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Justice in Spite of Davenport
Civil Rights Commission
T
he decade-long travesty of justice that
assailed local dentist Dr. David Botsko
because of an out-of-control Davenport
Civil Rights Commission (DCRC) is finally
over thanks to a ruling by the Iowa Civil Rights
Commission on Friday, May 7, dismissing all
charges against him.
Iowans can be reassured that when due process
is actually followed, testimonies actually read, and
evidence actually considered and weighed against
the rule of law, justice does prevail, at least when
the Iowa Civil Rights Commission is adjudicating.
Davenport residents, however, have no such
assurances where the DCRC is concerned. This
commission, under the direction of Executive
Director Judith Morrell, has proven its ability
to violate the very same civil rights it claims
to protect. At the end of the day, operating as
judge, jury, and prosecutor in civil-rights cases
is a perfect formula for abuse of said rights, as
unequivocally demonstrated in Nabb V. Botsko.
HURRY! OFFER In 2000, after nearly three years as a dental
EXPIRES 5/27/10 assistant for Dr. Botsko, then-62-year-old,
German-born Inglenore Nabb complained to
the DCRC that then-46-year-old Dr. Botsko was
violating her civil rights in the workplace with age,
sex, and national-origin discrimination, including
accusations of sexual harassment and constructive
discharge. Damages sought by Nabb, according
to a November 13, 2009, Iowa Supreme Court
decision that forbade attorney fees in any damages
awarded, included $25,000 to Nabb for emotional
distress and compensatory damages, $57,028 to
Nabb’s attorneys, and $2,935 for the DCRC. The
above figure does not include 10 years of legal fees
that Botsko paid for his own defense.
A hearing was held in 2003 with Administrative
Law Judge (ALJ) Kevin Visser presiding, after
which he ruled that Dr. Botsko was innocent on
all counts. Seventeen witnesses testified over a
three-day period, only one of which corroborated
a single accusation Nabb brought against Botsko.
In other words, the bulk of evidence was based on
Nabb’s testimony alone.
Among the 17 witnesses were past and present
employees and patients who contradicted Nabb’s
testimony, attesting that they saw none of the
alleged behavior. This was the same aggregate
testimony learned in discovery, yet the DCRC
proceeded with its prosecution of Botsko. Nor did
it suffice when ALJ Visser’s ruling determined that
Nabb had not met her burden of proof.
The DCRC continued with its prosecution
of Botsko by rejecting most of Visser’s decision,
dropping the age-, sex-, and national-origin-
discrimination portions of the suit but finding
Botsko guilty of sexual harassment and
constructive discharge based on the exact
same evidence that a 20-year civil-rights-law
GET FIT FAST judge dismissed categorically. Of the seven
commissioners responsible for overturning
IOWA CITY Visser’s ruling, only one attended parts of the
three-day hearing. No other commissioner even
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violations; the case was eventually dismissed and
forced to start over because the Iowa Supreme
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Court found Morrell in violation of Botsko’s
right to due process because of her obvious bias
in favor of Nabb – for not only sitting at Nabb’s
table during the 2003 hearing but for numerous
instances of counseling the claimant and her
attorney throughout the proceedings. The court
concluded: “The combination of advocacy and
adjudicative functions has the appearance of
fundamental unfairness in the administrative
process.”
That was the beginning of the end of this
fiasco. In that same decision, The Iowa Supreme
Court allowed for the opportunity for Nabb V.
Botsko to be transferred from the DCRC to the
Iowa Civil Rights Commission (ICRC). Against
the wishes of the DCRC, Davenport Corporation
Counsel Tom Warner wisely passed it to Des
Moines. Obviously the ICRC did its due diligence
with this case, something the DCRC consistently
failed to do, thereby inflicting great financial
harm on a highly skilled area professional, who
defended his reputation, his honor, his practice,
and his own civil rights to the end. He refused to
settle, and fought this abuse of power to its final
conclusion – dismissal of all charges.
There is no question that Dr. Botsko’s victory
is one all Iowans can celebrate because the ICRC
did its job and actually protected our civil rights
by upholding Botsko’s. However, no ruling of
innocence can overcome the damage of 10 years
of living with constant uncertainty relative to
one’s reputation, one’s emotional well-being, or
the loss of one’s sense of security that comes from
living in a republic of laws. Nor can it remedy
the financial devastation that occurs from being
forced to defend oneself against a quasi-judicial
government agency such as the DCRC that
vindictively and capriciously abuses its power by
relentlessly prosecuting an individual, intruding
into every aspect of his life with uncorroborated
accusations, illegally levying bank accounts,
and seizing private property and proprietary
documents long before a ruling of guilt or
innocence is ever rendered.
In Botsko’s case, Nabb’s then-attorney Marleta
Greve illegally seized approximately $60,000 from
Botsko’s bank account without his knowledge, or
the legal authority. She was ordered to pay it back
by the courts, and is now a sitting judge herself in
our own Seventh District Court of Iowa. (Voters
should remember this at election time.)
It is time for the Davenport City Council to
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do its job in protecting us from DCRC’s abuse of
power. Nabb V. Botsko is not the only case that
has nothing short of astonishing abuses in its
overreaching conduct/procedures. But that is a
story for another day.
It should be a no-brainer for the council to call
for Morrell’s resignation. And knowing that in
the future, taking a case to the ICRC is infinitely
more preferable to the DCRC’s purview, why
not consider disbanding the DCRC altogether?
If the council does not have the backbone to do
this politically, then take the technical route.
Under Iowa Code, the threshold for a Civil
Rights Commission is a population of 100,000.
Davenport is approximately 10,000 short of this
requirement. 

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The Grim Realities of
Illinois’ New “Budget”
O
ne of the things that became crystal
clear last week during the Illinois
Senate’s debate over a new state
budget was that the Democratic legislative
leaders have completely broken the budget-
making process.
It’s no big secret that more and more power
has been concentrated into the hands of the
leaders – the House speaker and the Senate
president. And now they have it all.
Long gone are the days when the
appropriations committees had any input.
Also vanished is the “budgeteers” system, in
which appropriations
chairs and experts
from each caucus
This was without a
would sit down to
hash out the budget’s
details. Instead, all doubt the most top-
of the work is now
being done by staff at down, opaque budget
the leaders’ absolute
direction. ever produced under the
As a consequence,
senators barely had Statehouse dome.
any idea about what
they were voting for
last week when they
approved a budget along party lines. The
committee hearing before the vote provided
precious few details and instead revolved
around partisan bickering over a Democratic
maneuver solely designed to embarrass
the Republicans. Republicans repeatedly
denounced the budget process as far too
rushed and wholly un-transparent, and they
were right.
This was without a doubt the most top-
down, opaque budget ever produced under
the Statehouse dome. The Democrats and
Republicans couldn’t even agree on whether
spending would increase or drop next fiscal
year because there was so little time to analyze
the data, and the legislation itself is so obtuse
that analysis was made extremely difficult, if
not impossible.
The granting to the governor of huge new
budget powers in a different bill was at the
root of that analysis problem. He’s supposed
to make most of the cuts, and nobody really
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knows how much he will actually slash. The
legislation included a 5-percent reduction in
personnel and operations lines, but Governor
Pat Quinn would be given the power to hold
back even more spending and make major
changes to state-mandated programs with the
stroke of a pen. Nobody knows how far he will
really go, so it’s impossible to say just what the
final spending level will be.
And then the stinking disaster moved to the
House, where liberal independents were upset
at the way things were going. Many wanted
to see a vote on a tax hike; some wanted cuts.
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table.
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now he set the table with one of the most
unpalatable spreads ever and they wanted to
hold their breath until they turned blue. Nice
timing.
Of course, the Republicans are no
better. Several whined last week that
recommendations from groups such as the
Illinois Policy Institute weren’t included in the
Democratic budget plan. But not one person
from that side of the aisle ever bothered to
turn those budget ideas into an actual piece
of legislation. The reason is obvious. Not even
the Republicans were willing to go on-record
supporting such radical cuts.
Senate President John Cullerton rightly
pointed out last week that Republican
gubernatorial candidate Senator Bill Brady
had introduced an appropriations bill at the
beginning of the year. Instead of turning
that bill into an alternative GOP budget,
Brady gave up his sponsorship. The House
Republican caucus proposed a little more than
$5 billion in budget-cutting “suggestions”
earlier this year, but almost all of it was
based on a ridiculous and fiscally impossible
scheme to use nonexistent dollars from the
capital construction plan to fund the budget.
And when the House Republican higher-ups
realized what they’d done, they backed away
from it entirely.
What a mess this state is.
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Miller Decides on Prosecutor
for Campaign Probe
I
owa Attorney General Tom Miller is
asking the Executive Council to appoint
Des Moines attorney Larry Scalise as a
special prosecutor to look into allegations
of improper donations to Governor Chet
Culver’s campaign from Fort Dodge
gambling interests.
“After careful consideration I have
concluded this office has no actual conflict
of interest in this case,” Miller said in a May
5 prepared statement. “However, I have
also concluded that there is an appearance
of a conflict of interest in this matter that
is sufficient to lead me to seek a special
prosecutor for this action.”
He said his determination was “not an
easy decision.” But he said he believes “the
need for public confidence in the criminal-
justice process outweighs any other
consideration.”
Scalise was attorney general of Iowa
from 1965 to 1967 and was the first
chair of the Iowa State Racing & Gaming
Commission, serving from 1983 to 1988.
He has also worked as an assistant Polk
County attorney, director of the Law
Enforcement Division of the Iowa Liquor
Control Commission, and vice chair
of the Campaign Finance Disclosure
Commission.
The investigation stems from a $25,000
donation to Culver’s re-election campaign
from three Fort Dodge casino supporters.
The issue of a possible conflict of interest
has been raised by Republican attorney-
general candidate Brenna Findley, former
Governor (and current Republican
gubernatorial candidate) Terry Branstad,
and the conservative Iowa Progress Project,
because Assistant Attorney General Donn
Stanley took a leave of absence from the
attorney general’s office to become Culver’s
new campaign manager.
After Miller’s announcement, Findley
called the actions too little, too late.
Culver a Focal Point as
Republicans Debate
Republican gubernatorial candidates
Bob Vander Plaats, state Representative
Rod Roberts, and Branstad took turns
hammering Culver on the state’s budget,
education, and taxes during a May 1
debate hosted by the Iowa Broadcast News
Association.
Branstad in particular was critical
of Culver, calling him “reckless and
irresponsible” multiple times, especially in
his handling of the state budget deficit.
“He did this reckless across-the-board
cut, which really put the burden back on
local governments,” Branstad said. “On
top of that, he insisted on putting the state
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deeply in debt by passing this big bonding
plan that is mortgaging our future and is
going to cost the taxpayers interest over
the next 20 years.”
Vander Plaats, a Sioux City businessman,
agreed with Branstad’s assessment of
Culver’s financial management.
“A 10-percent across-the-board cut is
not leadership; in fact, it doesn’t take a lot
of intellectual firepower to do a cut like
that,” Vander Plaats said. “We didn’t have
to be here.”
The three candidates agreed that instead
of cutting the budget by a fixed rate,
there should have been targeted cuts to
government overhead and unnecessary
bureaucracy. The candidates all pointed
to education as a part of the budget that
could be more efficient.
“We need to get our arms around
education; otherwise we’re just fooling
ourselves about the budget,” Vander Plaats
said, arguing that cutting administrative
costs would mean more money could go
to teachers. “I think we need to be funding
schools, not the bureaucracy.”
Another area the three candidates
said Culver failed was with his initiative
offering state-funded preschool education,
arguing that such a plan will cost the state
millions of dollars that it can’t afford.
“It is a classic example of state
government going beyond its means,”
Roberts said. The Carroll Republican
continued: “We would have been better off
with private sources providing education
for our four-year-olds.”
Culver Campaign Manager Stanley
said after the debate that the candidates
had “pandered to their special interests”
and proposed tax cuts without offering
specifics on how the state would afford
them.
“None of these candidates have
answered the ultimate question of how
they would manage to balance the budget
today, and that is the definition of ‘reckless
and irresponsible,’” Stanley said.
He also singled out Branstad, saying he
is attacking Culver for making across-the-
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board cuts when Branstad did the same
thing as governor.
“It is sadly par for the course that Terry
Branstad attacks others for the same things
he has done before,” Stanley said.
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Making School Lunches Fresher (and More Local) Isn’t Easy, But It Can Be Done
W
hen Jodee O’Tool’s son entered
kindergarten in the Bettendorf
Community School District in 2008, she
was troubled by the meals the school offered.
“I started looking at the menu,” she said. “I am
in the field of nutrition, so that’s something that’s
important to me.
“It’s mostly processed food,” she said. “Not much
fresh food. ... A lot of it is hot dogs. ... A lot of
chicken nuggets. Fried food ... .”
The Bettendorf elementary menu for May is
a good illustration. The 20 lunches include three
meals anchored by chicken nuggets, one with
popcorn chicken, and one with a breaded chicken
patty. One entrée is a hot dog; another is breaded
mozzarella sticks.
On the fresh side are days with orange wedges,
bananas, apple slices, watermelon wedges, grapes,
celery sticks, “carroteenies,” and freshly made salads.
While these meals meet federal nutrition
standards, O’Tool said they’re not particularly good
for students overall. And she’s trying to change the
way the Bettendorf Community School District
feeds its children.
“It’s All Schools’ Problem”
O’Tool stressed that school-meal nutrition is a
national challenge with many roots. A key issue, she
said, is government commodities. “The schools get a
bunch of free food from the government, and that’s
what the kids get,” she said. “And that’s the problem.
It’s not Bettendorf ’s problem; it’s all schools’
problem. It’s a part of how the system is set up.”
Systemic changes are possible on a national level.
The Child Nutrition Act expires on September
30, and many nutrition advocates are pushing for
enhanced nutrition standards and funding for
school-meal programs in the reauthorization.
The April report “Too Fat to Fight: Retired
Military Leaders Want Junk Food Out of America’s
Schools” (http://CDN.MissionReadiness.org/MR_
Too_Fat_to_Fight-1.pdf) pressed for “meaningful
increases in the school-lunch funding so that ...
schools will have enough funding to make their
meals more nutritious and more inviting for all
children. Otherwise, children will not learn the
crucial lesson that healthful meals can also be
appetizing. Improvements in the quality of school
meals are needed, and that requires funding.
[The Journal of the American Dietetic Association]
concluded that ‘given the serious and persistent
budget constraints many school food-service
administrators face, it is not surprising that fresh
fruits, vegetables, and whole grains are not offered
daily. The fact is that fresh fruits and vegetables and
whole-grain products cost more.’ Funding to equip
and train food-service professionals with the means
to prepare more nutritious and appealing meals is
also necessary.”
Bettendorf Community School District
Superintendent Theron J. Schutte said that national
and state resources are essential because of local
financial limitations. “It’s helpful for schools when
... it’s being pushed at the state level as well as the
federal level in order to accomplish that,” he said.
“Because then some onus is on those two entities to
help school districts cover those costs.”
But O’Tool isn’t waiting for action from
Congress; she’s pushing for the Bettendorf schools
to improve their school lunches. Schutte said he
expects that O’Tool will be given the opportunity
to make a presentation to the district’s wellness
committee or a district finance subcommittee in
the fall.
O’Tool and a few other parents began circulating
a petition last year that has so far garnered roughly
100 signatures, she said; it has not yet been
submitted to the school district. “It is our belief that
many of the choices provided could be healthier
and more nutritional ... ,” the petition reads. “We
... call on Bettendorf schools to evaluate, research,
and implement changes to the schools’ breakfast
and lunch menus. We believe there is a strong
correlation between nutrition and performance, and
in choosing to serve healthy foods that are low in
fat, salt, and sugar, we can have a positive impact on
our children’s performance. Quality foods including
fresh fruits and vegetables should be the basis of all
school meals, eliminating processed and artificial
additives when possible.” The petition also pushes
for implementation of a farm-to-cafeteria program.
O’Tool said she would like to see the district
start with a pilot project at one school, generating
a groundswell of support for district-wide changes.
“The parents [of children at other schools] are going
to want it,” she said. “The other schools are going to
want it.”
Her hope is that shifting meals from processed
toward fresh and freshly made will also create an
opportunity for local farmers to get in the school-
lunch game. Augustana College in the past few
years has made the shift to all-scratch cooking and
now gets roughly 20 percent of its food from local
agricultural providers.
“I have no doubt you can make it work” for local
school districts, said Augustana Director of Dining
& College Center Garry Griffith.
“A Little Bit of Extra Work”
Commodities offered through the U.S.
Department of Agriculture can be a serious
problem. “The commodities that we receive help
hold our cost down,” said Bettendorf Director of
Food Service Cindy Jacobsen.
But those commodities are heavy with processed
food. The current commodities list (http://www.
FNS.USDA.gov/fdd/foods/SY10-schfoods.pdf)
includes 27 varieties of canned, dry, or frozen fruit,
and five varieties of fresh. There are 38 varieties of
canned, dry, or frozen vegetables, and five varieties
of fresh – all potatoes.
Other obstacles facing school districts in offering
healthier, fresher meals – cost, facilities, culture
– also loom large.
“There are a lot of challenges,” Schutte said.
“Some of them are bureaucratic. Some of them are
financial in nature. Some of them are changing
cultures of communities and families. It’s a lot easier
to sell at school if the same beliefs are held at home.”
There are already positive signs in Bettendorf
with school meals. Jacobsen said the school district
has long offered fresh fruits with its lunches, and
a few years ago introduced spinach to include in
romaine salads. “We do fresh fruit as much as we
can,” she said. “We do have to watch the out-of-
season prices.”
She said she’s also working with her food
providers – including Loffredo Fresh Produce
Company – to identify locally grown produce, so
that menus can note when items come from the
Quad Cities area. She said she hopes to begin doing
that in the fall.
And Bettendorf, with the other school districts
in Scott County, is working to establish a farm-to-
school program through the State of Iowa. Jacobsen
said that in recent weeks she’s e-mailed the Scott
County farm bureau, the county extension service,
and the state about procuring local produce.
But there’s also hesitation. Jacobsen suggested
that the district needs to be careful to ensure that
it’s “follow[ing] the right guidelines when you’re
feeding children.”
When asked whether it was feasible to reduce
the amount of processed food in school meals,
Jacobsen replied, “I don’t know at this point.” She
cited the lack of variety in raw proteins available
as commodities, which emphasizes the district’s
reliance on the commodity program.
Jacobsen estimated that 70 percent of the
Bettendorf district’s entrées are pre-made, and the
remainder of the meals are freshly made in the
district’s one production kitchen. Pasta dishes,
for example, use freshly made sauces based on
commodity tomato paste.
But while there have been fresh-food additions,
the menus have remained largely static. “The
meals themselves – we do not change those” much,
Jacobsen said. “Those have been the same ... for
years.”
In addition to concern about meeting nutrition
guidelines, Jacobsen said the menus need to be
accepted by students. “Student preference – what
are popular menus with the children to keep our
participation up?”
O’Tool argued that although students might balk
at new menu items at first, they’ll get used to them.
“I don’t believe that [students will reject fresh food
long-term] at all,” she said. “Especially when we’re
starting at elementary age. It does take time. You
don’t learn to read in a day; you don’t teach math in
a week. You’ve got to introduce the stuff repeatedly
over a 90-day period, and kids will start to eat it.”
Money is another barrier, and Schutte said it’s a
significant one. Most school-lunch services try to
be self-sufficient, but “we still wind up having to
subsidize ... from our general fund,” he said. And he
doesn’t believe that Bettendorf can raise its school-
meal prices, which are “pretty much at the top of
this area.” The number of free or reduced-price
meals in the district has doubled in the past decade,
and he said “I think it would be a real challenge” to
raise prices.
Barring increased federal or state funding or
higher prices, the district would need to allocate
additional general-fund money for meals if costs
rise because of a shift to fresher foods. School
lunches, then, would be competing with teacher
salaries and other education essentials for funding.
“I think there would be resistance to it, because the
goal is always for those food programs to be self-
sufficient,” Schutte said.
Tammy Stotts, marketing specialist with the
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Agricultural Diversification & Market Development
Bureau of the Iowa Department of Agriculture &
Land Stewardship, conceded that fresher meals
made with local ingredients can be more expensive.
But a state farm-to-school designation could bring
up to $5,000 in grant funding, and O’Tool said other
organizations offer money to assist with transitions
to healthier school meals.
Stotts also said there’s often reticence within a
school district’s administration. She noted a recent
meeting with more than 50 food directors, many of
whom thought a shift toward fresher meals would
take too much time, require too much work, and
cost too much money.
“The food-service director and administration ...
– they have to be supportive,” she said. “It is a little
bit of extra work.”
But, she added, “if there’s a will, there’s a way.”
And while the fresh commodity offerings aren’t
robust, they are available.
She added that there’s growing interest across the
state in farm-to-school programs. If more money
was available, she said, the state could easily double
school participation. “In the beginning, it was
kind of like twisting someone’s arm to get them to
consider it,” she said.
“We All Thought
You Were the Devil”
Iowa has nine state-registered farm-to-school
chapters (http://www.Agriculture.Atate.IA.us/
AgDiversification/chapterInitiative.asp), and their
programs range from modest to comprehensive.
Many schools provide fresh fruits and vegetables as
snacks; other schools have committed to purchase
locally sourced foods for school lunches – including
milk, eggs, meats, and breads – in addition to fresh
produce.
“Nine schools in Iowa have done this,” O’Tool
said. “The wheel doesn’t need to be reinvented.”
The ABC show Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
(which ran in March and April) showed the
celebrity chef trying to change the eating habits of
one of the United States’ unhealthiest communities:
Huntington, West Virginia. The show’s Web
site (JamieOliver.com/campaigns/jamies-food-
revolution/school-food) includes a two-week menu
planner with recipes for school lunches. (“Cooked
from scratch with fresh ingredients by the lunch
ladies, they meet school meal nutrition standards
and the local budget.”)
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But the best example for local districts might
be Augustana College. While it is undoubtedly
a different institution – a private college with a
smaller, older, and presumably more-receptive age
demographic – it had many of the food-preparation
habits that make school lunches less than
nutritionally ideal.
“When I got here [in 2007], they were using all
processed foods – pre-made entrées, frozen soups,
frozen vegetables, Potato Pearls ... ,” Griffith said.
“It’s convenient. It’s easy to get a consistent product.
... I think the mindset is: That’s the way that we have
to do things.”
Griffith concedes that there are capacity issues in
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“See How It Washes Up on Other Shores”
Henry Rollins, May 15 at the Capitol Theatre
H
enry Rollins’ career has
found him fronting the
seminal hardcore band
Black Flag as well as the Rollins
Band, acting (in movies such as Heat
and Lost Highway and the TV show
Sons of Anarchy), hosting radio and
television shows, writing books, and
blogging for Vanity Fair (VanityFair.
com/online/daily/straight-talk-
espresso).
He’s currently on a “talking” tour
– he says he dislikes the phrase
“spoken word” – that will stop at
Davenport’s Capitol Theatre on May
15.
Rollins’ “Frequent Flyer” show
covers his recent world travels.
“Mid-October to mid-January ...
I went all over the world just by
myself with some camera gear and
a backpack,” he explained in one
interview. “I started in Jordan and
bounced through Saudi Arabia,
the Brunei, Indonesia, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh, India, Nepal, China,
Senegal, Mali, and then Dublin.”
Because he was touring in
Australia and Africa, Rollins wasn’t
available for a phone interview. But he
graciously answered questions via e-mail.
“The stories evolve as the tour goes on,”
Rollins wrote, “but it’s basically storytelling,
reportage, and on-my-feet editorializing. I
don’t have a writing process for what goes
on-stage but I do talk through ideas so I
can hear how the words sound. It’s a little
strange I guess, to see some man walking
down the street talking to himself, but
that’s what I do. I did that all over the world
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in the last months of last year. I am sure
people tripped on me.
“There’s really no script,” he continued.
“There are ideas that I work through in a
specific order, but I am always trying to
add new things to the mix as often as I can;
so sometimes the approach to an idea can
change but not the truth of it. Sometimes I
come up with things on-stage that I had not
thought of before; that’s always fun.”
Rollins said that his travels are a way
to “learn a thing or two”: “I think that the
only way for me to get my head around
something is to go out into the world and
 hit the streets and see things as close up as I
can. ... I saw a lot of poverty on this last trip.
I learned a lot about people’s resiliency and
how people deal with what they have to in
order to take care of their families and get
through life. There were many humbling
moments, many where I was made aware of
how the Western culture that I come from
is sometimes removed from a far more
vigorous existence. I think the stand-out
event was being in Bhopal, India, for the
25th anniversary of the Union Carbide
India Limited gas leak that killed so many
people. It was sad to see people on-stage,
yelling about how Union Carbide killed
their families, while traffic just roared by.”
He also said travel is “one of the best
ways to learn about America. Leave it and
see how it washes up on other shores. See
the cultural impact of what America does,
means, and produces in a different context;
it can be very illuminating. Globalization
looks one way from one end, very different
from the other, like a whip. One end doesn’t
hurt; the other end can leave a mark. The
world outside the West, as it were, is a very
hungry, thirsty, and hopeful place.”
Rollins’ politics are unabashedly
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leftist, but he wrote that he’s an
entertainer to most people: “I
am up there, trying to be clear
and report back to the audience
about what I saw and how I felt
about it,” he said. “I have no idea
what role I play. I can’t think it’s
anything much.”
And he wrote that he doesn’t
feel an obligation to try to reach
those who disagree with him: “All
performer types spend a good
amount of time in front of people
who are already on-board. I am
not running for office. I am on a
stage, letting it rip as clearly as I
can.”
Beyond his “Frequent Flyer”
tour, Rollins said he’s working “on
a photo book that will have a lot
of essays. That project is dragging
along. All the photos are done,
but the writing is hard to do out
here. I am also working on a
travel/journal book. I have some
other smaller writing projects
that move along very slowly.”
A return to music, however,
sounds unlikely: “I miss playing
music, absolutely,” he wrote. “I think it
would be cheating to go out and play old
music at this point. It would be too easy. I
can see perhaps making new music with
different people, but I don’t want to work
with the old gang; we would just repeat
patterns and fall into the same things.”
And even though music was the
springboard to much of his other work,
Rollins said it was never his calling: “I was
never very good with music; I tried really
hard, played as hard as I could. I don’t know
what else I could do with the medium with
my limitations.”
Henry Rollins will perform at the Capitol
Theatre (330 West Third Street in
Davenport) on Saturday, May 15. The show
starts at 8 p.m., and tickets are $25. For more
information, visit TheCapDavenport.com.
For more information on Rollins, visit
HenryRollins.com.
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Killing Time
Any Number Can Die, at the Playcrafters Barn Theatre through May 16
A
s I watched Friday’s performance of
Any Number Can Die at the Playcrafters
Barn Theatre, I tried to remember
that there was (probably) a time when Fred
Carmichael’s script was considered hilarious.
As a spoof of murder mysteries of the 1920s,
this 1965 work may originally have been fresh,
poking fun at the plays that audiences were
used to seeing. Now, though, with so many
comedies poking
fun at murder-
mystery clichés
– and with
one seemingly
presented
each year by
Playcrafters
– the jokes at
the expense
of the clichés
have themselves
become
cliché. Still,
Carmichael’s
script and
Playcrafters’
Bill Bates, Diane Greenwood, and Lisa Kahn
production of it
are amusing enough to make the show at least
tolerable.
The play involves 10 people who’ve
arrived at an island mansion for the reading
of its deceased owner’s will. Some of those
present stand to inherit a fortune. Others
are there to investigate potential crimes. The
rest arrive under false pretenses, to either
protect potential heirs or get the fortune for
themselves. And over the course of one night,
they will all endure or encounter a lightning
storm, a midnight reading of the will, secret
passageways, a creepy house staff, and a hooting
owl. (I’m sure, though, that I missed a spoof-y
cliché or two. Or four.)
If there’s anything especially impressive about
Playcrafters’ production, it’s the sound effects. I gypsy of a housemaid; Kahn adds just enough
don’t recall a moment during the play in which
there weren’t any. Created by sound designer
Mark McGinn, there are constantly fluctuating
sounds of rain and occasional thunderclaps
– combined with impressive lightning effects
by designer John Weigandt – plus an owl that
hoots in response to about half of the lines in
the play. (With so many sound cues to follow,
sound operator Jean Lupoli deserves a mention
for not missing a beat on opening night.)
And the set is almost as impressive, as
designer Bill Marsoun – who also directed
the production – has created a mansion that
feels grand and overwhelming, complete
with cobwebs, a flickering chandelier, a grand
staircase, and hidden passageways.
Marsoun’s cast, however, is a bit inconsistent.
Mike Schmidt is overly over-the-top as
Hannibal, an older private investigator on his
first case. Schmidt’s hammy performance does
add punch to some punchlines, but is often just
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too exaggerated – as, too, is Diane Greenwood’s
enunciation. Her line deliveries worked quite
well for her when playing a pretentious actress
in Playcrafters’ Moon Over Buffalo, but here,
as heiress Celia, it’s a distraction. Greenwood
has a gift for interpreting comedic characters,
but her over-pronunciation here all-too-often
overwhelms her performance.
On the opposite end of the spectrum is Bill
Bates, who
is almost too
reticent as
Celia’s husband,
TJ. (Although
he may simply
be too reticent
in comparison
to Greenwood,
as he’s not
bad.) Dan Ade
adequately
portrays
newspaper
reporter Jack;
he doesn’t
deliver much
nuance, but
he’s likable. It’s Don Hazen’s performance as
Roger, the reader of the will, that’s refreshingly
underplayed. Hazen simply brings himself to
the character, offering an unforced, laid-back
naturalism – a low-key approach that wouldn’t
work in every role, but has worked, so far, in
those in which I’ve seen him cast. Stephanie
Moeller’s young heiress, Sally, is also nice
enough, and her performance is certainly more
limited by her character than her talent, which
was much better showcased in the Prenzie
Players’ Trojan Women.
Neither too hot, nor too cold, but just right,
is Spiro Bruskas, whose butler Edgar is perfectly
creepy. Lisa Kahn matches him well with her
(mostly) consistent accent as Zenia, a Haitian
authenticity to her tarot-card-reading mystic
to come across as realistic rather than corny.
Bryan Woods creates a delightfully snobbish,
likably unlikable Carter. And Barbara King,
in her Playcrafters debut, is arguably the most
intriguing of them all. Her detective Ernestine
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is somewhat of a mystery herself, letting you
know from the start that there’s definitely more
to know about her.
If I were to sum up Any Number Can Die
in just two words, they would be “amusing
enough.” The play’s hilarity may have faded over
the years, but Playcrafters is able to bring out
just enough of its chuckles to keep it from being
boringly bad.
For tickets and information, call (309)764-0330
or visit Playcrafters.com.
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Isn’t It Iron-ic?
IRON MAN 2 Man 2 ends up a remarkably lighthearted, even
buoyant, entertainment. To be sure, this was all
As expected, the rocket-fueled title character
but guaranteed upon Downey’s entrance, when
flies across the screen pretty damned quickly
his billionaire playboy Tony Stark – who publicly
in director Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2, but this
revealed himself to be Iron Man at the tail
might be the very first
end of Favreau’s 2008
comic-book movie to
precursor – landed on
boast dialogue that
stage amidst a thousand
zips by even quicker.
cheering fans, and
By now, summer-
shouted an ebullient “It’s
blockbuster crowds
good to be back!” (Our
are so used to being
silent response: Hell
wowed – or, for some
yeah it is.) Treating his
of us, “wowed” – by
character’s superheroics
pricey visuals and
as a supreme form of
gargantuan action set
pieces that the true Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr. in play, Downey is even
Iron Man 2 more madly inventive
thrill of Fevreau’s and
and effortlessly
screenwriter Justin Theroux’s sequel comes
hilarious here than he was in the franchise’s first
as both a relief and a shock; how on earth did
installment, and the act of watching Stark work
Paramount (thankfully) agree to shell out some
out intricately detailed puzzles, his mind racing,
$200 million for what is, in essence, an updated
is more inherently exciting than any number of
take on a ’30s screwball comedy? The climax
CGI wonders; as usual, Downey’s performance
in which our metal-plated superhero takes on
gifts are special effects unto themselves.
more than a dozen artillery-laden robots is
Yet what a smart and funny script Theroux
enjoyable enough, I guess, yet in terms of actual
provides him with, and what a bevy of talents
celluloid magic, it doesn’t hold a candle to the
he’s routinely partnered with! Trading badinage
sight of Iron Man 2’s Robert Downey Jr. and
and flirtations with stunning style, Paltrow’s gal
Gwyneth Paltrow arguing over whether Latin is,
Friday Pepper Potts matches Downey’s Stark
or is not, a dead language.
quip for quip – someone really should write a
It’s probable, though, that a large portion
proper romantic comedy for these two stat – and
of the movie’s audience won’t give two hoots
Scarlett Johansson delivers a deeply amusing
about the banter, and for them, the filmmakers
turn as Stark’s curvaceous new assistant, her
dutifully – and mostly unimaginatively – offer Natalie Rushman causing understandable strife
the expected comic-book-flick niceties: a for the film’s leading almost-lovebirds. (“Why
heavily-tattooed, maniacal über-villain (Mickey don’t you Google her?” asks Pepper, bitingly,
Rourke) with a murderous vendetta and a pet when questioning the vixen’s professional
cockatoo; a dweeb-ish governmental stooge background. “I thought I was ogling her,” replies
(Sam Rockwell) intent on mass-producing Stark.)
Iron Man’s armor for personal gain; a mid-film Rourke, who finds a dazzling middle ground
crisis of character that finds our hero teetering between the satiric and the scarily sincere,
toward the dark side. (There’s also a mid-film creates a low-key, menacing Russian who’s a
interruption by Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury, perfect complement to Rockwell’s sublimely
who shows up for no purpose other than to clueless, whining egomaniac. And among such
jazz audiences with the promise/threat of the sterling comic talents as Cheadle, Favreau
forthcoming comic-book movie The Avengers.) (playing right-hand man Happy Hogan), and the
For too much of its length, you can feel this peerless Garry Shandling, Clark Gregg shows
follow-up attempting to placate its target up as a deadpan secret agent, utters about five
demographic with generic blow-’em-ups and

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sentences at lightning-fast speed, and just about
shattering glass, and the tone in many of these strolls off with the picture. (At the screening a
sequences feels suspiciously off. Iron Man’s friend and I attended, his curtain line elicited
wildly destructive battle against Don Cheadle’s the biggest laugh in the auditorium, which is
James Rhodes, scored to Queen’s “Another One saying a lot.) Given its over-reliance on rote,
Bites the Dust,” emerges as both unpleasant noisy action spectacle, I left Iron Man 2 slightly
and senseless, and a scene of Rockwell selling disappointed. Remembering the experience two
weaponry to Cheadle’s military unit – the hours later – and realizing that this comic-book
camera lingering on the firearms with fetishistic extravaganza was also, thus far, 2010’s wittiest
attention – is like soft-core porn for Guns & and most enthralling comedy – I found it hard to
Ammo subscribers. wipe the grin from my face.
For all of its obviousness and heavy-
handedness, however, and for all the details For reviews of Babies and other current releases,
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Music
1) Complete the title of the

Music Barenaked Ladies

_____
A) Go
B) Drive
Juli Wood Adler Theatre C) Sing
The Redstone Room
Sunday, May 16, 7:30 p.m. 2) According to the lyrics o
Sunday, May 16

P erforming at Davenport’s Redstone
Room on May 16, saxophonist and
jazz singer Juli Wood is the latest guest
in Polyrhythms’ Third Sunday Jazz
Matinée & Workshop series, and her
local appearance is bound to make jazz
fans shout a vigorous “Hurray!” Or,
if you’d prefer, “Hoora!”, “¡Hurra!”, or
“Ζηтω!”
Based in Chicago, the sax player
began her professional career with the
rhythm-and-blues bands Paul Cebar
& the Milwaukeeans and The R&B
Cadets. She turned to jazz, however,
in 1993, and the former genre’s loss
has clearly been the latter’s gain,
with Wood performing as singer and
instrumentalist in the jazz bands Jeru
and the Prohibition Orchestra, the
all-female ensemble SHE, and her own
Juli Wood Quartet. Beyond her regular
sets in the Windy City, the artist enjoys
frequent tours of the Midwest, and
her considerable gifts led JazzTimes
magazine’s Bill Milkowski to describe
I
a Baby,” what is Stephen
’ll tell you what I’d do if I had a
if it’s a girl?
million dollars: I’d buy all of you
A) Enid
tickets to the forthcoming Barenaked
B) Yoko
Ladies concert at Davenport’s Adler Theatre.
C) Gordon
Of course, I’m working on a journalist’s salary, so the point is moot. But I hope you
appreciate the sentiment.
3) What’s the name of the g
Fresh from the band’s headlining concert at a 2010 Winter Olympics Victory
holiday songs?
Ceremony, the multi-platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated alternative rockers take the
A) Barenaked for the Holida
Davenport stage on May 16, in a touring performance in conjunction with the group’s
B) A Barenaked Christmas
recently released CD All in Good Time. Yet the gifted, refreshingly lighthearted rockers
C) God Rest Ye Barenaked G
will no doubt also perform tunes from their extensive catalog – which features such hits
as “One Week,” “Brian Wilson,” and the ridiculously catchy “If I Had $1000000” – in a
Club, and the noted Skansen Jazz & performance sure to thrill both longtime fans and those new to the BNL fold.
Blues Fest in Stockholm. Jan-Erik Which category do you fall into? Try your hand at this Barenaked Ladies quiz,
en you’d just point it at me
Holmberg, of the Swedish newspaper courtesy of the sharp minds at FunTrivia.com:
Hufvudstadsbladet, even went so far
as to call Wood “en suverän saxofonist
med smak för lång blues dränkt solon
*
Theatre
och ett gediget känsla för tradition.”
So you know she’s good! present the Victorian-era The
Juli Wood will lead a 3 p.m. jazz Mystery of Edwin Drood, a
workshop and headline a 6 p.m. musical comedy inspired by a
concert alongside pianist Kelly Brand,
The Mystery of Edwin Drood Charles Dickens novel. Or rather,
bassist Kelly Sill, and drummer Mike New Era Community Building inspired by most of a Charles
Schlick, and more information on the Friday, May 14, through Sunday, May 23 Dickens novel, as the author’s
Third Sunday series is available by book was never completed.

her as “a gutsy tenor and baritone
saxophonist who also sings with the
earthy gusto of an R&B diva.”
Yet Wood’s fan base isn’t restricted
to American shores, as her talents
have also brought her to jazz festivals
in Athens and the Greek venue Bar
Guru, the Spanish cities of Grenada
and Fuengirola, Denmark’s Bent J’s
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calling Polyrhythms at (309)373-0790
or visiting Polyrhythms.org.
*a taste
Meaning “a superb saxophonist with
for blues-drenched solos and a
sterling feel for tradition.” With thanks
to my Augustana education for the
translation. That and, you know, an
online translation dictionary.
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ave you ever had the experience of sitting
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being disappointed by its resolution, saying to
your theatre-going companion, “Hell, I could’ve
written a better ending to that show!” Well,
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For its annual springtime production,
Muscatine’s New Era Comminty Theatre will
Consequently, the show itself
– which concerns a hapless,
somewhat crazy theatre troupe
and its efforts to stage Dickens’
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e album: Maybe You Should 4) What TV series did the Barenaked Ladies once
appear on?
A) Ally McBeal
B) Friends
C) Two Guys & a Girl
on “Stephen Page Is Having 5) “If I Had a Million Dollars,” what wouldn’t I buy
n planning to name the child you?
A) A Derringer
B) A Chesterfield
C) A Garfunkel
Barenaked Ladies perform the Adler with opening
group’s 2004 album of musician Serena Ryder, and tickets are available by call-
ing (800)745-3000 or visiting AdlerTheatre.com.
ays
Gentlemen
and demand the rest of my $1,000,000.
Answers: 1 – B, 2 – C, 3 – A, 4 – C, 5 – A. Obviously, I wouldn’t buy you a Derringer, ’cause t
not only to vote on who if you really want to have some fun, enjoy the
(possibly) murdered the title show more than once – New Era’s actors haven’t
character, but which of its learned all those alternative endings for nothin’!
characters become romantically The Mystery of Edwin Drood will be staged
linked. It’s a conceit that led the at the New Era Community Building (3455
New York Times’ Frank Rich to New Era Road in Muscatine) at 7 p.m. on May
state, “In a Broadway dominated 14, 15, 21, and 22, and at 6 p.m. on May 23.
by technologically oppressive An optional dinner precedes all performances
spectacles, it is the display of – with all of the show’s proceeds benefiting
human hands that lifts this Lutheran World Relief ’s Haitian Eearthquake
musical to so happy an end,” Response, the Salvation Army, and the New
and certainly contributed to the Era Lutheran Church – and more information
musical’s winning of five 1986 and tickets are available by calling Maxine
ards, including Best Musical. Stark at (563)263-5255 or Nancy Henke at
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Wednesday, May 19, and Thursday, May 20 COMEDY
Friday, May 14, and Saturday, May 15 –
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improvisational comedians, with CSZ alumni
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True as it can be: Third Avenue, Rock Island). 7 p.m. $10-$12. For
Want to see a show – kids refuse to go tickets and information, call (309)786-7733
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Then you get the news – the musical to choose – Thursday, May 13, and Friday, May 14 –
Beauty & the Beast ! Mark Wood. Demonstration and concert with
composer, musician, and original member of
Major Broadway smash – the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Meet-and-greet
Such a sight to see! and instrument demonstration – West Music
The Na-tion-al Tour, fit for ages four Quad Cities (4305 44th Avenue, Moline).
To well past ninety-three! Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Free admission. Concert
– Rock Island High School (2400 17th Street,
It’s in Davenport, Rock Island). Friday, 7 p.m. $10-$12. For
The drive will be a breeze, information, call (309)764-9300 or e-mail
Tony-winning show – your kids will beg to go matthew.manweiler@risd41.org.
On their hands and knees! Friday, May 14 – Karen Durrant’s Dream
Colors, lights, and sounds – Girls. Concert tribute to such performers as
A singing, dancing feast! Tina Turner, Donna Summer, and Diana Ross
Make your children smile! Thrill the kids in & the Supremes. Quad-Cities Waterfront
style! Convention Center (1777 Isle Parkway,
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and information, call (800)843-4753 or visit
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how! Saturday, May 15 – Henry Rollins.
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& the Beast on May 19 and 20, and tickets can be For tickets and information, call (563)326-8820
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PACG Celebrates Ra-Ra at Ragtime!
Join us! Sunday, May 16th, 4pm
Progressive Action for the Common Good is having a party to celebrate
The Speakeasy of Dancing
hard fought reforms that have been made on behalf of progress for the A. Rhythmic Time Hosts Its Second-Annual Swing-Dance Workshop Weekend
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equality and other important issues of the day... Please join us! note for future first-time visitors to
the A. Rhythmic Time dance studio:
Free food! Cash bar—1 free drink if you RSVP in advance. If you find yourself nearing your
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Ragtime Grill & Supper Club
or email: qcprogressiveaction@gmail.com don’t panic. You’re probably right where
1524 4th Ave, Rock Island
you’re supposed to be.
“When we got this place,” says Rick
Thames, who co-owns the Moline studio (at
5447 Third Avenue) with
wife Brenda, “we finished
renovations in the winter
[of 2008], when it was too
cold to paint the outside
of the building. And, you
know, it’s an industrial
area, and you have to
come down an alley,
and there’s a dumpster
outside ... . So we’d just
tell people, ‘Look for the
blue door.’”
Yet when you do find
that blue door to the
Thameses’ converted-
warehouse space, don’t be
afraid to walk in: Despite Brenda and Rick Thames
the venue’s somewhat off-
putting exterior, inside you’ll find a lovingly
designed, 35-foot-by-100-foot, honest-to-
goodness ballroom.
“That’s the best part,” says Rick. “When
people first come through the door. Because
all of a sudden their faces are like, ‘I can’t
believe this is here.’”
“People call it ‘The Speakeasy of
Dancing,’” adds Brenda with a laugh.
“Because from the outside ... !”
Like when A. Rhythmic Time was
located in Rock Island (from 2006 to 2008),
the main focus for the more-spacious
Moline venue was, says Rick, “dance
lessons, but we also wanted to host bigger
events.” And the studio’s biggest annual
event will take place over the May 21-23
weekend, when the Thameses host their
second workshop weekend, “That Spring
Swing Thing,” geared to both novice and
experienced swing dancers.
Brenda, who teaches nightly studio
classes alongside instructor Jaxon Boyd,
says the idea for a weekend devoted entirely
to swing steps was one the Thameses had
long considered. “They do them in a lot of
big cities – Iowa City just had theirs – and
the Quad Cities didn’t have anything like
that. We have the blues fest and the jazz
fest, but those are geared toward music,
and there was nothing, necessarily, that
celebrated dance. So that’s what we decided
to do. Celebrate all the generations of swing
dancing.”
Plus all the different styles of swing
dancing. “A lot of people think of swing
dancing as a dance,” Brenda continues,
“when it’s actually a genre of dance.”
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“And it can be done to all sorts of artists,”
adds Rick. “Glen Miller, Michael Bublé,
Christina Aguilera, the Backstreet Boys ... .
Whoever.”
“There’s at least 15 to 17 types of swing
dancing,” says Brenda, “and whichever type
is most common depends on what region
you’re in. If you go out west and say, ‘We’re
gonna go swing dancing,’
people know you’re going
to do West Coast.”
As for participants
at A. Rhythmic Time’s
swing-dance weekend,
they’ll be given an
introduction to West
Coast swing, and East
Coast swing, and all
manner of Lindy and
Charleston variations,
Balboas, Low & Slows,
leans, hops, drops,
pretzels ... .
“People show up Friday
night,” says Rick of the
schedule, “and we have a
couple lessons and then a
[social] dance. On Saturday, we start at 10
a.m., take a lunch break, come back, keep
going, take a dinner break, come back, and
dance again ’til 11.”
Then, on Sunday, “there are a couple
more lessons and another dance, the
difference being that the Friday and
Saturday dances are exclusively swing,
and Sunday’s includes Latin and ballroom
dancing.”
With roughly 20 hours of lessons and
social dances scheduled over the three days,
it’s a jam-packed syllabus, to be sure. But as
Brenda insists, “It’s not like work. It’s a very
playful weekend.”
It’s also a weekend that, if last year’s
turnout is an indicator, should appeal to
dancers from a wide range of locales –
2009’s 100-plus attendees included visitors
from Des Moines, St. Louis, and Kansas
City – and of wildly varied ages. “Most of
our dancers are 40-plus,” says Rick, “and
we have one couple that’s, I think, ninety-
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something. But at the swing weekend, we
had way more 17-to-35-year-olds than
anything else.
“But I like that, no matter the age, [swing
weekend] seemed to open people’s minds
up,” he adds. “Maybe they’d been afraid to
try dancing, or had said ‘I’m too old ... ’
or whatever. But all of a sudden they’d see
someone else doing it, and their eyes would
light up ... . It’s a neat feeling to be a part of.”
For more information about A. Rhythmic
Time’s “That Spring Swing Thing” workshop
weekend and the studio’s course schedule, call
(309)786-4800 or visit ARhythmicTime.com. 15
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began with his song “Rami,” a animal denizens, he says, “I started playing

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composition written, as so many are, about
a girl.
“When I first saw her, there was a palpable
presence,” says the former Burnt McMelba
Toast frontman. “You know, she had an
energy about her, and
you could just feel
the electricity. And
so when she finally
came over to me, and
slavered all over me, I
just melted.”
It’s probably
important to note
that Willis isn’t being
hyperbolic about the
slavering.
It’s probably also
outlets. important to note that
Rami is a wolf. A literal
wolf.
“I just puddled,”
adds Willis (hopefully
hyperbolically), remembering his first
encounter with Rami at Colorado’s Mission
Wolf animal refuge. “I fell in love with her,
and her beautiful hair, and wrote the song the
next day.”
That composition – a tribute to both the
refuge and its lupine inhabitants – led to
another, titled “Runnin’: Fading Footsteps.”
And those songs led to Mission: Wolf, Willis’
12-track, acoustic remembrance of his two
years spent among the animals and humans
at Mission Wolf, located in Colorado’s West
Mountains region.
Barring a roughly two-year Quad Cities
stint with the band Patio, Willis says he’s
spent “most of the last 15 years” in Colorado,
and discovered the Mission Wolf refuge
nine years ago, after receiving his bachelor’s
degree in English from Boulder’s University
of Colorado.
“I went for a weekend after I graduated,” he
says, “and it was such an amazing place. It’s
wolves that were born in captivity, and they
can’t be released into the world or they’d die,
and writing and remembering why I liked
to play music in the first place. For myself,
you know? Not because I’m in a band, not
because of girls. I just wanted to make strong
songs that didn’t need a horn section, that
didn’t need a rhythm
section. And that’s
what I love about
this disc. It’s stripped
down.”
Calling Mission:
Wolf “my happiest
work since the
Dagobah [Willis’
former band] CD we
put out in the mid-
’90s,” Willis hopes
the album will give
listeners a visceral
sense of his years at
the Colorado refuge,
although he doesn’t
consider himself
artistically exhausted on the subject just yet.
“I was actually starting to write a book,
but I just ... . I’m not slow enough yet,” he
says with a laugh. “I can’t stop moving long
enough to do the book yet. So I settled on a
CD.”
Willis will performs songs from Mission:
Wolf in Davenport on May 15, when the
musician plays the patio stage between
the Harrison Street venues McButt’s and
Stickman’s – an outdoor locale that Willis
refers to as Stick’Butts. (“And I hope the name
sticks,” he says, “’cause it’s a good one.”)
The concert also marks Willis’ final area
gig before returning to Colorado for the
summer, and finds him sharing the bill with
local band Orangadang! and Willis’ newly
formed ensemble Pat’s Acoustic Disco, a
bluegrass/disco hybrid that performs acoustic
takes on such genre classics as Donna
Summer’s “Hot Stuff ” and Peaches & Herb’s
“Shake Your Groove Thing.”
“You wouldn’t think it’d work,” says Willis,
“because bluegrass is absolutely not funky.

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or be killed, within a couple days, so they take
care of them there.”
Willis found the weekend so inspirational,
he says, that he later returned to Mission Wolf
for a month-and-a-half stay, and roughly two
years later – given “the proper window” in his
schedule – for a two-year tenure.
“I slept on a hillside, watched coyotes chew
on entrails, saw their glowing eyes,” he says.
“And I met these amazing people from all
over the world. Because a place like that just
sucks in incredible people. People that want
to do things.”
Among the things that Willis most
wanted to do was preserve the experience
But I started liking the juxtaposition of
bluegrass and whatever – bluegrass and Black
Sabbath, bluegrass and Pink Floyd – and I
just came around to disco songs recently.
“And all of a sudden,” Willis says with an
air of comedic dejection, “I was like, ‘Oh,
man ... it’s working really well ... .”’
For more on the Mission Wolf refuge, visit
MissionWolf.com.
May 15’s outdoor concert between Stickman’s
and McButt’s (at 1514 North Harrison
Street in Davenport) begins at 8:30 p.m. For
information, call (563)322-7724.
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What Else Is Happenin’
Saturday, May 15 – Local Natives. Indie
rockers in an all-ages, outdoor concert
sponsored by Daytrotter, featuring opening act
Suckers. Rock Island Brewing Company (1815
Second Avenue, Rock Island). 6 p.m. $8-$10. For
information, e-mail support@daytrotter.com or
visit Daytrotter.com.
Friday, May 21 – The Duke Ellington
Orchestra. Legendary big-band musicians in
concert. Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention
Center (1777 Isle Parkway, Bettendorf). 7:30
p.m. $35-$45. For tickets and information,
call (800)843-4753 or visit Bettendorf.
IsleOfCapriCasinos.com.
Saturday, May 22 – Rick Springfield.
Grammy Award-winning pop-rock star of
“Jessie’s Girl” and General Hospital fame. Quad-
Cities Waterfront Convention Center (1777 Isle
Parkway, Bettendorf). 7:30 p.m. $45-$55. For
tickets and information, call (800)843-4753 or
visit Bettendorf.IsleOfCapriCasinos.com.
THEATRE
Friday, May 14, through Sunday, May
23 – Cyrano de Bergerac. Edmond Rostand’s
stage classic, in a presentation by classical-
theatre ensemble the Prenzie Players. 1616
Second Avenue, Rock Island. Fridays through
Sundays and Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. doors,
8 p.m. performance. (1:30 p.m. doors, 2
p.m. performance on Sunday, May 16.) $8
at the door. For information, e-mail info@
prenzieplayers.com or visit PrenziePlayers.com.
Saturday, May 15 – Be Your Own Bard: Quad
City Playwrights Festival. Staged readings
of works by area playwrights, performed and
directed by students in the theatre department.
Augustana College – Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts,
Black Box Theatre. (3701 Seventh Avenue, Rock
Island). 7:30 p.m. Free admission. For information,
call (309)794-7320.
EXHIBIT
Saturday, May 22, through Sunday,
September 5 – Prehistoric Playground.
Hands-on exhibit in which visitors can create
their own dinosaurs in the Design-a-Dino area,
experience family development in Nest Side
Story, control a life-sized baby T-Rex, and more.
Family Museum (2900 Learning Campus Drive,
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Bettendorf). Free with museum admission.
For information, call (563)344-4106 or visit
FamilyMuseum.org.
EVENTS
Sunday, May 16 – Broadway District
Tour of Homes. Featuring tours of five
historic residences, and a walking tour of the
1000 block of old Adams Street. Broadway
Historical District, Rock Island. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
$10 donation, free for ages 12 and under.
For information, call (309)235-5496 or visit
BroadwayDistrict.org.
Thursday, May 20 – Louis Bellson
Memorial Reception. Celebration of the
late, great drummer and composer, featuring
presentations, testimonies, and musical
performances by the North Scott Jazz Ensemble
and other guest musicians. Mojo’s Coffee House
– River Music Experience (130 West Second
Street, Davenport). 6 p.m. Donations accepted.
For information, call (563)326-1333 or visit
RiverMusicExperience.org.
Thursday, May 20 – “A Wino’s Journey”
Wine-Tasting Benefit. Fundraiser for the
Quad Cities Advertising Federation’s Creative
Minds Scholarship Fund, with a presentation
by sommelier Brian Burke. Biaggi’s Ristorante
Italiano (5195 Utica Ridge Road, Davenport).
5:30 p.m. $30. For information, e-mail Michele
Stoos at mstoosinc@aol.com.
Saturday, May 22 – Family Museum
Market Music Fest. Family event featuring the
Young Entrepreneurs Market, refreshments,
and music by Justin Roberts, Trout Fishing in
America, and the Boogers. Family Museum
(2900 Learning Campus Drive, Bettendorf). 9
a.m.-5 p.m. Free with museum admission ($4-
$6); $20 VIP ticket includes a meet-and-greet
with the bands and a complimentary Justin
Roberts CD. For information, call (563)344-4106
or visit FamilyMuseum.org.
Saturday, May 22 – St. Ambrose
University Wine Festival. Annual fundraiser
benefiting student scholarships, with gourmet
appetizers and samplings of more than 140
wines. St. Ambrose University lawn (518 West
Locust Street, Davenport). 3 p.m. $45. For
information, call (563)333-6290 or visit http://
Web.SAU.edu/WineFest.
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the local agricultural system because production is
geared to corn for ethanol production and animal
feed, and to soybeans. “We import 95 percent of
our food in flippin’ Illinois and Iowa,” he said.
And there is often resistance from the
agricultural community – that same status-quo
inertia that one sees in school districts.
When he talked to 30 farmers at a local
growers’ meeting in January 2008, “all of them
had a glazed look in their eyes and thought I was
crazy except one,” he said. “A lot of them were very
suspicious.”
But that meeting was the beginning of a
relationship with Jim Johansen of Wesley
Acres Produce in Milan, and that led to other
relationships with local farmers.
Augustana started in 2008 with local lettuces,
tomatoes, and other produce – “as much as we
could bring in,” Griffith said.
He said he told his staff: “We’re going to
do scratch cooking.” The only allowed frozen
vegetables would be peas and kernel corn. All
soups and sauces would be freshly made. They
would roast and slice their own meats.
When we talked last week, Griffith said he
was getting 50 pounds of asparagus, 13 pounds
of lettuce, and fresh green onions that day – the
beginning of the growing season. He estimated
that Augustana this year will probably buy
$200,000 in locally grown or raised food.
It wasn’t an easy sell. He relates with a laugh
that one staff person told him: “We all thought you
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were the devil.”
But even though Griffith said he was “prepared
to ask forgiveness rather than permission,” he had
supportive bosses, and dining staff, students, and
college faculty have come around. More faculty
and staff are eating on campus, and the amount of
money given back to students for unused meals
dropped $90,000 in one year.
“When students get fresh vegetables ... , when
they get real mashed potatoes, they notice a
difference,” Griffith said.
And he said food and labor costs have actually
gone down by several hundred thousand dollars.
“You pay for convenience,” he said. “Convenience
costs money.” (Because of the food they receive
from the federal government, it’s highly unlikely
school districts would see cost savings – unless
there are significant changes to the commodity
program.)
Griffith said he’s willing to assist any local
school district that wants to move away from
processed foods. He’s worked with O’Tool
(through Progressive Action for the Common
Good) on approaching the Bettendorf schools.
“He is a great example of what can be done,”
O’Tool said.
“We just have to be patient and get one [public]
school that can be a model,” Griffith said. “I know
there’s a lot of interest. I think people just don’t
know how to do it. ... I know it can work.”
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EMPLOYMENT
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Street Brewery, 208 E River Drive, Downtown Davenport, IA.
MUSICIANS & ARTISTS
Acoustic act looking for guitar player and singer to jam/play with
experienced drummer and bass player, have PA and lights. Some of
the bands that are covered include Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Alice in
Chains, Jimmy Hendrix, Red Hot Chili Peppers that are transposed
into an acoustic format. If interest please email sharpt@mchsi.com
Bassist seeks to join/start Christian alternative rock band. Also
plays synthesizer, percussion. Have PA/Tascam for recording. Call
309-786-1499.
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HOME SERVICES
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Drywall, Construction & More!
EVENTS
Ballroom with the Quad City Celebrities - live! - Friday, June 4th
at The Capitol Theater, Davenport. Performance starts at 7:30pm,
doors open at 6pm. Tickets available at Antonella’s Ristorante &
Pizzeria, 112 W 3rd St, Davenport. Proceeds benefit Gilda’s Club
Quad Cities.
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stop: Iowa State! We’re very proud of you and your accomplish-
ments! Love from Mom, Dad & Haylee.

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1. Jamb supporter 81. Scorch here: 2 wds.
5. Terror 82. Kales 36. Shakespeare’s Athenian
10. Superior television 83. The end: 2 wds. 37. City on the Arkansas
14. Judy’s daughter 85. Jars 38. “Three’s Company” hangout
18. Ron Howard in Mayberry 87. Napa Valley destination 39. Presses
19. _ acids 88. University of Nevada site 40. Otherwise
20. Windbreaker 89. Rainbow, e.g. 42. Wild
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22. Dodge City hangout: 3 wds. 91. Shrill cry 47. Archaeologist’s find
25. Cupbearer to the gods 94. Nosy one 49. Gen. Rommel
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41. Bane of gardeners
42. Pierre’s son
43. Actress Sissy
45. Schubert’s _ Koenig
46. Ebbed away
47. Truck-stop sight
48. Home of the Cyclones
49. Selves
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109. Horse carts 64. Main artery
110. Oscar winner Helen 65. Crunchy
66. Houses in Havana
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1. Songs for single singers 68. Impertinent
2. Pocket entertainment 69. Battery element
3. Singles-bar patter 71. Shoe attachment
4. Lawyers for the low income: 2 wds. 74. Ocean’s “stew”
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64. A&M student
65. Uniform material
66. Medical examiners
69. Actor Firth
70. Where Sam played “As Time Goes
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72. Motorists’ org.
73. Significant times
74. Twosome
76. Test for would-be lawyer
77. Higher-ups on org. charts
20 78. Subordinates of capts.
7. _ days’ wonder 79. “A Death in the Family” author
8. Business abbr. 80. British right-wingers
9. Group of similar ones 81. Thick-tongued
10. Auras 82. Perfume ingredient
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20. Jargon 93. Artist Magritte
23. Flavorless 94. Get ready
24. What pouters are in 95. Caesar’s outfit
29. Offend the nose 96. Beige
31. Holland export of old 97. Epidermis
32. Minnows 98. He wears stripes
33. Sign of status 101. Map abbr.
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Thursday
2010/05/12 (Wed)
David & Wayne Musical Comedy Variety
Show -The Redstone Room, 129 Main St
Davenport, IA
Halestorm -1st Avenue Live, 3701 1st Ave.
SE Cedar Rapids, IA
Horse Feathers - Vagabonds -The Mill, 120
E Burlington Iowa City, IA
Jason Carl -Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303
Brady St. Davenport, IA
Jeremy Porter - Stephen Krug -Mojo’s
(River Music Experience), 130 W 2nd St
Davenport, IA
Jordan Danielsen (6pm) -Rhythm City Ca-
sino, 101 W. River Dr. Davenport, IA
Live Lunch w/ Chris Dunn (noon) -Mojo’s
(River Music Experience), 130 W 2nd St
Davenport, IA
MC Frontalot - DJ SF -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Murder by Death - Ha Ha Tonka - Linfin-
ity -Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa
City, IA
Open Mic Night -The Dam View Inn, 410
2nd St Davenport, IA
The Steady Rollin’ Blues Band featuring
Jimmie Lee Adams -Rascals Rock Mem-
orabilia Bar, 1414 15th St. Moline, IL
Troy Harris, Pianist (6pm) -Red Crow Grille,
2504 53rd St. Bettendorf, IA
vodkaseven (5pm) -Modern Woodmen Park,
209 S Gaines St Davenport, IA
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FRIday
2010/05/14 (Fri)
ABC Karaoke -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust St.
Davenport, IA
Bee All U Can Bee Karaoke & DJ -Commo-
dore Tap, 2202 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Buddy Olson (5pm) -Blueport Junction,
6605 W River Dr Davenport, IA
Corporate Rock -11th Street Precinct, 2108
E 11th St Davenport, IA
Deviator (5:30pm) -Mojo’s (River Music Ex-
perience), 130 W 2nd St Davenport, IA
DJ Night -Uncle Harley’s Bar & Grill, 202 W.
Mayne St. Blue Grass, IA
Fat Dawgs Productions Karaoke & DJ
Service -Shannon’s Bar and Grill, 252 S
State Ave Hampton, IL
Funktastic Five -Daiquiri Factory, 1809 2nd
Ave. Rock Island, IL
Gray Wolf Band -Edje Nightclub at Jumer’s
Casino and Hotel, I-280 & Hwy 92 Rock
Island, IL
Henhouse Prowlers - Milltown Wranglers
-RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Ignite the Will - Iron Rain - King of Clubz
- Lord Green - Street Cheetah -The Red-
stone Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Sneaky Pete’s, 207 Cody
Rd. N. LeClaire, IA
Karaoke Night -The Dam View Inn, 410 2nd
St Davenport, IA
Karen Durrant’s Dream Girls -Quad-Cities
Waterfront Convention Center, 1777 Isle
Parkway Bettendorf, IA
Live Lunch w/ Ren Estrand (noon) -Mojo’s
(River Music Experience), 130 W 2nd St
Davenport, IA
Mark Wood w/ Quad-City School Bands
-Little Theatre - Rock Island High School,
2400 17th Street Rock Island, IL
NINE-1-1 (9pm) -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Locust Davenport, IA
Russ Reyman Trio (5pm) -The Rusty Nail,
2606 W Locust Davenport, IA
Tapped Out -Route 61 Bar & Grill, 4320 N.
Brady St. Davenport, IA
The Eddie Butts Band -Riverside Casino
and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riv-
erside, IA
The Funnies: Friday Fest w/ Dwyer &
Michaels -Uptown Neighborhood Bar
and Grill, 2340 Spruce Hills Dr. Bet-
tendorf, IA
The Gglitch -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn
St Iowa City, IA
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The Karry Outz -Martini’s On the Rock,
4619 34th St Rock Island, IL
Saturday
2010/05/15 (Sat)
15
Back 4 More -Hillsdale American Legion,
402 Main St Hillsdale, IL
Bee All U Can Bee Karaoke & DJ -Crabby’s,
826 W. 1st Ave. Coal Valley, IL
Burgers & Bands: Orangadang! (8:30pm)
- Pat’s Acoustic Disco, featuring
members of Burnt McMelba Toast
(10:30pm) -Stick’Butts, outside patio
between McButt’s & Stickman’s, 1514
N. Harrison St. Davenport, IA
Caught in the Act -One More Round, 209-
211 E. 2nd St Muscatine, IA
Danika Holmes CD Release Show - Paige
Popejoy -The Redstone Room, 129 Main
St Davenport, IA
Daytrotter Presents: Local Natives - Suck-
ers (6pm) -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
DJ Night -Uncle Harley’s Bar & Grill, 202 W.
Mayne St. Blue Grass, IA
DJ Scott Keller Productions & Karaoke
-Greenbriar Restaurant and Lounge,
4506 27th St Moline, IL
FlatTop -Fireworks, 2139 16th St. Mo-
line, IL
Gray Wolf Band -Edje Nightclub at Jumer’s
Casino and Hotel, I-280 & Hwy 92 Rock
Island, IL
Henry Rollins -Capitol Theatre, 330 W. 3rd
St. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Moe’s Pizza, 1312 Caman-
che Ave Clinton, IA
Lynn Allen -Uptown Neighborhood Bar
and Grill, 2340 Spruce Hills Dr. Bet-
tendorf, IA
NINE-1-1 -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust
Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night -Coffee Dive, 226 W. 3rd
St. Davenport, IA
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Open Mic Night -One Library, 230 W. 3rd
Street Davenport, IA
Pappa-Razzi -Route 61 Bar & Grill, 4320
N. Brady St. Davenport, IA
Salsa Dancing -Club Boulevard, 1801
10th St. Moline, IL
Smooth Groove -Racer’s Edge, 936 15th
Ave East Moline, IL
The Beaker Brothers -The Mill, 120 E
Burlington Iowa City, IA
The Eddie Butts Band -Riverside Casino
and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22
Riverside, IA
The Karry Outz -Go Fish Marina and Bar,
411 River Dr. Princeton, IA
The Knockoffs -Greenbriar Restaurant
and Lounge, 4506 27th St Moline, IL
The RiverCity6 -Muscatine High School
Auditorium, 2705 Cedar St Musca-
tine, IA
The Tangents -Cool Beanz Coffeehouse,
1325 30th St. Rock Island, IL
The Warmth -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
Tronicity -Martini’s On the Rock, 4619
34th St Rock Island, IL
uneXpected -Mound Street Landing,
1029 Mound St. Davenport, IA
sunday
2010/05/16 (Sun) 16
Barenaked Ladies - Serena Ryder -Adler
Theatre, 136 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Breille -The Hat Eatery & Pub, 1618 W.
Locust St. Davenport, IA
Polyester Band (2pm) -Riverside Casino
and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22
Riverside, IA
Ron Madow Society Jazz (10am) -Brady
Street Chop House, Radisson QC Plaza
Hotel Davenport, IA
Russ Reyman, Pianist (10am-2pm
brunch performance) -The Lodge
Hotel, Spruce Hills & Utica Ridge Bet-
tendorf, IA
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The Avey Brothers -Rascals Rock Memo-
rabilia Bar, 1414 15th St. Moline, IL
Third Sunday Jazz Series featuring Juli
Wood (6pm) -The Redstone Room, 129
Main St Davenport, IA
Troy Harris, Pianist (11:30am) -Bass
Street Chop House, 1601 River Dr
Moline, IL
monday
2010/05/17 (Mon) 17
Karaoke Night -The Old Stardust Sports
Bar, 1191 19th Street Moline, IL
Live Lunch w/ Ellis Kell (noon) -Mojo’s
(River Music Experience), 130 W 2nd St
Davenport, IA
Open Mic w/ J. Knight -The Mill, 120 E
Burlington Iowa City, IA
tuesday
2010/05/18 (Tue) 18
J. Elliot -The Old Stardust Sports Bar, 1191
19th Street Moline, IL
Live Lunch w/ Jonathan Turner (noon)
-Mojo’s (River Music Experience), 130 W
2nd St Davenport, IA
Local Natives - Suckers -The Mill, 120 E
Burlington Iowa City, IA
North Scott Jazz Department’s 7th An-
nual Spring Jazz Concert featuring
Sean Jones (6:30pm) -North Scott
High School Fine Arts Auditorium,
Eldridge, IA
Open Mic Night @ M.D. Green’s w/ Jer-
emiah -M.D. Green’s, 1808 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Open Mic Night w/ Steve McFate
(6:30pm) -Cool Beanz Coffeehouse,
1325 30th St. Rock Island, IL
Open Mic w/ Jordan Danielsen -Bier
Stube Davenpor t, 2228 E 11th St
Davenport, IA
The Chris & Wes Show -Rascals Rock
Memorabilia Bar, 1414 15th St. Mo-
line, IL
Upcoming Family Events
El Dia Day of the Book Day of the Child, May 12-15 including:
Eulenspiegel Puppets, May 12 at 3:00pm
Art & Drum with Terry Hanson, May 12 at 6:30pm
Flemish Family Fun Festival, Saturday, May 22 1:00-3:00pm.
wednesday
2010/05/19 (Wed) 19
Dave Ellis -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust St.
Davenport, IA
Etymon - Nebula Was -The Mill, 120 E
Burlington Iowa City, IA
Open Mic Night -The Old Stardust Sports
Bar, 1191 19th Street Moline, IL
Social Dancing & Listening: The Freddie
Steenbock Duo (1pm) -CASI (Center for
Active Seniors), 1035 W. Kimberly Road
Davenport, IA
“Tennessee,” That Nashville Cat (noon)
- Open Mic Night (7pm) -Mojo’s (River
Music Experience), 130 W 2nd St Dav-
enport, IA
The Craig Bentley Trio -Rascals Rock Mem-
orabilia Bar, 1414 15th St. Moline, IL
thursday
2010/05/20 (Thu) 20
DJ Jonny O -Greenbriar Restaurant and
Lounge, 4506 27th St Moline, IL
Hollus @ RIBCO – May 20
Hollus - Waterstreet -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Jason Carl -Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303
Brady St. Davenport, IA
Jazz Jam w/ the North Scott Jazz Combo
-Mojo’s (River Music Experience), 130 W
2nd St Davenport, IA
Jon Wayne & the Pain - Messy Jiverson
- Smokin’ Joe Scarpellino -Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Live Lunch w/ Dave Maxwell (noon) -Mojo’s
(River Music Experience), 130 W 2nd St
Lee Blackmon & The Gamblers (6:30pm)
Davenport, IA
Louis Bellson Memorial Reception (6pm)
-Mojo’s (River Music Experience), 130 W
Mommy’s Little Monster -Route 61 Bar &
2nd St Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night -The Dam View Inn, 410
2nd St Davenport, IA
Retro Ron -Cool Beanz Coffeehouse, 1325
30th St. Rock Island, IL
Sam Tyx -The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa
City, IA
The Steady Rollin’ Blues Band featuring
Jimmie Lee Adams -Rascals Rock Mem-
orabilia Bar, 1414 15th St. Moline, IL
Troy Harris, Pianist (6pm) -Red Crow
Grille, 2504 53rd St. Bettendorf, IA
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FRIDAY
2010/05/21 (Fri)
ABC Karaoke -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust St.
Davenport, IA
Bee All U Can Bee Karaoke & DJ -Commo-
dore Tap, 2202 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Corporate Rock -Missipi Brew, River Dr
Muscatine, IA
Danica -Riverside Casino and Golf Resort,
3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA
Deja Vu Rendezvous featuring Secret
Squirrel - Shattered Tuesday -The Red-
stone Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
DJ Night -Uncle Harley’s Bar & Grill, 202 W.
Mayne St. Blue Grass, IA
Emily Jawoisz -Cool Beanz Coffeehouse,
1325 30th St. Rock Island, IL
Fat Dawgs Productions Karaoke & DJ
Service -Shannon’s Bar and Grill, 252
S State Ave Hampton, IL
Gray Wolf Band -Martini’s On the Rock,
4619 34th St Rock Island, IL
Iowa City High and West High Jazz En-
sembles (6:30pm) -Pedestrian Plaza,
Downtown Iowa City Iowa City, IA
Karaoke Night -Sneaky Pete’s, 207 Cody
Rd. N. LeClaire, IA
Karaoke Night -The Dam View Inn, 410
2nd St Davenport, IA
-Mojo’s (River Music Experience), 130 W
2nd St Davenport, IA
Grill, 4320 N. Brady St. Davenport, IA
Open Mic Coffeehouse -First Lutheran
Elysian -Mojo’s (River Music Experience), 130
Church - Rock Island, 1600 20th St.
Rock Island, IL
RiverCity 6 -Rhythm City Casino, 101 W. River Family Groove Company -The Redstone
Dr. Davenport, IA
Robbie Bahr -Daiquiri Factory, 1809 2nd
Ave. Rock Island, IL
Russ Reyman Trio (5pm) -The Rusty Nail,
2606 W Locust Davenport, IA
Smooth Groove -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Locust Davenport, IA
The Dixie Bee-Liners -CSPS/Legion Arts,
1103 3rd St SE Cedar Rapids, IA
The Duke Ellington Orchestra -Quad-Cities
Waterfront Convention Center, 1777 Isle
Parkway Bettendorf, IA
The Mayflies - Slewgrass -Iowa City Yacht
Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
The RiverCity6 -Rhythm City Casino, 101 W.
River Dr. Davenport, IA
The Station - Jaik Willis -RIBCO, 1815 2nd
Ave. Rock Island, IL
The Tallest Man on Earth - Nathaniel
Rateliff -The Mill, 120 E Burlington
Iowa City, IA
Tony Hoeppner (noon) -Mojo’s (River Music
Experience), 130 W 2nd St Davenport, IA
uneXpected -Uptown Neighborhood
Bar and Grill, 2340 Spruce Hills Dr.
Bettendorf, IA
Saturday
2010/05/22 (Sat)
22
Bee All U Can Bee Karaoke & DJ -Crabby’s,
826 W. 1st Ave. Coal Valley, IL
Boot Hill -Martini’s On the Rock, 4619 34th
St Rock Island, IL
Corporate Rock -Greenbriar Restaurant
and Lounge, 4506 27th St Moline, IL
Cosmic -Go Fish Marina and Bar, 411 River
Dr. Princeton, IA
Danica -Riverside Casino and Golf Resort,
3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA
DJ Night -Uncle Harley’s Bar & Grill, 202 W.
Mayne St. Blue Grass, IA
W 2nd St Davenport, IA
Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
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Gray Wolf Band -River House, 1510 River
Dr. Moline, IL
House Arrest -Rockin’ Ham, 1334 W 2nd
St Davenport, IA
Illegal Smile - The Post Mortems - Satellite
Heart - Failure of Progress -River Music
Experience, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Moe’s Pizza, 1312 Caman-
che Ave Clinton, IA
Market Music Fest: Trout Fishing in Ameri-
ca - Justin Roberts - The Boogers (1pm)
-Family Museum, 2900 Learning Campus
Dr Bettendorf, IA
MC Chris -Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
Open Mic Night -Coffee Dive, 266 W. 3rd
St. Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night -One Library, 230 W. 3rd
Street Davenport, IA
Phish Tribute w/ Dr. Z’s Experiment
-Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St
Iowa City, IA
Rick Springfield -Riverside Casino and
Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 River-
side, IA
RiverCity 6 -Rhythm City Casino, 101 W. River
Dr. Davenport, IA
Salsa Dancing -Club Boulevard, 1801 10th
St. Moline, IL
Seven -Parker’s, 635 15th St Moline, IL
Smooth Groove -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Locust Davenport, IA
Surface Tension (3pm) -Mojo’s (River Music
Experience), 130 W 2nd St Davenport, IA
The Karry Outz (1pm) -Poopy’s Pub &
Grub, 1030 Viaduct Rd Savanna, IL
The Lovedogs -Route 61 Bar & Grill, 4320
N. Brady St. Davenport, IA
This and That -Cool Beanz Coffeehouse,
1325 30th St. Rock Island, IL
Tri -Daiquiri Factory, 1809 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
Trippin’ Billies - Ava’s Blue Pick -RIBCO, 1815
2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
vodkaseven -Uptown Neighborhood
Bar and Grill, 2340 Spruce Hills Dr.
Bettendorf, IA
Wylde Nept -The Mill, 120 E Burlington
Iowa City, IA
SUNday
2010/05/23 (Sun) 23
Breille -The Hat Eatery & Pub, 1618 W.
Locust St. Davenport, IA
Buddy Olson (2pm) -Riverside Casino
and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22
Riverside, IA
Dan Bern (3 & 7pm) -CSPS/Legion Arts,
1103 3rd St SE Cedar Rapids, IA
Russ Reyman, Pianist (10am-2pm
brunch performance) -The Lodge
Hotel, Spruce Hills & Utica Ridge Bet-
tendorf, IA
The Avey Brothers -Rascals Rock Memora-
bilia Bar, 1414 15th St. Moline, IL
The Old 57’s (4pm) -Racer’s Edge, 936 15th
Ave East Moline, IL
The Terry Hanson Ensemble (10am)
-Brady Street Chop House, Radisson
QC Plaza Hotel Davenport, IA
Troy Harris, Pianist (11:30am) -Bass
Street Chop House, 1601 River Dr
Moline, IL
monday
2010/05/24 (Mon)
24
Karaoke Night -The Old Stardust Sports
Bar, 1191 19th Street Moline, IL
Live Lunch w/ Ellis Kell (noon) -Mojo’s
(River Music Experience), 130 W 2nd St
Davenport, IA
Open Mic w/ J. Knight -The Mill, 120 E
Burlington Iowa City, IA
tuesday
2010/05/25 (Tue) 25
10-4 Eleanor - Arliss Nancy -The Mill, 120
E Burlington Iowa City, IA
J. Elliot -The Old Stardust Sports Bar, 1191
19th Street Moline, IL
Live Lunch w/ Steve Couch (noon) -Mojo’s
(River Music Experience), 130 W 2nd St
Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night @ M.D. Green’s w/ Jer-
emiah -M.D. Green’s, 1808 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Open Mic w/ Jordan Danielsen -Bier
Stube Davenpor t, 2228 E 11th St
Davenport, IA
The Chris & Wes Show -Rascals Rock Mem-
orabilia Bar, 1414 15th St. Moline, IL
wednesday
2010/05/26 (Wed)
26
Dave Ellis -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust St.
Davenport, IA
Kiriko & Jeffrey C. Capps (10pm) -The
Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA
Open Mic Night -The Old Stardust Sports
Bar, 1191 19th Street Moline, IL
Sam Tyx @ The Mill – May 20
Screaming Females - Lipstick Homicide
- Burning Halos -Gabe’s, 330 E. Wash-
ington St. Iowa City, IA
Social Dancing & Listening w/ John &
Kay Retzl (1pm) -CASI (Center for Ac-
tive Seniors), 1035 W. Kimberly Road
Davenport, IA
“Tennessee,” That Nashville Cat (noon)
- Open Mic Night (7pm) -Mojo’s (River
Music Experience), 130 W 2nd St Dav-
enport, IA
The Burlington Street Bluegrass Band -
The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA
The Craig Bentley Trio -Rascals Rock
Memorabilia Bar, 1414 15th St. Mo-
line, IL
thursday
2010/05/27 (Thu) 27
Bitter Sober -Uptown Neighborhood
Bar and Grill, 2340 Spruce Hills Dr.
Bettendorf, IA
Boombox -Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
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Jason Carl -Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303
Brady St. Davenport, IA
Live Lunch w/ Rose ‘n’ Thorns (noon)
-Mojo’s (River Music Experience), 130 W
2nd St Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night -The Dam View Inn, 410
2nd St Davenport, IA
Stephen Cee -Mojo’s (River Music Experi-
ence), 130 W 2nd St Davenport, IA
The Pharmacy - Baby Birds Don’t Drink
Milk - Vehicle Blues -The Mill, 120 E
Burlington Iowa City, IA
The Steady Rollin’ Blues Band featuring
Jimmie Lee Adams -Rascals Rock Mem-
orabilia Bar, 1414 15th St. Moline, IL
The Steepwater Band -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Troy Harris, Pianist (6pm) -Red Crow
Grille, 2504 53rd St. Bettendorf, IA
FRIday
2010/05/28 (Fri) 28
ABC Karaoke -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust St.
Davenport, IA
Bee All U Can Bee Karaoke & DJ -Com-
modore Tap, 2202 W. 3rd St. Daven-
port, IA
Burlesque Le’ Moustache Presents Billy
Blowout - The Krank Daddies -RIBCO,
1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Carter Twins - Angela Meyer -The Redstone
Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Caught in the Act -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Locust Davenport, IA
Centaur Noir ecord Release Show - White
Problems - Absolutely - Idpyramid -
Teenage -Bier Stube Moline, 417 15th
St Moline, IL
Cosmic -11th Street Precinct, 2108 E 11th
St Davenport, IA
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Dave Moore, David Zollo & the Body
Electric, and Shame Train: 20th An-
niversary Reunion Show (6:30pm)
-Pedestrian Plaza, Downtown Iowa
City Iowa City, IA
DJ Night -Uncle Harley’s Bar & Grill, 202 W.
Mayne St. Blue Grass, IA
Fat Dawgs Productions Karaoke & DJ
Service -Shannon’s Bar and Grill, 252
S State Ave Hampton, IL
Final Mix -Riverside Casino and Golf Re-
sort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA
Gray Wolf Band -Len Brown’s North Shore
Inn, 7th Street and the Rock River
Moline, IL
Karaoke Night -Sneaky Pete’s, 207 Cody
Rd. N. LeClaire, IA
Karaoke Night -The Dam View Inn, 410
2nd St Davenport, IA
Live Lunch w/ Ren Estrand (noon) -Mojo’s
(River Music Experience), 130 W 2nd St
Davenport, IA
Mike Droho & the Compass Rose - Ash
St. John - Decoy -Gabe’s, 330 E. Wash-
ington St. Iowa City, IA
Mr. Whoopie -Route 61 Bar & Grill, 4320 N.
Brady St. Davenport, IA
Phyllis & the Sharks -Martini’s On the
Rock, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL
Puddle of Mudd - Shaman’s Harvest -Capi-
tol Theatre, 330 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Retro Ron -Mojo’s (River Music Experience),
130 W 2nd St Davenport, IA
RetroRon (5:30pm) -Mojo’s (River Music Ex-
perience), 130 W 2nd St Davenport, IA
Russ Reyman Trio (5pm) -The Rusty Nail,
2606 W Locust Davenport, IA
Shawn Kellerman -Rascals Rock Memora-
bilia Bar, 1414 15th St. Moline, IL
Survivor -Quad-Cities Waterfront Con-
vention Center, 1777 Isle Parkway
Bettendorf, IA
Tri-Polar XXXpress -Uptown Neighbor-
hood Bar and Grill, 2340 Spruce Hills
Dr. Bettendorf, IA
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Spring
Pops featuring
THE MUSIC OF THE EAGLES

Brent Havens, Conductor

June 5, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Adler Theatre, Davenport
Seats: $18 to $58
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Spring Pops Pre-Party: FREE

Last year’s Spring Pops sold out, so be sure to buy you tickets early.

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