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ILLINOIS POLITICS
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By Rich Miller
CapitolFax.com
Rauners Primary Reaction Illustrates

His Separation from Reality
ts almost impossible to make a deal

with somebody who wont accept
reality. And thats been the case in
Illinois for more than a year, as Governor
Bruce Rauner has made one politically
unrealistic demand after another while
refusing to negotiate a budget until those
demands are met, all the while blaming
the entire impasse on the intransigence
of House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Because the public debate is so
wrapped up in partisanship and ideology, its been tough for a large segment
of the population to wrap its collective
mind around whats really been going on.
Many see this fight as the new, good
Rauner versus the old, bad Madigan.
While that argument certainly has plenty
of merit, its not nearly the entire story.
It takes two to tango, and the truth is
and has always been that Rauner doesnt
even have enthusiastic support among
legislative Republicans for a big chunk
of his Turnaround Agenda, particularly
those demands opposed by labor unions.
His complete agenda cannot pass both
legislative chambers no matter who the
House speaker is.
After what happened the day after
the March primary election, however,
Rauners obvious inability to accept some
stark political realities might finally help
more folks understand what the rest of us
have been seeing for the past year or more.
There is no doubt that Rauner had a
bad March 15. While he wasnt directly
involved in Madigans Democratic primary,
theres zero doubt that the people who
funded Madigans opponent were friendly
to the governors interests. They made the
campaign a referendum on Madigans
entire career, and Madigan won handily.
The same money conduit Rauner used
to fund other races, Dan Proft, came up
with $1.3 million via a dark money
group to give directly to Representative
Ken Dunkin (D-Chicago). All that other
Raunerite money ($1.6 million) spent
on Dunkins behalf didnt just appear
out of nowhere, either. And nobody
really believes that the Illinois Chamber
decided without prompting to all of a
sudden run an additional million-dollar
TV ad supporting Dunkin (who had one
of the lowest Chamber ratings of any
state legislator) without first consulting its own board of directors. That race
became a very public referendum on
Rauner, but Dunkin ended up winning
just 32 percent of the vote. Oops.
And then theres state Senator Sam
McCann (R-Plainview). Rauner personally endorsed McCanns GOP opponent,

Bryce Benton; funneled millions of dollars
into Bentons race (via Proft and through
a $50,000 contribution from himself);
and personally campaigned with Benton
in the days leading up to the election. He
threw the kitchen sink at McCann, with
a boatload of cash spent to make the race
about how McCann was Speaker Madigans favorite senator. McCann won by
more than 5 percentage points. Thats a
solid Rauner defeat in anyones book.
Everyone with even semi-honest eyes
could see that Rauner was a big loser. Yes,
he won several other primary races, but he
basically steamrolled a bunch of unprepared
amateurs with overwhelming financial
resources and (in most cases) viciously negative ads. Without a doubt its important to
win those little races (Madigan himself does
it a lot), but the marquee contests against
formidable foes who are far more like the
legislative Democrats Rauner will face in
November most definitely went south.
And yet there he was claiming via
press release that Madigan was the primary elections real loser, even though all
of Madigans candidates won.
There were many races last night where
special interests backed by Speaker Madigan failed to defeat Republican incumbents
and candidates who support Governor
Rauners call for structural reforms, his
post-election press release bellowed.
Somehow, in Rauners mind, its
Madigans fault that some Republican
hopefuls with a smidgeon of union backing lost their races to Rauners heavily
financed candidates.
The excuse I heard afterward was that
Madigan had issued his own press release
pointing out the governors losses, and
the governor felt he needed to respond.
Okay, I get that. Madigan didnt have to
rub Rauners nose in the previous days
humiliations. But has nobody ever heard
of taking the high road, or at least a road
that exists in the real world?
Like I said at the beginning, accepting political reality is not this governors
strong suit. If that wasnt abundantly
clear before the primary election, it
surely became clear the day after.
And this governmental impasse aint
ever gonna end until that stark fact of
life changes.
Rich Miller also publishes Capitol
Fax (a daily political newsletter) and
CapitolFax.com.
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Guest Commentary
By Scott Carlson
An Open Letter to Local Law Enforcement
ur federal government has been taken

over by globalist bankers. Our federal
government no longer represents the
interests of Americans. Elections cannot
solve these problems as they are rigged. They
have poisoned our air, food, water, medicine,
education, media, economy, and culture.
I will not belabor these facts. If you dont
already know this, you soon will.
I take these assaults very personally, as
you should. As the criminals in our federal
government employ you to assist them in our
destruction, I must extend an olive branch
before it is too late.
The Obama administration has purged
the military of any constitutional generals
and is now training the military to fight the
American citizens. They are militarizing,
federalizing, and now globalizing you the
local police to assist.
Absurdly, Army manuals written by the
anti-freedom Southern Poverty Law Center
and the Anti-Defamation League, the 2009
MIAC Report, and Homeland Security identify Christians, pro-lifers, libertarians, gun
owners, patriots, and returning veterans by
any definition and common sense, the most
law-abiding as potential domestic terrorists.
Simultaneously they are training our military
and encouraging you our police to engage
in real acts of terrorism against these groups.
On December 31, 2011, the National
Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was
quietly passed by criminals on both sides of
the aisle against the will of We the People and
our Constitution. It authorizes our military
to kidnap American citizens on American
soil who are suspected of a belligerent act.
These suspects may be renditioned to an
undisclosed location without a warrant and
detained indefinitely without a trial and without being charged or convicted of any crime.
Our military has recently conducted
urban, asymmetrical warfare drills in L.A.,
Boston, St. Louis, and Fort Lauderdale. A

small American city has been built at Fort
A.P. Hill in Virginia and Camp Lejeune for
troops to practice domestic warfare. Operation Jade Helm 15 was recently conducted on
the streets of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona,
California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado.
These drills simulated infiltrating American
cities and extracting American patriots
precisely what the NDAA authorizes. The
mainstream media dutifully ignored it.
The Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) has purchased at least 2.1-billion rounds
of hollow-point ammunition. This ammo is
too expensive to use for target practice as they
claim, and their use in war is a violation of the
Hague Peace Conference of 1899 and 1907.
This is roughly five bullets for every American.
As if that werent disturbing enough, on
January 15, HR 378 was introduced in the
House of Representatives and assigned to a
congressional committee. HR 378 is a ban
on purchase, ownership, or possession of
enhanced body armor by civilians. It applies
to enhanced or Type III body armor specifically designed to protect against the exact
ammunition now being hoarded by DHS.
As our captured federal government
destroys our culture and economy, they fully
expect the moral and decent to resist. They
try to convince you that this resistance is terrorism and give you the tools to crush us.
The Law Enforcement Support Office
(LESO) under the 1033 Program authorized
in the NDAA has provided at least 600 (and as
many as 13,000 its a secret) Mine Resistant
Ambush Protected vehicles free of charge
to large- and small-town law-enforcement
agencies all over the country, including the
one given to the Scott County sheriffs department. LESOs slogan is transferring property
from the warfighter to the crimefighter. The
Rock Island County sheriffs department
and the Bettendorf Police Department both
Scott Countys Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle

have bullet-proof, armored BearCat vehicles.
In 1787, founding father James Madison
warned that a standing military force, with
an overgrown Executive, will not long be safe
companions to liberty. The means of defence
against foreign danger have been always the
instruments of tyranny at home.
As our God-given, constitutionally guaranteed rights are perverted into government-granted privileges, we often resent
the puppets, not the masters. We citizens
invented you police to protect us. Now you are
one of our greatest fears. This is all by design.
As you are told that the good guys are a threat,
you violate our rights. Of course we dont like
it. This is a self-fulfilling prophecy. We must
not be fooled by those who would have us
pitted against each other.
It is not you against us. It needs to be law
enforcement and the law-abiding against the
lawless intrusion of our federal government. It
is We the People against those who are pitting
us against each other. A patriot is no threat
to fellow patriots. By definition, a patriot is a
threat to a tyrant. Officer, you must choose a
side. Are you a patriot or a tool of tyranny?
The county sheriff is uniquely qualified
and specifically bound to protect his citizens
from these tyrants. A January 2014 resolution of the Constitutional Sheriffs & Peace
Officers Association maintains a list of
abuses that will not be allowed or tolerated, referring specifically to actions by the
federal government and its agents. In reference to this list, it further states that there is
no greater obligation or responsibility of any
government officer than to protect the rights
of the people. Thus, any conduct contrary to
the United States Constitution, Declaration
of Independence, or the Bill of Rights will
be dealt with by signees of the resolution
county sheriffs as criminal activity.
Officer, I am no threat to you. When you are
asked to disarm me or kill me, will you? You
took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution, not our criminal government.
A hyperlinked version of this commentary is
available at RCReader.com/y/openletter.
Scott Carlson is a local business owner and
patriot who lives in Eldridge, Iowa, and
believes in the libertarian philosophy held by
the founders of this great country. No victim
equals no crime.
Guest Commentary

By Jacob G. Hornberger
FFF.org
Hey, FDR Was a Fascist, Too!
ts the latest rage among American

leftists to point out that Donald Trump
has fascist proclivities. A recent example is Robert Reich, who was secretary of
labor under President Bill Clinton from
1993 to 1997. In an article recently on
Raw Story, Reich states that Trump has
finally reached a point where parallels
between his presidential campaign and
the fascists of the first half of the 20th
Century lurid figures such as Benito
Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler,
Oswald Mosley, and Francisco Franco
are too evident to overlook.
Reich isnt the only one. Former
Mexican President Vincente Fox also
called Trump a fascist. Current Mexican
President Enrique Pena Calderon said that
Trumps strident rhetoric is how Mussolini got in, thats how Hitler got in.
In another recent article, this one in
the Los Angeles Times, reporter Patt Morrison states: Well, theres language and
theres style and manner that has echoes
of the fascism of Europe in the 1920s and
30s. Theres the claim that the United
States is in decline and needs a strong
leader. And that was at the heart of what
Mussolini and Hitler promised. They
offered a recipe for revival: nationalism,
aggressive foreign policy, attacks on the
enemies inside and out without much
regard for due process, an obsession
with decline and with enemies like Jews
or socialists, foreigners those are the
echoes of that today.
But in their attacks on Trump, those on
the left conveniently forget a discomforting
fact: Their hero and icon the man they (as
well as conservatives) have extolled and glorified for some 80 years, President Franklin
D. Roosevelt was himself a fascist.
Oh, sure, its true that much of FDRs
New Deal was socialist, such as the federal
pension plan Social Security that he permanently foisted onto the American people.
But lets not omit the other half of the
story: Roosevelt also embraced economic
fascism, especially in his efforts to get
America out of the Great Depression.
The best example was FDRs National
Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), a fascist
program that would have fit perfectly
in Mussolinis fascist Italy. Under the
NIRA, federal officials organized private
American businesses, industries, and
corporations into giant cartels that
established codes of fair competition,
which set prices, wages, and production
in their particular sectors, all enforced
by federal force. More than 500 codes of
fair practice were developed.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Not surprisingly, FDR put a military
man, retired Hugh Johnson, to run this
fascist program. Johnson had graduated
from West Point, made the military his
career, and ultimately reached the rank of
General. According to Wikipedia, One
author claims Johnson looked on Italian
Fascist corporatism as a kind of model. He
distributed copies of a fascist tract called
The Corporate State by one of Mussolinis
favorite economists, including giving one
to Labor Secretary Frances Perkins and
asking her to give copies to her Cabinet.
To encourage compliance with the
NIRA, FDR and Johnson adopted a symbol
that could have come straight out of Mussolinis playbook: the Blue Eagle. In what
is undoubtedly one of the creepiest federal
campaigns in U.S. history one that would
have made Mussolini proud U.S. officials
encouraged U.S. businessmen to post the
Blue Eagle symbol in their storefront windows in a show of solidarity with the federal government. Any business that refused
to do so was immediately denounced and
ostracized for its lack of patriotism.
In 1935, thanks to justices who were
still fighting to retain Americas founding constitutional principles, the U.S.
Supreme Court declared FDRs NIRA
unconstitutional. They rightfully pointed
out that such a scheme had no place in
Americas constitutional order.
Lets not forget Hitler: He led Germany
out of the Great Depression with a fascist
program based on massive spending on
public works, government/business partnerships, government management of
the economy, and building up Germanys
military/industrial complex.
Sound familiar? It should, because that
was FDRs economic program too.
Continued On Page 6
Guest Commentary
Continued From Page 4

By Jacob G. Hornberger
FFF.org
Hey, FDR Was a Fascist, Too!

As late as 1937, great leader Winston
Churchill had nothing but praise for
the leadership skill of Germanys great
leader: One may dislike Hitlers system
and yet admire his patriotic achievement.
If our country were defeated, I hope we
should find a champion as admirable to
restore our courage and lead us back to
our place among the nations.
While were on the subject of Nazi Germany, perhaps it would be instructive to post
the following planks from the Nazi Party
platform and ask whether any of the presidential candidates, Democrat or Republican, disagree with them: We ask that the
government undertake the obligation above
all of providing citizens with adequate
opportunity for employment and earning a
living. The activities of the individual must
not be allowed to clash with the interests
of the community, but must take place
within its confines and be for the good of all.
Therefore, we demand: an end to the power
of the financial interests. We demand profit
sharing in big business. We demand a broad
extension of care for the aged. We demand ...
the greatest possible consideration of small
business in the purchases of the national,
state, and municipal governments. In order
to make possible to every capable and industrious [citizen] the attainment of higher education and thus the achievement of a post
of leadership, the government must provide
an all-around enlargement of our system
of public education. ... We demand the
education at government expense of gifted
children of poor parents. ... The government
must undertake the improvement of public
health by protecting mother and child, by
prohibiting child labor by the greatest possible support for all clubs concerned with the
physical education of youth. We combat the
... materialistic spirit within and without us,
and are convinced that a permanent recovery of our people can only proceed from
within on the foundation of The Common
Good Before the Individual Good.
Perhaps we should also remind ourselves of the letter that Hitler sent Roosevelt through U.S. Ambassador Thomas
Dodd: The Reich chancellor requests
Mr. Dodd to present his greetings to
President Roosevelt. He congratulates
the president upon his heroic effort in
the interest of the American people. The
presidents successful struggle against
economic distress is being followed by
the entire German people with interest
and admiration. The Reich chancellor is in accord with the president that
the virtues of sense of duty, readiness
for sacrifice, and discipline must be the
supreme rule of the whole nation. This

moral demand, which the president is
addressing to every single citizen, is only
the quintessence of German philosophy
of the state, expressed in the motto The
public weal before the private gain.
For anyone who would like to further
explore the parallels between FDRs New
Deal and Mussolinis fascism and, for that
matter, with Hitlers national socialism, I
highly recommend a book titled Three New
Deals: Reflections on Roosevelts America,
Mussolinis Italy, & Hitlers Germany, 19331939 by Wolfgang Schivelbusch.
The left definitely has a point about
Trumps fascist proclivities, but lets face
it: The accusation doesnt apply only to
Trump but also to conservatives in general.
Dont conservatives favor government/
business partnerships? Dont they favor
government management of the economy? Dont they claim that their presidential candidates can manage the economy
better than the Democratic candidates?
Dont they favor economic regulation?
Dont they favor public works? Dont they
extol the interstate highway system, which
was modeled on Hitlers autobahn system?
Indeed, dont conservatives favor
replacing FDRs socialist Social Security
system with a fascist one one in which
the government forces people to invest
part of their income into governmentapproved retirement accounts? Dont
they extol and glorify the fascist retirement plan brought to Chile by fascist
Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet, who himself extolled and glorified
Spains fascist dictator Francisco Franco?
Dont conservatives also favor mandatory health savings accounts, whereby
the government manipulates or coerces
people into establishing medical IRAs?
For that matter, lets not forget the
Department of Labor, which Robert Reich
headed and which conservatives have long
embraced as a permanent part of Americas
governmental system. It would be difficult
to find a better model of economic fascism
than the Department of Labor, given its
control over private American businesses.
Lets face it: Fascism has a glorious history among both Democrats and Republicans, so long as its called reforming
or saving free enterprise. All the
hubbub over Donald Trumps fascism is
personal, not ideological.
Jacob G. Hornberger is founder and
president of The Future of Freedom
Foundation (FFF.org), where this article
originally appeared.
JOE BONAMASSA
MAY 10
COVER STORY
A Minor History with a Major Impact
By Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
Author Gary W. Moore Discusses His Fathers Story, April 12-15
ary W. Moore had lots of dots to connect about his fathers life. The problem was that, for many years, Gene
Moore refused to talk about them.
Gary Moore will be participating in a
handful of local events related to his 2006
book Playing with the Enemy as part of the
Scott County Reads Together program
April 12 through 15, and you can get a sense
of the connections from the hardcovers
subtitle: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War,
& a Field of Broken Dreams.
Genes story itself is fantastic, but so is the
tale of the books becoming with a curious
son and a reticent father, and with tantalizing bits of information finally put together
into a narrative thats both heartwarming
and heartbreaking.
There was, for example, the January 1949
letter to Gene from the Pittsburgh Pirates
minor-league baseball system, promising to
give you every chance and our ablest assistance in making a capable ball player.
Gary Moore found the letter when he was
12, and it aligned with other things hed heard.
He remembers visiting his fathers hometown of Sesser, Illinois, when he was seven
or eight, and a man stuck his head out of the
bar and asked if he was Genes kid. A group
of older men pulled him into the bar and
talked to him about his dad.
In a phone interview last week, Gary
Moore recalled telling his father: They
said you were the greatest baseball player to
ever play in Sesser. He continued: My dad
kind of laughed and shrugged and he said,
This town has 700 people in it. If youre the
best baseball player in the town, that really
doesnt mean much.
When Moore was about 16, an older
cousin was talking to him about baseball
uniforms. He said, When your dad came
home from his first season with the Dodgers, he gave me his jersey. I wore that damn
thing until it just fell apart. I looked at him
and I said, My dad never played baseball
for the Dodgers. And he said, Go home
and ask him. I went home and asked my
dad and he just kind of shrugged and said,
Dont pay attention to him.
Moore said that as he got older, he was
increasingly unwilling to accept those
dismissals. But his father was equally
stubborn. As a teenager, Moore said, he
demanded: Tell me about that letter you
got from the Pirates. And he said, I told
Left: The United States Navy North

African Exhibition Baseball Team in
1942. Gene Moore is the middle of
the back row. Above: Gary W. Moore
you never to ask me about that again. And

that was it; he just shut down.
Thats one set of dots. Gary Moore knew
his father was a good baseball player whod
gotten a look from at least two major-league
baseball organizations.
The other dots are smudgy. There was a
visit to the Moore home by a German man
in 1959 when Gary Moore wasnt yet five.
I dont remember any details other than ...
my sister and I hiding behind a chair and
giggling, he recalled. I think I was laughing at his language; he talked different than
anybody Id ever heard before.
And a trip to Chicagos Museum of Science & Industry in the early 1960s to see
the Nazi U-505 submarine. Moore said he
remembers watching a film of the prisoners
from the ship, with closeups of each in a single-file line. One of the sailors looks at the
camera, and he kinda smiles. Im sure it was
a nervous smile. Im sure he wasnt having a
good time that day; hed just been captured.
And my dad started crying. Gene Moore
said he had something in his eye.
I knew there something about that submarine, and something about something,
Gary Moore said. Id ask my mother about
it through the years, and she would just
always say, You really need to talk to your
father about that. My father wasnt talking.
In high school, Gary got an assignment

to write about his mother. He decided to
also, on his own, write a piece about his
father. When I wrote it about my mother, I
just wrote it, he said. When I wrote about
my father, I realized: I dont even know what
to write; I dont really know who this man
is. I knew he fed us and clothed us, and I
know he was a hard worker. I think he was
an honest guy, ... but I really didnt know
anything about him.
Once again, his father was no help,
saying: When people remember me, I hope
they say, He was a good husband [and] a
good father, and he worked hard. Thats all
there is about me.
Gary knew that wasnt true.
The Dike Had Broken
In April 1983, Gene Moore had a health

scare. On May 12, a heart specialist gave
him a clean bill of health and said it hadnt
been a heart attack.
Gary and Gene left the doctors office and
went out to dinner. Gene was in good spirits,
and 28-year-old Gary decided to press his
57-year-old father about his life in baseball.
What changed in that restaurant is he
had this incredible sense of relief, he was
relaxed, we were sitting there alone, I started
trying to talk to him, he started getting
angry, and for the first time in his

sons life, his son stood up to his
dad, Gary said. I said, Im not
leaving here without you answering these questions.
Gene still pushed back, but Gary didnt
relent. My dad was crazy about his grandkids. ... I said to him, Tobys five years old;
he loves you. Someday hes going to want to
know about his grandfather. Hes going to
ask me, and Im not going to be able to tell
him a damn thing. I want my son to know
you, and I need to know you. ...
You could tell the first five, six minutes
of that conversation were painful. Then all
of a sudden it was like the dike had broken. I
couldnt have shut him up if I wanted to.
Gene died the next day of a heart attack.
Id always thought this would be a story
Id write, Gary said of the tale he heard that
night at dinner. Early on, I knew it was an
incredible story, an incredible life. Sad in so
many ways, but also very uplifting in others.
Yet more than two decades passed before
Gary began writing. It took time to digest
my dads life, he said, and to understand
the potential impact on other people. ... Im
sorry I waited so long, but I think had I done
it 10 years ago, 15 years ago, 20 years ago,
it would have been a much different book,
because I dont think I totally understood.
Without giving too much away, Gene was
a power-hitting catcher who, at age 15 and
playing for the semi-pro Sesser Egyptians,
Continued On Page 8
On the cover: The 1949 letter to Gene Moore from the Pittsburgh Pirates minor-league system; Gene Moores basic-training photo; and Gene
Moore (back row, fourth from left) with the Sesser Egyptians baseball team circa 1940.
COVER STORY

By Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
A Minor History with a Major Impact

attracted the attention of
Brooklyn Dodgers scout Frank
Boudreau in 1940. His World
War II service had him playing
for the Navy team, and eventually teaching captured U-505
sailors to play baseball in a
secret POW camp in Louisiana. After the war, Gene got
another shot in the minors, but
an injury cut short his career
... with the saving grace of
the hobbled catcher helping a
friend and teammate get to the majors.
Its undeniably a great story. But when
Gary Moore, at the urging of a friend,
finally got around to writing it, there were
lots of challenges.
The Story Was Incomplete
For one thing, Garys conversation with his

father had taken place 20-odd years earlier, and
he hadnt taken notes or recorded it. Many of
the participants, like his father, were dead.
And the historical record is sparse.
Much information about the Louisiana
POW camp remains classified, and rosters
and stats for minor-league baseball in the
middle of the 20th Century are spotty.
Some readers of Playing with the Enemy
have questioned the veracity of the entire
story, noting that theres no record of a
Pirates minor-league team in Greenville,
Mississippi, in the late 1940s. (The 1949
letter from the Pirates clearly says Greenville, Mississippi, and Gary Moore said he
verified the teams existence with the citys
historical society; it was one of many shortlived clubs set up to handle the flood of war
veterans coming back into baseball.)
Moore stressed that the book is not a
biography; its historical fiction inspired by
true events, with roughly half the names
made up. Its the best we could do, because
my father isnt a historical figure, he said.
He didnt make it into the major leagues.
And its all pre-Internet. Theres just not
much of a record of his life. ...
Most of the story is oral histories. Some
of it [was] what I remember from my dads
conversation. But most of it came from
talking to relatives ... . Moore said he had
assistance from the Dodgers and the Navy,
and he got lots of information from lifelong
residents of Sesser, whom he gathered for a
dinner at a local restaurant to reminisce.
But the story was incomplete, Moore
said. I have done a lot of connecting of
the dots here that I couldve gotten wrong.
Ive re-created conversations that I didnt
have access to. ... I put it together as best I
could. ... I never witnessed any of it. But Im
confident, where the record

fails us, [that] I got the spirit of
my fathers life correct.
Initially, Moore thought
that one key figure in the book
a man he calls Ray Laws
was All-Star pitcher Roy Face.
Gary remembers watching, as
an adolescent, Face warmly
greet Gene at a Cubs game.
But he could never find evidence that Face and his father
played on the same baseball
team; to the best of his knowledge, Genes
minor-league career ended before Faces
began. Its only been since the book was initially published 10 years ago that he discovered
his father played another year of ball after the
core story of Playing with the Enemy finishes.
And over the years, other blanks have
been filled in by readers who knew or knew
of Garys dad. Its almost like a living,
breathing story that continues to evolve,
Moore said.
The author concedes that, in the grand
scheme of history, Genes story has no historical importance to anybody. It doesnt change
anything. Its a history of my fathers life.
But that history one that easily could
have died with Gene Moore has survived
and taken on a life of its own.
Before the book was published on his
daughters wedding day, in fact Gary got
a praising letter from President George W.
Bush, whod somehow read a galley copy.
Moore has gotten an e-mail from Al Pacino.
I have received ... somewhere between
3,000 and 4,000 letters ... from all over the
world, from people who have said ... that my
fathers story had uplifted them, encouraged them, helped them change their life,
Moore said. Its bizarre, some of the things.
A little boy in Calgary, Canada, playing on a
little-league baseball team up there and had
terminal cancer. And said he was dedicating
his last game that he thought hed be able
to play to my father. A veteran who recently
died, a 92-year-old man in Poughkeepsie,
New York, who died reading my book, and
his granddaughter wrote me and told me
hed read it 10, 20, 30 times and his only wish
... was that he be buried with the book. ...
The book has sprouted legs, and its gone
places I never would have dreamed.
Gary W. Moore will be featured in nine events
from April 12 through 15 as part of the Scott
County Reads Together project. For a full listing of events, visit RCReader.com/y/moore.
For more information on Gary W. Moore,
visit GaryWMoore.com.
Vol. 23 No. 905

March 31 - April 13, 2016
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MUSIC
Mahler and Brahms and Sebastian the Crab
By Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
Classical and Disney Repertoires with the Quad City Symphony, April 2 through 16
or many, the word symphony

evokes the names of famed composers such as Brahms, Mahler, and
Tchaikovsky, each of whose talents will
be duly represented in the springtime
repertoire for Quad City Symphony
Orchestra (QCSO) musicians.
But if you have young children, its
entirely possible that the word symphony, for them, will soon bring to mind
a whole new set of names, among them
Mary Poppins, Pocahontas, and Mulan.
We looked hard for a show that we
thought would appeal to the entire
family, says QCSO Executive Director
Benjamin Loeb of April 9s The Magical
Music of Disney concert, taking place
at Davenports Adler Theatre. And this
one has been done all over the country,
and has great music and really interesting visuals, with snippets from Disneys
animated oeuvre synchronized to the
symphonys performance of its scores.
But we also didnt want the family
concert to just stand alone, Loeb adds.
We wanted it to be part of a whole weekend of great community-engagement and
family-engagement opportunities.
Consequently, beyond hearing some
of the most memorable music from the
Disney canon, Adler/RiverCenter guests
over the April 9 and 10 weekend will be
treated to a musically themed family carnival, concert sets by the QCSOs youth
ensembles, and a community event in
which symphony professionals and amateur musicians will, for the first time in
the area, be performing side by side.
And as if all this werent enough for
one month, these QCSO-sponsored
activities take place just one week after
the organizations final Masterworks
concerts of its 2015-16 season, and one
week before the season-ending concert
in the symphonys and WVIKs more
intimate Signature Series.
Theres no question its a really busy
month, says Loeb. But its gonna be a
lot of fun.
Part of the busy-ness comes from the
annual Masterworks season-closer, with
Adriana Zabala
this years an impressively glorious and
intimidating one: a program titled The
Resurrection, in which Gustav Mahlers
90-minute Symphony No. 2 will be performed in its entirety, sans intermission.
(The concert will be held at the Adler at
8 p.m. on April 2, and at Augustana Colleges Centennial Hall at 2 p.m. on April 3.)
Rarely staged, as it requires more than
100 musicians and 100 choral members
to do full justice to Mahlers composition, Symphony No. 2 is being performed
by the symphony for the first time in 27
years, and finds its members accompanying guest soprano Linh Kauffman,
mezzo-soprano Adriana Zabala, and the
members of Quad City Choral Arts and
the Handel Oratorio Society. Collectively,
this marks one of the largest assemblages
of musical talent ever seen on either the
Adler or Centennial Hall stages.
Were really proud to be doing it
again, says Loeb, and I think its an
accomplishment that the entire community should be proud of that this
relatively small community can have an
orchestra that can play a piece this big
and this challenging. Its going to be a
special event for anybody who hears it.

As will, Loeb adds, April 16s final
concert in the 2015-16 Signature Series,
cheekily titled Joy of Sextets. This 7:30
p.m. engagement at Davenports Outing
Club will feature Arnold Schoenbergs
Verklrte Nacht and Johannes Brahms
String Sextet No. 1 performed by five
of the QCSOs springtime principals
violinists Naha Greenholtz and Deborah
Coltvet Klemme, violists Deborah Dakin
and Benjamin Davis, and cellist Hannah
Holman plus symphony Music Director and Conductor Mark Russell Smith,
himself an accomplished cello player.
There are two fantastic chamber
works that are very hard to perform,
Loeb says of the Joy of Sextets compositions, and we have fantastic musicians
playing them. And if they want, attendees have the opportunity to have a really
lovely dinner before the concert, right
there at the same place.
Yet while loyal symphony patrons have
come to expect a repertoire of classical
greats in the Masterworks and Signature
Series programs, Loeb says that he and
fellow board members have also been
trying to figure out ways to create access
for more of the community to come to
symphonic concerts. And family concerts,
which have been successful across the country, seemed like an opportunity for us.
One such event, Loeb says, had
already been planned over a year ago:
the Side-by-Side Concert, taking place
at the Davenport RiverCenter at 3 p.m.
on April 10. The program will feature
the professional musicians performing alongside all five of the Quad City
Symphony youth ensembles the
Youth Symphony Orchestra, Youth
Philharmonic Orchestra, Youth String
Ensemble, Prelude String, and Youth
Choir in an event boasting more than
150 musicians total.
But then later, says Loeb, we had
this idea of also creating a communitywide event in which anybody in the
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Whats Happenin
Music
Jeff Austin Band

Redstone Room
Friday, April 1, 8 p.m.
n April 1, Davenports Redstone

Room celebrates its 10th year of
delivering exhilarating live performances
to local audiences. In conjunction with
this milestone, the venue will be treating
patrons to a gift, and considering the traditional present for a 10th anniversary is tin,
youd certainly have reason to worry that
cans or cookware might be in the offing.
But fear not: Youll definitely appreciate this particular gift of tin ... given that
its prefaced by Jeff Aus! (Editors note:
Clever, Mike. Now move it along.)
Born in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, bluegrass musician Jeff
Austin embarked on his road to success
after meeting banjo player Dave Johnston
in Urbana, Illinois, and agreeing to play
mandolin an instrument on which he
was self-taught in Johnstons band The
Bluegrassholes. Following a move to Colorado, the duo made the acquaintances
of guitarist Adam Aijala and bassist Ben
Kaufmann. And by 1998, this foursome had formed their own bluegrass
ensemble: the progressive-bluegrass and
country ensemble known, then and now,
as the Yonder Mountain String Band a
moniker you cant spell without tin!
Twice! (Editors note: Yeah, Mike, we get
the motif.)
During Jeff Austins 15 years with
Yonder Mountain, the group toured
extensively, performed at the 2008
Democratic National Convention, and
found six of its albums scoring top-10
positions on Billboards bluegrass chart,
with three of them making it all the way
to number one. Yet Austins busy schedule still allowed him time for side projects. In 2006, he enjoyed a collaboration
with Keller Williams and Keith Moseley
under the band name Grateful Grass,

and two years prior Austin released a
full-length studio album with The Big
Wus Chris Castino titled Songs from the
Tin Shed. Look at that! Tin! (Editors note:
Please stop it.)
In 2014, the Yonder Mountain String
Band and its longtime mandolin player
announced an amicable parting of
ways. But if any fans mourned the loss
of Austin from the scene, they werent
allowed to for long. Backed by musicians
Danny Barnes, Ross Martin, and Eric
Thorin, Austins solo debut The Simple
Truth landed in February of 2015. And if
response to the album and the Jeff Austin
Bands live sets are any indication,
bluegrass aficionados will be treated to
outstanding musical interpretations for
many years to come.
Calling The Simple Truth primed for
repeat listens, Relix.com stated, Austin
knows how to write a hook just as easily as
he knows how to stomp out a breakdown.
TrunstyledJunkpiled.com praised Austins
voice for its vulnerability and emotional
depth. OurMusicalJourney.com raved
about Austins superb musicians and
extremely impressive first solo effort.
And reviewing a 2015 Jeff Austin Band
concert in Denver, GratefulWeb.com
wrote, The entire set was filled with gems.
Most likely cassiterite, which is more commonly known as ... diamond tin! (Editors
note: I hate you, Mike.)
The Jeff Austin Band performs locally
with an opening set by The Last Revel,
and more information on the Redstone
Rooms 10-year anniversary celebration
is available by calling (563)326-1333 or
visiting RiverMusicExperience.org.
By Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
My Favorite Year
Prospect Park Auditorium

Thursday, March 31,
through Sunday, April 3
isecracks. YearnIan Sodawasser and Jess Fah
ing romance.
People bursting into
song. Workplace hostility. Intimidating deadlines. An attempt
to keep an eccentric egomaniac sober for a full hour. But
enough about Reader staff meetings. All this and more will also
be in evidence in Quad City Music Guilds season-opener My
Favorite Year, the Tony-winning adaptation of 1982s Oscarnominated comedy that runs at Molines Prospect Park Auditorium March 31 through April 3.
Set in 1954, and inspired by such smash variety programs as Sid
Caesars and Imogene Cocas Your Show of Shows, this song-anddance-filled delight follows newbie television writer Benjy Stone as
he begins his career as a professional comedy writer in Manhattan.
Yet all manner of impediments threaten to derail Benjys big break:
his shows braying and bullying boss King Kaiser; his awkward
crush on co-worker K.C. Downing; his meddling and embarrassing family; and, most of all, his seemingly impossible assignment
keeping the shows guest star, matine idol Alan Swann, away from
booze and women long enough to get through an hour-long live
broadcast without an FCC shutdown.
Described by TalkinBroadway.com as a wonderfully enjoyable
production of great enthusiasm and energy, My Favorite Year
was composed by the legendary, Tony-winning team of Stephen
Music
John Mellencamp
Adler Theatre
Tuesday, April 5, 7:30 p.m.
The chart-topping, Grammy-winning
rock and Americana musician John
Mellencamp performs locally at 7:30
p.m. on April 5, and for tickets to the
concert and the chance to hear some
of the artists 60 songs hidden in the
accompanying letter call (800)7453000 or visit AdlerTheatre.com.
Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens Ragtime, Seussical, Once on This

Island and its 1992 Broadway version boasted Tony-nominated
stars Tim Curry, Lainie Kazan, and Andrea Martin, the latter of
whom won her first Tony for the show. But under the direction of
the terrifically talented John Weigandt, Quad City Music Guilds
cast should prove no less divine, as it includes such area favorites as
Ian Sodawasser, Tom Naab, Jennifer Sondgeroth, Heidi Pedersen,
Mark McGinn, Mike Schmidt, Joe Urbaitis, and Mark Holmes.
Filled with pep and what will certainly be ravishing period
costumes, My Favorite Year should make even those of us not
alive in 1954 nostalgic for its era of Buicks, poodle skirts, and
cigarettes smoked in unventilated offices. (Okay, maybe not
that last one ... .) But how much do you really know, or remember, about 1954 specifically, about 1954 living expenses? Prep
yourselves for the My Favorite Year experience by matching the
following items with their rough costs 62 years ago.
1) a bottle of catsup
2) a loaf of bread
3) a gallon of milk
4) a movie ticket
5) a pound of American cheese
A) 17 cents
B) 25 cents
C) 55 cents
D) 70 cents
E) 92 cents
My Favorite Year runs Thursday through Saturday at

7:30p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m., and more information and
tickets are available by calling (309)762-6610 or visiting
QCMusicGuild.com.
Answers: 1 B, 2 A, 3 E, 4 D, 5 C. As you can see,
regarding that last one, not everything is more expensive nowadays; every two weeks, my Whats Happenin jokes provide a
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What Else
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A Tribute to John Denver @ Circa 21

Dinner Playhouse - April 7
MUSIC
Thursday, March 31 Hailey

Whitters. Concert with the native
Iowan and Nashville-based singer/
songwriter, with an opening set
by Shaniah Paige. The Redstone
Room (129 Main Street, Davenport).
7:30 p.m. $11.50-14. For tickets and
information, call (563)326-1333 or visit
RiverMusicExperience.org.
Friday, April 1, and Saturday, April
2 Rozz-Tox Five-Year Anniversary
Weekend. Celebratory weekend
featuring sets by musicians Yonatan
Gat, Olivia Neutron-John, Brilliant Beast,
The Multiple Cat, and others. Rozz-Tox
(2108 Third Avenue, Rock Island). Friday
9 p.m., $10; Saturday 8 p.m., $8. For
RozzTox.com.
Friday, April 1, and Saturday, April
2 Hersong & UUCQC Coffee House
Weekend. The Quad Cities female
vocal group performs in a weekend
event featuring a silent auction and
concert sets by Green Valley Rejects,
Rose n Thorns, Greenmore, Sarah
Allner, and others. Unitarian Universalist
Congregation of the Quad Cities (3707
Eastern Avenue, Davenport). 7 p.m. $510. For information, call (563)359-9816
or visit UUCQC.org.
Saturday, April 2 Terrance
Simien & the Zydeco Experience.
Concert with the Grammy-winning
zydeco musician in a Quad City Arts
Visiting Artists presentation. St.
Ambrose Universitys Galvin Fine Arts
Center (2101 North Gaines Street,
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What Else Is Happenin

Davenport). 7:30 p.m. $11-15. For tickets
and information, call (563)333-6251 or
visit QuadCityArts.com or SAU.edu/galvin.
For a 2013 interview with Simien, visit
RCReader.com/y/simien.
Saturday, April 2, and Sunday, April
3 Quad City Symphony Orchestra:
The Resurrection. The final Masterworks
concerts of the season with conductor
Mark Russell Smith leading Mahlers
Symphony No. 2, featuring performances
by soprano Linh Kauffman, mezzosoprano Adriana Zabala, the Handel
Oratorio Society, and Quad City Choral
Arts. Saturday: Adler Theatre (136 East
Third Street, Davenport), 8 p.m. Sunday:
Augustana Colleges Centennial Hall (3703
Seventh Avenue, Rock Island), 2 p.m. $6-28.
For tickets and information, call (563)3227276 or visit QCSO.org.
Saturday, April 2 Charlie King and
Martha Leader. Songs on the struggle
for human justice in a fundraiser for
community organizations including
Palomares Social Justice Center, Oaks
of Mamre Catholic Worker House,
Centro Maya Project, Coalition of Native
Americans, and the African American
Museum of Iowa. Broadway Presbyterian
Church (710 23rd Street, Rock Island). 7
p.m. $8-10. For tickets and information, call
(309)786-6944 or visit BroadwayQC.org.
Sunday, April 3 Lucero and John
Moreland. Independent musicians
perform in their Young Outlaws Tour
2016. Codfish Hollow Barn (5013 288th
Avenue, Maquoketa). 7 p.m. $2535. For tickets and information, visit
CodfishHollowBarnstormers.com.
Wednesday, April 6 Pigeons Playing
Ping Pong. Funk, rock, and electronica
musicians in concert, with an opening
set by The Magic Beans. The Redstone
Room (129 Main Street, Davenport).
7:30 p.m. $11.50-12. For tickets and
RiverMusicExperience.org.
Thursday, April 7 A Tribute to John
Denver. Folk and pop classics with tribute
artists Chris Collins & the Boulder Canyon
Band. Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse (1828
Third Avenue, Rock Island). Noon plated
lunch, 1 p.m. show, $44.41; 6 p.m. buffet,
7:15 p.m. show, $50.16. For tickets and
information, call (309)786-7733 extension 2
or visit Circa21.com.
Friday, April 8 Flatfoot 56. Hardcoretinged Celtic punk with the Chicago-based
musicians. The Redstone Room (129 Main
Street, Davenport). 8 p.m. $11.50-12. For
tickets and information, call (563)326-1333
or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.
Saturday, April 9 QCSO Family
Music Carnival. The Quad City Symphony
Orchestra hosts an event featuring a
Palooza Performance Stage and Fun Zone
activities including a musical-instrument
TobyMac @ iWireless Center - April 10

petting zoo, create-your-own childhood
time capsule, make-up-a-song, danceme-a-story, and more. RiverCenter (136
East Third Street, Davenport). 10 a.m. Free.
For information, call (563)322-7276 or visit
QCSO.org.
Saturday, April 9 The Magical Music
of Disney. The Quad City Symphony
Orchestra presents musical performances
from Disneys animated films alongside
clips synchronized with the music. Adler
Theatre (136 East Third Street, Davenport).
2:30 p.m. $5-35. For tickets and information,
call (563)322-7276 or visit QCSO.org.
Saturday, April 9, and Sunday,
April 10 Nova Singers: Voices of the
Prairie. Concerts with the professional
vocal ensemble featuring a repertoire
of Midwestern composers, songs about
the prairie, and the world premiere of a
new piece by Abbie Betinis, under the
direction of Laura Lane. Saturday: Knox
Colleges Kresge Recital Hall (2 East South
Street, Galesburg), 7:30 p.m. Sunday: Figge
Art Museum (225 West Second Street,
Davenport), 4 p.m. $20-25. For tickets and
NovaSingers.com.
Sunday, April 10 TobyMac. Grammywinning hip-hop, pop, and contemporaryChristian artist in his Hits Deep Tour, with
guests Britt Nicole, Colton Dixon, Building
429, Capital Kings, Finding Favour, and
Hollyn. iWireless Center (1201 River Drive,

Moline). 7 p.m. $15-69.50. For tickets, call
(800)745-3000 or visit iWirelessCenter.com.
Sunday, April 10 QCSO/QCSYEs Sideby-Side Concert. Event featuring more
than 150 musicians from the Quad City
Symphony Orchestra and the Quad City
Symphony youth ensembles. Davenport
RiverCenter (136 East Third Street,
Davenport). 3 p.m. Free. For information,
call (563)322-7276 or visit QCSO.org.
Sunday, April 10 Communitywide Side-by-Side. Area musicians
of all ages and skills join the Quad City
Symphony Orchestra in a performance of
Tchaikovskys 1812 Overture, directed by
symphony conductor Mark Russell Smith.
Davenport RiverCenter (136 East Third
Street, Davenport). 6 p.m. $25 registration.
For information, call (563)322-7276 or visit
QCSO.org.
Sunday, April 10 Selwyn Birchwood.
Concert with the Blues Music Awardwinning artist and his ensemble, sponsored
by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society.
Kavanaughs Hilltop Tap (1228 30th Street,
Rock Island). 6 p.m. $10-12. For information,
call (563)322-5837 or visit MVBS.org. For
a 2013 interview with Birchwood, visit
RCReader.com/y/birchwood.
Sunday, April 10 Hotel California.
Concert tribute to the music of the Eagles.
Central Performing Arts Center (519 East
11th Street, DeWitt). 7 p.m. $10-25. For
or visit CentralPerformingArtsCenter.org.
THEATRE
Thursday, March 31, through

Saturday, April 2 Orphans. Tonynominated kidnapping dramedy by Kyle
Kessler, directed by SAU junior Rachael
Pribulsky. St. Ambrose University Studio
Theatre (Galvin Fine Arts Center, 2101
North Gaines Street, Davenport). Thursday
and Friday 7:30 p.m., Saturday 3 p.m. $6. For
or visit SAU.edu/galvin.
Friday, April 1, through Saturday,
April 16 Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albees Tony-winning exploration
of two marriages, directed by Tristan
Tapscott. District Theatre (1724 Fourth
Avenue, Rock Island). Thursday through
Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. $20. For
or visit DistrictTheatre.com.
Monday, April 4 Joseph & the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Andrew
Lloyd Webbers and Tim Rices Tonynominated biblical musical, in a Broadway
at the Adler presentation. Adler Theatre
(136 East Third Street, Davenport). 7:30 p.m.
$37-57. For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or
visit AdlerTheatre.com.
Thursday, April 7, through Sunday,

April 17 Amys Wish. Romantic-comedy
fantasy by Tom Sharkey, directed by
Dana Skiles. Richmond Hill Barn Theatre
(600 Robinson Drive, Geneseo). Thursday
through Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 3
p.m. $12. For tickets and information, call
(309)944-2244 or visit RHPlayers.com.
MOVIE
Tuesday, April 12 Rediscovering

Ancient America. Documentary screenings
in the museums World Adventure
Series presented by Gray Warriner.
Putnam Museum (1717 West 12th Street,
Davenport). 1 and 7 p.m. $6.50-10. For
or visit Putnam.org.
EXHIBITS
Friday, April 1, through Saturday,

May 7 Pas de Deux/A Dance for Two.
A collection of new David R. Anderson
artwork inspired by Ballet Quad Cities.
Bereskin Fine Art Gallery (225 East
Second Street, Davenport). Wednesday
through Saturday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Opening
reception April 1 from 6-9 p.m. Free. For
BereskinArtGallery.com.
Saturday, April 2, through Sunday,
April 10 Young Artists at the Figge:
Muscatine Schools. Annual exhibition of
works by elementary art students. 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.
EVENTS
Friday, April 8 Chippendales.

Touring striptease artistry with male exotic
dancers including Magic Mike XXLs Jerry
Pope. Golden Leaf Banquet & Convention
Center (2902 East Kimberly Road, Suite 1,
Davenport). 8 p.m. $25-35. For information,
call (563)359-7226; for tickets, visit
EventBrite.com.
Saturday, April 9 Big Bacon
Extravaganza . Third-annual event hosted
by Churches United of the Quad City Area
featuring 22 food vendors, tastings, live
music, and more. Davenport RiverCenter
(136 East Third Street, Davenport). 4 p.m.
$25. For tickets and information, call
(563)676-9472 or visit CUQCA.org.
MUSIC
By Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
Mahler and Brahms and Sebastian the Crab
MUSIC
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By Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
The Best Kind of Schizophrenic

Sean Watkins, April 14 at the Redstone Room
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Miss Iowa Taylor Wiebers
community who played an orchestral
instrument would have an opportunity to perform with the Quad City
Symphony. That notion led to the
recent schedule addition of April 10s
Community-Wide Side-by-Side, a 6 p.m.
collaboration in which amateurs and
professionals will tackle Pyotr Illyich
Tchaikovskys legendary 1812 Overture.
(For those familiar with the piece, Loeb
insists that, yes, I think were gonna
have lots of cannon sounds.)
Weve already got about 100 community members signed up, says Loeb
during our March 23 conversation, and
were expecting to get more in the next
couple weeks, and there are about 50
members of the symphony playing. Our
goal is to have the biggest orchestra in
Quad City history. I dont know how
were gonna prove it, he adds with a
laugh, but well see.
Regardless, says Loeb, Other orchestras have tried this in Baltimore and in
Richmond [Virginia], and it feels like a
great way for us to engage our community and also have a lot of fun. And were
hoping that after people sit down and
play next to a symphony musician, theyll
want to come back for a concert.
Of course, this year, another hope
is that people who attend the QCSOs
April 9 engagements will want to come
back for April 10s side-by-sides. Because
before the latter are performed, the
symphony will begin its family-friendly
weekend on Saturday with both the
Adlers The Magical Music of Disney concert and its sister event, the RiverCenters
Family Music Carnival.
From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., carnival
patrons can enjoy such activities as a
musical-instrument petting zoo, a
drum circle, music trivia, laser-harp
demonstrations, and making percussion
instruments out of recycled materials,
along with performances by members of

Ballet Quad Cities and RiverBend Handbell Ensemble.
We had this idea of creating a festival,
of sorts, where there would be musicrelated and cultural activities throughout
the day, says Loeb. Where people could
participate in fun, free, family-friendly
activities, and then jump over to the
Adler for this great family concert.
And if your kids are fans of The Lion
King, Beauty & the Beast, The Little
Mermaid, and numerous other studio
hits, great is what April 9s 2 p.m. The
Magical Music of Disney promises to
be. A two-act celebration of the Mouse
Houses musical repertoire, this Disneylicensed production finds classic movie
moments projected onto a large screen
while the symphony performs selections
that include Disney Classics Overture,
Pirates of the Caribbean, and Aladdin
Orchestral Suite.
Were really trying to expand our seasons in ways that make a new audience
want to hear the Quad City Symphony,
says Loeb, and make the community
really feel that theyre a part of it. For
instance, were encouraging everyone,
especially kids, to come in costume for
the family concert. If they want to dress
as their favorite Disney character, its
gonna make the event all the more fun.
So you can probably expect plenty of
Snow Queen Elsas at the QCSOs first
family concert, especially considering
that Miss Iowa Taylor Wiebers who will
also sign autographs at the Family Music
Carnival will be on hand to perform
Frozens Oscar-winning Let It Go.
As Loeb states, Its like having a reallive princess at our concert.
For more on the Quad City Symphony
Orchestra and its springtime events, call
(563)322-7276 or visit QCSO.org.
istening to Sean Watkins fifth solo

album, What to Fear, you might get whiplash trying to follow the wild swings in
lyrical tone in just its first half. The title track
opens things with an acidic attack on the
media told from the perspective of the media,
and its followed by the earnest, bite-sized
confessions of Last Time for Everything.
I Am What You Want has menace and
attraction in equal measure, as the narrator
gently threatens to bend its target to his will:
But I swear youll learn to love me. / Darling,
would I lie?
Keep Your Promises II returns to a clever
lyrical refrain from his previous album: Just
keep your promises. / Dont let them leave
your lips. And that admonition to a serially
dishonest partner segues back into a heartfelt
love song in Everything.
Watkins, one-third of the platinum-selling
Nickel Creek (with his fiddler sister Sara and
mandolinist Chris Thile), doesnt apologize
for those abrupt shifts. In an interview last
week promoting his April 14 Redstone Room
show, he said: If they like the songs, they
like the songs. ... Its all very me. Its sincerely
coming from me, and something that I feel is
part of my musicality, so thats okay. ... Im not
worried too much about the schizophrenic
aspect, because Im being honest.
And that honesty paired with his precise,
simultaneously full and lean arrangements
that serve the songs strikingly well marks
growth, he said. In the past Ive tried to be
more cryptic for whatever reason. On this
one, I tried to make the songs as clear as
possible, whatever the lyrics are trying to say.
And that was really fun. Its nice to feel like
Im making progress.
While the album is disjointed in its themes
and messages, the gaps are smoothed by
the smartly decorated music and Watkins
expressive voice both of which provide
a warmth that disguises even his darkest
material. The swells and energetic bass of
What to Fear mimic the addictive allure of
the medias manufactured crises, while the
sweetness of Watkins guitar and singing on
I Am What You Want makes it easy to fall
for such a creepy manipulator. The critique of
Keep Your Promises II is so bright and light
that it would be nearly impossible to take
offense at the receiving end.
The singer/songwriter said he started the
album with four core tracks including
What to Fear and Last Time for Everything but he didnt know if he wanted to
present them with guitar, bass, and drums or
an acoustic string band. So I did the group
of four songs both ways, and then I also
Sean Watkins
overdubbed the string band onto the bassand-drums version, which ended up being
the best. I went in that direction to finish
the record.
The album has a thoughtful balance of
intimacy and rich texture, and nary a note
or instrument feels out-of-place or superfluous. Although Watkins is typically juggling
multiple projects Nickel Creek, his solo
work, Fiction Family, and the Watkins
Family Hour, to name a few the record
clearly had his full attention, carefully crafted
and mature.
Watkins said that hes also recently
finished scoring an indie film and producing a new album by Tom Brosseau. For now,
though, hes focusing on touring behind
What to Fear, and he said Nickel Creek has
no plans at this point to follow up on 2014s
A Dotted Line the trios first album in
nine years.
Were all sort of in it for a while, he said,
before noting that Sara has a couple projects
in the works, and Thile will in the fall be
taking over hosting duties of public radios
A Prairie Home Companion show. When I
asked whether Thiles gig might making touring difficult for Nickel Creek, he laughed and
said, Yeah. I imagine it will.
Sean Watkins will perform on Thursday, April
14, at the Redstone Room (129 Main Street,
Davenport; RiverMusicExperience.org). The
show starts at 7:30 p.m. and also includes
Anthony DAmato. Advance tickets are $19.
For more information on Sean Watkins, visit
SeanWatkins.com.
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Ask
the
Advice
Goddess
Well Always Have Parasite
When I got remarried, I inherited a stepdaughter. At the time, I was happy about
this. Though she and my husband had been
estranged for many years, I was instrumental in getting them to reconcile. Ive come
to regret this. She is a rage-aholic, spendaholic party girl. She has three DUIs and
an extravagant lifestyle thats financially
draining her dad and me. Though I have no
problem cutting her off, my husband cant
say no to his little girl which has us on
opposing ends of a bitter battle.
Stressed-Out Stepmother
If you had the traditional kind of parasite,
you could just put a lit match to its butt.
Welcome to the bottomless hole of
wrongheaded sympathy the daddy guilt
version of that bottomless cup of coffee
that (if you ask politely) the Dennys waitress
will keep refilling until you finally die in
the booth. Obviously, your husband means
well. Unfortunately, hes engaging in whats
called pathological altruism. The primary
researcher on this, Dr. Barbara Oakley,
explains it as an intention to help that actually ends up doing harm (sometimes to both
the do-good-er and the do-good-ee).
Enabling can feel so right in the moment,
Oakley explains in part because we get something out of it: activation of the same regions of
the brain that light up from drugs and gambling. (Say hello to the helpers high.) Refusing
to help, on the other hand, is uncomfortable
and tends to lead to ugly interactions, like
screaming matches if Daddy says no to putting
his retirement money into retiring last seasons
Versace for this seasons Vuitton.
Being judiciously helpful takes asking the
feel-bad questions, such as Whats the likely
result of consistently attaching a garden hose
to our bank account and washing away any
consequences from Princess Partyhardys
actions? Thats a question that should get
answered before she gets her fourth DUI
possibly leading to a need for somebody to
pick up not only the cost of the fancy DUI
lawyer but the pieces of some cute five-yearold from along the side of the road.
You can keep telling your husband this
until your teeth fall out, but because of his
emotional ensnarement along with the fear
and anger that youll try to stop him hell
probably just fight harder to go along with her
little-girl-voiced shakedowns. And though,
BY AMY ALKON
with your emotional distance, you have a

clearer eye on how your step-sponge is playing her dad, there are surely a few rationalityeating emotions bubbling up in you. Theres
got to be anger (because your moneys getting
tossed down the drunken-spendy-princess
hole) and some fear (that youll end up on a
street corner, begging people to drop change
into your Worlds Greatest Stepmom mug).
Fear and anger make for the worst argument partners. They trigger the amygdala, a
central player in the brains threat-detection
circuit. It, in turn, sounds the alarm, triggering the release of fight-or-flight hormones
and shutting down functions not needed
to battle or bolt, such as whoops! higher
reasoning. And more bad news: When you
keep repeating a behavior, your brain cells
go, Wait we do this all the time. Lets put
that on auto. And this is what has happened
here which is to say, you two could be doing
permanent damage to your relationship.
Advice columnists tend to squawk like
parrots, Therapy! Therapy! (Like that
option wouldnt otherwise occur to anybody.)
However, in your situation because you two
cant seem to dial down the bitter battle
there is an intermediary you should consider
engaging: a mediator. (Look for a marital one
at Mediate.com) Mediation is dispute resolution. Its issue-focused, so its worlds faster
than therapy. (The mediator wont take a
month to figure out how you really felt when
you were six and you didnt get that cookie.)
The mediators job is to dial down the
emotional temperature and get you two
listening to each other to the point where
you understand each others feelings. (This
is how you come to empathize with people
which motivates you to act in their interests
and not just in your own.) The mediator
then guides you to come to a decision as a
couple and can help you set up a framework
for discussing emotionally charged issues so
date night doesnt devolve into hate night.
Still, its important to recognize that every
problem isnt perfectly solvable. Whats
essential, however, is the C word compromise: understanding that you ultimately win
by being willing to lose a little. This means
accepting that you wont always get the exact
outcome you want which, in this case,
would probably involve picking up a time
machine at Best Buy so you could go persuade your stepdaughters mother to have a
purse dog instead of a child.
Got A Problem? Ask Amy Alkon.
171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405

or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (AdviceGoddess.com)
2016, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved.
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Movie Reviews
Grim and Grimmer
Henry Cavill in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
BATMAN V SUPERMAN:
DAWN OF JUSTICE
atman v Superman: Dawn of Justice never

gets better than its wittily imagined, narratively essential scene of mass destruction five minutes into the movie. It never gets
worse than the thunderously oppressive, souldraining two hours and 20 minutes that follow.
Director Zack Snyder does, however, give
those 140 minutes a run for their money with
one of his signature slow-motion preludes
a dream sequence, no less that instantly
establishes his typically clunky handling of
plot signifiers and porn-y fetishization of violence. (I couldnt tell if it was intentionally or
unconsciously symbolic that this opener literally climaxes with a pearl necklace.) But once
Snyder wraps up his shorthanded account of
Batmans origin Hey, did you know Bruce
Waynes parents were gunned down when
he was a kid?! Did you know he fell into a
cave filled with bats?! DCs comic-book
sequel-slash-franchise-starter actually does
something rather revolutionary: It apologizes
for the movie that preceded it.
That movie, of course, is 2013s Man of Steel,
Snyders thuddingly portentous and dull Superman reboot that earned widespread derision
for its closing scenes of destructive mayhem. If
you havent blocked the whole, ugly experience
from memory, youll recall that Man of Steel
ended with an aerial battle above Metropolis
that resulted in buildings collapsing and the
unquestionable loss of hundreds of lives, none
of which the villainous General Zod (understandably) or our hero (far less understandably)
appeared to give two hoots about. Batman v
Superman, cleverly and importantly, addresses
that issue immediately, because it turns out that
one of those collapsed buildings was a Metropolitan skyscraper owned by Bruce Wayne
who, as were shown, watches impotently from
afar as his business partners and employees die,
with Superman seemingly responsible.
Despite its discomforting 9/11 implications, there are so many things right with this
sequence that its nearly bracing. Naturally,
the films very title poses a quandary: What
confluence of events could possibly lead to the
DC universes two most iconic figures finding
themselves separated by a v? And the assumption that one directly caused the deaths of the
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By Mike Schulz mike@rcreader.com

others friends proves an excellent starting point
fuel for Batmans growing distrust and rage
and Supermans guilt-ridden melancholy. Yet
there are other perks. Viewed mostly as faraway
spectacle from the perspectives of Metropolis
terrified citizenry, the CGI and sound effects
that felt so bludgeoning in Man of Steels finale
have a queasy, evocative power in this context.
Plus, with its ground-level take on the melee
above, Snyders usually irritating shaky-cam
shots finally serve an actual purpose beyond
self-conscious stylization; the presentation, for
once, matches the on-screen panic.
Everything about this early, beautifully
paced sequence, including its de facto apology
for Man of Steels casual cruelty, suggests
that miracle of miracles! Snyder actually learned a few lessons from his previous
superhero outing. But if he did, they were
lessons quickly forgotten, because the rest of
his latest is just as overbearing and humorless
and hellish to sit through as Man of Steel, with
the added detriment of feeling less like a movie
than an endlessly extended teaser for future
movies. At one point near the finale, just when
colliding events are reaching their boiling
points, the narrative actually stops for a wholly
needless detour introducing characters that
will figure prominently in the forthcoming
Justice League film. I was half-surprised that
our Batman v Superman screening itself didnt
stop, with ushers brought out to sell advance
tickets for the summer of 2017.
Ive gone this far without remotely detailing
the plot, and there doesnt seem much point; in a
nutshell, Lex Luther contrives for our heroes to
fight, and then they do fight, and then they team
up to fight some sort of Kryptonian-human
hybrid that looks like an oversize, pissed-off
Ninja Turtle without his shell. But Snyder, as
hes proven innumerable times, doesnt much
care about his stories, either. Theyre basically
just excuses for mindless brutality, awkward
posturing, desaturated colors, and pushy

religious symbolism, all of which is deeply in
evidence in Batman v Superman as is his carelessness in the handling of actors, nearly all of
whom, it appears, needed more guidance than
Snyder was willing or able to provide. Blessedly,
Holly Hunter, whos sensational as a righteous
senator with a grade-A bullshit detector, exudes
a natural spark that elevates her from the torpor.
But Ben Afflecks Batman/Bruce Wayne and
Henry Cavills Superman/Clark Kent seem to be
competing for Mopiest Hero/Alter Ego Alive
honors while other major players (Amy Adams,
Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane,
Scoot McNairy, Gal Gadot) just seem distracted
or bored. As for Jesse Eisenberg, heaven knows
his Lex Luthor doesnt appear to be either, but
the actors coke-addict-after-four-Red-Bulls
routine is so intensely, obnoxiously tic-y that I
was praying for Batmans utility belt to come
equipped with an elephant tranquilizer.
It should go without saying that the applause
greeting my screenings conclusion depressed
me to no end. But I was less depressed by the
response than by its coming so soon after similar applause for Deadpool, a comic-book movie
that cheerfully mocks everything Snyder and
company treat as holy writ, and that actually
has the audacity to be fun. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is no fun at all. And
God help us, with umpteen Justice League
installments and offshoots already scheduled,
its just the beginning. Lamenting the decay of
Gotham City here, Afflecks Caped Crusader
rhetorically asks, How many good guys are
left? Too many, Batman. Way too many.
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Allegiant, Miracles from Heaven, and other
current releases, visit RiverCitiesReader.com.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
According to my astrological analysis,
you would benefit profoundly from
taking a ride in a jet fighter plane 70,000 feet
above the earth. In fact, I think you really need
to experience weightlessness as you soar faster
than the speed of sound. Luckily, theres an
organization, MiGFlug (MiGFlug.com), that can
provide you with this healing thrill. (I just hope
you can afford the $18,000 price tag.) APRIL
FOOL! I do in fact think you should treat
yourself to unprecedented thrills and transcendent adventures. But I bet you can accomplish
that without being quite so extravagant.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): People
only get really interesting when they
start to rattle the bars of their cages,
says philosopher Alain de Botton. If thats true,
Taurus, you must be on the verge of becoming
very interesting. Metaphorically speaking,
youre not just rattling the bars of your cage.
Youre also smacking your tin cup against the
bars and trying to saw through them with your
plastic knife. APRIL FOOL! I lied. Youre not
literally in a prison cell. And I got a bit carried
away with the metaphor. But there is a grain of
truth to what I said. You are getting close to
breaking free of at least some of your mindforged manacles. And its making you more
attractive and intriguing.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If I had
to decide what natural phenomenon
you most closely resemble right now,
Id consider comparing you to a warm, restless
breeze or a busily playful dolphin. But my first
choice would be the mushrooms known as
Schizophyllum commune. Theyre highly
adaptable: able to go dormant when the
weathers dry and spring to life when rain
comes. They really get around, too, making
their homes on every continent except
Antarctica. But the main reason Id link you
with them is that they come in more than
28,000 different sexes. Their versatility is
unprecedented. APRIL FOOL! I exaggerated a
bit. Its true that these days youre polymorphous and multifaceted and well-rounded. But
youre probably not capable of expressing
28,000 varieties of anything.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Whatever it is youre seeking wont
come in the form youre expecting,
warns Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami. If
thats true, why bother? Why expend all your
precious yearning if the net result wont even
satisfy your yearning?! Thats why I advise you
to abandon your beloved plans! Save your
energy for trivial wishes. That way you wont
be disappointed when they are fulfilled in
unanticipated ways. APRIL FOOL! I was
messing with you. Its true that what you want
wont arrive in the form youre expecting. But
I bet the result will be even better than what
you expected.
LEO (July 23-August 22): Youre due

to make a pilgrimage, arent you? It
might be time to shave your head, sell
your possessions, and head out on a long trek to a
holy place where you can get back in touch with
what the hell youre doing here on this planet.
APRIL FOOL! I was kidding about the
head-shaving and possessions-dumping. On the
other hand, there might be value in embarking
on a less melodramatic pilgrimage. I think youre
ready to seek radical bliss of a higher order and
get back in touch with what the hell youre doing
here on this planet.
VIRGO (August 23-September 22):
Are you ready to fight the monster? Do
you have the courage and strength and
stamina and guile to overcome the ugly beast
thats blocking the path to the treasure? If not,
turn around and head back to your comfort zone
until youre better prepared. APRIL FOOL! I lied.
There is a monster, but its not the literal
embodiment of a beastly adversary. Rather, its
inside you. Its an unripe part of yourself that
needs to be taught and tamed and cared for. Until
you develop a better relationship with it, it will
just keep testing you. (P.S. Now would be a good
time to develop a better relationship with it.)
LIBRA (September 23-October 22):
Your advice for the near future comes
from poet Stephen Dunn. If the Devil
sits down, he says, offer companionship, tell
her youve always admired her magnificent, false
moves. I think thats an excellent plan, Libra!
Maybe youll even be lucky enough to make the
acquaintance of many different devils with a
wide variety of magnificent, false moves. APRIL
FOOL! I lied. In fact, I think you should avoid
contact with all devils, no matter how enticing
they might be. Now is a key time to surround
yourself with positive influences.
SCORPIO (October 23-November
21): In 1841, a British medical journal
prescribed the following remedy for
the common cold: Nail a hat on the wall near
the foot of your bed, then retire to that bed, and
drink spirits until you see two hats. My expert
astrological analysis reveals that this treatment
is likely to cure not just the sniffles, but also any
other discomforts youre suffering from,
whether physical or emotional or spiritual. So I
hope you own a hat, hammer, and nails. APRIL
FOOL! I lied. The method I suggested probably
wont help alleviate what ails you. But heres a
strategy that might: Get rid of anything thats
superfluous, rotten, outdated, or burdensome.
SAGITTARIUS (November
22-December 21): To begin your
oracle, Ill borrow the words of author
Ray Bradbury: May you be in love every day for
the next 20,000 days, and out of that love, remake
a world. I have reason to believe that this
optimistic projection has a good chance of
coming true for you. Imagine it, Sagittarius: daily
By Rob Brezsny
March 17 Crossword Answers
swoons of delight and rapture from now until the

year 2071. APRIL FOOL! I lied, sort of. It would
be foolish to predict that youll be giddy with
amorous feelings nonstop for the next 54 years
and 10 months. On the other hand, I dont think
its unrealistic for you to expect a lot of that sweet
stuff over the course of the next three weeks.
CAPRICORN (December 22-January
19): I am tired of being brave, groaned
Anne Sexton in one of her poems. Im
sick of following my dreams, moaned comedian
Mitch Hedberg, adding, Im just going to ask my
dreams where theyre going and hook up with
them later. In my opinion, Capricorn, you have
every right to unleash grumbles similar to
Hedbergs and Sextons. APRIL FOOL! The advice
I just gave you is only half-correct. Its true that
you need and deserve a respite from your earnest
struggles. Now is indeed a good time to take a
break so you can recharge your spiritual batteries.
But dont you dare feel sorry for yourself.
AQUARIUS (January 20-February
18): In 1991, hikers in the Italian Alps
discovered the well-preserved corpse
of a Bronze Age hunter. Buried in the frigid
terrain, the man who came to be known as Otzi
the Iceman had been there for 5,000 years. Soon
the museum that claimed his body began
receiving inquiries from women who wanted to
be impregnated with Otzis sperm. I think this is
an apt metaphor for you, Aquarius. Consider the
possibility that you might benefit from being
fertilized by an influence from long ago. APRIL
FOOL! I was just messing with you. Its true you
can generate good mojo by engaging with
inspirational influences from the past. But Id
never urge you to be guided by a vulgar
metaphor related to Otzis sperm.
PISCES (February 19-March 20):
Caligula was an eccentric Roman
emperor who had a physical resemblance to a goat. He was sensitive about it. Thats
why he made it illegal for anyone to refer to goats
in his company. I mention this, Pisces, because
Id like to propose a list of words you should
forbid to be used in your presence during the
coming weeks: money, cash, finances,
loot, savings, or investments. Why? Because
Im afraid it would be distracting, even confusing
or embarrassing, for you to think about these sore
subjects right now. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The
truth is: Now is a perfect time for you to be
focused on getting richer quicker.
Homework: What conditions would you
need to feel like you were living in paradise?
Testify at TruthRooster@gmail.com and visit
FreeWillAstrology.com.
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The Rumors Skin of the Earth
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Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo (6pm)
Oculus Sports Bar - Jumers Casino
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Hersong Coffee House Unitarian
Universalist Congregation of the
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Davenport IA
Jazz After Five w/ James Dreier &

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(9pm) The Mill, 120 E. Burlington
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Kronos Resistor Dead Forms Path
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Rascals Live, 1414 15th St., Moline IL
Larry Bo Boyd (6pm) Cool Beanz
Coffeehouse, 1325 30th St., Rock
Island IL
Old Blind Dogs CSPS/Legion Arts,
1103 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids IA
The Pines Englert Theatre, 221 East
R e d s t o n e R o o m s 10 Ye a r
Anniversary: Jeff Austin Band
The Last Revel The Redstone
Room, 129 Main St, Davenport IA
The RiverCity 6 (noon & 4pm) Isle of
Capri, 1777 Isle Parkway, Bettendorf
IA
RozzTox FiveYear Anniversary:
Yonatan Gat Brilliant Beast
Gosh! Archeress We Also Let
Blood Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third Ave.,
Rock Island IL
Teen Naytronix icewater Gabes,
330 E. Washington St., Iowa City IA
Steve McFate (6pm) Hy-Vee Market
Grille, 2930 18th Ave., Rock Island IL
Tony Hoeppner & Friends Riverside
Grille, 1733 State St., Bettendorf IA
Vice Squad Harley Corins, 1708 State
St., Bettendorf IA
saturday
Chad Elliot & Claudia Nygaard

Uptown Theatre - First Street
Community Center, 221 1st Street
NE, Mt. Vernon IA
Hallowed Bells @ Rozz-Tox - April 10

Charlie King and Martha Leader
Broadway Presbyterian Church, 710
23rd St., Rock Island IL
Chuck Murphy Riverside Grille, 1733
State St., Bettendorf IA
Code 415 Hawkeye Tap Sports
Bar N Grill, 4646 Cheyenne Ave.,
Davenport IA
Cosmic 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Electric Shock: The AC/DC Show
Daylight Over Rascals Live, 1414
15th St., Moline IL
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo Jims
Knoxville Tap, 8716 Knoxville Rd.,
Milan IL
Hailey Whitters Eric Pettit Lion
The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa
City IA
Hairball Ohnward Fine Arts Center,
1215 E Platt St., Maquoketa IA
Hanggai CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103 3rd
St SE, Cedar Rapids IA
Hersong Coffee House Unitarian
Universalist Congregation of the
Quad Cities, 3707 Eastern Ave.,

Davenport IA
HiFi My Place the Pub, 4405 State St.,
Bettendorf IA
The Jimmys Flatted Fifth Blues & BBQ,
300 Potter Dr., Bellevue IA
Kathy Maxey, Larry Mossman, &
Friends Uptown Bills Coffee
House, 730 S. Dubuque St., Iowa
City IA
The Knockoffs Generations Bar &
Grill, 4100 4th Ave., Moline IL
Lynn Allen Purgatorys Pub, 2104
State St, Bettendorf IA
Pat Foley Governors Pub & Grill, 3470
Middle Rd., Bettendorf IA
Project X Harley Corins, 1708 State
St., Bettendorf IA
Quad City Symphony Orchestra
Masterworks VI: The Resurrection
Adler Theatre, 136 E. Third St.,
Davenport IA
RozzTox FiveYear Anniversary:

Olivia NeutronJohn The
Multiple Cat Grandfather
Confusion The Pollinators
Shutup Kitsch Rozz-Tox, 2108
Third Ave., Rock Island IL
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar The
Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar, 111
West 2nd St., Davenport IA
Small Time Napoleon (6pm)
Milltown Coffee, 3800 River Drive #2,
Moline IL
Terrance Simien & the Zydeco
Experience Galvin Fine Arts
Center, 2101 N. Gaines St.,
Davenport IA
Weedeater Author & Punisher
Today Is the Day Lord Dying
Gabes, 330 E. Washington St., Iowa
City IA
Winterland Art of Ill Fusion Iowa
City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St, Iowa
City IA
sunday
Charlie King and Martha Leader

(2pm) Uptown Bills Coffee House,
730 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City IA
Chris Dunn & Roald Tweet: Stories
& Songs of the Railroad (2pm)
German American Heritage Center,
712 W. 2nd St., Davenport IA
Kim Richey CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103
3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids IA
Legions of Raum Dead Eyes
Always Dreaming Gabes, 330 E.
Lucero John Moreland Codfish
Hollow Barn, 5013 288th Ave.,
Maquoketa IA
Nick Moss Band Fat Fish Pub, 158 N.
Broad St., Galesburg IL

Masterworks VI: The Resurrection
(2pm) Centennial Hall, Augustana
College, 3703 7th Ave., Rock Island IL
Trapper Schoepp & the Shades
Rivers Edge Gallery, 216 W. 3rd St.,
Muscatine IA
Weekend Warriors (5pm) The Mill,
120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City IA
monday
tuesday
The Receiver Jacey Gabes, 330 E.

Blues Cafe (6:30pm) RME

Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St.,
Davenport IA
Caroline Smith Quilt Karen Meat
The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa
City IA
Chris Avey Live My Place the Pub,
Faust Mammifer Bob Bucko Jr.
City IA
John Mellencamp Adler Theatre, 136
E. Third St., Davenport IA
Sit Kitty Sit Glostick Willy
Flowpoetry Iowa City Yacht Club,
13 S Linn St, Iowa City IA
wednesday 6
Adia Victoria Brooks Strause & the

Gory Details Crystal City Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Deer Tick Ryley Walker Nadalands
The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City IA
Jordan Danielsen (6:30pm) The
Faithful Pilot Cafe & Spirits, 117 N
Cody Rd, LeClaire IA
18
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Pigeons Playing Ping Pong The

Magic Beans The Redstone
Room, 129 Main St, Davenport IA
Son Lux Noveller Field Division
City IA
Tyondai Brax ton Dawn of
Midi Englert Theatre, 221 East
Woozy Kississippi Archeress
Artorias Ronin Rozz-Tox, 2108
thursday
Bamboozlers Riverside Casino

and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22,
Riverside IA
Hanging Hearts Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third
Ave., Rock Island IL
The Joy Formidable Everything
Everything Englert Theatre, 221
East Washington St., Iowa City IA
PHOX The Wandering Bears
Subatlantic The Mill, 120 E.
Burlington St., Iowa City IA
Penny & Sparrow CSPS/Legion Arts,
A Tribute to John Denver (1 & 7:15pm)
Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828
Yacht Trouble Lights Cuticle
City IA
Yonatan Gat Zachary Schomburg
Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St,
Iowa City IA
friday
Brian LeBlanc (6:30pm) David Kroll

(8:30pm) Riverside Casino and Golf
Resort, 3184 Highway 22, Riverside IA
Buddy Olson (6pm) Hy-Vee Market
Grille, 2930 18th Ave., Rock Island IL

The Dick Watson Trio (6pm) Oculus
Sports Bar - Jumers Casino & Hotel,
777 Jumer Dr., Rock Island IL
Flatfoot 56 The Redstone Room,
129 Main St, Davenport IA
Funktastic Five Harley Corins, 1708
Gray Wolf Band 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St., Davenport IA
Live Lunch w/ Tony Hoeppner
(noon) RME Community Stage,
131 W. 2nd St., Davenport IA
The Manny Lopez Big Band (6pm)
The Circa 21 Speakeasy, 1818 Third
One Plus One My Place the Pub, 4405
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Riverside
Casino Event Center, 3184 Highway
22, Riverside IA
Pure Bathing Culture Pillar Point
Maids Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S
Linn St, Iowa City IA
Remember My Name 9th St.
Memory The City May
Circadiam Rhythm Rascals Live,
1414 15th St., Moline IL
San Fermin Esme Patterson
Extravision Gabes, 330 E.
Summer Salt Drugs & Attics Arc
Flash Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third Ave.,
Rock Island IL
Waxahatchee Gosh! The Mill, 120 E.
Burlington St., Iowa City IA
Willy Porter & Carmen Nickerson
CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103 3rd St SE,
Cedar Rapids IA
saturday
Bugeye Sprite Harley Corins, 1708

Compositions John and Alice

Butler Hall, University of Dubuque
Heritage Center, 2255 Bennett St.,
Dubuque IA
Slough Buoys My Place the Pub, 4405
Slum Village Black Milk Guilty
Simpson Gabes, 330 E.
Tamar Aphek Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third
Vsen CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103 3rd St
SE, Cedar Rapids IA
sunday
Flatfoot 56 @ Redstone Room - April 8

Candice Curran Flatted Fifth Blues &
BBQ, 300 Potter Dr., Bellevue IA
Chuck Murphy Lyndon Pub, 704 1st
St. W, Lyndon IL
David Kroll Riverside Casino and Golf
Resort, 3184 Highway 22, Riverside IA
Follies 2016: Im Still Here! (2 &
7:30pm) Paramount Theatre, 123
3rd St. SE, Cedar Rapids IA
Gary Wilson Miracles of God
American Cream Conetrauma
Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St,
Iowa City IA
Jeff Brown (6pm) Ca dZan, 411
South Rd., Cambridge IL
Judas Beast Rascals Live, 1414 15th
St., Moline IL
Nova Singers: Voices of the Prairie
Knox Colleges Kresge Recital
Hall, 2 East South St., Knox College,
Galesburg IL
Pennies on the Rail (11am) Just

Joel (noon) Hot Tang (1pm)
Gentlemen Callers (2pm) John
Burns (5pm) Kol Shira (6pm)
Mary Reasoner and Laurie Haag
(7pm) Uptown Bills Coffee House,
730 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City IA
Psalm One Akwi Nji Lovar Lovis
Kidd The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St.,
Iowa City IA
Family Concert: The Magical Music
of Disney (2:30pm) Adler Theatre,
136 E. Third St., Davenport IA
Rude Punch 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar The
Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar, 111
West 2nd St., Davenport IA
SFJAZZ Collective: The Music of
Michael Jackson & Original
10
The Coleman Harris Band (2:30pm)

Golden Leaf Banquet & Convention
Center, 2902 E. Kimberly Rd. Suite I,
Davenport IA
Community-Wide Side-by-Side
(6pm) Davenport RiverCenter, 136
Hallowed Bells Idpyramid RozzTox, 2108 Third Ave., Rock Island IL
Hotel California Central Performing
Arts Center, 519 E. 11th St., DeWitt IA
Jordan Danielsen (4pm) Public
House, 5260 Northwest Blvd.,
Davenport IA
Kurt Vile & the Violators Englert Theatre,
221 East Washington St., Iowa City IA
Nova Singers: Voices of the Prairie
(4pm) Figge Art Museum, 225 W
2nd St, Davenport IA
QCSO & QCSYEs SidebySide
Concert (3pm) Adler Theatre, 136
Selw yn Birchwood (6pm)
Kavanaughs Hilltop Tap, 1228 30th
St., Rock Island IL
The Speedbumps CSPS/Legion Arts,
TobyMac i wireless Center, 1201 River
Dr, Moline IL
monday
11
tuesday
12
Thirty Silver Milk Duct Tape

Johnny Thompson Gabes, 330 E.
Chris Avey Live My Place the Pub,

Jive Aces Paramount Theatre, 123 3rd
St. SE, Cedar Rapids IA
Twiddle Soul Phlegm Gabes, 330 E.
wednesday 13
Burlington Street Bluegrass Band The

Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City IA
The Pines (6:30pm) The Faithful
Pilot Cafe & Spirits, 117 N Cody Rd,
LeClaire IA
thursday
14
Dan DiMonte & the Bad Assettes

Goose Town Lewis Knudsen The
Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City IA
Dennis Albee Riverside Casino
and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22,
Riverside IA
Drummer Boy of Shiloh (6pm)
Moline Public Library, 3210 41st St.,
Moline IL
Gosh! Nonnie Parry Idpyramid
Typical Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third Ave.,
Rock Island IL
Sean Watkins Anthony DAmato
The Redstone Room, 129 Main St,
Davenport IA
Turbo Suit Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St., Iowa City IA
Crossword
DJs/Karaoke/
Jams/Open Mics
thursdays
Cross Creek Karaoke Central

Avenue Tap, 2604 Central Ave.,
Bettendorf IA
DJ Night w/ 90s Music Thirstys on
Third, 2202 W. Third St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night Bier Stube Moline,
415 15th St., Moline IL
Karaoke w/ Double Dz Purgatorys
Pub, 2104 State St., Bettendorf IA
North Scott Jazz Jam (Apr. 7) RME
Community Stage, 131 2nd St.,
Davenport IA
Open Jam Night Harley Corins,
Open Mic Night Uptown Bills
Coffee House, 730 S. Dubuque St.,
Iowa City IA
Open Jam Session My Place the
Pub, 4405 State St., Bettendorf IA
Thumpin Thursdays DJ Night
Rascals Live, 1414 15th St., Moline IL
fridays
Cross Creek Karaoke Firehouse

Bar & Grill, 2006 Hickory Grove Rd.,
Davenport IA
DJ Commando (Apr. 1) Gabes, 330
E. Washington St., Iowa City IA
DJ Dolla The Smoking Dog Pub,
1800 Second Ave., Rock Island IL
DJ K Yung Barrel House Moline,
1321 Fifth Ave., Moline IL
Karaoke Night Circle Tap, 1345
West Locust St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night The Grove Tap, 108
S. 1st St., Long Grove 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. Third St., Davenport IA
Open Mic Coffeehouse (Apr. 8)

First Lutheran Church, 1600 20th
St., Rock Island IL
saturdays
Community Folk Sing (Apr. 9, 3pm)

Uptown Bills Coffee House, 730 S.
Dubuque St., Iowa City IA
DJ Dolla The Smoking Dog Pub,
1800 Second Ave., Rock Island IL
Irish Music Session (Apr. 2, 3pm)
Uptown Bills Coffee House, 730 S.
Dubuque St., Iowa City IA
Karaoke Night The Grove Tap, 108
S. First St., Long Grove IA
Karaoke Night Miller Time Bowling,
2902 E. Kimberly Rd., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night Roadrunners
Roadhouse, 3803 Rockingham Rd.,
Davenport IA
Open Mic Night Downtown Central
Perk, 226 W. 3rd St., Davenport IA
Tw i s t e d
Mics
Music
&
Entertainment Barrel House
Moline, 1321 Fifth Ave., Moline IL
sundays
Karaoke Night 11th Street Precinct,

Karaoke w/ JB Promotions The Rusty
Nail, 2606 W. Locust St., Davenport IA
Open Mic Night (5pm) Lynns BBQ &
Saloon, 1151 E. Iowa St., Eldridge IA
mondays
The Homeless Open Mic Project

(Apr. 4, 1pm) The Center, 1411
Brady St., Davenport IA
Musicians Jam w/ C.J. Lomas (Apr.
4, 6pm) Theos Java Club, 213
17th St., Rock Island IL
Open Mic w/ J. Knight The Mill, 120
E. Burlington St., Iowa City IA
ComedySportz (7pm) The

Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock
Island IL
David The Swinger Scott (7:30pm)
Penguins Comedy Club, 208
Second Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids IA
Studio Series: True Story (9:30pm)
The Establishment, 220 19th St.,
Rock Island IL
saturday
The Blacklist: 100 Laughs (9pm)

The Backroom Comedy Theater,
1510 N. Harrison St., Davenport IA
Island IL
David The Swinger Scott (7:30pm)
Studio Series: Wisenheimer
(9:30pm) The Establishment, 220
sunday
The Circumstantial Comedy Show

(9pm) Brew, 1104 Jersey Ridge
Rd., Davenport IA
monday
Honeycombs of Comedy (9pm)

Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St.,
Iowa City IA
tuesday
Comedy Open Mic (8pm) Harley

Corins, 1708 State St., Bettendorf IA
wednesday 6
The Backroom Comedy Open Mic

Night (7:30pm) The Backroom
Comedy Theater, 1510 N. Harrison
St., Davenport IA
Comedy Open Mic (7:30pm)
friday
The After Hour (10:30pm) Circa 21

Speakeasy, 1818 Third Ave., Rock
Island IL
Bobcat Goldthwait (7:30pm)
Island IL
Marc Maron (7pm) Englert Theatre,
221 East Washington St., Iowa
City IA
Studio Series: Dodgeball (9:30pm)
The Establishment, 220 19th St.,
Rock Island IL
saturday
The Blacklist: Trabajos de Manos

vs. The Blacklist (9pm) The
Backroom Comedy Theater, 1510
N. Harrison St., Davenport IA
Bobcat Goldthwait (7:30 & 9:30pm)
March 17 Answers: Page 16
tuesdays
Acoustic Jam Night w/ Steve McFate

(Apr. 12) Mr. Eds Liquor Store &
Tap, 127 Fourth St. W., Milan IL
Acoustic Music Club (4:30pm)
River Music Experience, 129 N.
Main St., Davenport IA
Open Mic Night Broken Saddle,
1417 Fifth Ave., Moline IL
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
Underground Open Mic w/ Kate
Kane Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S.
Linn St., Iowa City IA
wednesdays
Acoustic Jam Night w/ Steve

McFate McManus Pub, 1401
Seventh Ave., Moline IL
Cross Creek Karaoke Harley Corins,
Jam Session & Mug Night Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City IA
Karaoke Night 11th Street Precinct,
Karaoke Night Circle Tap, 1345
West Locust St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night RIBCO, 1815 Second
Karaoke w/ Most Wanted My Place
the Pub, 4405 State St., Bettendorf IA
Open Jam w/ Earth Ascending
Bent River Brewing Company, 512
24th St. Rock Island IL
Open Mic Night Boozies Bar
& Grille, 114 1/2 W. Third St.,
Davenport IA
Comedy
friday
Decisions, Decisions March 31, 2016

Island IL
Hunt for Murder (6pm) Skellington
Manor Banquet & Event Center, 420
Kevin Smith (7pm) Englert
Theatre, 221 East Washington St.,
Iowa City IA
Studio Series: Shakespeared!
(9:30pm) The Establishment, 220
sunday
10
monday
11
tuesday
12
The Circumstantial Comedy Show

(9pm) Brew, 1104 Jersey Ridge
Rd., Davenport IA
Honeycombs of Comedy (9pm)

Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St.,
Iowa City IA
Comedy Open Mic (8pm) Harley

Corins, 1708 State St., Bettendorf IA
wednesday 13
The Backroom Comedy Open Mic

Night (7:30pm) The Backroom
Comedy Theater, 1510 N. Harrison
St., Davenport IA
Comedy Open Mic (7:30pm)
ACROSS
1. Variety
5. Jack mackerel
9. Moroccos capital
14. Earthy deposit
18. Anta
19. Strobile
20. Gladden
21. Foil relative
22. Of kelp and the like
24. Start of a quip by David Beckham: 3 wds.
27. Curbed (with in)
29. Bring in
30. Healthy
31. Hooray!
32. Dutch theologian
34. Whirlybird part
37. Seahawks town
39. Fruits
41. Beak part
42. Scottish Gaelic
43. Part 2 of quip: 3 wds.
47. The Big Guava
51. Ins and _
52. Kiln
53. Elemental gas
57. Variegated
58. Innocence, a flower
60. Auricular
63. Ending for soft or stone
64. Toward the mouth
65. Having feeling
68. _ and aahs
70. Cousins to welders
75. Batty
79. Biblical instrument
80. Pioneering dancer _ Duncan
85. Beach resort
86. Fizzy drink
88. Too precious
90. Indri
91. Housemaid
92. Hippodrome
94. Lump
97. Big _ theory
98. Called
104. Ohio team
107. Cocoyam
108. Flower part
109. Aspirant
112. Wine quality
114. Consider anew
118. Snacked
119. Times of note
121. Pen points
123. Part of oculus sinister
124. End of the quip: 3 wds.
129. Valleys
130. Withered
131. _ goose
132. Birthright seller
133. Sour
134. Perrys creator
135. Young salmon
136. Serf
137. Punta del _
DOWN
1. Lean
2. Tanker
3. Aqua _
4. Counterchanges
5. Chem. or biol., e.g.
6. Set of laws
7. Lend _ _
8. Oust a priest
9. The _ & Stimpy Show
10. Ring champ
11. Sponge or sitz
12. Relaxed: 2 wds.
13. Part of ATM
14. Gull
15. Asunder
16. Of the kidney
17. River in Hades
23. A berry, in fact
25. NSA concern
26. A leaven
28. Disney elephant
33. Antitoxins
35. Gemsbok
36. Extend a subscription
38. Porcelain item
40. Middling: Hyph.
43. Overruns
44. Christmastide
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45. Shock
46. Von Bismarck and others
48. Mud
49. Prickly _
50. Says further
54. Old ointment
55. Small antelope of Africa
56. Mole
59. Sew loosely
61. Jot
62. Cooler
66. Sheath, in botany
67. Slipup
69. Bamboozle
71. Abbr. in footnotes
73. _ of Wight
74. Put up
75. Sept
76. Ottava _
77. West or Baldwin
78. Hold together
81. Weaken
82. Muscat and _
83. Litters littlest
84. Mythical ship
87. Writer _ Loos
89. BPOE members
93. Jewish month
95. Humdinger
96. Drunkard
99. Hold over
101. Town in Maine
102. Chosen one
103. Brandished
105. Coercion
106. Downhill race
109. Anchor-cable opening
110. Different
111. Treasured one
113. Gulf
115. _ Marner
116. Like 53-Across
117. Discrimination
120. Storage structure
122. Bean or Penn
125. _ -hee
126. Liquid meas.
127. Loan charge: Abbr.
128. Cal. abbr.
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