23 Dec 2003

Annual Kwanzaa Celebration Emphasizes Principles for Living

By Jeff Ignatius
Kwanzaa is often viewed as an African-American response to Christmas and Hanukkah, and in some ways it is. The celebration is based on seven principles for living, and these provide a balance to the rampant consumerism in this holiday season.
23 Dec 2003

"ManLady" Brings Stage Show, Education to Red Ribbon Activities

By Administrator
By day, George Weiss Vando is a researcher working on HIV-prevention projects with youth in the Los Angeles area. He used to be a professional drag queen in Seattle. In his free time he's an actor. And he's also a writer, having scripted and performed a one-man show called ManLady in California.
23 Dec 2003

The Best Music of 2003 You Might Have Missed

By Jeff Ignatius Tom Swanson and
Dozens of publications are offering you their lists of the best music of 2003, filled with big names and big records, from Radiohead to OutKast to White Stripes, but at the Reader, we prefer the sounds less heard.
16 Dec 2003

Inspiration by Candlelight

By Kathleen McCarthy
For many of us, Christmas can be a stressful time due to the strain on finances that gift-giving can cause. We look for bargains and value-added without sacrificing quality. Well, as luck would have it, this year brings a new Quad Cities enterprise that provides all of the above and much more.
09 Dec 2003

Closing Open Records

By Lucius Lomax
One of the many issues on which President George W. Bush and Texas Governor Rick Perry see eye-to-eye is open records. Both men seem to have a gut instinct against public disclosure of the operations of government.
02 Dec 2003

Is Medicare Reform Good for You?

By Edmund F. Haislmaier
Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle identified with pinpoint accuracy the key stumbling block in Medicare-reform legislation before the bill's passage by the House and Senate last week. He repeated that Democrats want to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare, but added: "If we're going to change the character of Medicare itself, that's too high a price to pay.
02 Dec 2003

A Liberal View: Killing Medicare

By Trudy Lieberman
The Medicare "reform" legislation just passed by Congress sends the program on a path to destruction. Crafted in the heady days of the Great Society, Medicare has worked reasonably well for almost four decades for seniors and disabled Americans, many of whom are unable to buy health coverage in the private market.
02 Dec 2003

The President's Point of View: Giving Seniors More Options

By Randy Stalsberg
Excerpts from a speech by President George W. Bush last week Today we had a major victory to improve the health-care system in America. The United States Senate has joined the House of Representatives in passing historic reform of Medicare that will strengthen the system, that will modernize the system, that will provide high-quality care for the seniors who live in America.
18 Nov 2003

A River Cities' Reader Timeline

By Todd McGreevy

September 29-October 26, 1993 Premiere Issue The River Cities' Reader's premiere issue is 32 pages, with advertisers Evergreen Art Works, Kimberly Chrysler, Eldridge Bike Shop, Davenport Museum of Art, Day Dreams Furniture, Galvin Fine Arts Center, The Faithful Pilot, Rascals, Licata Interior Gallery, The Children's Museum, Hancher Auditorium, Mike (Comic for Hire), Huckleberry's, Cox Cable, Co-op, and Jumer's Casino Rock Island.

11 Nov 2003

Building the Arts Corridor

By Jeff Ignatius
The most obvious signs of Davenport's arts renaissance can be seen with the construction of the new Figge Art Museum and the renovation of the Redstone building for the River Music Experience. But two other projects now in the works could have an even greater impact on the Quad Cities' artistic community.

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