Homebuilding: The New Green
In March, the Quad Cities Homebuilders & Remodelers Association began construction of a demonstration "green" home. Scheduled to be completed by September, the house is intended to illustrate...
The Return of Terry Swails: How WQAD Scored the Biggest Name in Quad Cities Weather, and What It Means
When the National Weather Service issued a Particularly Dangerous Situation tornado watch on May 25 last year, Terry Swails was in an unusual position: He could chase the storm - and not via a radar...
Riders Go Cross-Country for Cancer
The two men came to the cross-country bike ride in different ways. For Danny Leonard, a cancer survivor in his late 60s, the idea for a second cross-country ride arose from a conversation he had two...
Input Solicited for Two New Rock Island Park Concepts
Two new park concepts are being developed by the Rock Island Parks & Recreation Department: Old Chicago Park and Douglas Park. Old Chicago Park, located on Ninth Street east of the Martin Luther...
Advocates Argue for Medical Marijuana
On June 20, the Marijuana Policy Project hosted a medical-marijuana forum at the Bettendorf Public Library. The event featured a screening of the documentary Waiting to Inhale as well as a discussion...
Lisa Madigan’s Move Reveals Mike’s True Agenda
"You guys are going to have to come up with a new conspiracy theory," Attorney General Lisa Madigan told Rockford Register-Star columnist Wally Haas last week about her decision to go for re-election...
Not Immune to the Struggle
There are few plot lines in any good book or movie that don't evince man's age-old struggle against tyranny. These tales nearly always depict their heroes championing whatever battle needs fighting for...
IL Senator 2
Sen. Richard Durbin Official website: http://durbin.senate.gov 309 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: 202-224-2152 Fax: 202-228-0400 Contact Dick Durbin via web...
IA 1st Congressional District
Rep. Bruce Braley Official website: http://braley.house.gov/ 1408 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: 202-225-2911 Fax: 202-225-6666 Contact Bruce Braley via...
IA Senator 2
Sen. Charles Grassley Official website: http://grassley.senate.gov 135 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: 202-224-3744 Fax: 202-224-6020 Contact Chuck Grassley...
Amüsing Enüf: “Brüno,” “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,” and “I Love You, Beth Cooper”
BRÜNO Returning with a comedy in a vein similar, re-e-e-eally similar, to that of their 2006 smash Borat, director Larry Charles and co-writer/star Sacha Baron Cohen now present us with Brüno, another...
Box Office Power Rankings: Always a Groomsman
You have to feel a little sorry for the poor bastards of The Hangover. With all the trials they endured, in our Box Office Power Rankings they end up sniffing the ass of an old man. For a month....
Charmed and Dangerous: "Public Enemies," "Away We Go," and "My Sister's Keeper"
PUBLIC ENEMIES With a low-key yet intensely charismatic Johnny Depp as its lead, you could describe Michael Mann's Public Enemies as the story behind the criminal activity of the infamous, Depression-era...
Sittin’ at the Dreck of the Bay: “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”
Within the first minute of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, it'll be pretty apparent that the movie wasn't exactly designed for (or by) Mensa members, as a title card shows the military time in China...
Mike Schulz with Dave & Darren on 104.9
Going to the cineplex or IMAX this weekend? Every Friday morning at 9 a.m. you can listen to Mike Schulz dish on recent movie releases & talk smack about Hollywood celebs on the Quad City Rocker...
All in One: Umphrey’s McGee, July 16 at the Capitol Theatre
Describing Mantis, Umphrey's McGee bassist Ryan Stasik doesn't mince words about the band's ambitions: "This record was like our opus, ... withstanding of time and complex and progressive and still...
Four-Ring Circus: Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers, July 4 at RIBCO
If you want to know what Th' Legendary Shack Shakers sound like, just take a look at some of the band's album titles: Hunkerdown, Cockadoodledon't, Pandelerium, Swampblood. Three recordings compose the...
Music for People: Listener, July 5 at Fireworks
The Listener engenders confusion. Is it Listener, or the Listener Project? Yes. But not anymore. The albums Whispermoon (2003) and Ozark Empire (2005) sure sound like hip-hop, but their creator prefers...
Photos from the Keith Urban/Taylor Swift Show, June 28 at the i wireless Center
Images by photographer Chris Jones from Sunday's Keith Urban/Taylor Swift show at the i wireless Center. Click on any photo for a larger version.
Full Coverage of the 2009 IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival
(Here you'll find links to all the content in the official guide to the 2009 IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, along with previous coverage of this year's performers from the River Cities' Reader.)...
Thankyouverymuch: "All Shook Up," at the Prospect Park Auditorium through July 19
The Shakespeare-inspired Elvis Presley pastiche All Shook Up is too inconsequential and ridiculous - gloriously so - to feature anything resembling a moral. But if pressed, you could probably fashion...
Dream Weavers: “A Raisin in the Sun,” at the Playcrafters Barn Theatre through July 19
Area performer and radio-show host Shellie Moore Guy is slender in frame, and not particularly tall. Yet in the Playcrafters Barn Theatre's presentation of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, the...
Sink or Swim: “Singin’ in the Rain,” at the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre through July 19
Let's cut right to it: Yes. During the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre's presentation of Singin' in the Rain, it rained on-stage. And it rained well.
Bachelor Party: "The Boys Next Door," at the Village Theatre through July 19
Director Lora Adams' Village Theatre production of The Boys Next Door opens and closes on the solitary figure of actor Jason Platt, and his portrayal here begs the question: Is there anything the man...
Walking on Sunshine: "The Wedding Singer," at the Timber Lake Playhouse through July 12
On Thursday night, the Timber Lake Playhouse opened The Wedding Singer, the musical-comedy version of 1998's love-in-the-'80s movie hit starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Imaginatively and exuberantly...
Venus Envy 2009 Art Preview
The fifth-annual Venus Envy Quad Cities female-arts festival will be held on Saturday, May 2, from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Bucktown Center for the Arts (225 East Second Street in Davenport). Below is the...
Modern Art in a Modern Space: “A Legacy for Iowa,” April 19 Through August 2 at the Figge
Pamela J. White speaks about the painting like it's a pet. "It doesn't like to travel," she said. She's talking about Ad Reinhardt's Abstract Painting, which is the work most likely to get blank...
Augustana Sights & Sounds: Through February 26 at Bucktown
Augustana Sights & Sounds, an exhibit of photographs from Augustana College and high-school students, will be on display at the Bucktown Center for the Arts (open Wednesday through Saturday 11 a.m....
MidCoast Gallery West Seeks New Model to Keep Its Doors Open
Following the departure of the Left Bank Art League from Gallery West in the District of Rock Island, MidCoast Fine Arts plans to launch a new artist-staffed sales gallery at the site next month. ...
Winners of the River Cities’ Reader Fall 2008 Photo Contest
For our fall photo contest, we made your job easier, and ours harder. We asked for photographs of babies and pets for this year's contest, and we received 166 entries.
Ask the Advice Goddess: July 9, 2009
Can't Get There from Hair My first wife and I married in our early 20s and broke up several years later. When we were married, she had very short hair, even though I wanted her to grow it long. She...
Free Will Astrology: July 8, 2009
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Miracle of miracles: A pointless pain in the butt will soon stop bugging you. Meanwhile, an annoying itch in your heart is subsiding, and may even disappear. As a result of...
