14 Oct 2003

Filmmakers Come Up with Masterful Premise

By Jeff Ignatius
Master of the Game is great high-concept cinema. During World War II, four German soldiers and four Jewish prisoners are stranded in a farmhouse. The Nazis begin executing the prisoners, but one proposes a game: The soldiers can keep their weapons, but they must answer all his questions.
07 Oct 2003

Feeling Blue

By Jeff Ignatius
Kalen Allmandinger says that his mother can always identify him at the start of a show. He's in profile, and "she can always tell by my skinny neck," Allmandinger said. Of course, most mothers can readily identify their kids, but the task is a little more daunting if yours is one of three mute guys on stage with a bald pate, covered in blue grease paint.
30 Sep 2003

U.S. Plan for Global Domination Tops Project Censored's Annual List

By Administrator
The reminder that the media often reports the "news" as fed to it by those in power and ignores the relevant news - such as the reasons for the behaviors and policies - is validation of the continued existence of Project Censored, a program in its 27th year that collects under-reported stories from around the country and compiles a list of the top 10 "censored stories" as well as 15 runners-up.
30 Sep 2003

A Baby Is Killed in Iraq

By Rich Miller
Editor's note: This is the fourth and last story in a series of articles being filed from Iraq by River Cities' Reader political columnist and Chicago-based journalist Rich Miller. The previous three stories can be found
23 Sep 2003

Looking for a Spark

By Jeff Ignatius
Last week in Rock Island, a crowd gathered for the announcement of a new housing development: Highland Place. It's a small project, but it's drawing a lot of attention as what is hoped to be the first of many new housing developments in Moline and Rock Island.
23 Sep 2003

A Wrong Way, a Right Way in Iraq

By Rich Miller
Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles being filed from Iraq by River Cities' Reader political columnist and Chicago-based journalist Rich Miller. The previous two stories can be found
16 Sep 2003

MidCoast Brings New Features and a Higher Profile to Riverssance

By Jeff Ignatius
The Riverssance Festival of Fine Art will have quite a few changes in its first year being run by MidCoast Fine Arts. The festival, Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Village of East Davenport's Lindsay Park, will feature stilt-walking harlequins (called "Harleys"), a wine garden, and new gates and way-finding signs, while still featuring more than 100 of the area's top regional artists and a children's art tent.
16 Sep 2003

Spotlight on Riverssance Artists

By Jeff Ignatius
While the Riverssance Festival of Fine Art has something for just about everybody - food, music, wine, and other entertainment - the artwork should take precedence. And although there are many worthy local artists on the roster of 105 showing at this year's event, the Reader is giving some attention to artists less familiar to a Quad Cities audience.
16 Sep 2003

Musician Finally Finds Satisfaction in the Studio

By Jeff Ignatius
Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Kraig Kenning has been a professional musician for going on 15 years, but it wasn't until his sixth CD - titled Mactub and released last year - that he was happy with what he put out.
09 Sep 2003

"Disappearing" Iraqis

By Administrator
Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles being filed from Iraq by River Cities' Reader political columnist and Chicago-based journalist Rich Miller. Last week's story can be found at (http://www.

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