It's still burning hot outside, and festival season is still in full swing, but at the Reader, we're always looking ahead - making preparations for another beautiful Fall in the Quad Cities.

The Reader's Annual Fall Guide will be published Wednesday, August 29.

The Fall Guide is a 3-Month calendar and look ahead for the Quad Cities region. It covers the who, what, when and where of more than 1,000 events, from festivals, live music, and drama to lectures, sporting events, classes, and attractions. Our readers use it to find out what's new and what to do.

Advertising in the Reader's Fall Guide is a cost-effective way to reach an educated, active audience with places to go and money to spend - your best new customers!

So what's new at your shop?
Get the word out to the Quad Cities in an issue with a 3-month shelf life.

Deadlines

For event listings:
*Email the info to <calendar@rcreader.com> by Wednesday, August 22, 5pm

For ads you need us to create:
*Reserve the space by Wednesday, August 22, 5pm
*Send us text and images by Wednesday, August 22, 5pm

For camera-ready ads:
*Reserve the space by Thursday, August 23, 5pm
*Email the art by Friday, August 24, 5pm

Our ad sizes have changed:
For ad sizes, detailed technical specifications for ads, and more, click this link.

The Next Step:
Call the Reader at 563-324-0049 to reserve your spot and
find out what discounts apply to you.

Thanks for helping us to celebrate the vitality of the Quad Cities, and to contribute to its continued cultural growth. If you ever have suggestions for how the Reader can better accomplish this goal, do not be shy! We want to know.

Welcome to the Annual Manual for the Arts.

In years past, the River Cities' Reader has published a music guide each summer. We've expanded our vision this year with this inaugural Annual Manual for the Arts.

The impetus behind the Annual Manual for the Arts is that there has been no single resource for the arts in the Quad Cities, whether you're a consumer of the arts, one of their practitioners, or someone who wants to become one of their practitioners.

Ballet Quad Cities

Founded in 1996, Ballet Quad Cities is a professional dance company. Steve Beirens is the artistic director.

Upcoming productions include :

• Ballet Under the Stars, August 17 through 19 at Rock Island's Lincoln Park.

• A ballet of Dracula, presented with Opera Quad Cities' production of Medium October 20 and 21 at the Capitol Theatre in downtown Davenport.

Corn producers of this state and others in the Corn Belt have had cheap corn for far too many years. Everyone has made money from cheap corn except the farmers that raised it. Government subsidies and Loan Deficiency Payments kept the producers in business.