14 Oct 2003

Welcome to the 2003 MidCoast Film & Arts Festival

By Todd McGreevy
In the coverage that follows you will find as close to comprehensive coverage of the four-day MidCoast Film & Arts Festival as possible. As one of the event founders and co-chairs, it has been my job to assist with publicity, programming, and logistics.
14 Oct 2003

MidCoast Film & Arts Festival Brings the Buzz

By Jeff Ignatius
When you ask Brandon Jones about the MidCoast Film & Arts Festival, he often sounds like the shoestring-budget seat-of-the-pants filmmakers whose work he's bringing to the Quad Cities next week. "Our biggest downfall is that we don't have any staff," Jones said.
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.
14 Oct 2003

Writer-Director Brings Up His Baby

By Jeff Ignatius
Stu Pollard will be an exception at next week's MidCoast Film & Arts Festival. While most films at the event are still negotiating the winding road of distribution - trying to be seen by people who don't get to film festivals - Pollard's Nice Guys Sleep Alone has achieved success.
14 Oct 2003

Amiable Comedy Promises No Sleep

By Jeff Ignatius
Erik Moe is obsessed with high-school hockey. He lives in the Los Angeles area, the creative director for an advertising company, but he's brought his Wisconsin-bred insanity with him; his agency even has a Wisconsin-high-school-hockey office pool.
07 Oct 2003

MED-FORCE Introduces New Helicopter

By Joe Collins
• MED-FORCE began a new era in air-ambulance service with the recent unveiling of a new helicopter. Quad City Helicopter EMS has purchased a new, lighter helicopter that combines advanced design and avionics with outstanding maneuverability and a unique rotor system that makes the Eurocopter EC135/T2 the quietest helicopter in its class.
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.
07 Oct 2003

Second Dingo Takes a Step Backward

By Jeff Ignatius
Sean Leary, entertainment editor of the Rock Island Argus and Dispatch, has just released the second issue of the humor publication The Dingo. In the spirit of the work at hand, I offer my own Top 10 list (for the counting impaired), and some constructive criticism.
30 Sep 2003

Local Artist Receives International Award

By Joe Collins
• Bettendorf artist Steve Sinner won a special citation and trophy in the 2003 International Cheongjui Craft Biennale held in September in Cheongjui, South Korea. His winning work, entitled Dancers & Warriors II, is a 27-inch-by-9¼-inch-diameter maple vessel featuring figures of dancers and warriors in silver leaf and patina.
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.

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