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River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 23 No. 903 • March 3 - 16, 20162 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com

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COVER STORY By Je Ignatius [email protected]

Baby Steps for Rock Island CountyThe Organization Shows Wobbly but Promising Signs of Growth

In a recent interview, Rock Island CountyBoard Chair Ken “Moose” Maranda trot-ted out an old saying: “County govern-

ment is only as good as the taxpayers want itto be.” He continued: “And that’s because ostatute. Everything has to go to the public.”

Somewhat charmingly, Maranda actuallysays “statue” when he means “statute,” but hismeaning is still clear: Because Rock IslandCounty is not a home-rule government,

it’s constricted by state law in ways manymunicipalities are not. So i it wants property-tax revenue beyond state caps, it has to getapproval rom voters via reerendum.

Much less charmingly, the county-boardchair appears to be laying the blame or thecounty’s financial situation at the eet o

voters, who have in recent years deeatedseveral ballot initiatives that would haveresulted in increased property-tax burdens.

So the county’s budget situation has dete-

riorated rom a $3-million surplus in FiscalYear 2004 to a $3.2-million deficit in 2014,according to county audits. County acilitiesare in urgent need o repair, renovation, orreplacement – with an estimated price tag o$15 million beyond a new courthouse.

But voters don’t bear blame here; they’remerely reacting rationally to what they see.It’s not that Rock Island County govern-ment is in dire financial straits because

voters want it to be. Instead, citizens have

been unwilling to reward an ineffective anddysunctional county board by approvingtax hikes.

I think Maranda knows this, and in ourdiscussion last month he described himselas a bridge rom the old way o doing thingsin Rock Island County to what is lookinglike the new way. “I hope that I was the rightperson to put in the chair to see that thistransition that we’re going through keepsmoving orward,” he said. “I hope somebody

picks up ... where I leave off.”Change was a lready happening beore

Maranda was elected county-board chairin December 2014. In August o that year,the board voted to hire an administrator – amove that coincided with efforts to push outChair Phil Banaszek (who ended up retiringin September 2014).

But Maranda’s record on “this transition”is strong – i not likely popular.

• e county hired Dave Ross asadministrator a year ago, meaning that thecounty’s staff, or the first time, is beingoverseen by a proessional rather than abody o elected officials.

• In the fall, the board voted to increasethe tax levies or three uncapped unds thatpay or non-discretionary expenses. Twoo those u nds – or employee retirementand Social Security – had been drainingthe county’s general und because not

enough money was being collected to coverrequired expenditures. In all three cases,the levies were increased to make the undssustainable in the long run and to conormwith best financial practices.

• e county board last month voted tomove orward with a new courthouse acil-ity, at a cost of up to $28 million. e board’sapproach to the longstanding problem o adilapidated courthouse – sidestepping voterapproval through the county’s Public Build-

ing Commission – remains problematic.Yet this had been an issue the board k ickeddown the road or years.

• And on March 22, the board is poised to vote on an “omnibus” reorm package. Onecomponent – reducing the size o the countyboard rom 25 members to 15 – is largely asymbolic gesture, because a uture boardwould have to make that a reality ollowingthe 2020 census. Another element – elimi-nating health-care and pension benefits

or county-board members – is under legalreview and might not be possible to imple-ment until each board position’s next term.But streamlining the current committeestructure rom 10 standing and specialcommittees to our standing committeescan be done immediately, and the packagealso includes a shif to a five-year budgetand capital-improvement plan with a goal obuilding a consistent general-und balance.

Two o these items involve higher taxeswithout voter approval, yet they stillrepresent decisive action or a body that ortoo long has deerred hard choices and justthrown up its hands when voters said “no”to higher taxes.

And i the board moves orward on thereorm package, it will represent somepersonal sacrifice on the part o membersnow participating in the county’s health-insurance and pension programs.

Yet even i the reorm package passes, thetruly difficult decisions lie ahead. With Rosspledging not to allow a deficit budget orthe fiscal year that begins in December, thecounty board will likely be orced to imple-ment “mass layoffs” or find a substantialsource o new revenue.

So in November, voters will probablybe aced with a ballot question seekingapproval or either a sales- or property-taxincrease or county government. But only

a ool would bet on that measure’s passage,which would mean staff cuts to reach abalanced budget.

Yet that sort o budget-cutting is, in thelong run, the best way to convince votersthat the county board is serious aboutchanging the way it does business. It canprove itsel to the point that the public willeventually assent to tax increases to addressRock Island County’s financial situation.

“It’s just ... building up confidence,”

Maranda said of the reform package. “atis the whole key o what we’re trying to do. ...What we’re working toward is best practice.... We are taking responsibility seriously, andwe’re moving orward.”

Noses In, Fingers Oute uphill battle the board faces can

be illustrated by ballot measures romrecent years.

• In November 2014, a referendum toincrease property taxes to support thecounty’s Hope Creek nursing home narrowlyailed despite a strong public-relations push.

• In April 2013, a referendum to nancenew or renovated courthouse and county-administration acilities was roundlydeeated – despite the act that the ballotquestion was worded as innocuously as pos-sible to disguise its purpose and property-taximplications (RCReader.com/y/reerendum).

• And in November 2012, an advisoryreerendum to downsize the county boardrom 25 members to 15 passed by nearlya two-to-one margin – indicating a cleardesire or change in governance.

At core, the county has been plaguedby twin problems: one-party rule and theabsence o proessional administration –leading to conflict, shortsighted financialmanagement, and an unwillingness orinability to tackle pressing needs. As the

Quad-City imes succinctly summarizedin a May 2014 editorial (RCReader.com/y/rico1): “Rock Island County is decliningunder a board incapable o proessionalmanagement and consumed by compensa-tion disputes easily managed by other localgovernments. e county’s workforce,courthouse, and nursing-home manage-ment are creating scandals where none

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Baby Steps for Rock Island Countyexisted. Unortunately, these problems aredeeper than voters can fix.”

e county board is taking baby stepstoward better government – althoughMaranda is probably not the right person totell the tale. With a straight ace, he assertedthat the problems the county aces now arelargely the result o the county board keepinga lid on taxes. “ese predecessors before, andI was one o them, had it in their mentality tokeep taxes down and everything else,” he said.“Maintenance went to hell in a hand basket.”

In that statement, he’s ignoring a lot –what the Quad-City imes in an editoriallast month reerred to as the “arcical messthat is Rock Island County Board.” ere’sstill the bitter taste o the contentious tenure(RCReader.com/y/rico2) o ormer CountyBoard Chair Banaszek.

And Maranda is unapologetic aboutusing the Public Building Commissionto build new court acilities without voterapproval: “It’s best practice that this moves

orward. ... It needed to be done without anymore delay.” at’s arguably true, yet he alsoclaimed – wrongly – that “ it’s not pushinganything down the voter’s throat.”

But i Maranda is not the most e loquentspokesperson, he has been an agent ochange. While there are still some legalquestions about the reorm package, “I’mgoing to see that it’s moved” on March22, he pledged. “I’m positive we’ve gotthe votes.”

His commitment to reorm can also be seenin his willingness to support the omnibuspackage despite believing that a 25-memberboard is more representative than one withonly 15 members. Voters supported thatchange by reerendum, he said, so he will, too.

And he’s certainly gracious, saying thatnew blood on the county board has beenlargely responsible or the nascent changes:“I thank the people o Rock Island Countyor giving me these young people.”

“Young” is a relative term with the countyboard, but Maranda listed a handul (allDemocrats, incidentally): Mia Mayberry,Scott Terry, Kimberly Callaway ompson,Steve Doye, Kai Swanson, and Vice ChairNick Camlin.

Camlin was a key figure in getting thereorm package rolling, and Swanson – whowas appointed to the board last year – hasrun with it. (Camlin declined an interviewrequest, saying via e-mail that “I just wantthe record to speak or itsel, and I have no

other remarks to make other than it makesme proud to have made a contribution.”)

Swanson was not as unequivocal asMaranda about the reorm package’s pros-pects or passage, noting that it was removed

rom consideration in February so it couldbe reviewed by the state’s attorney: “I youlook at the history o the board, delay hasbeen a tactic going back at least a decade.... When the votes need to be taken to getsomething done, nothing real ly happens.”

But he still said he’s confident: “I thinkwe have a majority ready to go or theomnibus package,” he said last month. “ButI’ve learned, too, that you take nothing , nomatter how logical, or granted.”

None o this would have happened,

Swanson stressed, without Maranda’s lead-ership. He called the chair a “selfless andover-the-horizon thinker. ... Being in thatposition is immediately seductive to deendthe status quo. He has been open rom themoment I met him to saying, ‘e day of theold guard is done.’”

With the hiring o Ross and a task orceled by Camlin exploring options or bettergovernance – leading to the proposedreorm package – Swanson said Rock Island

County government last year began a newmanagement paradigm. “We’re going awayrom an older model in which those 25members were really responsible or a loto supervisory tasks. And the stories arelegion o county-board members picking upa phone and calling a staff member down atthe courthouse to ‘git ’er done.’ ...

“A board is meant to be about governanceat higher altitude,” he said, citing the over-sight maxim “Noses in, fingers out.”

Ultimately, he said, the reorm packageand other changes are meant to addressseveral core principles: “Ethics. Sound stew-ardship and prudence in budgeting. Gettingaway rom the perception o corruption,nepotism, so on and so orth.”

ose perceptions of the board actingout o sel-interest, he said, are at the hearto removing health-insurance and pensionbenets for county-board members. ey’rerelatively minor expenses or the county, butthey’re important to voters.

“Many people are rustrated that sevenor so members o the board are receivingcounty-subsidized health insurance or

jobs that are really only two or three hoursa week at most,” Swanson said, and thatroughly hal o the board is participatingin the county pension plan. “ose justtouched nerves that have been made raw bypeople talking about this ad nauseam andnot really ever acting on it.”

Streamlining the committee structure, he

said, acknowledges the increasing proes-sional leadership o county government– including the hiring o a county adminis-trator and a human-resources director.

Swanson admitted that the reorm

package is not an end in itsel but represents“incrementalism toward the greater goal.”e package’s downsizing provision is

symbolic, he said, subject to board actionollowing the next census.

When I asked about making county-board elections nonpartisan, he said, “Ireally didn’t give it serious thought. ...I didn’t think to put that on the table ...because at the end o the day I’m a pragma-tist. I wanted to see how broad o a stride wecould take in terms o a step orward. And

I realized that there were just some thirdrails. Would that be a conversation downthe road? Absolutely. But right now ... thereare seven members o the Republican party[on the board], and I wanted all seven othose votes. And I think that i we proposedthat now, we might diminish our support.”Republicans, he said, are try ing to build acounty organization, and nonpartisan elec-tions would hamper that effort. But manyRock Island County Democrats would also

oppose nonpartisan elections, he added,largely because o the party’s dominance othe county.

Swanson also said that it might be a goodidea to eliminate committees altogether, but“this was sort o a good interval step.”

And he said that unding a new annex orcourt unctions through the Public BuildingCommission was not the optimal approach,but the project couldn’t wait because o thestate o the courthouse: “In an ideal world, it

would be done via a reerendum.”But the board and county government

are making progress, he said. AlthoughRoss has been on the job less than a yea r,Swanson sa id, he’s showing promise: “Hestill has a long ways to go in terms o prov-ing himsel, but the early indications arethat it’s having the desired effect. And thatis cutting down on some o the ... less-than-desirable accounting practices that havebeen the hallmark o Rock Island Countyor more than a decade.”

“We Can’t Pay for Things as ItStands Today”

For his part, Ross is diplomatic about thesituation he came into. In an interview lastweek, he said: “Take any major corporationthat’s operated with only a board o direc-tors and had never hired a CEO beore, andit stands to reason it’s possible that it mightnot be running as smoothly as it otherwisecould have been.”

When he gets into particulars, you beginto see the massive tasks ahead.

“ere is a long list of things that needaddressing rom an administrative stand-point,” he said, noting budgeting practices,

outdated job descriptions, employees with-out annual evaluations, communicationamong staff and board members, creatinga uniorm process or addressing worker’scomp claims ... . “We’ve implemented a loto them, and certainly there’s a lot o workstill to do.”

For example, he said, county-board mem-bers in the past would receive “more o a datadump ... than an explanation o what every-thing meant and the impacts ... .” Now, at leasta ew days prior to meetings, packets include

pros and cons o various proposals and thepotential repercussions o board votes.

County financial practices have beenimproved, but serious budget challengesloom. Most people don’t understand howmuch the county has already tightened itsbelt, he said.

“We’re already at minimum staffing,”Ross said, and he expects in the comingweeks to recommend the elimination ocounty positions to save more than $1 mil-

lion over ve years. (e county’s currentgeneral-und budget is a little more than$28 million.)

e county is also looking at new revenuesources, such as Web-site advertising. Ithas already signed a contract to get $35,000in annual revenue by simply “doing ournormal [banking] business,” Ross said, andit’s also generating money through office-space rental.

Furthermore, some departments aren’t

spending their ull authorizations – orexample by holding positions open. “We’retalking tens and sometimes hundreds othousands o dollars in offices or depart-ments,” he said. “We’re looking at alloptions. We’re doing what we can. We’recutting where we can.”

It has helped that county income-tax,sales-tax, and recorder-ee receipts havebeen higher than planned – indications oan improving economy.

Yet even with the courthouse out o theequation, Ross estimates the county has $15million in deerred-maintenance needs andno money to address them.

“Until there’s a comprehensive look atthe uture ... , there’s really no way to makereally sound decisions based on anythingmore than the here and now,” he said. “Allo a sudden you find yoursel five years intothe uture, and you go, ‘We’re broke. How’dthat happen?’ And you’re scrambling tomake massive adjustments when you could

have probably made minor adjustments overthe course o that time and been in a betterfinancial situation.”


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ILLINOIS POLITICS

Big Money Lines Up BehindSpeaker’s Primary Opponent

Aname rom the past has been leadingthe charge or Jason Gonzales’ Demo-cratic-primary campaign against

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.Blair Hull, the hugely wealthy but unsuc-

cessul 2004 Democratic candidate or U.S.Senate, directly accounts or $100,000 othe $300,000 that the Illinois United orChange PAC has raised since late January(and maybe double that, because it’s unclear

who controls a company responsible oranother $100,000). Te independent-expenditure committee has so ar reportedspending money only on Gonzales.

I was able to reach Hull through anintermediary to ask him why he decidedto get involved against his ellow Demo-crat Madigan in the primary. He wouldonly communicate by e-mail, and didn’trespond to a ollow-up question.

Hull said he believes Gonzales g ives the

state “an opportunity or a resh start” andpredicted his candidate, an entrepreneurwho received an MBA rom MIT, would bea “true statesman” in the General Assembly.

Madigan, Hull said, “is not a team player”and “does not cooperate well with others,”and gave as an example Madigan’s lonereusal out o all 50 state-party chairs to workwith the national party on sharing voterinormation. Madigan, Hull said, “wantedto control the voter file because he wantedto control who was elected in the state oIllinois.” He said his view was “amplified”when he discovered that Madigan opposedsame-day voter registration (although that isnow state law with Madigan’s backing).

“Tis lack of cooperation and team-work has led to the dismal condition oour state today,” Hull claimed. “I believethe state o Illinois and the legislaturewould be improved significantly withoutMichael Madigan.”

And with that, he politely signed off,

saying he hoped what he said was helpuland looked orward to “speaking withyou afer March 16.” So that’s that unti lafer the March 15 primary, I suppose.

So ar, Illinois United or Changehas sent three mailers that have all saidpositive stuff about Gonzales. It’s widelyexpected that the group will go negativeon Madigan soon, perhaps even by thetime you read this.

Is it possible that Madigan could

actually lose? Well, the speaker appearsto be working his district like that verything could happen, which means he’sleaving no stone unturned. His ownpolling reportedly shows him ahead by

a six-to-one margin, but everybody isoperating under the assumption thatrespondents may not be telling the truth.

Madigan has unleashed the houndson Gonzales, dredging up some long-agoarrests and a elony conviction and evenfinding a letter rom Cook County State’sAttorney Anita Alvarez that stronglyargued against a gubernatorial pardon,which Gonzales eventually received.

Gonzales’ campaign originally claimedthat Madigan had “lied” and that theAlvarez quote was “a ked,” but it relentedwhen I showed them the actual letter.

Four years ago, Madigan was chal-lenged by another Latino candidate whowas trumpeted by some in the media asa possible winner because his district isdominated by Latino Americans. Madi-gan ended up winning that race by a hugemargin. Gonzales is different, though,

because he has ar more money than any-body has ever had against Madigan.

Madigan received 9,860 votes in hiscontested 2012 Democratic primary outo 13,021 votes cast. His own 13th Wardaccounted or 6,464 o those Madigan votes, out o 7,870 cast.

Madigan’s massive political organizationbacked Mayor Rahm Emanuel last year, andin the runoff Emanuel received 56 percentin Madigan’s 13th Ward to Cook CountyCommissioner Chuy Garcia’s 44 percent,which clearly shows that the ward’s Latino voters can be convinced to vote or a whiteincumbent against a credible Latino oppo-nent. And the liberal Garcia is now support-ing Madigan, which should help.

Much o Gonzales’ money is comingrom olks who backed Governor BruceRauner’s campaign, including Hull, whotold the Sun-imes in 2014 that he contrib-uted to Rauner because “I admire wealthypeople who want to serve. ... People who

are wealthy can really do what they believe;they can push or the right reorms.”

Rauner is horribly unpopular in Chicagoand among suburban Democrats, so it’s di-ficult to see how Gonzales can pull this off iMadigan continues the attack by tying Gon-zales to the Republican governor. It’s not ahuge stretch to suggest, or some Democrats,that’s almost as bad as a elony conviction –and maybe worse in some households.

I suppose stranger things have hap-

pened, though, which is what is pushingMadigan so hard.

Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax (a daily

political newsletter) and CapitolFax.com.

By Rich Miller

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Baby Steps for Rock Island CountyAlthough Rock Island County’s popula-

tion has been slightly decreasing since thelate 1980s, county-government spending hasgrown substantially over the past decade-plus – rom expenditures o nearly $46million in Fiscal Year 2004 to a budget omore than $81 million in Fiscal Year 2016,an average increase o more than 6 percenta year.

e biggest change in spending has beenin social serv ices – rom $14.8 millionin 2004 to $27.7 million in 2014 – while

transportation-and-public-works spendingnearly quadrupled over that same period.“General government” expenditures grewrom $9 million in 2004 to $15 millionin 2014 – more than 6 percent per yearon average.

Yet since 2004, county property taxes orthe general und grew roughly 1 percent ayear – rom $5.32 million to an expected$5.99 million in the current fiscal year.

So Ross this spring will present the

county board with several five-year budgetplans. One will be the unsustainable statusquo: “Here’s where we’re going to be fiveyears rom now. I preliminary estimateabout $20 million in the hole.”

is will primarily be an illustration ofthe problems the county aces rather thana realistic option: “I won’t present a deficitbudget next year. So it’s going to be verychallenging, because we can’t pay or thingsas it stands today. We’re cutting where we

can, we’re looking at these other revenuesources, we’re working on liability and riskmanagement, but we just can’t do it. Hadthis been done 15 years ago, we probablywouldn’t be in this situation.”

e main problem, Ross said, is insuf -ficient revenue. “We have the lowest salestax – the county portion – in the state oIllinois,” he said. And the county’s general-und levy – which pays or things such aspublic saety – has been at the same ratesince 1983.

While sales and property taxes typicallygrow over time without the rates beingraised, he conceded, they haven’t kept upwith costs, and the hit that home values havetaken since 2008 has hurt the county.

A second option – the first realist ic one– will be a balanced budget without newrevenue. “e capital projects won’t be inthere, except or certain ones that havetheir own unding t hat don’t affect the gen-eral und,” Ross said. He later wrote that

beyond the layoffs he’s recommending orimplementation in the current fiscal year,this budget option would include “masslayoffs in the area o public saety (which iswhere most o the employees are at – even

though we are at minimum staffing).”e other options will entail cuts and

the in-progress new-revenue sources, alongwith a new tax hike – a hal-cent increasein the county sales tax or an increase in theproperty-tax rate.

“Either one o those is going to be entirelydependent upon a reerendum in Novem-ber,” he said. “Obviously, my hope is that

once they look at what we’ve done over thepast year, enough people ... will agree thatone o those options would work.”

But even i the county board approvesits reorm package later this month, there’slittle chance that voters will support a taxhike; it’s simply too early or them to haveconfidence that the Rock Island CountyBoard will stay on the right track.

Early signs are positive, but – to convincetaxpayers over the long haul – Maranda andhis successor(s) will need to ollow throughon his promise that a county administrator,the resolution o the courthouse issue, thereorm package, and other improvementsaren’t the end. He said those changes are“absolutely” a good start, “and we’re going tomake more.”




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MusicAn Evening with Christian HowesRedstone Room

Wednesday, March 9, 7 p.m.

On March 9, Davenport’s Redstone Roomwill host a hugely acclaimed, vir tuosic jazz violinist in “An Evening with Christian

Howes.” In its 2011 critics’ poll, DownBeat

magazine voted Howes number one in the

category “Rising Stars/Violin.”DownBeatcalled his 2012 album Southern Exposure

“a masterul journey.” DownBeat praised

Howes’ musicality by writing, “Everything

about the way he moves across each string

seems to express another emotion.” at’s

an awul lot o DownBeat or someone who

makes listeners so darned happy.

A native o Columbus, Ohio, Howes began

studying violin at age ive, and, like most o

us, he picked up a part-time job at age 16.

O course, or most o us, out irst part-time jobs weren’t perorming as a soloist or the

Columbus Symphony Orchestra. Howes’

teen years also ound him adding the guitar

and bass to his repertoire in a series o rock,

blues, and usion bands, and he went on to

earn a bachelor’s degree rom The Ohio State

University, majoring in exactly the subject you’d

expect – philosophy. (I a tree alls in the orest,

does it make a series o Yamaha violins?)

But in addition to earning an education,

Howes has spent his career providing onenot only to students during his three-yeartenure as an assistant proessor at theBerklee College o Music, but to worldwide

jazz aicionados who continually learnrom his intimidating skills.

With his artistic collaborators including

such genre masters as Dave Samuels, GregOsby, and D.D. Jackson, Howes’ résuméis overlowing with career highlights: asix-night run at Lincoln Center in 2013; aResidency Partner Award rom ChamberMusic America or his educational-outreachprograms; an invitation by the U.S. Embassyto serve as a cultural ambassador to Ukraineand Montenegro. He’s been nominated or“Violinist o the Year” by the Jazz JournalistAssociation and was named among the

world’s top three jazz violinists in a recent Jazzimes critics poll. He’s the oundero the not-or-proit Creative Strings, anorganization designed to expand musiceducation through an online curriculumand dozens o annual school visits.

And beyond DownBeat , other reviewoutlets o note have raved about Howes’extraordinary talents. All About Jazzwrote, “As a jazz violinist today, he has nopeer.” The Los Angeles imes called him a

musician “whose solid, classically trainedtechnique provides the reedom to ullyexpress an expansive improvisationalimagination.” As or France’s JazzMan

Magazine, Howes’ Southern Exposurerelease was lauded not only or the artist’s“perectly mastered, dizzy ing arabesques,”but or how “the whole album swims ina avorable climate o lyricism.” So don’tmiss Howes’ Redstone Room engagement.Heaven knows, in the Quad Cities o latewinter, there are ar worse climates to be in.

An Evening with Christian Howes beginsat 7 p.m., and more inormation and ticketsare available by calling (563)326-1333 or

visiting RiverMusicExperience.org.

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Exhibit Justice! St. Ambrose University’s Catich Gallery

Friday, March 4, through Saturday, April 16

I’m not sure i youwere aware, but comicbooks are really hot

these days. No, really:

It’s true! ere are

comic-book figures at

the cineplex, on TV,

in video games, at toy

retailers ... . And rom

March 4 through April

16, there’ll even be comic-book characters

taking over St. Ambrose University’s Catich

Gallery in the exhibition Justice! – though

the ones on display there have more on t heir

minds than thwacking bad guys and i mper-

sonating Ryan Reynolds.

“This has been a really special show orus to put together,” says Catich GalleryDirector Christopher Reno, “because othe powerul themes it’s taking on. Wehave artists dealing with some very serious,progressive issues rom ‘Black Lives Matter’to traicking to global politics to racial

identity. There can be a huge value in thistype o comic-book making.”

According to its chie curator, the inspirationor Justice!originated in conjunction with St.Ambrose’s school-wide, year-long “JusticeProject” curriculum. “Every year,” says Reno,“we have a show that’s based on the classstructure we’re teaching with; we decide howwe can best use the gallery to support thetheme. And the theme o social justice is a greattheme to structure an art show around.

“We’d also been wanting to do a comic-

book show or a while,” he continues. “The

art department is pretty heavy on graphic

design, printmaking, and book arts, so we’ve

been talking about comic books. But we also

wanted to ind a way into the comics world

that would be academically appropriate.”

Described on the Catich Web site as “asurvey o contemporary comic-book artrom artists outside the mainstream,” Justice! ,says Reno, will boasts works by a dozen-plusartistic talents and art collectives “rom all

over the country. We usually ocus on regionalartists because o our budget constraints. Butwith a show like this, where we’re dealing withshipping small objects, we can expand rom allover. So we have artists rom New York, artists

rom the South, a West Coast artist – all over.”Some o those objects will be whole comic

books that, Reno says, “will be on display andavailable to read. But there will also be pageson the walls, and a Chicago artist by thename o Eric Garcia is making an installationwhere he’s basical ly creating a giant comic-book spread on one o the walls. We alsohave works by gallery artists who use the

comic-book language, and outsider writersand illustrators ... . There’s a lot happening.

“And one o the artists in the show has beendoing an ongoing project with us that involvesFamily Resources in the Annie Wittenmyercomplex,” says Reno. “We’ve been doing somecomic-book workshops with the detainedyouths and oster youth over there, and someo that work will be on display. It showsanother really powerul, challenging way thatcomic books can be used or good. You know,it goes beyond Marvel and DC.

“I mean, I love Marvel and DC comics,”he quickly adds. “But these people aremaking comic books that speak about some

very serious issues in a really accessible way.

I’m super-excited about it.” Spoken like atrue comic-book an.

The Catich Gallery’s Justice!runs in tandemwith the Morrissey Gallery’s current exhibition

Justice League: A Print Portfolio Echange, andinormation on both in available by calling(563)333-6444 or visiting SAU.edu/galvin.

ExhibitThe Discovery of King Tut Putnam Museum

Saturday, March 5, through Monday,

September 5

Ah, King Tut. Coulda won a Grammy.King Tut. Buried in his jammies.I, however, your knowledge o the ancient

Egyptian ruler Tutankhamun ends with lyricsto Steve Martin’s novelty song, you really oweit to yoursel to learn more. Happily, you canin the Putnam Musuem’s eagerly awaitednew he Discovery of King ut , a travelingexhibition so expansive, and so conducive to

repeat visits, that it’s sticking around or a ullsix months, rom March 5 to Labor Day.

Included in the 14,800-square-oot exhibitare reproductions o nearly 1,000 astonishingburial artiacts, hand-crated by renowned

Egyptologists to deliver the sensation o trulyentering three chambers in a gold-encrusted

tomb more than 3,000 years old. An audio-tour based on the diaries, documentaries,and texts o amed excavator Howard Carteraccompanies Putnam guests as they travelthe exhibit. And the entire, glorious sensoryexperience – one previously enjoyed bymuseum guests in cities such as Paris, Berlin,and Madrid – has been hailed as one o themost exhilarating touring exhibits o recentyears, with the Columbia Daily ribunewriting, “Never beore has a complete re-creation been accomplished on this scale,”

and the San Diego Union-ribune stating,“Expect to be dazzled.”

Want to dazzle riends with yourTutankhamun knowledge even beore the heDiscovery of King ut opens? (Beyond, that is,your knowledge that the ruler was “born inArizona” and “moved to Babylonia”?) Learna little something through this King Tut quizcourtesy o the mad geniuses at FunTrivia.com.

For more inormation on, and tickets to,the Putnam Museum’s he Discovery of Kingut, call (563)324-1933 or visit Putnam.org... or, more speciically, Tutnam.org. (That’snot a joke. Check it out! Awesome photos!)

’By Mike Schulz

[email protected]

1. Approximately how long did King

Tut reign before his death?

A) Two years

B) 10 years

C) 20 years

2. Howard Carter discovered King

Tut’s tomb in what year?

A) 1914

B) 1922

C) 1925

3. Who was the first person to die fromthe legendary “King Tut curse”?A) Howard Carter

B) Lady Evelyn Herbert

C) Lord Carnarvon

4. How old was King Tut when he

married?

A) nine

B) 11

C) 13

5. What was the name of his spouse?

A) Kiya

B) Ankhesenamun

C) Nefertiti

MUSICFriday, March 4 – Old Shoe. Rock

and roots concert with the Chicago-based five-piece ensemble, featuringopening sets by Soap and the Dawn.Redstone Room (129 Main Street,Davenport). 9 p.m. $11.50-12. For ticketsand information, call (563)326-1333 orvisit RiverMusicExperience.org.

Saturday, March 5, and Sunday,

March 6 – Quad City SymphonyOrchestra: Homegrown Variations –Bancks, Klemme, & Timmerman. Theseason’s fifth Masterworks concertsfeaturing Jacob Bancks’ world premiereDream Variations for Bassoon, Brahms’Variations on a Theme of Haydn, andElgar’s Enigma Variations. Saturday:Adler Theatre (136 East Third Street,Davenport), 8 p.m. Sunday: AugustanaCollege’s Centennial Hall (3703 SeventhAvenue, Rock Island), 2 p.m. $6-48. Fortickets and information, call (563)322-7276 or visit QCSO.org.

Saturday, March 5, and Sunday,March 6 – Kari Lynch. Nashville-basedsinger/songwriter in concert. Saturday:Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Avenue, RockIsland), 9 p.m., $5-10. Sunday: Gabe’s(330 East Washington Street, IowaCity), 9 p.m., free. For information, visit

RozzTox.com and ICGabes.com.Thursday, March 10 – An Eveningwith Albert Cummings. Bluesmusician performs in support of hislatest CD Someone Like You. RedstoneRoom (129 Main Street, Davenport).7:30 p.m. $16.75-19. For tickets andinformation, call (563)326-1333 orvisit RiverMusicExperience.org. For a2007 interview with Cummings, visitRCReader.com/y/cummings.

Friday, March 11 – Future Rock.

Concert with the electronica and rock

musicians. Redstone Room (129 MainStreet, Davenport). 9 p.m. $16.75-17. Fortickets and information, call (563)326-1333 or visit R iverMusicExperience.org.

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Saturday, March 12 – RIBCO’s St.

Patty’s Day Bash. Holiday concert withthe Cake tribute artist s Have Your Cake.Rock Island Brewing Company (1815Second Avenue, Rock Island). 9 p.m. Forinformation, call (309)793-1999 or visitRIBCO.com.

Monday, March 14 – Brit Floyd. PinkFloyd tribute musicians in their Space & Time Continuum World Tour 2016. Adler Theatre (136 East Third Street, Davenport).7:30 p.m. $32.50-49.50. For tickets, ca ll(800)745-3000 or visit AdlerTheatre.com.

Wednesday, March 16 – Dancing in the

Streets. Celebration of Motown featuringsongs by the Four Tops, the Temptations,Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, the Supremes,and others. Adler Theatre (136 East ThirdStreet, Davenport). 7:30 p.m. $40-50.For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or visitAdlerTheatre.com.

THEATREFriday, March 4, through Sunday,

March 20 – The Big Meal . Dan LeFranc’sdramatic comedy following fourgenerations of family, directed by MikeSchulz. QC T heatre Workshop (1730Wilkes Avenue, Davenport). Friday andSaturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m. “Paywhat it’s worth” pricing. For tickets andinformation, call (563)650-2396 or visitQCTheatreWorkshop.org.

Friday, March 4, and Saturday,

March 5 – Beauty Inside & Out . Ensemblepiece examining different facets of beauty,written and directed by Rock Island nativeCurtis B. Lewis Jr. Davenport Junior Theatre(2822 Eastern Avenue, Davenport). Friday7:30 p.m., Saturday 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. $15.For tickets and information, call (417)771-0444 or visit JourneyLiveProduction.com.

Wednesday, March 9, throughSaturday, April 30 – Shear Madness.Interactive mystery comedy by PaulPortner, directed by Sean McCall. Circa ’21Dinner Playhouse (1828 Third Avenue, RockIsland). Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, andMarch 1: 6 p.m. buf fet, 7:15 p.m. pre-show,7:45 p.m. show. Sunday: 4 p.m. buffet, 5:15p.m. pre-show, 5:45 p.m. show. Wednesday:noon plated lunch, 1 p.m. pre-show, 1:30p.m. show. $42.50-48. For tickets andinformation, call (309)786-7733 extension 2or visit Circa21.com.

Thursday, March 10 – Rooted in Love:The Life & Martyrdom of Sister DorothyStang SNDdeN. One-woman fundraisingperformance by Sister Nancy Murray, OP,on the life of Sister Stang, murdered in2005 for her work on behalf of the Amazonrainforest. St. Ambrose University’s Christthe King Chapel (518 W. Locust Street,Davenport). 7 p.m. $10 at the d oor. Fortickets and information, call (563)336-8414

or visit CHMIowa.org.Friday, March 11, through Sunday,March 20 – Mama Won’t Fly . Southernroad-trip comedy by Jessie Jones, NicholasHope, and Jamie Wooten, directed by

Aaron Lord. Playcrafters Barn

Theatre (4950 35th Avenue,Moline). Friday and Saturday7:30 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m. $13.For tickets and information,call (309)762-0330 or visitPlaycrafters.com.

Friday, March 11, throughSaturday, March 19 – Spring

Awakening. Bi-annualpresentation of Broadway’s Tony-winning rock musical,directed by Dino Hayz. Centerfor Living Arts (2008 Fourth

Avenue, Rock Island). Fridayand Saturday 7 p.m. $15.For tickets and information,call (563)940-1956 or visitCenterForLivingArts.org.

Tuesday, March 15 –

Flashdance: The Musical . Stagemusical based on 1983’s Oscar-winning film, in a Broadway atthe Adler presentation. Adler Theatre (136 East Third Street,Davenport). 7:30 p.m. $37-57.For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or

visit AdlerTheatre.com.

DANCEThursday, March 3 –

Dancers in Company.

Performance by the touringrepertory company of theUniversity of Iowa Department of Dance.Figge Art Museum (225 West Second Street,Davenport). 6 p.m. Free with $4-7 museumadmission. For information, call (563)326-7804 or visit FiggeArtMuseum.org.

COMEDY Saturday, March 5 – Tammy Pescatelli.

An evening with the comedienne and st arof Finding the Funny , with opening sets byChris Schlichting, Gary Menke, and JakeHarris. Golden Leaf Banquet & ConventionCenter (2902 East Kimberly Road, Suite 1,Davenport). 8 p.m. $15-30. For tickets andinformation, call (563)359-7225 or visitEventBrite.com.

Friday, March 11 – The After Hour .Andrew King hosts a live, late-night talk

show with area guests. Circa ’21 Speakeasy(1818 Third Avenue, Rock Island). 10:30p.m. $8-10. For tickets and information,call (309)786-7733 extension 2 or visit TheCirca21Speakeasy.com.

LITERATUREThursday, March 10 – SPECTRA Poetry

Reading. The 20th evening of poetry readings

hosted by the Midwest Writing Center andRozz-Tox, with guest authors Justin Boening,Jason Bredle, Karyna McGlynn, and ValerieWetlaufer, and music by Mountain Swallower.

Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Avenue, Rock Island). 8p.m. Free. For information, call (563)324-1410 orvisit MWCQC.org.

SPORTSSunday, March 6 – WWE Live: Road

to Wrestlemania. Event featuring WWEsuperstars John Cena, Alberto Del Rio,Bray Wyatt, Kane, Dudley Boyz, the WyattFamily, the Divas, and more. i wireless

Center (1201 River Dri ve, Moline). 1 p.m.$18.50-108.50. For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or visit iwirelessCenter.com.

Thursday, March 10, through Sunday,

March 13 – MVC Women’s Basketball

Tournament. An opening round,quarterfinals, semifinals, and a championshipsponsored by the Mississippi ValleyConference. i wireless Center (1201 River Drive,Moline). Thursday 4:05 p.m. opening round,Friday 12:05 and 6:05 p.m. quarterfinals,Saturday 1:35 p.m. semifinals, Sunday 2:05p.m. championship. $10-16. For tickets, call

(800)745-3000 or visit iwirelessCenter.com.

MOVIETuesday, March 8 – Wales, Land of

Song. Screenings in the museum’s WorldAdventure Series, presented by MontyBrown. Putnam Museum (1717 West 12thStreet, Davenport). 1 and 7 p.m. $6.50-10.For tickets and information, call (563)324-1933 or visit Putnam.org.

EXHIBITSaturday, March 5, through Sunday,

March 13 – Young Artists at the Figge:Geneseo Schools. Annual exhibition ofworks by elementary art students. Figge Art

Museum (225 West Second Street,Davenport). Tuesday throughSaturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sunday noon -5 p.m.

Free with $4-7 museum admission.For information, call (563)326-7804or visit FiggeArtMuseum.org.

EVENTSFriday, March 4, through

Sunday, March 6 – AntiqueSpectacular. Bi-annual eventfeaturing 70 exhibitors withantiques and vintage items forsale. QCCA Exp o Center (2621Fourth Avenue, Rock Island).Friday 4-9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-6p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $7weekend pass. For information,call (712)324-9964 or visitAntiqueSpectacular.com.

Saturday, March 5 – Wine atthe Warehouse. Wine-tastingevent with Dimitri and KathyPapageorgiou, in a benefit for St.Ambrose University scholarships.Dimitri Wine & Spirits (1735 West Third Street, Davenport). 4 p.m.$35-45. For tickets and information,

call (563)333-6290 or visitSAU.edu/alumni.Saturday, March 5 – Quad

Cities Comic Book Convention.Event featuring dealers from threestates specializing in old and newcomic books, toys, and relatedmerchandise. Ramada Inn (3020

Utica Ridge Road, Bet tendorf). 10 a.m.-2p.m. Free. For information, call (309)657-1599 or visit EpGuides.com.

Saturday, March 12 – The GrandParade XXXI. Annual St. Patrick’s Day

parade covering two miles and two states,beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the corner ofFourth Avenue and 23rd Street in RockIsland and ending at the DavenportRiverCenter. Free. For information, call(563)505-9779 or visit StPatsQC.com.

Saturday, March 12 – CASI St. Patrick’s

Day Race. Annual event featuring the 9a.m. Tot Trot, the one-mile Family Fun Runat 9:30 a.m., and the Fast, Flat, & Fun 5Kat 10 a.m. Downtown Davenport (Mainand Second streets). $17-35 registration.For information, c all (563)386-7477 or visit

CASISeniors.org.Wednesday, March 16, throughSaturday, March 19 – Gathering on theGreen 2016. Annual event featuring awide variety of technical, historical, andhuman-interest workshops and drop-insessions appealing to John Deere andtractor enthusiasts. Davenport RiverCenter(136 East Third Street, Davenport).$40 registration. For information andto register, call (563)886-7383 or visitGatheringOfTheGreen.com.

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The Italian Rapscallionwith a laugh, “but at 13, 14, 15 years old, that

didn’t relate to me.”Pescatelli didn’t, however, intend on org-

ing her own path as a proessional comedian,and instead earned a bachelor’s degree inashion design rom Kent State University.Yet afer graduation, with Pescatelli’s parentshaving recently moved to the Quad Cities,she arrived in the area in 1990 planning tostay or the summer beore beginning a allinternship in New York. She never got there.

“I was about 21,” Pescatelli recalls, “and

I didn’t know anybody, and it’s hard tomeet people. But I saw they had this FunnyBone [comedy club], which was way out onKimberly in those days. So I thought, ‘I’ll go

waitress there, I’ll see some un shows, I’ll

make a little bit o money, and then I’ll go toNew York with my ashion degree.’

“And then the next thing you know,”she continues, “I’m at the Funny Bone allsummer, and a emale comedian comesin. And I have a big mouth, and I say to myamily, ‘I’m just as unny as her.’ And thatbecame a bet and a dare and an open mic ... .And that’s it. at was the end of everything.”

Or, more accurately, the beginning.Pescatelli’s nascent stand-up act proved

such a hit that she not only began perorm-ing regularly at the Funny Bone, but wasalso booked as a headliner at the Circa ’21Dinner Playhouse, and eventually hired

to co-host a morning show on the ormer

WPXR-FM “Power” 98.9. (She also beganher list o Internet Movie Database credits– beore there was an IMDb – with a rolein 1991’s locally filmed cult classic BeautyQueen Butcher , which she remembers as “theworld’s best shoot. I mean, literally. Just oneo the best things ever.”)

Although her career in comedy beganinadvertently, Pescatelli says it immediatelyelt like the right proessional choice, andwhen I ask what made stand-up comedy

so ulfill ing, she pauses or a ew secondsbefore oering a concise answer: “erapy.”

She continues, “I didn’t have a lot odeep-seated issues. But I had a lot o crazyamily stuff that goes on, and when I firststarted, I really wanted to talk about my Ital-ian amily; I didn’t want to just be ‘a emalecomedian.’ And I think just talking aboutit, and hearing other people laugh, whetherthey laughed because they related or becauseit made them eel uncomortable ... . Either

way, I got it out.“It’s like the first time I went to therapy

afer I made a little money and finally gothealth insurance. I went to therapy, and thetherapist let me leave the office and didn’tlock me up.” Laughing, she adds, “I thoughtit was validation. So I think it’s the samekind o thing. Comedy just val idates yourexperiences, you know?”

Weird SynchronicityAfer Pescatelli lef the Quad Cities in

1995, she embarked on a proessional tour-ing career that ound her booked in comedyclubs during 36 weeks o her first year away.“And I didn’t even have a manager,” she says.

“What happened was that little FunnyBone in Davenport, Iowa, connected me toso many other clubs. e Funny Bone had22 sister clubs, and it was a sister chain o theImprov – and the biggest owner o all theImprovs was based in Cleveland, where I wasrom originally. So I stayed employed. It was

amazing. Just a really weird synchronicity.”Pescatelli toured or years beore her

acclaimed sets at Montreal’s Just or Laughsestival captured the attention o the Hol-lywood Reporter , whose mentions o hercaptured the attention o booking agentsor Te onight Show with Jay Leno, whichled to the comedian’s 2003 debut on thelate-night series. at, in turn, led to herweekly appearances on the 2004 season oLast Comic Standing . And that, as she says,

“changed things or me overnight.“We were lucky,” Pescatelli says, “because

that was a season that had 17 million view-ers, and things changed right away. I mean,we flew out one day, and no one knew who

we were, and we flew back the next day rom

a gig, and I was signing autographs at theairport. And even when people would say,‘Oh, she’s the Italian comedian – all sheever talks about is being Italian,’ it wasn’t aninsult to me. I thought, ‘Wow ... they didn’teven notice I was a woman!’”

Since that season o Last Comic Standing ,“the Italian comedian” has stayed in boththe public eye (with nearly 50 IMDb creditsrom 2005 to 2016) and, via her requent

visits to radio shows, the public ear. Yet

Pescatelli says that she still gets a true kickout o touring, “even though it’s harder now– just the physicality o it.

“What I used to do was drive aroundeverywhere,” she says. “You know, we didn’thave GPS. We had an at las and a bag oclothes and a cell phone. But now I live inPennsylvania, where we thought lie wouldbe easier or our son. And it is. But it’s a littleharder or me, because I’m an hour and ahal away rom an airport, and so there’s a

lot o traveling. But it’s a necessary evil. Likein that rock song ‘Same Old Lang Syne’: ‘eaudiences were heavenly but the travelingwas hell.’

“But I actually love the stage now morethan I ever did,” Pescatelli continues, “andI think it probably shows in my act more. Ihonestly eel that – and I don’t say this in abraggadocious sense – my act is the best it’sever been. Because I’m giving the most ome. I don’t care what the perception is; it’s

just the true me up there. ere’s somethinggreat about just being who you are.

“And I’m at a place, too, where I don’twant everybody to like me. Not everybody ismy audience. I’m not saying that I am speci-ically going out to make people not like me.But I have a very specific demographic thatare not really millennials, but that gave birthto millennials, you know what I mean?

“I mean, i millennials get my act, that’sbecause they’re cool kids, and had parentsthat were cool and taught them.” Pescatelli

laughs. “But I don’t want to be or everyone,and I don’t want to have to cater to anyone.At this stage o my lie – age o my lie – it’s

just ‘I am what I am.’ Like Popeye.”

ammy Pescatelli performs at the GoldenLeaf Banquet & Convention Center (2902East Kimberly Road, Suite 1, Davenport) at 8

p.m. on Saturday, March 5, with additionalsets by comedians Chris Schlichting, Gary

Menke, and Jake Harris. For more informa-

tion and tickets, call (563)359-7225 or visitEventBrite.com.

For more information on the show’sheadliner, visit Pescatelli.com.

COMEDY By Mike Schulz [email protected]



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

or e-mail [email protected] (AdviceGoddess.com)©2016, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved.

Ask the

AdviceGoddessBY AMY ALKON

See Ya Later, CalculatorI’m in a new relationship with the sweet-

est, most generous girl, but I’m hesitant tolet her do nice stuff for me. In my previousrelationship, every single nice thing my exdid was held against me later. I can hearher now: “Remember that time I brought

you food at work? All the way acrosstown?” Eventually, I’d wince anytime shedid anyt hing for me. However, my newgirlfriend seems so happy to make me food

or run an errand for me. Sti ll, I feel uneasy.I keep waiting for her to turn into my exand present me with a list of what I owe her.

– Bad History

Aw-w-w … a relationship with anaccounts-receivable department.

Your ex’s human-abacus approach – run-ning a relationship on the “Hey, what’s in itor me?” model – doesn’t bode well or hap-pily ever afer, and not just because it makesit hard to tell your girlriend apart rom oneo those aggressive strangers who call at

dinnertime, threatening to repo your car.Social psychologist Margaret S. Clark

explains that partners are more loving andgenerous toward each other when a relation-ship runs on t he “communal” model (whichdescribes love or riendship) rather than t he“exchange” model (the merchant-customerrelationship). e main dierence betweenthese relationship types is in the motivationsor giving and the expectations in the wakeo it. You give to somebody you love – like bygiving your honey a massage – to make her

eel good; you don’t wipe the lotion off yourhands and then hand her a bill or $80.

Love relationships are ofen not entirely50/50, and the payback rom a romanticpartner ofen comes in different waysand at a later date, and that’s okay. In anexchange relationship, however, peoplegive to get. ere’s careful accounting andspeedy invoicing. When the mechanic fixesyour bum tire, immediately afer doing thework, he expects equivalent compensation– in cold, hard cash (or plastic). You can’t

just kiss him on the cheek, chirp, “anks,cookie-ace!”, and be on your way.Looking back at your relationship with

your ex, ask yoursel something: Why didshe view popping over with a cooler at lunch-time – probably containing sandwiches anda Snapple – like she’d brought you her lefkidney? Maybe she’s bean-counter-y in a ll oher relationships. Or … maybe this reflectsClark’s finding that people in relationshipsswitch to an “exchange norm” when theynotice that their partner is all take and take.

In your current relationship, remindyoursel to credit your girlriend or who sheis – which you do by observing her actionsand attitude – instead o earing who shemight be. You should also make sure you’reholding up your part o the giving. But giveor the right reason: to make her happy – andnot because you can’t bear to hear anotherwoman yelling, “Owe, owe, owe!” during sex.

How I Learned to StopWorrying and Love the CalmI used to have a terrible temper. My

girlfriend never experienced it, becauseI did major therapy before meeti ng her.Now when I get upset, I step back, con-sider whether my beef is legit, and t henthink about how I can present it calmly.My girlfriend, who gets frustrated thatI can’t always discuss things immedi-ately, says I “bottle up” my feelings.

– Formerly Volcanic

Rarely do you hear someone say, “So, I ranthe issue by my therapist, made a list o prosand cons, meditated on it, … and then went outand put a bat through the guy’s windshield.”

Admirably, instead o continuing to loseyour temper, you got it a little red-leathercollar, and now you just walk it out o theroom on a matching red leash. is doesn’tmean you “bottle up” your eelings. You’resimply giving reason first crack at yourproblems – which doesn’t exactly come

naturally. Psychologists Daniel Kahnemanand Amos Tversky explain that we have twothinking systems: a ast-responding emo-tional system and a slower rational system.Your rational system does come aroundeventually – typically, just in time to grab abroom and dustpan to sweep up the pieceso the job or relationship that your t rigger-happy emotional system just exploded.

Because relationships are happierwhen those in them eel understood andappreciated, it seems you need to give your

girlriend the details on where you were andhow ar you’ve come. (Whaddya k now, youdidn’t spend those court-mandated anger-management sessions with headphones onlistening to Metallica.) Explaining this toher should help her understand that whenyou’re mulling things over, she isn’t waiting;she’s benefiting. Maybe you’ll get speedier atthe reasoning process in time, but rushingyou out o your cool-out corner is a bit likesaying, “Hey, let’s make conflict resolutionmore like drunk dialing!”


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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny

Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’sEXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES

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

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

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Actress

Blythe Baird writes about the problem

that arises when her dog sees her eating

a peanut-butter-and-chocolate-chip bagel. Herbeloved pet begs or a piece and becomes miserable

when it’s not orthcoming. Baird is merely

demonstrating her love, o course, because she

knows that eating chocolate can make canines ill. I

suspect that lie is bestowing a comparable

blessing on you. You may eel mad and sad about

being deprived o something you want. But the

likely truth is that you will be lucky not to get it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “I do not

literally paint that table, but rather the

emotion it produces upon me,” Frenchartist Henri Matisse told an interviewer. “But what

i you don’t always have emotion?” she asked him.

is is how Matisse replied: “en I do not paint.

is morning, when I came to work, I had no

emotion. So I took a horseback ride. When I

returned, I elt like painting, and had all the

emotion I wanted.” is is excellent advice for you

to keep in mind, Taurus. Even more than usual, it’s

crucial that you imbue every important thing you

do with pure, strong emotions. I they’re not

immediately available, go in quest o them.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Some night

soon, I predict you’ll dream o being an

enlightened sovereign who presides over

an ecologically sustainable paradise. You’re a

visionary leader who is committed to peace and

high culture, so you’ve never gone to war. You

share your wealth with the people in your

kingdom. You revere scientists and shamans alike,

providing them with what they need to do their

good work or the enhancement o the realm. Have

un imagining urther details o this dream,Gemini, or else make up your own. Now is an

excellent time to visualize a airy-tale version o

yoursel at the height o your powers, living your

dreams and sharing your gifs.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’s not

always necessary to have an expansive

view o where you have been and

where you are going, but it’s crucial right now.

So I suggest that you take an inventory o the big

picture. For guidance, study this advice rom

philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: “What haveyou truly loved? What has uplifed your soul,

what has dominated and delighted it at the same

time? Assemble these revered objects in a row

beore you and they may reveal a law by their

nature and their order: the undamental law o

your very sel.”

LEO (July 23-August 22): Sportswear

manuacturer Adidas is looking or

ways to re-purpose trash that humans

dump in the oceans. One o its creations is a

type o shoe made rom illegal deep-sea netsthat have been confiscated rom poachers. I

invite you to get inspired by Adidas’ work. From

an astrological perspective, now is a good time

to expand and refine your personal approach to

recycling. Brainstorm about how you could

convert waste and reuse into useul, beautiul

resources – not just literally, but also metaphori-

cally. For example, is there a ruined or used-updream that could be transormed into raw

material or a shiny new dream?

VIRGO (August 23-September 22):

“ere isn’t enough of anything as

long as we live,” wrote Raymond

Carver. “But at intervals a sweetness appears

and, given a chance, prevails.” According to my

analysis o the astrological omens, Virgo, you’ll

soon be gliding through one o these intervals.

Now and then you may even experience the

strange sensation o being completely satisfiedwith the quality and amount o sweetness that

arrives. To ensure optimal results, be as ree

rom greed as you can possibly be.

LIBRA (September 23-October 22):

“For a wound to heal, you have to

clean it out,” says author Yasmin

Mogahed. “Again, and again, and again. And

this cleaning process stings. e cleaning of a

wound hurts. Yes. Healing takes so much work.

So much persistence. And so much patience.”

According to my analysis, Libra, you should be

attending to this tough but glorious task.

Although the work might be hard, it won’t be

anywhere near as hard as it usually is. And you

are likely to make more progress than you

would be able to at other times.

SCORPIO (October 23 -November

21): “e other day, lying in bed,”

writes poet Rodger Kamenetz, “I elt

my heart beating or the first time in a long

while. I realized how little I live in my body, howmuch in my mind.” He speaks or the majority

o us. We spend much o our lives entranced by

the relentless jabber that unolds between our

ears. But I want to let you know, Scorpio, that

the moment is ripe to rebel against this

tendency in yoursel. In the coming weeks, you

will have a natural talent or celebrating your

body. You’ll be able to commune deeply with its

sensations, to learn more abut how it works, and

to exult in the pleasure it gives you and the

wisdom it provides.

SAGITTARIUS (November

22-December 21): In his “Dream Song

67,” poet John Berryman conesses, “I

am obliged to perorm in complete darkness

operations o great delicacy on my sel.” I hope

you will consider embarking on similar heroics,

Sagittarius. It’s not an especially avorable time

to overhaul your environment or try to get

people to change in accordance with your

wishes. But it’s a perect moment to spruce up

your inner world – to tinker with and refine it so

that everything in there works with more grace.And unlike Berryman, you won’t have to

proceed in darkness. e light might not be

bright, but there’ll be enough o a glow to see

what you’re doing.

CAPRICORN (December 22-January

19): Here’s the dictionary’s definition o

the word “indelible”: “having the

quality o being difficult to remove, wash away,blot out, or efface; incapable o being canceled,

lost, or forgotten.” e word is oen used in

reerence to unpleasant matters: stains on

clothes, biases that distort the truth, superstitions

held with unshakable conviction, or painul

memories o romantic break-ups. I am happy to

let you know that you now have more power than

usual to dissolve seemingly indelible stuff like

that. Here’s a trick that might help you: Find a

new teacher or teaching that uplifs you with

indelible epiphanies.

AQUARIUS (January 2 0-February

18): According to poet Tony

Hoagland, most o us rarely “manage

to finish a thought or a eeling; we usually get

lazy or distracted and quit halway t hrough.”

Why? Hoagland theorizes that we “don’t have

the time to complete the process, and we dislike

the difficulty and discomort o the task.”

ere’s a cost for this negligence: “We walk

around full of half-nished experiences.” at’s

why Hoagland became a poet. He says that“poems model the possibility o eeling all the

way through an emotional process” and

“thinking all the way through a thought.” e

coming weeks will be a avorable time to get

more in the habit o finishing your own eelings

and thoughts, Aquarius. It will also be more

important than usual that you do so! (Hoa-

gland’s comments appeared in Gulf Coast: A

Journal of Literature & Fine Arts.)

PISCES (February 19-March 20):

Unless you work at night and sleep byday, you experience the morning on a

regular basis. You may have a love-hate

relationship with it, because on the one hand you

don’t like to leave your comortable bed so early,

and on the other hand you enjoy anticipating the

interesting events ahead o you. But aside rom

your personal associations with the morning,

this time o day has always been a potent symbol

of awakenings and beginnings. roughout

history, poets have invoked it to signiy purity

and promise. In myth and legend, it ofen

represents the chance to see things aresh, to beree o the past’s burdens, to love lie uncondi-

tionally. Dream interpreters might suggest that a

dream o morning indicates a renewed capacity

to trust onesel. All o these meanings are

especially apropos or you right now, Pisces.

Homework: Imagine gazing into the eyes of the

person you were 10 years ago. What do you want to

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ACROSS

1. Basket on wheels5. Fuel for jets10. Livid15. Check 19. Jai _20. Thomas of “That Girl”21. Simple house22. _ praetexta23. Hanker24. Charged particle

25. Start of a quip by playwrightJean Kerr: 2 wds.

27. Honored29. Compel obedience31. Spoils32. Ribbed fabric34. Groove35. Presidential nickname36. Part 2 of quip: 2 wds.40. Part 3 of quip: 3 wds.47. Rice dish48. “Peggy _ Got Married”49. Valley50. A cheese51. Rap session52. Disarray

54. Mentioned55. _ me tangere56. Word in forecasts57. Get along58. Catlike mammal of Madagascar59. Heron60. Curtails62. Different: Prefix63. Rains icy rain64. Part 4 of quip: 4 wds.68. Upolu native72. Greek contest73. Record player part77. Circa78. Hardened80. Cornbread

81. Coveted role83. Express84. Leopard in Disney’s “Tarzan”85. Temple86. Simpson or Kudrow87. Edible fat88. Painter _ Mondrian

89. Artful90. Talk about: 2 wds.93. Part 5 of quip: 4 wds.96. Part 6 of quip: 2 wds.97. Mil. rank 98. Drive101. Barb102. Lombardia’s capital105. Imagines107. Indian drum111. End of the quip: 3 wds.

113. Of ancient Carthage115. Nigh116. Monumental117. Light anchor118. Roman official119. Prince Hamlet, e.g.120. “Adam _”121. Gusset122. French income123. Bettor’s worry

DOWN

1. Young elephant2. Burn plant3. Partner of 11-Down4. Winged insects: 2 wds.

5. Sawbones’org.6. Windmill part7. Beams8. Upward9. Loud and deep10. Polar phenomenon11. See 3-Down12. Vigoda or Burrows13. Color14. Necessitated15. Famed prehistoric monument16. Tipster17. Brunch fare18. _ -jongg26. Increase28. Kind of collector

30. Abundant33. Most cherished36. Chief 37. _ obstat38. Concern of grammarians39. Of gypsies: Var.41. Menlo Park’s “wizard”

42. Avena43. Accused’s answer44. Like a lot45. _ de chambre46. Releases48. Pt. on a compass53. Irish Gaelic54. Money in Costa Rica57. Seedless plant58. Deluge59. Otherwise

61. On the double!62. “Look Back in _”63. Rational65. Mississippi River Valley tribe66. Place in Berkshire67. Unfeigned68. Cabbage type69. Poplar70. French artist71. Incongruous: 3 wds.74. Musical direction75. Palm healing76. Erle’s Perry78. OT name79. Under covers80. Recompense

82. Cold and wet84. Early Soviet satellite: 2 wds.85. Trap of a kind89. Ditto91. Fuel container92. Use a blue pencil94. Racetrack 95. Unnamed thing99. Short work for piano100. Soviet leader102. Sulk 103. Rainbow: Prefix104. Kiln105. “Picnic”playwright106. Particulate deposit108. Drop

109. Nation110. One of the Olympians111. Cal. abbr.112. Singles out, for short114. A letter

Crossword

February 18 Crossword Answers

Between a Rock and a Hard Raceor last, and at the end o this three-and-

a-hal-hour ceremony, the discovery thatSpotlight was the night’s Best Picture was atrue jolt considering the movie’s only otherOscar, or Original Screenplay, was the firstaward presented. Talk about an attractivepair o bookends. (Also talk about the endo a long-running streak; you have to goback to 1952’s Te Greatest Show on Earthto find a Best Picture winner that receivedonly one other Oscar.)

Spotlight ’s climactic victory, however,

was additionally surprising because earlierin the night, two other films were look-ing like serious threats or the big win.I’ll admit to shouting with joy, and morethan a touch o relie, when Mad Max:Fury Road received its largely unpredictedtrophy or Costume Design, as there was a

very real possibility that affection or TeRevenant would cause it to steamroll over

Max in each one o the 10 categories thelatter was cited in. Yet when this glorious

post-apocalyptic thril ler went on to winBest Production Design, and then Makeup& Hairstyling, and then Film Editing,and then Sound Editing, and t hen SoundMixing – a ll in the span o 45 minutes – Imay have swallowed my gum. Despite theprize looking like Alejandro GonzálezIñárritu’s to lose, was George Miller maybegoing to win or Best Directing? Was –gulp! – Best Picture actua lly gonna happen?No and no, it turned out. Still, bully to theAcademy or such hugely deserved recogni-tion, and no one should eel at all bad orthe movie’s unrewarded helmer (who, let’sremember, does have an Oscar ... even i it isor Happy Feet ). He was always a longshot,and or that first hour, in cutaway afer cut-away, no one looked liked he was enjoyingthe night more than George Miller.

As expected, one o the ew Oscars Mad Max didn’t win was Best Cinematography,which instead went to Te Revenant ’sEmmanuel Lubezki, his third such victory

in a row. Also as expected, Te Revenant ’sIñárritu nabbed his second Best Directingstatuette in a row (a eat previously accom-plished only by John Ford and Joseph L.Mankiewicz). And when DiCaprio had hisinevitable Best Actor triumph – and deliv-ered, I’ll admit, a humble and rather beautiulspeech – it seemed clear that or Te Rev-enant , Best Picture was likewise in the bag.

But then came the Spotlight switch-eroo, which, it turned out, was merely

the night’s final example o Oscar voters’capacity or surprise. Stallone losing BestSupporting Actor to Bridge of Spies’ MarkRylance? Ex Machina winning Best VisualEffects over three Best Picture nominees

and the new Star Wars? (Despite five

nominations, J.J. Abrams’ ranchise-extender went home empty-handed.) Tathideous number rom Spectre beating outTe Hunting Ground ’s and Lady Gaga’s“’Til It Happens to You,” a song whosepowerul presentation earned a standingovation afer its presenter, Vice PresidentJoe Biden, earned his own standing ova-tion? (I went an equally hideous 13-or-24in my final predictions but reuse to beatmysel up about it, considering most o

the wins I didn’t orecast went to choices Iactually preerred ... notwithstanding thatJames Bond ditty.)

Sunday’s shockers were plentiul andconsistent – and, in a lovely development,so were the show’s pleasures. As always,there are things to bitch about regard-ing the annual Oscars telecast. (My listwould include Sacha Baron Cohen, SarahSilverman, and that guy in the bear cos-tume – a Revenant joke wa-a-a-ay past its

expiration date.) But in the spirit o Chr isRock’s unexpectedly upbeat kickoff to theproceedings, let’s end on some equallyhappy memories: Angela Bassett ’s “BlackHistory Minute.” Dave Grohl’s gorgeoustake on “Blackbird” or the “In Memo-riam” segment. e intros to the soundand visual-effects categories, underliningexactly what it is their artists do. AbrahamAttah and Jacob Tremblay. Steve Carelland Tina Fey. (“Tina’s been drinking.”)e ticker “thank you” scrolls. e Oscar-speech commercials or Kohl’s. EnnioMorricone’s standing ovation (the lengthand ervor o which proved him morepopular than Biden). Andy Serkis. BrieLarson. Woody and Buzz looking great, isounding a bit tired, at age 20. And ChrisRock helping his daughter raise morethan $65,000 or the Girl Scouts. He maynot win an Emmy or his hosting duties,but Rock has to have Father o the Year allsewn up.

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THURSDAY 3 Johnson Cou nty Landma rk Grand

Combo (6:30pm) – The Mill, 120 E.Burlington St., Iowa City IA

A Little Off Key w/ FunPianos – RME(River Music Experience), 129 N.Main St., Davenport IA

Luke Cacceta Band (8pm) –Brendan Hanks – Attentat –Cuticle (10pm) – Gabe’s, 330 E.Washington St., Iowa City IA

FRIDAY 4Chuck Murphy – Thirsty’s on Third,

2202 W. 3rd St., Davenport, IACosmic – 11th Street Precinct, 1107

Mound St., Davenport IA

The Dick Watson Trio (6pm) – OculusSports Bar - Jumer’s Casino & Hotel,777 Jumer Dr., Rock Island IL

Doug Allen Nash – Jewel Kisses –Riverside Casino and Golf Resort,3184 Highway 22, Riverside IA

Frankie Joe & Kinfolk – RIBCO, 18152nd Ave., Rock Island IL

The Funnies – The Cooler, 311 W. 2ndSt., Rock Falls IL

Halfloves – Trevor Sensor – Englert Theatre, 221 Eas t Washin gton St.,Iowa City IA

Horseshoes & Hand Grenades– Still Shine – Wood Chickens –Flash in a Pan – Iowa City YachtClub, 13 S Linn St, Iowa Cit y IA

Jo hn so n Co un ty Ho us in gAuthority – Sleazy E – Tyler Holst– Patrick Blin – Gabe’s, 330 E.Washington St., Iowa City IA

Justin Morrissey – River House, 1510River Dr., Moline IL

Larry Bo Boyd (6pm) – Cool Beanz

Coffeehouse, 1325 30th St., RockIsland IL

Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys –River’s Edge Gallery, 216 W. 3rd St.,Muscatine IA

Old Shoe – Soap – The Dawn – TheRedstone Room, 129 Main St,Davenport IA

Threshold – Harley Corin’s, 1708State St., Bettendorf IA

SATURDAY 5The Beggarmen – Uptown Bill’s

Coffee House, 730 S. Dubuque St.,Iowa City IA

The Blacklights – The Kellos –Waking Robots – RIBCO, 1815 2ndAve., Rock Island IL

The Blackstones – Harley Corin’s,1708 State St., Bettendorf IA

Bugeye Sprite – Hawkeye Tap SportsBar N Grill, 4646 Cheyenne Ave.,Davenport IA

Charles Walker Band – Iowa CityYacht Club, 13 S Linn St, Iowa City IA

Chuck Murphy – Stout’s Irish Pub,2352 Valley W. Ct., Clinton IA

Code 415 – Jimbo’s KnuckleheadSaloon, 902 16th Ave., East Moline IL

Doug Allen Nash – Jewel Kisses –Riverside Casino and Golf Resort,3184 Highway 22, Riverside IA

Foxing – Lymbic Systym – Tancred– Adjy (6:30pm) – Gabe’s, 330 E.Washington St., Iowa City IA

The Funnies – Short Hills CountryClub, 2500 11th St, East Moline ILKari Lynch – Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave.,

Rock Island ILNorth of 40 – Purgatory’s Pub, 2104

State St, Bettendorf IAPat Foley – Governor’s Pub &

Grill, 3470 Middle Rd.,Bettendorf IA

Quad City SymphonyOrchestra MasterworksV: Homegrown Variations– Bancks, Klemme, andTimmerman – Adler Theat re, 136 E. 3rd St.,Davenport IA

Radoslav Lorkovic –Flatted Fifth Blues & BBQ,300 Potter Dr., Bellevue IA

Russ Reyman RequestPiano Bar – The PhoenixRestaurant & MartiniBar, 111 West 2nd St.,Davenport IA

Steve McFate – River House,1510 River Dr., Moline IL

Tangent – 11th StreetPrecinct, 1107 Mound St.,Davenport IA

Wild Oatz – SidetrackedSaloon, 906 3rd St., Orion IL

SUNDAY 6Automagik – Us Mode – Rozz-Tox,

2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island ILDave Alvin & Phil Alvin w/ The

Guilty Ones – The Mill, 120 E.Burlington St., Iowa City IA

Jon Shain (6pm) – Ca’ d’Zan, 411South Rd., Cambridge IL

Kari Lynch – Men of Science & Fait h – Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St.,

Iowa City IAQuad City Symphony OrchestraMasterworks V: HomegrownVariations – Bancks, Klemme,and Timmerman – CentennialHall, Augustana College, 3703 7thAve., Rock Island IL

The RiverCity 6 (6pm) – ReynoldsUnited Methodist Church, 313 W.Edgington St., Reynolds IL

MONDAY 7Lewis Knudsen – Dan Dimonte –

Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St., IowaCity IA

Moeller Mondays Presents – Rozz- Tox, 2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island IL

TUESDAY 8Chris Avey Live – My Place the Pub,

4405 State St., Bettendorf IAChuck Murphy – My Place the Pub,

4405 State St., Bettendorf IA

The Southern Belles – Gabe’s, 330 E.Washington St., Iowa City IA

WEDNESDAY 9Alpin Hong’s “Chasing Chopin” –

John and Alice Butler Hall, Universityof Dubuque Heritage Center, 2255Bennett St., Dubuque IA

An Evening with Christian Howes – The Re dstone Room, 129 Main St,

Davenport IABurlington Street Bluegrass Band – The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., IowaCity IA

Ivy Stone – Milk Duct Tape – Gabe’s,330 E. Washington St., Iowa City IA

Rock Island High School Chamber

Singers (12:15pm) – Two RiversUnited Methodist Church, 1820 5th

Ave., Rock Island IL

THURSDAY 10An Evening with Albert Cummings

– The Redstone Room, 129 Main St,Davenport IA

Society of Broken Souls – Gabe’s,330 E. Washington St., Iowa City IA

FRIDAY 11Area Code – Riverside Casino and

Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22,Riverside IA

B. Dolan – AWTHNTKTS – Strangersof Necessity – Gabe’s, 330 E.

Washington St., Iowa City IAChuck Murphy (6pm) – Hy-Vee

Market Grille, 2930 18th Ave., RockIsland IL

Ernie Peniston, Hal Reed, & EllisKell – Kavanaugh’s Hilltop Tap,1228 30th St., Rock Island IL

Future Rock – The Redstone Room,129 Main St, Davenport IA

The Jason Carl Band – 11th StreetPrecinct, 1107 Mound St., Davenport IA

Jorda n Danie lsen – River House,1510 River Dr., Moline IL

Kelly’s Irish Pub St. Patrick’sDay Festival Kickoff: QC RockAcademy (6:30pm) – MoonshineRun (8:45pm) – Bad Hair (10pm)

– Kelly’s Irish Pub & Eatery, 2222 E.54rd St., Davenport, IALong Blue Willie – Harley Corin’s,


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The Manny Lopez Big Band (6pm)– The Circa ’21 Speakeasy, 1818 3rdAve., Rock Island IL

Other Masquerades – Orator – StayHome – Artorias – Rozz-Tox, 21083rd Ave., Rock Island IL

Pat’s Acoustic Disco – The Grape LifeWine Store & Lounge, 3402 ElmoreAve., Davenport IA

Stained Glass Motorcade – SlothHands – RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.,Rock Island IL

Switchback – Orpheum Theatre, 57 S.Kellogg St., Galesburg IL

iHearIC – The Mill, 120 E. BurlingtonSt., Iowa City IA

SATURDAY 12Anik1n – Roosevelt the Titan

– JT Bandzz – Gabe’s, 330 E.Washington St., Iowa City IA

Area Code – Riverside Casino andGolf Resort, 3184 Highway 22,Riverside IA

Chris Antonik – Flatted Fifth Blues &BBQ, 300 Potter Dr., Bellevue IA

Chuck Murphy – Leisure Lanes, 2802W. 73rd St., Davenport, IA

Code 415 – Gun chie’s, 2107 4th Ave.,Rock Island, IL

Fanad – Uptown Bill’s Coffee House,730 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City IA

Harvest Sons – Kendra Swanson

(6:30pm) – Ca’ d’Zan, 411 SouthRd., Cambridge IL

Have Your Cake – The Don’t BeBrothers – RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.,Rock Island IL

Kelly’s Irish Pub St. Patrick’s Day

Festival: Jackson Butler (11:45am)– Chuck Murphy (1pm) – QC RockAcademy (2:15pm) – Wicked Liz& the Bellyswirls (5pm) – Northof 40 (6:15pm) – Vice Squad(7:30pm) – Divebomb (9pm) – DirtRoad Rockers (10:45pm) – Kelly’sIrish Pub & Eatery, 2222 E. 54rd St.,Davenport, IA

Muscatine Town Swing Dance: TheRiverCity 6 (6pm) – MuscatineHigh School Auditorium, 2705Cedar St, Muscatine IA

Pat’s Acoustic Disco After-ParadeParty (1pm) – Starting Line, 217Brady, Davenport IA

Rangda – Sir Richard Bishop – BenChasny – Chris Corsano – The Mill,120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City IA

Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar – The Phoe nix Re staurant & Mart iniBar, 111 West 2nd St., Dave nport IA

Shamrockin’ Paddy O’ Pardy: Greg& Rich Acoustic Duo (11am)– Barley House Band (1pm) –Mayer School of Irish Dancing(2:45pm) – Funktastic Five(3:45pm) – Kavanaugh’s Hilltop Tap, 1228 30th St., Rock Island IL

Soul Storm – 11th Street Precinct,1107 Mound St., Davenport IA

Steve Morris – River House, 1510River Dr., Moline IL

Whiplash Abby – O’Keefe’s Pub &Grub, 1331 5th Ave, Moline IL

Woodshed – Harley Corin’s, 1708State St., Bettendorf IA

SUNDAY 13The Infamous Stringdusters – Nicki

Bluhm – Englert Theatre, 221 EastWashington St., Iowa City IA

Surgeons In Heat – Havlin – The Mill,120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City IA

MONDAY 14Brit Floyd – Adler Theatre, 136 E. 3rd

St., Davenport IAMoeller Mondays Presents – Rozz-

Tox, 2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island IL

TUESDAY 15Chris Avey Live – My Place the Pub,


The Don’t Be Brothers – Circa ’21Dinner Playhouse, 1828 3rd Ave.,Rock Island IL

Freakwater – Jaye Jayle – MorganGeer’s Drunken Prayer – The Mill,120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City IA

WEDNESDAY 16Autumn Kid – Natural Oil – Small

Town Story – Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rdAve., Rock Island IL

Dancing in the Streets – Adler Theatre, 136 E. 3rd St., Davenport IA

Ike Reilly Assassination – The Mill,120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City IA

Theresa Yarger & Ryan Van

Wassenhove (12:15pm) – TwoRivers United Methodist Church,1820 5th Ave., Rock Island IL

THURSDAY 17The Beggarmen – Coralville Center

for the Performing Arts, 1301 5thSt., Coralville IA

Dan Haughey (6pm) – Cool BeanzCoffeehouse, 1325 30th St., RockIsland, IL

The Holophonics – Atlas on Strike– Grandfather Confusion –BareBones – Bankshot – Rozz- Tox, 2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island IL

Kathy Mattea – CSPS/Legion Arts,1103 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids IA

FRIDAY 18“Spring Queening” Queen Tribute

featuring A Very Special Bo

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