-faceembarrassment of overstepping the boundsof reality has been removed, 70-something

men are hitting on 30-something women asfast as their wrinkly fingers can hit send. Inother words, the youngest guy to even include58-year-old women in his search criteria willlikely want to talk about Titanic not themovie, but the boat wreck he survived.

Sure, dating sites promote themselves asa bonanza-in-waiting for people of all ages,but the truth is, online dating is heavilyskewed toward younger people. It works likedog years. You may be 58 on your passport

and drivers license, but in Match.com years,youre 406 going on 407. Also, men on datingsites care first and foremost about yourfour or five profile pictures (in which yourecompeting with pix of women in their early20s typically the height of female hot-itude).Musical interests? Favorite hobbies? You mayas well list them in Cantonese.

But there is hope for you, and it comesfrom behavioral-economics research byDaniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. It turnsout that we decide the value of things not outof the blue but rather by comparing themwith similar alternatives. In other words, youneed an anchor to make yourself look moreattractive to men, and no, Im not suggestingyou start accessorizing with the big iron thingfrom a ship. An anchor is a reference pointfor comparison. For example, after hearingabout this concept on my radio show, alumber-company owner started stocking anexpensive ceiling tile next to the one he sells a

Presented by the Area 8 Festival of theHandbell Musicians of America, featuringthe various ringing divisions as well

as pieces including all 350 attendeesperforming as one choir. DavenportRiverCenter (136 East Third Street,Davenport). 7:30 p.m. Free admission.For information, visit AreaVIII.org.

Saturday, June 28 Under the Sun

Tour. Alternative-pop concert featuringthe Spin Doctors, Blues Traveler, SugarRay, and Smash Mouth, RiversideCasino & Golf Resort (3184 Highway

22, Riverside). $25-60. For tickets andinformation, call (877)677-3456 or visitRiversideCasinoAndResort.com.

Sunday, June 29 Cory Chisels Soul

Obscura. Americana and folk musician

in a concert co-sponsored by the EnglertTheatre. The Mill (12 0 East Bu rlingtonStreet, Iowa City). 8 p.m. $10-12. Forinformation, call (319)688-2653 or visitEnglert.org or ICMill.com.

Thursday, July 3, through Saturday,

June 5 Mississippi Valley Blues

Festival. Annual outdoor celebrationof blues music, featuring performances

on two stages, workshops, childrensactivities, and more. LeClaire Park (RiverDrive and Ripley Street, Davenport). $20-25. For information, call (563)322-5837or visit MVBS.org.

Thursday, July 3 S carecrow:

The John Mellencamp Show. GaryYoungs concert tribute to the Grammy-winning rocker. Quad-Cities WaterfrontConvention Center (2021 State

Street, Bettendorf). 8:30 p.m. $20. Forinformation, call (800)724-5825 or visitBettendorf.IsleOfCapriCasinos.com.

Thursday, July 3, through Saturday,

July 5 Iowa City Jazz Festival.

Annual event featuring national andlocal musicians performing on severaloutdoor stages, vendors, and more.Downtown Iowa City. For information,

visit SummerOfTheArts.com.Wednesday, July 9 Laura

Doherty & the Heartbeats. Outdoor

concert with the childrens musicianand her ensemble. Butterworth

Center (1105 Eighth Street, Moline).6:30 p.m. Free admission. Forinformation, call (309)743-2701 or visitButterworthCenter.com.

Wednesday, July 9 Gillian Welch.

Singer/songwriter in concert withguitarist David Rawlings. Englert Theatre(221 East Washington Street, IowaCity). 8 p.m. $35-50. For tickets andinformation, call (319)688-2653 or visit

Englert.org.

THEATREFriday, June 27, through Sunday, July

6 Othello. William Shakespeares classictragedy, directed by Theodore Swetz.

Riverside Theatre Festival Stage (LowerCity Park, Iowa City). 7 or 8 p.m. $18-40.

For tickets and information, call (319)338-

7672 or visit RiversideTheatre.org.Friday, June 27 National Theatre

Live:A Small Family Business.

Screening of the award-winning farcicalcomedy by Alan Ayckbourn. EnglertTheatre (221 East Wash ington St reet,

Iowa City). 7 p.m. $15-18. For tickets andinformation, call (319)688-2653 or visitEnglert.org.

Thursday, July 3, through Sunday,

July 13 The New Mel Brooks MusicalYoung Frankenstein. Broadwaysmusical-comedy hit based on Brooksfilm-comedy classic. Timber LakePlayhouse (8215 Black Oak Road, Mt.Carroll). Tuesdays through Saturdays7:30 p.m., Sundays and Wednesdays2 p.m. $17-23. For tickets and

information, call (815)244-2035 or visitTimberLa kePlayhous e.org.

Thursday, July 3, through Sunday,

July 20 The Wizard of Oz. Family-musical adaptation of the film classic.Clinton Area Showboat Theatre (311Riverview Drive, Clinton). Thursdaysthrough Saturdays 7:30 p.m., Sundaysand Wednesdays 2 p.m. For tickets andinformation, call (563)242-6760 or visitClintonShowboat.org.

Saturday, July 5 The Agony & the

Ecstasy of Steve Jobs. Mike Daiseysone-man exploration of the technologymastermind, performed by Ed Villarreal.District Theatre (1611 Second Avenue,Rock Island). 8 p.m. $10. For tickets andinformation, call (309)235-1654 or visitDistrictTheatre.com.

COMEDYFriday, June 27 A Variety Hour

... and a Half. Comedians Stevie Mo

and Devon Wiese host a performancefeaturing comics Christopher Schlichtingand Louie Naab, musicians AndrewCline and Amy Swail, and members ofBottoms Up Quad City Burlesque. Circa21 Speakeasy (1828 Third Avenue,Rock Island). 8 p.m. $10. For ticketsand information, call (309)786-7733extension 2 or visit Circa21.com.

Saturday, June 28 James Draper.

The area comedian, host Andre w King,and guests Donny Townsend and Scott

Flynn perform the taping of a stand-upspecial. District Theatre (1611 SecondAvenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. $10. Fortickets and information, call (309)235-1654 or visit DistrictTheatre.com.

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LITERARY ARTSThursday, June 26, through

Saturday, June 28 David R.

Collins Writers Conference.TheMidwest Writing Center hosts theannual writers conference andrelated programs covering novels,memoirs, poetry, essays, and flashfiction, led by presenters includingJac Lemc, Chad Simpson, KellyDaniels, Rachel Yoder, and AdamFell. St. Ambrose University (518West Locust Street, Davenport).

$75 for one workshop, $145 fortwo workshops, $175 for threeworkshops. For information,call (563)324-1410 or visitMidwestWritingCenter.org.

VISUAL ARTSSaturday, June 28 ARTery

Music Event. Acoustic double-neck guitarist Ian Ethan performs aconcert accompanied by local artistsinterpreting and painting what they

hear in the music. The ARTery (1629Second Avenue, Rock Island). 6-9p.m. Donations encouraged. Forinformation, call (309)781-7668 ore-mail [email protected].

SPORTSMonday, July 7, through Sunday,

July 13 John Deere Classic.

Annual PGA tournament. TPC atDeere Run (3100 Heather Knoll,Silvis). $24-34/day. For information,

visit JohnDeereClassic.com.

EVENTSFriday, June 27, and Saturday,

June 28 QC Crossfit Urban Street

Games. Strength and endurancecompetitions between co-ed teams,with cash prizes for the top finishers.District of Rock Island. 5:30 p.m. Forinformation, call (309)788-6311 or visitRIDistrict.com.

Friday, June 27, and Saturday,

June 28 Greek Cultural Festival.Annual weekend celebration featuringGreek food, music, dance, childrensactivities, and more. Assumption GreekOrthodox Church (4900 KennedyDrive, East Moline). Friday 5 p.m.-midnight, Saturday 11 a.m.-midnight.For information, call (309)792-2912 orvisit AssumptionEM.org.

Thursday, July 3 Red, White,

& Boom! Annual Fourth of Julycelebrations in downtown Rock

Island and Davenport, with childrensactivities, vendors, fireworks overthe Mississippi River, and more. Forinformation, visit RIDistrict.com andDowntownDavenport.com.

both those you dealt out and those you endured.Opportunities such as this dont come alongoften, Leo. I invite you to repay emotionaldebts, declare amnesty, and engage in an orgy offorgiveness. Any other things you can think ofthat will help wipe the slate clean?

VIRGO (August 23-September 22):When a Navajo baby laughs for thefirst time, everyone in the community

celebrates. Its regarded as the moment when thechild completes his or her transition from thespirit realm into the physical world. The personwho has provoked the babys laughter is chargedwith planning the First Laugh Ceremony, a party

to commemorate the magical event. I foresee acomparable development in your life, Virgo. Youwont be laughing for the first time, of course, butI suspect your sense of humor will reach a newripeness. How? Maybe you will be able to findamusement in things you have always taken tooseriously. Maybe you will suddenly have a deeperappreciation for lifes ongoing cosmic jokes. Orperhaps you will stumble upon reasons to laughlonger and harder and louder than you ever havebefore.

LIBRA (September 23-October 22):Would you like to be free from theexperience of getting criticized? Do you thinkit might be nice if no one ever accused you ofbeing wrong or off-track? If so, heres how youshould proceed, says American writer ElbertHubbard: Do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.But Im afraid I cant recommend that behaviorfor you, Libra. In the coming weeks, you havea sacred duty to your Future Self to risk beingcontroversial. I urge you to take strong stands,speak raw truths, and show your real feelings.

Yes, you may attract flack. You might disturbthe peace. But that will be an acceptable price topay for the rewards you receive. This is one timewhen being courageous is more important thanseeking harmony.

SCORPIO (October 23-November

21):Be respectful to your superiors,if you have any, said Mark Twain.

How do you respond to that impish nudge,Scorpio? Are there any geniuses and heroes outthere whom you consider to be worthy of your

respect? If not, I urge you to go out in search ofsome. At this phase of your evolution, you arein special need of people who inspire you withtheir greatness. Its crucial for you to learn fromteachers and role models who are further alongthan you are in their mastery of the game of life.I also believe it would be healing for you to feelwaves of admiration and reverence.

SAGITTARIUS (November

22-December 21):Everyone hassomething to hide, declared Russian

author Anton Chekhov. Is that true? Do even youblunt Sagittarians have something to hide? Imgoing to say that for 90 percent of you, the answeris yes. There are secrets you dont want anyoneto find out about: past events you are reluctant

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob BrezsnyARIES (March 21-April 19):According to an astrologer namedAstrolocherry (Astrolocherry.tumblr.

com), Aries is the sign of the freedom fighter, theexplorer, the daredevil, and the adventurer. Thatsall true; I agree with her. But heres an importantcaveat. As you get older, its your duty to harnessall that hot energy on behalf of the softer, slower,more tender parts of your life. The coming weekswill offer you a great opportunity to work onthat challenge. To get started, imagine how youcan be a freedom fighter, explorer, daredevil, andadventurer in service to your home, family, andcommunity.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):After athorough, detailed, painstaking analysisof the astrological omens, Im inclined

to advise you to be neither thorough nor detailednor painstaking in the coming days. Instead, Isuspect you will thrive by being spontaneousand improvisatory. Wing it, baby! Throw awaythe script. Trust your gut. Play it by ear. Make itup as you go along. If you find yourself frowningwith indecision and beset by lazy procrastination,you will know youre off course. If you are feelingblithe and agile as you get a lot done with creative

efficiency, you will know youre right in thegroove.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):TheJapanese word tsundokudescribeswhat happens if you buy a lot of books

but never read them, leaving them piled up ina neglected heap. I recommend that you avoidindulging in tsundokuany time soon, Gemini. Infact, I urge you not to acquire any resources thatyou then proceed to ignore. You are in a phase ofyour astrological cycle when its crucial to make

conscientious use of your tools and riches. Tolet them go to waste would be to dishonor them,and make it less likely that you will continue toreceive their blessings in the future. Take fulladvantage of whats yours.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):If youcould harness the energy from atypical lightning bolt, you would be

able to use it to toast 100,000 slices of bread.Thats an impossible scenario, of course. But Isee it as an apt metaphor for the challenge youhave ahead of you. I suspect you will soon getaccess to a massive influx of vital force thatarrives in a relatively short time. Can you finda way to gather it in and store it up? Or willmost of it, after the initial burst, leak away andbe unavailable for long-term use? The secret tosuccess will lie in whether you can figure out howto create the perfect container.

LEO (July 23-August 22):Forget thesuffering / You caused others. / Forget

the suffering / Others caused you.Czeslaw Milosz wrote these words in his poemForget, and now Im passing them on to you.According to my reading of the astrologicalomens, now would be an excellent time for youto purge the old hurts you are still carrying,

to disclose or shady deeds you are getting awaywith now or taboo thoughts you want to keepsealed away from public knowledge. Im not here

to scold you about them or to encourage youto spill them. On the contrary, I say its time tobring them fully into your conscious awareness,to honor their importance to your life story, andto acknowledge their power to captivate yourimagination.

CAPRICORN (December 22-January

19):A German chemist named FelixHoffman had a prominent role in

synthesizing two very different drugs: aspirin andheroin. In analyzing your astrological omens for

the coming months, I see you as having a similarpotential. You could create good stuff that willhave the power to help and heal; or you couldgenerate borderline stuff that will lead to a lot ofproblems; or you could do both. How it all playsout really is up to your free will. For best results,set your intention to go in the direction of thingslike aspirin and away from things like heroin.

AQUARIUS (January 20-February

18):This is a good time to riska small leap of faith, but not a

sprawling vault over a yawning abyss. Feel freeand easy about exploring the outer borders offamiliar territory, but be cautious about theprospect of wandering into the deep, darkunknown. Be willing to entertain stimulatingnew ideas but not cracked notions that havelittle evidence to back them up. Your task is toshake up the status quo just enough to invigorateeveryones emotional intelligence, even as youtake care not to unleash an upheaval that makeseveryone crazy.

PISCES (February 19-March 20):British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge(1772-1834) had an unusual fetish.

He enjoyed eating apples and pears and otherfruits while they were still hanging on the tree.Why? Maybe because the taste was as pure andbrisk and naked as it could possibly be anexperience that I imagine would be importantto a romantic poet such as him. In accordancewith your astrological omens, I suggest youuse Coleridges quest for ultimate freshness asa driving metaphor in the coming week. Go tothe source to get what you need. Dispense withintermediaries. Be as raw as the law allows.

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June 12 Answers: RightNO CONTEST June 26, 2014

ACROSS

1. DUrbervilles girl5. Embrace10. Collins or Spector14. Virgule19. Composer _ Khachaturian20. City in the Alps21. Eastern princess22. Plantain lily23. Inopportunely25. Boats

26. Failed Ford27. Recurring annually, said of winds28. Start of a quip by Rodney Dangerfield: 3 wds.

31. False32. Defy33. Dollar amounts34. N-R link36. Honor with a party38. Shears for metal41. Moneybags: 2 wds.45. _ of Tarsus47. Record48. Dress of a kind: Var.50. Scandinavian51. _ _ with a View

53. Essence56. Disinclined58. Skylab org.59. Part 2 of quip: 2 wds.62. Part 3 of quip: 2 wds.64. Benes of Seinfeld65. Copies67. _ Like It Hot68. Rest69. _ corda71. Does a cooks job73. Cooke or Neill74. Old mare77. Redact79. _ _ Salaam81. Aztecs predecessor86. Part 4 of quip: 2 wds.88. Part 5 of quip: 3 wds.90. Kind of off-campus house91. Revolt94. Old West card game95. Water brand

96. _ incognita98. Transfer100. Print measures102. Ersatz: Abbr.103. _ Family Values105. Of a cerebral membrane107. Numb109. New dog breed110. First: Abbr.112. A dozen dozen114. Kindergarteners

116. End of the quip: 4 wds.121. Reserve forces124. Early rocker125. Exodusauthor126. Agrees freely128. Mole129. Muddle130. Cancel131. _ of heaven132. Nice and sour133. Old English poet134. Adjust again135. Greek peakDOWN

1. Domesticate2. Part of QED3. Target in business: 2 wds.4. Big hit5. Candy6. Water bird7. Uraeus8. Ski region in Vermont9. High-ranking Turks10. Of a meal11. Damage12. Black13. Speaks imperfectly14. Mr. Peabodys boy15. Magnetic rock16. Org.17. Deles undoing

18. Dutch portraitist24. French singer Edith _29. Eagles30. _ Wiedersehen32. Encircle34. Kind of orange35. Word of mouth

37. Like some lunch orders: Hyph.39. Ace40. Jump and rumble42. Swimming stroke43. Very, in music44. Pester in fun46. Lombardy province49. Mores52. Old court dance54. Go quickly55. Lacking in force

57. Blood: Prefix60. Seller61. Java variety63. Oust66. Feature of some typefaces70. Succored72. Video game maker74. Treaty from 1994: Abbr.75. Having property76. Protect78. Classified80. Torn bits82. Son of Jacob and Leah83. Academic periods84. Spammers spam85. Literary patchwork87. Striving89. Timbre92. French coin93. Generosity97. Official pardon99. Fat101. Shiny fabric104. A sib, for short106. Slat108. Dunderhead111. Dull, heavy sound113. Bit of pollen115. Link: 2 wds.116. Unmixed117. Daughter of Nicholas II

118. Kiln119. Cookie brand120. Strand121. Ponder122. Angers123. Toward the main127. _ Cruces

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Christopher Bell - Lewis Knudsen -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL

Chuck T. Murphy - Parkside Gril l &

Lounge, 2307 5th Ave Moline, ILCommunity Drum Circle (10:30am)

-RME (River Music Experience), 131W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA

Doug Brundies Big Acoustic Show-Junction Grill & Bar, 110 E 4th St.Wilton, IA

Gain the Wolf - Atlantis Dialogue -BierStube Moline, 417 15th St Moline, IL

Gray Wolf Band (6pm) -Jumers Casino& Hotel, 777 Jumer Dr. Rock Island, IL

Homegrown Music Showcase: DramaMajor - Dynoride - Echoes & Af-terthoughts -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.Rock Island, IL

Identity Crisis -River House, 1510 RiverDr. Moline, IL

Jen nife r Serg ean t (6: 30p m) -DunnBros. Coffee, 787 Middle Rd. Bet-tendorf, IA

Joe Tingles DJ Entert ainme nt -Bar-rel House Moline, 1321 5th Ave.Moline, IL

Karaoke Night -Boozies Bar & G rill, 1141/2 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA

Long Grove Street Dance: Masterclefs(6pm) - Coupe de Ville (8pm) -LongGrove Community Center, 114 North1st Street Long Grove, IA

Matt Mason Band -On the Rock Grille& Bar, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL

Melanie Devaney -Monks Kaffee Pub,373 Bluff St. Dubuque, IA

Olivia Dvorak (4pm) -Wide River Win-

ery - Clinton, 1776 East Deer CreekRd. Clinton, IAOpen Mic Night -Downtown Central

Perk, 226 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IAPierced Productions Karaoke & DJ

featuring Leigh Timbrook -TheOld Stardust Sports Bar, 1191 19thStreet Moline, IL

2014/06/26 (Thu)

ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail, 2606 WLocust Davenport, IAAnna Ash -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave.

Rock Island, ILC.J. the D.J. -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.

Rock Island, ILChuck T. Murphy -The Cooler, 311 W.

2nd St. Rock Falls, ILCoupe de Ville -Bass Street Landing

Plaza, Moline, ILDanika Holmes featuring Jeb Hart

-Herbert Hoover National HistoricSite, off I-80 at exit 254 West Branch,IA

Double Dz Karaoke -Purgatorys Pub,2104 State St Bettendorf, IA

Eclectic Tuba (7pm) - Open Mic Night(9pm) -Uptown Bills Coffee House,730 S. Dubuque St. Iowa City, IA

Edgar Crockett Trio (6:30pm) - Bet-tendorf Public Library, 2950 LearningCampus Bettendorf, IA

Holy White Hounds - Surrounded byGiants - The Mutts - Iowa City YachtClub, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA

Karaoke Night -Applebees - Moline,3805 41st Ave. Moline, IL

Live Lunch w/ Moonlight Social(noon) - The Heart of a GypsyTroubador featuring Richard By-ford (7pm) - Flabos Karaoke Night(9pm) -RME Community Stage, 131W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA

Melanie Devaney -The Wash ingt on,306 Washington St Burlington, IA

Open Mic Night -The Quarr y, 22 02 W.3rd St. Davenport, IA

Open Stage Night -Theos Java Club,213 17th St. Rock Island, IL

Sour Boy, Bitter Girl (8pm) - Soulshake- Mixology (10pm) -Gabes, 330 E.Washington St. Iowa City, IA

Rock Camp USA Concert: Session 1(noon) -The Reds tone Room , 129Main St Davenport, IA

Sarah Allner (2pm) -Creekside Vine-yards Winery & Inn, 7505 120 th Ave.Coal Valley, IL

Southern Thunder Karaoke -HollarsBar and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL

Tallgrass - Natural Oil - The AsheBrothers Band -Gabes, 330 E. Wash-ington St. Iowa City, IA

Tony Alexander -Uptown Bills CoffeeHouse, 730 S. Dubuque St. IowaCity, IA

Under the Sun Tour: The Spin Doc-tors - Blues Traveler - Sugar Ray- Smash Mouth -Riverside Casinoand Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22Riverside, IA

White Zephyr - The Continuance -

Crater - Outsiders - Doppelganger(5pm) -Bier Stube Moline BlackhawkRoom, 417 15th St. Moline, IL

Wild Oatz -Purgatorys Pub, 2104 StateSt Bettendorf, IA

2014/06/29 (Sun)

ABC Karaoke -11th Street Precinct,2108 E 11th St Davenport, IA

ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail, 2606 WLocust Davenport, IA

Alan Sweet & Friends (6pm) -TheMuddy Waters, 1708 State St. Bet-tendorf, IA

Buddy Olson (3pm) -Duckys Lagoon,13515 78th Ave Andalusia, IL

Charlie Hayes and Detroit LarryDavison (6pm) -On the Rock Grille& Bar, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL

Chuck T. Murphy -Parkside Gril l &Lounge, 2307 5th Ave Moline, IL

Live @ 5: Modern Mythology (5pm)-RME Courtyard, 131 W. 2nd St .

Davenport, IAMike Cochrane -RME Community Stage,

131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IAMinus Six -River House, 1510 River Dr.

Moline, ILMoonshine Run -On the Rock Grille

& Bar, 4619 34th St Rock Island, ILPatio - Soul Storm - Rascals Live,

1418 15th St. Moline, ILPierced Productions Karaoke & DJ

featuring Leigh Timbrook -TheOld Stardust Sports Bar, 1191 19thStreet Moline, IL

Southern Thunder Karaoke -HollarsBar and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL

Speaks Like Silence - The Statistix -East Side Ambush - Chapter Books

(6:30pm) -RME (River Music Experi-ence), 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IATallgrass (6:30pm) -Sheraton Iowa

City Hotel, 210 S. Dubuque St. IowaCity, IA

Them SomBitches - Erin Moore -Bro-ken Saddle Saloon, 1417 5th Ave.Moline, IL

Stardust Talent Night -The Old Star-dust Sports Bar, 1191 19th StreetMoline, IL

2014/06/27 (Fri)

ABC Karaoke -Circle Tap, 1345 LocustSt. Davenport, IA

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

ABC Karaoke -Moose Lodge - Daven-port , 2333 Rockingham Rd Dav-enport, IA

Broken Strings (5pm) -Wide RiverWinery - LeClaire, 106 N. Cody Rd.LeClaire, IA

Catie Curtis -CSPS/Legion Arts, 11033rd St SE Cedar Rapids, IA

Chris Avey Band -The Muddy Waters,1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA

Chris Bell - Erin Ebnet - Melanie Dev-aney -Uptown Bills Coffee House,730 S. Dubuque St. Iowa City, IA

Chuck T. Murphy -Onion Grove Bar, 602Lombard St. Clarence, IA

Country Traditions Dance -WalcottColiseum, 116 E Bryant St Walcott, IA

Dead Roots -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.Rock Island, IL

Fry Daddies (6pm) - Sidewinders(7:45pm) -Clinton Riverview Band-shell, Clinton, IA

Gray Wolf Band (6pm) - Ardon CreekWinery, 2391 Independence Ave.,outside Muscatine Letts, IA

Heart of the Heart - Seth Knappen -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL

Joe Seng -Joes Club, 1402 W. 7th St.Davenport, IAKaraoke Night -Bowlmor Lanes, 2952

N. Brady St. Davenport, IAKaraoke Night -Roosters Sports Bar &

Grill, 2130 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL

The Old 57s -Bier Stube Moline, 41715th St Moline, IL

Tony Hamilton Orchestra -CASI (Centerfor Active Seniors), 1035 W. KimberlyRoad Davenport, IA

Tri-County Band -Bill Bowe MemorialBandshell, Middle Park Bettendorf, IA

Vagabond Entertainment presentsKoobys Karaoke -Bier Stube LeClaire,1001 Canal Shore Dr. LeClaire, IA

Wild Oatz -Len Browns North Shore Inn,700 N. Shore Dr. Moline, IL

2014/06/28 (Sat)

10 of Soul -Rascals Live, 1418 15thSt. Moline, IL

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

Biscuit Miller & the Mix -The MuddyWaters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IABlues Rock It w/ Detroit Larry Davi-

son -City Limits Saloon & Grill, 45149th St. Rock Island, IL

Centaur Noir - Teenage - Tambourine -Mystic Dolphin -Tommys, 1302 4thAve Moline, IL

Cody Road @ Buffalo City Park July 5

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River Monks - Crystal City - DylanSires & Neighbors - Brooks Strause& the Gory Details - Iowa City Yacht

Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IAScarecrow: The Mellencamp Show

-Quad-Cities Waterfront ConventionCenter, 2021 State St. Bet

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