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by Rich Miller
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Schocks Fall from Grace

Hardly a Surprise
ongressman Aaron Schocks resignation

is not only a blow to national Republicans for whom hed raised millions
but especially to Illinois Republicans.
Just eight weeks ago, Schock was
widely believed to be next in line to chair
the National Republican Congressional
Committee (NRCC). But his rapid fall from
grace ruined his career and deprived the
NRCC of a chance to
project a far more youthful
public image.
The Illinois House
Republicans are
heartbroken by this loss.
Schock is a former state
House member and he
retained quite a bit of
personal affection from
and even admiration by
his onetime colleagues and
staffers. But its the loss of
his assistance that will be
felt the most. Schock has
been very helpful to the point of being almost
indispensable to the House Republicans. Hes
helped recruit candidates, raised money for
them, and helped them campaign. And he
was quite successful.
Ever since he defeated a sitting Democratic
Representative in a solidly Democratic
district at the age of 23, Schock has been the
House GOPs wonder boy. And theyve used
his help and his model to win other districts,
including Adam Brown and Michael Unes
taking Democratic districts with Schocks
assistance in 2010.
The Illinois Republicans dont remember
Schock as the jet-setting, rule-shortcutting
playboy he became in Washington, DC.
When he was in Springfield, Schock was
rarely seen on the nightlife circuit, often
traveling back to Peoria after the days session
ended to meet with constituents. He was
always a young man on a mission, and he
seemed to fully understand back then that if
he wanted to continue his meteoric rise up
the political ladder, he had to make sure he
was always in tune and in touch with the folks
back home.
So what the heck happened here?
Well, Democrats didnt do him any
favors by drawing him the most Republican
congressional district in the state. Schock did
stay in touch with his constituents via regular
trips back home, but with his political safety
all but assured, he apparently no longer felt
the need to be in tune with his district.
And his 24/7 fundraising meant he was
constantly hanging out with wealthy people.
Personally interacting with people who
literally have money to burn can have an

intoxicating effect, particularly on somebody
who has always personally striven to be rich.
We saw much the same thing happen to
former Governor Rod Blagojevich and former
U.S. Representatie Jesse Jackson Jr., who both
lived well beyond their means to try to keep
up with their rich buddies.
Schocks first job was in the fifth
grade, doing database
management for a chain
of book stores. He was
investing in the stock
market when he was
barely a teenager. When he
was talking about running
for governor a couple of
years ago, he said if he
lost hed just go make lots
of money. Schock was
always confident in his
own political and financial
skills. He just knew he
would reach the highest
rungs of whatever ladder he climbed.
But that aborted bid for governor forced
Schock to rethink his future and focus his sole
attention on rising through the congressional
ranks. He held a leadership post and looked
like he had an eventual straight shot to the
very top, but he was sidetracked last year
when his ally, Majority Leader Eric Cantor,
unexpectedly lost his primary election. He
then set his sights on the NRCC, and the
chairmanship was literally within his grasp.
Several factors were at work here: the
complacency caused by Schocks safe GOP
district, his realization that Congress was
the only venue hed probably ever have for
stardom, his single-mindedness about how
raising money was his only ticket to the top,
his personal quest for wealth, and his apparent
need to emulate the lifestyles of the folks
he was raising money from. All that plus
whatever else happened that we dont know
about somehow led him to start cutting
corners. And when you start doing that, its
very difficult to stop. Indeed, it often leads to
much worse things. Just ask Rod or Jesse.
And now Schock is under federal
investigation. The final chapter wont be
written on this book for quite a while.
Hopefully, after this is all over, after he has
paid his price (if any), Schock can put those
truly amazing skills of his to work again for
the people he once clearly loved. Hes only 33
years old. Hell have plenty of time to redeem
himself.
With his political

safety all but
assured, Schock
apparently no longer
felt the need to be
in tune with his
district.
Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax (a daily

political newsletter) and CapitolFax.com.
COVER STORY
A Foot in the Door

With Nightlight, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods Go from the Quad Cities to Hollywood
he train rumbles toward you, and then

its over you, throwing sparks. Its a
short train, but its nonetheless a harrowing seven seconds looking, sounding,
and feeling uncomfortably real.
Thats because, on a practical level, it is real.
This happens less than 10 minutes into
the new, nationally distributed horror movie
Nightlight by writers/directors Scott Beck and
Bryan Woods, the filmmaking duo from the
Quad Cities now based in Los Angeles.
That whole sequence was a lot of fun
to figure out, Beck said in a recent phone
interview. The special-effects team proposed
using computer animation for the train,
he said, but he and Woods asked: Could
we actually get a real freight train on these
tracks?
Weve been introduced to five teens whove
come to a supposedly haunted forest for
flashlight games. One involves laying down
a flashlight on railroad ties, running down the
tracks to a specific point, and then running
back and grabbing the flashlight. Theres not
much to it ... except for the train.
This bit lasts roughly a minute and 40
seconds, done in a single shot.
The scene starts with the train incredibly
far away, [and] it just gets closer and closer,
Woods said.
We can only hear the trains horn as the
first three people complete the task getting
louder with each blast. With the fourth teen,
we can see the headlight peeking through the
trees as the engine comes around a bend.
And after Shelby, our protagonist, puts her
flashlight on the ties, we see the train itself,
with her sprinting toward it and then back
toward her flashlight.
She jumps away just before the train hits
her, but her flashlight which belonged to a
friend who committed suicide and provides
the point of view for all the movies action
remains on the tracks, and the audience gets
an unsettling understanding of what it would
feel like to be under a freight train moving at
full speed.
Theres something hopefully suspenseful
about being stuck on these rails, Woods said.
Quite intentionally, Beck and Woods have
updated one of the wonders of early cinema:
the Lumire brothers famous 1896 film that
put audiences in the path of a locomotive.
Movies, Beck said, can be like a magic
trick, and I think its really rare to see that.
And so you want to bring that original
spectacle to it. ... You want to give modernday audiences that, and its really difficult
when theyre very jaded and theyve seen
everything. ... So the aspiration is to really
challenge yourself as a filmmaker to come
Shelby Young in Nightlight

up with something incredibly unique. And
sometimes you get it, and sometimes you
dont, or sometimes you think youve got it
but it doesnt really work.
It absolutely works in Nightlight, and
its not merely the result of that moment,
of the visual and aural elements that put
the audience underneath the train. Its the
escalating tension in the single shot, as Shelby
shifts from observer to participant. Its the
helplessness the audience feels when its been
abandoned by Shelby on the train tracks. (In a
neat trick, our anxiety is rooted less in her fate
than our own.)
And its definitely a function of Beck and
Woods using an actual moving train. Despite
the verisimilitude of todays computergenerated imagery, audiences know deep
down the difference between pixels and metal.
It was really fun to try to choreograph
the dance of getting the timing perfect when
youre using practical [rather than digital]
effects, Woods said. Really trying to get all
the different departments on the film to do
the ballet with us was so much fun, but also
very terrifying, because every day on set were
like, Is this going to be a disaster? Are we
going to be able to pull this off? It was very
intimidating.
The challenge was making sure it was
safe, Beck said, but also making sure it felt
like the train was close enough to the stunt
performer to make it feel real.

And given that beyond the train stunt, the
POV flashlight (and the equipment used to
mimic it) goes underwater and over a cliff, its
somewhat miraculous that no camera met its
demise during the making of Nightlight.
For a moment there, we thought were
going to blow $100,000 on our expensive
camera being run over by a train, Beck said.
You would think more things would have
been destroyed. Our insurance [carrier] was
very happy with us.
Waiting Waiting Waiting
From 2002 to 2006 while they were

students at Bettendorf High School and then
the University of Iowa Beck and Woods
(separately and together) wrote, directed,
and produced nine short and feature-length
movies under their Bluebox Limited (now
Bluebox Films) banner.
In the nine years since the release of their
60-minute contemporary Western The Bride
Wore Blood, however, theres been little: the
2010 short film Impulse, and the 2012 TV
pilot Spread (which MTV declined to order
to series).
Beck moved to Los Angeles after college
graduation in 2007, and Woods has lived
there about half as long. The period since The
Bride Wore Blood contains the familiar story
of DIY artists trying to find a foothold in
Hollywood. They worked at a movie theater.

They wrote. They knocked on doors.
We spent those years writing a ton of
scripts, and writing things either for the
marketplace or things that we could shoot
back in Iowa, Beck said. We probably have
six or seven scripts that could result from that
three-and-a-half-/four-year period.
They could have continued to do what
theyd done in high school and college,
Woods said: When we wanted to make a
movie, we just go out and make a movie.
But Beck said they had higher goals: As
much as we love making movies in Iowa, our
aspirations were always to have a foot in the
studio system. So obviously theres the benefit
of living out here and just pounding down
doors until something inevitably happens. Its
a struggle at the same time.
When you do it on a professional level,
Woods said, youre just waiting waiting
waiting and developing and developing and
developing.
When it got to be around 2009, Beck
said, Bryan and I were just getting really
frustrated by not directing anything. ... It gets
really depressing after a while.
So, in a fashion, the 30-year-old
filmmakers have finally made it at roughly
the same age that many prominent directors
began their major-feature-film careers.
Nightlight was released March 27 by

by Jeff Ignatius
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The Woods Beckon
by Mike Schulz
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Bluebox Limiteds Nightlight, Now Available on VOD
Lionsgate Entertainment theatrically in

10 major cities, and on-demand nationwide
(including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video,
and DirectTV, but not Mediacom or Dish).
The writing/directing duo can now say its
gotten reviews from the New York Times, the
Los Angeles Times, the Hollywood Reporter,
and RogerEbert.com.
Beck and Woods also have a contract
to direct XOXO, which has an impressive
pedigree. Its producers include Oscar
nominees Darren Aronofsky (the writer/
director of Pi and Requiem for a Dream and
the director of The Wrestler, Black Swan,
and Noah) and Michael London (producer
of Sideways and Milk), and the script was
written by Mark Heyman (Black Swan).
But Beck and Woods know that nothing
is certain, and its unlikely theyll want
Nightlight to be the apex of their careers. The
contract for XOXO doesnt mean the movie
will actually get made or that theyll end
up directing it if it does. And while they do
now have those reviews from prestigious
institutions, theyre not the sort one wants to
frame and put on the wall except, perhaps,
as motivational tools.
Every project we take on is just like
fighting fighting fighting hustling hustling
hustling, Woods said. Its pretty nonstop.
Even right now, we have five or six projects
going, and you never know whats going to
pop. You try to juggle as many projects as
you can at the same time because its just a
fight.
It feels ... everyday that we could lose
everything tomorrow, Beck said.
Still, he added, they appreciate the
victories the day Lionsgate picked up
Nightlight, the day they were selected to
direct XOXO: We definitely try to drink in
those moments.
They are few and far between, Woods
said, because most of our job is just sheer
rejection.
But although Nightlight clearly represents
a success, before the movies release Woods
said that were certainly super-nervous
about it, because weve never had a work of
ours exposed to that many people at once, so
were kind of shielding ourselves over here
... . We hope it finds an audience that will
appreciate it and enjoy that we took some
risks and experimented with the form.
The Audience Is Going to

Fall Off a Cliff
That experimentation isnt evident in

the broad strokes of Nightlight. Five young
people in woods that have a dark history, the
handheld camera ... . In 1999, The Blair Witch

Project proved the commercial viability of this
relatively inexpensive style of horror movie,
and found footage has become ubiquitous
and synonymous with cheap and lazy
filmmaking.
But Beck and Woods werent lazy with
Nightlight. Their inspirations and aspirations
were actually pretty damned highfalutin:
They wanted to reinvigorate the foundfootage style of horror movie and take
advantage of some of its natural formal
characteristics in particular lengthy shots
and a rigid point of view.
The idea, Woods said, came from an
appetite for the found-footage subgenre like
Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity
but also feeling a bit of a fatigue with those
movies. As much as we enjoyed them, and as
fun and scary as they were to see in theaters
with big audiences, it also started to feel ...
a little tired. We wanted to try to find a new
window into a genre that we loved.
So they had the idea of using the point of
view of one characters flashlight instead of
a video camera (or video cameras) held by
characters which had the immense benefit
of avoiding that pesky narrative problem
of characters shooting footage while being
chased by monsters or soiling themselves in
fear.
It really came from our childhood just
playing flashlight games in the woods, Beck
said. As filmmakers, ... we wanted to tap
into the fear that we felt when doing that ... :
Youre all alone in the woods with only a
beam of light. ... I think its just an incredibly
immersive experience for the audience.
The promise of the premise is the
audience has to go where the flashlight goes,
Woods said. If the flashlight falls off a cliff,
the audience is going to fall off a cliff. If the
flashlight falls in a creek, were going to go
down a creek. Youre kind of stuck with it.
There was also the appeal of the function
of flashlights, he continued which is also a
metaphor for what horror movies do: What
they do is look into the dark. ... And to force
the audience to look into the dark and look
into the shadows at something they might not
want to see, we were just kind of hoping that
would be a scary experience.
Beck added that shooting in widescreen
meant that the flashlights circle of
illumination was surrounded by darkness:
It was a great inherent visual opportunity
to have the audience looking off into the
periphery and wonder what might be out
there. ... It was fun to play with the balance of
darkness and light from this perspective.
Continued On Page 16
nly six actors appear in writers/

directors Scott Becks and Bryan
Woods supernatural thriller
Nightlight, and the films most inventive
performance, by a considerable margin,
is given by its lead. That this lead isnt
actually one of the aforementioned six
and is, in fact, an inanimate object isnt
quite the detriment youd think.
Following a video-blog prelude
in which we meet the morose highschooler Ethan (Kyle Fain), whose
suicide proves the catalyst for the
traumas to follow, we find ourselves,
some months later, in the car of Ethans
former friend and crush Robin (Shelby
Young). With her pooch Kramer in the
backseat, Robin has driven out to the
purportedly haunted Covington Forest
at night, having been invited to play
flashlight games with fellow teens she
refers to as the cool kids: the British
hottie Ben (Mitch Hewer), the Jewish
jokester Chris (Carter Jenkins), and
the mostly interchangeable mean girls
Nia and Amelia (Chloe Bridges and
Taylor Ashley Murphy). And while that
video-blog opener may have suggested
it, Robins introduction given the
static, low-angle compositions and
Youngs aiming-for-naturalistic readings
confirms it: Nightlight is yet another
found footage scare flick, and set in a
Blair Witch-y locale to boot.
Yet before the scene ends, and almost
before you have the opportunity to
sigh, Here we go again ... , your eye
is caught by something unusual and
unanticipated. Wait a second, you slowly
realize, this found footage is actually
the POV of Robins flashlight?! It is
indeed, and for the next 80 minutes,
Beck and Woods go to town with their
ingenious conceit: Everything onscreen (minus the Ethan footage) is
shown from the flashlights illuminated
perspective, and when its batteries fail,
which happens a lot, were momentarily
left in the dark, too. Nightlights young
actors acquit themselves decently
enough, but the flashlight, at all times, is
the star of the show.
For long stretches, this spin on an
intensely tired fright-film trope one so
presentationally clever yet so seemingly
obvious that you cant believe you
havent seen it done before tickled
me to no end. In broad terms, having
Robins flashlight serve as the camera,
rather than having a camera serve
as the camera, gets rid of a couple of
typically irksome genre pitfalls. With the
characters unaware that theyre being

filmed, because (in Nightlights reality)
theyre not, the cast doesnt have to
indulge in any dully self-aware mugging
for the footages presumed viewers, and
were happily spared the shrieks of Put
the f---ing camera down and lets get the
f--- out of here! that feel like every other
exclamation in the Paranormal Activity
of your choosing.
And the flashlight/camera angle pays
even greater dividends when employed
more specifically. The movie is at its
finest and most nerve-racking in a very
early scene that finds Robin, in one
of the teens more ill-advised games,
forced to outrun an approaching train.
With Robins flashlight positioned on
the tracks facing the terrified girl, and
the train coming thisclose to making
contact, the sequence which doesnt
boast any evident CGI effects is
thrillingly intense, never more so than
when the locomotive passes over the
flashlight, over us, as it blares off into
the distance. Every good Beck/Woods
movie has at least one How the hell
did they do that? shot, and this is
Nightlights biggie.
That flashlight, however, keeps
delivering memorable POV imagery:
when, in the hands of another teen, it
tumbles down a cliff and we see the
kids body splatter against an upsidedown tree; when it hovers over a pair
of sleeping girls and continues to rise,
proof that nothing human can be
holding it; when it shines directly on
Kramer, whose eyes, as dogs eyes do,
immediately glow a malevolent, glassy
red. (Considering how well-trained he
is, I hoped for a bit more from Kramer
than merely serving as the canine
equivalent of Aliens cat Jonesy, but he
quickly becomes an afterthought.)
With Andrew M. Davis serving
as cinematographer, Becks and
Woods handling of the visuals is so
imaginative, and their directorial
facility so impressive, that its all the
more disappointing to find Nightlight
saddled with such an unsatisfying
script. The problem isnt the simplicity
of the movies Five teens walk into the
woods ... setup; given sufficient talent,
thats really all the premise you need
for effective low-budget horror. The
problem is that it isnt simple enough.
Early on, Chris has a lengthy,
exposition-heavy monologue in which
Vol. 22 No. 879

MUSIC
Bloom Where Youre Planted
by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
Quad City Arts Visiting Artist Nnenna Freelon, at Area Venues April 8 through 18
rior to her career or

rather, careers as a
jazz vocalist, composer,
author, and actor, Nnenna
Freelon was employed in the
worthy but far less glamorous
field of health-care administration. She says, however, that in
her late 20s, while working as
a North Carolina-based administrator in the early 1980s, I
suddenly had an epiphany that
I was not happy, even though
I loved working in a hospital
environment. Because even in
that job, I used to find myself
in patients rooms singing.
I just had a nay-saying kind
of narrative, she continues. You know, I
want to sing, but I dont want to live in New
York or California ... . It just didnt seem
attainable. But I remember whining, blah
blah blah, to my grandmother about it, who
was 93 at the time, and she said something to
me that was very profound. She said, Bloom
where youre planted. If God wants you to
sing, He can handle wherever you are and
whichever situation youre in what you
know, what you dont know and nothing is
too hard.
Considering her accomplishments over
the past 25 years alone with Freelon still
residing in Durham, North Carolina its
fair to say that her professional career didnt
bloom so much as explode.
Since the release of her self-titled debut
in 1992, Nnenna (pronounced NEE-na)
Freelon has recorded 11 additional studio
albums, amassed six Grammy nominations,
and won the prestigious Billie Holiday Award
from Frances Acadmie du Jazz. She has
sung at Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl,
and on TVs In Performance at the White
House, and her legendary appearance at
the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards netted
Freelon a standing ovation. She has scored
raves from Variety magazine (her phrasing
is original, surprising) and the Washington
Post (a bright, rhythmically infectious
performance), and has toured with the likes
of Al Jarreau, George Benson, and even Ray
Charles.
And when Quad City Arts latest Visiting

Artist performs locally between April 8
and 18, audiences will be treated not only
to simultaneously soothing and thrilling
jazz interpretations, but highlights from her
current, nationally touring passion project
The Clothesline Muse, a blend of music,
drama, dance, and visual art in which Freelon
stars, and for which she composed the score.
As soon as I gave myself permission to
do what I was really put on this planet to
do, says Freelon during our recent phone
interview, everything became lighter. It
didnt become easy, but the angst and the
heaviness and the darkness of Should I?
Shouldnt I? went away, and I could apply
myself with full permission. And then all of
a sudden, strangely enough, the people that
I needed to help me in that next stage of the
journey appeared. And were probably there
all along.
A Delay Is Not a Denial
A native of Cambridge, Massachusetts,

Freelon says, I got my start singing in the
church, like many people. And my parents
both have lovely voices, so singing was always
a very natural, wonderful way of expression
in our house. From my mother I got a love of
gospel, and from my father a love of jazz.
Yet while she displayed musical interest
and vocal talent at a young age, Freelon says
that for her singing was very much for the
joy of doing it, not a driven Oh, I want to
make it to stardom! kind of

thing.
At least not always. I was
actually offered a recording
contract as a young person, and
my parents were not having it.
They really felt that that kind
of life was a difficult life. And
looking back on it now, the
person offering the contract
probably was kind of shady, but
I didnt know that.
With a laugh, she adds, So
I owe thanks to some good
parents who could see beyond
short-term goals. One of my
mothers favorite sayings was A
delay is not a denial. Its true.
Freelons future career in the arts was
consequently delayed while she received
her degree in health-care administration
from Bostons Simmons College, and moved
to North Carolina to raise three children
Pierce, Maya, and Deen with architect
husband Philip. Its him, along with her
grandmother, whom Freelon credits for
helping her leave her back-of-the-house job
away from people at a Durham hospital.
My husband really encouraged me, says
Freelon. He said, You cant use your being
married, your having children, where you
are, whatever age you are you cant use that
as an excuse for your unfulfilled dreams. If
you want to do this, Ill help you, but you
have to decide what it is you want to do.
What Freelon wanted to do was sing
professionally, and initially, I had my eye on
mentors who I didnt know. People like Dr.
Billy Taylor, whose music I loved but who
seemed so far away from me. But right in my
own community in Durham, there were jazz
masters people who really knew the music
and could teach me what I needed to know.
One of them was Yusaf Salim, a wonderful
piano player who took me under his wing
and knew every song in every key, the entire
American songbook. He had a wonderful
worldview about music and felt, If you can
speak, you can sing.
Before long, says Freelon with a laugh,
I was the queen of the local scene. I mean,
April 2 - 15, 2015

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MUSIC
Keepers of the Golden Egg
by Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
The Shook Twins, April 16 at the Redstone Room
he Shook
Twins came
into possession of the magical,
giant golden egg in
2010. According
to the story on the
bands Web site,
Laurie Shook happened upon a young
man holding the
thing, and when she asked about it, he said
a woman gave it to him and told him to sign
it and pass it on to the next person.
Laurie Shook was that person, and she
promises on ShookTwins.com that she will
eventually hand the egg off to somebody
else: Until then, it shall be musical!
In that way, the egg is being passed every
night the Shook Twins perform including
almost certainly April 16 at the Redstone
Room. Laurie and her identical twin
Katelyn dont appear eager to part with it,
but they turned the egg into an instrument:
Laurie filled it with popcorn (making it a
giant egg shaker) and mic-ed it (making it
a drum).
The twins seem earnest in believing the
egg has magical properties, and thats in
keeping with a general belief in positive
energy and mysticism. (One writing
session, Laurie said in a 2011 interview,
was inspired by a visit to what she called a
roommates spell nook.)
I mention the egg, however, because
its just a tellingly distinctive aspect of the
band (which in the Quad Cities will also
include bassist Kyle Volkman and guitar
and mandolin player Niko Daoussis). As
Katelyn said in a recent phone interview,
the egg and the beat-boxing and the
looping and the telephone mic are elements
that make the Shook Twins a little more
interesting than two folk-singer girls.
Those are good narrative hooks and
they give the group sonic tools for moredynamic live performance but theyre
ultimately window dressing. On the Shook
Twins third studio album, last years
What We Do, the songs and performances
stand tall on their own, anchored by
the twins singing. Their voices can be
sweet or haunting and, on Daemons,
both simultaneously. Theyre more often
earthy and sensual, and the two womens
harmonies create lovely moments of
graceful emphasis.
It helps a great deal that the production
(by Ryan Hadlock, who also did The
Lumineers self-titled hit) and arrangements
are varied and surprising folk instruments
in expansive and
detailed pop
treatments. The
title track finds the
Shooks mimicking
plucked strings
with their voices
in an aggressive
stereo mix
coming at the
listener from all
directions. Daemons has a too-direct
message, but it also has a thrilling tension
between delicate prettiness and thick
darkness. Ryan really helped make that
a lot more ominous and eerie-sounding,
Katelyn said, adding that she thought it
ended up appealingly creaky: I thought it
sounded like an old wooden ship.
That songs dimmer mood, though,
is unusual for an album that is generally
infused with an elevating warmth and
brightness. Opener Thoughts All in has
exhilarating vocals in the chorus (Keep it
all on fire) joined perfectly with electric
guitar, banjo, and fiddle that obliterate any
preconception of two folk-singer girls.
Similarly, Shake has a serious rhythmic
groove and density making old-time
instruments feel entirely modern.
The Shook Twins for What We Do
wanted to record closer to their home base
of Portland, Oregon, and also wanted to
record in one long session for the first time.
The choice of Hadlock, Katelyn said, was
an attempt to see if a bigger-name producer
could boost the bands profile. We just
decided to make a more legit record, she
said.
And to pay for the session, the Shook
Twins had a concurrent Kickstarter
campaign, which Katelyn said was exciting
and also nerve-racking. The band had a
$25,000 goal, and of course there was no
guarantee theyd meet it.
Fortunately, Katelyn said, the money
came in more than $26,000 in 30 days:
It was a consistent flow of fans willing to
donate, so we didnt feel stressed out or
anything. It just actually fueled the whole
process.
The Shook Twins will perform on Thursday,
April 16, at the Redstone Room (129 Main
Street, Davenport; RiverMusicExperience.
org). The show starts at 7:30 p.m. and also
features Barstool Boogaloo and Victor &
Penny. Tickets are $10 to $12.
For more information on the Shook Twins,
visit ShookTwins.com.
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THEATRE
Supper Heroines

By Thom White
thomasjasonwhite@gmail.com
The Church Basement Ladies in: The Last (Potluck) Supper,

at the Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse through May 16
he fifth time
Kaitlyn Casanovas
is apparbeleaguered
ently the
mother-of-two
charm for writer
Beverly is like her
Greta Grosch and
mother (Deborah
composer/lyricist
Kennedys evenDrew Jansen, as the
handed Karin),
final installment in
as some of the
the Church Baseflashbacks include
ment Ladies series
similar lessons
is, for me, the most
theyre taught by
cohesive and amusthe other ladies
ing from beginning
such as how to
Kaitlyn Casanova, Deborah Kennedy, Tom Walljasper,
to end. Primarmake egg coffee
Rachelle Walljasper, and Kay Francis
ily, this is because
and handle a
theres a clear plot that ties together the story as,
rude teenager and expressions of impatience
through flashbacks, we learn about the founding
from each, proving the adage Like mother, like
of the shows rural-Minnesota church, the initial
daughter to be true.
introduction of the titular ladies to their baseWhile Jansens songs feature mostly
ment kitchen, and the eventual disbanding of the unmemorable melodies and wordy lyrics, there
congregation. This musical is the history of the
are a few moments of brilliance within them,
ladies Lutheran church in its entirety, a thread
particularly in the clever rhyming of such lines
that pulls together the proceedings in a beautiful
as Let me croon a verse about how God created
way.
the universe in the musicals opening number
In truth, I think I laughed louder and longer
On the Eighth Day. There are also several
during the first few minutes of Fridays The
big numbers that elicit toe-tapping and allow
Church Basement Ladies in: The Last (Potluck)
choreographer Andrea Moore to inject some
Supper than I did during any of the Circa 21
physical fun into them, such as You Can Learn
Dinner Playhouses productions of three (of
a Lot about a Lady, the Latin themed Momthe four) previous installments. These opening
bo, and the disco number that samples several
moments involve Rachelle Walljaspers handy
familiar hits including I Will Survive and This
farm gal Mavis and Kay Francis curmudgeonly
Gal.
Vivian climbing over each other, atop the kitchen
Groschs book, meanwhile, maintains a
sink, to talk with Tom Walljaspers Pastor
perfect balance in including familiar bits from
Gunderson through the basement window, as the previous Church Basement Ladies stories such
two play up the ridiculousness of the situation
as Mavis One, two, three, uff-da! as she opens
without taking it over-the-top. We only see
the furnace room door with her rear end and
their legs and hear their grunts and groans, but
new humor, as when a flashback introduction
they make comedy gold of it as they essentially
from one of the ladies includes the line, I think I
wrestle atop a sink counter that barely has room
was wearing this same dress. This fifth and final
for just one of them. While the set is mostly the
piece in the story feels fresh, even though were
same one used for the other Church Basement
revisiting women so many Circa 21 patrons have
Ladies musicals at Circa 21, this bit involving the come to love throughout this series. Personally
womens flailing legs and rolling bodies, which
speaking, I wish this were the series first musical
is already hilarious, also shows off a clever piece
because it sets things up so well, offering a better
in scenic designer Scott Herbsts set that allows
perspective on the lives of these women, and
a view of whats happening on both sides of the
particularly their emotional investments in their
window at the same time.
church.
While this sink-climbing scene is, for me,
I havent written very positively about the
the shows funniest moment, there are so many
Church Basement Ladies franchise for past
more laughs throughout director Curt Wollans
Circa 21 productions, and I stand behind those
piece, particularly when the actors portray other
reviews. The Church Basement Ladies in: The
characters. One involves the women, dressed
Last (Potluck) Supper, however, struck all the
in hats and ties, imagining their husbands at a
right cords for me, thanks to a featured plotline
cemetery board meeting voicelessly deciding,
that, unlike in previous pieces, ties up all loose
as board members, mundane things about the
ends. In this case, the last is certainly not the
handling of the grounds. There are also short
least.
bits involving the Scandinavian founders of
the church, and even the never-before-seen
The Church Basement Ladies in: The Last
(but mentioned in every previous installment)
(Potluck) Supper runs at the Circa 21 Dinner
woman who brings the same hot dish to pass for
Playhouse (1828 Third Avenue, Rock Island)
every church function, whom the ladies refuse
through May 16, and more information and
to serve because of their distaste for it, and for
tickets are available by calling (309)786-7733
her. Were also privy to seeing just how much
extension 2 or visiting Circa21.com.
Movie Reviews
11
by Mike Schulz mike@rcreader.com
Lay It Forward
IT FOLLOWS
Any horror fan who came of age with

Halloween, Friday the 13th, and their many
sequels knows the ironclad rule regarding
imperiled teens: If they have sex, theyre
gonna die. So maybe youll have to be of
a certain generation or have an affinity
for a certain breed of shocker to get the
most from It Follows, writer/director David
Robert Mitchells intensely witty, pretty
damned scary tale of a young woman
diagnosed with a literally murderous, and
ambulatory, STD.
After a seemingly fun date, with a
seemingly nice guy, that ends in backseat
intercourse, our pretty blonde lead Jay
(Maika Monroe) finds herself chloroformed
and bound to a wheelchair in an abandoned
building in downtown Detroit. With a
panicked apology, her new beau Hugh
(Jake Weary) explains whats happening:
Through their lovemaking, hes saddled Jay
with a supernatural curse in which shell
be persistently followed, and eventually
killed, by malevolent figures that only she
can see. (It Follows prelude shows a similar
victims ghastly end.) Yet there is a cure.
Jay can have sex with someone else and
pass the curse on to him and pray that he
quickly passes it on in turn, or the invisible
marauders will return their attentions to Jay.
Staring at that paragraph, I realize it might
be impossible to make Mitchells film sound
like anything beyond horror-porn sleaze,
and It Follows certainly doesnt shy away
from its exploitative bent. (Try as I might,
I cant quite figure out why so many of the
unearthly tormentors need to be naked.) Yet
the movie casts a hypnotic, tantalizing spell.
Mitchells Detroit is some unaccountable
hybrid of the past and present: Modern
teens watch 50s

seen. Yet this wellmonster movies
acted (particularly
on antenna-ed
by Monroe and
black-andKeir Gilchrist),
white TVs; a
sharply written,
girl reads from
fascinatingly
Dostoyevskys
designed,
The Idiot on her
inventively staged
clam-shaped
outing is like no
iPhone; parents
other horror movie
bring kids to see
since Under the
1963s Charade
Skin It Follows
Maika Monroe in It Follows
at the one-screen
you home and
movie house
doesnt go away.
complete with live organist. Between its offkilter mise en scne, its air of moody disquiet,
GET HARD
and Mitchells languid, dream-like rhythms,
Will Ferrell is tall and white. Kevin Hart
all of It Follows feels like its taking place in
is short and black. And therein lie the
Mulholland Dr.s Club Silencio, but with a
central, endlessly repeated jokes of director
throbbing, insistent synth score in place of
Etan Cohens Get Hard, in which Ferrells
lip-synched Roy Orbison. (Composer Rich
heading-for-San-Quentin millionaire
Vreelands Im here, damn it! soundscape,
solicits Harts car-wash entrepreneur for
with its heavy debt to John Carpenter, is the
aid in surviving prison because, ya know,
rare ultra-aggressive score thats absolutely
he mustve been in prison, right? (But he
right for the material.)
wasnt! Oh, the irony!) Top-loaded with
And good God but the film is creepy,
race-relations, gay-panic, and sexual-assault
whether Mitchell is freaking you out with
gags too toothless to qualify as dangerous,
in-your-face terrors beware the hallways
let alone offensive, the movies about as bad
hulking giant or startling you with
as youd expect, and a little worse when it
peripheral images of slowly approaching
suddenly remembers it needs a plot and
figures whom Jays friends might or might
dives headfirst into execrable-80s-actionnot see. (In one especially potent beachfront
comedy territory. But it boasts some good
bit, were convinced a background figure
things. Despite their material, Ferrell and
is her pal Yara until a reverse-angle shot
Hart make a charming odd couple, the
shows Yara, instead, contentedly floating
former as goofy as usual, the latter less
on the lake.) There are several storyline
manic than usual. Each has a few winning
inconsistencies and unresolved detours,
solo moments, with Ferrells increasingly
and those who crave less-subtle scares and
byzantine attempts at profanity and Harts
more narrative closure will likely hate the
prison-yard impersonations their finest.
experience; I wasnt at all surprised, upon
And while you certainly wish better for
leaving the auditorium, to hear a teen patron
them than this, the supporting cast features
say, That was the worst movie Ive ever
Alison Brie, Edwina Findley, Craig T.

Nelson, and, best of all, the rapper Tip
T.I. Harris, spectacularly funny and
threatening and charismatic as Harts
prison-savvy cousin. If Get Hard itself
seems to vanish after T.I. exits, thats
because its hiding in his pocket.
HOME
A lonely alien meets a lonely little girl
in Home, and amazingly, throughout the
90 minutes of this animated adventure,
home was about the last place I wanted
to be. Director Tim Johnsons zippy,
colorful, incredibly clever outing one
that, I kid you not, is all about the
comedic awkwardness of accidentally
hitting reply all instead of reply
is somewhat bland in typical, familyfriendly ways. Its also fabulously atypical
in many others, from the scale of its
slapstick (watch the Eiffel Tower turn
upside-down mid-air!) to the race and
gender of its central characters (listen to
Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez sing and act
beautifully!) to the deep emotionalism of
its climactic scenes (fail miserably as you
attempt not to cry!). All told, Home is a
great, smart, silly time with additionally
marvelous vocal work by Steve Martin
and Breaking Bads Badger Matt Jones,
and Jim Parsons is lovable perfection as
our squat, purple hero Oh as in, Oh, I
really, really like this movie.
For reviews of Insurgent, The Gunman,
Do You Believe?, and other current
releases, visit RiverCitiesReader.com.
Follow Mike on Twitter at Twitter.com/
MikeSchulzNow.
12
Whats Happenin
Music
The Ghost Wolves
Rozz-Tox
Saturday, April 11, 9 p.m.
T
1) Im Yo ____
2) ____ Fang Thang
3) Big ____
4) Broke ____
5) First ____
6) Ride the ____
A) Baby
B) Joke
C) Love
D) Mudda
E) Star
F) Wolf
he married musicians of The Ghost Wolves,

Carley and Jonny Wolf, will be performing at
Rock Islands Rozz-Tox on April 11, and according
WanderingSound.coms Lenny Kaye, the artists feral
take on transgressive rock n roll finds them showing
a joy in the turn-it-up that evokes the visceral virtues of
rock at its most raw and elemental. So plan on having a
blast. Kaye goes on to write that during a recent SXSW
concert, one of Carleys particular slide solos scratched
me behind the ears, wagged my tail, and made me chase
a ball. So plan on also bringing some kibble to nosh on.
Pictured here with their dog Winter who
accompanies them on tour (although theres no word
on whether he helps pay for gas), Carley and Jonny
followed vastly different musical paths prior to The

Ghost Wolves 2011 debut. Carley toured as a mandolin
player with San Franciscos old-time bluegrass band The
Crooked Jades, and Jonny performed on two tours with
country sensation Junior Brown.
But as an Austin, Texas-based two-piece, the
spouses have been exhilarating music fans and critics
with their self-described stomp and roll that blends
elements of garage rock, punk, and the blues, and that
led SpectrumCulture.com to call the Ghost Wolves an
energetic rock outfit at a time when there seems to be less
energy in rock every day.
Not if Carley and Jonny have anything to say about
it! And on their two albums to date 2011s In Ya Neck!
and 2014s Man, Woman, Beast they do. So how wellacquainted with their output are you? Try filling in the
blanks on the six tunes to the left found in The Ghost
Wolves discography.
The Ghost Wolves Rock Island concert opens with a set
by Pop Goes the Evil, and more information is available
by calling (309)200-0978 or visiting RozzTox.com.
Answers: 1 D, 2 A, 3 E, 4 B, 5 C, 6 F. That last number is certainly catchy, but for Heavens sake, dont ever try it. I hear wolves dont like that.
Music
Liz Longley
The Redstone Room

Wednesday, April 15, 7:30 p.m.
avenports Redstone Room will host

a very special concert event on April
15, and I know what youre thinking: Ugh
April 15. That annual day of dread, knowing
the obligation you have to attend to before
midnight that, as usual, youre almost
criminally perhaps literally criminally
unprepared for.
RiverCitiesReader.com
Im referring, of course, to April 15 being

my dads birthday. How does this date keep
sneaking up on me? I mean, I had a whole year
to pick out the perfect tie!
Happily, though, this years April 15 will
be made much sweeter via the Redstone
Room concert with songwriting chanteuse
Liz Longley, whose album-release tour makes
a local stop in support of her new, self-titled
offering.
A 2010 graduate of the Berklee College of
Music with musical leanings toward pop, folk,
and Americana, the 27-year-old Longley had
been the beneficiary of accolades and praise
long before reviewers listened to her 11-track
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by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
Music
edeater
Island Brewing Company

sday, April 9, 8 p.m.
he grunge-, sludge-, and

stoner-metal musicians of
deater will play a suree-electrifying concert at the Rock Island
wing Company on April 8, and I could
y spend my space here talking about the
th Carolina outfits incredible 17-year
ing history, or the groups four successful
ms, or that time frontman Dave Dixie
ins accidentally shot off his toe with a
gun.
could also dedicate my word count to
pets from some of Weedeaters more
atic reviews. Such as SputnikMusic.
s rave about Collins teeth-rattling
and throat-searing vocals and the
bum. According to a March

The Huffington Post, acclaim
smooth, soulful vocal stylings
onesty actually began as early as
when the nascent artist received
ation for performing her first
Bye Bye Baby.
however, admiration for the
native has only grown, and on
ale, to boot. Prior to her Berklee
ongley was the recipient of
ky Mountain Folk Festivals
showcase and the 2010 BMI John
writing Scholarship Competition,
ed a songwriting citation from the
bands atmospheric and

progressive styles. Or this
one from Pitchfork.com:
Bassist and frontman Dave
Dixie Collins howls as if
the bong resin covering
his larynx were scraped
clean with razor blades
soaked in brown whiskey,
and guitarist Dave Shep
Shepherd saturates the space between Collins
meat-hook bass melodies with ample fuzz.
(Thats a compliment, right?)
But in all honesty, I cant think of a better
way to promote Weedeaters upcoming RIBCO
concert than by letting the bands online
biography from Weedeater.com do it for me.
So:
Their unfiltered and unrefined energy
surges uncontrollably through the band and
anyone who bears witness to their live show.
Spite and deep resentment somehow fuse with
comedy and maximum volume to produce
International Acoustic Music Awards.

But its with her first album for Sugar Hill
Records, and the plaudits accompanying it,
that Longley has officially joined the ranks of
her generations most gifted singer/songwriters.
American Songwriter magazine, for instance,
praises the artists sweet, clear, sensitive voice,
strong sense of melody, and introspective
lyrics, and states that every track boasts a
memorable musical or lyrical hook that feels
natural and organic. Philadelphia Weekly
writes, Liz Longley hits that scintillating sweet
spot for female singer-songwriters: not quite
country, a little folksy, far from schmaltzy, and
patently gutsy.
an indignant, vomitous (both figuratively and

sometimes literally) performance that is forced
upon the willing yet hapless crowd. You are
instantly swallowed whole by both Dixie and
Sheps nearly indistinguishable monster bass
and guitar tones, and you are absolutely beaten
to a bloody pulp and scared for your life by
Keko [Kirkum]s crazed yet amazingly potent
bashing of his kit, with sticks that look like tree
trunks turning into a splintered mess by the
end of every song. If you had any sense, you
might actually take a step back and contemplate
your safety for a moment, but then you come to
your senses (sort of, anyway) and realize youre
at a f---ing Weedeater show, and this is why you
came here, and there is no way to deny what
you are witnessing. Pure, unabashed, musical
violence in every form.
Any questions?
Weedeater performs with opening sets by
King Parrot and Crater, and more information
on the night is available by calling (309)7931999 or visiting RIBCO.com.
And PopDose.com raves, Liz Longleys
self-titled debut on the legendary Sugar Hill
label is a thing of beauty, and adds that her
songs, which are lyric-smart and melody-rich,
immediately hit all the right notes and heights.
So reserve tickets for this phenomenal talents
concert on April 15. It starts at 7:30 p.m. and
will be over before midnight, so therell still be
time to get my dad a gift.
Liz Longleys Redstone Room concert
features an opening set by Brian Wright,
and more information and tickets are
available by calling (563)326-1333 or visiting
RiverMusicExperience.org.
13
What Else Is
Happenin
MUSIC
Thursday, April 2 ZZ Top.

Concert with the chart-topping
musicians and members of the Rock
& Roll Hall of Fame. Adler Theatre (136
East Third Street, Davenport). 7:30
p.m. $55-75. For tickets, call (800)7453000 or visit AdlerTheatre.com.
Thursday, April 2 Daphne Willis.
Alternative-country, rock, and folk
musician in concert, with an opening
set by Gina Venier. The Redstone
Room (129 Main Street, Davenport).
7:30 p.m. $9.50-10. For tickets and
information, call (563)326-1333 or visit
Friday, April 3 Ricky Nelson
Remembered. Tribute concert to the
pop star with Matthew and Gunnar
Nelson. Quad-Cities Waterfront
Convention Center (2021 State Street,
Bettendorf). 7:30 p.m. For information,
call (800)724-5828 or visit Bettendorf.
IsleOfCapriCasinos.com.
Friday, April 3 Darlingside.
Indie-folk musicians in concert, with
an opening set by Tall Heights. The
Redstone Room (129 Main Street,
Davenport). 8:30 p.m. $9.50-10. For
tickets and information, call (563)3261333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.
For a 2014 interview with Darlingsides
Don Mitchell, visit RCReader.com/y/
darlingside.
Friday, April 3 Sara Rachele.
Concert with the New York-based
singer/songwriter, with an opening
set by Erin Moore. Rozz-Tox (2108
Third Avenue, Rock Island). 9 p.m. $5-
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What Else Is Happenin
10. For information, call (309)200-0978 or the direction of Mark Hurty. Saturday:
visit RozzTox.com.
Adler Theatre (136 East Third Street,
Friday, April 3, and Saturday, April
Davenport), 8 p.m. Sunday: Augustana
4 Natty Scratch. A 43rd-anniversary
Colleges Centennial Hall (3703
weekend featuring
Seventh Avenue, Rock
all the bands original
Island), 2 p.m. $13.50members. Friday:
66.35. For tickets, call
The Rusty Nail (2606
(800)745-3000 or visit
West Locust Street,
QCSymphony.com.
Davenport); 8:30
Saturday, April
p.m.; for information,
11 Galactic Cowboy
call (563)386-1900.
Orchestra. Jazz, classical,
Saturday: Main Event
bluegrass, and Southern(3819 State Street,
rock musicians in
Mason Jennings @ The
Bettendorf); 8:30 p.m.;
concert. The Redstone
Redstone Room - April 10
for information, call
Room (129 Main Street,
(563)359-3938.
Davenport). 8 p.m. $9.50-10. For tickets
Saturday, April 4 Harper & Midwest and information, call (563)326-1333 or
Kind. Australian singer/songwriter Peter
visit RiverMusicExperience.org.
D. Harper and his ensemble in concert,
Tuesday, April 14 Abraham Lincoln
with an opening set by Dan Hubbard.
in Song. Chris Vallillo weaves original,
The Redstone Room (129 Main Street,
contemporary, and traditional songs
Davenport). 8 p.m. $12-15. For tickets
and narratives into a performance
and information, call (563)326-1333 or
commemorating the 150th anniversary
visit RiverMusicExperience.org.
of the presidents death. Butterworth
Saturday, April 4 Har-di-Har.
Center (1105 Eighth Street, Moline). 7
Spouses and freak pop musicians
p.m. Free. For information, call (309)743Julie and Andrew Thoreen in concert,
2701 or visit ButterworthCenter.com.
with opening sets by Condor & Jaybird
Wednesday, April 15 Shana Falana.
and Tambourine. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third
Concert with the Brooklyn-based pop
Avenue, Rock Island). 9 p.m. $5-10. For
artist. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Avenue, Rock
Island). 8 p.m. $5-10. For information, call
RozzTox.com. For a 2013 interview with
(309)200-0978 or visit RozzTox.com.
Julie Thoreen, visit RCReader.com/y/
hardihar.
Sunday, April 5 Iowa All-Star Tour.
Thursday, April 9, through Sunday,
Concert with the Midwestern musicians
April 19 The Complete Works of
Brooks Strause, Dana T, Dylan Sires &
William Shakespeare (abridged). A
Neighbors, Curt Oren, and Extravision.
slapstick blend of the Bards works by
Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Avenue, Rock
Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess
Island). 7 p.m. $5-10. For information, call
Winfield, directed by Tom Morrow.
(309)200-0978 or visit RozzTox.com.
Richmond Hill Barn Theatre (600
Friday, April 10 The Schwag.
Robinson Drive, Geneseo). Thursdays
Grateful Dead tribute musicians in
through Saturdays 7:30 p.m., Sundays 3
concert. Rock Island Brewing Company
p.m. $10. For tickets and information, call
(1815 Second Avenue, Rock Island). 9:30
(309)944-2244 or visit RHPlayers.com.
p.m. $10. For information, call (309)793Friday, April 10, through Saturday,
4060 or visit RIBCO.com.
April 18 God of Carnage. Yasmina
Friday, April 10 Mason Jennings.
Rezas Tony-winning dark comedy about
Concert with the folk-pop singer/
warring married couples, directed by
songwriter. The Redstone Room
Kevin Babbitt. Scott Community College
(129 Main Street, Davenport). 7
Student Life Center (Room 2400 through
p.m. $27.50-32.50. For tickets and
Door 5, 500 Belmont Road, Bettendorf).
Fridays and Saturdays 7 p.m. $7 at the
door. For information, call (563)441-4339
Saturday, April 11, and Sunday,
or e-mail kdbabbitt@eicc.edu.
April 12 Quad City Symphony
Monday, April 13 Molly Brown: More
Orchestra. Mark Russell Smith conducts
Than Unsinkable. Barbara Kay presents a
a world premiere by James Stephenson,
one-woman show on the Titanic survivor
Schoenbergs Friede auf Erden, and
and social reformer. Moline Public Library
Beethovens Symphony No. 9, featuring
(3210 41st Street, Moline). 6:30 p.m. Free.
guests from Quad City Choral Arts and
For information, call (309)524-2470 or visit
the Handel Oratorio Society under
MolineLibrary.com.
THEATRE
Tuesday, April 14, through Friday,

May 15 Fancy Nancy: The Musical.
Family show based on Jane OConnors
childrens book, directed by Andrea
Moore. Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse
(1828 Third Avenue, Rock Island). 10
a.m. and/or 1 p.m. performances on
select Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays,
and Saturdays. $8.50 For tickets and
information, call (309)786-7733 extension
2 or visit Circa21.com.
St. Ambrose Universitys Morrissey

Gallery (2010 Gaines Street, Davenport).
Mondays through Fridays 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Free. For information, call (563)333-6444
or visit SAU.edu/morrissey.
Saturday, April 4, through
Sunday, April 12 Young Artists
at the Figge: North Scott. Exhibit of
works by elementary art students.
Figge Art Museum (225 West Second
Street, Davenport). Tuesdays through
Saturdays 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursdays
10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sundays noon-5 p.m.
Free with $4-7 museum admission.
Saturday, April 4, and Saturday,
For information, call
April 11
(563)326-7804 or visit
Rock City
FiggeArtMuseum.org.
Live. Sean
Sunday, April 12,
Leary and
through Sunday,
My Verona
July 26 From Woof
Productions
to Wolf: The Dogs of
present
Deutschland. Exhibit
a sketchshowcasing German
comedy show
dogs through photos
in the vein of
and written material.
Saturday Night
German American
Live. Circa 21
Ben Kronberg @ The Backroom
Heritage Center (712
Speakeasy
Comedy Theater - April 10
West Second Street,
(1818 Third
Davenport). Tuesdays through Saturdays
Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. $10-12. For
10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sundays noon-4 p.m.
tickets and information, call (309)786Free with $3-5 museum admission. For
7733 extension 2 or visit Circa21.com.
Friday, April 10 Ben Kronberg. An
GAHC.org.
evening of stand-up with the nationally
touring comedian and star of the Web
series Ted & Gracie. The Backroom
Comedy Theater (1510 Harrison Street,
Saturday, April 11 Bacon & Beer
Davenport). 7 p.m. $10-12. For tickets
Festival. Event featuring presentations
and information, call (309)781-9617 or
and samples from the regions top
visit BlacklistComedy.com.
eateries, pork purveyors, and craft
breweries. Davenport RiverCenter (136
East Third Street, Davenport). 4:30-8:30
p.m. $25-50. For tickets, call (800)745Tuesday, April 14 Discovering
3000 or visit RiverCtr.com.
the Dutch. A World Adventure Series
Saturday, April 11 5K Run/Walk
screening presented by filmmaker Sandy
for Epilepsy. Fundraiser featuring
Mortimer. Putnam Museum (1717 West
family activities and an after-party, with
12th Street, Davenport). 1 and 7 p.m.
proceeds helping to fund the Epilepsy
$6.50-8.50. For tickets and information,
Foundations camPossible! camp
call (563)324-1933 or visit Putnam.org.
for youths with epilepsy. Augustana
Colleges PepsiCo Recreation Center (639
38th Street, Rock Island). 9 a.m.-noon.
Saturday, April 11 Quad City
$17-30 registration. For information and
Rollers. Matches with the all-female
to register, call (309)373-0377 or e-mail
flat-track roller-derby team. QCCA
efqc@efncil.org.
Expo Center (2621 Fourth Avenue,
Saturday, April 11 QC Annual
Rock Island). 6 p.m. $10-12. For tickets
Father/Daughter Dance. Formal
and information, visit Facebook.com/
event hosted by Timrek3 Productions.
QuadCityRollers.
Golden Leaf Banquet & Convention
Center (2902 East Kimberly Road,
Davenport). 6 p.m. $30 plus $20 for each
Friday, April 3, through Friday, May
additional daughter. For information
15 Gender: A Printmaking Portfolio
and to reserve, call (470)231-4748 or visit
Exchange. Printmaking exhibit in the
Timrek3Productions.com.
universitys Exploring Gender series.
COMEDY
EVENTS
MOVIES
SPORTS
EXHIBITS
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COVER STORY
A Foot in the Door

Throughout Nightlight, Beck and Woods
are tremendously playful in their cruelly
suspenseful way of keeping characters offscreen for long periods of time, and especially
in messing with audience assumptions of who
(or what) is holding the flashlight at any given
moment.
And they throw so much into the stew
monsters, wild animals, ghosts, possession
that the movie might best be appreciated as
a poker-faced parody of found-footage scare
flicks.
But lest you think Beck and Woods are
merely horror junkies, they were the ones
who mentioned the Lumires along with
some more-contemporary heroes.
Woods said Nightlight drew significantly
from Gus Van Sants Death Trilogy:
Gerry, Elephant, and Last Days. He just
kind of follows these characters with these
long tracking shots, he said, and he and
Beck thought it would be interesting to
appropriate that style into the horror genre.
To be able to follow characters around for
extended periods of time ... could be really
suspenseful in a horror context. (Ironically,
Van Sant has finished the drama The Sea of
Trees, which takes place in Japans Suicide
Forest one inspiration for Nightlight.)
Beck and Woods also wanted to make a
movie that looked better than its peers.
This film in general is very odd for
us, Beck said. This ... was much more a
documentary approach. But we still wanted
to make sure there was something visually
aesthetic to it. Thats our sensibility.
Found footage you associate with a lowbudget, kind of ugly-looking movie, Woods
said. While I do not think we achieved this
at all, our mantra was always like: What
if Stanley Kubrick made a found-footage
movie? What would it look like? What would
a high-end version look like? That was what
we were aspiring to. ... We wanted to do
something that had an aesthetic prettiness to
it as well as be terrifying.
Woods was laughing as he was saying
this, because while one can clearly see an
eye for strong compositions in much of the
duos other work, there really arent many
opportunities for that when the movie is shot
from the point of view of a flashlight. I think
what we realized by the end of the movie, he
said, was [that] Stanley Kubrick would just
never make a found-footage movie.
If the style didnt quite fit with Becks and
Woods natural tendencies or their Kubrickian ideal the long takes, at least, aligned
with their vision. I think we just know as
viewers what we respond to, and certainly
we respond to movies like Children of Men,
Woods said. We love to see directors using
every tool of cinema that they have at their
The Woods Beckon

he reveals the tortured history of the
haunted woods and outlines the rules
for surviving them: Keep your flashlight
off whenever possible, dont write your
name anywhere, and whatever you do,
never enter the church. (Chris ghoststory pause after saying whatever you
do ... made me hope hed follow it with
... dont feed them after midnight,
but while we do get an amusingly
offhanded Ghostbusters gag, theres no
direct reference to Gremlins.) Yet Chris
goes on to explain that everything in
Covington Forest the rocks, the trees,
the animals is possessed by the spirits
of those who committed suicide there.
Not only that, but the teens are advised
that these spirits will play tricks with
their minds, and theyre not to trust what
they see, what they hear, or even with
supernaturally imposed narcolepsy being
one of the regions side effects what
they themselves do.
Well ... that kind of bites. Because
if absolutely anything goes and we
cant believe in anything, how are we
supposed to find any of this scary?
Rules are essential for successful fright
films, as is, generally speaking, some
connection to real-world experience;
imagine how much less terrifying
Halloween wouldve been had we been
informed that Michael Myers could
not only walk, but teleport and fly.
disposal. ... Theres something so ineffective
about a movie thats just covered from every
angle with quick cuts and your basic close-up.
Theres something not moving about that, for
us as viewers.
Theres many ways to shoot a movie, Beck
added, but ideally you come up with the one
right way to shoot it that really conveys the
information as succinctly as possible.
Theres No Handbook
for That
Beck said he and Woods started outlining

Nightlight in 2010 or 2011, when they were
still working in a movie theater.
Those jobs, Woods said, certainly informed
their writing from a love of a collective
horror-movie experience to understanding
teenagers: Its a great way to stay in touch
with real life and real people. ... Having a
sense of what theyre interested in, how they
Consequently, Nightlights The only

rule is ... there are no rules! stratagem
works against the film. Characters fall
asleep in one place and wake up in
another, the dead lumber around many
minutes after theyve perished, noses and
eyes and fingertips bleed for no reason,
unconscious teens levitate, a Groot-like
tree figure occasionally pops up, and
one twist means as much, or as little, as
the next. Theres that famous line in The
Incredibles: When everyones super, no
one will be. In a horror movie, when
anything can happen, nothing truly
interesting will happen.
(The movies most intriguing bit is
actually, in all probability, an accidental
one. Near the end of a teary Robin
monologue midway through, we
suddenly see someone roaming around
in the darkness behind her, appearing
center-screen and trudging off to the left.
Hes never referenced and his movements
dont suggest anything remotely
supernatural, and youre left with the
feeling that this shadowy figure likely
a crew member merely in the wrong
place at the wrong time was just an
embarrassing, unnoticed-til-it-was-toolate-to-fix gaffe, like the notorious ghost
kid in Three Men & a Baby.)
But sterling technique, and a sense of
humor, can outweigh a lot of narrative
complaints, and Nightlight has both
sound when they talk, it was rocket fuel for
writing.
We were just trying to formulate the script
and figure out how the hell we can get out of
these minimum-wage jobs and actually make
a movie, Beck said. L.A.s expensive, and its
not always a fun place to live when youre not
actually making movies. ...
We did write it with a couple paths of
production in mind, he continued. Although
he wouldnt say how much the movie cost
to make, there was also the version where
it could have been done for ... $100,000, for
instance, or $200,000, where it would be
much more pared down and we could bring it
back to Iowa and shoot it.
How they actually got the film made (with
a bigger budget) illustrates the time and
work that go into starting a career in the film
industry. Impulse was a key to getting to the
MTV pilot, and it didnt hurt that the duo had
a prior relationship with MTV Films because
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to spare. Despite the pummeling,

predictable bangs and booms that
arrive in tandem with shock cuts in this
musical-score-less entertainment, the
sound design is superb; I particularly
liked the strange noise conceived for
the flashlight flickering on and off,
which is like an electric crackle laced
with jingle bells. Beck and Woods also
do wonderfully well with their creepy
scenes of sustained quiet, and film editor
Russell Andrews cutting is especially
strong in the early, lighthearted scenes,
punctuating punchlines with such razorsharp skill that it barely matters whether
the jokes are funny or not. (About half
the time, they are; the best one has the
hopelessly uncool Robin attempting,
unsuccessfully, to get in the others
good graces by joining their Twitter
conversation: Do you guys follow the
president?!) Flaws and all, the movie
is a sturdy genre entry, and an excellent
calling card for its gifted writers/
directors. Not long into the film, Nia,
or maybe its Amelia, says to the boys,
Whatever this game is, Im sure itd be
much more fun with beer. I cant really
argue otherwise, but Nightlight is still
plenty of fun without it.
Nightlight is currently available on VOD
providers including iTunes, Amazon.com,
and Direct TV.
of a 2005 development deal won in an mtvU
contest.
The pilot, in turn, was the directing
sample that we took with the script for
Nightlight that was able to sell us as writers/
directors, Beck said.
The Nightlight script with the directing
sample Spread landed the movie financing,
with London as one of the producers.
The movie was shot for five weeks in Utah
in summer 2012, and post-production took
it into summer 2013 time needed to get
Nightlight into a form that made sense for the
horror movie it was.
Its very experimental, Woods said, and
theres really no rules for how to make a
flashlight movie. Theres no handbook for
that.
So while Beck and Woods were fond of
those long, Van Sant-y takes, they werent
always compatible with a genre in which 90
minutes is a typical length. There was a lot of

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work, in other words, getting the movie from

its longest (110 minutes) to its final version
(85 minutes).
What we found was that while that
[longer] version of the film was more
artistically satisfying, Woods said, it was
also a bit alienating and harder to connect
with characters.
As much as it can be enticing and
immersive, Beck said, its also immersive
to the point where I dont know if it would
sustain itself for two hours.
That post-production period was also
important for the movies impressive sound
design, which follows through on the title
sequences visual promise of the audience
effectively being inside a flashlight.
All that culminated with a distributor
screening that also included a hundred
non-industry audience members. (Keep in
mind that finishing a movie doesnt mean
that anybody will actually see the thing.)
The distributors would be watching the
movie with the audience watching the movie
to see how they react, Woods said. It was
super-scary, because we had no idea how
the audience would react. They could have
booed us off the screen. You never know. ...
Luckily, the reaction was really positive.
Lionsgate bought the movie and released
it unmolested. Usually, they have issues with
it, or they want to fix things with it, Beck
said. But ... they really loved the finished
product. ... They slapped the Lionsgate logo
on the front and on the end, and that was
pretty much it.
That distributor screening underscores the
importance of relationships and timing to a
Hollywood career. Beck and Woods received
the script for XOXO from their agents in late
2013 (Are you sure you meant to send to
us? Beck said with a laugh. We just fell in
love with it immediately.), and they pitched
their take on it to Lionsgate within a few
days of the Nightlight screening. Londons
company was already attached to XOXO.
Beck called it very fortuitous that
Lionsgate bought Nightlight at the same time
it was selecting a director for XOXO and
that he and Woods already had a working
relationship with London.
But even though they have a foot in
the door in Hollywood, Beck and Woods
promised that they wont just become
directors for hire or retire their Bluebox
Films production company.
Our model has and always will be that
there are situations where we will come
aboard as directors if its a script that we
really, really love, Beck said. But its so odd
and so hard to find a script that connects
with us. Usually that means Bryan and I want
to write our own material.
MUSIC
Bloom Where Youre Planted

I could tell you about Durham, Raleigh,
Chapel Hill, Fuquay-Varina ... tiny places
and strawberry festivals and all the cracks in
between. I was everywhere. And I dont look
on that time with anything but fondness,
because thats how you cut your teeth,
and learn to deal with different kinds of
audiences.
I still remember when I had a regular
Thursday night at the Sheraton, she
continues. In the lobby. Thats when I
learned literally hundreds of tunes. People
would come and say, Oh, do you know this
tune? This one would be great for you! And
it got to be a thing where musicians would
come and hang out even people who were
passing through to do shows would sit in. So
I got to work with a lot of different people
and it was really a great experience, learning
how to test the temperature of the room and
know what kind of repertoire works in which
situation.
Her local career, however, became an
international one thanks in large part to
Freelons 1990 introduction to the legendary
jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis. I met him at a
Southern Arts Federation jazz conference,
she says, and we became friends, and he
continues to be a mentor and a great role
model for me. Every time there was an
opportunity to speak my name in a positive
way or recommend me for something, he
did. My record contract with Columbia
Records was a direct result of his speaking
on my behalf to George Butler, who was the
producer of my first record.
Following the fast success of 1992s
Nnenna Freelon, which climbed to number
11 on Billboards jazz charts, Freelon began
a busy recording and touring schedule that
continues to this day, and that has found
her sharing stages with the likes of Aretha
Franklin, Anita Baker, Herbie Hancock, and
during one especially memorable tour
Ray Charles.
I mean, you want to talk about an
amazing artist, says Freelon. He had an
ability to read an audience without actually
seeing them, and know just which tune
to call. So I would just stand in the wings
watching a master a master do his thing.
It was an incredible education.
Ive had all these opportunities to travel
the world, she continues, and to travel with
our kids. And Ive been so lucky, because Ive
been able to impress on them that I got here
on the wings of my art. We got here through
love, and we got here because Im doing what
I love, and theyve all carried that notion with
them into their lives. Do what you love, and
let the money chase you. You dont do it the
other way around.
Two Hats, at Least
Currently, Freelon is spreading her artistic

wings even further and also stretching
her acting, singing, and compositional
muscles with the touring production The
Clothesline Muse.
I always wanted to branch out and do
some other things that involve the voice,
she says, but that also involved acting. I
mean, I always dreamed that I would be
on Broadway one day. And Ive auditioned
several times for Aida, Ive auditioned for
The Color Purple. But there are very few
roles, and what roles there are, you know,
Youre too old, Youre too young, Youre
too this or that ... .
She laughs. You cant take it personally.
But I finally realized, you know, If you
want to do this in your lifetime, you may
have to write something yourself. And in
speaking with my mentors and people who
are well-versed in this world, they all gave
me the same advice: Write about something
you know about. Dont write something so
outside of your own personal experience
that it rings false.
Using the experiences of her mother,
grandmother, and great-grandmother as
well as some of her own as inspiration,
what Freelon wrote was The Clothesline
Muse. Its a multi-disciplinary piece, she
explains, and a collaboration between three
artists: myself; my daughter Maya FreelonAsante, whos a wonderful visual artist and
did the set design and the projections; and
her mother-in-law Dr. Kariamu Welsh, who
choreographed the dance in the piece. So its
dance, its visual, and its music. And I wrote
the music and am in the piece, so thats two
hats, at least, that Im wearing.
Its the story of a grandmother, Grandma
Blu, whos an elderly washerwoman who is
very tied to her clothesline and clothesline
culture. She sees the clothesline as a place of
memory and history, and wants to share her
knowledge with her granddaughter Mary
Mack, whos a little hard-headed and a very
modern young woman. Shes plugged into
her online culture and social media, and
wants nothing to do with the clothesline or
grandmas stories.
So through the evening, Freelon
continues, you get this inter-generational
clash of values, and this tug-of-war as Mary
begins to understand that theres more than
meets the eye here, and more hanging on
that line than just sheets. Every story in the
piece comes out of grandmas clothes basket,
and every article of clothing has a story,
and theyre all told through visual images
and music and dance. We premiered it in
Philadelphia in April of 2014 and began the
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2015 tour in West Palm Beach in January,

and its been so much fun and has gotten
great reactions.
While Quad Citians wont be able to see
the complete Clothesline Muse production
during Freelons area stay, many of her local
engagements will feature the performer
talking about my reflections on creating the
piece and singing some of the music from
the piece, and Ill have a few visuals with
me.
Then, in April 18s residency-ending
concert at the Bettendorf High School
Performing Arts Center, Freelons
performance is going to be myself with
my trio, and well be doing songs from my
last album Homefree. So therell be a variety
of different events while Im circulating
through the community. Its going to be a
total smorgasbord.
And the menu, of course, will also
find the Quad City Arts Visiting Artist
performing for children in her numerous
appearances at local schools, which delights
this passionate, longtime advocate for arts
education who served four years as the
national spokesperson for the initiative
Partners in Education.
I grew up as an artist, she says, and I
grew up as a mother, and those things are
kind of mooshed together for me. I feel
Im a better mother because Im an artist,
and I know Im a better artist because Im
a mother. So I love being able to share my
journey with students. I always tell them
that there was a time when I only knew, like,
10 tunes. But you begin where you are, and
you go from there.
You have to totally look at the wonder of
the blessings that come when youre open to
doing what youre supposed to be doing, and
how beautiful it is when you have a life you
love. Its not always easy, but when youre not
dreading going to work, and when the work
you do feeds you, then it cant help but feed
everybody else around you.
Nnenna Freelons Quad City Arts Visiting
Artist residency concludes with an April
18 concert at the Bettendorf High School
Performing Arts Center (3333 18th Street) at
7 p.m.; admission is free, though donations
are encouraged. Freelon will also perform free
public events at Black Hawk College (Building
4, room 115, 6600 34th Avenue, Moline) on
April 8 at 11 a.m.; the Moline Public Library
(3210 41st Street) on April 11 at 3 p.m.; and
the Deere-Wiman Carriage House (817 11th
Avenue, Moline) on April 17 at 3 p.m.
For more information on Nnenna Freelon
and her area residency, visit Nnenna.com and
QuadCityArts.com.
18
Ask
the
Wane of Terror
Advice
Goddess
Ive been seeing this guy long-distance.

I havent really been feeling it and kind of
let it drop off, thinking hed get the hint. He
keeps texting and calling. I keep telling him
Im just really busy. The truth is Ive met
somebody else. Do I have to tell him?
Dreading It
Even milk and meat have the courtesy
to let you know when theyre expiring.
You, on the other hand, reeled in a guys
heart, watched it flop around on the carpet,
and then misplaced it under a pile of old
newspapers.
Life is short! you hear people say. And it
can be if youre in the habit of Snapchatting
while meandering across bus lanes. But as
the Stoic philosopher Seneca said, It is not
that we have a short time to live, but that
we waste a lot of it. Unfortunately, other
people sometimes waste it for us, such as by
expecting us to get the hint that theyre done
with us. By the way, men, especially, tend to
be poor at hint-taking. So yes, you actually
have to tell the guy rather than continue
with your current approach: I dumped you.
Youre smart. Youll figure it out eventually.
To be human is to procrastinate to put
off till tomorrow (or the second Tuesday in
never) what we could do today. Behavioralscience research finds that we are biased
toward the right now, irrationally overvaluing
a small payoff we can have right away over
a substantially larger one down the road.
Were especially quick to put off anything
that involves duty (and its conjoined twin,
discomfort). This is irrational because
deferring almost always costs far more
like if we delay going to the doctor until we
have not only a tumor but one with 3,651
Facebook friends.
Likewise, instead of cleverly escaping the
stress of breaking up, youve built stressing
about it into your daily routine: Coffee
ignore uncomfortable text feed the cat
duck his call. It seems that ending the
daily feel-bads should be motivation enough
for you to clue the guy in. The problem is,
the human motivational system tends to be
in-activated by avoidance goals negative
outcomes were trying to avoid, such as
avoiding feeling guilty for stringing a guy
along. (It doesnt help that the reward here
shifting from feeling guilty to feeling relieved
BY AMY ALKON
is abstract and intangible.) What we find

most motivating are approach goals, positive
outcomes we strive toward. To recast breaking
up in that way, offer yourself an immediate
and tangible reward, such as treating yourself
to a big sloppy dessert right after you do the
deed.
Telling him in a timely way is something
you do not just for him but for you, because
what you do becomes who you are: Murder
and youre a murderer. Garden and youre
a gardener. Keep a guy on the hook and
well, okay, that one goes a little off track. But
doing the right thing, the kind thing, would
take what? Five uncomfortable minutes on
the phone? The cumulative dread of doing
it probably feels way worse than the actual
doing. Plus, the momentary awfulness seems a
small price to pay to become a different sort of
person one who doesnt make a guy feel like
the kid whose mom was supposed to pick him
up after soccer but instead moved to Belize.
Baby Got Backpack
I saw your recent column about a hiking

date, and I was wondering whether Id seem
cheap if I asked a woman on a hike for the
first date. A buddy says itd seem rude to a
woman to not be wined and dined, and Id
come off as chintzy or poor. Im neither,
but hikings fun, and I like the idea of not
spending big on first dates (most of which
are busts anyway).
Mountain Man
On a first date, a woman should be getting
to know you, not getting to know how much
you can put on your MasterCard before the
waiter comes over with a big pair of scissors.
Sure, some women will find you cheap for
suggesting a hike mainly those who resent
having to trudge up hills to procure a funding
source with a penis. However, even women
who are into exercising arent always into
doing it where they may get close enough to
a bear to see that it could use one of those
little nose hair trimmers. For these women,
you might offer activity date alternatives,
like bowling or attending a street fair or a
gallery opening. These might also work better
for first dates with any women you barely
know alluring as it is to hear, Hi, Im a total
stranger, and Id like to take you off to a dark,
wooded area where theres no cell-phone
reception. (Your shallow grave or mine?)
Got A Problem? Ask Amy Alkon.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
ARIES (March 21-April 19):

Choconiverous is an English slang
word thats defined as having the
tendency, when eating a chocolate
Easter Bunny, to bite the head off first. I
recommend that you adopt this direct approach
in everything you do in the coming weeks.
Dont get bogged down with preliminaries.
Dont get sidetracked by minor details, trivial
distractions, or peripheral concerns. Its your
duty to swoop straight into the center of the
action. Be clear about what you want and
unapologetic about getting it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The
American snack cake known as
a Twinkie contains 68-percent
air. Among its 37 other mostly worthless
ingredients are sugar, water, cornstarch, the
emulsifier polysorbate 60, the filler sodium
stearoyl lactylate, and food coloring. You
cant get a lot of nutritious value by eating
it. Now lets consider the fruit known as
the watermelon. Its 91 percent water and
six percent sugar. And yet it also contains a
good amount of Vitamin C, lycopene, and
antioxidants, all of which are healthy for you.
So if you are going to eat a whole lot of nothing,
watermelon is a far better nothing than a
Twinkie. Let that serve as an apt metaphor for
you in the coming week.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You
may be as close as you have ever
gotten to finding the long-lost Holy
Grail or Captain Kidds pirate treasure, for
that matter, or Marie Antoinettes jewels, or
Tinkerbells magical fairy dust, or the smokinggun evidence that Shakespeares plays were
written by Francis Bacon. At the very least, I
suspect you are ever-so-near to your personal
equivalent of those precious goods. Is there
anything you can do to increase your chances
of actually getting it? Heres one tip: Visualize
in detail how acquiring the prize would inspire
you to become even more generous and
magnanimous than you already are.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): People
are paying attention to you in new
ways. Thats what you wanted, right?
Youve been emanating subliminal signals that
convey messages like Gaze into my eternal
eyes and Bask in the cozy glow of my crafty
empathy. So now what? Heres one possibility:
Go to the next level. Show the even-moreinteresting beauty that youre hiding below the
surface. You may not think youre ready to offer
the gifts you have been saving for later. But
you always think that. I dare you to reveal more
of your deep secret power.
LEO (July 23-August 22): Some
people believe unquestioningly in the
truth and power of astrology. They
imagine its an exact science that can unfailingly
discern character and predict the future. Other
people believe all astrology is nonsense. They
think that everyone who uses it is deluded

or stupid. I say that both of these groups are
wrong. Both have a simplistic, uninformed
perspective. The more correct view is that
some astrology is nonsense and some is a
potent psychological tool. Some of it is based
on superstition and some is rooted in a robust
mytho-poetic understanding of archetypes. I
encourage you to employ a similar appreciation
for paradox as you evaluate a certain influence
that is currently making a big splash in your life.
In one sense, this influence is like snake oil, and
you should be skeptical about it. But in another
sense its good medicine that can truly heal.
VIRGO (August 23-September 22):
According to the Biblical stories, Peter
was Christs closest disciple, but acted
like a traitor when trouble came. After Christ
was arrested, in the hours before the trial, Peter
denied knowing his cherished teacher three
different times. His fear trumped his love,
leading him to violate his sacred commitment.
Is there anything remotely comparable to that
scenario developing in your own sphere, Virgo?
If you recognize any tendencies in yourself
to shrink from your devotion or violate your
highest principles, I urge you to root them out.
Be brave. Stay strong and true in your duty to a
person or place or cause that you love.
LIBRA (September 23-October
22): Marketing experts say
consumers need persistent prodding before
they will open their minds to possibilities that
are outside their entrenched habits. The average
person has to be exposed to a new product
at least eight times before it fully registers on
his or her awareness. Remember this rule
of thumb as you seek attention and support
for your brainstorms. Make use of the art of
repetition. Not just any old boring, tedious kind
of repetition, though. Youve got to be as sincere
and fresh about presenting your goodies the
eighth time as you were the first.
SCORPIO (October 23-November
21): In Cole Porters song I Get a
Kick Out of You, he testifies that he
gets no kick from champagne. In fact, Mere
alcohol doesnt thrill me at all, he sings. The
same is true about cocaine. Im sure that
if I took even one sniff that would bore me
terrifically, too, Porter declares. With this as
your nudge, Scorpio, and in accordance with
the astrological omens, I encourage you to
identify the titillations that no longer provide
you with the pleasurable jolt they once did.
Acknowledge the joys that have grown stale and
the adventures whose rewards have waned. Its
time for you to go in search of a new array of
provocative fun and games.
SAGITTARIUS (November
22-December 21): The English
writer William Wordsworth (17701830) wrote hundreds of poems. Among his
most famous was I Wandered Lonely as a
19
by Rob Brezsny
Cloud, which is also known as Daffodils.
The poem sprung from him after a walk he
took with his sister around Lake Ullswater
in the English Lake District. There they were
delighted to find a long, thick belt of daffodils
growing close to the water. In his poem,
Wordsworth praises the ten thousand flowers
that were Continuous as the stars that shine /
And twinkle on the milky way. If you are ever
going to have your own version of a daffodil
explosion that inspires a burst of creativity,
Sagittarius, it will come in the coming weeks.
CAPRICORN (December
22-January 19): Your subconscious
desires and your conscious desires
seem to be at odds. What you say you want is
not in precise alignment with what your deep
self wants. Thats why Im worried that Dont!
Stop! might be close to morphing into Dont
stop! or vice versa. Its all pretty confusing.
Whos in charge here? Your false self or your
true self? Your wounded, conditioned, habitbound personality or your wise, eternal, evergrowing soul? Id say its a good time to retreat
into your sanctuary and get back in touch with
your primal purpose.
AQUARIUS (January 20-February
18): Sometimes youre cool, but
other times youre hot. You veer from acting
aloof and distracted to being friendly and
attentive. You careen from bouts of laziness to
bursts of disciplined efficiency. It seems that
youre always either building bridges or burning
them, and on occasion you are building and
burning them at the same time. In short,
Aquarius, you are a master of vacillation and a
slippery lover of the in-between. When youre
not completely off-target and out of touch,
youve got a knack for wild-guessing the future
and seeing through the false appearances that
everyone else regards as the gospel truth. I, for
one, am thoroughly entertained!
PISCES (February 19-March 20): How
can you ripen the initiatives you have
set in motion in recent weeks? Of the
good new trends you have launched, which can
you now install as permanent enhancements
in your daily rhythm? Is there anything you
might do to cash in on the quantum leaps that
have occurred, maybe even figure out a way
to make money from them? Its time for you
to shift from being lyrically dreamy to fiercely
practical. Youre ready to convert lucky breaks
into enduring opportunities.
Homework: Before bed on the next five nights,
remember everything that happened during
the day. Do it with compassion and objectivity.
Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com.
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HEIR UNAPPARENT April 2, 2015
ACROSS
1. Abbr. in a reference
5. The best
10. Laid out
16. _ Perignon
19. Novella by Colette
20. Kind of wave
21. Sleep-inducer
22. Norma _
23. Start of a quip by Bob Hope: 5
wds.
26. Part of NATO: Abbr.
27. Steamship area
28. That stings!
29. Epic poetry
31. A chordophone
32. Bung
34. Happy Days _ _ Again
35. Tractable
38. A pronoun
39. Salad plant
40. Jet black
41. Mobile
42. Sacha Baron Cohen role
43. Prosciutto
46. Pout
47. A deadly sin
48. Ordinary
49. You bet!
50. Sun. talk
51. Uncouth ones
52. Kindness
53. Oceanian country
54. Like some gardens
56. French 101 verb
57. Realize
58. Part 2 of quip: 6 wds.
62. _ pete
63. Swerve
64. _ loeil
65. Cell terminal
66. Bucephalus, e.g.
67. Orderly crowd
68. A state: Abbr.
71. Entre _
72. Lots and lots
73. Laughing
74. Computer maker
75. Bad: Prefix
76. Rope with a noose

77. Picayune
78. _ brevis
79. Positions
80. Transparent fabric
81. Hound
82. Eighth sign
85. To _ own self be true...
86. Promenade
87. Said grace
88. Earthy deposit
89. Region of Italy
93. Sea bird
94. End of the quip: 5 wds.
98. B-F link
99. Spensers _ Queene
100. Join
101. Shoe brand
102. Longing
103. Collections of cars
104. Like some communities
105. Doyen
DOWN
1. Sponsorship: Var.
2. At full _
3. American author
4. Source of salvation
5. Fashion
6. Gamut
7. Brink
8. Afflict or trouble
9. Extinct bird
10. Spacecraft part
11. Swiftly
12. Plant tissue
13. Perfectly
14. Otherworldly
15. Most profound
16. Hang
17. Western
18. Battle royal
24. Without pretense
25. Sound
30. Interjections
32. Blue Suede _
33. Fishing locale
34. Data in rows and columns
35. Some pols
March 19 Answers: Page 4
36. Woodwind
37. Lion-hearted
38. Regulating devices
39. Think
41. Read for errors
42. Wilkes- _
43. Compassionate quality
44. Arum
45. Average
47. Disney character
48. Little Women name
49. Stayed awake: 2 wds.
51. Chap
52. Cried like a kitten
53. Galumph
55. Drops
57. Underway
58. Get at
59. Body of mullahs
60. Regrets
61. Socratic _
62. Material for castles
66. Defunct alliance
67. Championship
69. Otherwise
70. Raucous sound
72. Leftover
73. Check
74. Deplored
76. Make unreachable: 2 wds.
77. Old French soldier
78. _ _ mer
79. Crowbar
80. Violent pangs
81. Prickly
82. High on drugs: Var.
83. Unrefined
84. Of a wood
85. Merely implied
86. Dull surface
88. Mud
89. In a _
90. Agreeable
91. Quechuan
92. Dramatic conflict
95. Pipe fitting
96. Haul
97. Kind of evidence
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Live Music Live Music Live Music

Email all listings to calendar@rcreader.com Deadline 5 p.m. Thursday before publication
THURSDAY
2015/04/01 (Wed)
00
2
Airyck Sterrett - Matt Rissi - Giant

Child - bTsunami -Iowa City Yacht
Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Chris Avey Experience Acoustic Show
-Rascals Live, 1414 15th St. Moline, IL
Daphne Willis - Gina Venier -The
Redstone Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Dave Ellis & Guests -Grumpys Saloon,
2120 E 11th St Davenport, IA
How to Dress Well - MAIDS - Jack
Lion -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
Mission Creek Festival 2015: Chris
Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band
- White Mystery - Burning Hand
-The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Iowa
City, IA
Real Estate - Ryley Walker -Englert
Theatre, 221 East Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
ZZ Top -Adler Theatre, 136 E. 3rd St.
Davenport, IA
FRIDAY
2015/04/03 (Fri)
00
3
Ben Miller Band - Mayflies - Cedar

County Cobras -Iowa City Yacht
Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Blues Rock It w/ Detroit Larry Davison -The Muddy Waters, 1708 State
St. Bettendorf, IA
Buddy Olson (5:30pm) - 43rd Natty
Scratch Reunion (8:30pm) -The
Rusty Nail, 2606 W. Locust St. Davenport, IA
Com Truise - Mr. Nasti - Cuticle -Gabes,
330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA
Cosmic -11th Street Precinct, 1107
Mound St. Davenport, IA
Darlingside - Tall Heights -The Redstone Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA

Have Your Cake -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Johnny Dont -Kilkennys, 300 W. 3rd St.
Davenport, IA
Jordan Danielsen & Jef Spradley -The
Faithful Pilot Cafe & Spirits, 117 N
Cody Rd LeClaire, IA
Megarad -2nd Ave. Dance Club, 1815
2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Mission Creek Festival 2015: The Sea
& Cake - Swearing at Motorists The Multiple Cat -The Mill, 120 E.
Burlington St. Iowa City, IA
Ricky Nelson Remembered -QuadCities Waterfront Convention Center,
2021 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Sara Rachele - Erin Moore -Rozz-Tox,
2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Shovels & Rope - The Inlaws - Brian
Johannesen & Ryan Joseph Anderson -Englert Theatre, 221 East
Washington St. Iowa City, IA
Sisters of Oh Mercy (8pm) - The Past
Masters (9:30pm) -Riverside Casino
and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22
Riverside, IA
The Chris & Wes Show -My Place the
Pub, 4405 State St. Bettendorf, IA
30
2015/04/04 (Sat)
SATURDAY
43rd Natty Scratch Reunion -Main

Event, 3819 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Blues Rock It w/ Detroit Larry Davison -City Limits Saloon & Grill, 4514
9th St. Rock Island, IL
Cody Road -Broken Saddle, 1417 5th
Ave. Moline, IL
Diamond Rugs - New Madrid - The
Sapwoods -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA
SUNDAY
2015/04/05 (Sun)
Father John Misty - King Tuff -Englert

Theatre, 221 East Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
Iowa All-Star Tour: Brooks Strause Dana T - Dylan Sires & Neighbors
- Curt Oren - Extravision -Rozz-Tox,
Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ the Josh Duffee Jazz Quartet (9am) -Bix Bistro,
200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Wild Savages -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA
Galactic Cowboy Orchestra @ The Redstone Room - April 11

Easter Egg Scramble: Jordan Danielsen, Jef Spradley & Carolynn
Johnston (9am) -Village of East
Davenport, Davenport, IA
Har-di-Har - Condor & Jaybird - Tambourine -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Harper & Midwest Kind - Dan Hubbard
-The Redstone Room, 129 Main St
Davenport, IA
Jazz w/ Jim Buennig (6pm) -Cool
Beanz Coffeehouse, 1325 30th St.
Rock Island, IL
Johnny Dont -Kilkennys, 300 W. 3rd St.
Davenport, IA
Justin Morrissey & Band -11th Street
Precinct, 1107 Mound St. Davenport, IA
Megarad -The Blue Moose Tap, 211 Iowa
Ave. Iowa City, IA
Mission Creek Festival 2015: Horse
Feathers - Nevada Nevada - Nadalands -The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St.
Iowa City, IA
North of 40 -Purgatorys Pub, 2104 State
St Bettendorf, IA
River Prairie Minstrels (6pm) -RME

Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar -The
Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar,
111 West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Sisters of Oh Mercy (8pm) - The Past
Masters (9:30pm) -Riverside Casino
Riverside, IA
Squrl - Younger - Foul Tip -Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
The Fritters - Nic & Emma Arp -Uptown
Bills Coffee House, 730 S. Dubuque
St. Iowa City, IA
The Harris Collection -RIBCO, 1815 2nd
Ave. Rock Island, IL
The Undertones -My Place the Pub,
Vice Squad -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W.
Locust St. Davenport, IA
Wicked Liz & the Bellyswirls -The
Muddy Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
MONDAY
2015/04/06 (Mon)
Moeller Mondays Presents -Rozz-Tox,

The Homeless Open Mic Projec t
(1pm) -The Center, 1411 Brady St.
Davenport, IA
The Things They Carried - Battle Red
- Crater -Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St. Iowa City, IA
TUESDAY
2015/04/07 (Tue)
Chris Avey Live -My Place the Pub, 4405

State St. Bettendorf, IA
Happyness -Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St. Iowa City, IA
Live Lunch w/ Steve Couch (noon) -RME
Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
Nevada Nevada - Toby Brown Band
- Phil Bonello -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd
WEDNESDAY
2015/04/08 (Wed)
Burlington Street Bluegrass Band

City, IA

Joe Pug - Field Report (8pm) - Cygne
- Bluebirds Ghost -Gabes, 330 E.
Night Crawlers (5:30pm) -The Rusty
Nail, 2606 W. Locust St. Davenport, IA
Nnenna Freelon (11am) -Black Hawk
College - Quad City Campus, 6600
34th Ave. Moline, IL
THURSDAY
2015/04/09 (Thu)
00
9
Bruiser Queen - Dueling at Dawn

-Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa
City, IA
Jazz Repertory Ensemble - Guitar
Ensemble (6pm) -The Mill, 120 E.
Burlington St. Iowa City, IA
Jef & Doc -11th Street Precinct, 1107
Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys -CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103 3rd St
SE Cedar Rapids, IA
Joe Smith & the Spicy Pickles - Dan
Dimonte -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Lojo Russo -Grumpys Saloon, 2120 E
11th St Davenport, IA
The Knox Faculty and Friends Combo
-The Burgs Bar & Grill, 58 S. Cherry
Galesburg, IL
Weedeater - King Parrot - Crater
-RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
FRIDAY
2015/04/10 (Fri)
00
10
Buku - Bruuuce - Dem Boys - Dr.

Edmond - Cryptic -Gabes, 330 E.
Chuck Murphy -Eagle Ridge Resort &
Spa, 444 Eagle Ridge Dr Galena, IL
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Live Music Live Music Live Music

Claire Lynch Band -CSPS/Legion Arts,
1103 3rd St SE Cedar Rapids, IA
Dead Larry - Von Stomper - Intelescope -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S
Linn St Iowa City, IA
Dirty Water Boys -Broken Saddle, 1417
5th Ave. Moline, IL
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo -Bleyarts
Tap, 2210 E. 11th St. Davenport, IA
Howard Fishman: The Basement
Tapes Project (7 & 9:30pm) -The
Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Iowa
City, IA
Jerry Beauchamp Dance -Walcott
Coliseum, 116 E Bryant St Walcott, IA
Jewel Kisses - Doug Allen & the
Chicago Mob -Riverside Casino
Riverside, IA
Justin Morrissey -River House, 1510
River Dr. Moline, IL
Live Lunch w/ Tony Hoeppner (noon)
-RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd
St. Davenport, IA
Mason Jennings -The Redstone

Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Night Peoples Rob & Gary -My Place

the Pub, 4405 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Open Mic Coffeehouse -First Lutheran
Church - Rock Island, 1600 20th St.
Rock Island, IL
Tangent -11th Street Precinct, 1107
Teaadora Nikolova - Gosh! - Garrin
Jost -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
The Hitman (5pm) - Nor th of 40
(8:30pm) -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W.
Locust St. Davenport, IA
The Knox Alumni Big Band (8pm) Lowdown Brass Band (9:30pm)
-The Burgs Bar & Grill, 58 S. Cherry
Galesburg, IL
The Manny Lopez Big Band (6pm)

-The Circa 21 Speakeasy, 1818 3rd
The Mercury Brothers -The Muddy
Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
TUESDAY
2015/04/14 (Tue)
Abraham Lincoln in Song -Butterworth Center, 1105 8th Street Moline, IL

Chris Avey Live -My Place the Pub,
The Schwag -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.

Rock Island, IL
30
2015/04/11 (Sat)
SATURDAY
11
Band du Jour -East Moline American

Legion, 829 16th Ave. East Moline, IL
Bill Sackter Birthday Bash -Uptown
Bills Coffee House, 730 S. Dubuque
St. Iowa City, IA
Blues Rock It w/ Detroit Larry
Davison -Jims Knoxville Tap, 8716
Knoxville Rd. Milan, IL
Brushville -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
Chuck Murphy -Eagle Ridge Resort &
Spa, 444 Eagle Ridge Dr Galena, IL
Clozee - SharkWeek - Funkmaster
Hill -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
Code 415 -Purgatorys Pub, 2104 State
St Bettendorf, IA
Flannel Season - Milk Duct Tape Knubby -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S
Galactic Cowboy Orchestra - Milltown
-The Redstone Room, 129 Main St
Davenport, IA
Gosh - Dog Hairs - Chill Smith - Blue
Movies - Concrete Muse -Los Montes Mexican Restaurant, 2006 16th
St. Moline, IL
Jewel Kisses - Doug Allen & the
Chicago Mob -Riverside Casino
Riverside, IA
Justin Morrissey -My Place the Pub,
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WEDNESDAY
2015/04/15 (Wed)
Nevada Nevada @ Rozz-Tox - April 7

Knox Jazz Ensemble - Anat Cohen
Quartet (5pm) -The Orpheum Theatre, 57 S. Kellogg St. Galesburg, IL
Nicole Green Tyler -Broken Saddle,
1417 5th Ave. Moline, IL
Nnenna Freelon (3pm) -Moline Public
Library, 3210 41st St. Moline, IL
Quad City Symphony Orchestra
Masterworks VI: Peace and Brotherhood Ode to Joy -Adler Theatre,
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar -The
Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar,
111 West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Sam Baker -Princeton Coffeehouse, 25
E. Marion St. Princeton, IL
Smooth Groove -The Rusty Nail, 2606
W. Locust St. Davenport, IA
The Ghost Wolves - Pop Goes the
Evil -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
The Jason Carl Band -11th Street Precinct, 1107 Mound St. Davenport, IA
SUNDAY
2015/04/12 (Sun)
12
Becky & the Ivanhoe Dutchmen

(1:30pm) -Walcott Coliseum, 116 E
Bryant St Walcott, IA
Exhibition opEning
Danish MoDern
Design for Living
Through June 21, 2015
Organized by the Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn, Iowa, this

exhibition brings together a wonderful selection of the most influential
pieces of post-war furniture design and reminds us how Danish design
and our daily lives were intertwined in the post-war era.
Sponsored by
Helge Sibast, Chair Model No. 8, 1953, Sibast Furniture, collection of Rosalie Anderson; image courtesy of the
Museum of Danish America; Jens Quistgaard, Covered Bowl, 1955, Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Kaj Bojesen,
Hippo, Monkey and Bear Figures, Goldstein Museum of Design; Verner Panton, Wire Cone Chair, 1958-1966,
Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Davenport, Iowa 563.326.7804

www.figgeartmuseum.org
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo (2pm) -Len

Browns North Shore Inn, 700 N.
Shore Dr. Moline, IL
Hang Union - Buhu -Gabes, 330 E.
Quad City Symphony Orchestra Masterworks VI: Peace and Brotherhood Ode to Joy (2pm) -Centennial
Hall, Augustana College, 3703 7th
Reverend Raven & the Chain Smokin
Altar Boys (6pm) -The Muddy
Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ the Josh Duffee Jazz Quartet (9am) -Bix Bistro,
MONDAY
2015/04/13 (Mon)
13
Dead Horses -Gabes, 330 E. Washington

St. Iowa City, IA
Moeller Mondays Presents -Rozz-Tox,
15
Black Violin -Englert Theatre, 221 East

Liz Longley - Brian Wright -The
Redstone Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Shana Falana -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Subterranean All-Stars -Gabes, 330 E.
The Hitman (5:30pm) -The Rusty Nail,
2606 W. Locust St. Davenport, IA
THURSDAY
2015/04/16 (Thu)
16
Christopher the Conquered -Rozz-Tox,

Chuck Murphy -Crow Valley Golf Club,
Dave Ellis & Guests -Grumpys Saloon,
Freakabout -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S
Jason Carl -11th Street Precinct, 1107
Jazz Jam w/ the North Scott Jazz Combo
-RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
Shook Twins - Barstool Boogaloo - Victory & Penny -The Redstone Room,
129 Main St Davenport, IA
Soul Beautiful (6pm) -Cool Beanz

Coffeehouse, 1325 30th St. Rock
Island, IL
FRIDAY
2015/04/17 (Fri)
00
17
Bella Diva -Riverside Casino and Golf

Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA
Benefit for Angie Hargrove: Gloria
Hardiman - Tony Brown - Kevin
B.F. Burt - Craig Erickson - Johnny
Kilowatt - Mama Teague - Tanya
English - Ed English - Sean Seaton
City, IA
Blues Rock-It -The Muddy Waters, 1708
State St. Bettendorf, IA
Bucktown Revue -Nighswander Theatre, 2822 Eastern Ave Davenport, IA
Corporate Rock -11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St. Davenport, IA
Dale Thomas Band -Walcott Coliseum,
116 E Bryant St Walcott, IA
Goodcat - Gramps the Vamp -Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Jucifer - Heavyweight - Acoustic Guillotine - ASEETHE -Gabes, 330 E.
Justin Morrissey -Brix, 425 15th St.
Moline, IL
Kopecky -The Redstone Room, 129

Main St Davenport, IA
Meet the Press -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.

Rock Island, IL
Nnenna Freelon (3pm) -Deere-Wiman
Carriage House, 817 11th Ave. Moline, IL
Soul Beautiful - The Blacklights -RozzTox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
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DJs/Karaoke/
Jams/Open Mics
THURSDAYS
THURSDAYS
ABC Karaoke The Rusty Nail, 2606 W.

Locust St., Davenport, IA.
C.J. the D.J. RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave., Rock
Island, IL.
Cobra Kai Karaoke The Backroom
Comedy Theater, 1510 N. Harrison St.,
Davenport, IA.
D.J. Night w/ 90s Music Thirstys on

Third, 2202 W. Third St., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night My Place the Pub, 4405

State St., Bettendorf, IA.
Mixology DJ Night (Apr. 9 only) Gabes,
330 E. Washington St., Iowa City.
Open Jam w/ Bret Dale & Zach Harris
The Muddy Waters, 1708 State St.,
Bettendorf, IA.
Open Mic Night Uptown Bills Coffee
House, 730 S. Dubuque Street, Iowa
City, IA.
Thumpin Thursdays DJs - Rascals Live,
1414 15th Street, Moline, IL.
Twisted Mics Music & Entertainment
Broken Saddle, 1417 5th Ave.,
Moline, IL.
FRIDAYS
FRIDAYS
Cross Creek Karaoke Firehouse Bar

& Grill, 2006 Hickor y Grove Rd.,
Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Circle Tap, 1345 West
Locust Street, Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night The Grove Tap, 108 S.
1st St., Long Grove, IA.
Karaoke Night Roadrunners Roadhouse, 3803 Rockingham Rd., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Thirstys on Third,

2202 W. Third St., Davenport, IA.
Soulshake DJ Night (Apr. 10 only)

Gabes, 330 E. Washington St.,
Iowa City.

(Apr. 3 only) Broken Saddle, 1417
5th Ave., Moline, IL.
SATURDAYS
SATURDAYS
Community Folk Sing (Apr. 11 only,

3pm) Uptown Bills Coffee House,
730 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City.
Irish Session (Apr. 4 only, 3pm)
Uptown Bills Coffee House, 730 S.
Dubuque St., Iowa City.
Karaoke Night The Grove Tap, 108 S. 1st
St., Long Grove, IA.
Karaoke Night Roadrunners Roadhouse, 3803 Rockingham Rd., Davenport, IA.

Open Mic Night Downtown Central

Perk, 226 W. 3rd St., Davenport, IA.
Songwriters Round Table (Apr. 11 only,
noon) River Music Experience, 129 N.
Main St., Davenport, IA.
Barrel House Moline, 1321 Fifth Ave.,
Moline, IL.
SUNDAYS
SUNDAYS

Drum Circle (Apr. 5 only, 5:30pm)
Unitarian Universalist Church of
the Quad Cities, 3707 Eastern Ave.,
Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St., Davenport, IA.
MONDAYS
MONDAYS
Open Mic w/ J. Knight The Mill, 120 E.

Burlington St., Iowa City, IA.
Comedy
TUESDAYS
TUESDAYS

Acoustic Jam Night w/ Steve McFate
Tims Corner Tap, 4018 14th Ave.,
Rock Island, IL.
Acoustic Music Club (4:30pm) River
Music Experience, 129 N. Main Street,
Davenport, IA.
Blues Caf (Apr. 7 only, 6:30pm) RME
Community Stage, 129 N. Main St.,
Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Brady Street Pub, 217
Brady St., Davenport, IA.
Open Mic Night (6:30pm) Cool Beanz
Coffeehouse, 1325 330th St., Rock
Island, IL.
Open Mic w/ Corey Wallace 11th
Street Precinct, 1107 Mound St.,
Davenport, IA.
Underground Open Mic w/ Kate Kane
Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St.,
Iowa City, IA.
WEDNESDAYS
WEDNESDAYS

Brady Street Pub Open Jam Brady Street
Pub, 217 Brady St., Davenport, IA.
Jam Session w/ Ben Soltau Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA.
Karaoke Night 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Circle Tap, 1345 West
Locust Street, Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night My Place the Pub, 4405
State St., Bettendorf, IA.
Karaoke Night RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.,
Rock Island, IL.

Youth Open Mic (6:30pm) RME Community Stage, 129 N. Main St., Davenport, IA.
THURSDAY
Silvis
1600 John Deere Rd.
1-309-796-7000
MONDAY
SATURDAY
11
Comedy Open Mic (7:30pm) Penguins

Comedy Club, 208 Second Ave. SE,
Cedar Rapids, IA.
Comedy Open Mic Night (7:30pm) The
Backroom Comedy Theater, 1510 N.
Harrison St., Davenport, IA.
30
SUNDAY 12
SUNDAY
12
THURSDAY 9
MONDAY 13
MONDAY
13
MONDAY 6
00
3
Bob Kelly Improv Comedy Show (2pm)

Eldridge Library, 200 N. Sixth St.,
Eldridge, IA.
ComedySportz (7pm) The Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock Island, IL.
Studio Series: Dodgeball (9:30pm)
The Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock
Island, IL.
The Blacklist: Comedy Gang Bang (9pm)
The Backroom Comedy Theater, 1510
N. Harrison St., Davenport, IA.
SATURDAY
SATURDAY 4
Rock City Live (8pm) Circa 21 Speakeasy, 1818 Third Avenue, Rock Island, IL.
Stand Up. Speed Date. (7pm) RIBCO,
1815 2nd Ave., Rock Island, IL.
Studio Series: Wisenheimer w/ Dan
Logan (9:30pm) The Establishment,
220 19th St., Rock Island, IL.
The Blacklist: Blacklist Against Humanity (9pm) The Backroom Comedy
Theater, 1510 N. Harrison St., Davenport, IA.
Wayne Wiskow & Chad Errio (7pm) The
The Catacombs of Comedy Showcase

(10pm) Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S.
Linn St., Iowa City, IA.
WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY 8
THURSDAY
The Bix Beiderbomb Comedy Workshop

(8pm) Boozies Bar & Grill, 114 W.
3rd St., Davenport, IA.
FRIDAY
FRIDAY 10
00
10
Ben Kronberg (7pm) The Backroom

Comedy Theater, 1510 N. Harrison St.,
Davenport, IA.
Studio Series: A Midsummer Nights Improv (9:30pm) The Establishment,
220 19th St., Rock Island, IL.
SATURDAY 11
Rock City Live (8pm) Circa 21 Speakeasy, 1818 Third Avenue, Rock Island, IL.
Studio Series: Nocturne Falls (9:30pm)
The Establishment, 220 19th St.,
Rock Island, IL.
The Blacklist: Blacklist Against Humanity (9pm) The Backroom Comedy
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The Circumstantial Comedy Show

(9pm) BREW, 1104 Jersey Ridge Rd.,
Davenport, IA.
The Catacombs of Comedy Showcase

(10pm) Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S.
Linn St., Iowa City, IA.
WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY 15
15
Comedy Open Mic (7:30pm) Penguins

Comedy Club, 208 Second Ave. SE,
Cedar Rapids, IA.
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