07 Aug 2001

House-Style Concerts Provide Good Homes for Music

By Jeff Ignatius
When Mike and Amy Finders began playing music together four years ago, they were playing folk rock in the bars around Dubuque and Galena, where they lived. But they decided to change direction. "Let's not just try to be loud and entertaining to people who aren't exactly paying attention," Finder said of the thought process behind the decision.
31 Jul 2001

Going... Going...

By Jeff Ignatius
Minor-league baseball has erupted into a major-league furor in the Quad Cities. On the one hand, Davenport Mayor Phil Yerington has complained about the composition of a task force appointed by Moline Mayor Stan Leach to explore ways to keep professional baseball here when the Quad City River Bandits pack up for Ohio in the next two years.
24 Jul 2001

Attention Musicians and Music Supporters!

By No Author
At the inaugural ArtStroll, MidCoast Fine Arts and the River Cities' Reader gathered 110 visual artists and their supporters for a group portrait by area photographer Dennis Fretty. Now we're bringing the music community together for a picture at the site of the planned River Music History Center, coming even closer to the spirit of the famous 1958 photograph "A Great Day in Harlem.
24 Jul 2001

ArtStroll's Sophomore Effort Attracts More Acts and Artists

By Administrator
In its first year, the ArtStroll street-fair event in downtown Davenport drew an estimated 2,000 people. "That's pretty good for a first-year event," said Dean Schroeder, executive director of MidCoast Fine Arts.
17 Jul 2001

High-Schoolers Find Summer Arts Jobs That Pay

By Jeff Ignatius
Tim Sievert's motivation for applying to the Quad City Arts Metro Arts program was pretty simple: "I was looking for a summer job," said the 18-year-old. That statement is a bit surprising, because it's easy to forget that these 75 teenagers playing music, dancing, painting, and writing and acting are getting paid; the Metro Arts spread in The District of Rock Island resembles a summer camp.
26 Jun 2001

Looking Forward to 45 More Years

By Jeff Ignatius
Oh, the perils of outdoor theatre. There are the mosquitoes. The heat. And of course,the threat of rain. At a rehearsal for two one-act plays on Monday, director David Wooten told the cast he wanted strong efforts for the next few days.
12 Jun 2001

Citizens Wrongfully Kept from Voting in 2000

By Jeff Ignatius
Last month in Washington, D.C., Bettendorf resident Scott Morschhauser ran into people a lot like him. "I can't sleep at night," somebody would say to him. "I can't sleep at night, either!" Morschhauser would reply.
06 Jun 2001

Niky's Nightmare

By Administrator
For a year and a half, Davenport citizens have been witness to the ongoing saga of Niky Bowles versus the City of Davenport, as Bowles has attempted to rezone 10 acres of property her family owns as Cypress Points Developers just south of 53rd Street on Eastern Avenue.
29 May 2001

Good Movies? Good Luck

By Jeff Ignatius
If there was any doubt, the past month has shown that the Quad Cities have pretty sophisticated taste in movies. After a months-long dry spell in which the local cineplex showed no independent or limited-release movies (excepting the blink-and-you-missed-it one-week run of the Oscar-nominated Before Night Falls), audiences were treated to The Tailor of Panama and Memento in consecutive weeks.
08 May 2001

When Art Attacks

By Jeff Ignatius
This Friday's gallery hop in The District of Rock Island has a more aggressive flavor than past installments with the theme "Art Attack." The quarterly event kicks off at 5 p.m. and runs through 10 p.m., featuring dozens of artists.

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