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GUEST COMMENTARY
How Fascism Became the Political Bogeyman
W
ith the rise of the political right
in both Europe and America, the
word fascism is everywhere. So
what does it mean?
George Orwells attempt to answer this
question in his landmark 1944 essay What
is Fascism? lamented the transformation
of fascism from a system of government
and economics into little more than a swear
word. He observed that you will find that
there is almost no set of people certainly
no political party or organized body of any
kind which has not been denounced as
Fascist during the past 10 years.
In 1944, much of the free world had
declared war against the menace of fascism,
yet we could not firmly say who or what
was fascist. And today when you hear the
word fascist, there is little to no allu-
sion to a specific system of government or
economics.
Then and now, the definition of fas-
cism has been perverted to suit just about
anyones agenda. To this extent, Orwell
writes, the word Fascism has now no
meaning except in so far as it signifies
something not desirable.
How It Began
But it did, once, have a meaning. The
word fascism was born from the Fascist
Party, the leader of which was Benito
Mussolini, who invented the word himself.
Look no further than the designer of the
system; Mussolini was the fascist, and
his essay The Doctrine of Fascism lays
the definition out more plainly than we
could ask for. Although broad in scope,
here is one excerpt: Anti-individualistic,
the Fascist conception of life stresses the
importance of the State and accepts the
individual only in so far as his interests
coincide with those of the State.
In the view of historian Martin Kitchen:
Fascist totalitarianism incorporates six
main features: an overreaching ideol-
ogy, a single political party, a state terror
apparatus, a government-controlled media,
a monopoly on arms, and a centrally
directed economy.
It should come as no surprise then, that
the American progressives of the 1920s
and 30s were openly in favor of fascism.
Rexford Guy Tugwell, one of the chief
architects of the New Deal the founda-
tion of modern liberalism remarked of
fascism that its the cleanest, neatest, most
efficiently operating piece of social machin-
ery Ive ever seen. It makes me envious.
The New Deal was going to be Americas
very own experiment with fascism, and an
attempt to reproduce the idea of Musso-
lini who had not yet acquired a brutalist
reputation. John Patrick Diggins recalls
that for the radicals of the 20s, the whiff
from Italy carried no foul ideological odor.
Sophistry
But when these utopias began enforc-
ing race laws, fascism was tainted to its
American admirers, and harmful to their
reputations. And so began the practice of
cursing their political opponents (the right)
with the often-baseless label of fascist.
It was a clever trick. Historian John
Lukacs remarks: The overall application
of fascism to all right-wing and strongly
anti-communist parties and practices and
phenomena was very useful for interna-
tional communist and left-wing rhetoric
and practice.
All kinds of absurd attempts to liken
the American right to fascists were made,
and have persisted to this day. Economic
liberty was even deplored as fascist. Even in
the face of Hitlers and Mussolinis glaring
statism, Leon Trotsky the father of one
of the major schools of Marxist thought
wrote in 1930 that the germ of fascism
is endemic in capitalism. Peter Davies
more comprehensively states that Marx-
ist orthodoxy demands the overthrow of
capitalism as the only way to rid modern
society of fascism.
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The Marxist definition has been criti-
cized severely by scholars of fascism, how-
ever. Davis and Lynch notice that among
traditional Marxists, there is a tendency to
identify fascists and fascism in every nook
and cranny.
The Comintern and such orthodoxy
have mainly faded, but it is difficult to
ignore the deep influence that Marxism
has had on the liberals of today. It comes
as no surprise then that the vestige of
Marxist anti-capitalism remains endemic
to both European and American liberal-
ism. According to Roger Griffin, a prolific
and acclaimed chronicler of fascism, It is
self-evident that in leftist strictures, fascism
is simply viewed as being synonymous with
capitalism.
A more-modern example comes from
Brian W. Kulik: We live in a democracy,
after all, and is that not the very antithesis
of fascism? But even democracy is not with-
out its limitations. We may have a choice of
what car to buy and what designer clothes
to purchase, but we have little choice but to
be a consumer.
This is reductive, to say the least. Appar-
ently, even freedom is fascist because it is
protected, or forced, by the enforcement
of the law.
Nor is democracy free-market capital-
ism a rather cursory distinction that
Kulik fails to make. Lets remember that
Hitlers Germany was an engine of national
socialism, not capitalism, yet his rise was,
remarkably, entirely democratic.
What the left has been omitting from
their attempts to associate capitalism with
fascism is that corporatism and capital-
ism are not at all the same thing.
Corporations, or corporazioni, in fascist
Italy, were not creations of individuals, but
creations of the fascist state itself, and in all
aspects were designed to be a return to the
guilds, as Mussolini put it, and not private
companies at all. The Doctrine of Fascism
says similarly: We are, in other words,
a state which controls all forces acting in
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By Trevor Chase
FEE.org
nature. We control political forces, we
control moral forces, we control economic
forces, therefore we are a full-blown Corpo-
rative state.
The Association Fallacy
Leftists who are not so focused on
economics (your average accuser) simply
have a tendency to conflate Americas right,
or La Pens National Front, or even British
conservatives, with what was once, in 1933,
known as the right, simply because they
bear the same moniker. This is an illusory
correlation akin to thinking todays liberals
have something in common with the classi-
cal liberals of early America; they are alike
only in name.
And so eventually, even American
republicanism becomes subject to these
fallacies something expressly focused
on reducing state intervention in favor of
individual liberty. Here the word really
begins to lose its meaning. Such a system is
nothing like the actual Fascist Party, whose
founder sets the record straight on the
matter: It is not the people who make the
state but the state that makes the people.
That is the totalitarian strain of fascism.
Hitler disagrees, declaring that: For us,
the idea of the Volk is higher than the ideas
of the state. And in 1938: In the begin-
ning was the Volk, and only then came the
Reich. This is the authoritarian strain.
In other words, fascism shares an inex-
tricable relationship with statism, or col-
lectivism the obverse of individualism. It
is regrettable then that the word continues
to be ascribed to ardent opposers of fascist
systems, namely American Republicans.
With a little digging, we find its true form,
and there is little similarity between it and
the American right.
Trevor Chase is an undergraduate biology
student and a freelance writer. This article
was originally published at the Founda-
tion for Economic Education (FEE.org).
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ILLINOIS POLITICS
Trumps Tactics Just Dont Work
for Anybody Else
I
f youre running for office anytime
soon, or if you currently hold office
or are a public figure, please try to
keep one thing in mind: So far, the only
person to prove he can thrive by talking
like President Donald Trump is ... Presi-
dent Donald Trump.
Trump, and only Trump, can insult
a war hero because the man was cap-
tured by the enemy, joke about grabbing
women by the unmentionables, accuse
an opponents father of participating in a
plot to assassinate President John F. Ken-
nedy, and still be elected to the highest
office in the land.
Trump may have even been right when
he joked during the campaign, I could
stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue
and shoot somebody and I wouldnt
lose voters.
But dont even think of trying this at
home. The presidents election was not
a permission slip allowing everybody to
now say the most outrageous things that
come to mind. Trump changed the rules
last year for himself, not anybody else
at least not yet.
Say something stupid and the media
both news and social will whack you
good, and it wont turn out nearly as well
as it did for Trump. If anything, the cli-
mate right now seems more hostile than
ever to saying silly things in public.
Earlier this month, Joe Favia an
unopposed candidate for an Arlington
Heights village board spot had to drop
out of his race after posting something
on Facebook. After the national womens
marches in January, he posted a meme
that read: In one day, Trump got more
fat women out walking than Michelle
Obama did in 8 years.
Again, he was an unopposed candi-
date. You dont usually get a more sure
thing in politics than an unopposed
campaign. Not for that dude.
Danville Township Assessor Rick
Rohrer, a Democrat, posted the very
same meme to his Facebook page, and
the chair and treasurer of the Vermillion
County Democratic Party were so furi-
ous that they both resigned.
Just last week, the sports anchor for
the most-watched television station
in Chicagoland, Mark Giangreco, was
slapped with a weeks-long suspension for
tweeting something about the president
and his supporters: America exposed as
a country full of simpletons who allowed
this cartoon lunatic to be elected.
Business Politics Arts Culture Now You Know RiverCitiesReader.com
By Rich Miller
CapitolFax.com
Also, have you seen Governor Bruce
Rauner lately? The formerly elbow-
throwing, defiant Republican frat jock is
now talking like the dearly departed host
of Mister Rogers Neighborhood.
I seriously doubt that Rauner natu-
rally morphed from a tough guy who
has called just about everybody from
judges to the two state legislative lead-
ers to most of the General Assembly
corrupt into a soft-spoken yogi who
gently speaks of compromise, peace,
and harmony.
Rauners campaign team has the cash
to poll-test and focus-group just about
everything, and the governor is infa-
mous for relentlessly staying on script.
He and his people obviously know things
have changed.
So when probable Democratic guber-
natorial candidate J.B. Pritzker woke up
early one morning last week and, accord-
ing to an aide, decided to mock the far
rights incendiary rhetoric by tweeting,
As a protest against Trumps rescind-
ing protections for trans kids, everyone
should use the other genders bathroom
today! #protecttranskids, he shouldve
first taken a deep breath, had another cup
of coffee, maybe called a friend or two,
and then realized he was about to make
himself look like just another billionaire
who cant control himself on Twitter.
Please leave the jokes to the profession-
als (who, by the way, are regularly put
through the public meat grinder for their
misfired attempts at humor).
Im not arguing here for an utterly
bland, completely politically correct
public discourse. Im just arguing for a
little common sense and a bit of self-
awareness. Calling some women fat
worked for Trump, but that doesnt mean
its gonna work for low-level candidates
and elected officials. Insulting millions of
Americans and questioning the nations
electoral system also worked for Trump,
but it is a no-go for a TV talking head.
And appearing to urge men to enter
womens restrooms as some sort of pro-
test shows exactly zero common sense,
no matter what the climate may be right
now and no matter how well-intentioned
the act may have been.
If you cant restrain yourself a little on
social media, delete your account.
Rich Miller also publishes Capitol
Fax (a daily political newsletter) and
CapitolFax.com.
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COVER STORY
Daytrotter 2.0
The Quad Cities Iconic Music Web Site Appears to Be in Good and Enthusiastic Hands
W
hen I met last week with the
people now running Daytrot-
ter, Ben Crabb who books the
recording sessions for the 11-year-old
Quad Cities-based Web site let this
nugget drop: I just booked George Win-
ston in for a session.
Yes, that George Winston, the artist
best known for platinum-selling, season-
ally titled solo-piano records from the
early 1980s on the Windham Hill label.
For a site that always prided itself on high-
lighting the new and the next, the pianist
seems an odd choice.
But Crabb and his Daytrotter co-work-
ers made no apologies for booking Win-
ston. In their view, Daytrotter will thrive
by being surprising and omnivorous in
what is now its second phase.
Its interesting to me, Crabb said.
George Winston is something that would
not normally come up on an indie-rock
site. ... George Winston is a kind of per-
former that does new-age music but also
does very avant-garde things. He played
slat-key guitar the last time he played
in town. ... Hes a dynamic, interesting
performer.
He added that he likes the idea of
George Winston and then something like
the local band Closet Witch being on the
same page where ones doing thrash
metal, the other guys playing solo piano,
jazz compositions ... .
Bottom line is its good music, said
Johnnie Cluney, the illustrator whose
drawings have given Daytrotter its dis-
tinctive look from the outset.
My wifes freaking out about Win-
ston, said Patrick Stolley, the recording
engineer whose live-mixing-to-tape
method has given Daytrotter its distinc-
tive sound from the outset.
And Ian Harris, a sound engineer whos
done contract work for Daytrotter for
several years and is now on the staff, said
Winston is an example of Daytrotters
broadening palette: The average persons
musical taste is more eclectic than Day-
trotters, or as eclectic. If you center in and
only do certain genres and certain groups,
youre excluding people ... .
One emphasis of Daytrotters new
leadership, Cluney said, is branch-
ing out the genre list. Were just paying
attention to the corners of indie rock that
were ... ignored for the last 10 years [on
Daytrotter]. Finally we get to highlight
the weirdest of the weird. And, one of his
co-workers said, the poppiest of the pop.
The Daytrotter staff (from left): Ben Crabb, Patrick Stolley, Ian Harris,
Andrew Barkau, Johnnie Cluney, and Paige Underwood
Another focus can be seen at Daytrot-
ter Downs, the March 3 and 4 festival
featuring nearly four-dozen acts at
six downtown-Davenport sites with
the vast majority of performances at
Daytrotters concert venue (324 Brady
Street) and the Redstone Room (129
Main Street). Alongside nationally
known acts such as Pieta Brown and
Joan of Arc are a bunch of local bands
a recognition of whats happening in the
Quad Cities.
There are a lot of really good local
bands around here right now, Stolley
said. Part of the reason is Daytrotter,
because its been a success story, and ...
people who were starting bands a lot of
these bands were literally kids when we
started have grown up with the idea of
something big and musical happening in
their town. They know that its there and
that it can happen. And theyve also seen a
lot of really good bands that weve brought
through, so they ... feel like theyre a part
of that.
Everything that Ive ever wanted to be
a part of is community-oriented, Crabb
added. I dont feel like were ... going too
far out of our way to make sure that we
include local bands.
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Life After Moeller
Whats missing from the above discus-
sion will be obvious to anybody with a
passing familiarity with Daytrotter: its
founder and architect, Sean Moeller.
Moeller departed Daytrotter last
summer, raising questions about how
successfully the site would continue.
Daytrotter was never a one-man venture,
but it was always a reflection of Moellers
tastes and instincts and he had devel-
oped loads of connections and contacts
that largely left with him.
Wolfgangs Vault purchased a majority
stake in Daytrotter in 2008, and the company
faced substantial challenges when Moeller
left. It had a recording studio and live-music
venue on Brady Street that had only been
open half a year. More crucially, it had to fill
Moellers shoes in relatively short order, with
15 weekly slots at Daytrotter.com and only a
few-dozen sessions booked over the subse-
quent two months.
Three employees remained: illustrator
Cluney, live engineer Andrew Barkau, and
chief session engineer Mike Gentry.
Sean left in July, and a few months later
[he was followed by] Mike our previous
head engineer, whod been with us for
eight years ... , said Barkau, whos done
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live sound for Daytrotter for three years
and has been an employee for one year.
So weve basically had a big reset button
this year in terms of the staff. For better or
for worse, all of that stuff happened.
Barkau said that he and Cluney were
active and adamant about hiring Crabb
to book sessions for Daytrotter: It was
unanimous that we bring Ben in to handle
what is the most-obvious aspect of what
Sean was doing, which was curating the
bands for the Web site and the venue.
Said Cluney: If I asked anybody in town
Whos the local music guy? Who loves
music more than anybody? Who knows
more about music than anybody?, its Ben
Crabb. Everybody would tell you that. ...
He is the guy. He was the only person that
was strongly considered for the job. He
said that if the right person hadnt already
been in town, Daytrotter would have likely
looked outside the Quad Cities.
Added Barkau: There are exactly two
people in the Quad Cities who are so
deeply entrenched with having their finger
on the pulse of whos who, how theyre
connected, and whats next musically.
Those people are Sean and Ben. ... Ben has
a slightly different taste set ... than Sean
does, and thats been a really cool thing.
Crabb said his wide-ranging tastes
come from my experience at Ragged
[Records] and doing community radio for
13 years at KALA. When I was 17, I found
out that you could go get a radio show. So I
started doing it. The day I walked in there,
there were 15,000 CDs at my disposal.
He said he developed a philosophy of
discovering as much as I could possibly
find. And I really think being an active
listener is probably at the root of where I
am and how I think about music. Theres
not a day that goes by that I dont walk by
a radio playing music, wherever Im at,
and it doesnt make me curious to find out
what it is. I have to ask; I have to find out; I
have to know more about it.
After bringing in Crabb, Barkau said,
Daytrotter hired Paige Underwood as
director of social media and marketing.
Then Gentry left in December, which led
to the hiring of Stolley and Harris. (Stol-
ley left the company as an employee in
2008 but has continued to record sessions
throughout its life.)
There was no time for us to stop work-
ing, Cluney said. We just made move
after move after move, day after day, to get
our team real tight. And we did it really
quick. ...
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COVER STORY
Daytrotter 2.0
I think the staff is ... well-rounded, and
were moving forward. We had no time to
think about what happened. Well, our engi-
neer just quit. Who do we know thats an
engineer in town? It was just a phone call.
Six People Driving the Train
Although Moellers departure was,
for obvious reasons, a major change for
Daytrotter, the current staff casts it as a
natural and largely expected part of the
organizations evolution from an idio-
syncratic expression of its chief founders
vision to something thats admittedly
more corporate but with room for more
voices and personalities.
A reset button is something that needs
to happen at a sort of legacy point in every
business, Barkau said.
I dont see anything abnormal with
this scenario, Harris said.
And the transition has been as smooth
as could be hoped for. Stolley and Cluney
have been there from day one; Harris and
Barkau had years of previous experience
with Daytrotter; Crabb said hes always
been tangentially involved with it; and
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Underwood was a longtime patron of the
sites local live shows.
All of us that joined the team were
somehow already deeply involved in Day-
trotter, Crabb said.
Despite the new faces, Daytrotter
remains much like its always been, with
90 to 100 sessions presently booked in
the Quad Cities and in March alone
another 40 (with corporate sibling Paste)
at SXSW and 20 to 25 at the Treefort
Music Fest in Boise, Idaho.
But there are differences.
Daytrotter is more collaborative now,
and theres a palpable enthusiasm in
the room with these six people a tonal
contrast to Moellers low-key, deadpan
demeanor.
Before, it was kind of one guy driving
the train, Crabb said. Now weve got six
people doing it.
We had a solid team at one point in the
first four years, Cluney said, but it kind
of just fell off, and Sean ran the company.
So we had zero input. But now we have all
the input. ... The energy is totally different
in here now.
The brainstorm is constant, Under-
wood said.
Theres just more communication
across the board, Stolley said, and that
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includes Wolfgangs Vault head Bill Sagan.
The relationship between Sean and Bill
did not work, Barkau said. Not having
that toxicity is fantastic.
The staff has a weekly Thursday confer-
ence call with Sagan, and Crabb said that
Bill asks a lot of questions ... . Any good
businessman has to ask a lot of questions.
We have a lot to think about every
week [and] up until Thursday to figure it
out, Cluney said. Yeah, sometimes youll
get your ass handed to you. [But] anytime
hes had an issue, I understand why hes
had an issue.
Stolley said the improved relation-
ship with Sagan has allowed the staff to
concentrate on its mission: What the
company needs to be doing is finding and
recording great music and doing shows
and being part of this community, and
now we can focus completely on that.
Going Back to the Roots
Daytrotter patrons probably dont
know or care about those behind-the-
scenes changes. But new leadership has
resulted in some changes in the Daytrotter
product.
Instead of posting three new sessions
each weekday, the site is posting two new
sessions and curating two additional ses-
sions from the archives. Live shows at the
Daytrotter venue have been cut back, with
Barkau saying the goal is a show a week.
Then theres a focus on branching out
musically. Crabb said that theres an
element of what Sean did that we still do.
Seans brilliant, ... and the stuff that he
books is great. [But] it tended to lean more
toward indie pop and singer/songwriter
stuff. ...
Weve been adding a lot of people to
the site through highlighting more DIY,
underground music, punk, the kind of
bands that play basement shows. Crabb
also has an interest in hip hop and jazz,
and said his favorite among the sessions
hes booked so far was Donny McCaslin,
the jazz saxophonist whose ensemble
backed David Bowie on his Blackstar
album.
Crabb said that he and Moeller are dif-
ferent people, so we have different tastes
and the new Daytrotter will reflect that.
Were tending to the site a little
more than we have been, he added.
Were bringing more context to whats
happening.
And that includes the marketing of live
shows.
Stolley said that in the past, the attitude
was Come see this thing, because its
going to be huge. But were not really
doing that and talking about that now. We
dont think that way.
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Underwood added: Were continu-
ously trying to add context to the bands
that are coming in ... , and trying to tell
people why they should come see this
band. ... Not that theyre the best of whats
next, but theyre amazing right now.
Barkau also promised that there are
some big changes coming ... regarding the
Web site ... . What the user experience is
like is going to be changing a ton over this
year.
He said Daytrotter subscriptions and
traffic have been stable since Moeller left:
Right now, the water has not raised or
decreased. Were doing just fine, but we
need to be doing better. And theres a lot of
big, long-game stuff.
Highlighting the Quad Cities
Everybody now involved in Daytrotter
also talks about how important the Quad
Cities are to Daytrotter.
Every single person here was born in
the Quad Cities, Harris said, and four
of the six employees are also musicians.
Only one of us [Barkau] moved away
from the Quad Cities. ... So to me, Day-
trotter more than ever [is] and always has
been a Quad Cities company.
Im a musician ... deeply invested in the
local scene, Crabb said. That was a huge
thing for me.
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All of us that joined the
team were somehow
already deeply involved
in Daytrotter.
Ben Crabb
And thats one reason why Daytrotter
Downs has such an emphasis on local
bands, and why local openers will be the
norm for other Daytrotter shows.
Stolley noted, correctly, that Daytrot-
ter never started out a local thing. It wasnt
about local music; it was about music in
general that was passing through.
But Crabb said that from the outset,
Moeller tried to capitalize on the Quad
Cities location the fact that many bands
who werent playing shows here were still
passing through on their tours.
We are not doing [as many] sessions
all over the country the way Sean was
doing at different studios, he said. Were
focusing in on right here. The purpose of
Daytrotter was to get bands to come here
originally. Thats what we got back to. ...
Daytrotter exists because of the Quad
Cities. Its not despite the Quad Cities.
And that, Crabb said, will mean
opportunities for local bands: I want to
see bands from here break out ... . But I
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want them to work at it. Sessions are still
reserved for bands making good music,
recording and promoting albums, and
touring, he said. You dont get it by being
a friend.
However, he said that for live shows,
it makes sense to include the best area
bands: Local bands can draw really well
around here. What Daytrotter has always
been and what Daytrotter continues to be
is introducing people to a lot of new, up-
and-coming music. Weve made an effort
to bring in some new cult bands and some
more well-known groups ... [for Daytrot-
ter Downs], but for most people, ... its a
name on a piece of paper unless you do the
research. But local bands have a presence;
people will come out to see them.
Its a mutually beneficial relationship,
Crabb said: Daytrotter is a step up for
a local band. ... Theres one company in
town that is a direct step to the next level,
and its Daytrotter.
Daytrotters the first thing like this
ever in the Quad Cities, Cluney said.
Before, it was I hope we get on a cool
college radio station. ... [Now,] theres
actually a reason to keep a band going.
And the Daytrotter staffers said the
Quad Cities are on the cusp of a musical
renaissance.
I want to highlight local music in a way
that hasnt been done, Crabb said. I dont
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think people give the Quad Cities scene
enough credit for the creativeness and the
lack of ... trendiness. They dont follow
trends. ... People do what they do, and I
think thats really fresh. ...
This era right now is kind of the begin-
ning of the Quad Cities being considered a
music town like a real music town.
Were all responsible for this music-
town thing, Barkau said, listing off
Moeller, RIBCO, the River Music Experi-
ence, Rozz-Tox, and Ragged Records.
Theres ... not really a bad venue in
town, Harris said.
And theyre all different, Cluney
added.
Crabb noted a growing hip-hop scene
in East Moline and Davenport, and were
in this great position to be able to capture
this as its happening.
And while some people might view
Moellers departure from Daytrotter as
a negative, it has resulted in two entities
working separately for the greater good of
the Quad Cities music scene. Two weeks
apart, we get Moellers Gas Feed & Seed
Festival and Daytrotter Downs.
Its a mitosis, and I see it really posi-
tively, Barkau said. The cells splitting.
I think this is great for everyone,
Harris added. I think its only going to
mean good things for the Quad Cities.
REWARDS
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MUSIC
A Blank Slate
Advance Base, March 16 at Rozz Tox
W
hen Owen Ashworth dissolved his
solo project Casiotone for the Pain-
fully Alone after more than 10 years,
he set out to start anew.
I liked the challenge of starting over and
just writing a whole new set of songs and
seeing what a blank slate would feel like, he
said in a recent phone interview.
With his new project Advance Base,
Ashworth started with little idea what it
would become. He and some other musicians
played as a band at the start, but logistics with
bandmates proved too difficult to schedule
a tour. So Ashworth took the project on
the road alone while still recording with
other musicians.
Although Advance Base eventually
became another Ashworth solo vessel, the
music is decidedly different from Casiotone
for the Painfully Alone which a local audi-
ence will hear when Ashworth returns to the
Quad Cities for a March 16 Advance Base
show at Rozz-Tox.
Ashworth said he wanted to make quieter,
gentler music with Advance Base. The drum
machines are more subtle, and songs doesnt
toe the line of dance beats like some Casio-
tone for the Painfully Alone music did. The
simplicity of Ashworths electric piano and
understated percussion clear a path for the
stories hes telling.
And the songs are coming from a different
place than in Casiotone for the Painfully Alone.
I feel like I started drawing more directly
from personal experiences and not really
feeling a need to create fictional characters,
Ashworth said.
He said the shift in songwriting is likely a
result of getting older, because the change came
organically. Nephew in the Wild, Advance
Bases 2015 full-length album, takes place in a
state both near and dear to Ashworth, crafting
vignettes of life in Michigan covering 30 years.
Although Ashworth is not from Michigan, the
39-year-old songwriter said he plays shows in
the state frequently, with its proximity to his
home base Chicago. Many of his friends are
also Michigan-based musicians.
On the album, Ashworth creates a portrait
of small-town Midwestern living. He sings
in a low near-drone about snow melting,
walking to the park, and pickup trucks sitting
in driveways. The album is filled with scenery
familiar to Midwesterners.
Getting lost in these images and feelings
can stir up nostalgia, but thats not Ash-
worths goal. In those simpler times he still
finds plenty of darkness.
Read your yearbooks back to front with
TV on and your skirt off and counted all of
By Hannah Bates
bateshannaha@gmail.com
Owen Ashworth
your teachers who were younger than you
now, he sings in Christmas in Dearborn,
a song about a woman coming home for
the holidays.
Ashworth also pulled directly from his
high-school days to describe pre-Internet life
in particular the way rumors and legends
live in a small town, the things you know
about people youve never met before, kind of
by reputation, he said.
In Pamela, for example, he describes
an outsize figure with a star and a goat on
a chain at his throat. Sold acid and mesca-
line but even when he was clean, he still had
the smell of weed in his coat.
But he also mines everyday life from those
days. On The Might of the Moose, a man
wrecks his car when he hits a moose and has
to walk to the nearest pay phone.
In Trisha Please Come Home, Ashworth
sings about not being able to find a friend after
she left town suddenly. Theres no modern
technology to easily track somebody down, so
the narrator is left with a song as the only way
to present his pleas: You dont call me ever
on the phone. Am I supposed to listen to Thin
Lizzy and get high on my own?
Ashworth now devotes much of his time to
his record label, Ordinal Records whose roster
includes Rozz-Tox opener Karima Walker.
But he said that doesnt compare to the
thrill of performing: I guess theres a real
punk ethos to it, a real electric, personal
connection between writing and performing
a song and experiencing it in real time. Its
exciting to me.
Advance Base will perform on Thursday,
March 16, at Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Avenue,
Rock Island; RozzTox.com). The 8 p.m. all-ages
show also includes Karima Walker and Jake
McKelvie. Cover is $8 to $12.
For more information on Advance Base, visit
AdvanceBaseMusic.com.
Hannah Bates is a St. Ambrose University
graduate who likes music more than she likes
most other things.
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The Parent Trap

GET OUT
It would be easy, and fairly accurate, to
describe Jordan Peeles Get Out as the horror-
comedy flip side to Guess Whos Coming to
Dinner kind of like what youd get if the
1967 Sidney Poitier were less noble than
monumentally panicked, and the Tracy-and-
Hepburn clan were enacted by the Manson
family. But that wouldnt begin to suggest the
singularity and incredible inventiveness of
Peeles achievement, which is so thrillingly
scary-funny, and so deeply satisfying, that it
might take you hours or days to also recog-
nize it as one of the angriest genre entertain-
ments ever made. Given the results, I couldnt
possibly mean that as a higher compliment.
In an ideal world, I wouldnt even offer a
review of Get Out until, say, next January,
after the statute of limitations on spoilers
had conceivably passed; while the movie is
eminently worth discussing, what you really
ache to talk about is how beautifully the odd
details of the first half pay off in the second.
What I can safely reveal is the setup, which
finds the young, African-American photog-
rapher Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) invited by
his white girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams,
sensational) to spend the weekend at her
parents remote estate. Chris is understand-
ably apprehensive when Rose informs him
that no, she hasnt told them hes black, and
hes hardly assuaged when she says not to
worry, as her proudly liberal dad would have
voted for Obama a third time. Still, off to her
folks home they go, and after an unnerving
highway incident involving an errant deer
and a probing cop, Chris is greeted by Roses
parents (Catherine Keener and Bradley
Whitford, both perfect) with smiles, hugs,
and Welcome to the family! bonhomie.
This is what is known in horror films as a red
flag. And the color palette only gets redder
from there.
Jordan Peele, of course, is best known
for partnering with Keegan-Michael Key
in their iconic sketch-comedy series Key &
Peele, a show that routinely said more about
black identity in America during one three-
minute skit than most similarly themed
efforts manage over two full hours. And even
while youre enjoying Get Outs early scenes
and giggly/queasy fringe touches such as
Whitfords explanation that their basement is
sealed off because of black mold you may
still be somewhat dreading a potentially great
Key & Peele short unfortunately elongated
to feature-film length, much like last springs
initially clever, eventually tiresome Keanu.
Peele, however, is way ahead of us. As the
behavior of the many whites and handful of
blacks surrounding Chris grows from off-
putting to sinister, Peele is masterful about
systematically upping the emotional ante so
that we feel our heros serio-comic disbelief,
then increasing paranoia, then abject terror
right along with him. (Kaluuya, so memo-
rable as the romance- and revenge-minded
cyclist in Black Mirrors Fifteen Million
Merits episode, is an empathetic, magnifi-
cently forceful presence here.) Peele is even
better, though, at laying the groundwork for
future shocks through seemingly casual, even
throwaway bits of eccentricity in terms of
both action and character that wind up
having extraordinary cumulative impact.
How does the estates caretaker (Marcus
Henderson), a slow-moving figure of dead-
eyed smiles and languid vocal rhythms,
have the energy to sprint toward Chris at
top speed? Why does the family maid (a
Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams in Get Out
spellbinding Betty Gabriel) keep check-
ing her hairdo in and on every reflective
surface? How is one of the familys other
weekend guests a blind art dealer played
by the invaluable Stephen Root so familiar
with Chris photographic output? When
Roses dad suggests a game of bingo, why is it
played silently with already completed bingo
cards? What does a tragedy from Chris
childhood, and Moms gift for hypnosis,
and the deceased grandpas obsession with
Jesse Owens have to do with all of this? In his
biting and magnificently structured screen-
play, Peele keeps compounding the questions
to the point that, like Chris, you feel nearly
dizzy with confusion and dread. Unlike
Chris, however, it proves to be phenomenally
enjoyable confusion and dread, given that
when the answers come and astoundingly,
all the answers do come they fit so logically
into Get Outs grand yet admittedly outr
design that youre left feeling simultaneously
wiped out and exhilarated.
Youll also, though, likely feel more than
a little shaken, because while Peele is able to
wring laughs out of everything from a hyper-
suspicious TSA agent (the hilarious Lil Rel
Howery) to a late-night wind-down of dry
Froot Loops and the Dirty Dancing theme
song, his themes are dead-serious. Clearly,
Peele is aiming for uncomfortable laughs
of recognition when Whitford uses dated
urban slang to show off his liberal bona
fides, or when a house guest, in discussing
golf with Chris, cant resist from offering a
self-congratulatory I met Tiger once. But
the laughs sting. Through the well-worn
tenets of fright flicks, Peele is demonstrably
connecting the dots between well-meaning
Caucasian condescension toward blacks and
uglier, more loathsome acts of racism, and
when the ultimate Why? here is finally
addressed, the explanation is legitimately
horrific in its banality; Peele may frequently
want us to chuckle, but he is also so not
kidding. Fiendishly smart and unassailably
thoughtful, Get Out may, in time, stand as
a genre pinnacle, and it even saves a killer
joke for the very end, as the last thing we see
before the credits roll, in big block letters, are
the words GET OUT. Obviously, we have
no choice but to obey even if we just get out
long enough to grab some friends in time for
another screening.
For reviews of The Great Wall, Fist Fight,
Rock Dog, Collide, A Cure for Wellness,
I Am Not Your Negro, and other current
releases, visit RiverCitiesReader.com.
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Whats Happenin
Theatre
anniversary, says Wooten. I said, Well,
I guess thats Murder in the Cathedral,
which we did there last time, for the 150th,
Murder in the Cathedral 25 years ago. And I thought as long as we
Area Churches were doing it there, we might as well do it a
Friday, March 10, through Saturday, March 25 few other places. We probably could have
expanded quite a bit, but I figured five was
by incorporating something like a Greek
chorus.
Eliots history play finds that chorus
foreshadowing Beckets murder amidst the
archbishops dealings with priests, knights,
and a quartet of insidious tempters. And
although Becket was indeed slain in a cathe-

O n Friday, March 10, at Davenports

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Genesius
Guild will open its traveling production of
author T.S. Eliots Murder in the Cathedral
the first of five area-church presentations
directed by Guild founder Don Wooten.
There are so many things that are
unusual about that sentence that its prob-
ably best to break it down bit by bit.
To begin with: Yes, the company known
for its summertime stagings of classical
theatre is indeed producing a rare out-
of-season offering, and yes, the March 10
Don Faust, Tyler Henning, Michael King,
Greg Braid, and Doug Adkins
through 25 performances will take place
not in Rock Islands Lincoln Park, but
rather churches in Davenport, Muscatine,
Moline, Rock Island, and Clinton.
I was told that Trinity was interested
in my doing something for their 175th
enough.
If, however, it seems odd that the com-
pany venerated for its classical-Greek and
Shakespeare productions would tackle a
script that isnt even 100 years old Eliots
play having debuted in 1935 Murder in
the Cathedral actually fits right in the Guild
wheelhouse. Not only is it a verse drama
concerning historical events that took place
in 1170, but Eliots re-imagining of the assas-
sination of Archbishop Thomas Becket,
as Wooten says, finds its author obvi-
ously following the lead of Greek tragedy
dral, you might think that local churches
would be ill-fitting venues for Guilds
springtime offering. Not so, says Wooten.
Theatre began in religion, he says. It was
worship of Dionysus, where they did the choral
odes, that started it. And then Thespis, instead
of singing about the gods, pretended he was
the god and the people who saw it thought,
Thats terrific. And thus came theatre.
The Christian church, of course, then
killed the theatre because it was immoral,
Wooten continues. But then it came back to
life in the church again because they found that

Camptons A Smell of Burning and Then ... that
Odenkirk says meshed together beautifully given what
he and his fellow students hoped to deliver.
We definitely knew we wanted to do something
a little political and relevant, says Odenkirk, whose
student cast boasts Isabelle Dawson, Thea Gonzalez,
Jonathon Meir, Muriel Melgoza, Steven Mondloch,
and Jaryd Whitmore. We didnt want to pick a side,
however. That seems to be a tendency of theatre artists
in general; they lean toward one particular side, and
then they just create an echo chamber with the people
who will be coming to their show. And that doesnt
day while theres all this fire outside. Eventually, this
hilariously slimy representative from the government
shows up, and starts talking about how hes going to
blow up their house, and goes up to kill their upstairs
neighbor ... .
As for Politicalamitys finale Then ... , Odenkirk
says, Its kind of set in the same world in that, clearly,
some sort of horrible disaster has occurred. But here,
everyone has been turned to dust except for two
people and they survived because they wore paper
bags over their heads. So for the entire show, the actors
wear paper bags.

Theatre
necessarily do much.
So we wanted to play with the ideas of ambivalence
and empathy, he continues. That felt important to us
Politicalamity as learning artists, and people who are trying to figure
Augustana College out their own artistic voices trying to understand
what we can contribute to performance and the the-
Friday, March 10, through Sunday, March 12
atre world.
Its all very nonchalant, he continues. And very
dark. But its also very, very funny. And even though
theyre plays by different playwrights, we think that
through their styles and themes, were connecting
them to create one cohesive storyline.
With Odenkirks Augustana credits including roles
in such dramatic works as The Passion of Dracula,

O
Politicalamitys opening piece, Loyalties, begins Machinal, and last falls Othello, Politicalamitys direc-
n the surface, absurdist comedy and politics
with what Odenkirk describes as a standard dinner tor says that, in rehearsals, he relishes watching the
would appear to be two completely unrelated
argument between two guys who have opposing cast just go in there and try to make each other laugh
subjects. But from March 10 to 12 ... .
political views. Their wives are sisters, and the two and make each other laugh without losing the sense of
Listen were never gonna get through this if you
guys are ... . Well, I guess for lack of a better word, what the plays are about. Ultimately, if they can have
keep laughing like that.
theyre douchebags. One of them is just a really cocky, that kind of fun with the other people on-stage, when
But from March 10 to 12, the absurd gets politi-
obnoxious, rude, liberal dude, and the other one is a the audience shows up theyll go along with them.
cal and the political gets absurd in Politicalamity, an
loud, obnoxious, crazy, conservative dude. But both Yet in addition to laughs, says Odenkirk, What Id
Augustana College studio offering produced wholly
of their wives are very reasonable women, and end up love for people to get out of this is that theres a right
by students in the theatre departments Play Produc-
getting torn apart because of that this big shock at way to discuss politics and discuss beliefs, period
tion course. Designed to give participants experience
the end kind of rockets everything into an absurdist just by maintaining empathy. You can have con-
in producing a show from the ground up, the project
world where nothing makes sense anymore. flicts of beliefs without, you know, being a douchebag
finds everything from the initial play selection to
That absurdist world would be the one of The Smell about it.
its creative design to its press releases the duties of
of Burning and Then ... . The first of Camptons short Politicalamity runs in the Honkamp Black Box
director Keenan Odenkirk and his classmates Sarah
works, says Odenkirk, starts with this couple sitting Theatre at Augustanas Brunner Theatre Center (3750
Baker, Laura Bergren, Emma Brutman, Jessica Holz-
at home. You can hear explosions in the distance, Seventh Avenue, Rock Island); performances are
knecht, Audrey Johnsen, Samuel Langallier, Madison
and you can see a red glow outside their window, so Friday and Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 1 p.m.; and
Mortensen, Maissie Musick, Jake Phillips, and Shan-
clearly theres some kind of war or disaster occur- more information and $3 to $5 tickets are available by
non Ryan.
ring outside. But the couple isnt acknowledging it, calling (309)794-7306 or visiting Augustana.edu/arts.
This years Play Production effort is actually a trio
and to such a ridiculous point that theyre talking
of titles author Murphy Guyers Loyalties, and David
about toast and eggs and what theyre going to do that
Business Politics Arts Culture Now You Know RiverCitiesReader.com
since they were doing the masses in Latin, the
illiterate congregation didnt know what the
heck was doing on. So they acted out the scene
at the tomb, and everybody thought, Wow.
Then it spills out of the churches and into the
marketplace, and then here comes Shakespeare
and Molire ... . Its that wow you get from the
people who see it that keeps theatre going.
With its 16-person ensemble includ-
ing such Genesius Guild veterans as Doug
Adkins, Don Faust, Tyler Henning, Micael
King, Rae Mary, Melita and Phillip Tun-
nicliff, and James Loula (the latter in a role
enacted by his father James Sr. 25 years ago),
Wooten calls his directorial offering a tale of
the great scandal of the Middle Ages a seri-
ous play, with a kind of unconscious comedy,
that gets down to some really human stuff.
And if, for his many admirers, the final sur-
prise of this articles opener is Wooten direct-
ing Murder in the Cathedral just a few months
after his October retirement party, dont think
hes done with Guild duties quite yet.
I agreed to continue writing the com-
edies until I drop, he says of his satirical,
summer-ending slapsticks, with Wootens
take on Aristophanes The Clouds landing
this August. That ones about education,
and its pretty fixed as it is. But with [Betsy]
DeVos in there now, who knows? That may
change the whole tenor of things.
In addition to its March 10 staging at
Davenports Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (121
West 12th Street), Murder in the Cathedral
will be performed on March 16 at Muscatines
Wesley United Methodist Church (400 Iowa
Avenue); on March 18 at Molines First Con-
gregational Church (2201 Seventh Avenue);
on March 19 at Rock Islands St. Johns
Lutheran Church (4501 Seventh Avenue); and
on March 25 at Clintons St. Paul Lutheran
Church (715 South Third Street).
All performances begin at 7 p.m., admis-
sion is free (although donations are encour-
aged), and more information is available by
visiting Genesius.org.
February 16 Crossword Answers
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By Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
What Else
Is Happenin
Romeo and Juliet @
St. Ambrose University - March 4
MUSIC
Thursday, March 2 Get the Led Out.
Concert with the Led Zeppelin tribute musicians.
Adler Theatre (136 East Third Street, Davenport).
8 p.m. $28. For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or visit
AdlerTheatre.com.
Friday, March 3 Brantley Gilbert. Chart-
topping country musician in concert, with
additional sets by Tucker Beathard, Luke Combs,
and Brian Davis. iWireless Center (1201 River
Drive, Moline). 7 p.m. $29.75-39.75. For tickets, call
(800)745-3000 or visit iWirelessCenter.com.
Friday, March 3 Unknown Hinson. Comedic
country musician and songwriter in concert,
with opening sets by the Krank Daddies and 3
on the Tree. Rock Island Brewing Company (1815
Second Avenue, Rock Island). 8:30 p.m. $20. For
information, call (309)793-1999 or visit RIBCO.com.
Friday, March 3, and Saturday, March
4 Daytrotter Downs. Daytrotter and the River
Music Experience present an all-ages weekend
festival of rock, hip hop, soul, blues, folk, and more
at six Davenport venues. Friday 3 p.m.-1:30 a.m.,
Saturday 10 a.m.-2 a.m. $30 single-day pass, $55
two-day pass. For information, visit Daytrotter.
com or RiverMusicExperience.org.
Saturday, March 4, and Sunday, March
5 Quad City Symphony Orchestra: River
of Life. Mark Russell Smith conducts the
orchestra alongside guest soprano Erin Wall
in the Masterworks V repertoire featuring
Wagners Dawn & Siegfrieds Rhine Journey from
Gtterdammerung (Rheinfahrt) and Prelude &
Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, Strauss Four
Last Songs, and Ravels Daphnis & Chloe Suite No.
2. Saturday: Adler Theatre (136 East Third Street,
Davenport), 8 p.m. Sunday: Augustana Colleges
Centennial Hall (3703 Seventh Avenue, Rock
Island), 2 p.m. $6-62. For tickets and information,
call (563)322-7276 or visit QCSO.org.
Thursday, March 9 Dead Meadow. Touring
rock musicians featuring opening sets by The
Flash Hits and The Golden Fleece. Rock Island
Brewing Company (1815 Second Avenue, Rock
Island). 7 p.m. $12. For information, call (309)793-
1999 or visit RIBCO.com.
Friday, March 10 The Candymakers.
Concert with the 2011 Iowa Blues Challenge
winners, featuring opening sets by GoodcaT and
Vintage Pistol. The Redstone Room (129 Main
Street, Davenport). 9 p.m. $11.50. For tickets
and information, call (563)326-1333 or visit
RiverMusicExperience.org.
Saturday, March 10 Local Bands for
Music Education Benefit. Fourth-annual
event with musicians performing on three
stages in a fundraiser for the Muscatine schools
elementary-music programs, featuring a silent
auction, raffles, games, and more. River Music
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What Else Is Happenin York-based chamber musicians. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third

Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. $5-10. For information, call
(309)200-0978 or visit RozzTox.com.
a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday noon-5 p.m. $14-18. For tickets and
information, call (563)324-1933 or visit Putnam.org.

Experience (129 North Main Street, Davenport). 2
p.m. $5. For information, call (563)326-1333 or visit
RiverMusicExperience.org.
Wednesday, March 15 Turkuaz. Concert with
the nine-piece power funk outfit from Brooklyn, New
Tuesday, March 14 Mona Lisa Is Missing.
buffet, 5:15 p.m. pre-show, 5:45 p.m. show. Wednesday: Screenings in the World Adventure Series presented
11:45 a.m. plated lunch, 1 p.m. pre-show, 1:30 p.m. show. by Joe Medeiros. Putnam Museum & Science Center
$44.94-51.73. For tickets and information, call (309)786- (1717 West 12th Street, Davenport). 1 and 6 p.m. $7-
7733 extension 2 or visit Circa21.com. 8.50. For tickets and information, call (563)324-1933 or
visit Putnam.org.
EVENTS
Thursday, March 2 Murder-Mystery
Fundraiser: A Dance with Death. Performance
benefiting Davenports Creative Arts Academy
featuring a sock-hop-themed show performed by

COMEDY
York, featuring an opening set by Organ Freeman. the Murder Mystery Company, food, raffles, a 50/50, a

The Redstone Room (129 Main Street, Davenport).
8:30 p.m. $16.75-20. For tickets and information, call
(563)326-1333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.
Thursday, March 2 Etta May. An evening of
stand-up with the touring comedienne, featuring an
opening set by Bobby Ray Bunch. Circa 21 Dinner
EXHIBITS
silent auction, and more. River Music Experience (129
North Main Street, Davenport). 5:30 p.m. doors. $25.
Thursday, March 2, through Sunday, April For tickets, visit Funds4CAA.vistaprintdigital.com.
3 Marty Mitchell, Susan Coleman, & Elizabeth Friday, March 3, through Sunday, March 5

THEATRE
Saturday, March 4 Romeo & Juliet. William
Shakespeares tragic romance interpreted by five
performers from the touring company Actors from the
London Stage: Shakespeare at Notre Dame. St. Ambrose
Universitys Galvin Fine Arts Center (2101 North Gaines
Street, Davenport). 7:30 p.m. $9-13. For tickets and
information, call (563)333-6251 or visit SAU.edu/galvin.
Friday, March 10, through Sunday, March 19
Rumors. Neil Simons Tony-winning farcical comedy,
directed by Alex Richardson. Playcrafters Barn Theatre
(4950 35th Avenue, Moline). Friday and Saturday 7:30
p.m., Sunday 3 p.m. For tickets and information, call
(309)762-0330 or visit Playcrafters.com.
Friday, March 10, through Saturday, March
25 Youre a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Tony-
winning musical comedy based on the Charles M.
Schulz comic-strip Peanuts, directed by David Miller.
The Black Box Theatre (1623 Fifth Avenue, Moline).
Friday and Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 2:30 p.m. $16.
For tickets and information, call (563)284-2350 or visit
TheBlackBoxTheatre.com.
Wednesday, March 15, through Saturday, May
13 The Music Man. Meredith Willsons Tony-winning
musical classic, directed by Jim Hesselman. Circa 21
Dinner Playhouse (1828 Third Avenue, Rock Island).
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and March 16: 6 p.m.
buffet, 7:15 p.m. pre-show, 7:45 p.m. show. Sunday: 4 p.m.
Playhouse (1828 Third Avenue, Rock Island). 7 p.m.
$25-30. For tickets and information, call (309)786-7733
extension 2 or visit Circa21.com.
SPORTS
Saturday, March 4 Quad City Rollers 2017
Season Opener. Evening featuring the QCR Orphan
Brigade scrimmage at 6 p.m. and the areas female flat-
track roller-derby team against Indianas Dire Skates at
7 p.m. Eldridge Community Center & Skatepark (400
South 16th Avenue, Eldridge). $10-12, free for military
with valid ID and ages 12 and under. For information,
visit Facebook.com/quadcityrollers.
MOVIES
Saturday, March 11 Environmental Film
Festival. Twelfth-annual event featuring screenings
of the documentaries Love Thy Nature, Future of Energy,
Disobedience, and 62 Years, a presentation with author
Ken Brower, healthy snacks, short films, and more.
Augustana Colleges Olin Center (733 35th Street, Rock
Island). 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. For information and a film
schedule, visit SierraClub.org/illinois/eagle-view or
Augustana.edu/EnvironmentalFilmFest.
Saturday, March 11 Vampyr with the Andrew
Alden Ensemble. Carl Theodor Dreyers 1932 horror
film performed with live accompaniment by the New
Shriver. Exhibition of landscape paintings by Mitchell
and Coleman and ceramic vessels by Shriver. Quad
City International Airport Gallery (2200 69th Avenue,
Moline). $1 for parking. For information, call (309)793-
1213 or visit QuadCityArts.com.
Saturday, March 4, through Sunday, June 4
Jefferson Pinder: Ghost Light. A site-specific art- and
performance-based installation created by Chicago
artist Pinder exploring the Quad Cities African-American
experience. Figge Art Museum (225 West Second Street,
Davenport). Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Thursday 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sunday noon-5 p.m. Free with
$4-7 museum admission. For information, call (563)326-
7804 or visit FiggeArtMuseum.org.
Saturday, March 4, through Sunday, March
12 Young Artists at the Figge: Geneseo Schools.
Exhibit of works by student artists. Figge Art Museum
(225 West Second Street, Davenport). Tuesday
through Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m.-9
p.m., Sunday noon-5 p.m. Free with $4-7 museum
admission. For information, call (563)326-7804 or visit
FiggeArtMuseum.org.
Saturday, March 11, through Sunday, June 4 The
Magical History Tour: A Beatles Exhibition. Touring
exhibition that tells the story of the Fab Four through four
galleries of artifacts, memorabilia, interactive programming,
and more. Putnam Museum & Science Center (1717 West
12th Street, Davenport). Monday through Saturday 10
Antique Spectacular Vintage Market. Bi-annual
event featuring 70 exhibitors with antiques and
vintage items including furniture, art pottery,
stoneware, books, prints, and more. QCCA Expo
Center (2621 Fourth Avenue, Rock Island). Friday 4-9
p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $7
weekend admission. For information, call (712)324-
9964 or visit AntiqueSpectacular.com.
Saturday, March 4 Red Ribbon Dinner. The
24th-annual fundraiser hosted by the Project of the
Quad Cities featuring a gourmet dinner, live and silent
auctions, and more. Radisson Quad City Plaza Hotel
(111 East Second Street, Davenport). 5 p.m. cocktail
hour, 7 p.m. dinner. $75. For tickets and information,
call (309)762-5433 or visit TPQC.org.
Saturday, March 4 The Kids Table: A Grown-
Up Helping. Evening fundraiser for Bettendorfs
Family Museum featuring food, drinks, games, live
music by 10 of Soul, a silent auction, and more. Family
Museum (2900 Learning Campus Drive, Bettendorf).
6:30 p.m. $50. For tickets and information, call
(563)344-4106 or visit FamilyMuseum.org.
Saturday, March 11 Big Bacon Bonanza.
Fourth-annual fundraiser for Churches United of the
Quad Cities featuring vendors, tastings, music, and
more. Davenport RiverCenter (136 East Third Street,
Davenport). 4-7 p.m. For information, call (563)676-
9472 or visit CUQCA.org.

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I
magine that its Christmas Eve and you
are Terrence, a delivery-truck driver
who, en route to the airport, loses his
cargo the dead body of an elderly Israeli
tourist and you cant communicate with
the womans granddaughter, who doesnt
speak English. What do you do? Well, you
call your friend Josh who learned to speak
Jewish at his Hare Krishna and ask him to
inform the young Israeli that her grand-
mothers body is lost, of course.
This improbable but engaging scenario
is the setup in New Ground Theatres latest
offering: author Jason Odell Williams
Handle With Care. Directed by Christina
Myatt, the play is set in a motel room in
Goodview, Virginia, and, moving back-
ward and forward through time in non-
linear fashion, tells a tale of love lost and
unexpectedly found amidst the twists and
tangles of fate, and across a severe language
barrier. And although the shows style
was a bit too broadly played for my tastes,
Myatt has created a production with high
energy, brisk and bright pacing, and good
comedic timing.
Handle with Care opens with Josh
(Jordan Smith) responding to Terrences
(Jacob Kilburgs) call for help. Josh sets his
friend straight: Its not Jewish, but rather
Hebrew, and it wasnt his Hare Krishna,
but his bar mitzvah. Smith gives his all in
portraying Josh, who attempts to com-
municate with the young Israeli woman
Ayelet (Joanna Mills) through rudimentary
Hebrew, simplified English, hand gestures,
and facial expressions. Smith is very alive
and earnest, and has great comedic timing.
But although I really enjoy Smith on-stage
and think he keeps getting better and
better, he has, in my opinion, potential for
realizing deeper characterization and more
emotional realism than he has displayed to
date including here.
The dynamic between Josh and Terrence,
though, is great. Kilburg also delivers funny
lines with excellent comedic timing and,
while giving us a Southern, working-class,
broadly played Terrence, the actor generally
manages to stay on the right side of the line
between caricature and character.
As the two men discuss their situa-
tion, Ayelet looks on in expectation; not
knowing any
English, shes
excited when
Josh approaches
her, thinking
he will speak to
her in her own
language and
clarify just what
is going on. His
first (and only)
Hebrew word is
shalom, and
she gestures
in frustration.
Yet over time,
and after much
Jordan Smith and Joanna Mills
to-ing and fro-
ing and semi-conversing (including Smiths McConougheys portrayal was very nicely
clever Owen Wilson impersonation), her done, there was one intimate scene in
understanding of English improves a bit, which, although a soft delivery was called
and the plot moves forward in sometimes for, I had to strain to hear what she was
pleasantly anticipated, sometimes unantici- saying. This was unfortunate and unneces-
pated, and sometimes improbable ways. sary, and could have been easily rectified in
Prior to this show, I had never known the rehearsal process.
of Joanna Mills or how wonderful she is. Other bothersome technicalities
Although her dialogue with grandmother included a wall that shook when movement
Edna (Tamra McConoughey) is in Eng- took place on the bed; no sound for the TV
lish, we understand them to be speaking being turned on the first time although
Hebrew. But in all of her scenes with Josh, there was sound the second time; a phone
she converses only in Hebrew, which is an that sounded like it was ringing somewhere
incredible technical achievement (or so it backstage; and a Shabbat meal pulled out
seemed to me, as I am not conversant in of a beaten-up paper bag and composed of
that language). I found myself intrigued by unidentifiable items and a large plastic jug
what was going on on-stage two char- of juice. (Yes, a motel-room meal requires
acters who dont speak the same language improvisation, but this one couldve had a
were, it appeared. communicating with, touch of class, or at least better presentation
and understanding, each other. Mills is a glass bottle, some cheese, and a couple
wonderfully natural, and while exuding an of apples, perhaps.)
energy and tone that fit seamlessly into the These are details, but details either
style of this production, she also exuded an enhance a sense of reality or detract from
emotional realism that made her character it, and the plays resolution also seemed
very true and believable. to me a bit forced. Otherwise, however,
For New Grounds production, McCo- New Grounds production of Handle with
noughey has returned to the stage after Care is a good one, and I was definitely
many years, and a most welcome return entertained.
this is. As Handle with Care progresses, we
learn the real reason why Edna brought Handle with Care runs at the Village
her granddaughter to this small Virginia Theatre (2113 East 11th Street, Davenport)
town and how Ednas past is affecting her through March 4, and more information
granddaughters future, and McConoughey and tickets are available by calling (563)326-
was fun to watch, bringing to her role a 7529 or visiting New Ground Theatres
cheerful, bouncy, lovable charm. Yet while Facebook page.
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Ask
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the
Advice
Goddess
A Ruse Is a Ruse Is a Ruse
A year ago, the woman who pet-sits for me
began inviting herself over for dinner. We
started going out about three times a week. I
always paid for dinner. She never introduced
me to her friends, wouldnt let me pick her up
at her apartment, and wouldnt let me touch
her. Even a genial thank you touch on the
arm got a grim response. Her reason: She
didnt want a relationship. I kept hoping this
would change. Recently, I went on Facebook
and saw that shes been in a relationship with
another man. Her response? Well, Im not
sleeping with him, so I can see whomever
I want. After a long, demoralizing year, I
ended things. Did I do right by getting out?
Not a Game Player
Having regular dinners with somebody
doesnt mean youre dating. I have dinner with
my TV several nights a week, but that doesnt
mean I should get Samsung forever! tat-
tooed on my special place.
Consciously or subconsciously, this woman
deceived you into thinking a relationship
was possible but she had help. Yours. To
understand how you got tripped up, lets take a
look at self-deception through an evolution-
ary lens. Evolutionary researchers William
von Hippel and Robert Trivers describe self-
deception as a failure to tell the self the whole
truth by excluding the parts that go poorly
with our goals and our preferred view of
ourselves. We do this through information-
processing biases that give priority to welcome
over unwelcome information or, in plain
English: What we ignore the hell out of cant
hurt us.
Seems crazy, huh that we would have
evolved to have a faulty view of reality?
However, von Hippel and Trivers contend
that the ability to self-deceive evolved to help
us be better at deceiving others keeping
us from giving off the cues we do when we
know were putting out a big fib. As Trivers
explains in The Folly of Fools: We hide reality
from our conscious minds the better to hide it
from onlookers.
Knowing that we do this can help us
remember to ask the right questions the ego-
gnawing kind and drag the facts upstairs to
consciousness and give them a long look. Nice
as it is to glimpse the proverbial light at the
end of the tunnel, its wise to make sure it isnt
just the one on the tip of the colonoscope.
Got A Problem? Ask Amy Alkon.
171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405
or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (AdviceGoddess.com)
2017, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved.
Business Politics Arts Culture Now You Know RiverCitiesReader.com
BY AMY ALKON
Hyde and Seek
I feel that my boyfriend brings out my best
self: loving, sweet, productive. In my failed
marriage, my ex seemed to bring out my worst
self: unstable, selfish, lazy. Its almost as if Im
a different person with my boyfriend. But
how different can I be?
In a Better Place
Okay, so you sometimes daydreamed about
your naked ex and the things youd like to do to
him like painting him all over with maple syrup
and throwing him into a pit of starving fire ants.
To understand whats different with your cur-
rent boyfriend, consider that the relationship is an
environment one that influences your behavior
just like a physical environment. (Alaska in
January calls for a snowsuit, not a bikini and your
rainbow-colored unicorn water wings.)
Theres a term for the sort of relationship
dynamics that bring out your best self the
Michelangelo phenomenon coined by social
psychologist Caryl Rusbult and her colleagues.
The name was inspired by the Italian Renais-
sance artist Michelangelos belief that theres an
ideal figure hidden within each block of stone
and that its the sculptors job to chip away the
pieces around it until its revealed.
They find that in a relationship, two things
foster your bringing out the best in each other.
One is that your partner affirms your values
meaning that your partner is aligned (enough)
with what you care most about. (This doesnt
mean they want exactly what you do; they just
need to respect you for going for it.) Second,
they engage in behaviors that encourage you to
move toward your ideal self. This might mean
urging you to acquire new skills or, at a cocktail
party, asking you about the dog-walking drone
you invented while youre standing next to that
trust-afarian with the tech-funding hobby.
Rusbult and her colleagues observe that
when individuals in a relationship improve
and grow especially through their partners
encouragement it makes for a better relation-
ship and happier partners. Conversely, when
their partner is unhelpfully critical, controlling,
and at odds with who they are and what they
want, the relationship suffers, as do those in it.
Ultimately, if you say, I barely recognize who I
am with this person, it should be a good thing
not one that leads to TV news clips of your
bewildered neighbor: Were all just shocked.
She seemed so nice, so normal. I guess she
just snapped.
Business Politics Arts Culture Now You Know RiverCitiesReader.com
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I predict
that you will have earned the title of
Master Composter no later than March
26. Not necessarily because you will have packed
your food scraps, wilted flowers, coffee grounds,
and shredded newspapers in, say, a deluxe
dual-chamber tumbling compost bin. But rather
because you will have dealt efficiently with the
rotting emotions, tattered habits, decrepit
melodramas, and trivial nonsense that has
accumulated; you will have worked hard to
transform all that crap into metaphorical
fertilizer for your future growth. Time to
get started!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Its a
good time for you to wield your
emotional intelligence with leadership
and flair. The people you care about need more of
your sensitive influence. Any posse or tribe youre
part of will benefit from your thoughtful
intervention. So get out there and build up the
group morale, Taurus. Assert your healing ideals
with panache. Tamp down the insidious power of
peer pressure and fashionable nonsense. You have
a mandate to wake up sleepy allies and activate
the dormant potential of collective efforts.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you were
ever in your life going to be awarded an
honorary Ph.D. from a top university, it
would happen in the next few weeks. If there were
even a remote possibility that you would someday
be given one of those MacArthur Fellowship
genius grants, now would be the time. Likewise
if you had any hopes of being selected as one of
The Worlds Sexiest Chameleons or The alternative to that approach: We could use our
Fastest, Sweetest Talkers on Earth or The
Planets Most Virtuoso Vacillators, the moment
has arrived. And even if none of those things
happen, Im still pretty sure that your reputation
and status will be on the rise.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Youre
wandering into places youve always
thought you should be wary of or
skeptical about. Good for you! As long as you
protect your innocence, I encourage you to keep
exploring. To my delight, you have also been
fantasizing about accomplishments that used to
be off-limits. Again, I say: Good for you! As long
as you dont overreach, I invite you to dream
boldly, even brazenly. And since you seem to be in
the mood for big thinking, here are other
revolutionary activities to consider: dissolving
nonessential wishes; transcending shrunken
expectations; escaping the boring past; busting
irrelevant taboos.
LEO (July 23-August 22): I did a good
job of raising my daughter. She turned
out to be a thoughtful, intelligent adult
with high integrity and interesting skills. But Im
not sure my parenting would have been as
effective if Id had more kids. I discussed this issue
with Nathan, a guy I know. His six offspring are all
grown up, too. How did you do it? I asked him.
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Having just one child was a challenging job for
me. Ill tell you my secret, Nathan told me. Im face, appearing to be busy or in the midst of
a bad father. I didnt work very hard on raising my
kids. And now they never let me forget it. In the
coming weeks and months, Leo, I recommend
that you pursue my approach, not Nathans, in
your chosen field. Aim for high-quality intensity
rather than scattershot quantity.
VIRGO (August 23-September 22): In
her poem Not Anyone Who Says,
Virgo writer Mary Oliver looks down
on people who declare, Im going to be careful
and smart in matters of love. She disparages the
passion of anyone who asserts, Im going to
choose slowly. Instead she champions those who
are chosen by something invisible and powerful
and uncontrollable and beautiful and possibly
even unsuitable. Heres my response: Her
preferred formula sounds glamorous and
dramatic and romantic especially the powerful
and beautiful part. But in practice it rarely works
out well maybe just 10 percent of the time
mostly because of the uncontrollable and
unsuitable part. And now is not one of those
times for you, Virgo. Be careful and smart in
matters of love, and choose slowly.
LIBRA (September 23-October 22):
The poet Rainer Maria Rilke
bemoaned the fact that so many of us
squander our sorrows. Out of self-pity or lazy
self-indulgence, we wallow in memories of
experiences that didnt turn out the way we
wished they would have. We paralyze ourselves
with repetitions of depleting thoughts. Heres an
200 people, so there must be at least 200 facets to
sadness and frustrations to transform ourselves.
We could treat them as fuel to motivate our
escape from what doesnt work, to inspire our
determination to rise above what demoralizes
and demeans us. I mention this, Libra, because
now is an excellent time to do exactly that.
SCORPIO (October 23-November
21): Its time for the Bliss Blitz a new
holiday just for you Scorpios. To
celebrate it properly, get as buoyant as you dare; be
greedy for euphoria; launch a sacred quest for
pleasure. Ah, but heres the big question: Can you
handle this much relief and release? Are you
strong enough to open yourself to massive
outbreaks of educational delight and natural
highs? Some of you may not be prepared. You
may prefer to remain ensconced in your
protective sheath of cool cynicism. But if you
think you can bear the shock of unprecedented
exaltation and jubilation, then go ahead and risk
it. Experiment with the unruly happiness of the
Bliss Blitz.
SAGITTARIUS (November
22-December 21): In his book The
Horologicon, Mark Forsyth gathered
obscure but necessary words that he dug out of
old dictionaries. One of his discoveries is a perfect
fit for you right now. Its snudge, a verb that
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By Rob Brezsny
means to walk around with a pensive look on your
productive activity, when in fact youre just goofing
off. I recommend it for two reasons: (1) Its
important for your mental and physical health that
you do a lot of nothing, that you bless yourself with
a healing supply of refreshing emptiness. (2) Its
important for your mental and physical health that
you do this on the sly as much as possible, that you
avoid being judged or criticized for it by others.
CAPRICORN (December 22-January
19): I wish your breakfast cereal came
in boxes decorated with Matisse and
Picasso paintings. I wish songbirds would greet
you each morning with sweet tunes. I wish youd
see that you have more power than you realize. I
wish you knew how uniquely beautiful you are. I
wish youd get intoxicated with the small miracles
that are happening all around you. I wish that
when you made a bold move to improve your life,
everyone greeted it with curiosity and excitement.
And I wish you would let your imagination go
half-wild with fascinating fantasies during this,
the Capricorn wishing season.
AQUARIUS (January 20-February
18): Youre a different human being to
everybody you meet, says novelist
Chuck Palahniuk. Now is an excellent time to
contemplate the intricacies and implications of
that amazing truth and start taking better
advantage of how much freedom it gives you. Say
the following statements out loud and see how
they feel: (1) My identity isnt as narrowly
circumscribed as I think it is. (2) I know at least
my character. (3) I am too complicated to be
completely comprehended by any one person.
(4) Consistency is overrated.
PISCES (February 19-March 20):
Your immediate future is too good to be
true. Or at least thats what you, with
your famous self-doubt, might be inclined to
believe if I told you the truth about the favorable
developments that are in the works. Therefore, I
have come up with some fake anxieties to keep
your worry reflex engaged so it wont sabotage the
real goodies. Beware of dirty limericks and
invisible ladders and upside-down rainbows and
psychic bunny rabbits. Be on guard against
accountants wearing boxing gloves and clowns
singing Broadway showtunes in runaway
shopping carts and celebrities telling you
classified secrets in your dreams.
Homework: Whats the best surprise you
could give yourself right now? Testify at
FreeWillAstrology.com.
Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsnys
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ACROSS 82. Math branch, for short 37. Domingo or Caruso

1. Hook-billed bird 83. Keel 38. A Marx brother
6. _ -made man 84. Commence 39. Jog
10. Pontiffs 85. Part 4 of quip: 7 wds. 40. Belied anagram
15. Appearance 90. Charter 41. Overact
19. Start of a quip by Jack Handey: 2 wds. 91. Nine days wonder 42. Royal treasury
20. Orenburgs river 92. Stand 46. Answered a charge
21. Keen 93. Communion tables 48. _ milk
22. Field measure 95. Whoop it up 49. Bluff
23. _ _ your life! 96. Coal scuttle 50. Soil
24. One trillionth: Prefix 97. In a wild frenzy 51. A daughter of Zeus
25. Dud 101. Pastures 53. Tour of duty
26. Chirp 102. Rousseau title 54. Extensive
27. Henna, indigo, etc. 104. Stead 55. Astrologers drawing
28. _ Plaines 106. Like a contortionist 57. Mindful
29. American writer _ Cather 107. Fellow 58. Harrisons successor
31. Rice straw mat 108. Brewed beverage 59. Leaf
33. Rank 109. Underground entrance 61. Sprinkle
35. Hazard 110. End of the quip 62. _ -de-camp
36. Cowell or Templar 111. Dilettantish 63. Near that place
37. Part 2 of quip: 5 wds. 112. Gaiters 64. Missile fin
42. Exploits 113. Baggage and bumper 65. Mimicking
43. Vexed 114. High priest of Judea 66. Adviser
44. Aykroyd and Rather 69. Adult insect
45. Devilkin DOWN 70. A state: Abbr.
47. About: 2 wds. 1. Psyche 71. Observed
48. Skedaddle! 2. Cry cried at sea 73. River in France
49. Walker or Eastwood 3. _ dIvoire 74. Pro _
51. Organic compound 4. Renegade 75. Sled
52. Concession 5. Cyst 78. Where NATO is headquartered
53. Malice 6. Shallow 79. Luxury car
54. Shapeless masses 7. Discord personified 80. Quadrangle
55. Where Zeus was born 8. Varnish ingredient 82. Monarchs title
56. Where Zagreb is 9. Small blossom 83. Part of NB
58. Test 10. Pasty 84. Feather scarf
59. Held in common 11. Eyelike markings 86. Full of pep
60. Part 3 of quip: 5 wds. 12. Catamount 87. Brunch fare
64. Empty 13. WWII abbr. 88. Vacillates
67. Rice dish 14. Able to perceive 89. Kind of lamp
68. Derring-do 15. PC variety 93. Marine plant
72. On a ships left 16. Mammoth vessel: 2 wds. 94. Lascivious look
73. Loaded up 17. Place in Utah 95. Baltic capital
74. Rapid 18. French army hat 96. Scion
76. West of old movies 28. Anti-dope org. 98. State near Wisc.
77. Ennead 30. Showy flower 99. Olive genus
78. Destructive insect 32. Man in Los Alamos 100. Shift and tab
79. Woo 34. _ a boy! 103. Cartogram
80. Fable 35. Tea variety 105. Princess in light opera
81. Print measures 36. Bridges 106. I _ _ Camera
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Resort Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore
Ave., Davenport IA
Blues RockIt 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St., Davenport IA
Brantley Gilbert Tucker Beathard
Luke Combs Brian Davis
iWireless Center, 1201 River Dr,
Moline IL
Daytrotter Downs: Michigander
(6pm) Seasaw (6:45pm)
Subatlantic (7:30pm) The Last
Glimpse (8:15pm) Kississippi
(9pm) NEHI (10pm) Joan
of Arc (11pm) Mountain
Sw a l l o w e r (m i d n i g h t)
Day trot ter, 324 Brady St.,
Davenport IA
Daytrotter Downs: Ren Edstrand
(5:30pm) Tabah (6:15pm)
The Velies (7pm) The Cerny
Brothers (7:45pm) Charlie
Parr (8:30pm) Middle Western
(9:30pm) J.E. Sunde (10:30pm)
Pieta Brown (11:30pm) The
Dawn (12:30am) The Redstone
Room, 129 Main St, Davenport IA
Doug Brundies Big Acoustic Show
The Faithful Pilot Cafe & Spirits, 117
N Cody Rd, LeClaire IA
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo Vans
Pizza, Pub & Grill - Moline, 425 15th
St., Moline IL
JKB Trio (6pm) 1 Hundred West
Bar & Dance Club, 100 76th St.,
Davenport IA
Jazz After Five: Laranja (5pm)
Nato Coles & the Blue Diamond
Band Twins (9pm) The Mill, 120
E. Burlington St., Iowa City IA
Larry Boyd (6pm) Cool Beanz
Coffeehouse, 1325 30th St., Rock
Island IL
Sushi Roll Riverside Casino and Golf
Resort, 3184 Highway 22, Riverside
IA
Tom Paxton & the Don Juans
CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103 3rd St SE,
Cedar Rapids IA
Tony Hoeppner & Friends
Riverside Grille, 1733 State St.,
Bettendorf IA
Unknown Hinson The Krank
Daddies 3 on the Tree RIBCO,
1815 Second Ave., Rock Island IL
The Workshy Barking Spiders
Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St,
Iowa City IA
SATURDAY 4 St., Davenport IA
BB Secrist Rhythm City Casino
Resort Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore
Ave., Davenport IA
Bugeye Sprite Whitetails Saloon,
1711 165th St., Clarence IL
Chuck Murphy Stone Cliff Winery,
474 Bluff St, Dubuque IA
Daytrotter Downs: Arc Flash
(2:30pm) Closet Witch
(3:15pm) Aseethe (4pm) The
Hussy (4:45pm) Vanishing
Kids (5:30pm) Gosh! (6:15pm)
Microwave (7pm) Wheelchair
Sports Camp (7:45pm) Iesso
Afrojam Funkbeat (8:30pm)
The Velcro Lewis Group
(9:30pm) Durand Jones &
the Indications (10:30pm)
Sassyblack (11:30pm) Ssion
(12:30am) The Redstone Room,
129 Main St, Davenport IA
Daytrotter Downs: Chrash (2pm)
Sires (2:45pm) Halfloves
(3:30pm) Tara Terra (4:15pm)
In Tall Buildings (5pm)
Sunjacket (5:45pm) Belle
Game (6:30pm) Sarah Potenza
(7:15pm) Gaelynn Lea (8pm)
Adam Torres (9pm) Archeress
(10pm) Post Animal (11pm)
Nothing (midnight) Just Let
Go! (1am) Daytrotter, 324 Brady
St., Davenport IA
Daytrotter Downs: Grandfather
Confusion (10am) Ragged
Records, 418 E. 2nd St., Davenport
IA
Daytrotter Downs: Liv Carrow
(11am) Abernathys, 315 E. 2nd
Daytrotter Downs: Pulsing (noon)
Analog Arcade Bar, 302 Brady St.,
Davenport IA
Daytrotter Downs: Xavy Rusan
(1pm) The Full Kit, 312 N. Main St.,
Davenport IA
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo Green
Tree Brewery, 309 N. Cody Rd.,
LeClaire IA
Joe Sasson & Friends Uptown Bills
Coffee House, 730 S. Dubuque St.,
Iowa City IA
Kiran Ahluwalia CSPS/Legion Arts,
1103 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids IA
Meowcaholics Katy Guillen & the
Girls Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S
Linn St, Iowa City IA
QCSO Masterworks V: River of Life
Adler Theatre, 136 E. Third St.,
Davenport IA
Soul Storm 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St., Davenport IA
String Theory Nxbel Price Ono
Gabes, 330 E. Washington St., Iowa
City IA
Sushi Roll Riverside Casino and Golf
Resort, 3184 Highway 22, Riverside
IA
Waking Robots Vintage Pistols
Echoes & Afterthoughts RIBCO,
1815 Second Ave., Rock Island IL
The Wild Reeds Blank Range The
Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City
IA
SUNDAY 5 YoYo Ma Hancher Auditorium, 101
Charlie Hayes & Detroit Larry
Davison Cabana's Bar & Grille ,
2120 4th Ave, Rock Island, IL
Community Concerts: Frank &
Vinny (2:30pm) Paramount
Theatre, 123 3rd St. SE, Cedar
Rapids IA
Gaelynn Lea The Mill, 120 E.
Burlington St., Iowa City IA
Kathy Maxey, Larry Mossman, &
Friends (2pm) Uptown Bills
Coffee House, 730 S. Dubuque St.,
Iowa City IA
QCSO Masterworks V: River of
Life (2pm) Centennial Hall,
Augustana College, 3703 7th Ave.,
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Foghorn Stringband w/ Cajun
Victor Wooten Trio w/ Dennis
Googolplexia
@ Rozz-Tox - March 12
Rock Island IL
East Park Rd., Iowa City IA
MONDAY 6
Waldemar Brooks Strause 129 N. Main St., Davenport IA
Village Theatre, 2113 E 11th St,
Davenport IA
TUESDAY 7
Blues Caf (6:30pm) RME
Community Stage, 129 N. Main St.,
Davenport IA
Dope Combichrist September
Morning Drama Club (6:30pm)
Gabes, 330 E. Washington St.,
Iowa City IA
17
Burlington Street Bluegrass Band
The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa
City IA
Country Revival CSPS/Legion
Arts, 1103 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids IA
The Stone Flowers McClellan
Stockade, 2124 E. 11th St.,
Davenport IA
Chambers & Bob Franceschini
Englert Theatre, 221 East
Washington St., Iowa City IA
9
Dead Meadow The Flash Hits
The Golden Fleece RIBCO, 1815
Second Ave., Rock Island IL
Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
Frank F. Sidneys Western Bandit
Volunteers Iowa City Yacht Club,
13 S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Las Cafeteras Hancher Auditorium,
101 East Park Rd., Iowa City IA
Papadosio Jaw Gems Gabes, 330
E. Washington St., Iowa City IA
QC Homeschool Band Concert
(2pm) RME Community Stage,
University of Iowa Jazz: Jim
Buennig Quartet (6:30pm) The
Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City
IA
FRIDAY 10
The 1F Trio (6pm) 1 Hundred West
Bar & Dance Club, 100 76th St.,
Davenport IA
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The Candymakers GoodcaT
Vintage Pistol The Redstone
Room, 129 Main St, Davenport IA
Cherry Gun Rhythm City Casino
Resort Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore
Ave., Davenport IA
Chuck Murphy Docs Lounge, 8805
Chambery Blvd., Johnston IA
Dervish CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103 3rd
St SE, Cedar Rapids IA
Frank Claudy (noon) Moline Public
Library, 3210 41st St., Moline IL
Funktastic Five 11th Street
Precinc t, 1107 Mound St.,
Davenport IA
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo (5pm)
Missipi Brewing Company, 107
Iowa Ave., Muscatine IA
Have Your Cake K & Ts Bike Rack
Sports Bar & Grill, 3303 Brady St.,
Davenport IA
HiFi (6:30pm) Lavender Crest
Winery, 5401 US Highway 6, Colona
IL
Live Lunch w/ Tony Hoeppner
(noon) RME Community Stage,
129 N. Main St., Davenport IA
The Manny Lopez Big Band (6pm)
The Circa 21 Speakeasy, 1818 Third
Ave., Rock Island IL
Pulsing RecordRelease Party
Errol Hem Shutup Baby
Alchemy Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third
Ave., Rock Island IL
Roger Carlson (6pm) The ARTery,
1629 2nd Ave in the District, Rock
Island IL
Shannon Cur fman (8pm)
Pastmasters (9:45pm) Riverside
Casino and Golf Resort, 3184
Highway 22, Riverside IA
Brantley Gilbert @
iWireless Center - March 3
Whensday: DJ Peer Pressure Will
Murk Chino AWets Casso
Clay (6pm) Copper Smoke
Trails (10pm) Iowa City Yacht
Club, 13 S Linn St, Iowa City IA
SATURDAY 11
An Evening with Larry Gatlin
Orpheum Theatre, 57 S. Kellogg
St., Galesburg IL
The Blood Royale Luciferian
Reign Crater RIBCO, 1815
Second Ave., Rock Island IL
Cherry Gun Rhythm City Casino
Resort Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore
Ave., Davenport IA
Chuck Murphy The Whiskey House
& Bourbon Grill, 2510 SW White
Birch Dr., Ankeny IA
Code 415 Generations Bar & Grill,
4100 4th Ave., Moline IL
The Downtown Animals(10pm)
RME (River Music Experience), 129
N. Main St., Davenport IA
Corporate Rock 11th Street
Precinc t, 1107 Mound St.,
Davenport IA
Ed James Jims Knoxville Tap, 8716
Knoxville Rd., Milan IL
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo
Riverside Grille, 1733 State St.,
Bettendorf IA
Kelly Pardekooper The Mill, 120 E.
Burlington St., Iowa City IA
Larger Than Life (8pm)
Pastmasters (9:45pm) Riverside
Casino and Golf Resort, 3184
Highway 22, Riverside IA
Local Bands for Music Education
Benefit (2pm) RME (River Music
Experience), 129 N. Main St.,
Davenport IA
Orchestra Iowa: Marsalis in Iowa
Paramount Theatre, 123 3rd St. SE,
Cedar Rapids IA
Ron Tegeler Jazz Trio (6pm) Cool
Beanz Coffeehouse, 1325 30th St.,
Rock Island IL
Soap EGi Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Vampyr w/ the Andrew Alden
Ensemble Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third
Ave., Rock Island IL
Wild Oatz Band Harley Corins, 1708
State St., Bettendorf IA
Zoso: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin
Experience Englert Theatre, 221
East Washington St., Iowa City IA
SUNDAY 12
Carrie Newcomer CSPS/Legion
Arts, 1103 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids IA
Eastern Chapter, Polka Club of
Iowa Dance w/ Ryan Herman &
Karl Hartwich (1:30pm) Walcott
Coliseum, 116 E Bryant St, Walcott
IA
Googolplexia Mat t from
Bunnygrunt Donnie Bobb
Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third Ave., Rock
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TUESDAY 14
Sudlows Cool Jazz Band (6pm)
RME Community Stage, 129 N.
Main St., Davenport IA
WEDNESDAY 15
Turkuaz Organ Freeman The
Redstone Room, 129 Main St,
Davenport IA
THURSDAY 16
Advance Base Karima Walker
Jake McKelvie Rozz-Tox, 2108
Third Ave., Rock Island IL
An Evening with Albert Cummings
The Redstone Room, 129 Main St,
Davenport IA
An Evening with Laurence
Hobgood (6pm) Holiday
Inn & Suites, 4215 Elmore Ave.,
Davenport IA
Laurence Hobgood (noon) Moline
Public Library, 3210 41st St., Moline
IL
Michael Londras Celtic Fire Adler
Theatre, 136 E. Third St., Davenport
IA
FRIDAY 17
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103 3rd St SE,
Cedar Rapids IA
Bucktown Revue Nighswander
Theatre, 2822 Eastern Ave,
Davenport IA
Chuck Murphy (7pm) Sandburr
Run & Resort, 5020 IL-84, Thomson
IL
Chuck Murphy (2pm) Kavanaughs
Hilltop Tap, 1228 30th St., Rock
Island IL
Gosh! Liv Carrow Comfort BBJR
Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third Ave., Rock
Island IL
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo Geneseo
Brewing Company, 102 S. State St.,
Geneseo IL
Larry Boyd (6pm) Cool Beanz
Coffeehouse, 1325 30th St., Rock
Island IL
Laurence Hobgood (3pm)
Butterworth Center, 1105 8th
Street, Moline IL
Passion Rhythm City Casino Resort
Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore Ave.,
Davenport IA
Playlist 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Mound St., Davenport IA
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles
Adler Theatre, 136 E. Third St.,
Davenport IA
Rick K & the Allnighters Riverside
Casino and Golf Resort, 3184
Highway 22, Riverside IA
St. Patricks Day Celebration
Uptown Bills Coffee House, 730 S.
Dubuque St., Iowa City IA
St. Patricks Day Concert &
Fundraiser for the QC Celtic
Festival: Laural Almquist Four
Shillings Short The Redstone
Room, 129 Main St, Davenport IA
St. Patricks Day Massacre XIV:
Plastic Relations 80s Set The
Gentle In the Attic Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St, Iowa City IA
SATURDAY 18
50 Shades of Rock Bier Stube
Moline, 415 15th St, Moline IL
Bad Medicine Ohnward Fine Arts
Center, 1215 E Platt St., Maquoketa
IA
Bobby Ray Bunch Riverside Grille,
1733 State St., Bettendorf IA
Chuck Murphy Kellys Irish Pub &
Eatery, 2222 E. 53rd St., Davenport
IA
Code 415 Gunchies, 2905
Telegraph Rd, Davenport IA
Dan Tedesco Iowa City Yacht Club,
13 S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo (7:30pm)
Green Tree Brewery, 309 N. Cody
Rd., LeClaire IA
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo (11:30am)
Kavanaughs Hilltop Tap, 1228
30th St., Rock Island IL
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo
(2:30pm) Harringtons Pub,
2321 Cumberland Square Dr.,
Bettendorf IA
Passion Rhythm City Casino Resort
Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore Ave.,
Davenport IA
Rick K & the Allnighters Riverside
Casino and Golf Resort, 3184
Highway 22, Riverside IA
Shana Falana Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third
Ave., Rock Island IL
The Jason Carl Band 11th Street
Precinc t, 1107 Mound St.,
Davenport IA
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DJs/Karaoke/
Jams/Open Mics
THURSDAYS
Cross Creek Karaoke Hey Bryans, 1140
15th Ave., Moline IL
DJ Night w/ 90s Music Thirstys on Third,
2202 W. Third St., Davenport IA
Jam Session & Mug Night Iowa City Yacht
Club, 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City IA
Karaoke Night Bier Stube Moline, 415 15th
St., Moline IL
Karaoke w/ Double Dz Purgatorys Pub,
2104 State St., Bettendorf IA
Karaoke Night Thirstys on Third, 2202 W.
Third St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night w/ Mike Matthews
Hollars Bar & Grill, 4050 27th St., Moline IL
SATURDAYS
Cross Creek Karaoke Jims Knoxville Tap,
8716 Knoxville Rd., Milan IL
Karaoke Night The Grove Tap, 108 S. First
St., Long Grove IA
Karaoke Night K & Ts Bike Rack Sports Bar
TUESDAYS
Acoustic Music Club (4:30pm)
River Music Experience, 129 N.
Main St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night My Place the Pub, 4405
State St., Bettendorf IA
KaraokeNightw/OkeedokeeItsKaraoke
Lynns BBQ & Saloon, 1151 E. Iowa St.,
Eldridge IA
Open Mic Night Broken Saddle, 1417 Fifth
Ave., Moline IL
Comedy
THURSDAY 2 SUNDAY 5
Studio Series: Shakespeared!
(9:30pm) The Establishment, 220
Etta May Bobby Ray Bunch (7pm) Circumstantial Comedy Show 19th St., Rock Island IL
Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 (10pm) BREW, 1104 Jersey Ridge Tim Meadows (8pm) Penguins
Third Ave., Rock Island IL Rd., Davenport IA Comedy Club, 208 Second Ave. SE,
Cedar Rapids IA
FRIDAY 3 MONDAY 6 SUNDAY 12
Bix Beiderbomb Presents (8pm) Honeycombs of Comedy (9pm)
Boozies Bar & Grille, 114 W. Third Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St., Circumstantial Comedy Show
St., Davenport IA Iowa City IA (10pm) BREW, 1104 Jersey Ridge
ComedySportz (7pm) The Rd., Davenport IA

Open Jam Session My Place the Pub, 4405
State St., Bettendorf IA
Open Mic Night Uptown Bills Coffee
House, 730 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City IA
Open Mic w/ H.C. Wallace (March 2)
Geneseo Brewing Company, 102 S. State
& Grill, 3303 Brady St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night Miller Time Bowling, 2902
E. Kimberly Rd., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night Roadrunners Roadhouse,
3803 Rockingham Rd., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night Thirstys on Third, 2202 W.
Open Mic Night Cool Beanz Coffeehouse,
1325 330th St., Rock Island IL
Tuesday Blues Jam w/ Mark Avey &
Detroit Larry Davison Cabanas,
2120 Fourth Ave., Rock Island IL
Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock
Island IL
Greg Warren (8pm) Penguins
Comedy Club, 208 Second Ave. SE,
Cedar Rapids IA
Stand-up Open Mic (9pm) Boozies
WEDNESDAY 8
Comedy Open Mic (7:30pm)
MONDAY 13
Penguins Comedy Club, 208 Honeycombs of Comedy (9pm)
Second Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids IA Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St.,
Iowa City IA

St., Geneseo IL
Rock the House Karaoke Bottoms Up on
7th, 1814 Seventh St., Moline IL
Thumpin Thursdays DJ Night Rascals
Live, 1414 15th St., Moline IL
Third St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night w/ Jim Harker Hollars Bar
& Grill, 4050 27th St., Moline IL
Songwriters Round Table (March
11, noon) River Music Experience,
129 N. Main St., Davenport IA
WEDNESDAYS
Acoustic Jam Night w/ Steve McFate
McManus Pub, 1401 Seventh Ave.,
Moline IL
Hump Day Wing & Sing w/ Marybeth
Bar & Grille, 114 W. Third St.,
Davenport IA
Studio Series: Chili Three Ways
(9:30pm) The Establishment, 220
19th St., Rock Island IL
FRIDAY 10
Bix Beiderbomb Presents (8pm)
Boozies Bar & Grille, 114 W. Third
St., Davenport IA
ComedySportz (7pm) The
WEDNESDAY 15
Comedy Open Mic (7:30pm)
Penguins Comedy Club, 208
Second Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids IA

FRIDAYS
Cabana Karaoke Night Cabanas, 2120
Fourth Ave., Rock Island IL
Cross Creek Karaoke Firehouse Bar & Grill,
2006 Hickory Grove Rd., Davenport IA
DJ K Yung Barrel House Moline, 1321 Fifth
Ave., Moline IL
DJ Lacey Hawkeye Tap Sports Bar N Grill,
4646 Cheyenne Ave., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night Circle Tap, 1345 West
Locust St., Davenport IA
Twisted Mics Music & Entertainment
Barrel House Moline, 1321 Fifth Ave.,
Moline IL
SUNDAYS
Catfish Jazz Society Jazz Session (March
12, 3pm) Knights of Columbus Hall, 1111
W. 35th St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Mound St., Davenport IA
Open Mic Night (5pm) Lynns BBQ &
Hawkeye Tap Sports Bar N Grill, 4646
Cheyenne Ave., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Mound St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night Circle Tap, 1345 West
Locust St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night RIBCO, 1815 Second Ave.,
Rock Island IL
Karaoke Night Thirstys on Third, 2202 W.
Third St., Davenport IA
Open Jam w/ The Channel Cats Bent
River Brewing Company, 512 24th St.
SATURDAY 4
Bobby Ray & the Funny Bunch:
Bobby Ray Bunch Todd Willhite
Dan Bush Luke Swanson
David Casas (8pm) Circa 21
Speakeasy, 1818 Third Ave., Rock
Island IL
ComedySportz (7pm) The
Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock
Island IL
Greg Warren (8pm) Penguins
Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock
Island IL
Stand-up Open Mic (9pm) Boozies
Bar & Grille, 114 W. Third St.,
Davenport IA
Studio Series: 309 (9:30pm) The
Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock
Island IL
Tim Meadows (8pm) Penguins
Comedy Club, 208 Second Ave. SE,
Cedar Rapids IA

Karaoke Night The Grove Tap, 108 S. First
St., Long Grove IA
Karaoke Night K & Ts Bike Rack Sports Bar
& Grill, 3303 Brady St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night Miller Time Bowling, 2902
E. Kimberly Rd., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night Roadrunners Roadhouse,
3803 Rockingham Rd., Davenport IA
SATURDAY 11
Saloon, 1151 E. Iowa St., Eldridge IA Rock Island IL Comedy Club, 208 Second Ave. SE,
Open Mic Night Boozies Bar & Grille, 114 Cedar Rapids IA
MONDAYS 1/2 W. Third St., Davenport IA
Open Mic Night (March 8, 6pm) Happy
Studio Series: Wisenheimer
(9:30pm) The Establishment, 220
ComedySportz (7pm) The
Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock
Musicians Jam w/ CJ Lomas (March 6, Joes PizzaGrille, 2900 River Dr., Moline IL 19th St., Rock Island IL Island IL
6pm) Theos Java Club, 213 17th St.,
Rock Island IL
Etta May @ Circa 21- March 2

FIGGE ART MUSEUM EXHIBITION

Jefferson Pinder: Ghost Light

March 4-June 4, 2017

C
hicago-based artist
Jefferson Pinder will
create a site-specific and
performance based installation
exploring race and conditioning
in the Midwest. Based on
several months of research,
Pinder will direct community
members to comment on the
divisions and complexities of
race-relations in the region and
across the nation illuminating
lives and personal perspectives
in the process. These multi-
faceted portraits will form the
heart ofJeffersonPinder:
GhostLight.
Image courtesy of the artist

Davenport, IA 563.326.7804
www.figgeartmuseum.org
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