13 Oct 2015

What's Happenin': Thursday, October 15, through Wednesday, October 28

By Mike Schulz

Christine Broughton and Emily Mason in MachinalTheatre

Machinal

Augustana College

Friday, October 16, through Sunday, October 25

 

Last month, playwright Sophie Treadwell's expressionistic drama Machinal - a work inspired by a real-life 1927 murder - celebrated the 87th anniversary of its Broadway debut. But when Augustana College stages this little-known classic October 16 through 25, it won't exactly be the same show New York audiences saw in 1928. For one thing, it won't feature Clark Gable in his Broadway debut. For another, I'm reasonably sure the original didn't incorporate the talents of a beatboxer.

13 Oct 2015

Crossword Puzzle: October 13, 2015

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06 Oct 2015

Crossword Puzzle: October 6, 2015

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06 Oct 2015

Crossword Puzzle: October 6, 2015

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29 Sep 2015

What's Happenin': Thursday, October 1, through Wednesday, October 14

By Mike Schulz

the original Night People, circa 1965Music

The Original Night People 50th Draught House Reunion

Col Ballroom

Saturday, October 10, 6 p.m.

 

On October 10, Davenport's Col Ballroom will host a special concert event officially titled "The Original Night People 50th Draught House Reunion." And local music fans will surely know the Night People, at least by reputation - and especially if they're also local-music (with the hyphen) fans.

29 Sep 2015

Crossword Puzzle: September 29, 2015

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24 Sep 2015

Ted Rall: The Problem with Ageism

By Ted Rall

22 Sep 2015

Ted Rall: Government À La Carte

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22 Sep 2015

Crossword Puzzle: September 22, 2015

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15 Sep 2015

What's Happenin': Thursday, September 17, through Wednesday, September 30

By Mike Schulz

Javier ColonMusic

Javier Colon

Galvin Fine Arts Center

Friday, September 18, 8 p.m.

 

Back in the day - by which I mean a couple decades ago - friends and I would frequent karaoke nights and challenge one another to perform randomly picked songs. On one of those nights, I wound up faced with the challenge of singing Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," which I (and the pour souls listening) mercifully survived. Consequently, I feel a true kinship with performer Javier Colon, who, in April of 2011, crooned the same Lauper hit on the debut episode of TV's The Voice.

Of course, Colon sang it better than I did ... and for a few million people as opposed to a few dozen ... and I don't recall getting $100,000 and a recording contract for my efforts ... .

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