11 Jan 2005

Bureau Asks QC Residents to "Be a Tourist in Your Own Backyard"

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• The Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau is encouraging people to take advantage of events, attractions, restaurants, stores, and hotels/motels in the Quad Cities area. The agency has scheduled the "Be a Tourist in Your Own Backyard" promotion for the weekend of January 14 to 17, asking residents to take a mini-vacation in the Quad Cities.
04 Jan 2005

New Ground's "QED" Celebrates Feynman's Genius

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"What I cannot create, I do not understand." - Richard Feynman

New Ground Theatre's upcoming show, QED, traces the many accomplishments of physicist Dr. Richard Feynman, including his formula for quantum electrodynamics (which gives this play its title) and his participation in the development of the atomic bomb.

28 Dec 2004

Some of 2004's Under-Appreciated Gems

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This year saw justified buzz around Franz Ferdinand, the long-overdue rise of Modest Mouse, a Jack White-aided comeback by Loretta Lynn, a mildly successful punk-rock concept album from Green Day, a commercial resurgence from Prince, a shockingly good posthumous release from Elliott Smith, and the celebrated return of Brian Wilson with the long-shelved Smile.
14 Dec 2004

Speaker Madigan No Longer the Teachers' Pet

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Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is widely believed to be the teachers' unions' best friend. Madigan passed the "temporary" income-tax surcharge years ago, which earmarked half of the new money for schools.
14 Dec 2004

Rock Posters Top List of Year's Best Music Books

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'Tis the season to shake off the cold and retreat under the comfort of hot chocolate, lots of blankets, and a good book. An armload of cool new selections are worth snuggling up with, aiming to feed your head and pop-culture addictions.
07 Dec 2004

Iowa's Public School Enrollment Drops Slightly

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• Iowa's public school enrollment is down by 1,639 students, or .34 percent, from a year ago, according to the Department of Education. Currently, 483,372 K-12 students are enrolled statewide. State education leaders expected the decline based on census data and enrollments that show outgoing high-school seniors outnumber incoming kindergarten students.
16 Nov 2004

Personality, Not Politics, Led to Candidates' Downfalls

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Ten years ago, just before the 1994 Republican landslide, I thought that state Senator Patrick Welch (D-Peru) was in big, big trouble. The Republicans launched an expensive campaign against him, and they had a pretty good candidate.
09 Nov 2004

Who's to Blame for Sorry Illinois GOP?

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It's understandable if Illinois Republicans feel a little panicky right now. Their party's U.S. Senate candidate, Alan Keyes, was wiped out in the biggest Senate landslide in Illinois history. And they were stunned when longtime Congressman Phil Crane lost his seat to a Democrat.
09 Nov 2004

Ballet Presents an "Arts Miracle"

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Incredible! An arts miracle! That's the best wording I know to describe Ballet Quad Cities in its latest embodiment: A Night to Remember. Their celestial performance was devilishly difficult, a program complex enough to challenge even the most financially flush dance company.
09 Nov 2004

Symphony Delivers on Conductor's Promise

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Quad City Symphony Orchestra Conductor Donald Schleicher promised us a “night of beauty, elegance, and gorgeous melody” this past Saturday, November 6, at the Adler Theatre. He, the Quad City Symphony, and guest oboist Robert Atherholt delivered just that at the symphony’s second classical series concert of the season.

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