29 May 2001

Good Movies? Good Luck

By Jeff Ignatius
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.
29 May 2001

Left Bank Show, Irish Painting Demonstration at Myers Gallery Highlight Weekend

By Jeff Ignatius
Dawn Brick doesn't consider herself an artist. She prefers to call herself a "technician." But you only need to glance at the intricacy of the beaded pouches she makes to know that she's more than she claims to be.
22 May 2001

Forecast for Summer Festivals is Still Muddy

By Jeff Ignatius
The unruly and inconsiderate Mississippi River finally freed LeClaire Park from its muddy grip this week, but events scheduled for the venue for the rest of the summer still might need to look for new locations.
22 May 2001

Riverfest Hopes Weather Cooperates with New Look

By Jeff Ignatius
The Mississippi River is wreaking havoc with the summer festival schedule this year, but last year it was rain that washed out Moline's annual Riverfest event, with several inches drowning the event and forcing its cancellation.
15 May 2001

Hornucopia 2001 Boasts Wide Variety Friday and Saturday in The District

By Jeff Ignatius
The Hornucopia festival this weekend in The District of Rock Island could fall into a pattern of sameness - with the requirement that all bands feature horns and with several outfits making repeat performances.
15 May 2001

Dark-Store Agreement Makes Empty Wal-Mart Likely

By Jeff Ignatius
Sometimes things with good intentions end up huge mistakes. That might be the case with an agreement between Wal-Mart and the City of Davenport dealing with the store the company will likely be abandoning in a little more than a year.
15 May 2001

THF Provides Schedule for Road Improvements

By Jeff Ignatius
At Thursday's meeting of the Davenport Community & Economic Development Committee, developer THF Realty of St. Louis provided the city council with documents that should allow the construction of a Super Wal-Mart at Elmore Avenue and 53rd Street to proceed.
15 May 2001

Jazz Festival Mounts Strong Field

By Jeff Ignatius
Probably the smartest thing the organizers of the Eighth Annual Quad Cities Jazz Fest can do is leave Jim Widner to his own devices. Widner, the musical director of the festival and leader of the St.
08 May 2001

Rolling Out the Red Carpet

By Jeff Ignatius
As the Davenport City Council nears its final consideration of a financing mechanism to pay for road improvements for a Super Wal-Mart store at 53rd Street and Elmore Avenue, there are plenty of reasons to take a hard look at the issues.
08 May 2001

When Art Attacks

By Jeff Ignatius
This Friday's gallery hop in The District of Rock Island has a more aggressive flavor than past installments with the theme "Art Attack." The quarterly event kicks off at 5 p.m. and runs through 10 p.m., featuring dozens of artists.

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