03 Jun 2003

Cuisine and Cooking Take Center Stage at Mardi Gras

By Jeff Ignatius
Two years ago at Gumbo Ya Ya, the festival included a kids' cooking clinic with Chef Eudell Watts III, at which children learned to make gumbo. But adults were drawn as much as children, and therein was the germ of an idea.
27 May 2003

The Coming Mono-Media

By Jeff Ignatius
On June 2, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to approve new rules dealing with the ownership of daily newspapers and broadcast-media outlets. These changes could dramatically alter the media landscape in the country, just as the Telecommunications Act of 1996 has resulted in the concentration of ownership of radio stations.
27 May 2003

Seth Knappen Gets Naked

By Jeff Ignatius
Minimalism in rock music is a big risk. When an artist chooses to keep it simple – with pared- down instrumentation, lyrics, and vocals, and songs that move with the energy of a funeral procession – only the best material survives scrutiny, because there’s nothing to fall back on.
20 May 2003

New Ground Takes a "Journey for a Reason"

By Jeff Ignatius
New Ground Theatre, which this season has produced the Pulitzer Prize-winning plays Wit and Proof, will next month stage a musical about teen suicide. Not only that, but the script of said musical was written by the company's artistic director, Chris Jansen.
20 May 2003

Pastel Competition Grows into Professional-Development Expo

By Jeff Ignatius
What had been MidCoast's Pastel Exhibition & Competition has been transformed through addition into something altogether different: a multifaceted arts-in-education event for teens that creates a link to workforce development and retention.
20 May 2003

Sculpture on Second Returns for Second Year

By Jeff Ignatius
Photos by Brian Barkley Seven new sculptures have popped up in downtown Davenport, the result of the second Sculpture on Second project of DavenportOne. The organization is also developing a brochure for a walking tour.
13 May 2003

School Board Rejects Scoreboard Proposal Because of Lack of Advertising Policy

By Jeff Ignatius
The board of the Davenport Community School District on Monday failed to pass a measure that would have added advertisements to scoreboards at Brady Street Stadium and baseball fields and basketball courts at the district's three high schools.
13 May 2003

Hornucopia Taps Into Diversity

By Jeff Ignatius
You won't notice a lot of new features at this year's Hornucopia, because - as the first festival this year in The District of Rock Island - it carried with it some uncertainty. Namely, questions about how far along reconstruction of the Great River Plaza was going to be.
13 May 2003

Fewer Big Names, but Quality Reigns at the Quad Cities Jazz Festival

By Jeff Ignatius
This year's Quad Cities Jazz Festival at first blush looks less impressive than previous incarnations. But appearances can be deceiving. You won't find much contemporary jazz this year, yet fans of the classic styles won't be disappointed.
06 May 2003

Whither the Blackhawk?

By Jeff Ignatius
The Rhythm City Casino-owned Blackhawk Hotel stands three blocks from the gambling boat. It sounds like a short distance, but those three blocks include one unpleasant journey across five lanes of River Drive. And they cost money, the owners argue - for them and for the citizens of Davenport.

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