29 Nov 2005

Visual Espresso: Inspired Exhibit Full of Energy and Dialogue

By Steve Banks
Quad City Arts in Rock Island currently has the most inspired artistic pairing I've witnessed in quite some time. Thaddeus Erdahl's and Susan Mart's work forms an exhilarating one-two punch. Their uses of subtle colors and their shaping of forms within their chosen media generate an energetic call-and-response between their works and throughout the gallery.
22 Nov 2005

Fear and Flu

By A.J. Wacaser
My mother stopped feeding the birds in her backyard. She was afraid of contracting the bird flu. I told her that was nonsense, but we live in a culture of fear right now. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has fielded concerned calls both about Thanksgiving turkeys and feeding birds.
08 Nov 2005

Making Killing Kinder - or Not

By Administrator
Bill Wiseman leans back in his battered desk chair, contemplating the killing scheduled for tomorrow. His cluttered home office is dim and quiet on this late spring afternoon, the venetian blinds pulled shut against the dense Oklahoma heat.
01 Nov 2005

City Elections 2005: The Trouble with Davenport

By Jeff Ignatius
Conventional wisdom says that incumbents are in trouble in Davenport's November 8 election. In primary competitions for nine seats on October 11, incumbent office-holders fared poorly. Steve Ahrens, an at-large alderman running for mayor, finished second, trailing Ed Winborn by more than 900 votes.
25 Oct 2005

Quad Cities Dining Guide

By No Author
Welcome to the inaugural Quad Cities Dining Guide, published by the River Cities' Reader. These 20 pages are meant to answer one deceptively simple question: What's for dinner? The fact is that there are many issues tied up in those three words.
11 Oct 2005

The Lay of the Land

By Jeff Ignatius
To the average museum-goer, the exhibit 41˚/90˚: Contemporary Landscape at the Figge is an art show and little more. But its importance is far greater. It's a show that recognizes the Midwest as a fertile ground for artists and art, and proof that the Figge Art Museum understands that.
04 Oct 2005

War Without End: A Conversation with Award-Winning Author Tim O'Brien

By Nicholas Depew
In The Things They Carried, the prize-winning novelist Tim O'Brien offers this nugget in a chapter titled "How to Tell a True War Story": "In many cases a true war story cannot be believed. If you believe it, be skeptical.
27 Sep 2005

A Healthy Airport

By Jeff Ignatius
In 1997, low-cost carrier AirTran Airways entered the Quad Cities market. In the years since, traffic has skyrocketed at the Quad City International Airport, while fares have dropped. Roughly 250,000 people got on planes at the airport in 1995, while 450,000 are expected to board this year.
20 Sep 2005

Wild About the Wine

By Johanna Welzenbach-Hilliard
Paul Tabor and his wife Martha officially opened Tabor Home Vineyards & Winery in 1996, but Paul, a professor of microbiology at the time, was growing and experimenting with grapes for five years before that. When he managed to get his harvest to survive the harsh Iowa winters, he knew he was ready for business and quit his day job.
13 Sep 2005

Fulfilled and Fed-Up Artists Showcased at Riverssance

By Jeff Ignatius
They're both 58 years old, and they've both been creating artwork professionally for decades. They're linked by this weekend's Riverssance Festival of Fine Art in Lindsay Park but have very different attitudes toward the life of a professional artist.

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