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Tuesday, 17 July 2001 18:00 |
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Tim Sievert’s motivation for applying to the Quad City Arts Metro Arts program
was pretty simple: “I was looking for a summer job,” said the 18-year-old.
That statement is a bit surprising, because it’s easy to forget that these 75 teenagers playing music, dancing, painting, and writing and acting are getting paid; the Metro Arts spread in The District of Rock Island resembles a summer camp. |
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Tuesday, 26 June 2001 18:00 |
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Oh, the perils of outdoor theatre.
There are the mosquitoes. The heat. And of course,the threat of rain.
At a rehearsal for two one-act plays on Monday, director David Wooten told the cast he wanted strong efforts for the next few days. |
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Tuesday, 12 June 2001 18:00 |
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Last month in Washington, D.C., Bettendorf resident Scott Morschhauser ran into people a lot like him.
“I can’t sleep at night,” somebody would say to him.
“I can’t sleep at night, either!” Morschhauser would reply. |
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Wednesday, 06 June 2001 18:00 |
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For a year and a half, Davenport citizens have been witness to the ongoing saga of Niky Bowles versus the City of Davenport, as Bowles has attempted to rezone 10 acres of property her family owns as Cypress Points Developers just south of 53rd Street on Eastern Avenue. |
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Tuesday, 29 May 2001 18:00 |
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If there was any doubt, the past month has shown that the Quad Cities have pretty sophisticated taste in movies.
After a months-long dry spell in which the local cineplex showed no independent or limited-release movies (excepting the blink-and-you-missed-it one-week run of the Oscar-nominated Before Night Falls), audiences were treated to The Tailor of Panama and Memento in consecutive weeks. |
