WITH SPECIAL GUESTS

LEE BRICE

COLE SWINDELL

February 6, 2014

iWireless Center

Moline, IL

Tickets On Sale Friday, 11/22 at 10am!!

Tickets available at www.LiveNation.com , the venue box office, or charge by phone at 800-745-3000.

Tickets Go On Sale November 22

DES MOINES, IA (11/12/2013)(readMedia)-- Hairball returns with their head-banging 80s rock on Friday, January 31, at the Jacobson Exhibition Center on the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show will go on sale at Noon on Friday, November 22. Admission is $18 in advance or $25 after 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 30.

Tickets will be available through www.iowastatefairgrounds.org for print at home tickets and will call orders. Walk up orders will be available Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Administration Building located on the Iowa State Fairgrounds. All tickets are general admission. The day of the show, the Jacobson Exhibition Center ticket window will open at 5 p.m. for purchases and pick-up of all will call ticket orders. A $2 convenience charge will apply to all tickets. Concert parking is free.

Hairball is the world's ultimate "80s arena rock" impersonation act, recreating the good-time party atmosphere of the decade with unmatched authenticity. Rock Star Bob and Kris Voxx bring the musical and performance styles of Guns n' Roses, Whitesnake, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Ozzy, AC/DC, Journey, Poison and more to the stage in dead-on visual and vocal performances.

By alternating stage time, these performers rapidly change elaborate costumes, seamlessly transitioning from Paul Stanley of KISS to Joe Elliot of Def Leppard without a break in the action. Their ability to cop the persona of the era's legendary front men and musicianship make Hairball an international favorite.

The Fairgrounds are located at East 30th and East University Avenue, just 10 minutes east of downtown Des Moines. For more information, call 800/545-FAIR or visit iowastatefairgrounds.org.

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Elvis Presley Tribute Artist Steve Brandes will present his show at Theo's Java Club Cafe, 213 - 17th Street in Rock Island on Friday, November 15th from 7:00pm until 10:00pm.  This event begins a week-long promotion celebrating Theo's Java Club Cafe's 20 years as a local favorite cafe and coffee shop.

Mr. Brandes, from Troy, Illinois, has been entertaining folks as Elvis since 1992.

The cover charge is $1.00, which will get everyone who attends a ticket for door prizes.

Go to Theo's Java Club on Facebook for more information or call Theo's at 309-788-JAVA (5282).

Dear friends of the QCSO,

We thank those of you who came out to our concerts this past weekend to hear soprano Sarah Shafer, pianist Joel Fan, and of course your own Quad City Symphony Orchestra led by Music Director Mark Russell Smith. We hope you enjoyed the show.

Even if you were unable to attend this weekend's concert, we'd love to hear from you. Please take a moment to fill out this brief survey. Your input is very important to us as we strive to improve our services at the QCSO. If you take the time to fill out our survey, we will email you a buy-one-get-one coupon for our December Masterworks concert. Feel free to use it yourself, or to share it with a friend if you already have tickets. Plus, for this next concert only, you can purchase your tickets online with no additional online service fee!

If you would like to enjoy the concert again, it will be rebroadcast by our media partner WVIK-Augustana Public Radio on November 3 at 7:00 p.m. Be sure to tune in at 90.3 FM or listen online at www.wvik.org.




Ring in the holiday season with loads of belly laughs from the RiffTrax crew as NCM Fathom Events, RiffTrax and IGN bring "RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" to more than 570 select cinemas nationwide. For one night only, join RiffTrax?Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett (best known for the groundbreaking "Mystery Science Theater 3000")? for a hilarious never-before-seen take on the family holiday 'classic' LIVE on Thursday, Dec. 5 at 8:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. CT and tape delayed at 7:00 p.m. MT and 8:00 p.m  PT/HI/AK.

"RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" will be presented at the following cinemas in your area on Thursday, December 5:
Cinemark Davenport 18 with IMAX 3601 E 53Rd St Davenport IA 52807
Click here for a full list of participating theaters (subject to change).
Tickets are available now at participating theater box offices and online at www.FathomEvents.com.

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Three University of Iowa graduates are holding a red carpet premiere tour event at different college campuses around the Midwest including Purdue, Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, Columbia, and Grand Valley State University for their locally shot film, 'The Formula.'.  In addition to screening the film,  cast and crew members will also be present for a Q and A session and after party, including the star of the film, Brandon Baker. After starring in the Disney Channel film, 'Johnny Tsunami,' and as Mowgli in 'The Jungle Book,' this is Baker's first feature film after a five year hiatus. "The Formula," also stars Reginald VelJohnson (Carl Winslow in 'Family Matters' and 'Die Hard'), and Sasha Jackson ('Blue Crush 2').

Backrow Studios' production team Ravi Patel, Tim Nash, and Joe Clarke present, "The Formula." Also starring Second City veterans Mike Schminke and Tyler Thirnbeck, the film is the story of Quinn (Baker) and Graham (Schminke), two engineering students who discover a mathematical formula to pick up women with ease. Quinn is a hopeless romantic who falls head over heels for a young student teacher. Graham is a chauvinistic womanizer who thinks the key to finding the woman of his dreams is by wooing as many as possible. As "The Formula" follows Quinn and Graham from one date to the next, they discover that there is no shortcut to finding true love.

With many of the cast and crew also reigning from the Midwest, "The Formula" is the third film produced by Backrow Studios, LLC. Its first feature length film, "Kung Fu Graffiti," signed a contract for sales and distribution with Los Angeles -based production house Entertainment 7. The company's second feature "The Wedge" is hitting the film festival circuit, and landed three awards including Best Professional Feature at the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Makers Festival.

"The Formula" was directed by Joe Clarke and Thomas Beecher, with executive producer Ravi Patel. For media inquiries and interview requests, please contact producer Joe Clarke at 712-898-5390.

Mark Russell Smith knew he was working with a budding talent the first time he worked with Sarah Shafer at the Curtis Institute in 2007. Sarah had been given the small but important part of Barbarina in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. "She made an immediate impression as an innately musical singer and had a radiant presence on stage," explained Mark Russell Smith. Smith invited her to perform with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra as one of the four vocalists for Mozart's Requiem during the 2010-11 season, and later as one of three soloists for Strauss' Suite from Der Rosenkavalier in 2011-12 season. In the mean time, Shafer's professional career has blossomed.

 

Shafer recently made her professional operatic debut in the role of Barbarina and the cover role of Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Glyndebourne Festival and at the BBC Proms in London's Royal Albert Hall. Roles for the 2012-13 season included her American debut with Opera Memphis singing Adina in L'Elisir d'Amore, Mary Lennox in the world premiere of San Francisco Opera's newly commissioned work The Secret Garden, and Papagena in Opera Philadelphia's Die Zauberflöte. And now Shafer returns to the Quad Cities from these lead operatic roles to lend her "luminous voice" (New York Times) to Samuel Barber's deeply personal Knoxville, Summer of 1915.

 

Shafer will also make an appearance on the second half of the program to perform Mozart's "Ch'io mi scordi di te?" with celebrated pianist Joel Fan. Joel Fan has been described as a "versatile and sensitive pianist" (Washington Post) and praised for his "vivid imagination" (New York Times). This impromptu recital for soprano and piano will be followed by Richard Strauss' "Morgen!" for soprano and orchestra and performed in the midst of Strauss' Suite of incidental music from Le bourgeois gentilhomme, enacting a portion of the original stage play. You are sure to be smiling at the end of this delightful production.

 

Masterworks II

Saturday, October 26, at 7:30 p.m.

Adler Theatre, Davenport

 

Sunday, October 27, at 2:00 p.m.

Centennial Hall, Rock Island

 

Masterworks II is sponsored by Margaret Burrows-Getz and Tom Getz, MD, in memory of Meg Burrows LeGrand

Click here to purchase tickets online

 

Click here to read the concert program notes

More $20 seats have just been released for sale!

Coming this week Friday!

Chris Tomlin

Louie Giglio

The Burning Lights Tour

7:30 PM Friday, Oct 25

Venue:

i wireless Center

1201 River Drive

Moline, IL 61265 US

 

Grammy-winning and multi-platinum recording artist Chris Tomlin with special guest Louie Giglio will bring his Burning Lights Tour to the iWireless Center. His latest album Burning Lights features the radio single Whom Shall I Fear [God Of Angel Armies] and an all new recording of White Flag. Chris continues to write songs that connect people to the heart of Jesus and lead them to a greater worship of Him.

The world at large is learning his music: accumulating the biggest first-week sales numbers of his history-making career, Chris Tomlin's latest album,Burning Lights, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. With more than 72,000 units sold, Burning Lights marks Tomlin's first trip to the top of the Billboard 200 and only the fourth time in history that a Christian music album has entered that chart at No.1.

Chris Tomlin combined with Louie Giglio is promising to be an evening of powerful worship and inspiration. Dont miss it!

Concert time: 7:30 PM

Doors open time: 6:30 pm

Ticket Prices: (plus fees)

$20.00
$25.00
$35.00

 

Get tickets:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/chris-tomlin-burning-lights-tour-with-moline-illinois-10-25-2013/event/06004ACDE699D734?artistid=982298&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=50&tm_link=artist_msg-0_06004ACDE699D734

 

OTHER WAYS TO BUY TICKETS

iWireless Center Box Office
Monday through Friday 10:00am -5:30pm
Saturday 10:00am -2:00pm

TicketMaster Phone Center: 1-800-745-3000

Area TicketMaster Outlets

 


The Burning Lights Tour is brought to us by:

Awakening Events


Join us for Chris Tomlin, Louie Giglio and the Burning Lights Tour!

We hope to see you there!

Yours in Christ,

Timm Dalman

New Anthem

The i wireless Center is currently in search of their 2013 Christmas tree to be displayed in the arena's circle drive throughout the holiday season and is also featured at the annual Lighting on the Commons Ceremony to be held Saturday, November 23.

The i wireless Center will pay for the removal of the tree and provide four complimentary tickets to the Quad City Symphony Holiday Pops in exchange for the tree donation. Trees should range in height from 20' to 40' and be available for removal the week of November 4th. Consideration will be given to size, shape, fullness, ease of removal, and proximity to building. Trees not selected in 2013 will be added to a list of potential trees for future years.

Have the perfect tree? Please contact Kevin Snodgrass via email at ksnodgrass@iwirelesscenter.com with subject line 2013 Christmas Tree Donation or at 309-277-1379.  Interested parties should include contact information, location of the tree to be donated, and approximate size. Photos of the tree are also welcome.

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Acoustic Truth to Release Full Length Video Just in Time for Sweetest Day

Chicago, IL - This Sweetest Day is extra special for fan favorites, Sarah Lendy and Ryan Knott of  Acoustic Truth and they are sharing the love with everyone. The local performers launched their first professionally produced and directed video for their original song; Time just in time for the annual holiday Saturday, October 19, 2013 to coincide with the annual celebration of everything sweet and lovely. The video marks a milestone for the local pair and solidifies their place on the new music scene in Chicago. On the heels of booking their first performance at the House of Blues set for January 2014 and being invited unto America's Got Talent as well as impressive iTunes and Amazon performance listings for their song, Valentine, the video will engage new fans and serve as a treat for long time followers.

The product of a chance meeting at the airport in Los Angeles, the collaboration has resulted in a video that captivates in its storytelling, cinematography and sheer emotional draw. "When I met Sarah and Ryan during a gate delay in LA, I recognized Ryan's guitar and struck up a conversation about music and videos. They kindly and confidently offered to play for me (and the entire airport). It took moments for people to start buzzing about the impressive and alluring lyrics and voices echoing through the terminal. Passengers basically just stopped to hear and see the two perform. It was surreal," said Michael Estrella, Director and President of the production company Avelane Road, Inc. "It was then that I essentially offered (pro-bono) to help them with their first professional video."

The Time video tells the story of a couple deeply united and in love over the course of a beautiful life together and the stark recognition that time is fleeting. As the sands of time sift away, the couple takes an evening to rejoice in the celebration of young love that they've cultivated over the past 50 years. It's in this finely crafted celebration that we see the select personal aspects of life that define friendship, companionship and love. And in this case a bit of a twist. With local Illinois farm town community participants donating their resources, on camera time (the lead characters have been married over 50 years) and historic and iconic locations (100 year-old homes, Chicago's Aragon Ballroom) the video reflects a special small town effort in support of Acoustic Truth's rising mercury.

The video leaves a memorable and sweet impression on the viewer and compliments the powerful vocal delivery by Sarah Lendy and impressive guitar and vocals by Ryan Knott. The emotionally telling tone, heartfelt lyrics, inviting voices, and intimate details of the video convey an undeniable take on the magic of life-long sweethearts that's guaranteed to tug at the heart strings. As one joyful attendee mentioned at the recent private screening of the video, "there wasn't a dry eye in the place."

For anyone celebrating Sweetest Day, at any stage of the journey, viewing Time will be a special moment of reflection. The video can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veklOafOFCQ

Sarah, Ryan and Michael are available for interviews, in studio performances and call-ins.

"Whether you like alternative, country or simple love songs from any genre, Acoustic Truth delivers the heart and soul we don't hear often enough," said Barbara Varinaitis of Lippman Entertainment "To then realize that they are collaborating and romantically liaised as well as so involved in community service and charity is a sweet surprise.

Please contact Isamar at jessica@jpriego.com with inquiries.

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