Music

Future Rock

The Redstone Room

Saturday, February 6, 9 p.m.

If you visit the Web site for the musical wizards of Future Rock (FutureRock.net), you'll find bassist Felix Moreno explaining that one of the great joys of his band's blend of electronics and traditional musical instruments occurs "when the audience sees me play my bass, and they have no idea what's coming out. I love that look of confusion." The next time the guys are in town, they should book themselves a gig at the Reader offices. They'd be in heaven.

Lecture

Peter Kivisto

Wallenberg Hall, Augustana College

Thursday, January 28, 7 p.m.

On January 28, editor, author, and Augustana College faculty member Peter Kivisto will speak at the school's Wallenberg Hall, in a public event celebrating Augustana's new Center for the Study of Pluralism & the Civil Sphere.

On January 28, editor, author, and Augustana College faculty member Peter Kivisto will speak at the school's Wallenberg Hall, in a public event celebrating Augustana's new Center for the Study of Pluralism & the Civil Sphere.

That was my attempt at a "pluralism" joke. Did it read?

Images by photographer Chris Jones from Saturday's Harlem Globetrotters event at the i wireless Center. Click on any photo for a larger version.

Theatre

Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse

Wednesday, January 13 through Saturday, March 20

Like the swallows to Capistrano, you can count on Ann Nieman to make an annual return to the Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse, as the Texas-based director has helmed each of the venue's January productions since 2005. And 2010 finds her returning for one of Circa '21's most popular titles in Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which Nieman last staged for the theatre five years ago, and which was noteworthy for being the last Circa '21 production to feature a certain local Arts Editor amongst its cast. Modesty forbids mentioning who that is, exactly, but ... .

Oh, screw it. It was me. I was in it. It was awesome.

"Hey there, Jeff! I hope you and yours are enjoying the merriest of holiday seasons!"

"Well, you're certainly in a good mood."

"I am finished, baby! I got everything done that I needed to get done before heading to my folks' house for Christmas! I wrote my year-in-theatre articles, I'm caught up with online calendar listings, I saw Avatar, and I just sent you the What's Happenin' pages. Done!"

"Is it the same What's Happenin' format that we went with last year?

"Yup. We're providing a go-to guide for entertainment options on New Year's Eve, with a listing of area venues that'll be hosting live music, karaoke, or DJs in the hours before midnight. The bands will be listed there as well as in the paper's Live Music section, and we're including the venues' phone numbers and street and Web addresses. You know, for convenience."