We're opening a field office in Davenport.

This election is heating up and our supporters in Davenport are going to be the ones to put us over the top and keep Iowa blue this November.

You'll hear from our next Governor, Jack Hatch and have the chance to catch up with your neighbors and meet organizers in your area who are working hard to make sure we're electing Democrats up and down the ticket this fall.

And come hungry ? we're providing the snacks! Can you make it? Click here to RSVP.

Here are the details:

What: The Davenport Office Opening

Where: The Davenport Field Office
1706 N Brady Street, #205
Davenport, IA 52804

When: Wednesday, July 16, 2014
at 6:00 p.m.

This new office in Davenport is going to be the organizing hub in our neighborhood ? where folks like you come to make phone calls to voters and meet up to knock doors for our candidates.

This is important work ? and it's what will make sure we win back the governor's mansion and send Democrats like Bruce Braley and Dave Loebsack to Washington.

CHICAGO - Governor Pat Quinn today announced that Illinois economy's growth is the highest in the Midwest, according to the Philadelphia Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve, which has historically provided an accurate barometer of state growth, announced that Illinois will have the largest economic growth in the Midwest over the next six months. According to the projections, the Illinois economy will increase by 2.49 percent during the second half of 2014 (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, "State Leading Indexes").

The projected rate for other Midwestern states are as follows:

• Ohio 2.30
• Nebraska 1.94
• North Dakota 1.68
• Iowa 1.46
• Indiana 1.51
• Wisconsin 1.36
• Kentucky 1.20
• Minnesota 1.05
• Missouri .98
• Michigan .93
• South Dakota .50
• Kansas .60

Illinois has added more than 242,000 private-sector jobs since the recovery began in 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports. The BLS also reports there are more people working in Illinois today than at any time since February 2009 ?the first month of Governor Quinn's administration. Illinois ranks 3rd in the country for corporate expansions and locations according to Site Selection Magazine.

For more information visit: http://www.philadelphiafed.org/research-and-data/regional-economy/indexes/leading/ (click on "revised data").

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Iowa's Longest-Running Film Festival to Hold Single-Day Event Aug. 2

TIPTON, Iowa?The "abbreviated" Hardacre Film Festival?without the Hardacre?is set to show some buzzed-about documentaries and short films at a single-day event Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Tipton High School auditorium.

Iowa's longest-running film festival, now celebrating its 17th year, will show films from all over the world?three feature-length documentaries and nine short films. The festival will be held at the newly renovated Tipton High School auditorium, as the festival's namesake?the Hardacre Theater?is undergoing renovation and fundraising.

"As usual, all of our selections this year have never been seen by an Iowa audience, and nearly all of them had world premieres earlier this year at some of the biggest film festivals in the world?Sundance, Tribeca, South by Southwest. They're some of the most talked-about films on the festival circuit this year," said Will Valet, festival director. "We're really glad to continue the festival in Tipton while the theater is closed and in a location that's comfortable and close to the downtown."

The one-day festival is shorter than previous years but is packed with films. Among the highlights:

Features:

• The Hand That Feeds, Audience Award winner at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, documents efforts of low-wage workers at New York City's Hot and Crusty cafe chain to battle poor working conditions and form their own independent union, making history during the course of a rollercoaster year filled with shocking reversals of fortune.

• Meet the Patels, a Top 10 Audience Favorite at HotDocs 2014, is a hilarious and heartfelt documentary about actor Ravi Patel's efforts to find love and please his traditionalist parents in the process. It turns out, love is a family affair.

• The Overnighters, winner of a 2014 Sundance Film Festival jury prize, follows a group of desperate, broken men who move to North Dakota to find their fortune in the oil boom and the local pastor who risks everything to help them.

Shorts:

• Me + Her?a dazzling, wordless short with cardboard puppet characters?tells the story of a couple separated by illness who must think outside the box to be together forever.

• Passer Passer is a hypnotic animated short in which a city symphony celebrates the hidden world of background noise.

• Scattered takes an unflinching look at the filmmaker's late father, a man who was fixated on documenting his life on film and who had been a mystery to her for most of her life, and unravels the story that he created with his camera to reveal the story that actually was.

• Verbatim is a comedy short in which a jaded lawyer wastes an afternoon trying to figure out if a dimwitted government employee has ever used a photocopier. All dialogue in this short comes from an actual deposition filed with the Supreme Court of Ohio.

• Yearbook is an animated tale of a man who is hired to compile the definitive history of human existence before Earth blows up.

The complete list of films and a schedule for the 2014 festival are available online at hardacrefilmfestival.com. Moviegoers can also watch for updates on the Hardacre Facebook page (facebook.com/hardacrefilmfestival) and Twitter feed (@hardacrefest).

Each audience member will get an all-festival pass good for the entire festival along with a catered after-party at the Spear House and Barn Bed & Breakfast, 120 E. 6th St., in Tipton. Locally made foods and wines will be available at the event.

Downtown Tipton comes alive Hardacre weekend with the Ridiculous Days sidewalk sale event, ensuring great shopping and a full weekend for attendees.

The festival's primary sponsors are the Tipton Chamber of Commerce and Produce Iowa. For more information about the Hardacre Film Festival, go to hardacrefilmfestival.com.

For more information about efforts to save the Hardacre Theater, go to thehardacre.org.

SIDEBAR

17th Annual Hardacre Film Festival

Saturday, Aug. 2

Tipton High School auditorium

400 E. 6th St.

Tipton, Iowa

Admission to the one-day event is $20, which includes a full day of films and admission to the catered after-party at the Spear House and Barn in Tipton. Passes can be purchased at the event. Screenings will run from 9 a.m. to approximately 6 p.m., with the after-party to follow.

For a full schedule or more information about the Hardacre Film Festival, go to hardacrefilmfestival.com.

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at The Center, 1411 Brady St, Davenport.

Saturday, August 30, 2014

8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Free Admission

Local crafters invited to share their talents

Solid Rock Cafe will be open and serving

Walking tacos with drink or Sloppy Janes (ground turkey) chips and a drink for $4.50

All natural fruit smoothies and specialty coffee drinks available, too.

All proceeds go to "The Center" in an effort to continue helping our friends with bus passes, gas cards, laundry vouchers, rental assistance, utilities, etc.

If you are a crafter and would like to rent a table for the Craft Show, please contact Lea or Ginger at 563-323-5295 or email info@thecenter-davenport.com or ginger@thecenter-davenport.com