Comedy

Laughter Relief

Adler Theatre

Friday, June 18, 8 p.m.

Feel like a laugh? Davenport's Adler Theatre knows you do, and the venue is planning to deliver wa-a-a-ay more than just one with its June 18 stand-up-comedy concert Laughter Relief - which, ironically enough, is exactly the phrase we Reader employees use to describe our weekly staff meetings.

Of course, in that situation, it's a relief from laughter.

Theatre

Whodunit ... the Musical

Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse

Thursday, May 27, through Saturday, July 10

Making its regional debut at the Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse, the mystery farce Whodunit ... the Musical takes place in a Connecticut mansion in the summer of 1931, and finds a wealthy spinster, her young niece, her niece's secret beau, a Cockney maid, and an eccentric butler as the primary suspects in a murder investigation. Yet considering who's been cast in director Dennis Hitchcock's song-and-dance spoof, the bigger question than "Whodunit?" might very well be "Who's gonna steal it?" (The show, that is.)

Music

Juli Wood

The Redstone Room

Sunday, May 16

Performing at Davenport's Redstone Room on May 16, saxophonist and jazz singer Juli Wood is the latest guest in Polyrhythms' Third Sunday Jazz Matinée & Workshop series, and her local appearance is bound to make jazz fans shout a vigorous "Hurray!" Or, if you'd prefer, "Hoora!", "¡Hurra!", or "Ζηтω!"

Event

Venus Envy

Bucktown Center for the Arts

Saturday, May 1, 6-11 p.m.

Since this issue's What's Happenin' pages focus attention on three female country-music stars and a rock band fronted by a female vocalist, it only made sense to level the playing field with an event that appeals solely to the guys.

Then again, who am I to break up a theme?

Exhibit

The John Deere Collection at the Figge

Figge Art Museum

Saturday, April 24, through Sunday, October 24

On April 24, the Figge Art Museum opens its newest gallery exhibit, The John Deere Collection at the Figge. And I think I can reasonably guess what you're thinking: Won't all that green make for a pretty monochromatic experience?