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WORDS FROM THE PUBLISHER
Ignorance is Not Bliss if You
Want to Live Free
W
e have a real innovator, fear-
less journalist, and talented
filmmaker now living and
producing content right here in the
Quad Cities. His documentary films
have been watched by tens of millions
of people worldwide. He has over one
hundred thousand followers on mul-
tiple social-media and content plat-
forms. He’s been interviewed by Vanity
Fair and Esquire magazines. He used
to make a living from advertising sold
around his content on his YouTube
channel. Almost two years ago, cancel
culture and advertiser-friendly censors
at Google demonetized his account.
I’m talking about Jason Bermas,
who is featured on the cover of this
September edition. In light of the 2 0th
anniversary of the 9/11 travesty and
the subsequent accelerated plunge
America took into a police state, we
would be remiss if we did not re-visit
one of the creators of Loose Change
and Fabled Enemies (RCReader.com/y/
bermas), the 9/11 documentary films
first released from 2005 through 2009.
We’re not alone in understanding how
significant Bermas’ body of work has
been. The New York Times, as well as
a major Hollywood producer associ-
ated with The Atlantic magazine, have
both recently been trying to secure
interviews and a potential docu-series
with Jason.
Jason’s innovations include main-
taining his YouTube channel with
live broadcasts, covering nearly every
controversial issue and third-rail topic
the “fact-checkers” lose their minds
over, while in real-time converting his
live-cast to a decidedly uncensored
“second half of show” video hosted
on the Rokfin.com platform. Bermas
continues to use YouTube as the
primary pond he fishes in for listen-
ers, all the while migrating them to
supporters on the new Rokfin content
platform. It’s a fascinating juxtapo-
sition – watching Jason self-censor
while on YouTube, then unleashing
what the technocrats don’t want you
to hear moments later.
We Gotta Get Outta Here
Jason grew up in upstate New York.
Watch the opening segment in his
critical film Invisible Empire: A New
World Order Defined (RCReader.
com/y/bermas1) and you get a sincere
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recount of how idyllic his life was
growing up. And you’ll understand
how the two previous 9/11 documen-
taries he was involved with, Loose
Change and Fable Enemies, changed
his life forever.
Last summer Jason, realized that the
draconian magic-virus-mitigations
happening in New York City were
going to take over the state and even-
tually truly impact his and his fam-
ily’s way of life in ways he could not
tolerate. “When I saw that the state
had installed metal signs along the
roadside telling citizens to mask up …
metal signs … I knew I had to get out
of New York.” So he ventured out to
the south and Midwest to find a place
to move him and his sister where his
two nieces could grow up close to the
way he grew up, free from tyranny.
Since Bermas is a big mixed-
martial-arts (MMA) fan, he knew
Pat Miletich, UFC Hall of Famer and
Bettendorf native son. He had been
a guest on Pat and Jeffery Wilson’s
podcast The Conspiracy Farm a couple
times, as well. Then, while traveling
in Missouri looking for the next place
to live, he was watching an LFA fight
Miletich was announcing. He heard
Pat mention he was going to fight
the famous boxer Michael Nunn at
the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds.
Bermas couldn’t believe there was
going to be a live outdoor fight with
these two legends and that people
would be actually attending in person.
What state was this in?! After talk-
ing to Pat about the upcoming fight,
Bermas re-routed from going to Wis-
consin to going to Iowa.
That’s how Bermas came to Iowa.
With some encouragement from
Miletich, Jason moved his sister and
nieces here and found a great rental
in Bettendorf. He says he loves it here
in Iowa, as his nieces get to lead as
normal a life as possible in America
right now, especially compared to New
York. And he’s been able to plug into
the MMA scene directly, getting to
announce the Caged Aggression MMA
fights held periodically (and broadcast
worldwide via Pay-per-view) live at
the RiverCenter alongside Miletich
and Jefferey Wilson.
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We’ll Do It Live!
Bermas is a serial broadcaster. Very
few people are as surgical and can
recall details from news accounts and
names and dates as quickly as Bermas
can. And the Rokfin.com platform
seems like it was made for a gonzo-
journalist such as Jason. His format
is unrehearsed, unscripted, and
uncensored. He will often broadcast
live right from his phone as he walks
around a park, or visits a protest or
place of business. His walkabout rants
are always concise, and packed with
details that make you wonder, “How
can he remember all of this informa-
tion and tie it together so well on the
f ly like this?!”
His shows are sometimes branded
The Bermas Bridage or Infowarrior.
When broadcasting from in-studio,
he often has live guests with dual
screens, all the while navigating
government documents and news-
media stories online for the viewer to
see while they discuss the topic of the
hour. It’s often an immersive multi-
media experience. As one can see from
the titles and content of his documen-
taries, the topics revolve around the
tyranny and lies being perpetuated by
what he calls “the predator class.”
Many wish to paint Jason as a crazy
conspiracy theorist and someone who
should not be taken seriously. Noth-
ing could be further from the truth.
While at this time last year, Esquire
magazine tried to brand him as one
of the founding fathers of Internet
misinformation (RCReader.com/y/
bermas2), Bermas is savvy enough to
have recorded the hit-piece reporter’s
interview and makes it available at
his Rokfin channel (RCReader.com/y/
bermas3). Viewers can see for them-
selves this so-called reporter’s close-
mindedness and inability to question
the official narrative, despite evidence
Bermas brings right up on the screen.
Mainstream media such as the
New York Times have reached out to
Bermas for interviews, and in addition
to the marking of time for the 20th
anniversary of 9/11, and ref lecting
on what many call the “first Inter-
net blockbuster,” these editors have
an agenda to paint him as a Q-Anon
believer/supporter. “They don’t know
what to do with me,” Bermas says. “I
have debunked and criticized the Q
movement from the beginning and my
record shows it.” And despite Bermas
being on-site filming at the U.S. Capi-
tol on January 6, he is no Trump fan,
and his record shows that, as well.
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By Todd McGreevy
The perplexing aspect for would-be
debunkers of the Bermas Bridgade is
that Jason’s content is always fact-
based and not full of conjecture and,
more often than not, he is quoting
mainline mainstream media or gov-
ernment sources themselves as he con-
nects the dots for his viewers.
At the beginning of his film Invis-
ible Empire, the famous filmmakers
David Lynch and Kevin Smith laud the
craft and the content of Loose Change,
claiming the film is must-watch mate-
rial that will open one’s eyes. “So
every place there’s questions coming
from this documentary,” says Lynch.
“You don’t have to believe everything
in the documentary to still have ques-
tions come up. You look back and
remember what you saw and what you
were told, and you have questions. It’s
f---’ing riveting.”
What’s even more riveting is how
Bermas puts out such rich content,
with such high production values, all
from his computer rig in a basement
in Bettendorf, Iowa. But that may soon
change, as he has partnered with his
friend Mike Bersten to create the QC
Stream Team. The start-up business
will be part professional studio for
Bermas to record his own content and
part teaching studio. His plan is to
provide classes for young kids who
want to learn the tech side of stream-
ing their own video game play, for
instance, all the way to adults who
want to generate their own profes-
sional podcasts.
In one of his recent videos about
Israel announcing their fourth booster
shot, and sharing the sad news that
his aunt who was hospitalized without
her regular meds, with no medications
provided to her, vented and subse-
quently died back in New York, Jason
made the following comment: “The
third booster they’ve announced for
you here is not the only one. I wanna
repeat this again and again and again
for everybody out there. They told
you, like representatives of the Preda-
tor class, universal basic income, auto-
mation-nation slavery model under
medical martial law. And as reality
is denied with Bernaysian slogans of
slavery that the masses chant, like
“Safe and Effective,” and “Pandemic
of the Unvaccinated,” we slide into a
tyranny that is very real. And, if it has
not already, will infect us all. This is
why we’re in the situation we’re in, by
the way. If you don’t understand 9/11,
then you don’t understand how we got
here.”
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WORDS FROM THE EDITOR
This 9/11, Revisit Jason
Bermas’ Critical
Documentaries
S
ome interviews just write themselves.
That rarity occurs when the interviewee
is powerful and knowledgeable, rel-
evant, compassionate, accomplished, fun,
and most of all, a complete original. Hmmm
… you mean someone like Jason Bermas, the
independent journalist and documentary
filmmaker? Exactly!
Jason Bermas co-produced and edited the
Internet-documentary sensation questioning
the official 9/11 narrative titled Loose Change:
The Final Cut back in 2007. He also wrote and
directed the followup documentary about
the 9/11 cover-ups titled Fabled Enemies in
2008. Watch them for free at Rokfin.com/
JasonBermas.
Jason moved from upstate New York to
Bettendorf, Iowa, a little over a year ago, and
we’re lucky to have such a talented and pas-
sionate info warrior right here in River City!
(See Words from Publisher on page five for
more on Bermas’ current activities.)
It is probably fair to say it takes someone
raised in New York to possess the savvy,
tenacity, and sheer audacity to confront the
unpalatable controversies that plague 9/11,
and even more courage to navigate its deprav-
ity on many levels. Make no mistake: It is
shattering to learn members of your govern-
ment engaged in monstrous acts. It is also
lonely.
Channeling such deep emotions into
coherent, compelling storytelling is a
gift. Whether producing documentaries,
Still image from Loose Change, a film Jason Bermas co-produced.
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live-casting on YouTube, or calling mixed-
martial-arts fights full of trivia and detail,
Bermas has that gift. His alluring, deeply
resonant voice contributes a lot, as does his
animated yet measured persona. He is seri-
ously credible because he sources everything
as he goes, appealing to those of us who still
understand that evidence matters.
This dedication to evidence, all found in
the public record, including mainstream-
media accounts and publicly available
government documents, is precisely why
Loose Change: The Final Cut and its followup
documentary Fabled Enemies are the quintes-
sential films that shine bright sunlight on the
official media narrative’s and U.S. govern-
ment’s 9/11 Commission Report’s glaring
inadequacies.
Some of the more controversial and/
or unexplained events of 9/11 covered in
Loose Change the Final Cut include: (1) three
(not two) free-falling towers in a controlled
demolition; (2) the lack of evidence at the
Pennsylvania crash site (e.g. missing plane
wreckage, bodies, luggage); (3) the bizarre
lockdown by authorities of ground zero; (4)
the lack of military support that day even
though eerily similar defense simulations and
drills were underway that very week, includ-
ing NORAD’s Vigilant Guardian, Amalgam
Virgo (simulating a jet flying from Alaska to
crash into either the White House or Capitol),
and Cheyenne Mountain, whose personnel
continued to run drills from underground
for 20 minutes after Flight 93 came down
in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, using many
different phantom flights – planes seen on
radar that weren’t actually there; (5) large
pools of burning molten steel that burned for
months at the base of where the towers once
stood as observed by multiple witnesses and
first responders (an impossibility at tempera-
tures generated by jet fuel); and (6) massive
pyroclastic clouds erupting from the towers
as each collapsed that can only occur during
two events: volcano eruptions and controlled
demolitions. These events barely scratch the
surface of 9/11 anomalies that have yet to be
satisfactorily explained. Nor does this short
list include the Pentagon’s equally confound-
ing circumstances relative to the plane crash
there.
Q: It’s the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and
we consider you one of the world’s foremost
experts on what happened through your
research What do you think happened?
Bermas: “I don’t usually speculate too
broadly on exactly how everything was pulled
off because I think you put yourself in a hole. I
don’t believe the official government narra-
tive. I don’t think that 9/11 was an “inside
job.” I think what the evidence shows is that
you have an international intelligence opera-
tion with role players in Pakistan. With role
players in Israel. With role players in Saudi
Arabia. And of course here within our own
government, our own shadow government,
or continuity of government program, to
be specific. You would also need high level
players in certain agencies as well, but I think
that definition is much closer to what actually
happened than its an inside job or Al-Qaeda.”
Q: Are people today more interested in
the events of 9/11, or less so?
Bermas: “If you can get someone to sit
down and look at some things, depending on
who they are, even if they think their mind is
made up about things, I think you can make
a difference. Mainstream media is ignoring
the truth on this 20th anniversary of 9/11. Its
coverage doesn’t include anything outside
the official narrative. We will see if Spike
Lee holds his ground on his questioning of it
in his film being released on September 11,
2021.”
Meanwhile, Loose Change: The Final Cut
continues to be a game-changer for millions
of skeptical Americans and people world-
wide. Growing numbers are legitimately
questioning the official narrative that planes
brought down three steel-reinforced towers
on 9/11. Bermas’ documentaries provide a
permanent historical record that connects us
more meaningfully to the actual context of
those events that inevitably better informs us
through time.
We owe those who lost their lives, and their
families, our resolute loyalty and support
in uncovering the truth because the 9/11
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By Kathleen McCarthy
Commission Report is nowhere near it.
Watching Loose Change, some people are
taken aback when they learn of the sub-
stantial gold stockpiled in the basements of
the towers that went missing even though
the sites were highly secure, locked down,
and hyper-managed (FEMA’s own Build-
ing Removal Assessment Team was not
allowed onsite to take samples of debris and/
or materials, or to access any blueprints –
Instead it was allowed one tour of the area,
after which 150 pieces of hand-picked steel
were all the team was given for its investiga-
tive work); or the millions of dollars made
in the stock market short-selling stocks of
American Airlines; or of World Trade Towers’
new owner Larry Silverstein cashing in on
several billions thanks to insurance coverage
obtained less than a year earlier that specifi-
cally included damages from terrorist acts;
or the SEC offices housed in WTC7 that
contained financial fraud investigations; and
a plethora of other “What are the odds?” sce-
narios that benefited a handful of individuals
and interests.
WT7 Won’t Go Away
For other people, watching Loose Change:
The Final Cut’s brilliant analysis of World
Trade Center Building 7’s (WTC7) free fall
straight down into its own footprint in less
than 10 seconds, jars their certainty that
debris from the other two towers ignited fires
on various floors of WTC7 and caused its col-
lapse. Loose Change provides visual confirma-
tion by comparing WTC7’s free fall to other
controlled demolitions around the country
in side-by-site demonstrations, convincingly
debunking the 9/11 Report’s nonsensical ver-
sion of things, as well it should.
What never fails to amaze, however, is that
same certainty is harder to dislodge when it
comes to the two towers, even though they
too collapsed into their own footprints in less
than 10 seconds, exactly as WTC7 had done.
No other explanation begins to explain this
other than controlled demolitions of these
massive steel-reinforced towers. Nothing.
Bermas: “It took me some time for world
center towers one and two to be considered
as controlled demolitions even when I started
my research. Seven was quite obvious when I
first did it, when I was first looking at all this
stuff. And that is why I sympathize with those
who aren’t ready for it still. They just haven’t
looked enough at the information. I came into
all of it skeptical and wanting to disprove my
government had lied to me in any respect on
this. Unfortunately, after I did my research,
the complete opposite became very very clear.
I have no vested interest in my government
being evil.”
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GUEST COMMENTARY
The Assange Case Isn’t About
National Security, It’s About
Narrative Control
J
ulian Assange once said, “The overwhelm-
ing majority of information is classified
to protect political security, not national
security.”
As someone whose life’s work before his
imprisonment was combing through docu-
ments of an often classified nature, he’d have
been in a prime position to know. He’d have
seen time and time again how a nation’s
citizenry are not under the slightest threat
from the secret information in the documents
that had been leaked to him from around the
world, but that it could damage the reputation
of a politician or a government or its military.
As the persecution of the WikiLeaks
founder continues to trudge on with the U.K.
government’s granting the Biden administra-
tion permission to appeal a declined extra-
dition request, claiming that it can safely
imprison Assange without subjecting him
to the draconian aspects of America’s prison
system which caused the initial dismissal, it’s
good to keep in mind that this is being done
entirely for the purpose of controlling public
access to information that is inconvenient for
the powerful.
The prosecution of Julian Assange under the
Espionage Act is being touted by the U.S. gov-
ernment as a matter of national security; you
can’t simply allow journalists to publish clas-
sified information about the things its military
forces are doing in the nations they occupy,
because that could endanger American lives.
Leaving aside the fact that the Pentagon
already admitted years ago that it could not
find a single instance of lives being lost due to
the publications for which Assange is currently
being prosecuted, this case is not and has never
been about national security. This case has
always been about narrative control.
The U.S. government is not afraid that
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Not Enough People Pay
Attention to What Goes on
in Government
Dear Ms. McCarthy,
I am overdue in writing to express
my appreciation and joy for your recent
articles on the coronavirus and your
articles in general. The virus articles
support other articles I have seen disput-
ing some of the claims of the media’s
experts. As I’ve seen stated, there is no
credible evidence of widespread integrity
in the so-called mainstream media. I first
became aware of the Reader many years
ago and I got the impression your articles
were leaning noticeably to the left. Now I
like to describe you as not liking any-
body. Although I don’t always agree with
everything you say, I do believe you make
valid points on both sides of the aisle. This
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unauthorized publication of government
secrets will lead to Americans being killed,
it’s afraid it will lead to their knowing the
truth. The powerful understand that narra-
tive control is everything, and that an entire
globe-spanning empire depends on keeping
the masses from having a lucid perception of
what’s really going on in the world. There is an
unfathomable amount of power riding on their
ability to continue doing this.
Assange isn’t in Belmarsh Prison for doing
something wrong, but for doing something
right. For trying to give the public informa-
tion which will help them form a truth-based
worldview so that they can make intelligent
informed decisions about where they want to
collectively steer society together. Because the
oligarchic empire depends on the ability to
manipulate the way people think, act and vote
to benefit the powerful, this was like handing
someone who’s being groomed by a sexual
predator a guidebook of all of the psychologi-
cal tactics that are being used.
This good deed could not go unpunished.
Nothing WikiLeaks published endan-
gered the American people, it endangered a
globe-spanning empire’s ability to control
our understanding of what’s happening in the
world. This was a most egregious offense as far
as our rulers are concerned, and it could not be
allowed to stand.
So an example is being made. In less polite
times Assange would have been tortured and
drawn and quartered in the town square while
the king looked on sipping from a goblet of
mead. In the days of polite liberal democracy
our rulers must remain hidden, and they must
publicly torture dissidents to death in the
name of national security concerns.
Beneath all the spin and excuses, this is all
being done to show everyone what happens to
corresponds to much of my thinking. His-
tory shows America has one of if not the
longest forms of government for a country
in at least modern times. History would
say we’re overdue for a change. The biggest
push is to the left. But history shows this
has never worked out well for the average
citizen over time. Again, thanks for the
great editorials. I only wish there were
more of them. I do realize you mainly
cover the entertainment circuit. One has
to pay the bills which may explain why not
enough people pay attention to what goes
on in government. Please find the enclosed
check for my support. Keep up the good
work.
Your not always humble but devoted
fan,
Terry H. Davenport, Iowa
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you if you reveal embarrassing truths about
the most powerful people on earth. If you
compromise their political security. It’s telling
the world, “If you ever try to interfere in our
control over the dominant narratives, this is
what we will do to you.”
And, whether we fully understand what’s
really happening or not, that’s the message that
is being ingested here. Journalists who find
themselves in a position to publish such things
going forward will find themselves think-
ing thoughts about what happened to Julian
Assange.
This is why it’s so important that they don’t
win this case. We cannot allow ourselves to
be cowed away from the truth in this way, or
else we’re flying blind. We’re unable to obtain
information which will help us steer society in
a truth-based direction.
The Assange case receives so much atten-
tion not because of interest in one man’s fate,
but because of interest in everyone’s fate.
If humanity is ever to turn away from its
self-destructive patterns and create a healthy
world, it will necessarily need to do so guided
“Widen the Lens”
Feedback
“Widen the Lens” (August 2021) piece is
about the most concise and comprehensive
I’ve ever read. Kathleen McCarthy, WOW!
Been reading your articles re COVID for a
few months now. I also subscribe to Global
Research, Lew Rockwell, FEE, and others to
read many other excellent articles. Thank
you so much!
Steve K., Carpinteria, California
“Widen the Lens When Considering
COVID, Bigotry, and What You Actually
Know”: This article is well-written and very
interesting. I have shared the link with
others. I wish more journalists had Kath-
leen’s talent! My neighbor shared the paper
with us and I don’t know how it came to her,
or how we could subscribe. I am interested
in receiving this paper.
Jane M., Bettendorf, Iowa
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by the light of truth and transparency. As long
as the powerful are able to keep us confused
and deluded using propaganda and govern-
ment secrecy, such a world will never come
into being.
Publisher’s Note: According to an August
11, 2021 article at ShadowProof.com by
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VISUAL ARTS
Openings & Gallery Events
Teacher Appreciation Open House, the Figge welcomes
all educators to the museum for the annual Teacher
Appreciation Open House; teachers may explore the
museum’s education resources, and enjoy complimentary
refreshments, door prizes, and activities; free; for information,
call 563-326-7804; Figge Art Museum, 225 West Second
Street, Davenport IA, FiggeArtMuseum.org, 3:30pm Thu
Sep 9
Virtual Artist Talk: Diego Romero, hear from artist
Romero, whose artwork “Last Tyranny Triumph 2020” was
recently acquired by the Figge; Romero’s earthenware
pieces call upon the historical traditions of his Cochiti Pueblo
heritage, while the style references the Greek epics and
popular cultural influences such as comic books; free; for
information, call 563-326-7804; Figge Art Museum, 225 West
Second Street, Davenport IA, FiggeArtMuseum.org, 6:30pm
Thu Sep 9
Thursdays at the Figge, weekly programs featuring
artists, curators, scholars, and community partners to explore
creativity in all forms; free; for information, call 563-326-7804;
Figge Art Museum, 225 West Second Street, Davenport IA,
FiggeArtMuseum.org, 6:30pm thru Thu Oct 7
girlpARTs Artist Reception, be among the first to see the
2021 torso sculptures… Johnny’s Metro Room, 5pm Fri Sep
10
2021 Fall Beaux Arts Fair, voted one of the top 200 art
shows in the country by Sunshine Artist, this is the 68th year
for the fair; all proceeds benefit the Figge Art Museum; Sat.
10am-5pm, Sun. 10am-4pm; Bechtel Plaza, 225 West Second
Street, Davenport IA, FiggeArtMuseum.org, 10am Sat Sep 11
and Sun Sep 12
Art Talks at Butterworth Center: Looking at Artists of
American Impressionism, art historian Carol Ehlers delves
into the interesting and memorable… Butterworth Center,
3pm Sun Sep 12
Art Talks: Looking at Artists of American
Impressionism, presented by Carol Ehlers; learn about “The
Ten,” a group… Butterworth Center, 3pm Sun Sep 12
Bad Art Night, leave your talent at home and come to the
library… Davenport Public Library - Eastern Avenue Branch,
6:30pm Wed Sep 15
Virtual Curator Talk: José Carlos Diaz, join us virtually
for a Curator Talk with José Carlos Diaz about “Pop Power
From Warhol to Koons: Masterworks from the Collections of
Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation”; registrants
will receive a Zoom link two hours before the program starts;
free; for information, call 563-326-7804; Figge Art Museum,
225 West Second Street, Davenport IA, FiggeArtMuseum.org,
6:30pm Thu Sep 16
Portfolio Day, those applying for scholarships and college
admission can visit one-on-one with professors from several
area colleges and universities; receive feedback and tips on
your portfolio; for information and to register, call 563-326-
7804; Figge Art Museum, 225 West Second Street, Davenport
IA, FiggeArtMuseum.org, 9am Thu Sep 23
Virtual Artist Studio Tour: Franklin Evans, join Artist
Franklin Evans, whose exhibition “franklinsfootpaths” is
currently on view at the Figge, for a virtual studio visit via
Zoom; registrants will receive a Zoom link two hours prior to
the program for access; for information, call 563-326-7804;
FREE ASSANGE.
SEPTEMBER 2021
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Covering September 9, 2021 - October 7, 2021
Figge Art Museum, 225 West Second Street, Davenport IA,
FiggeArtMuseum.org, 6:30pm Thu Sep 23
Virtual Studio Visit: Franklin Evans, meet the creator
of the current exhibition “Franklinsfootpaths”; free; for
information, call 563-326-7832; Figge Art Museum, 225 West
Second Street, Davenport IA, FiggeArtMuseum.org, 6:30pm
Thu Sep 23
Paint the River: 5th Annual Plein Air Paint Out, all
artists are welcome to paint along the Mississippi from…
Bereskin Gallery & Art Academy, 7:30am Sat Sep 25
Virtual Family Day - Your Way!, join us for this family-
flexible virtual enrichment experience; your free online
registration grants your family two weeks of access to a
virtual line-up related to Dimensional Figge, which means
you can choose your day to play; for information, call 563-326-
7804; Figge Art Museum, 225 West Second Street, Davenport
IA, FiggeArtMuseum.org, 10am Sat Sep 25
The Figge Presents: Art of Haiti, join Figge Educator
Kelsey Vandercoy for a in-person talk all about Haitian art;
the museum houses one of the world’s largest collections of
Haitian art outside of Haiti itself; Vandercoy will give a brief
presentation about the basics of Haitian art and why the
Figge has so much of it; the presentation will be followed by
a hands-on art activity related to the lesson; for information,
call 563-344-4175… Bettendorf Public Library, 7pm Wed
Sep 29
Free Senior Day, seniors age 60 and over receive free
admission the first Thursday of each month as well as
10 percent off in the Museum Store and Figge Café; for
information, call 563-326-7804; Figge Art Museum, 225 West
Second Street, Davenport IA, FiggeArtMuseum.org, 10am
Thu Oct 7
Ballet on the Lawn Take Two - September 12 @ Davenport Outing Club
Exhibits & Shows
Youth Hope Cre8Studios Art Show, Youth Hope Middle
and High School Cre8Studios student… Moline Public
Library, thru Fri Sep 17
POP Power from Warhol to Koons: Masterworks from
the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family
Foundation, the exhibit provides audiences with a new look
at the work of Pop Art pioneers such as powerhouses Andy
Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, and Roy Lichtenstein by presenting
their iconic works alongside those of their present-day
Neo-Pop counterparts; Tue.-Sat. 10am-5pm, Thu. 10am-8pm,
Sun. noon-5pm; $4-10; for information, call 563-326-7804;
Figge Art Museum, 225 West Second Street, Davenport IA,
FiggeArtMuseum.org, thru Sun Sep 19
Franklin Evans: Franklinsfootpaths, Evans will use
both the Figge’s collection and the building’s architecture
to create a site-specific installation made up of painting,
collage, sculpture, video, personal ephemera, and layers of
artists’ tape and other raw materials in the Gildehaus Gallery;
Tue.-Sat. 10am-5pm, Thu. 10am-8pm, Sun. noon-5pm; $4-10;
for information, call 563-326-7804; Figge Art Museum, 225
West Second Street, Davenport IA, FiggeArtMuseum.org,
thru Sun Sep 26
Camryn Clark - Blaire Doxsee, art and photography by
the West Davenport… Metropolitan Community Church of
the Quad Cities, thru Thu Sep 30
Jim Dine and Lee Friedlander: Work from the Same
House, works by artists who have established long
distinguished careers in photography and painting; Tue.-Sat.
10am-5pm, Thu. 10am-8pm, Sun. noon-5pm; $4-10; for
information, call 563-326-7804; Figge Art Museum, 225 West
Second Street, Davenport IA, FiggeArtMuseum.org, thru
Thu Oct 7
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Judith Eastburn - Mike Leinhauser, black-and-white
photography exhibitions by Eastburn of Des… Quad City Arts
Center, thru Thu Oct 7
Mark Dierker - Jaime Foster - Deana Bada Maloney,
exhibits of photography by Dierker of Dubuque, IA,… Quad
City International Airport Gallery, thru Thu Oct 7
Romeo & Juliet: A Three-Part Web Series in Slideshow,
this exhibition brings together the production and…
Morrissey Gallery, Galvin Fine Arts Center - St. Ambrose
University, thru Thu Oct 7
Toward a Universal Suffrage: African American
Women in Iowa and the Vote for All, the exhibit honors
and celebrates the contributions… Davenport Public Library -
Main Branch, thru Thu Oct 7
alt_Chicago: In Observance of Bedlam, this joint
exhibition extends from the practice… Catich Gallery - St.
Ambrose University, thru Thu Oct 7
Dimensional: 3D Works from the Figge Collection,
this exhibition showcases sculpture from the museum’s
collection, highlighting rarely exhibited works and recent
additions to the collection; this exhibition is sponsored by
Mark and Barbara Zimmerman; Tue.-Sat. 10am-5pm, Thu.
10am-8pm, Sun. noon-5pm; $4-10; for information, call
563-326-7804; Figge Art Museum, 225 West Second Street,
Davenport IA, FiggeArtMuseum.org, Sat Sep 11 thru Thu
Oct 7
Classes
Urban Sketching/Travel, Saturdays thru Sept. 30, with
instructor Brad Bisbey; pen, ink… Bereskin Gallery & Art
Academy, 11am Thu Sep 9
Figure Drawing, on Fridays, with facilitator Lee White;
participants learn by practicing their skills and adapting
to change. These are not instructed classes. Bring your
own supplies. All non-toxic and non-photographic media
are welcome; $15; for information, call 563-326-7804;
Figge Art Museum, 225 West Second Street, Davenport IA,
FiggeArtMuseum.org, 5:30pm Fri Sep 10 thru Fri Sep 24
Morse Code Bracelets, make a beaded bracelet with a
message in Morse Code;… Davenport Public Library - Eastern
Avenue Branch, 3pm Sat Sep 11
Outdoor 2-Day Pastel Plein Air Workshop, Sept. 11 & 12,
with instructor Rose Moore; students will… Bereskin Gallery &
Art Academy, 9am Sat Sep 11
Oil Painting, on Saturdays, with instructor Dave Anderson;
lll learn to see,… Bereskin Gallery & Art Academy, 9:30am Sat
Sep 11 thru Sat Sep 25
Oil Painting Online, on Saturdays, with instructor Dave
Anderson; lll learn to see,… Bereskin Gallery & Art Academy,
9:30am Sat Sep 11 thru Sat Sep 25
Intro to Animation: Grades 4-8, Mondays thru Nov. 1,
with instructor Laura Warner; students will… Bereskin Gallery
& Art Academy, 5:30pm Mon Sep 13
Take and Make Adult Crafts: Strawberry, we will have
new take and make adult crafts available… Davenport Public
Library - Eastern Avenue Branch, Tue Sep 14
Wheel Throwing Boot Camp, Wednesdays thru Oct. 6; with
instructor Linda Hardin; this intensive… Bereskin Gallery & Art
Academy, 5:30pm Wed Sep 15
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Clay Hand Building and Raku Firing, Fridays thru Oct. 8,
with instructor Linda Hardin; learn the… Bereskin Gallery & Art
Academy, 10am Fri Sep 17
Charles Bargue Drawing Course & Seminar, Saturdays
thru Oct. 16, with instructor Gabrielle Schadt; being taught…
Bereskin Gallery & Art Academy, 11am Sat Sep 18
Collage Sketching Workshop, with instructor Steve Banks;
explore new ways of generating ideas for your art projects; start
by sketching with scissors and glue, and then, continue to draw
your collages to push them further; $30-45; for information
and to register, call 563-326-7804; Figge Art Museum, 225 West
Second Street, Davenport IA, FiggeArtMuseum.org, 9am Sat
Sep 18
Portrait Sculpting Workshop & Seminar, Saturdays thru
Oct. 16; with instructor Gabrielle Schadt; sculpt a… Bereskin
Gallery & Art Academy, 2pm Sat Sep 18
Life Drawing 3rd Sunday, with instructor Gary Burlingame;
artists from all over the QC… Bereskin Gallery & Art Academy,
1pm Sun Sep 19
String Art, create a cactus string art on a wood slice by… Silvis
Public Library, 6pm Mon Sep 20
Take and Make Adult Crafts: Cupcakes, we will have new
take and make adult crafts available… Davenport Public Library
- Eastern Avenue Branch, Tue Sep 21
National Hobbit Day: Hobbit Door Mini-Wreaths,
celebrate National Hobbit Day by creating a mini wreath that…
Rock Island Public Library - Downtown Library, 5pm Wed Sep 22
Dear Banned Author Postcard Kits, stop by any of the three
Davenport Public Library locations… Davenport Public Library -
Main Branch, 6:30pm Mon Sep 27 thru Thu Sep 30
Adult Coloring, a relaxing time to color with some fun
conversation; color… Davenport Public Library - Fairmount
Street Branch, 2pm Tue Sep 28
Craft-Tea, crafters aged 16 and up are invited to bring your…
Bettendorf Public Library, 7pm Tue Sep 28
Take and Make Adult Crafts: Panda Bookmark, we will
have new take and make adult crafts available… Davenport
Public Library - Eastern Avenue Branch, Tue Sep 28
Due Date Bookmarks, join us as we make bookmarks out of
old date… Davenport Public Library - Fairmount Street Branch,
6:30pm Wed Sep 29
Hand-building Tableware for Beginners: Cups, Mugs,
Bowls & Plates, Thursdays thru Nov. 18; with instructor Laura
Warner; explore surface… Bereskin Gallery & Art Academy,
5:30pm Thu Sep 30
Landscape in Watercolor, Thursdays thru Oct. 21, with
instructor Pat Bereskin; we will… Bereskin Gallery & Art
Academy, 8:30am Thu Sep 30
Figure Drawing, on Fridays, with facilitator Lee White;
participants learn by practicing their skills and adapting to
change. These are not instructed classes. Bring your own
supplies. All non-toxic and non-photographic media are
welcome; $15; for information, call 563-326-7804; Figge
Art Museum, 225 West Second Street, Davenport IA,
FiggeArtMuseum.org, 5:30pm Fri Oct 1
Dear Banned Author Postcard Kits, stop by any of the three
Davenport Public Library locations… Davenport Public Library -
Main Branch, 6:30pm Fri Oct 1 thru Sat Oct 2
Cecile Houel Mississippi River 2-Day Pastel Seminar,
Oct. 2 & 3, with instructor Cecile Houel; students will… Bereskin
Gallery & Art Academy, 9am Sat Oct 2
Color Theory in Painting, Saturdays thru Oct. 23, with
instructor Dave Anderson; learn how… Bereskin Gallery & Art
Academy, 1pm Sat Oct 2
Happy Little Trees, with instructor Allen Halloway; join us for
an in-person adventure where we paint picturesque landscapes
reminiscent of Bob Ross; learn to make a painting in one sitting
using water-based oil paint; all supplies are included; $25; for
information, call 563-326-7804; Figge Art Museum, 225 West
Second Street, Davenport IA, FiggeArtMuseum.org, 10am Sat
Oct 2
Oil Painting, on Saturdays, with instructor Dave Anderson; lll
learn to see,… Bereskin Gallery & Art Academy, 9:30am Sat Oct 2
Oil Painting Online, on Saturdays, with instructor Dave
Anderson; lll learn to see,… Bereskin Gallery & Art Academy,
9:30am Sat Oct 2
Mason Jar Luminaries, create a Halloween-themed Mason
jar luminaire; space and supplies are… Silvis Public Library, 6pm
Mon Oct 4
FREE ASSANGE.
Beginner Wheel Throwing: Session II, Tuesdays thru Oct.
26; with instructor Laura Warner; students will… Bereskin
Gallery & Art Academy, 5:30pm Tue Oct 5
Drawing 101, Tuesdays thru Nov. 2; students will begin
drawing basic forms, exploring line, shape, value, and shading
techniques that add depth and dimension to their pictures;
observational drawing from still life set-ups will be used in class;
$100-115; for information and to register, call 563-326-7804;
Figge Art Museum, 225 West Second Street, Davenport IA,
FiggeArtMuseum.org, 6pm Tue Oct 5
Linoleum Block Printing, Thursdays thru Nov. 4; remove
what you don’t want and print what you do; you’ll create a
bold one-color print and then a reductive three-color print;
$125-140; for information and to register, call 563-326-7804;
Figge Art Museum, 225 West Second Street, Davenport IA,
FiggeArtMuseum.org, 5:30pm Thu Oct 7
Painting the Figure: Beginner to Advanced Levels,
Thursdays thru Oct. 28, with instructor Brad Bisbey; students
will… Bereskin Gallery & Art Academy, 11am Thu Oct 7
Wine & Art: Adult Fingerpainting, with instructor
Amy Nielsen; get in touch with the kid in you with adult
fingerpainting paired with a glass of wine; paint and blend
paints using only your fingers to create an impressionistic
masterpiece for your wall at home; $20; for information and to
register, call 563-326-7804; Figge Art Museum, 225 West Second
Street, Davenport IA, FiggeArtMuseum.org, 6pm Thu Oct 7
Call for Entry
Seeking Artists: Kwik Star Festival of Trees, seeking
holiday-tree designers for this year’s festival… Quad City Arts
Center, thru Fri Sep 10
Call for Entries – Paint the River: 5th Annual Plein Air
Paint Out, all artists are welcome to paint along… Bereskin
Gallery & Art Academy, thru Fri Sep 24
MUSIC
Rend Collective, concert with the contemporary Christian
musicians best-known for songs such as “Your Name Is Power,”
“Counting Every Blessing,” and the platinum single “My
Lighthouse”; $18-65; for tickets, call 800-745-3000 Adler Theatre,
136 East Third St., Davenport IA, AdlerTheatre.com7pm Thu
Sep 9
Waxahatchee, outdoor concert with Katie Crutchfield’s
indie-music project formed in 2010 … WAKE Brewing Company,
6:30pm Thu Sep 9
3 Doors Down: The Better Life 20th Anniversary Tour
- Chayce Beckham, concert with the Grammy-nominated,
multi-platinum-selling Mississippi rock band, featuring an… The
Rust Belt, 8pm Fri Sep 10
Lewis Knudsen Album Release Show, Quad Cities singer/
songwriter performs in support of his new album… The
Redstone Room, 7:30pm Fri Sep 10
Live @ Five: Avey Grouws Band, a concert in the annual
summer series; bring lawn chairs;… RME Courtyard, 5pm Fri
Sep 10
Rookie - In the Pines, classic rock with the Chicago musicians,
featuring an opening set… Raccoon Motel, 7pm Fri Sep 10
William Campbell: “All In Due Time” Album-Release
Concert, Quad Cities and Internationally-known composer,
pianist, and SAU Music Professor William Campbell performs…
Galvin Fine Arts Center - St. Ambrose University, 7:30pm Fri
Sep 10
Stone Sugar Shakedown, a free “Welcome Students
Weekend” show; for information, call 309-793-1999… RIBCO,
9:30pm Fri Sep 10 thru Sat Sep 11
Baby Garp: Christopher Porterfield - TORRES -
Winterland - Aaron Kamm & the One-Drops, Paw
Paw Rod - Petey, also with a performance by comedian James
Austin Johnson, $50... Schwiebert Riverfront Park, 3pm Sat
Sep 11
Aaron Kamm & the One-Drops - Winterland, outdoor
concert with the roots, reggae, and jam musicians; $10…
Schwiebert Riverfront Park, 7pm Sat Sep 11
I’m Listening w/ Elliott Bay Towers, for information call
309-200-0978 or e-mail info@rozztox.com… Rozz-Tox, 8pm
Sat Sep 11
Petey - James Austin Johnson - 81355, concert with the Los
Angeles-based artist, featuring sets by James Austin Johnson…
Raccoon Motel, 7pm Sun Sep 12
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Nakatani, for information call 309-200-0978 or e-mail info@
rozztox.com… Rozz-Tox, 8pm Tue Sep 14
Hawthorne Heights - The Bombpops - Eugene Levy -
Five AM, indie rockers in a concert presented by River+City
Collective; $21.88… The Rust Belt, 6pm Thu Sep 16
Michael Buble, concert with the Grammy-winning, Canadian-
Italian singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer;…
TaxSlayer Center, 8pm Thu Sep 16
Waltzer - The Shackletons, concert with singer/songwriter
Sophie Sputnik, featuring an opening set by The… Raccoon
Motel, 7pm Thu Sep 16
2021 Mississippi Valley Blues Festival: John Primer
(5pm) - Jontavious Willis (6:45pm) - Toronzo Cannon &
Band (8:15pm) - Southern Avenue (10pm), concert sets
with natural, regional, and… LeClaire Park, Fri Sep 17
Tubbs & Moss: A Vintage Jazz Experience, an evening of
jazz with Mason Moss and Sara Tubbs;… The Spotlight Theatre,
7pm Fri Sep 17
Underground Xperience 2: Soultru - Big Man G - BN
WhoIAm - The Wontu Trees, an occasional showcase of
homegrown talent, chiefly focusing on the… The Redstone
Room, 8pm Fri Sep 17
2021 Mississippi Valley Blues Festival: Stephen Hull
Experience (2pm) - Selwyn Birchwood (3:45pm) -
Melody Angel (5:30pm) - Danielle Nicole (7:15pm) - Eric
Gales (10:30pm), Sept. 17 & 18; concert sets with natural,
regional, and… LeClaire Park, Sat Sep 18
Deep Blues w/ Kendra Alspach, for information call 309-200-
0978 or e-mail info@rozztox.com… Rozz-Tox, 8pm Sat Sep 18
Kane Brown, concert with the chart-topping country-music
singer/songwriter; $78-100; for tickets, call… TaxSlayer Center,
7pm Sat Sep 18
BlueSkool at Blues Fest 2021, an interactive workshop
where you can learn the history of… LeClaire Park, 3pm Sat
Sep 18
Avey Grouws Band, the winners of the 2017 Iowa Blues
Challenge play a… Deere-Wiman Carriage House, 4pm Sun
Sep 19
Chevelle, concert with the chart-topping rockers and brothers
Pete and Sam… The Rust Belt, 7pm Sun Sep 19
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, concert with the multi-
platinum-selling rocker and her band; $39-79; for tickets, call
800-745-3000, Adler Theatre, 136 East Third St., Davenport IA,
AdlerTheatre.com, 7:30pm Sun Sep 19
Third Sunday Jazz Series: Karli Bunn Sextet, Polyrhythms
presents jazz artist Bunn with her musicians Isaac Armstead,…
The Redstone Room, 5pm Sun Sep 19
Queen Flash: The Ultimate Queen Tribute, concert with
the six-piece tribute musicians and touring rockers led… Circa
’21 Dinner Playhouse, 7:15pm Tue Sep 21
Liam Kazar - Case Oats, concert with the Kansas City-based,
Chicago-raised musician and songwriter, featuring… Raccoon
Motel, 7pm Wed Sep 22
7 Bridges: The Ultimate Eagles Tribute, concert with the
touring Eagles tribute musicians; sandwich baskets and… Circa
’21 Dinner Playhouse, 7:15pm Thu Sep 23
Dimensional: 3D Works from the Figge Collection, September 11 through October 7
9
Daniel Stratman CD Release Party, all 11 tracks were
recorded in San Diego, where Stratman lived… Bootleg Hill
Honey Meads, 7pm Thu Sep 23
Thelma & the Sleaze - Blunt Bangs, concert with the all-
female, queer Southern rock band from Nashville… Raccoon
Motel, 7pm Thu Sep 23
Live @ Five: The Wontu Trees, a concert in the annual
summer series sponsored by Dahl… RME Courtyard, 5pm Fri
Sep 24
Thighmaster - Sunshrine, for information call 309-200-0978
or e-mail info@rozztox.com… Rozz-Tox, 8pm Fri Sep 24
Soul Storm, soul musicians in concert; for information, call 309-
793-1999… RIBCO, 9pm Sat Sep 25
Michael Callahan and Dan Haughey: Joy of Music, held at
the corners of 14th Avenue and 30th Street in Rock… Rock Island
Hilltop, 11am & noon Fri Oct 1
Old Shoe - David Zollo & the Body Electric, concert with
the Americana and indie-rock musician, featuring an opening…
The Redstone Room, 7:30pm Fri Oct 1
The Textures - Atomic Comet, rockers in concert, featuring
an opening set by Atomic Comet;… RIBCO, 9pm Fri Oct 1
Bawitdaba w/ Claire & Padriag, for information call 309-200-
0978 or e-mail info@rozztox.com… Rozz-Tox, 8pm Sat Oct 2
Jeremy Ivey - Dillon Warnek, concert with the Nashville-
based singer/songwriter, featuring an opening set by… Raccoon
Motel, 7pm Sat Oct 2
Pierce’s Promise Fundraiser featuring Chicago Farmer,
Americana concert with singer/songwriter Cody Diekhoff; $18
adv / $22 day… The Redstone Room, 7:30pm Sat Oct 2
QCSO Masterworks I: The New World, we open our
107th season with Dudley Buck’s rousing Festival Overture on
the American National Air; world-renowned pianist Garrick
Ohlsson returns with Samuel Barber’s Piano Concerto; this
program of musical Americana concludes with Antonín Dvořák’s
beloved “New World Symphony”; $10-65; for information, call
563-322-0931, Adler Theatre, 136 East Third St., Davenport IA,
AdlerTheatre.com, 7:30pm Sat Oct 2
TobyMac Hits Deep Tour, concert with the Grammy-winning,
chart-topping Christian hip-hop artist; $22.75-92.75; for…
TaxSlayer Center, 7pm Sat Oct 2
Flo Rida, an evening with Florida-based rap artist Tramar
Lacel Dillard; $59-99; for tickets and information, call 844-
852-4FUN, Rhythm City Casino Resort: 7077 Elmore Ave.,
Davenport IA, RhythmCityCasino.com, 8pm Sun Oct 3
Lowland Block Party: Bob Bucko Jr. - Chris Bernat of
Chrash - DJ Sets, with craft beer, vendors, reading from the
Midwest Writing Center,… Rozz-Tox, 10am Sun Oct 3
QCSO Masterworks I: The New World, we open our 107th
season with Dudley Buck’s rousing Festival Overture on…
Centennial Hall, Augustana College, 2pm Sun Oct 3
Guest List Series featuring Paa Kow, concert with the
Afro-fusion musicians co-presented by Quad City Arts;… The
Redstone Room, 7:30pm Thu Oct 7
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MUSEUMS
Toward a Universal Suffrage:
African American Women in
Iowa & the Vote for All
Through Friday, October 15.
Davenport Public Library Main Branch,
321 North Main Street, Davenport IA
A
fascinating traveling exhibit cele-
brating contributions to the wom-
en’s suffrage movement, Toward a
Universal Suffrage: African American
Women in Iowa & the Vote for All will
be on display at the Davenport Public
Library’s Main Branch through October
15, and will feature profiles of several
leading suffragists and civil-rights activ-
ists, historical information on voting
rights in Iowa and the nation, and a map
of important Iowa locations in suffrage
and civil-rights history.
Last year served as the 100th anni-
versary of the ratification of the 19th
amendment to the United States Con-
stitution, the amendment stating that
the right to vote cannot be denied based
on sex. The adoption of this amend-
ment gave many women the right to
vote in all elections, and in fighting for
the vote, African American suffrag-
ists confronted racism in addition to
discrimination based on their gender.
Historian Rosalyn Terborg-Penn has
written that “African American women
were universal suffragists in the sense
that their voices called for the vote for
all citizens, not just for themselves,”
and it was not until the passage of the
Voting Rights Act of 1965 that all Afri-
can American women gained the right
to vote. The contributions of women
of color have often been excluded from
the broader history of women’s suf-
frage. Consequently, Toward a Univer-
sal Suffrage honors and celebrates the
contributions of Iowa’s African Ameri-
can women to win the vote, with the
exhibition organized by Allyn Benko-
wich and Kristen Corey of the Office
on the Status of Women, Iowa Depart-
ment of Human Rights; Dr. Karen M.
Kedrowski of the Carrie Chapman Catt
Center for Women and Politics at Iowa
State University; and Eric Morse of the
Central Iowa Community Museum.
The Davenport library’s new
FREE ASSANGE.
traveling exhibition is composed of sev-
eral segments designed to engage and
enlighten visitors. In “Women of Cour-
age of Perseverance,” exhibit attend-
ees are invited to meet some of Iowa’s
African American suffragists, includ-
ing the state’s first African American
female lawyer, a founder of African
American women’s clubs, and the only
student of color at the University of
Northern Iowa in the 1910s. “Voting
Rights History & Timeline” explores
how, when the United States Constitu-
tion was written in 1787, the document
said very little about voting rights, and
how states restricted those rights to
male property owners, and sometimes
only to white male property owners.
Library visitors can learn about the
diversity and differences that existed
in the women’s suffrage movement in
“Women Activists: From Slavery to
Suffrage,” a celebration of how women
asserted their rights to organize, speak,
and act on public and political issues.
“Leaving a Legacy” shows how African
American women in Iowa didn’t stop
at the ballot box, continuing the hard
work toward equality in all facets of
life. And viewers of Toward a Universal
Suffrage can learn about six Iowa com-
munities (including the community of
Davenport) where important contri-
butions were made in “Putting Iowa’s
African American Women on the Map:
Important Places in Suffrage and Civil
Rights History.”
Toward a Universal Suffrage: African
American Women in Iowa & the Vote
for All will be on display at the Dav-
enport Public Library’s Main Branch
through October 15, and the library is
open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays
through Thursdays and 9 a.m. to 5:30
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. For more
information on the exhibition, call
(563)326-7832 and visit
DavenportLibrary.com.
LITERARY ARTS
Old City Hall, a discussion of Robert Rotenberg’s novel with
the Mystery Book Discussion Group;… Bettendorf Public
Library, 9:30am Sat Sep 11
Short &Sweets, discuss short stories from a variety of
contemporary and classic… Davenport Public Library -
Fairmount Street Branch, 10am Mon Sep 13
The Lions of Fifth Avenue, a discussion of Fiona Davis’s
novel with the Alpha Book… Rock Island Public Library -
Downtown Library, 1pm Mon Sep 13
Virtual Book Club – Shorts & Sweets, discuss a new short
story every month with a variety… Davenport Public Library -
Main Branch, 10am Mon Sep 13
Searching for Sylvie Lee, a discussion of Jean Kwok’s book
with the West End… Davenport Public Library - Fairmount
Street Branch, 6:30pm Tue Sep 14
The Shadow King, a Get Lit discussion of Maaza Mengiste’s
novel; for information,… Bettendorf Public Library, 7pm Tue
Sep 14
The Elegance of the Hedgehog, a Contemporary Books
Discussion Group discussion of Muriel Barbery’s novel;…
Bettendorf Public Library, 7pm Wed Sep 15
The Fountains of Silence, a discussion of Ruta Sepetys’
book with the Novel Naptime… Moline Public Library,
10:30am Wed Sep 15
Virtual Baking From Books: House in the Cerulean
Sea, in this series, one of our reference librarians will
attempt… Davenport Public Library - Main Branch, 8:30am
Sat Sep 18
Eerie Quad Cities Book Signing, Michael McCarty and
John Brassard Jr. sign their new book… The Book Rack -
Davenport, 2pm Sun Sep 19
Becoming, a discussion of Michelle Obama’s book with the
Book Babes… Rock Island Public Library - Downtown Library,
6:30pm Tue Sep 21
Book ’Em Mystery Book Club, we will be meeting on
Zoom; books are provided on… Moline Public Library, 1pm
Tue Sep 21
In Five Years, a discussions of Rebecca Serle’s novel with
the Brown Bag… Davenport Public Library - Eastern Avenue
Branch, 1pm Wed Sep 22
Eerie Quad Cities Book Signing, Michael McCarty and
John Brassard Jr. sign their new book… Spellbound New Age
& Gift Shop, 2pm Sat Sep 25
Virtual Baking From Books: The Lord of the Rings,
in this series, one of our reference librarians will attempt…
Davenport Public Library - Main Branch, 8:30am Sat Sep 25
Last Monday Book Club, light refreshments will be paired
with good conversation; copies of… Silvis Public Library,
6:30pm Mon Sep 27
Motherless Brooklyn, a discussion of Jonathan Lethem’s
book with the Southwest Book… Rock Island Public Library -
Southwest Branch, 4:30pm Tue Sep 28
Banned Books Read-in, using Zoom, local volunteers
will share their favorite passages from… Rock Island Public
Library - Downtown Library, 6pm Wed Sep 29
Virtual Presentation – Opening the Box: Presented
by the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center,
explore and learn about the curious world of archives and…
Davenport Public Library - Main Branch, 2:30pm Fri Oct 1
Eerie Quad Cities Book Signing, Michael McCarty and
John Brassard Jr. sign their new book… Davenport Public
Library - Fairmount Street Branch, 2pm Sat Oct 2
Alpha Book Club, title TBA; free; for information, call 309-
732-7323… Rock Island Public Library - Downtown Library,
1:30pm Mon Oct 4
The Old Man & the Sea, a discussion of Ernest
Hemingway’s novel with the Alpha Book… Rock Island Public
Library - Downtown Library, 1pm Mon Oct 4
Virtual Event: The Art of Reading Book Club, an all-
online graphic novel book club, with no set meeting… Moline
Public Library, Mon Oct 4
Flowing Water, Falling Flowers Book Discussion with
Author X.H. Collins, Collins will join us for a virtual discussion
of her… Moline Public Library, 6:30pm Tue Oct 5
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Virtual Pageturners, we will be meeting on Zoom; books
are provided on… Moline Public Library, 1pm Tue Oct 5
THEATRE
Performances
The Guys, Anne Nelson’s two-character drama about the
aftereffects of the 9/11/ 01… The Black Box Theatre, Thu Sep
9 thru Sun Sep 12
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, jukebox-musical
celebration of the 1950s rock-and-roll icon; for tickets and…
Timber Lake Playhouse, Thu Sep 9 thru Sun Sep 19
Saturday Night Fever, musical adaptation of the Oscar-
nominated disco sensation starring John Travolta;… Circa ’21
Dinner Playhouse, 7:45pm Fri Sep 10 and Sat Sep 11
Disenchanted!, a fairytale-themed musical-comedy spoof
for grown-ups, directed by Corinne Johnson;… Circa ’21
Dinner Playhouse, Wed Sep 15 thru Wed Oct 6
Wishes: An Evening with Wendy Czekalski, solo
performance with the frequent area-theatre singer and actor,
featuring… The Mockingbird on Main, 8pm Thu Sep 16 thru
Sat Sep 18
Little Shop of Horrors, Tony-nominated cult musical
comedy about a boy, a girl, and… The Spotlight Theatre, Fri
Sep 24 thru Sun Oct 3
An Enemy of the People, Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama
about the impact of pollution in… The Mockingbird on Main,
8pm Thu Sep 30 thru Thu Oct 7
A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, musical-revue tribute to
the country-music legend, directed by Dana Iannuzzi; Tue.-
Sat.… Timber Lake Playhouse, Thu Sep 30 thru Thu Oct 7
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, Richard Alfieri’s two-
character comedy with music and dance, directed by…
Playcrafters Barn Theatre, Fri Oct 1 thru Sun Oct 3
Rent: 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour, final tour for the
celebrated road production of Jonathan Larson’s Tony- and
Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical; for tickets, call 800-745-
3000… Adler Theatre, 6pm Sun Oct 3
Company, Stephen Sondheim’s Tony-winning musical
comedy about the New York dating… The Black Box Theatre,
7:30pm Thu Oct 7
Clue: On Stage, comedy mystery based on the film comedy
and popular board… Richmond Hill Barn Theatre, 7:30pm
Thu Oct 7
Auditions & Classes
Seeking Production Staff: Quad City Music Guild
2022 Season, seeking production staff for productions
of “Disaster!”… Quad City Music Guild - Prospect Park
Auditorium, thru Wed Sep 15
Rising Stars’ Private Lessons/Small Group Lessons/
Coaching, we are now offering private lessons, small group
lessons, and… Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse, thru Thu Oct 7
In-Person Class – Acting: Ages 5-6, Saturdays thru Nov.
20; this imaginative, high energy environment provides…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 9:30am Sat Sep 11
In-Person Class – Acting: Ages 7-8, Saturdays thru Nov.
20; this imaginative, high energy environment provides…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 10:45am Sat Sep 11
In-Person Class – Acting: Ages 9-10, Saturdays thru Nov.
20; this imaginative, high energy environment provides…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 9:45am Sat Sep 11
In-Person Class – Advanced Musical Theatre: Ages
10+, Saturdays thru Nov. 20; students are recommended into
this course… Davenport Junior Theatre, 10:30am Sat Sep 11
In-Person Class – Musical Theatre: Ages 11-12,
Saturdays thru Nov. 20; the class develops storytelling and
communication… Davenport Junior Theatre, noon Sat Sep
11
In-Person Class – Musical Theatre: Ages 9-10,
Saturdays thru Nov. 20; the class develops storytelling and
communication… Davenport Junior Theatre, 9am Sat Sep 11
In-Person Class – Scenic Painting: Ages 11+, Saturdays
thru Nov. 20; students will learn proper usage, technique,…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 11am Sat Sep 11
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Auditions: Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, Sept. 11 & 12;
auditions for the holiday musical running… Quad City Music
Guild - Prospect Park Auditorium, 1pm Sat Sep 11 thru Sun
Sep 12
In-Person Class – Acting: Ages 11-12, Mondays thru Nov.
15; this imaginative, high energy environment provides…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 7pm Mon Sep 13
In-Person Class – Acting: Ages 7-8, Mondays thru Nov.
15; this imaginative, high energy environment provides…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 4pm Mon Sep 13
In-Person Class – Acting: Ages 9-10, Mondays thru Nov.
15; this imaginative, high energy environment provides…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 5:30pm Mon Sep 13
In-Person Class – Broadway Beats! for Ages 3-4,
Mondays thru Nov. 15; designed for our youngest performers,
explore… Davenport Junior Theatre, 4:30pm Mon Sep 13
In-Person Class – Intermediate Acting: Ages 9+,
Mondays thru Nov. 15; building on skills learned in previous…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 6:30pm Mon Sep 13
In-Person Class – Musical Theatre: Ages 5-6,
Mondays thru Nov. 15; the class develops storytelling and
communication… Davenport Junior Theatre, 5:45pm Mon
Sep 13
In-Person Class – Puppetry: Ages 8+, Mondays thru
Nov. 15; students explore the creative, and fun,… Davenport
Junior Theatre, 5pm Mon Sep 13
In-Person Class – Acting: Ages 11-12, Tuesdays thru Nov.
16; this imaginative, high energy environment provides…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 5:30pm Tue Sep 14
In-Person Class – Improv: Ages 7-8, Tuesdays thru
Nov. 16; through games and exercises, students develop…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 5:15pm Tue Sep 14
In-Person Class – Musical Theatre: Ages 7-8,
Tuesdays thru Nov. 16; the class develops storytelling and
communication… Davenport Junior Theatre, 4:30pm Tue
Sep 14
In-Person Class – Musical Theatre: Ages 9-10,
Tuesdays thru Nov. 16; the class develops storytelling and
communication… Davenport Junior Theatre, 6pm Tue Sep
14
In-Person Class – Storytelling Spectacular for Ages
5-6, Tuesdays thru Nov. 16; explore storytelling and creative
expression in… Davenport Junior Theatre, 4pm Tue Sep 14
In-Person Class – Teen Acting: Ages 13+, Tuesdays thru
Nov. 16; a great way to get theatrical… Davenport Junior
Theatre, 7pm Tue Sep 14
Virtual Class – Accents: Ages 10+, Tuesdays thru Nov. 16;
create exciting characters from all over… Davenport Junior
Theatre, 6:15pm Tue Sep 14
Virtual Class – Storytelling: Ages 7-9, Tuesdays thru Nov.
16; class focuses on games and exercises… Davenport Junior
Theatre, 4:45pm Tue Sep 14
In-Person Class – Acting: Ages 5-6, Wednesdays
thru Nov. 17; this imaginative, high energy environment
provides… Davenport Junior Theatre, 4:30pm Wed Sep 15
In-Person Class – Acting: Ages 7-8, Wednesdays thru Nov.
17; this imaginative, high energy environment provides…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 5:15pm Wed Sep 15
In-Person Class – Acting: Ages 9-10, Wednesdays
thru Nov. 17; this imaginative, high energy environment
provides… Davenport Junior Theatre, 4pm Wed Sep 15
In-Person Class – Advanced Acting: Ages 11+,
Wednesdays thru Nov. 17; this class deepens the imagination
and… Davenport Junior Theatre, 6:45pm Wed Sep 15
In-Person Class – Broadway Beats! for Ages 3-4,
Wednesdays thru Nov. 17; designed for our youngest
performers, explore… Davenport Junior Theatre, 5:30pm
Wed Sep 15
In-Person Class – Musical Theatre: Ages 11-12,
Wednesdays thru Nov. 17; the class develops storytelling and
communication… Davenport Junior Theatre, 5:45pm Wed
Sep 15
In-Person Class – Musical Theatre: Ages 13+,
Wednesdays thru Nov. 17; the class develops storytelling
and communication… Davenport Junior Theatre, 7pm Wed
Sep 15
In-Person Class – Musical Theatre: Ages 7-8,
Wednesdays thru Nov. 17; the class develops storytelling and
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communication… Davenport Junior Theatre, 4:15pm Wed
Sep 15
In-Person Class – Improv: Ages 11-12, Thursdays thru
Nov. 18; through games and exercises, students develop…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 5pm Thu Sep 16
In-Person Class – Improv: Ages 13+, Thursdays thru
Nov. 18; through games and exercises, students develop…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 6:30pm Thu Sep 16
In-Person Class – Improv: Ages 9-10, Thursdays thru
Nov. 18; through games and exercises, students develop…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 4:15pm Thu Sep 16
In-Person Class – Intro to Tech Design: Ages 10+,
Thursdays thru Nov. 18; learn what it takes to put…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 5:15pm Thu Sep 16
In-Person Class – Musical Theatre: Ages 5-6,
Thursdays thru Nov. 18; the class develops storytelling and
communication… Davenport Junior Theatre, 5:30pm Thu
Sep 16
In-Person Class – Musical Theatre: Ages 7-8,
Thursdays thru Nov. 18; the class develops storytelling and
communication… Davenport Junior Theatre, 5:45pm Thu
Sep 16
In-Person Class – Scenic Design: Ages 11+, Thursdays
thru Nov. 18; get your inner artist ready and… Davenport
Junior Theatre, 6:45pm Thu Sep 16
In-Person Class – Theatre Fun! for Ages 3-4, Thursdays
thru Nov. 18; this high-energy class is full of… Davenport
Junior Theatre, 4pm Thu Sep 16
DANCE
Ballet Quad Cities School of Dance Classes, offering
classes in Ballet Pointe, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Conditioning,
Creative Movement, and Adult Ballet, for ages 3 to adult;
all classes taught by the company’s professional dancers;
for information and to register, call 309-786-2677, Ballet
Quad Cities School of Dance, 617 17th St., Rock Island IL,
BalletQuadCities.com, thru Thu Oct 7
Ballet on the Lawn Take Two: Dorothy Goes to Oz!,
dance vignettes with Ballet Quad Cities at 3 & 5pm; Act I
showcases two new choreographic works by Artistic Director
Courtney Lyon, and Act II features “Dorothy Goes to Oz” by
Artistic Associate Emily Kate Long, in which, with a little help
from Glinda the Good Witch, Dorothy and her companions
will dance down the yellow-brick road; $15-25, charcuterie
picnic box available to order for $20; for information, call 309-
786-3779, The Outing Club, 2109 N. Brady St., Davenport IA,
BalletQuadCities.com, Sun Sep 12
Step Afrika! Drumfolk, a tale of resistance, resilience, and
reclamation; grounded in the… Hancher Auditorium, 7:30pm
Sat Sep 11
In-Person Class – Beginning Ballet: Ages 5-6, Saturdays
thru Dec. 11; dancers continue learning ballet fundamentals
and… Davenport Junior Theatre, 10am Sat Sep 11
In-Person Class – Beginning Tumble: Ages 5-7,
Saturdays thru Dec. 11; floor gymnastics for the beginning
tumbler;… Davenport Junior Theatre, 9:30am Sat Sep 11
In-Person Class – Budding Ballet: Ages 3-4, Saturdays
thru Dec. 11; our tiniest dancers learn ballet fundamentals…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 9am Sat Sep 11
In-Person Class – Tumble Tots: Ages 3-4, Saturdays
thru Dec. 11; our preschool floor gymnastic classes teach…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 10:30am Sat Sep 11
Auditions – Ballet Quad Cities’ The Nutcracker: Ages
13 & Up, auditions for the annual holiday ballet being
performed in Davenport’s… Ballet Quad Cities Studio,
6:15pm Mon Sep 13
In-Person Class – Beginning Ballet: Ages 5-6, Mondays
thru Dec. 6; dancers continue learning ballet fundamentals
and… Davenport Junior Theatre, 5pm Mon Sep 13
In-Person Class – Beginning Tap: Ages 5-6, Mondays
thru Dec. 6; this class develops rhythm and fine… Davenport
Junior Theatre, 4:30pm Mon Sep 13
In-Person Class – Beginning Tap: Ages 7+, Mondays
thru Dec. 6; this class develops rhythm and fine… Davenport
Junior Theatre, 6:45pm Mon Sep 13
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DANCE
In-Person Class – Budding Ballet: Ages 3-4, Mondays
thru Dec. 6; our tiniest dancers learn ballet fundamentals…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 4pm Mon Sep 13
In-Person Class – Intermediate & Advanced Tap: Teacher
Recommended, Mondays thru Dec. 6; this class develops
rhythm and fine… Davenport Junior Theatre, 5:30pm Mon Sep
13
In-Person Class – Lyrical Dance: Ages 9+, Mondays thru
Dec. 6; this free and fluid style will… Davenport Junior Theatre,
6pm Mon Sep 13
Auditions – Ballet Quad Cities’ The Nutcracker: Ages
7-12, auditions for the annual holiday ballet being performed in
Davenport’s… Ballet Quad Cities Studio, 6:30pm Tue Sep 14
In-Person Class – Ballet/Jazz: Ages 7+, Tuesdays thru Dec.
7; a class focusing on proper ballet… Davenport Junior Theatre,
4:30pm Tue Sep 14
In-Person Class – Beginning Hip Hop: Ages 5-6, Tuesdays
thru Dec. 7; students will explore popular basic hip… Davenport
Junior Theatre, 4:15pm Tue Sep 14
In-Person Class – Beginning Tumble: Ages 5-7, Tuesdays
thru Dec. 7; floor gymnastics for the beginning tumbler;…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 5pm Tue Sep 14
In-Person Class – Hip Hop: Ages 7-9, Tuesdays thru Dec.
7; students will explore popular basic hip… Davenport Junior
Theatre, 5:15pm Tue Sep 14
In-Person Class – Intermediate & Advanced Ballet/
Jazz : Teacher Recommended, Tuesdays thru Dec. 7; a class
focusing on proper ballet… Davenport Junior Theatre, 6pm Tue
Sep 14
In-Person Class – Tumble Tots: Ages 3-4, Tuesdays thru
Dec. 7; our preschool floor gymnastic classes teach… Davenport
Junior Theatre, 4pm Tue Sep 14
In-Person Class – Tumble: Ages 8+, Tuesdays thru Dec. 7;
floor gymnastics for the beginning tumbler;… Davenport Junior
Theatre, 6:15pm Tue Sep 14
In-Person Class – Ballet: Ages 7+, Wednesdays thru Dec. 8;
dancers learn ballet fundamentals at the… Davenport Junior
Theatre, 6pm Wed Sep 15
In-Person Class – Beginning Ballet: Ages 5-6, Wednesdays
thru Dec. 8; dancers continue learning ballet fundamentals
and… Davenport Junior Theatre, 4pm Wed Sep 15
In-Person Class – Beginning Poms: Ages 5-6, Wednesdays
thru Dec. 8; dancers will learn basic arm positions… Davenport
Junior Theatre, 5:30pm Wed Sep 15
In-Person Class – Budding Ballet: Ages 3-4, Wednesdays
thru Dec. 8; our tiniest dancers learn ballet fundamentals…
Davenport Junior Theatre, 5pm Wed Sep 15
In-Person Class – Intermediate & Advanced Poms:
Teacher Recommended, Wednesdays thru Dec. 8; dancers
will learn basic arm positions… Davenport Junior Theatre,
6:30pm Wed Sep 15
In-Person Class – Poms: Ages 7+, Wednesdays thru Dec.
8; dancers will learn basic arm positions… Davenport Junior
Theatre, 4:15pm Wed Sep 15
Virtual Class – Dance It Out!: Ages 3-6, Wednesdays thru
Dec. 8; this virtual class will work on… Davenport Junior Theatre,
4:30pm Wed Sep 15
Virtual Class – Dance It Out!: Ages 7+, Wednesdays thru
Dec. 8; this virtual class will work on… Davenport Junior Theatre,
5:45pm Wed Sep 15
In-Person Class – Beginning Hip Hop: Ages 5-6, Thursdays
thru Dec. 9; students will explore popular basic hip… Davenport
Junior Theatre, 5:45pm Thu Sep 16
In-Person Class – Beginning Poms: Ages 5-6, Thursdays
thru Dec. 9; dancers will learn basic arm positions… Davenport
Junior Theatre, 4pm Thu Sep 16
In-Person Class – Hip Hop: Ages 10+, Thursdays thru Dec.
9; students will explore popular basic hip… Davenport Junior
Theatre, 7pm Thu Sep 16
In-Person Class – Hip Hop: Ages 7-9, Thursdays thru Dec.
9; students will explore popular basic hip… Davenport Junior
Theatre, 4:30pm Thu Sep 16
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Mark Dierker artwork @ Quad City International Airport, through October 7
In-Person Class – Intermediate & Advanced Lyrical
Dance: Teacher Recommended, Thursdays thru Dec. 9; this
free and fluid style will… Davenport Junior Theatre, 6:15pm Thu
Sep 16
In-Person Class – Intermediate & Advanced Tumble:
Teacher Recommended, Thursdays thru Dec. 9; this class is for
students who… Davenport Junior Theatre, 6:45pm Thu Sep 16
In-Person Class – Novice Tumble Ages 5-7: Teacher
Recommended, Thursdays thru Dec. 9; for students who have
mastered the… Davenport Junior Theatre, 4:15pm Thu Sep 16
In-Person Class – Poms: Ages 7+, Thursdays thru Dec. 9;
dancers will learn basic arm positions… Davenport Junior
Theatre, 5pm Thu Sep 16
In-Person Class – Tumble: Ages 8+, Thursdays thru Dec. 9;
floor gymnastics for the beginning tumbler;… Davenport Junior
Theatre, 5:30pm Thu Sep 16
COMEDY
Costaki Economopoulos, standup comedian performs in
the Tomfoolery on Tremont series; for… Renwick Mansion, 7pm
Sun Sep 12
James “Murr” Murray - Jiggy, an evening with the comedian
from the hit TV series… The Rust Belt, 7pm Sun Sep 12
My Name Is NOT Mom, comedians, moms, and celebrated
Internet stars Tiffany Jenkins, Meredith Masony, and Dena
Blizzard join together for the first time to bring fans a night of
laughs; $29-59; for tickets, call 800-745-3000 Adler Theatre, 136
East Third St., Davenport IA, AdlerTheatre.com, 7:30pm Sun
Sep 12
Carmen Morales, standup comedian performs in the
Tomfoolery on Tremont series; for… Renwick Mansion, 7pm
Sun Sep 19
Alex Hooper, standup comedian performs in the Tomfoolery
on Tremont series; for… Renwick Mansion, 7pm Wed Sep 29
Johnny Beehner, sandup comedian performs in the
Tomfoolery on Tremont series; for… Renwick Mansion, 8pm
Sun Oct 3
MUSEUMS
Birds & You, the exhibit examines the role we all can play in…
Putnam Museum & Science Center, thru Thu Sep 30
Faces of the Past, an original Putnam exhibit that explores
portraiture around the world… Putnam Museum & Science
Center, thru Thu Sep 30
Jugendstil: Art for All, at the turn of the 20th century,…
German American Heritage Center, thru Thu Oct 7
Nature’s Blueprints: Biomimicry in Art & Design,
an exhibition designed to encourage discourse among
audiences… Putnam Museum & Science Center, thru Thu Oct 7
OMg! Elements of Surprise, in this fascinating, interactive
exhibit, you’ll explore how these elements shape… Putnam
Museum & Science Center, thru Thu Sep 30
The Colors of Culture, an original Putnam exhibit in the
Putnam’s… Putnam Museum & Science Center, thru Thu Oct 7
Virtual Presentation– Von Mexiko bis Feuerland:
History and Present of German-Speaking Minorities
in Latin America, this program will examine the history and
situation of German… German American Heritage Center, 2pm
Sun Sep 12
Virtual Presentation: Gender & Activism in German
Hip Hop, Amy Makota’s presentation examines the activism
methodologies of hip-hop performers… German American
Heritage Center, 2pm Sun Sep 19
Virtual Presentation: Gender and Activism in German
Hip Hop, this virtual presentation examines the activism
methodologies of women hip… German American Heritage
Center, 2pm Sun Sep 19
Virtual Presentation: Black German Speakers In Texas,
presented by David Huenlich; this program provides an
overview of… German American Heritage Center, 2pm Sun
Sep 26
MOVIES
Into America’s Wild, the film follows three self-proclaimed
“adventurers” on… Putnam Museum & Science Center, thru
Thu Oct 7
Kiss the Ground, a screening of the documentary on
regenerative agriculture, presented in River Action’s QC
Environmental Film Series; $5; for information, call 563-322-2969;
Figge Art Museum, 225 West Second Street, Davenport IA,
FiggeArtMuseum.org, 2pm Sun Sep 12
Afternoon Classics, join us as we watch classic movies starring
your favorite… Davenport Public Library - Eastern Avenue
Branch, 2pm Wed Sep 15
Raya & the Last Dragon, an outdoor screening of the
animated adventure; bring your own… Davenport Public
Library - Eastern Avenue Branch, 8pm Sat Sep 18
Napoleon Dynamite: Movie & Conversation, this fun-
filled evening includes a screening of the film followed by a
freewheeling, moderated discussion with actors Jon Heder
(Napoleon), Efren Ramirez (Pedro), and Jon Gries (Uncle Rico);
$30-100; for tickets, call 800-745-3000, Adler Theatre, 136 E. Third
St., Davenport IA, AdlerTheatre.com, 7:30pm Sat Sep 25
News of the World, Tom Hanks Western about a Civil War
veteran agrees to… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 1pm Tue
Sep 28
An American Ascent, a screening of the documentary on
nine African-American mountain climbers, presented in River
Action’s QC Environmental Film Series; $5; for information, call
563-322-2969… Figge Art Museum, 225 West Second Street,
Davenport IA, FiggeArtMuseum.org, 2pm Sun Oct 3
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Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, a
discussion will take place after the movie; free; for… Davenport
Public Library - Main Branch, 5:30pm Wed Oct 6
The Evil Dead: 40th Anniversary, anniversary screening of
Sam Raimi’s 1981 horror masterpiece; attendees will be… Rave
Cinemas Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, 7:30pm Thu Oct 7
SPORTS
Quad Cities River Bandits vs. the Peoria Chiefs, minor-
league baseball game; for information and tickets, call 563-324-
3000, Modern Woodmen Park (River Bandits): 209 S. Gaines St.,
Davenport IA, MILB.com/quad-cities, Thu Sep 9 thru Sun Sep
12
Quad Cities River Bandits vs. the South Bend Cubs,
minor-league baseball game; for information and tickets, call
563-324-3000, Modern Woodmen Park (River Bandits): 209 S.
Gaines St., Davenport IA, MILB.com/quad-cities, Tue Sep 14 thru
Sun Sep 19
2021 Hunter Classic, golf outing benefiting the HAVlife
Foundation; registration will be held at… Crow Valley Golf Club,
Mon Oct 4
River Bandits Golf Outing, proceeds benefit the Bandits
Scholars Program; noon-1pm registration, 1pm start; lunch
and two drink tickets included; $125-550; for information and
to register, call 563-333-2730 or e-mail paul@riverbandits.com,
Pinnacle Country Club, 11928 Knoxville Rd., Milan IL,1pm Mon
Oct 4
OTHER EVENTS
Tune Up for Taming, training session open to September 12
Taming of the Slough… Bass Street YMCA & Sylvan Boathouse,
5:30pm Thu Sep 9
Hauberg Estate Garden Crew, seeking enthusiastic
volunteers who are willing to get their hands dirty;… Hauberg
Civic Center Mansion, thru Thu Sep 23
Grill & Chill at Whiskey Stop, on Thursdays; we provide the
grill and sides (Salad, Baked… Whiskey Stop, 5pm thru Thu Sep
30
NES @ Night, on Thursdays; party like it’s 1989; pop in and
post… Davenport Public Library - Fairmount Street Branch, 6pm
thru Thu Sep 30
Virtual Event: Outside Activity Bingo, thru Sept. 30; either
pick up a Bingo card in… Davenport Public Library - Main
Branch, thru Thu Sep 30
Historic Mansion & Carriage House Tours, on Fridays;
explore the history of the Hauberg Estate; $10,… Hauberg Civic
Center Mansion, 1pm Fri Sep 10 thru Fri Sep 24
A Call to Remembrance: 20th Anniversary of 9/11
Tragedy, featuring keynote speaker Mike Lindell, Gaither
Vocal Band musical artists Wes Hampton and Charlotte Ritchie,
and commentary by: David Pautsch, QC Prayer Breakfast and
TKCM founder; sponsored by TKCM.org and Thy Kingdom
Come Ministries; $20, group discounts available; for tickets and
information, call 563-326-8522, Adler Theatre, 136 East Third St.,
Davenport IA, AdlerTheatre.com, 7pm Sat Sep 11
Fall Houseplant Sale, a variety of houseplants, plants from the
Center’s greenhouse, pots, and… Quad City Botanical Center,
10am Sat Sep 11
Martin Luther King Family Fun Day, an outdoor community
block party celebrating all cultures, as well… Martin Luther King
Jr. Community Center, Sat Sep 11
Nahant Marsh 6th Annual Monarch Release Party, we’ll
be doing crafts, handing out swag, and talking about… Nahant
Marsh Education Center, 9am Sat Sep 11
Black Hawk Hiking Club Hike, to Matthiessen State Park,
Illinois; canyons, streams, prairie and forest combine… 2:30pm
Sat Sep 11
OWL Event: Freight House Farmer’s Market, with freebies,
swag, and information about all the great happenings… Freight
House Farmer’s Market, 7:30am Sat Sep 11 thru Sat Sep 25
Davenport Freight House Farmers’ Market, discover a
treasure trove of hand-crafted goods; Sun. 10am-2pm, Wed.4-
8pm,… Freight House Farmer’s Market, Sat Sep 11 thru Wed
Sep 29
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Fall Plant Sale, for information, call 309-373-5080…
Hauberg Civic Center Mansion, 10am Sun Sep 12
Taming of the Slough Adventure Triathlon, paddle,
mountain bike, and run your way to the top;… Downtown
Moline, 7am Sun Sep 12
An Evening with Mick Foley, this limited tour features
the WWE Hall of Famer, Mick… Rhythm City Casino Resort
Rhythm Room, 7pm Mon Sep 13
Walking Tour of Chippiannock Cemetery, join us as we
take a guided tour through the… Rock Island Public Library -
Downtown Library, 5:30pm Wed Sep 15
Friendship Force of the Quad Cities Fun Night &
Chicken Meal, featuring a speaker on China, games; for
information, e-mail 5majbaj@gmail.com… Bettendorf
Presbyterian Church, 4:30pm Thu Sep 16
Constitution Day, on September 17, 1787, the most
influential document in American… Davenport Public Library
- Eastern Avenue Branch, Fri Sep 17
Blue Grass Community Charitable Drop Off Program
Proceeds to Charity Garage Sale, at 915 S. Mississippi
Street, Blue Grass, IA; Sept. 17… 8am Fri Sep 17 and Sat Sep
18
Davenport Public Library’s OWLT & About: Fejervary
Fun Day, enjoy a take-and-make craft, get a library card,
check out… Fejervary Learning Center, noon Sat Sep 18
Night Sky Viewing with the Popular Astronomy Club,
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, the moon, and many other
objects… Niabi Zoo, 7pm Sat Sep 18
Black Hawk Hiking Club Hike, to Mines of Spain State
Park, Dubuque, Iowa; we will gather… 2:30pm Sat Sep 18
Fall Belgian Fest, rolle bolle starts at 11am; featuring
Flemish music and the… Stephens Park, noon Sun Sep 19
Theresa Caputo Live!, the star of TLC’s hit show “Long
Island Medium” will share personal stories about her life,
explain how her gift works, and deliver healing messages
to audience members; $42.75-92.75; for tickets, call 800-
745-3000, Adler Theatre, 136 East Third St., Davenport IA,
AdlerTheatre.com, 7:30pm Thu Sep 23
United Way Day of Caring: Working at the Ponds,
for information, call 309-373-5080… Hauberg Civic Center
Mansion, 9am Thu Sep 23
Pints for Preservation 2021, sip local brews as you explore
Niabi Zoo and see… Niabi Zoo, 6pm Fri Sep 24
Virtual Event – Final Friday Trivia, you can participate
by yourself, with your family at home,… Bettendorf Public
Library, 7pm Fri Sep 24
Volunteers Needed for Pints for Preservation 2021, in
order to transform the zoo into the social venue… Niabi Zoo,
11am Fri Sep 24
2021 Quad Cities Marathon Weekend, Saturday’s events
include the Fleet Feet… John Deere Commons, Sat Sep 25
thru Sun Sep 26
Black Hawk Hiking Club Hike, to Bellevue State Park,
Bellevue, IA; we will hike the trails of… 2:30pm Sat Sep 25
2021 Quad Cities Marathon, annual running event
boasting five races, four cities, three bridges,… John Deere
Commons, 7am Sun Sep 26
The Princess Bride Trivia Night, answer trivia on the ’80s
classic or watch, as you… The Tangled Wood, 7pm Tue Sep 28
Virtual ACNH Game Day, on Fridays; each week we will
have a new adventure… Davenport Public Library - Main
Branch, 3pm Fri Oct 1
N.W. Davenport Turners Sesquicentennial
Volksmarch, begin at Schuetzen Park, walk to Sunderbruch
Park, and return;… Schuetzen Park Historic Site, 8am Sat
Oct 2
Oktoberfest, co-presented by the German American
Heritage Center; with the Vintage… Hauberg Civic Center
Mansion, 1pm Sat Oct 2
Davenport Freight House Farmers’ Market, discover
a treasure trove of hand-crafted goods; Sun. 10am-2pm,
Wed.4-8pm,… Freight House Farmer’s Market, Sat Oct 2 thru
Wed Oct 6
Black Hawk Hiking Club Hike, to Saulsbury Bridge
Recreation Area; Saulsbury Bridge Recreation Area consists of
675… 2:30pm Sat Oct 2
FREE ASSANGE.
Quad Cities CROP Hunger Walk, join with us as we raise
funds to help neighbors… Modern Woodmen Park, Sun Oct 3
Quad City Coin Club Fall Coin Show, there will be 64
tables offering U.S. coins, foreign coins,… The Camden
Centre, 9am Sun Oct 3
Grill & Chill at Whiskey Stop, on Thursdays; we provide
the grill and sides (Salad, Baked… Whiskey Stop, 5pm Thu
Oct 7
LECTURES
Healthy Cents: Making Healthy Choices on a Budget,
class combines nutrition education and food resource
management principles to… Rock Island Public Library -
Downtown Library, 5:30pm Mon Sep 13
Scott County Iowa Genealogical Society: How
to Publish Your Family History, Scott County Iowa
Genealogical Society and the Richardson-Sloane Special
Collections… Davenport Public Library - Main Branch,
6:30pm Mon Sep 13
Library University: Reading Challenges with
Beanstack!, attendees will learn how to track their reading
and participate… Rock Island Public Library - Downtown
Library, 2pm Tue Sep 14
Power Your Job Search with Google Tools, a job
searching workshop aimed to provide job seekers with…
Davenport Public Library - Main Branch, 4pm Tue Sep 14
Virtual Presentation: Little Fashionista on the Prairie,
with Laura Keyes; this illustrated lecture dives into the
historic… Davenport Public Library - Main Branch, 6pm Thu
Sep 16
Library University: What Should I Read Next? Reader’s
Advisory Tips, attendees will tips and tricks from Librarian
Karrah on how… Rock Island Public Library - Downtown
Library, 2pm Tue Sep 21
Snipe-Hunts and Moonlit Hikes: Iowa’s Segregated
Summer Camps for Youth, 1925-1950, with Dr. Sarah J.
Eikleberry; Black middle class reformers and… Davenport
Public Library - Main Branch, 6:30pm Tue Sep 21
Trax from the Stax: A Rough Guide to Rough Guides,
BPL Librarian Lucas Berns will offer attendees a brief
introduction… Bettendorf Public Library, 7pm Thu Sep 23
Marceline: A Love Story, meet the Creative Director of
the Walt Disney Hometown Museum,… The Mockingbird on
Main, 8pm Sat Sep 25
Library University: Streaming Movies, Music, & More!,
attendees will learn how to stream thousands of movies
and… Rock Island Public Library - Downtown Library, 2pm
Tue Sep 28
Resistance & Remembrance: The Story of the White
Rose, a Global Gathering event co-presented by the Quad
Cities World… Bettendorf Public Library, 7pm Tue Sep 28
Community Connections: Center for Belgian Culture,
the Quad City area once boasted the largest Belgian
population… Bettendorf Public Library, 1pm Thu Sep 30
Scott County Iowa Genealogical Society: What New
in the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center?,
special Collections Supervisor Kathryn Kuntz will be sharing
what projects… Davenport Public Library - Main Branch,
6:30pm Mon Oct 4
Spice Up Your Life, try a new spice and recipe, which will
be provided… Davenport Public Library - Fairmount Street
Branch, 6:30pm Tue Oct 5
COURSES
Citizenship Test Preparation Course, this free eight-
week course series meets every Thursday until October…
Moline Public Library, 10am Thu Sep 9
Webinar – Healthy Behaviors for a Healthy Immune
System, we want to do all we can to protect ourselves…
University of Illinois Extension - Milan, 10am Thu Sep 9
Webinar – Keys for Embracing Aging: Know Your
Numbers, certain health numbers can save and extend your
life; these… University of Illinois Extension - Milan, 10am Thu
Sep 9
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MOVIES
Napoleon Dynamite: Movie &
Conversation, September 25
Saturday, September 25, 7:30 p.m. Adler Theatre, 136
East Third Street, Davenport IA
Efren Ramirez and Jon Heder in Napoleon Dynamite
A
legendary cult comedy that Characters of the Last 20 Years.
wound up grossing more than In addition to a screening of the film,
100 times its reported $400,000 Adler attendees on September 25 will
budget and ranks as number 14 on Bra- be treated to an in-person conversa-
vo’s list of history’s 100 funniest movies, tion with cast members Jon Heder,
Efren Ramirez (who plays Pedro), and
2004’s deliriously deadpan riot Napoleon
Dynamite enjoys its long-awaited screen- Jon Gries (who plays Napoleon’s Uncle
ing at Davenport’s Adler Theatre on Sep- Rico.) After achieving instant fame for
tember 25, the evening highlighted by his portrayal of Napoleon Dynamite – a
a special in-person conversation with performance that earned him an MTV
Movie Award for Best Breakthrough
three of the film’s stars: Jon Heder, Efren
Performance – Heder went on to co-
Ramirez, and Jon Cries.
star in such film comedies as Just Like
Having debuted at the Sundance Film
Heaven, The Benchwarmers, and Blades
Festival before its national release in the
of Glory, and he provided vocal perfor-
summer of 2004, Napoleon Dynamite
mances for animated movies including
concerns its titular high-school student:
Monster House, Surf ’s Up, and Pinoc-
a social awkward outcast with a compli-
chio. Ramirez, who had appeared in such
cated family life (including a memorably
films as Kazaam and King Cobra prior
nutty Uncle Rico) who befriends class-
to Napoleon Dynamite, was featured
president wannabe Pedro and tentatively
among the casts of Crank, Gamer, When
romances fellow classmate Deb. Delib-
in Rome, and HBO’s Eastbound & Down.
erately dry and thoroughly weird, the
And veteran character actor Gries, a
film was an under-the-radar release that
frequent guest on such classic TV series
quickly had audiences in stitches thanks
as Seinfeld, Quantum Leap, ER, and
to its off-kilter slapstick and endless run
The X-Files (and an Independent Spirit
of quotable lines, qualities that eventu-
Award nominee for Best Supporting
ally earned the movie the Best Feature
Film prize at 2004’s U.S. Comedy Arts
Male for Napoleon Dynamite) has added
more than 75 credits to his résumé since
Festival. Critics were on-board from the
2004, among them his role as Jennifer
start, with the Village Voice deeming
Coolidge’s unhealthy vacation beau
the film “an epic, magisterially observed
in HBO’s limited-series hit The White
pastiche on all-American geekhood”
Lotus.
and Rolling Stone insisting, “You’ll laugh
The Adler’s screening of Napoleon
‘til it hurts.” Napoleon Dynamite went
Dynamite begins at 7:30 p.m. on Septem-
on to earn more than $46 million at the
ber 25, with reserved-seat admission $30
box office, and in 2010, Entertainment
and VIP Meet & Greet seating available
Weekly – a periodical that initially gave
for $100. For tickets, call (800)745-3000
the film a mixed review – listed the
and visit AdlerTheatre.com.
title figure as one of the 100 Greatest
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MUSIC
2021 Mississippi Valley Blues
Festival
Friday, September 17, and Saturday September 18
LeClaire Park, 400 Beiderbecke Drive, Davenport IA
Eric Gales
With award-winning, Billboard-charting,
Grammy-nominated artists performing on
the banks of a mighty river, the Mississippi
Valley Blues Festival returns to Davenport
for its 35th incarnation on September 17 and
18, the LeClaire Park event (hosted by the
Mississippi Valley Blues Society) featuring
nine thrilling concert sets by the likes of
John Primer, Toronzo Cannon, Joanne Shaw
Taylor, and Eric Gales.
This year’s festival begins on Friday with
a 5 p.m. set by John Primer, a two-time
Grammy Award nominee and past winner
of the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival’s
River Road Lifetime Achievement Award. A
Mississippi native, Primer moved to Chicago
in 1963, formed his own band The Maintain-
ers with Pat Rushing on Maxwell Street, and
played with the legendary Sammy Lawhorn
and Junior Wells at Theresa’s Lounge. He
went on to tour with Willie Dixon and his
Chicago Blues All-Stars Band and perform
with Magic Slim & the Teardrops for 14
years, and in 1995, Primer began lead-
ing his own ensemble The Real Deal Blues
Band. He has consequently recorded more
than 87 albums, 17 of them under his own
name, and has written and produced more
than nearly five dozen songs on numerous
record labels, including his own Blues House
Productions. To date, Primer has earned
two Grammy nods, two Lifetime Achieve-
ment Awards, a Blues Music Awards, a Blues
Blast Award, and induction into the Chicago
Blues Hall of Fame.
Jontavious Willis plays the Blues Fest on
Friday at 6:45 p.m. The 24-year-old multi-
instrumentalist was himself nominated for a
Grammy (for Best Traditional Blues Album)
in 2020 thanks to his latest recording Spec-
tacular Class. Through original lyrics writ-
ten by the artist, this gifted musician delivers
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a timeless album that features dynamic
vocals and all types of blues, among them
Delta, Piedmont, Texas, and Gospel. Willis’
stand-out fingerpicking, flat-picking, and
slide prowess are continually on display, and
the artist’s talents inspired blues great Paul
Oscher to rave, “When I heard him play, I
said to myself: ‘This is how the blues, as I
know it, is going to stay alive.’”
Friday’s 8:15 p.m. set is reserved for Chica-
go’s Toronzo Cannon and his band. Cannon
was born in the Windy City on February 14,
1968, he bought his first guitar at age 22, and
his natural talent enabled him to quickly
master the instrument. Although his initial
focus was reggae, Cannon found himself
increasingly drawn to the blues, saying, “It
was dormant in me. But when I started play-
ing the blues, I found my voice and the blues
came pouring out.” He absorbed sounds,
styles, and licks from the likes of Buddy
Guy, Albert Collins, Hound Dog Taylor,
B.B. King, Albert King, Freddie King, Jimi
Hendrix, and others. But although he was
influenced by many, Cannon’s biting, sting-
ing guitar sound is all his own. Reviewing
the artist with five albums and a Blues Music
Award nomination to his credit, Blues Mat-
ters magazine wrote, “Toronzo is the real
deal. Blistering guitar and inventive songs:
jealousy, double-crossing, knives and hand
grenades ... Chicago style.”
Wrapping up the Blues Fest’s September
17 lineup is a 10 p.m. set with Southern
Avenue, 2021 Blues Music Award nominees
for “Band of the Year.” Based in Memphis,
this fiery five-piece has performed in more
than 15 countries and has wowed audiences
at festivals such as Bonnaroo, Firefly, Elec-
tric Forest, Beale Street Music Festival and
Lockn’. Relix calls them “a deeply soulful
Memphis blues band that’s turning the scene
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Melody Angel
on its head,” and No Depression commented
that it’s “easy to imagine Southern Avenue
as a house band in their native Memphis or
Muscle Shoals in the glory days of the ‘60s,
sent back to the future to save us from inau-
thenticity and our collective hurt.”
On Saturday, September 18, this year’s
Blues Fest continues at 2 p.m. with a
concert by the Stephen Hull Experience.
A Wisconsin native, Hull is a self-taught
blues artist who’s been playing since age
14. Considered by many to be a young
B.B. Or Albert King, the 21-year-old from
Racine picked up the guitar seven years
ago and started the Stephen Hull Experi-
ence in 2018, playing gigs in southeastern
Wisconsin and the Chicago area ever
since. Hull states that when he is playing
the blues, he can feel himself flow through
his guitar and the music takes over his
entire body. “I’ve had several moments on
stage where it’s just like, ‘I’m not playing
that guitar,’” he says. “’I don’t know who
is but it sure sounds good.’ It has to come
from your soul, and has to be a 100-per-
cent vibe.”
Florida-based blues artist Selwyn Birch-
wood continues the festival at 3:45 p.m.
Birchwood was the winner of the Blues
Foundation’s International Blues Chal-
lenge, as well the Albert King Guitarist of
the Year Award, citations presented at the
same 2013 event. With the artist equally
gifted on electric guitar and electric
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lap-steel guitar, Living Blues magazine
said, “Selwyn Birchwood is making waves,
surprising people, and defying expecta-
tions. Be on the lookout. He revels in the
unexpected.” The Tampa Tribune raved
that Birchwood plays with “power and
precision reminiscent of blues guitar hero
Buddy Guy. He is a gritty vocalist [who is]
commanding with his axe.” Rolling Stone
stated, “Birchwood is a young, powerhouse
guitarist and soulful vocalist. Don’t Call
No Ambulance is a remarkable debut by a
major player.” And the Washington Post
extolled, “Selwyn Birchwood is an indel-
ibly modern and original next-generation
bluesman; his tough vocals, guitar and
lap steel touch on classic Chicago blues,
Southern soul, and boogie.”
A singer/songwriter, guitarist, activist,
and actress, Melody Angel plays Satur-
day’s 5:30 p.m. set. Her unique mix of
blues and rock ‘n’ roll may remind audi-
ences of one of her biggest influences, Jimi
Hendrix, but she has a look and sound all
her own. Angel’s new full-length album
She Black delivers an honest account of
what it feels like to be a black woman in
America today. With her songs includ-
ing “Freedom,” “Invisible Girl,” “Give
the Power to the People,” and the album’s
title track, Angel’s songwriting prowess
is only matched by the high-energy live
performances that she’s given around the
world – from the Chicago Blues Festival
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stage to the Byron Bay Blues Fest in Aus-
tralia – and on the MTV show P Diddy’s
Starmaker.
The first woman, in 2014, to win the
Blues Foundation’s Blues Music Award
for Best Instrumentalist - Bass, Danielle
Nicole plays the Blues Fest on Saturday
at 7:15 p.m. A founding member, lead
singer, and bass player of the internation-
ally acclaimed blues/rock band Trampled
Under Foot, Danielle Nicole Schnebelen
stepped out on her own in 2015 with her
debut album Wolf Den. In 2018, Nicole
returned with Concord Records’ follow-
up release Cry No More, garnering a 2019
Grammy Nomination for Contemporary
Blues Album and two Blues Music Awards
for Best Bassist and Best Female Contem-
porary Artist among a slew of Blues Blast
Music Awards and three Independent
Blues Awards.
Wrapping up the 2021 Blues Fest on
Saturday will be a 10:30 p.m. performance
with Eric Gales. As of 2019, Gales had
recorded 18 albums for major record labels
in addition to his frequent session and
tribute work, and he has also contributed
vocals on several records by the Memphis
rap groups Prophet Posse and Three 6
Mafia under the name Lil E. After 15 years
Toronzo Cannon
15
of professional performance, Gales, in
2006, recorded the album Crystal Vision
for Shrapnel Records and set the stage for
his Blues Bureau Division follow-up The
Psychedelic Underground. In 2010, the
artist released the critically successful
Relentless, following it up with the equally
powerful Transformation, and delivered
deeply personal and introspective works
in 2018’s Middle of the Road and 2019’s The
Bookends. Given his talent and accolades,
it’s no wonder that Taylor is many a gui-
tarist’s favorite guitarist, counting fans in
the likes of Carlos Santana, Dave Navarro
(Jane’s Addiction, Red Hot Chili Pep-
pers), Mark Tremonti (Alter Bridge), Joe
Bonamassa, Tony Rombola (Godsmack),
and Tosin Abasi (Animals as Leaders).
In addition to the nine concert sets,
the Blues Fest will again host interactive
BlueSkool workshops where attendees can
learn the history of, listen to, and play the
blues, with this year’s guests on September
18 including Hal Reed at 3 p.m., David
Berntson at 4 p.m., and Ben Schwind at
5 p.m. Advance tickets to Blues Fest are
$15-25 per day and $35 for two-day passes,
and more information on the 2021 Missis-
sippi Valley Blues Festival are available by
visiting MVBS.org/blues-fest.
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COURSES
Main Menu: Genealogy, a Beginner’s Workshop, on
Thursdays; classes will be led by experienced genealogist
Anne… Davenport Public Library - Main Branch, 1pm thru
Thu Sep 30
Global Gathering Spice Kits: Paprika, each Global
Gathering Spice Kit will contain a sample of… Bettendorf
Public Library, Mon Sep 13
Webinar – Keys for Embracing Aging: Stress
Management, appropriate stress is healthy and useful, but
when stress overwhelms… University of Illinois Extension -
Milan, 10am Thu Sep 16
Webinar – Keys for Embracing Aging: Financial
Affairs, good financial management is important whether
you earn minimum wage… University of Illinois Extension -
Milan, 10am Thu Sep 23
FREE ASSANGE.
College Night at Black Hawk College, held in the gym
in Building 3; students can visit with… Black Hawk College -
Quad City Campus, 5pm Thu Sep 30
Webinar – Keys for Embracing Aging: Sleep, sleep has
a major impact on overall health and quality… University of
Illinois Extension - Milan, 10am Thu Sep 30
DIY Hard Cider, making your own hard cider is a fraction
of the… Davenport Public Library - Eastern Avenue Branch,
6:30pm Mon Oct 4
Main Menu: Genealogy, a Beginner’s Workshop, on
Thursdays; classes will be led by experienced genealogist
Anne… Davenport Public Library - Main Branch, 1pm Thu
Oct 7
Webinar – Keys for Embracing Aging: Taking Time for
You, in today’s busy world, you juggle multiple priorities
and responsibilities… University of Illinois Extension - Milan,
10am Thu Oct 7
MEETINGS
Bettendorf Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting,
free; for information, call 563-344-4175… Bettendorf Public
Library, 5pm Thu Sep 9
Library Board Buildings & Grounds Committee
Meeting, an open meeting; the agenda will be posted on
the… Rock Island Public Library - Downtown Library, 4pm
Thu Sep 9
Moline Public Library Board Meeting, agendas are
available prior to the meetings; minutes are available…
Moline Public Library, noon Thu Sep 9
Goose Hollow Prayer Garden Open for Outdoor
Prayer, at 1006 Western Ave., Davenport; for information,
e-mail e-fellowship@hotmail.com or… Goose Hollow, thru
Thu Sep 30
Quad Cities Mississippi Valley Ski and Social Club
(QCMVSC), come at 6:30pm if you would like to order
dinner… Granite City Food & Brewery, 7pm Mon Sep 13
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Muscatine School District Board Meeting, held on the
2nd Monday of the month; for information,… City Hall of
Muscatine, 7pm Mon Sep 13
Muscatine School District Board Meeting, held on the
2nd Monday of the month; for information,… City Hall of
Muscatine, 7pm Mon Sep 13
Rock Island City Council Meeting, Public Comment is
held at the beginning of City Council… Rock Island City Hall,
6:45pm Mon Sep 13 thru Mon Sep 27
Davenport School District Regular Meeting, held on
the second and fourth Monday of the month;… Davenport
Community School District, 6pm Mon Sep 13 and Mon Sep
27
North Scott School District Board Meeting, held on the
2nd & 4th Monday of the month;… North Scott Community
School District, 6:30pm Mon Sep 13 thru Mon Sep 27
Moline City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting
/ Regular Meeting, meets in Council Chambers; the formal
City Council meeting is… Moline City Hall, 6pm Tue Sep 14
thru Tue Sep 21
Riverdale City Council Meeting, held on the 2nd and 4th
Tuesday of the month;… Riverdale City Hall, 7pm Tue Sep 14
thru Tue Sep 28
Scott County Board of Supervisors Committee of the
Whole Meeting, the board will review legislative actions,
administrative items, and contracts; for… Scott County
Administrative Center, 8pm Tue Sep 14 thru Tue Sep 28
Rock Island-Milan Board of Education Meeting, held in
the school library on the 2nd & 4th… Rock Island High School,
6pm Tue Sep 14 thru Tue Sep 28
Board Personnel & Policy Committee, an open meeting;
the agenda will be posted on the… Rock Island Public Library
- Downtown Library, 11am Wed Sep 15
Coal Valley City Council Meeting, held on the first and
third Wednesdays of each month;… Coal Valley Village Hall,
6pm Wed Sep 15
Davenport City Council Committee of the Whole
Meeting, the Davenport City Council meets on the first and
third… Davenport City Hall, 5:30pm Wed Sep 15
Silvis School District Board Meeting, held on the 3rd
Thursday of the month in the Office… Northeast Junior High
School, 6pm Wed Sep 15
Moline Public Library Strategic Plan Focus Group, help
shape the future of the Moline Public Library by… Moline
Public Library, Wed Sep 15 thru Tue Sep 28
Friendship Force of the Quad Cities Fun Night &
Chicken Meal, featuring a speaker on China, games; for
information, e-mail 5majbaj@gmail.com… Bettendorf
Presbyterian Church, 4:30pm Thu Sep 16
Scott County Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting,
activities may include voting on actions and conducting
public hearings;… Scott County Administrative Center, 5pm
Thu Sep 16 thru Thu Sep 30
Bettendorf City Council Committee of the Whole
Meeting, recorded meetings can be seen at Bettendorf.org
or City’s Cable… Bettendorf City Hall, 5pm Mon Sep 20
East Moline City Council Regular Meeting /
Committee of the Whole Meeting, meets on the 1st and
3rd Monday of every month;… East Moline Council Chambers
at City Hall, 6:30pm Mon Sep 20
Eastern Iowa Community Colleges Board of Trustees
Regular Meeting, held on the third Monday of the month
(May’s meeting… Scott Community Urban Center, 7pm Mon
Sep 20
Bettendorf City Council Meeting, recorded meetings can
be seen at Bettendorf.org or City’s Cable… Bettendorf City
Hall, 7pm Tue Sep 21
Rock Island County Board Regular Meeting, all
meetings are open to the public, but may be… Rock Island
County Office Building, 5:30pm Tue Sep 21
Rock Island Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting,
with time for public comment provided at the beginning
of… Rock Island Public Library - Downtown Library, 5pm Tue
Sep 21
Silvis City Council Meeting, held on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday
of each month;… Silvis City Hall, 6:30pm Tue Sep 21
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Davenport City Council Meeting, the Davenport City
Council meets on the first and third… Davenport City Hall,
5:30pm Wed Sep 22
Erie School District Board Meeting, held on the 4th
Monday of the month in the… Erie Community Unit School
District No. 1, 6:30pm Mon Sep 27
Erie School District Board Meeting, held on the 4th
Monday of the month in the… Erie Community Unit School
District No. 1, 6:30pm Mon Sep 27
Board Community & Planning Committee, an open
meeting; the agenda will be posted on the… Rock Island
Public Library - Downtown Library, 4pm Thu Sep 30
Quad Cities Social Action Committee, for information,
e-mail e-fellowship@hotmail.com; help protest unfair
treatment of the elderly… Sippi’s Fine Food and Cocktails,
12:30pm Fri Oct 1
Goose Hollow Prayer Garden Open for Outdoor
Prayer, at 1006 Western Ave., Davenport; for information,
e-mail e-fellowship@hotmail.com or… Goose Hollow, Fri Oct
1 thru Thu Oct 7
Bettendorf City Council Committee of the Whole
Meeting, recorded meetings can be seen at Bettendorf.org
or City’s Cable… Bettendorf City Hall, 5pm Mon Oct 4
East Moline City Council Regular Meeting /
Committee of the Whole Meeting, meets on the 1st and
3rd Monday of every month;… East Moline Council Chambers
at City Hall, 6:30pm Mon Oct 4
Davenport School District Committee of the Whole
Meeting, meets on the first Monday of the month (excepting
national… Davenport Community School District, 5:30pm
Mon Oct 4
Bettendorf City Council Meeting, recorded meetings can
be seen at Bettendorf.org or City’s Cable… Bettendorf City
Hall, 7pm Tue Oct 5
Moline City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting
/ Regular Meeting, meets in Council Chambers; the formal
City Council meeting is… Moline City Hall, 6pm Tue Oct 5
Silvis City Council Meeting, held on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday
of each month;… Silvis City Hall, 6:30pm Tue Oct 5
Coal Valley City Hall Meeting, held on the first and third
Wednesdays of each month;… Coal Valley Village Hall, 6pm
Wed Oct 6
Davenport City Council Committee of the Whole
Meeting, the Davenport City Council meets on the first and
third… Davenport City Hall, 5:30pm Wed Oct 6
HEALTH
Yoga Practice in the Prairie, on Tuesdays; free yoga and
pilates classes led by some of… Indian Creek Nature Center,
6pm Tue Sep 14 thru Tue Sep 28
Yoga on the Mezz, on Wednesdays; bring your own mat,
$10 at the door;… Crawford Brew Works, 6pm Wed Sep 15
thru Wed Oct 6
Beginner’s Yoga, we’ll have James from Davenport School
of Yoga on site;… Davenport Public Library - Fairmount Street
Branch, 11am Sat Sep 18
NormaLeah’s Sisterly Advice, an empowerment session
educating women and those who love them… Davenport
Public Library - Fairmount Street Branch, 6:30pm Tue Sep 28
SENIORS
Beginner Band Practice, on Thursdays; $2/lesson; for
information, call 563-386-7477… CASI (Center for Active
Seniors), 3pm Thu Sep 9 thru Thu Oct 7
Billiards, Mon.-Fri.; $1/day; for information, call 563-386-
7477… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 8am Thu Sep 9 thru
Thu Oct 7
Card Embroidery, on Thursdays; $2/class; for information,
call 563-386-7477… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 9am Thu
Sep 9 thru Thu Oct 7
Home Helpers, Mon.-Fri. by appointment; for information,
call 563-386-7477 ext. 253… CASI (Center for Active Seniors),
Thu Sep 9 thru Thu Oct 7
FREE ASSANGE.
Low Impact Exercise, on Thursdays; $2-5; for information,
call 563-386-7477… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 11am
Thu Sep 9 thru Thu Oct 7
Milestones AAA Meal Site, Mon.-Fri; meals must be
reserved 24 to 48 hours in… CASI (Center for Active Seniors),
11:30am Thu Sep 9 thru Thu Oct 7
NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illness), Mon.-Fri. by
appointment; for information, call 563-386-7477 ext. 266…
CASI (Center for Active Seniors), Thu Sep 9 thru Thu Oct 7
New Horizons Band Practice, on Thursdays; $2-5; for
information, call 563-386-7477… CASI (Center for Active
Seniors), 12:30pm Thu Sep 9 thru Thu Oct 7
Reflexology, Mon.-Fri. by appointment only; $20/session;
for information, call 563-349-5832… CASI (Center for Active
Seniors), Thu Sep 9 thru Thu Oct 7
SHIIP (Senior Health Insurance Information Program),
Mon.-Fri. by appointment; free; for information, call 563-386-
7477… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), Thu Sep 9 thru Thu
Oct 7
Zumba Gold, Wed. noon, Thu. 9am, Fri. 10:30am; $3-5; for
information, call… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), Thu Sep
9 thru Thu Oct 7
Bingo, on Fridays; no admission fee, card costs are $0.25 &…
CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 1pm Fri Sep 10 thru Fri Oct 1
Golden Tones Chorus Practice, on Fridays; $2-5; for
information, call 563-386-7477… CASI (Center for Active
Seniors), 9am Fri Sep 10 thru Fri Oct 1
Senior Theatre: Second Avenue Players, on Fridays; $2-
5; for information, call 563-386-7477… CASI (Center for Active
Seniors), 10:30am Fri Sep 10 thru Fri Oct 1
Bridge, on Mondays & Fridays; $2-5; for information, call
563-386-7477… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 11:30am Fri
Sep 10 thru Mon Oct 4
CASI Walking Club, on Mon., Wed., and Fri.; free; for
information, call 563-386-7477… CASI (Center for Active
Seniors), 8am Fri Sep 10 thru Wed Oct 6
Courtside Styling Salon, Fri. & Mon.-Wed. by appointment;
for information, call 563-265-2150… CASI (Center for Active
Seniors), Fri Sep 10 thru Wed Oct 6
Euchre, on Wed. & Fri.; $2-5; for information, call 563-386-
7477… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 12:45pm Fri Sep 10
thru Wed Oct 6
Low Impact Exercise, Mon., Wed., & Fri.; $2-5; for
information, call 563-386-7477… CASI (Center for Active
Seniors), 9am Fri Sep 10 thru Wed Oct 6
A Matter of Balance, Mondays thru Nov. 1; this award
winning program is designed… CASI (Center for Active
Seniors), 1pm Mon Sep 13
Drums Alive!, fun, choreographed workouts to music using
drumsticks, stability balls and… CASI (Center for Active
Seniors), noon Mon Sep 13 thru Mon Sep 27
Shuffleboard, on Mondays; $2-5; for information, call 563-
386-7477… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 1pm Mon Sep 13
thru Mon Oct 4
Ugly Quilts, on Mondays; volunteer group; no sewing
experience necessary; free; for… CASI (Center for Active
Seniors), 9am Mon Sep 13 thru Mon Oct 4
Zumba Toning, on Mondays; $3-5; for information, call 563-
386-7477… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 11am Mon Sep
13 thru Mon Oct 4
Movie Matinee, $2-5; for information, call 563-386-7477…
CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 1pm Tue Sep 14
Step Into Balance: Balance and Strength, on Tuesdays;
join Logan Anderson and All Strong Fitness for… CASI (Center
for Active Seniors), noon Tue Sep 14
Canasta, on Tuesdays; $2-5; for information, call 563-386-
7477… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 1pm Tue Sep 14 thru
Tue Oct 5
Chair Yoga, on Tuesdays; $3/class; for information, call 563-
386-7477… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 2pm Tue Sep 14
thru Tue Oct 5
Chess, on Tuesdays; $2/session; for information, call 563-386-
7477… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 2pm Tue Sep 14 thru
Tue Oct 5
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Jamie Foster artwork @ Quad City International Airport, through October 7
Knitting & Crocheting, on Tuesdays; volunteer group; free;
for information, call 563-386-7477… CASI (Center for Active
Seniors), 12:30pm Tue Sep 14 thru Tue Oct 5
Low Impact Exercise, on Tuesdays; $2-5; for information,
call 563-386-7477… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 1pm Tue
Sep 14 thru Tue Oct 5
Senior Technology Clinic, on Tuesdays; with expert Mike
Shinbori; bring your laptops, tablets,… CASI (Center for
Active Seniors), noon Tue Sep 14 thru Tue Oct 5
Spiritual Devotions, on Tuesdays; $2/meeting; for
information, call 563-386-7477… CASI (Center for Active
Seniors), 9am Tue Sep 14 thru Tue Oct 5
Bunco, on Wednesdays; $2-5; for information, call 563-386-
7477… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 2pm Wed Sep 15 thru
Wed Oct 6
Cribbage, on Wednesdays; $2-5; for information, call 563-
386-7477… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 1pm Wed Sep 15
thru Wed Oct 6
Evening Bingo, on Wednesdays; 5pm doors, $10 card pack
minimum purchase; for… CASI (Center for Active Seniors),
5pm Wed Sep 15 thru Wed Oct 6
TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly), on Wednesdays; $1/
meeting plus national dues; for information, call 563-386-
7477… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 10:30am Wed Sep 15
thru Wed Oct 6
T’ai Chi Ch’un, on Wednesdays; $24-36/6 weeks; for
information, call 563-386-7477… CASI (Center for Active
Seniors), 10:30am Wed Sep 15 thru Wed Oct 6
Walgreens Medication Review & Blood Pressure
Check, free; for information, call 563-386-7477… CASI
(Center for Active Seniors), 10am Thu Sep 16
CASI Country Dance, put your dancin’ shoes on at the
Country Music Dance… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 7pm
Fri Sep 17
CASI September Birthday Celebration, reservations by
September 15 through the Front Desk or by… CASI (Center for
Active Seniors), 1pm Tue Sep 21
Fancy Face Flower Pots Craft Class, your fall flowers
never looked so good! Join the creative team… CASI (Center
for Active Seniors), 9am Tue Sep 21
Quad City Blind and Low Vision Friends, join others with
low vision or blindness in this supportive… CASI (Center for
Active Seniors), Tue Sep 21
Grief Support Group, on the 2nd & 4th Wed. of the month;
donations… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 9:30am Wed
Sep 22
Powerful Tools for Caregivers: Overcoming Caregiver
Stress, the demands of caregiving can be exhausting and
overwhelming, but… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 10am
Wed Sep 22
Classic Movie, $2-5; for information, call 563-386-7477…
CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 1pm Tue Sep 28
Fall Tree Diamond Painting Class, join CASI’s Amy Warren
as she leads you through a… CASI (Center for Active Seniors),
9am Tue Sep 28
17
CASI Book Club, $2-5; for information, call 563-386-7477…
CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 10am Fri Oct 1
Red Hat Club Luncheon, location varies; for information,
call 563-386-7477… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), noon
Tue Oct 5
CASI Advisory Council, free; for information, call 563-386-
7477… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 9am Wed Oct 6
Genesis Foot Clinic, reservations required; for information,
call 563-320-3978… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), noon
Thu Oct 7
KIDS’ STUFF
After-school Video Games, we have Super Smash Bros.,
Mario Kart, and more; droop… Bettendorf Public Library,
3:30pm Thu Sep 9
Creativity Lab Dot Paintings, create a dot painting using
the pointillism technique, Q-tips, and… Moline Public Library,
3:30pm Thu Sep 9
Outreach/Headstart HoraceMannLC, children’s staff
from the Rock Island Public Library will be… Rock Island
Public Library - Downtown Library, Thu Sep 9
Outreach: Kinder Care, for information, call 309-732-
7323… Rock Island Public Library - Downtown Library, 9am
Thu Sep 9
Facebook Live Storytime, recommended for grades 3 &
under; Join Mrs. Swanson on… Silvis Public Library, 6pm Thu
Sep 9 thru Thu Sep 23
After-School Video Games, on Thursdays; drop in and
play your favorite multiplayer games… Bettendorf Public
Library, 3:30pm Thu Sep 9 thru Thu Sep 30
Preschool Storytime, Tue.-Fri.; enjoy multiple stories,
songs, and activities; each week there… Bettendorf Public
Library, 10am Thu Sep 9 thru Thu Sep 30
Tales for Tots: Session 1, on Thursdays; storytime for ages
0-3 and their caregivers; participants… Bettendorf Public
Library, 6:30pm Thu Sep 9 thru Thu Sep 30
Tales for Tots: Session 2, on Thursdays; storytime for ages
0-3 and their caregivers; participants… Bettendorf Public
Library, 7pm Thu Sep 9 thru Thu Sep 30
Young Artist Storytime, on Thursdays; stories, music,
dancing, books and art projects for ages… Davenport Public
Library - Main Branch, 10am Thu Sep 9 thru Thu Sep 30
Young Artist Storytime, on Thursdays; stories, music,
dancing, books and art projects for grades… Davenport
Public Library - Eastern Avenue Branch, 10am Thu Sep 9 thru
Thu Sep 30
Children’s Book Talk/Unboxing, join Miss Ranell for
either a book talk or an unboxing… Rock Island Public Library
- Downtown Library, 2pm Fri Sep 10 thru Fri Sep 24
Southwest Toddler Tales, develop your child’s love of
learning with stories, songs and… Rock Island Public Library -
Southwest Branch, 10:30am Fri Sep 10 thru Fri Sep 24
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CROUCHING
TYRO HITS A
DRAGON
SHANG-CHI & THE
LEGEND OF THE TEN
RINGS
I
t’s always irritating, as a reviewer,
when the one movie element you most
want to write about is the one you
really can’t write about, at least without
incurring the wrath of the Spoiler Police.
That being said, regarding Marvel Stu-
dios’ Shang-Chi & the Legend of the
Ten Rings, I’m pretty sure I can report
that a face familiar from the Marvel
Cinematic Universe shows up roughly
halfway through the film, and that this
character’s reappearance, at my screen-
ing, was greeted with hearty laughs and
even a smattering of applause. I think I
can state that the unanticipated arrival
was both wildly illogical and, somehow,
kind of perfect. And I’m reasonably
certain my fellow patrons would agree
that ______’s return was the easy high-
light of writer/director Destin Daniel
Cretton’s superhero epic – one of those
“No way!” narrative delights that occa-
sionally land in this genre at the exact
moment you most need it to. It’s a shame
I can’t write about it.
So how’s the rest of Shang-Chi & the
Legend of the Ten Rings, you may ask?
Eh … . It’s okay.
An introduction to the martial-arts
master and eventual world-saver who
debuted, in comic-book form, in the
1970s, Cretton’s MCU outing is pro-
totypical origin-story world-building
to its teeth. Our hero (Simu Liu) is a
San Franciscan slacker going by the
name of Shaun, a young man seemingly
content to park cars by day and sing
karaoke at night alongside his equally
unmotivated bestie Katy (Awkwafina).
As we learn, however, through a series
of increasingly tedious flashbacks,
Shaun is actually Shang-Chi, a Chinese
native whose deceased mother Ying Li
(Fala Chen) was the peaceful-warrior
guardian of a mystical empire, and
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whose father Xu Wenwu (Tony Leung)
is the homicidal, evidently immortal
ruler of terrorist dynasty the Ten Rings.
Consequently, in short order, Dad’s
cronies come to America and steal
Shang-Chi’s heirloom pendant; Shang-
Chi’s hidden identity and martial-arts
skills are revealed; Shang-Chi and Katy
travel to China to reclaim the keepsake;
Shang-Chi’s long-estranged sister Xu
Xialing (Meng’er Zhang) gets involved;
Dad entices Son into joining the family
business; a plot to destroy humankind
is uncovered … . You know. Typical
family stuff.
Yet in an unexpected change-of-pace,
it wasn’t the family stuff I relished in
Marvel’s latest; it was the action scenes.
Not two months after the release
of Black Widow, I still admire that
film’s portrayals, but the only combat
sequence I genuinely recall was that
pointless slugfest between Scarlett
Johansson and Florence Pugh. (While it
makes slightly more sense here, Shang-
Chi also features a sequence in which
siblings beat the ever-loving crap out of
each other. Does the Marvel brain trust
perhaps need to collectively speak to a
therapist about this trend?) Cretton’s
movie, though, boasts a bevy of terrifi-
cally sharp and well-choreographed
set pieces that are bound to stick in
memory.
That initial Ten Rings attack on a
moving city bus may be the most enter-
taining one; between Liu obviously
performing much of his own stuntwork
and Awkwafina desperately guiding
the vehicle through downtown traffic
– in hilly San Francisco! – this funny,
exciting, smartly shot scene plays like
shrink-wrapped Speed. But the tightly
edited cat-and-mouse that takes place
on the exterior of a Chinese skyscraper
delivers similar giggles and thrills, as
does a later sequence of Shang-Chi
and company driving through a forest
of collapsing trees. And although the
dragon-on-dragon climax eventually
made my eyelids heavy in that repeti-
tive Godzilla vs. Kong manner, there
was just enough tactile beauty in the
monstrous creatures and their move-
ments to keep the imagery alive, if not
necessarily fresh.
All of Shang-Chi, though, even the
moments that really worked, could’ve
done with a freshness upgrade. Sure,
it’s commendable that it “only” took
Marvel Studios 25 movies to get to the
one with an Asian lead and almost
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Simu Liu in Shang-Chi & the Legend of the Ten Rings
universally Asian supporting cast. Yet Awkwafina’s playful early repartee to
despite being an appealing presence the one scene we get of San Franciscan
and a first-rate martial artist (one who Shaun’s family life – a sweetly squab-
keeps landing in that poised Black bling domestic bit that’ll hopefully be
Widow crouch that her sister made expanded in the inevitable sequel. And
fun of), Liu’s title figure never emerges enjoyment is absolutely found in the
as legitimately interesting, saddled as laugh-eliciting return of ______, who
he is with the requisite daddy issues, is not to be confused with the return-
mommy issues, sibling issues, and ing ______ I referenced earlier, nor
gradual overcoming of a tragic past. the brief end-credits visitors ______
Awkwafina is amusing/obnoxious and ______. If Marvel keeps upping
in the traditional Awkwafina ways, its surprise-cameo ratio at this rate, my
and the great Michelle Yeoh, as the critical irritation will likely increase.
guardian taking over for Shang-Chi’s But at least the writing of these reviews
will become so ___ing easy I might just
departed mother, appears to be around
solely to rekindle fondness for Crouch- ___ my ___ing pants.
ing Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
As for the hidden-paradise commu- For reviews of Candyman, Free Guy,
nity that Yeoh protects, it’s predictably The Suicide Squad, PAW Patrol: The
Wakanda-lite, a gorgeous but rather Movie, The Protégé, Don’t Breathe 2,
predictably designed Eden that’s a Cinderella, Respect, Reminiscence, and
fundamentally dull place to visit – other recent releases, visit RCReader.
Shangri-La with a touch of Maurice com/y/movies.
Sendak. (Among its race of unusual
creatures are ambulatory throw pillows
August 10 Crossword Answers
with dragon wings, one of whom is
the cutesy-poo best friend of ______.
Expect your kids to demand stuffed-
animal versions for Christmas.) Only
the magnetic and disarmingly moving
Leung transcends the formulaic story-
line and emotional banality, his quiet
psychopath the rare Marvel über-villain
whose nefarious obsession, not unlike
Thanos’, appears born less of rage than
grief.
Despite its disappointments, though,
there’s still a lot of enjoyment to be
had in Shang-Chi & the Legend of the
Ten Rings, from the spirited sweeps
and feints of cinematographer Wil-
liam Pope’s camerawork to Liu’s and
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Jason Bermas’ Critical 9/11
Documentaries - Continued
from page 6
And that’s where the horror begins to
set in. The terrible events of 9/11 and the
epic suffering that followed for thousands
of families and loved ones was orches-
trated not just by foreign terrorists, but by
terrorists within our own government and
business community. The amount of plan-
ning, coordination, and subterfuge neces-
sarily included many who had no part in
the conspiracy, unwittingly performing
their jobs as honorable men and women.
They have zero blame in any of this as
long as they did not know. However, if
any suspected, or learned afterward of
plots, plans, or useful pieces of the puzzle
yet have remained silent, then account-
ability is inevitable, whether in this life or
another.
Loose Change: The Final Cut has numer-
ous mind-blowing revelations, but in the
end it’s the accumulation of so many indi-
vidual immutable discoveries that, taken
in their aggregate, simply defy the overly
simplistic 9/11 Commission Report.
Add to this the unrelenting lack of
transparency by our government to release
the lion’s share of video footage, audio
tapes, photos, documents, testimonies,
testing samples of debris … almost every-
thing evidentiary is out of reach for the
public. What possible justification could
there be for such censorship and denial of
access after all this time, let alone when it
might have made a real difference?
For example, according to the film,
the New York Department of Design &
Construction contracted just four compa-
nies for the entire removal of debris from
ground zero, including everything but a
few scraps of steel, and shipped it all to
China where it could never be indepen-
dently investigated/analyzed (except by
China). The sheer enormity of that effort
to control and conceal evidence, coupled
with an overly classified status that per-
sists 20 years later, is its own indictment
that something is dreadfully wrong with
the official story.
Which brings us back to the ugly admis-
sion: Members of our government have a
sordid history of deceiving us, including
deliberately jeopardizing our health, as
Loose Change: The Final Cut so adroitly
reminds us. The Environmental Protec-
tion Agency (EPA), in league with then-
president George W. Bush’s White House,
ignored the dangerous safety hazards at
ground zero, instead encouraging New
Yorkers to return to all economic and
social activities in that highly toxic zone.
For months, the EPA, clad in hazmat
suits, allowed children, teachers, clean-
up crews, law enforcement, fire fighters,
and anyone else who so desired to access
schools, offices, work zones, all in flimsy
cloth masks that did nothing to protect
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them from over 185,000 tons of debris, patriotism and love of fellow countrymen. for masks, vaccines, confinement … use
including the release of over 500 tons of Perhaps that’s why we didn’t object, or your imagination) over aspects of our lives
pulverized asbestos, lead, chromium, even notice the real lurking homeland through control of healthcare, social, and
copper, cement, glass dust, mercury, and enemies as they moved swiftly to absorb financial well-being through conformity,
barium that permeated ground zero and power and advance a long-term agenda to securing people’s increasing submission
the surrounding areas. transform our Republic and undermine and assimilation under medical tyranny
Jason’s film demonstrates that the constitutional protections of our rights first that has powerful natural allies in
EPA and White House knew the air was with intrusive surveillance legislation and a technologically advanced society. The
unsuitable for human consumption, yet administrative procedures. window to avoid this global social engi-
repeatedly encouraged people to resume Every time a hostile event occurs, our neering is closing very fast. Therefore, it’s
their daily lives, knowing it was largely so-called representatives use it to absorb time for a personal assessment of what you
unsafe. These leaders deliberately mislead a little more of our power for themselves. actually know, what you truly want, and
thousands of people into believing it was Politicians, bureaucrats, almost all failed what are you willing to do about it.
safe to reoccupy ground zero’s surround- surrogates, continue to look for our line It helps to know that the protections of
ing neighborhoods via a campaign of and we continue to oblige them by cross- our rights are not gone; no government
news releases and targeted propaganda. ing over. After 9/11, we were saddled with can legitimately or legally take constitu-
By 2006, 70 percent of the 40,000 workers the USA Patriot Act, a gross govern- tional protections of our rights from us
there had respiratory problems, hundreds ment overreach that was supposed to be without our willing consent via constitu-
developed cancer, and 80 had died. temporary and became abusive out of the tional amendment(s). It’s that we no longer
gate, violating privacy rights, due process, challenge the government when it does
and abuse of processes by engaging the violate our rights, and without challenges,
9/11 Propaganda Trained private-sector tech monopolies to spy government is free to abuse us all it wants.
Americans to Accept and collect endless data on Americans Who can blame it?
en masse. Fast forward 20 years, and Rights can never be taken away, regard-
Official Narratives, members of our government act with ever less of government intent. We can relin-
Including COVID Narrative greater malfeasance due to an increasing quish our rights by ceasing to protect them
lack of transparency, accountability, and ourselves. Protections (law) of our rights
sophisticated social engineering. Enough. (innate) as defined in our constitution can
What benefit could possibly be derived Today, the abuse can be found in the be ignored by our government, and that,
from sending additional innocents need-
current “emergency management” over- too, must be defended against. Our rights
lessly into harms way at ground zero? No reach that grants authorities to politicians and the protection of them are one in the
amount of imagining can resolve this
and unelected bureaucrats that are not same in that both must be insisted upon,
particular atrocity for most of us. permitted under our constitution. How- fought for, and no quarter must be given.
This same question looms large as we
ever, because so few of us understand how Remember the representatives trying to
discover pre-COVID simulations of coro- our rights are protected from government usurp power are also endowed with the
navirus pandemics, Crimson Contagion,
interference, we are idle against the viola- same rights as we are. They risk much
Event 201, and SPARS. All three envision a tions that are committed with impunity. against a vigilant people, and little against
relentless messaging campaign via trusted
COVID is the next excuse for the civic sloths.
voices, media, and social-media influenc- predator class (globalists) assuming
ers to “flood” populations with scripted,
more authority under the umbrella of
sophisticated, psychosocial programming emergency management (EM). EM is
to elicit highly emotional predetermined
a construct that must be challenged as
subjective responses. And has it worked unconstitutional and abuse of power.
relative to COVID. The intense fear run-
COVID is a blip on the screen in terms
ning through half of the population over a of a much larger agenda to grant ever
virus that 99.97 percent of humans survive
increasing authorities (such as mandates
is irrational and heartbreaking because
it is engineered and implemented by the
media and funded by both government
and corporate subsidies.
This immobilizing fear is further
undermined by a healthcare system that
does not provide early treatment using
any number of therapeutics that boast
spectacular successes, instead favoring
no treatment until the patient is so ill, he/
she lands in the hospital and is ventilated
as a last resort. This protocol has been
employed largely unsuccessfully for over
18 months as patients’ chances for survival
are less than 25 percent if untreated then
ventilated, especially if elderly or have
high-risk comorbidities. On a positive
note, monoclonal antibody infusions are
proving to be a notable success and are
becoming available nationwide.
After 9/11, America was a country
almost completely unified in solidar-
ity against an enemy who had struck
Still from the movie Fabled Enemies, a Jason Bermas film.
our homeland. We rallied to New York-
ers with resolution that reflected our
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SAFE CONDUCT • SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 August 10 Answers: Page 19

The Camera Sutra want the same outcomes.”

I really like the girl I’m dating, except
for one thing: On every date, she asks
me to take photos of her for Instagram.
Afterward, she consults me repeatedly on
which will “get the most likes.” I’m start-
ing to get really annoyed, and I find it cuts
into my enjoyment of our time together.
She even did this on my birthday!
– Irritated
Assertiveness allows you to be in charge
of your life instead of becoming the tool
of anyone who wants to use you: basi-
cally living like an insect that gets batted
around by a cat. People who default to a
passive approach – just doing whatever’s
asked of them, no matter how they dread
it – often have a deep fear of rejection. They
act on the mistaken belief that “the way to
be accepted and appreciated by others is to
give and give,” explains clinical psycholo-
gist Randy Paterson.

P
sychologist Erich Fromm wrote, This isn’t to say you should live like an
“Mature love says: ‘I need you because accountant, calculating to the penny or the
I love you.’” He died in 1980, 30-some calorie whether the give and take between
years before Instagram-infused love: “I you and another person is exactly 50/50 at
need you, love, because my telescoping all times. What matters is your motivation:
selfie stick won’t fit in my cute purse.” giving to a woman because it feels good to
This girl ’s far from alone in turning make her happy or, say, safer (like if you
every occasion short of stints on the toilet install burglar-frustrating thingies on her
into a photo op. Social media, and Ins- windows).
tagram especially, transformed f ishing That’s healthy giving – in contrast with
for compliments into a business model emotionally indentured Boy Scout-hood:
(#admirationvampires). fulfilling the terms of a contract that exists
Some young women – especially 20-some- only in your head, in which you re-sod a
things with a still-murky sense of identity woman’s lawn, rotate her tires, and/or
– might feel they don’t exist in any mean- become her pro bono “palace photogra-
ingful way if they don’t post pix and videos pher” so she won’t kick you to the curb.
of themselves to score likes and gain follow- This “chore-bribe your way to love ‘n’
ers (#KeepingUpWithTheInstadashians). sex” model tends to work about as well as
ACROSS 65. Plant exudations DOWN 58. Europe's highest
1. Fosse 69. _ Deo gloria 1. Spiteful volcano There’s also the lure of easy money for my attempt, as a lonely, picked-on little
5. Prevailed 70. Tired from a hike 2. Whale 59. French city: Var. those who can rack up an audience: poten- kid, to geek my way into having friends.
uncontrolled 75. Sinus 3. Substitute for gelatin 60. Noted pioneer tially making big “inf luencer” bucks just by In second grade, two girls approached me,
10. Oarsman 76. Time of life 4. Like heavy rainfall 62. Accustomed: 2 wds.
showing up to events in some pop-up shop’s worksheets in hand, and said they’d be my
15. Strikebreaker 78. Burg 5. Roof support 63. Run _ of the law friend if I did their math homework during
19. Post hoc _ 79. Rara _ 6. Old diagnosis 64. Swallows dress and striking a bunch of poses they
propter hoc 80. Ordinary fellows 7. Beautifies 65. Prince copied off Beyonce. recess. I got to work with my thick No. 2
20. Spry 81. Angry exchange 8. Antiquity 66. Kind of mushroom Chances are you went on Tinder or Hinge pencil. Maybe 10 minutes later, I finished –
21. Deportation 82. Do a gardening job 9. "_ Ring des 67. Overwhelms or whatever in hopes of landing a girlfriend, and they immediately succumbed to child-
22. Marine growth 83. Monocle Nibelungen " 68. Tax org.
not unpaid work as a photographer. Saying hood amnesia. Neither girl even spoke to
23. Start of a quip by 84. Rap sheet abbr. 10. Critique 71. Black Friday me again, all the way through the end of
Milton Berle: 4 wds. 85. Gem weight unit 11. Farm denizens tradition: 2 wds. yes to taking this girl’s pic the first time
26. Fretted instrument 86. Caulks 12. Filament 72. Obvious – before you realized it would be an every- 12th grade.
27. Told 87. Intrinsically: 2 wds. 13. Man in Wheeling 73. Wash date thing – probably seemed like a one-off The willingness to assert yourself is a
28. _ and dash 88. Part 4 of quip: 14. Unwavering 74. Letters request and thus not a big deal. But now ref lection of self-respect: the belief that you
29. Part of Roy G. Biv 3 wds. 15. Brainiac 76. Trunk
you’re annoyed that you’re constantly being have value and have a right to be treated as
31. Dir. letters 91. Attaches a 16. Kind of peach 77. Part of QED if you and your needs matter. But say your
32. Smirk certain way 17. Worked up 78. Business deal pressed into photo slavehood. Even your
35. Pitched 92. Roundup 18. Bundle 81. Flotation mattress birthday got co-opted into a #MeMeMeMe current level of self-respect is on the low
36. Lathe operator 93. Annoyed 24. Moves with care 82. Look #takemypicture celebration of her personal side. You can still act like a person with
39. Part 2 of quip: 95. Part of Eur. 25. Runs in neutral 85. Yield “brand.” strong self-respect: Explain what you want
4 wds. 96. Nigher 30. Stratagem 86. Jack in a rhyme
The problem is not that she’s asking but – in this case, to retire from fashion pho-
44. Drops 98. Loser to VHS 33. Aquarium fish 87. Word of mouth tography and post-date photo selection.
45. Lectures 100. Develop 34. Signs 89. A waterfowl that you keep going along with photograph-
47. Chew the scenery 105. Ship part 35. Inlet among cliffs 90. Gear for ing her. There’s a way out of this – and a Be prepared: It’s possible she’ll ditch you
48. Strive 106. End of the quip: 36. Sounds mountaineers way to get women to respect you instead for expressing the inconvenient need
49. Taylor or Reinhart 4 wds. 37. Simple boat 91. Claw of seeing you as a chump they can use and to quit as her Instagram documentar-
50. Cannon and cotton 110. Competent 38. Crack on the 94. Chopped
eventually lose – and it’s assertiveness. ian. But if your needs and feelings are of
51. Alarm 111. Fluorescent dye lunar surface 96. Become dry and little interest to her, maybe you can view
52. _ praetexta 112. Della or Pee Wee 40. Greek goddess cracked Social psychologist Daniel Ames and
53. "_ _ Land" 113. Goose 41. Abu Bakr successor 97. Garage service his colleagues define assertiveness as“the getting yourself dumped by her not as a
54. Cry at sea 114. Plague 42. 100-eyed giant 98. Ignoble degree to which someone stands up” for tragedy but as a point of pride: the first
55. Basketball player 115. Some 43. Lawman _ Earp 99. Release their own needs and interests “when they day of the rest of your living with self-
56. Sinker compositions 45. Border lake 101. Wall St. org
are faced with someone else who does not respect. Carpe diem! (By way of carpe
57. Supportive 116. Birch relative 46. "_ came a spider ..." 102. Genus of trees scrotum!)
structure 117. Hatstand 50. Sponge and sitz 103. Note
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We need
to become more unreasonable but in an
intelligent way,” says Aries politician
Jerry Brown. Yes! I agree! And that’s
especially true for you right now, Aries. To Brown’s
advice, I will add this message from Aries fashion
designer Vivienne Westwood: “Intelligence is
composed mostly of imagination, insight – things
that have nothing to do with reason.” Here’s one
further suggestion to help you take maximum
advantage of cosmic rhythms, courtesy of Aries
historian Arnold J. Toynbee: “The supreme accom-
plishment is to blur the line between work and
play.”
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “I have
become whole and complete, like a thun-
dering cloudburst in summer,” wrote
Taurus poet Miklós Radnóti. I love that
metaphor for fullness: not an immaculate icon of
shiny, sterile perfection, but rather a primal, vigor-
ous force of nature in all of its rumbling glory. I
hope you like this symbol as much as I do, and I
hope you use it to fuel your creative spirit in the
coming weeks. P.S.: Keep in mind that many indig-
enous people welcome rainstorms as a source of
fertility and growth.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Pandicula-
tion” is a word that refers to when you
stretch and yawn at the same time.
According to my understanding of the
astrological omens, you will benefit from doing a
lot of pandiculations in the coming days. I also rec-
ommend gazing lazily out the window and looking
at the sky a lot. Keep your shoes off as much as
possible, get a massage or three, and let yourself
sleep more than you customarily do. Did you know
that sighing deeply is good for your lungs’ health?
Here’s your homework: Dream up all the things
you can do to relax and renew yourself. It’s prime
time to indulge in generous acts of self-healing.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): The ancient
Roman author Pliny’s 10-volume Natural
History, written in the first century, was a
monumental encyclopedia of the natural
world, unprecedented in its own time and for cen-
turies afterward. It offered compilations of facts
about astronomy, geography, zoology, botany,
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mineralogy, and many other subjects. There was
one big problem with it, however. It contained a
great deal of erroneous information. For example,
Pliny described in detail many non-existent ani-
mals, including dragons, flying horses, and giant
serpents that swallowed bulls and snatched birds
out of the sky. My reason for telling you this is to
inspire you to be extra discerning in the coming
weeks. Be especially skeptical of authorities,
experts, and other know-it-alls who are very con-
fident despite being inaccurate or erroneous. It’s
time for you to increase your trust in your own
authority.
LEO (July 23-August 22): “There are
those fortunate hours when the world
consents to be made into a poem,” writes
Leo poet Mark Doty. That’s great for a
poet. But what about for everyone else? My varia-
tion on Doty’s comment is this: There are fortunate
hours when the world consents to be made into a
holy revelation or a lyrical breakthrough or a mar-
velous feeling that changes our lives forever. I
expect events like those to come your way at least
twice in the immediate future.
. saved their species – producing over 2,000 off-
VIRGO (August 23-September 22):
Between 37 and 41 BCE, Virgo-born Cal-
igula served as third Emperor of Rome.
To do so, he had to disprove the prophecy
of a renowned astrologer, Thrasyllus of Mendes.
Years earlier, Thrasyllus had predicted that Calig-
ula, despite being well-connected, “had no more
chance of becoming emperor than of riding a horse
across the Bay of Baiae” – a distance of two miles.
Once in power, Caligula arranged to have a series
of pontoon boats arrayed across the bay, enabling
him to ride his favorite horse Incitatus from one
shore to the other across the Bay of Baiae. I foresee
the possibility of a comparable turn of events for
you, Virgo. Is there a curse you want to undo? A
false prophecy you’d like to cancel? Someone’s low
expectation you would love to debunk? The
coming weeks will be a favorable time.
LIBRA (September 23-October 22):
College student Amelia Hamrick studied
the right panel of Hieronymus Bosch’s
15th-century painting The Garden of
Earthly Delights. It depicts a hellish scene. Cities
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are on fire. Weird beasts devour sinful humans.
There are demons and torture chambers. Hamrick
did what no one in the history of art had ever done:
She transcribed the musical score that the artist
had written on a man’s naked hindquarters. Her
work inspired a composer to create a recording
entitled “500-Year-Old Butt Song from Hell.” In
the coming weeks, I invite you to perform feats
comparable to Hamrick: (1) Explore the past for
useful, overlooked clues. (2) Find or create redemp-
tive transformations out of stressful situations. (3)
Have fun telling stories about your past
misadventures.
SCORPIO (October 23-November 21):
Born on one of the Galapagos Islands,
Diego is a giant tortoise who has lived for
over 100 years. He’s a member of the
Hood Island species, which had dwindled to a
population of 15 by 1977. That’s when he and his
tortoise colleague, whose name is E5, became part
of a breeding program with 12 female tortoises. E5
was reserved in his behavior, but Diego was a
showboat who vocalized loudly as he enjoyed
public mating rituals. Together the two males
spring in subsequent years. According to my astro-
logical analysis, you could be as metaphorically
fertile as Diego and E5 in the coming months –
even if you prefer to adopt an approach more akin
to E5’s.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22-Decem-
ber 21): “The meaning of my existence is
that life has addressed a question to me,”
wrote psychologist Carl Jung. “Or, con-
versely, I myself am a question that is addressed to
the world, and I must communicate my answer, for
otherwise, I am dependent upon the world’s
answer.” These are superb meditations for you Sag-
ittarians during the coming weeks. Between now
and October 1, I invite you to keep a journal where
you write about two subjects: (1) What is the main
question that life asks you? (2) What is the main
question that your life asks the world?
CAPRICORN (December 22-January
19): North Korea’s Capricorn leader Kim
Jong-un has an amazing résumé. Official
reports say he learned to drive at age
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three and was an accomplished sailor at nine. As
an adult, he developed the power to control the
weather. He’s a skilled musician and artist, as well
as a scientist who developed a miracle drug to cure
AIDS, Ebola, cancer, heart disease, and the
common cold. Most impressively, Kim is an
archaeologist who discovered a lair where magical
unicorns live. Is it possible you have unexpressed
powers like these, Capricorn? If so, the coming
weeks will be a favorable time to identify them and
start tapping into their potential. It’s time to
develop your dormant talents.
AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18):
Aquarian author Toni Morrison testi-
fied, “I think of beauty as an absolute
necessity. I don’t think it’s a privilege or an indul-
gence. It’s almost like knowledge, which is to say,
it’s what we were born for.” I urge you to adopt her
perspective during the next four weeks, Aquarius.
In my astrological opinion, a devoted quest for
beauty will heal exactly what most needs to be
healed in you. It will teach you everything you
most need to know.
PISCES (February 19-March 20):
Poet and translator Anne Carson peri-
odically joins with her husband Robert
Currie to teach a workshop called “EgoCircus.” It’s
an ironic title, because the subject they teach is the
art of collaboration. To develop skills as a collabo-
rator, of course, people must lay aside at least some
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intimacy.
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MUSIC By Max Allison

William Campbell, passages, often coupled with twists in mood

All In Due Time
https://williamcampbellmusic.
bandcamp.com/album/all-in-due-time
and atmosphere. Campbell’s playing style
typically favors an ever-churning left hand that
lays down a dense, complex bed of chords and
bass figures for his melodies to interact with.
Campbell’s right hand can ably flit through
architectures of arpeggios and rapid-fire
melodic runs, or in other moments lock into
a more chordal, jazzy style that emphasizes
larger blocks of harmony. At times his playing
recalls the emotional grandeur and techni-
cal expertise in service of raw beauty of Keith
Jarrett, especially his The Köln Concert album.
At other moments, the music-box like upper
register melodies and the cascading left hand
arpeggios bring to mind the French pianist/
composer Yann Tiersen (best known for the
Amélie soundtrack, but whose catalog contains
numerous gems, even outside of the context of
film scores).
With all the flair typical of his career as a
film composer, Campbell knows
recordings in this style as a whole. Having
been engrained in our culture for centuries
at this point, the piano fills so many different
spaces in our wider musical imagination, and
plays a different role in virtually every genre in
which it appears. But contemplative solo piano
performances in the filmic, evocative style in
which Campbell specializes could not be more
different in mood and execution from, say, a
jaunty ragtime piece that would animate a cab-
aret bar, or a Thelonious Monk piece serving
up a jazz head melody and then veering off into
the realm of pure improvisation and startling
atonality. Solo piano in this context reflects the
processes of waiting, thinking, relaxing. The
instrument, perhaps tautologically, makes us
reflect on reflection. It gives us space to breathe
and to consider our surroundings.
When Erik Satie composed his “furniture
music” for solo piano in the early 20th century,
he imagined that it could play the role of back-
ground music in a physical space – predating
both the Muzak you might’ve heard in a mall
in the ‘80s and the whole institution of ambient
music in all its whispered forms. Campbell
doesn’t deal in furniture music here, as his
compositions have enough affecting melo-
dies and structural turns to keep listeners on
their toes throughout, but the spirit of Satie
certainly hovers over the album to some degree
– perhaps unavoidable for any solo piano work
in this style. Campbell, stuck at home, sur-
rounded by the same furniture day after day,
took the opportunity to make piano music that
rises above the state of background music and
grabs hold of you, while paradoxically remind-
ing you that it’s fine to take a moment to relax,
reflect, and figure out your real priorities.

W
e last heard from Davenport-based
composer William Campbell
earlier this year with the release
of his soundtrack to the Academy Award-
nominated short film Hunger Ward, which
profiled the famine in Yemen and the efforts
of health workers to combat starvation and
malnutrition of the children in the region.
While Campbell’s score for the film featured
swathes of his moody, affecting composition
for the piano, the instrument formed only one
piece of a larger palette that incorporated dark-
ambient electronics and orchestral strings.
Untethered to a film this time around, Camp-
bell’s new album All In Due Time shines the
spotlight directly on his composition for solo
piano, and, just as importantly, his own perfor-
mances on semi-grand concert piano recorded
in his Davenport home. Speaking on the cre-
ative process behind the album, Campbell
explains, “It took nearly two years of creative
and technical work for me to be satisfied with
the recording process, and an international pan-
demic to be able to focus my energies to record
and produce the album.”
Putting aside the nature of the compositions
themselves for a moment, the composer’s fas-
tidiousness on the technical side of the record-
ing truly paid off. The album’s production
shines with detail and clarity. Left-hand chord
work and bass counterpoint figures hit the mix
with all the necessary power and weight, while
the upper register notes twinkle with fine-
grain physical nuance. In a feat not necessarily
always accomplished in solo piano recordings,
we get the sense of a full frequency spread
from lows to highs, with every range along the
spectrum sufficiently colored in. Campbell has
achieved a degree of high fidelity that obscures
nothing of his performances, resulting in the
feeling that you’re sitting in the room with the
piano as he plays.
The compositions that make up All in Due
Time each play out with their own narrative
arcs, weaving their way through journeys
that encompass multiple discrete melodic
exactly when to launch into
heart-string-tugging mode with
the introduction of a soaring
melody or a sudden shift from
a period of harmonic turmoil
back into a major key fanfare.
The sense of narrative forward
motion remains key to his work,
as any given minute of one of his
pieces will certainly differ from
whatever twist might come a few
minutes, or even measures, down
the line. Though such nuances
in narrative form might not
necessarily jump out at listeners
at first (“It’s all just pretty piano
playing, right?”), Campbell is in
full control of the development
and evolution of each one of his
pieces, and knows how to deploy
subtle turns to keep us focused.
From a thematic standpoint, All
In Due Time grapples with ideas
of healing, stasis, and reflection.
When Campbell asks in a text
that accompanies the album,
“How do we fill these periods
of waiting?”, he’s referring, on
the one hand, to the isolation
and societal shutdown associ-
ated with the pandemic, which
stranded artists and live per-
formers at home with their own
thoughts and projects. Clearly,
for Campbell, these periods of
waiting bore creative fruit in the
form of these gorgeous compo-
sitions, as well as the fact that
he was able to accomplish the
arduous process of recording
them at this level of technicality
in performance.
On the other hand, I would
say that the notion of a “period
of waiting” also connects with
the institution of solo piano
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THURSDAY
2020/09/04 (Fri)
(9)
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Karaoke w/ Party Times DJ Service –
Perxactley’s Bar & Grill, 110 S. Olive
Street, Maquoketa IA
Mission Creek Summer Sessions
(6:30pm) – Downtown Iowa City,
Iowa City IA
Open Jam featuring Far Out 283 –
My Place the Pub, 4405 State St.,
Bettendorf IA
Open Mic Night – Bootleg Hill Honey
Meads, 321 E. 2nd St., Davenport IA
Rend Collective – Adler Theatre, 136 E.
Third St., Davenport IA
Waxahatchee – WAKE Brewing
Company, 2529 Fifth Ave., Rock Island
IL
FRIDAY
2020/09/05 (Sat)
(10)
3 Doors Down: The Better Life
20th Anniversary Tour – Chayce
Beckham – The Rust Belt, 533 12th
Ave., East Moline IL
Chase Garrett w/ Sweetie & the
Iowa City IA
Gray Wolf Band (6pm) – Eclipse Square
Memorial Park, 301 Washington St.,
Prophetstown IL
I’m Listening w/ Elliott Bay Towers –
Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third Ave., Rock Island
IL
Identity Crisis – The Gypsy Highway Bar
& Grill, 2606 W. Locust St., Davenport
IA
Johnny Rogers: The History of Rock &
Roll, Buddy and Beyond – Ohnward
Fine Arts Center, 1215 E Platt St.,
Maquoketa IA
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Karaoke Night – The Circa ’21 Speakeasy,
1818 Third Ave., Rock Island IL
Ky&Ty Acoustic Duo – Green Tree
Brewery, 309 N. Cody Rd., LeClaire IA
Ritmocano (6:30pm) – Downtown Iowa
City, , Iowa City IA
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar – The
Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar, 111
West 2nd St., Davenport IA
Stimulus Package – Rhythm City Casino
Resort Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore
Meads, 321 E. 2nd St., Davenport IA
Open Mic w/ Ky&Ty Acoustic Duo
(6pm) – Green Tree Brewery, 309 N.
Cody Rd., LeClaire IA
Waltzer – The Shackletons – Raccoon
Motel, 315 E. Second St., Davenport IA
FRIDAY (17)
2021 Mississippi Valley Blues Festival:
John Primer (5pm) – Jontavious
Willis (6:45pm) – Toronzo Cannon
& Band (8:15pm) – Southern
Avenue (10pm) – LeClaire Park, 400
Beiderbecke Dr., Davenport IA
The Beaux Band – The Gypsy Highway
Bar & Grill, 2606 W. Locust St.,
Davenport IA
Brian Skow – The Grape Life Wine Store &
Lounge, 3402 Elmore Ave., Davenport
IA
Buddy Olson (5pm) – Wide River Winery
- LeClaire, 106 N. Cody Rd., LeClaire IA
David Huckfelt – Pieta Brown – Miles
Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts – Mac
Leaphart – Codfish Hollow Barn, 5013
288th Ave., Maquoketa IA
Defnotes: A Tribute to the Deftones
– Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St., Iowa
City IA
Jef Spradley (6pm) – Steventon’s, 1399
Eagle Ridge Rd, LeClaire IA
Karaoke Night – 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Karaoke w/ Michelle from Party Times
DJ Service – Manning’s Whistle Stop,
416 N. 2nd St., Clinton IA
Leo Kottke – Englert Theatre, 221 East
Washington St., Iowa City IA
Michael Moncada – The Tangled Wood,
3636 Tanglewood Rd., Bettendorf IA
Richie Lee – Riverside Casino and Golf
Resort, 3184 Highway 22, Riverside IA
Shooter Band – Rhythm City Casino
Resort Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore
Ave., Davenport IA
Tubbs & Moss: A Vintage Jazz
Experience – The Spotlight Theatre,
1800 7th Ave., Moline IL
Underground Xperience 2: Soultru
– Big Man G – BN WhoIAm – The
Wontu Trees – The Redstone Room,
129 Main St, Davenport IA
Uptown: Motown Remixed – John
& Alice Butler Hall - University of
Dubuque Heritage Center, 2255
Bennett St., Dubuque IA
SATURDAY (18)
2021 Mississippi Valley Blues Festival:
Stephen Hull Experience (2pm)
– Selwyn Birchwood (3:45pm) –
Melody Angel (5:30pm) – Danielle
Nicole (7:15pm) – Eric Gales
(10:30pm) – LeClaire Park, 400
Beiderbecke Dr., Davenport IA
Ben Railway Robey – Englert Theatre,
221 East Washington St., Iowa City IA
Corporate Rock – 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St., Davenport IA
Deep Blues w/ Kendra Alspach – Rozz-
Tox, 2108 Third Ave., Rock Island IL
Far Out 283 – The Gypsy Highway Bar &
Grill, 2606 W. Locust St., Davenport IA
Fun DMC – Riverside Casino and Golf
Resort, 3184 Highway 22, Riverside IA
Ginger Roots – Bootleg Hill Honey
Meads, 321 E. 2nd St., Davenport IA
Jim Ryan (2pm) – Wide River Winery
Tasting Room - Village of East
Davenpor t, 1128 Mound St.,
Davenport IA
Kane Brown – TaxSlayer Center, 1201
River Dr, Moline IL
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St, Iowa City IA
The Moonlighters QC: Music on the
Lawn (3pm) – Olathea Creek Vineyard
and Winery, 23456 Great River Rd.,
LeClaire IA
Random Tanner – Perxactley’s Bar &
Grill, 110 S. Olive Street, Maquoketa IA
Richie Lee – Rhythm City Casino Resort
Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore Ave.,
Davenport IA

Toothaches (6:30pm) – Iowa City Ped
Mall, 14 S. Clinton St, Iowa City IA
Crooked Cactus – The Tangled Wood,
3636 Tanglewood Rd., Bettendorf IA
Daniel Stratman (6pm) – Steventon’s,
Live
Ave., Davenport IA
Stone Sugar Shakedown – RIBCO, 1815
Second Ave., Rock Island IL
Sweet Siren – Riverside Casino and Golf
Resort, 3184 Highway 22, Riverside IA
Virtual Concert: MiZZissippi Mud

1399 Eagle Ridge Rd, LeClaire IA
Freddy Allen 2&4 Swing – The Grape
Life Wine Store & Lounge, 3402 Elmore
Ave., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night – 11th Street Precinct,
Music
– My Place the Pub, 4405 State St.,
Bettendorf IA
Without U2 – The Tangled Wood,
3636 Tanglewood Rd., Bettendorf IA

1107 Mound St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Karaoke w/ Michelle from Party Times
DJ Service – Manning’s Whistle Stop,
416 N. 2nd St., Clinton IA
Lewis Knudsen Album Release Show
– The Redstone Room, 129 Main St,
Davenport IA
Live @ Five: Avey Grouws Band (5pm)
– RME Courtyard, 131 W. 2nd St.,
Davenport IA
Lucky Cochran & the Persuaders – The
Gypsy Highway Bar & Grill, 2606 W.
Locust St., Davenport IA
SUNDAY (12)
2020/09/10 (Thu)
Code 415 (5pm) – The Captain’s Table,
4801 River Dr., Moline IL
Dave Ellis & Rich Fricke (2pm) – Len
Brown’s North Shore Inn, 700 N. Shore
Dr., Moline IL
Gray Wolf Band (6:30pm) – Loyal Order
of Moose - Clinton, 1936 Lincoln Way,
Clinton IA
Jordan Danielsen (2pm) – Wide River
Winery - Clinton, 1776 East Deer Creek
Rd., Clinton IA
Karaoke Night – My Place the Pub, 4405
State St., Bettendorf IA

Michael Moncada & Whiskey High –
Kavanaugh’s Hilltop Bar & Grill, 1228
30th St., Rock Island IL
Ringworm (6pm) – WAKE Brewing
Company, 2529 Fifth Ave., Rock Island
IL
Rookie – In the Pines – Raccoon Motel,
315 E. Second St., Davenport IA
Sneezy – Elray’s Live & Drive, 211 Iowa
Ave., Iowa City IA
Stimulus Package – Riverside Casino
and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22,
Riverside IA
Stone Sugar Shakedown – RIBCO, 1815
Second Ave., Rock Island IL
Sweet Siren – Rhythm City Casino Resort
Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore Ave.,
Davenport IA
Whoozdads (5pm) – Wide River Winery
- LeClaire, 106 N. Cody Rd., LeClaire IA
William Campbell: “All In Due Time”
Album–Release Concert – Galvin
Fine Arts Center - St.Ambrose
FLO RIDA
Petey – James Austin Johnson – 81355
– Raccoon Motel, 315 E. Second St.,
Davenport IA
Scott Stowe (2pm) – Terraza Modern SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3 • 8 PM
Mexican, 4808 Forest Grove Dr.,
Bettendorf IA
TUESDAY (14)
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
LOS CHICOS DEL 512
S Linn St, Iowa City IA THE SALENA EXPERIENCE
Karaoke Night – My Place the Pub, 4405
State St., Bettendorf IA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 • 8 PM
Nakatani – Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third Ave.,
Rock Island IL
WEDNESDAY (15)
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 SCOTTY MCCREERY
S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Karaoke Night – RIBCO, 1815 Second SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30 • 8 PM
Ave., Rock Island IL
Michael Mikrut (5:30pm) – Riverside
Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway

University, 2101 N. Gaines St.,
Davenport IA
SATURDAY (11)
Aaron Kamm & the One–Drops –
Winterland – Schwiebert Riverfront
Park, 101 17th St., Rock Island IL
Baby Garp: Christopher Porterfield -
TORRES - Winterland - Aaron Kamm
& the One-Drops, Paw Paw Rod
- Petey, Schwiebert Riverfront Park,
101 17th St., Rock Island IL
GLADYS KNIGHT
22, Riverside IA
Virtual Concert: Keegan Konsor –
Englert Theatre, 221 East Washington
St., Iowa City IA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16 • 8 PM
THURSDAY
2020/09/05 (Sat)
(16)
Hawthorne Heights – The Bombpops –
Eugene Levy – Five AM (6pm) – The
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Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
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Bongzilla – Black Tusk – Savage Master
– Fister – Escuela Grind – Aseethe –
WAKE Brewing Company, 2529 Fifth
Ave., Rock Island IL
Dave Ellis & Rich Fricke (6pm) –
Andalusia Lions Club Park, 617 2nd
Ave. W., Andalusia IL
Emo Nite – Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St.,
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Michael Buble – TaxSlayer Center, 1201
River Dr, Moline IL
Open Jam featuring Far Out 283 –
My Place the Pub, 4405 State St.,
Bettendorf IA
Open Mic Night – Bootleg Hill Honey
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SATURDAY
2020/09/04 (Fri)
(18)
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar – The
Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar, 111
West 2nd St., Davenport IA
Zeke Beats: Lost in Automation
Tour – Village Theatre, 2113 E 11th St,
Davenport IA
(19)
SUNDAY
2020/09/05 (Sat)
Chevelle – The Rust Belt, 533 12th Ave.,
East Moline IL
Gray Wolf Band (noon) – Stephens Park,
7th St.& 15th Ave., Moline IL
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – Adler
Theatre, 136 E. Third St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night – My Place the Pub, 4405
State St., Bettendorf IA
Lucas Sanor (2pm) – Terraza Modern
Mexican, 4808 Forest Grove Dr.,
Bettendorf IA
Phyllis & One Shark (3pm) – Len Brown’s
North Shore Inn, 700 N. Shore Dr.,
Moline IL
Third Sunday Jazz Series: Karli Bunn
Sextet (5pm) – The Redstone Room,
129 Main St, Davenport IA
Wes Loper (3pm) – The Gypsy Highway
Bar & Grill, 2606 W. Locust St.,
Davenport IA
TUESDAY (21)
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Karaoke Night – My Place the Pub, 4405
State St., Bettendorf IA
Queen Flash: The Ultimate Queen
Tribute – Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse,
1828 Third Ave., Rock Island IL
WEDNESDAY (22)
Bob Dorr & the Limestoners – Sleepy
Bones Allison (5:30pm) – Riverside
Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway
22, Riverside IA
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Karaoke Night – RIBCO, 1815 Second
Ave., Rock Island IL
Liam Kazar – Case Oats – Raccoon
Motel, 315 E. Second St., Davenport IA
Parker Millsap – Gabe’s, 330 E.
Washington St., Iowa City IA
Parker Millsap – H.C. McEntire – Englert
Theatre, 221 East Washington St., Iowa
City IA
THURSDAY (23)
7 Bridges: The Ultimate Eagles Tribute
– Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828
Third Ave., Rock Island IL
Daniel Stratman CD Release Party –
Bootleg Hill Honey Meads, 321 E. 2nd
St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Karaoke w/ Party Times DJ Service –
Perxactley’s Bar & Grill, 110 S. Olive
Street, Maquoketa IA
The Living Coast with Montopolis:
Film, Songs, & Stories from the
Texas Gulf Coast – John & Alice Butler
Hall - University of Dubuque Heritage
Center, 2255 Bennett St., Dubuque IA
Open Jam featuring Far Out 283 –
My Place the Pub, 4405 State St.,
Bettendorf IA
Open Mic Night – Bootleg Hill Honey
Meads, 321 E. 2nd St., Davenport IA
Thelma & the Sleaze – Blunt Bangs
– Raccoon Motel, 315 E. Second St.,
Davenport IA
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FRIDAY (24)
Detour Band – Rhythm City Casino
Resort Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore
Ave., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night – 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Karaoke w/ Michelle from Party Times
DJ Service – Manning’s Whistle Stop,
416 N. 2nd St., Clinton IA
Lewis Knudsen Trio – The Tangled
Wood, 3636 Tanglewood Rd.,
Bettendorf IA
Live @ Five: The Wontu Trees (5pm)
– RME Courtyard, 131 W. 2nd St.,
Davenport IA
Lojo Russo (5pm) – Wide River Winery
- LeClaire, 106 N. Cody Rd., LeClaire IA
Marques Morel (6:30pm) – Alec Davis
(8:30pm) – Riverside Casino and Golf
Resort, 3184 Highway 22, Riverside IA
The Marshall Tucker Band – Pure
Prairie League – Riverside Casino
Event Center, 3184 Highway 22,
Riverside IA
Rob and Gary of the Night People –
Bootleg Hill Honey Meads, 321 E. 2nd
St., Davenport IA
Silent Theory – Nongrata – Awakening
Force – Crushed Monkey – Village
Theatre, 2113 E 11th St, Davenport IA
The Textures – The Gypsy Highway Bar &
Grill, 2606 W. Locust St., Davenport IA
Thighmaster – Sunshrine – Rozz-Tox,
2108 Third Ave., Rock Island IL
SATURDAY (25)
Bad Hair – Michael Moncada &
Whiskey High (6:30pm) – The Gypsy
Highway Bar & Grill, 2606 W. Locust St.,
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The Blackstones Acoustic Trio – The
Grape Life Wine Store & Lounge, 3402
Elmore Ave., Davenport IA
Blues Rock-It – 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Mound St., Davenport IA
D’Beck & Rico – Len Brown’s North Shore
Inn, 700 N. Shore Dr., Moline IL
Heartache Tonight: Eagles Tribute
Concert – Timber Lake Playhouse,
8215 Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll IL
The Hit List – Rhythm City Casino Resort
Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore Ave.,
Davenport IA
John Born – Bootleg Hill Honey Meads,
321 E. 2nd St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Rabbit Hole – The Tangled Wood, 3636
Tanglewood Rd., Bettendorf IA
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar – The
Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar, 111
West 2nd St., Davenport IA
Soul Storm – RIBCO, 1815 Second Ave.,
Rock Island IL
The Tailfins – Riverside Casino and Golf
Resort, 3184 Highway 22, Riverside IA
SUNDAY
2020/09/05 (Sat)
(26)
Jambrella Jams Concert Series: John
Cole Born (4pm) – Alex & Alan Duo
(4:25pm) – Karl & Ko (4:50pm) –
B an D Acoustic (5:20pm) – The
Velies (5:50pm) – Twice on Sunday
(6:35pm) – Ariel McReynolds Band
(7:20pm) – The Tangled Wood, 3636
Tanglewood Rd., Bettendorf IA
Karaoke Night – My Place the Pub, 4405
State St., Bettendorf IA
Lewis Knudsen (2pm) – Terraza Modern
Mexican, 4808 Forest Grove Dr.,
Bettendorf IA
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TUESDAY (28)
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Karaoke Night – My Place the Pub, 4405
State St., Bettendorf IA
WEDNESDAY (29)
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Karaoke Night – RIBCO, 1815 Second
Ave., Rock Island IL
(30)
THURSDAY
2020/09/05 (Sat)
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Karaoke w/ Party Times DJ Service –
Perxactley’s Bar & Grill, 110 S. Olive
Street, Maquoketa IA
Open Jam featuring Far Out 283 –
My Place the Pub, 4405 State St.,
Bettendorf IA
Open Mic Night – Bootleg Hill Honey
Meads, 321 E. 2nd St., Davenport IA
FRIDAY (1)
Avey Grouws Band Album–Release
Party – The Gypsy Highway Bar & Grill,
2606 W. Locust St., Davenport IA
Funktastic 5 – The Tangled Wood, 3636
Tanglewood Rd., Bettendorf IA
Karaoke Night – 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Karaoke w/ Michelle from Party Times
DJ Service – Manning’s Whistle Stop,
416 N. 2nd St., Clinton IA
Mike Conrad Trio – The Grape Life Wine
Store & Lounge, 3402 Elmore Ave.,
Davenport IA
Old Shoe – David Zollo & the Body
Electric – The Redstone Room, 129
Main St, Davenport IA
The Textures – Atomic Comet – RIBCO,
1815 Second Ave., Rock Island IL
SATURDAY (2)
Bawitdaba w/ Claire & Padriag – Rozz-
Tox, 2108 Third Ave., Rock Island IL
Crooked Cactus – 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St., Davenport IA
Eclipse – Project Pickle Farm – The
Maddy Braun Band – The Gypsy
Highway Bar & Grill, 2606 W. Locust St.,
Davenport IA
Have Your Cake – The Tangled Wood,
3636 Tanglewood Rd., Bettendorf IA
Jeremy Ivey – Dillon Warnek – Raccoon
Motel, 315 E. Second St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Lewis Knudsen – Bootleg Hill Honey
Meads, 321 E. 2nd St., Davenport IA
Pierce’s Promise Fundraiser featuring
Chicago Farmer – The Redstone
Room, 129 Main St, Davenport IA
QCSO Masterworks I: The New World
– Adler Theatre, 136 E. Third St.,
Davenport IA
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar – The
Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar, 111
West 2nd St., Davenport IA
TobyMac Hits Deep Tour – TaxSlayer
Center, 1201 River Dr, Moline IL
Troy Rangel & Neal Smith Beatles
Tribute – The Grape Life Wine Store &
Lounge, 3402 Elmore Ave., Davenport
IA
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LIVE MUSIC SEPTEMBER 9–OCTOBER 7, 2021

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SUNDAY
2020/09/04 (Fri)
(3)
Dave Ellis & Rich Fricke (2pm) – The
Main Event, 3819 State St., Bettendorf
IA
Flo Rida – Rhythm City Casino Resort
Event Center, 7077 Elmore Ave.,
Davenport IA
Karaoke Night – My Place the Pub, 4405
State St., Bettendorf IA
Lowland Block Party: Bob Bucko Jr.–
Chris Bernat of Chrash – DJ Sets
(10am–5pm) – Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third
Ave., Rock Island IL
Pokey LaFarge – Orpheum Theatre, 57
S. Kellogg St., Galesburg IL
QCSO Masterworks I: The New World
(2pm) – Centennial Hall, Augustana
College, 3703 7th Ave., Rock Island IL
Shuttleworth Chamber Series: Horn
Calls (2:30pm) – Coralville Center
for the Performing Arts, 1301 5th St.,
Coralville IA
MONDAY
2020/09/05 (Sat)
(4)
Dax – Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St.,
Iowa City IA
TUESDAY (5)
Gulf Coast West Coast R&B Ramble
w/ Marcia Ball and Tommy Castro
& the Painkillers – Englert Theatre,
221 East Washington St., Iowa City IA
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club,
13 S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Karaoke Night – My Place the Pub, 4405
State St., Bettendorf IA
Ranky Tanky – Luther College, 700
College Dr., Decorah IA
WEDNESDAY (6)
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Jonathan
Richman – Emmett Kelly – Tommy
Larkins – Englert Theatre, 221 East
Washington St., Iowa City IA
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Matt Sweeney
– Jonathan Richman – Emmett
Kelly – Tommy Larkins – Englert
Theatre, 221 East Washington St.,
Iowa City IA
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club,
13 S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Karaoke Night – RIBCO, 1815 Second
Ave., Rock Island IL
Karaoke Night (5pm) – Wide River
Winery - Clinton, 1776 East Deer Creek
Rd., Clinton IA
THURSDAY (7)
An Evening with Jake Shimabukuro –
Englert Theatre, 221 East Washington
St., Iowa City IA
Guest List Series featuring Paa Kow
– The Redstone Room, 129 Main St,
Davenport IA
Hail the Sun – Kurt Travis – Kaonashi
– Body Thief – Bouquet (5pm)
– Village Theatre, 2113 E 11th St,
Davenport IA
Karaoke Night – Iowa City Yacht Club,
13 S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Karaoke w/ Party Times DJ Service
– Perxactley’s Bar & Grill, 110 S. Olive
Street, Maquoketa IA
Open Jam featuring Far Out 283 –
My Place the Pub, 4405 State St.,
Bettendorf IA
Open Mic Night – Bootleg Hill Honey
Meads, 321 E. 2nd St., Davenport IA
Summer Salt – Covey – Breakup Shoes
– Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St., Iowa
City IA
William Basinski – Faten Kanaan –
Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol,
201 S Clinton St, Iowa City IA

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