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by Kathleen McCarthy
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Cant Fix What We Dont Know: The Supreme Courts Echo Chamber
euters released a special report late

last year that went largely under
the corporate medias radar. Titled
The Echo Chamber, it exposed that at
the Supreme Court of the United States
(SCOTUS), a handful of lawyers now
dominates the docket (RCReader.com/y/
echo).
The Echo Chamber examined 10,300
petitions before the Supreme Court
from 2004 through 2012, triangulating
the number of appeals filed, the names
of attorneys and their firms, and the
percentage of appeals accepted and heard
by SCOTUS.
Some high points:
1) Sixty-six of 17,000 lawyers appeals
were at least six times more likely to be
heard than all other lawyers submissions
combined in that same period.
2) These 66 lawyers account for less
than 1 percent of lawyers who filed
appeals with SCOTUS yet were involved
in 43 percent of the cases chosen to be
heard.
3) Fifty-one of these 66 lawyers
represent corporate interests, turning

SCOTUS into an echo chamber a place
where an elite group of jurists embraces
an elite group of lawyers who reinforce
narrow views of how the law should be
construed.
4) Twelve top firms had an 18-percent
success rate in getting their petitions
heard and were involved in a third of the
cases before SCOTUS. Of the businessrelated cases accepted by SCOTUS, these
top firms were involved in 60 percent.
5) Out of 8,000 firms doing business at
the Supreme Court, 31 firms accounted
for 44 percent of all cases heard by
SCOTUS.
6) A group of eight lawyers accounted
for 20 percent of all arguments made
before SCOTUS in the past decade
versus 30 attorneys in the decade before,
demonstrating the diminishing circle of
influence at the high court.
7) Demographically, of the 66 top
lawyers, 63 are Caucasian and only
eight are female. Thirty-one worked
as clerks for SCOTUS; 25 worked in
high-level positions for the U.S. Office

of the Solicitor General, whose attorneys
represent the government before
SCOTUS; and 14 worked for both,
making them consummate insiders.
To put this last factoid into perspective,
consider that SCOTUS clerks provide the
initial screening of incoming petitions,
called a cert pool. Eight justices
participate in this screening pool; Justice
Samuel Alito does not, having his own
clerks review each petition. Examination
of the 10,300 petitions reveals the top
lawyers names often highlighted on the
cover page. As Reuters study notes: The
justices have essentially added a new
criterion to whether the court takes an
appeal one that goes beyond the merits
of a case and extends to the merits of the
lawyer who is bringing it.
The underlying consequences of such
a narrow participation of lawyers who
largely represent corporate interests is the
disproportionate representation of the
people in obtaining justice. Corporate
lawyers are not going to accept cases
GUEST COMMENTARY
By Jean Regenwether
greyhnd@iowatelecom.net
A Dogs Tail
t is a common misconception that if a

dog is wagging its tail, it will not bite.
Our canine friends have a very complex set of body-language signals from
the head to the tail that expresses clearly
to another dog what his or her intentions
are. Humans are just not very good at
understanding this language.
That tail seems like a good place to
start, and Ill go over some of the basics.
By the way: Cats do not care what dogs
tails are doing.
The big, happy, full-sweeping tail
wag. The body is relaxed and the hips are
moving from side to side. This wag along
with the relaxed and happy language
of the rest of the body is giving us the
dogs acknowledgment of respect and
leadership. It is telling everyone: I am
happy and nonthreatening in any manner.
A broad, big tail wag. I am friendly
and I am not a challenge and, hey, I think
we can be friends. This is a common tail
wag seen in rambunctious dog play.
A slight tail wag. A little tail wag when
greeting can say Hello or Am I okay
with you? Just let me know and we can be
friends. I am testing the waters with you,
and I do not know you.
that potentially negatively impact their

lucrative, paying clients. In other words,
justice is for sale to the highest bidder.
These same lawyers have highly
specialized experience in navigating
the government agencies they used
to advocate and now oppose. It is the
quintessential revolving door so pervasive
between government and the largest
private-sector corporations, with benefits
that keep producing at the expense of
individual Americans.
The justices recognize this elite legal
representation and, according to Reuters,
make no apologies for it: Even the most
liberal justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
accepts the corporate tilt of the specialist
bar that dominates the docket. Business
can pay for the best counsel money can
buy. The average citizen cannot, Ginsberg
said. Thats just a reality.
The Echo Chamber is a must-read
for Americans because it is time to
recognize and accept that the nations
justice system is not working for far too
many. We cant fix what we dont know.
Fast tail wags. Two things can come

from this wag. It can mean the dog is
excited, or it can say the dog is stressed
and there is some tension. To take a
line from Stanley Corens How to Speak
Dog: The size of each tail sweep tells
us whether the dogs emotional state is
positive or negative rather than about the
dogs level of excitement. If you miss that
stiff, fast tail wag, with all the other signals
the dog is giving you, one step in the
wrong direction could end in a dog bite.
The slow tail wag. I like to call this the
I am trying to get it wag. When a dog is
trying to understand something you are
teaching it, not quite getting it, often you
will see this slow wag. Once again, along
with the body and head position, you
can read if the dog is getting it or if you
are confusing it. Unsure is the perfect
word to describe this wag. The position
is neutral, and it will change as the dog
makes up its mind. Got it, do not get it,
okay, not okay. I am always happy to get
that okay signal when greeting a new
canine friend.
Simply discussing the wag of the tail
does not begin to cover everything the
dog is communicating with that tail. The
position of the tail is very important.

Here are several that are worth
remembering.
Tail tucked between legs: A fearful
dog, which can be the quickest to bite out
of fear. The animal is saying: Please do
not hurt me.
Tail down near hind legs: A dog that
is not feeling well, or in combination
with body language a dog that is
insecure.
Tail lower and not horizontal with
body: A relaxed dog. I call this the swishy
noodle tail.
Tail horizontal at a slight angle away
from dog, but not stiff: Something is
going on, and the dog is very interested.
If the dogs tail begins to stiffen, the
situation is changing from interest to a
possible bad interaction.
Tail straight out and stiff, slight
angle away from dog: This position can
suggest some aggression or challenge is
going on. You will see it when certain
dogs meet; it is not a threat posture but
clearly is communicating to each dog that
One of us is the boss.
Both of the two postures above can
change, and things can escalate quickly
to aggression, a dog fight, or a bite. These

are tail positions that are often misread
by people, because you can see a quick
little tail wag. And we love to watch that
tail and forget everything else that is
happening with the body.
Tail high and slight curve over body:
I am the boss, and I am showing it to you.
I walk with confidence and authority. It
is a strut, and a strut that dogs get. The
animal expects no issues with anyone in
the room.
Tail up high between horizontal and
vertical: Clearly a confident or dominant
dog. If you add a stiff tail, it is on-edge;
this is the dog that could start a fight. He
wants to express dominance and, with
added aggression, will take on a challenge
and most likely not back down.
As you can see, a tail wag is not just a
tail wag. In the canine world, it is a body
part that is communicating clearly with
another dog. Humans just need to catch
up a bit.
Jean Regenwether has worked with
animals in shelters and rescues since 1970,
specializes in basic and intermediate dog
training, and offers home-based training.
ILLINOIS POLITICS

by Rich Miller
CapitolFax.com
Governors Strategy Finally

Seems to Be Backfiring
overnor Bruce Rauner took it on the as he claimed to reporters after the Simon
Institute released its highly unflattering
chin for several days in a row this
survey.
month.
Instead, theyre the words of a guy
The Paul Simon Public Policy Institutes
who totally trusts his own pollsters
recent poll of southern Illinoisans showed
rosy numbers and who has put the state
Rauners approval rating absolutely tanking
governments future in the hands of
in a region he swept last year. Just 37
consultants who have been itching for total
percent of voters in 18 southern counties
war with the Democrats.
approved of his job performance, while
And the governors
51 percent disapproved.
private comments are
The media usually
An unpopular governor most definitely at odds
reacts negatively when
theres real blood in the
poses no political threat. with his recent public
statements about the
water, and that poll most
impasse. Just days ago,
definitely showed blood.
for instance, Rauner pronounced himself
In both a Chicago speech and during a
very unhappy with the stalemate. Were
follow-up interview, former Republican
going through some financial difficulties
Governor Jim Edgar called on Rauner to
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Accessibly Adventurous
by Jeff Ignatius
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The Dawn, At First Light; October 31 at RIBCO
ast years
album from
The Dawn
featured the sevenminute jam Bring
It All Home,
which was for me
the highlight of
the record. Its safe
to call that track
foreshadowing,
because the new
release from the
Quad Cities quartet led by singer/
songwriter/guitarist Sean Ryan takes
the idea and runs
with it.
The four songs on At First Light range
from just under eight minutes to a touch
more than 11. None of the new tracks
has the strong, clearly defined verse/
chorus spine of Bring It All Home, and
that certainly makes it difficult to find
handholds in the sprawling record; At
First Light generally lacks the pop-song
niceties that served as a springboard for
the jams on the previous-album standout.
The vocal elements are sparse here a
late-arriving verse and chorus on opener
Let Me Down Easy, bookend singing
on Slow Motion, and a sustained vocal
section on Paradise. And while the
lengthy instrumental explorations on the
new album are never aimless, they are
linear to the point of having little shape.
But lets take all that as a given rather
than a flaw. Ill go a step further and say
that by largely discarding formula and
recursive structure, At First Light is a
bold, committed departure for the band,
and its evident that these four tracks
have been sharpened and polished:
The compositions have a lean, focused
elegance despite their lengths, and the
whole is accessibly adventurous.
The instruments particularly Ryans
guitars and Jordan VanOpdorps keys
and the interplay among them are the
show here as the band moves from genre
to genre, hitting just about every guitar-
based style outside of metal. Youre never

sure where you might be heading next,
but the band moves ever forward with
clear purpose.
Let Me Down Easy has a warm,
joyful country funk at the outset, and
Ryan seizes control of the track with his
sturdy, quietly intense Americana-rock
lead guitar. The tempo slows as a segue
into the albums most-conventional
section; the back half of the song stands
on its own as a roots rocker. For fans of
the bands previous work, Let Me Down
Easy serves as a bridge into the lessexpected remainder of the album.
The playfully bizarre title of the second
track, the instrumental Ticklelicious,
serves as fair warning. The lockstep
jazzy intro incorporates some countrystyle slide guitar, and that leads into
some rock-guitar shredding over thick
organ, and that leads to a pretty pianodominated breather, which is eventually
joined by Ryans articulately precise
playing which ever-so-slowly builds in
intensity toward a reservedly triumphant
roots climax. The sections are clearly
delineated, and each is compelling
enough that its nearly impossible to
remember what came before or how
different and incongruous it was.
Thats true, too, of Paradise, with a
U-turn into reggae after the infectious,
slinky funk of its

opening two minutes.
The vocal section
serves as a reminder,
after Ticklelicious,
of how effectively
Ryans voice can anchor
these otherwise wildly
careening pieces. In
the chorus is a hint of
throbbing electronics, a
subtle, discordant touch
that augurs the tracks
final spacey freak-out.
Discord is given
full voice at the
height of closer Slow
Motion, with Ryan
and VanOpdorp
shifting easily from warmly embracing,
intertwining solos to something that
sounds like more than a minute of
instrument-to-instrument combat,
with drummer Josh Womack and
bassist Dan Olds adding to intentional
unpleasantness. As the song returns to
its sleepy openings, the band sounds
deservedly spent.
As much as I like At First Light from
moment to moment, I hope it doesnt
mark the beginning of a jam-band phase
for The Dawn. The album is loaded with
good ideas and sterling performances,
and its hard to imagine a more robust
expansion of the bands sound. But its
similarly difficult to conceive of this path
remaining fruitful.
With a fuller range ably demonstrated,
Id love to see what Ryan and company can
put together by translating this impressive
breadth into a collection of moreconventionally-structured songs.
The Dawn will perform a CD-release
show at RIBCO (1815 Second Avenue,
Rock Island; RIBCO.com) on Saturday,
October 31. The show also features Earth
Ascending and Bottoms Up Quad City
Burlesque. Cover for the 9 p.m. show is $6.
For more information on The Dawn, visit
TheDawnBand.com.
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Winners and Favorites from Our 2015 Short-Fiction Contest
ur 2015 short-fiction contest featured

15 prompts from spooky fiction both
famous (Dracula, Frankenstein, Salems Lot) and obscure. Entrants were required
to include one of the prompts (which you can
find at RCReader.com/y/fiction) and craft a
story in fewer than 250 additional words.
Here are our winners and favorites. Enjoy!
Honorable Mention
Dream Girl
I dont care for the pale people; I like them

with lots of blood in them, and hers had all
seemed to run out. Yet, for some reason, the
young woman who came to me in my dreams
captured my attention. The first night she sat
on a wrap-around porch with peeling paint
and beckoned me closer. The second night
she spoke in a voice so low I couldnt hear her
words. The third night she said, Sit with me,
John? My disposition shifted from fear to
fascination. I woke up in a cold sweat glancing
around my bedroom listening for a voice I
could no longer hear.
Sleep had never come easily to me.
Suddenly, I found myself stumbling through
my day toward evening when I could lay my
head on the pillow. For seven nights I dreamed
about the pale girl. I never had a sister. She
never had a brother. But it wasnt quite like
that. She asked about my likes and dislikes
... favorite foods and carnival rides. Have a
girlfriend? Rachel asked one night near the
end, a little color rising in her cheeks. But
it wasnt like that either. Then, she stopped
coming to me. Weeks later, the UPS man
delivered a package. It was an ancient movie
camera I had won at an online auction. It was
wrapped in crumpled yellowed newspaper, the
Philadelphia Gazette. I liberated the ancient
16-millimeter camera from its newsprint
cocoon and saw her visage there among the
obituaries of the sick and old. Left to honor
Rachels memory, it read, her mother and father
and her special friend, John.
Rodger Wilming, Davenport
Last Man Standing
The last man on Earth sat alone in a room.

There was a knock on the door ...
Should he open it? Hed been alone now for
264 days ... wait, 265 days. It could have been
the wind, a stray animal perhaps. He walked
slowly to the door.
He reached the door; he didnt open it. He
strained his ears waiting for the sound to come
again ... nothing. His mind began to race.
His imagination took off.
He opened the door. A white box with a
red hat on it greeted him. His mouth watered
as he lifted the lid. The pizza oozed with
extra cheese, mushrooms, green peppers, and

anchovies.
His stomach rumbled with hunger. That was
not a good thought to have.
He imagined the worst-case scenario.
He opened the door. The barrel touched
the tip of his nose. The man forced his way in.
With his hands raised he stepped aside as the
man came into his home.
He shivered violently as he pulled his mind
away from the thought. It was the wind. It had
to be. He hadnt seen another living soul in ...
he checked the calendar. He counted the red
slashes through each day ... 265 days.
He didnt need to open it. There was no one
there. Then he heard the bump against the
door. He slowly turned the handle. His heart
raced, shooting adrenalin through his veins.
He pulled it open.
His worse fear came to life. He was
completely alone.
Christina Cress, Long Grove, Iowa
Grand Prize (Tie)
I had gazed on him while he was

unfinished; he was ugly then, but when those
muscles and joints were rendered capable of
motion, it became a thing such as even Dante
could not have conceived. But could he talk?
Id gotten Max, a mixed-breed dog, right
early in college. I was away from home for the
first time and had a hard time making friends
when I found him. The college was hosting
some vegetarian shindig and one of the tables
was from the local shelter featuring pets who
needed a home. Max lay pitifully underneath
the table, hiding from the shrilly girls who
cooed and talked in high baby voices to him.
I felt him make eye contact with me. His look
was clear, Help me, so I did.
He was so smart; he understood far more
than my human friends. He got me. But our
conversations were definitely one-sided. I
became obsessed with wondering what he was
thinking and knew we could surgically fix this.
I changed my major to veterinary medicine
and eventually had the skills and access to
the hospital morgue to carry out my plan.
He needed a human larynx, tongue, and
lower jaw to be able to actually talk. Then
the world would finally know how smart and
misunderstood our canine friends really are.
Granted it wasnt easy or pretty, but I was
so excited to finally unwrap the bandages,
wondering what his first words would be.
Ready boy? Max stared at me intensely.
Would he thank me? Tell me of his undying
devotion? I leaned closer to hear his first
utterance. It was a hoarse whisper, but I think
his first words were Kill me.
S.J. Schipper, Clinton, Iowa
The Bleeding Truth
Lifting his mouth from the girls neck and

turning toward the boy, the stranger gave his
best Bela Lugosi impression: I dont care for
the pale people; I like them with lots of blood
in them, and hers all seemed to run out. What
a pity.
Im ... Im ready right now, the young man
said, pulling down his collar. Ive upheld my
part of the bargain.
Blood, blood, blood, said the stranger,
strolling leisurely toward him, Our kind
doesnt actually need it, you know? We just like
it. Restoring ones youth by drinking a mortals
blood makes very little sense. Youre filled with
the stuff, and what does it do for you?
The teen laughed nervously, and the
stranger continued.
Look at me. Am I pale? Do I have a cape
or popped collar? My teeth may be sharper
than yours, but ... ya know ... the whole blood
thing.
Like a doctor distracting his patient from
the needle, the stranger bit swiftly and drank.
Once sated, he stepped away from the couch.
The boy, desperately trying to contain the
blood developing around his neck, sputtered,
Youve turned me right? Ive been Embraced
into the clan?
That hand, Im afraid to say, we do play
close to our chests. Quite a useful little lie,
though. Youll bleed out here before anyone
finds you. Deceitful? Yes, but you forget ... we
are the bad guys.
The young mans eyes were already distant,
his T-shirt crimson with blood. He grabbed
the strangers boot but was dispelled.
Ill be leaving now. Dont be surprised if I
dont transform into a bat.
Jacob Ruefer, Rock Island
Second Prize
Such a Good Girl
If Im being completely honest, I dont

remember much.
I could feel fingers on my head. Petting,
swimming through my hair. One hand after
the other.
That much I remember.
Then the whispers: Such a good girl. Such a
good girl. Granny loves you very much.
Some minutes or hours passed in this way.
The syrupy-sweet words poured atop each
caress of my hair.
Whatever shed done, I couldnt move. I
dont think I was bound, and yet I didnt leave.
Didnt sprint. Didnt struggle. Didnt spit in
her face.
Eventually she kissed me. First on the
eyelids. Then the cheeks. Then the lips.
When it was over she wiped at her mouth
and said she would let me go today if I

promised never to tell anybody if I sent my
pretty little sister to her tomorrow.
Whether from magic or drugs, I was unable
to conjure words.
I nodded, nodded.
She held my hands as she helped me to my
feet. I stumbled some as we walked down the
steps of what I then learned was a train car.
Thats where she left me.
I walked and walked through the woods. No
idea where I was.
Eventually I exited near a farmhouse I
recognized at the edge of our town.
When I finally reached home. I walked right
past my mother in the kitchen. No questions
asked.
Upstairs, I entered my sisters room. Said,
quite sweetly, I want to show you something.
Brian Burmeister, DeWitt, Iowa
A Piece of Hair
I felt a hair in my mouth. Before I could

remove it, Grandma called me to the other
room.
Dear! I want to show you something.
A weekend; thats all it was supposed to be.
Spend time with Grandma while Mom and
Dad took their anniversary trip. Then bad
weather struck, their flight delayed, and I was
stuck here.
Descending the steps into the sunken room,
my stomach was in shambles. This was not
where I wanted to be right now. It was a house
without kindness, never meant to be lived
in, not a fit place for people or for love or for
hope.
Using my tongue, I tried to twist the hair
from the corner of my mouth. Grandma was
opening a chest.
Here it is, Darling! Look.
The strand felt unnaturally long as I pulled
it with my fingers.
Beautiful, werent they?
A sudden rush of nausea struck me as more
than a foot hung from my mouth. I couldnt
focus on the picture Grandma held: just a
couple with their daughter. I barely noticed
that it was a photograph of my own parents,
and the girl with them was not me. Pulling at
the seemingly never-ending thread with both
hands now, I quickly realized something.
I was in the picture. Clutched in the girls
arms.
My mouth open wide, I tried to scream, but
produced no sound. The large hole in my chest
wouldnt let me.
Oh, look what youve done. Youve pulled
your seam. Come here, Dear. Grandmother
will mend you.
Jacob Ruefer, Rock Island
Grand Prize (Tie)
Closet Monster
Youre a strange one.

When the monster in the closet said this to
Jacob, he paused, holding the baseball that he
had been rolling into the open closet tight in
his hand, fingers rubbing over the light gouges
from the things claws when it rolled the ball
back. Hed been playing with the monster for
years and never been afraid, not of the glowing
eyes or the yellowed fangs that glinted in the
moonlight peeping through the slated blinds
so many of them.
He said, Was Layla strange, too? A
neighbor girl, missing for a few days now.
Jacob had no illusions that the thing only
visited him.
The shadowy figure shifted restlessly. She
was less than ideal on many levels. I dont care
for the pale people; I like them with lots of
blood in them, and hers had all seemed to run
out.
Jacobs heart sped up. You ate her?
Does that bother you?
I dont know. He didnt think it was fear or
disgust that he felt. She wasnt a strange one,
though?
No.
Jacob nodded slowly, and rolled the ball to
the dark closet again.
What about me?
I dont eat those like me, the strange ones.
Wind rattled outside and Jacob stared at the
teeth, the eyes. His best friend. Dont eat my
family, either.
The monster grinned, claws clacking
quietly.
But the others?
Jacob shrugged, easy smile playing on his
lips. I guess even the monster in the closet has
to eat.
Avery Mulholland, Clinton, Iowa
Living the Dream
Mmmm ... Morning, Big Guy. Time to

wake up.
Ahhhhmmm ... Mornin, Beautiful. You
look gorgeous!
Oh, stop ... Youre killing me! My hairs a
wild mess! Its full of static from the storm last
night.
Hey, I love your hair, especially the streaks.
I always thought they were kind of sexy. Wait.
What storm?
What storm? Really? You didnt hear
anything? It was so loud! The thunder shook
the house and the lightning lit up the sky like
daylight!
Huh. Nope. Didnt hear a thing. But I do
feel strangely energized ... hmmm?
Ohhh, youre such a wild man! Come
on, pull yourself together and well get some

coffee.
Sounds good. Oh, man, I just remembered
... I had some pretty creepy dreams last night.
I was in a cemetery and there were people
digging up graves. They were stealing bodies
right out of the coffins! There was a guy
wearing a lab coat. He talked to me like he
knew me and he had the craziest eyes!
Wow! The storm did get to you!
Maybe, but I was reading that scary book
right before bed. Look, heres the last thing I
read: I had gazed on him while unfinished;
he was ugly then, but when those muscles
and joints were rendered capable of motion, it
became a thing such as even Dante could not
have conceived.
Ugh ... thats awful. How can you read that
stuff? Here, drink your coffee and lets get
going.
Thanks. Awww, geez!
What? Frank, whats wrong?
My collar is soaking wet. Can you hand me
a wrench, hon? That stupid bolt in my neck is
loose again.
Lynn Gingras-Taylor, Bettendorf
Honorable Mention
DNK List
Whos the strangest one here? asked Tom,

the newest aide.
Well, said Carl, the senior aide, as Dr.
Roberts says, theyre not strange, just in touch
with a different reality. But Id be careful of the
one in room 564. He thinks hes the last man
on Earth.
So?
Whenever someone comes near him, he
thinks its the Devil after him and he tears
the person to shreds. Literally. With his bare
hands. And his teeth. He killed four that way
before he was caught. All people who made the
mistake of knocking on his door. Hes chained
to the bed, but still we dont knock and go in
like with the other patients. We have to put
knockout drops in his morning food before we
slide it through the slot in the door; otherwise
we could never get in there to check on him.
A young man with a visitors pass pinned
to his jacket came into the room. Excuse me,
he began. Im a volunteer with the school
psychology club, and they said I could pass
out Halloween candy on the ward, it being
Halloween and all.
Yeah, go ahead, said Carl.
It didnt take long to hand out a few
chocolate bars. As he was turning to leave,
one of the residents said, Dont forget him,
pointing to the end of the room. Hed love a
Halloween treat.
Thanks, said the volunteer, heading to the
back of the ward.

The last man on Earth sat alone in a room.
There was a knock on the door ... .
Mel Piff, Moline
Third Prize
Punching Out
Alan Beachwood sat in an office chair,

staring out the window at the dark empty
city below. Smoke and steam rolled off the
tops as the cold wintry winds blew through
the rows of tall black silhouettes. No lights
polka-dotting the landscape, no cars streaming
through the gaps.
He sat still, with his eyes slowly scanning the
darkness, trying to find any sign of life, human
or otherwise. His hair disheveled, salt and
pepper stubble covering his jaw, and his hands
tightly gripping the arms of the chair.
Alan had thought through the night,
recalling the past few days. How each morning
would be the worst of the attacks, and how
they targeted us individually. They knew
exactly whom they were going to kill, and
whom they were going to take back with them.
No matter where you went, they would find
you.
Keeping still, breathing lightly, he watched
as the skyline changed from a deep black
to a soft blue. The sun was rising. His mind
flashed to images of his family and his friends
suddenly collapsing, seizing and, ultimately,
decaying right in front of his eyes. Sweat began
to bead on his forehead. Now gripping the
arms of the chair even tighter. They cant find
me. They cant find me, he thought to himself.
The last man on earth sat alone in a room.
There was a knock on the door ... .
James Draper, Rock Island
Inspiration
Paul awoke to blinding sunlight pouring in

through the cellar door. He had been strapped
to the cot in this dank cellar for three days.
The only source of light had been a pull-chain
fixture that never seemed to stop swaying. His
stomach churned, wondering what new and
different horrors awaited him today.
The young petite blonde woman that was
holding him captive was surprisingly strong,
and terrifyingly sadistic. Yesterday it had been
The Drawing of the Three, and Paul was Roland
for the day. He ended the day missing several
fingers from his right hand. The day before
was It. She had been dressed like Pennywise
and severed Pauls left arm at the shoulder
while she cackled, They float, Georgie!
They had started this nightmare with Misery.
His name was Paul, after all, and now he was
missing his left foot, just like the man in the
story.
Paul looked around the cellar, hoping to

find something to help him escape. All he
saw was the little blonde woman standing at
a bookshelf. She grabbed a book and turned
around. A malevolent look was in her eyes.
Good morning, Jimmy. Looks like today
were traveling to Salems Lot, she said
cheerfully, holding a kitchen knife in her
hand. Page 424: The cellar door stood open.
And the screams began. Looks like our cellar
door is already open. Time to make Stephens
dreams come true.
She tossed the book over her shoulder, and
Paul began screaming.
Chris White, Colona, Illinois
Shift
The cat is licking my beard again. My eyes

open to an ever-changing barrage of colors and
shadows casting themselves upon the livingroom walls. The television is still on, and
loud, and I wonder how I can sleep like this. I
nudge the cat away and roll to my feet from the
couch, notice a slight breeze coming from my
right. The sliding-glass door leading onto our
deck stands ajar.
As I start to shut the door, I hear something.
Faint but there. Voices in the distance. Why
would anyone be outside at this hour?
I slam the door shut and move swiftly
towards our bedrooms. The door to our girls
room is shut, as it should be. I open it, quietly
then quick.
Neither girl is in her bed.
I dash to our room, fling open the door. Our
bed is empty. Our window wide open.
Fast as I can, I race back through the house,
through the sliding-glass door in our living
room, to the deck beyond.
I stop. Scan the yard. All is silent, unmoving.
Then I see it. And time changes. Im no
longer in the moment, but it beyond, looking
back.
The cellar door stood open. And the
screams began.
I raced to the cellar and down the stairs. My
family was there. As was a man. Dressed in all
black. His grin wide, wide.
He looked to me and said, Good. Were all
here. Lets begin.
Brian Burmeister, DeWitt, Iowa
First Prize
Welcome
I cant speak. But the words are still clear,

and every emotion and unspoken plea stays
here. It sends lumps to throats, and shivers
crawling along spines. Im breathing down
necks, trying to whisper a hundred words and
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Winners and Favorites from Our

2015 Short-Fiction Contest
no one listens but the house.
Everything in the house hears me.
The stairs have warped, the floors are
sinking, and the windows are broken. Even
the furniture has sagged under the weight.
I sit in the attic, knees drawn up and
numb as dead leaves skitter across the floor
from where the roof is gone. Its been years
since those girls, since I watched them
touch my things and felt the overwhelming
jealousy and desire. And the house listened.
So the fire burned, and the girls ... they never
left the attic again. They didnt stay either,
just like everyone else. Buried and gone but
here I am, waiting, the dust and rot slowly
collecting.
I am the lonely that seeps into every

surface. The kind of lonely that takes but
wants more. Ive taken so much that the
opportunities start to vanish.
But Ive grown patient since those girls,
since so many others. Someday, Ill get what
I want.
Someday, youll pull up.
You wont see me standing in the attic,
wind brushing past with the smell of smoke
still lingering after all this time. Youll feel it
though as you look up at the shuttered house
through tree branches and endless autumnhued leaves.
Welcome to the house. Wont you stay?
Avery Mulholland, Clinton, Iowa
Movie Reviews
by Mike
Mike Schulz
Schulz mike@rcreader.com
mike@rcreader.com
by
The Apple Doesnt Fall Far from the Tree
STEVE JOBS
Steve Jobs, the thunderously enjoyable

new movie by director Danny Boyle and
screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, doesnt look or
sound quite like any other bio-pic. It does,
however, look like a lot of other Boyle films
and sounds like every Sorkin ever, and this
mightve been a deal-breaker if (a) I meant
that insultingly, (b) the world actually
needed another traditional telling of the
late CEOs saga, and (c) Boyles and Sorkins
seemingly mismatched talents didnt prove
absolutely ideal for one another.
But while the duos collaboration, in
genre terms, is undeniably bold and even
ballsy, it would also be untrue to say
that no one has created anything of its
kind before. They have. Its just that such
creations have been generally confined
to Broadway; barring the profanity and
Boyles typically jaunty visuals, Steve Jobs
plays just like a three-act backstage comedy
from the 30s, and could be pretty easily
adapted into a play of its own. (Despite the
films many hundreds of extras, you could
even produce it with a cast of 11.) This isnt
meant as a knock, at least not a huge one,
and Im not sure how Boyles and Sorkins
exhilarating entertainment which can
perhaps best be described as screwball
drama could be cast or performed
better than it is. Yet theres still something
unsettling, if undeniably amusing, about
the life of a computer visionary being
explored via a presentational style thats at
least 80 years old.
Each of the movies three acts transpires
in the minutes leading up to Jobs
unveiling of a new product before throngs
of applauding, foot-stomping potential
buyers, and Boyle and cinematographer
Alwin H. Kchler
Chrisann
give each segment
Brennan
a distinct look.
(Katherine
Act I is filmed
Waterston),
in 16 millimeter
with whom Jobs
(making this
fathered a child
section resemble
he long refused
a TBS airing of
to acknowledge;
an early John
and the child
Hughes flick),
herself, Lisa
Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs
and finds Michael
(successively
Fassbenders Jobs,
played by
in 1984, preparing to introduce the first
Makenzie Moss, Ripley Sobo, and Perla
Macintosh PC. Act IIs more resplendent 35 Hayley-Jardine). Each of them is granted a
millimeter signifies the global upgrade Jobs few minutes of Jobs near-attention as the
hopes to spawn with the release of 1988s
clock ticks toward each unveiling with
NeXT Computer. The digitally shot Act
random pop-ins by John Ortiz as a reporter
III, meanwhile, takes place a decade later,
and Sarah Snook as this stock companys
when Jobs is readying the masses for the
resident stage manager and to call
iMac G3. But while the visual motifs and
Sorkins thrice-repeated scenario contrived
products change in this trio of Steve Jobs
is almost an insult to contrivance.
subdivisions, other things stay the same.
The contrivances also dont matter
Namely, just about everything.
a whit, because Steve Jobs is gloriously
Late in the film, prior to the iMac debut, contrived, with dialogue so sparklingly
Jobs has a Sorkin-ian walk-and-talk with
quotable, and delivered so well, that you
his long-suffering work wife Joanna
barely mind Sorkins expected cornball
Hoffman (Kate Winslet) and says, Its like
leanings, such as his decision to frame
five minutes before every launch, everyone the entire script within the parameters
goes to a bar, gets drunk, and tells me
of an easily digestible, negligent-dadwhat they really think. Thats exactly what
learns-to-love storyline. Meanwhile, just
seems to happen, as all three acts find
as David Fincher did with Sorkins Social
Jobs enduring tense interactions most of
Network script, Boyle finds numerous
them heated, all of them witty with the
ways to de-sentimentalize and electrify
same rogue planets in his orbit. Beyond the the proceedings. Beyond the directors
frequently exasperated Hoffman, theres
employment of those intensely clever,
Apple developer Steve Wozniak (Seth
thematically appropriate changes in
Rogen), wounded by Jobs dismissal of
film stock, Boyle floods the screen with
his contributions; the initially supportive,
montages of numbers and products that
eventually disillusioned CEO John Sculley
give visual life to Jobs speedily delivered
(Jeff Daniels); computer scientist and
techno-babble, and the films editing
resident whipping boy Andy Hertzfeld
(credited to Elliot Graham) is so smart that
(Michael Stuhlbarg); the broke, unstable
it could be its own Sorkin character. (One
vociferous. mid-film face-off between

Jobs and Sculley a crisply cut toggling
between present and flashback scenes
leaves you practically winded. Grandly
designed sequences are sometimes
called operatic; this one is symphonic.)
Those hoping to truly learn about
Steve Jobs through Steve Jobs should
probably prepare for disappointment.
Unless you choose to analyze Jobs
adoption as a one-month-old (a point
Sorkin repeatedly underlines) more than
the informations presentation merits,
you likely wont leave with much insight
into how the man became the brilliant,
cagey, monstrous, maddening, deeply
human figure that Michael Fassbender
embodies in his spectacularly galvanized
portrayal. But thanks to Boyle, Sorkin,
Fassbender, and the rest, you will get
plenty of insight into how a gorgeously
paced, utterly superb movie is crafted.
Youll probably also discover, or rediscover, just how quickly you can
memorize dialogue when its written and
acted with this level of sharpness. Its
been two days since I saw Steve Jobs, and
I can still hear Kate Winslets retort after
learning that the 1984 Mac needs to say
Hello: The computer in 2001 said
Hello all the time and it still scared the
shit out of me.
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Whats Happenin
Music
during his travels between

Minnesota and Texas, made
the acquaintance of Willie
Nelson, Kesha, and the cowboy
musicians of Riders in the Sky.
Months spent living in Austin,
Texas, led to more months as
a resident of Homer, Alaska
(where he lived in a seven-byseven dwelling he nicknamed
The Birdhouse), which
eventually led to Redfield
finally returning to Minnesota
and, in 2010, releasing his
debut LP Ephemeral Sun to
rave reviews and continuous
airplay. So much for the
expression You cant go home
Luke Redfield
Rozz-Tox
Wednesday, November 4, 8 p.m.
f youre reading this article

hot off the presses, folk
singer/songwriter Luke
Redfields new EP Uncover
the Magic described
by GoodMoMusic.net as
haunting and alluring will
have been released less than a
week ago. You also have less
than a week to commit the
EP to memory before November 4 lands, when
Minnesota native Redfield makes one of his
early tour stops at Rock Islands Rozz-Tox. I urge
you, though, to resist singing along even if you
know every lyric of Uncover the Magic by heart.
I made a similar mistake at a recent Wiggles
concert and got such strange looks ... .
(Kidding. They havent played here recently.)
His future recording career hinted at when he
was born the son of a preacher man, Redfield
gravitated toward hip hop in his teens, but has
stated that exposure to albums such as Bob
Dylans Highway 61 Revisited, Gillian Welchs
Soul Journey, and Bruce Springsteens Nebraska
inspired him to lean more toward folk and
blues. He taught himself guitar and, in his early
20s, spent most of 2006 busking his way through
Europe, and had his first taste of professional
success when a concert engagement found him
opening for London-based singer/songwriter
Nick Harper, a former member of Squeeze.
Returning to the U.S. the following year,
Redfield embarked on his first solo tour, and
Party with a Purpose at the
again.
By his second LP, 2012s Tusen Takk, Redfield
was collaborating with members of Bon Iver,
Peter Wolf Crier, and Andrew Birds band. By
2013, with the release of Redfields third LP, East
of Santa Fe, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune was
showering him with praise for his atmospheric
and horizon-gazing folk/blues stylings.
And now Redfield is more in-demand than
ever, embarking on a 14-state tour in support of
Uncover the Magic and inspiring adjectives such
as powerful (GroundSounds.com), haunting
(Boulder Weekly), and ragged but right
(The A.V. Club). So be sure to catch Redfield
during his set at Rozz-Tox, and dont let the
accompanying photo deter you from leaving the
house. I imagine thats a press photo suggesting
the artists Minnesota roots, and not a signal that
he knows something about November 4s Quad
Cities weather that we dont.
For more information on Luke Redfields area
visit, call (309)200-0978 or visit RozzTox.com.
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Intelligent Than You Actually Are
ne of the countrys most acclaimed and

popular Americana/folk bands will make an
eagerly awaited area appearance when Davenports
Adler Theatre hosts a concert with The Avett
Brothers on Tuesday, November 10. Over the 15
years since the band debuted with its self-titled
EP, this internationally touring outfit has thrilled
fans, peers, and critics alike topping the Billboard
charts, scoring a Grammy nomination for 2012s The
Carpenter, and being lauded by the San Francisco
Chronicle for boasting the heavy sadness of Townes
Van Zandt, the light pop concision of Buddy Holly,
the tuneful jangle of the Beatles, and the raw energy
of the Ramones.
Yet if youre new to the party but dont want to
miss out on one of the areas major autumnal concert
events, there are some things you should definitely
know about the Avett Brothers before scoring your
Adler Theatre tickets.
1) Know the members of the Avett Brothers:
Although there are four full-time members of the
group and three musicians who accompany them on
tour, only brothers and band founders Scott and Seth
Avett are related. These respective banjo and guitar
players are joined by bassist Bob Crawford and cellist
Joe Kwon as the official Avett Brothers lineup, while
drummer Mike Marsh, pianist Paul DeFiglia, and
violinist Tania Elizabeth frequently provide backup.
2) Know something about the Avett Brothers
achievements: In addition to their three-volume set
of live albums, the musicians have eight additional,
full-length CDs under their belts, with 2009s I &
Love & You hitting number one on Billboards folk
chart, and The Carp

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by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
Music
What Else
Is Happenin
MUSIC
The Charlie Daniels Band
Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center

Saturday, November 7, 7:30 p.m.
ister DJ, Im in a middle of a heartache

and its still hurtin me ... .
Oh, Trudy ... .
We had it all one time and Im bogged down
in love with you. But Im tired of this honky
tonk life of little folks and road dogs and goin to
Sugar Hill Saturday night. I need a vacation!
Darlin, Im just a long-haired country boy. A
simple man.
Well, theres gotta be some place else in
America this land of opportunity a good ole
boy can go.
Im drinkin, my baby goodbye.
Texas?
Lost my cowboy hat in Dallas.
Nebraska?
Spent time in a Wichita jail.
Oh ... Atlanta!
The Devil went down to Georgia.
Mississippi?
That powder keg?
Sweet home Alabama?
Still got the Birmingham blues.
Way down yonder in sweet Louisiana?
The legend of Wooley Swamp, ya know.
Carolina?
Which Carolina?
North?
Nope.
South?
Nope.
Ive got it! Iowa!
Iowa?!
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I hear that the Charlie Daniels Band is gonna

be performing at the Quad-Cities Waterfront
Convention Center in Bettendorf, Iowa, on
November 7! I know how much you love them!
Hmmm ... .
Youre thinkin about it I can see it behind
your eyes! If we took the midnight train and
rode all night long, wed be there by morning!
I guess heaven can be anywhere in my
beautiful America. And it is the Charlie Daniels
Band. Youre on.
Oh, my southern boy! I guess somebody was
praying for me! This is so exciting! We can have
whiskey ... !
Mmm-hmm.
... and of course theres the twang factor ... .
Mmm-hmm.
... and dont forget what youre gonna get
from me great big bunches of love!
Well, two out of three aint bad.
For tickets to the Charlie Daniels Bands
November 4 concert at the Quad-Cities
Waterfront Convention Center and the chance
to hear the group perform some of Daniels
40 aforementioned songs visit Bettendorf.
IsleOfCapriCasinos.com or call (563)441-7000.
Thursday, October 29 An
Evening with That 1 Guy. Metal,
strings, and electronics with punk
musician Mike Silverman. The
Redstone Room (129 Main Street,
Davenport). 8 p.m. $16.50-17. For
tickets and information, call (563)3261333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.
org.
Thursday, October 29 Urge
Overkill. Concert with the Chicagobased alternative rockers, featuring
an opening set by The Goddamn
Gallows. Rock Island Brewing
Company (1815 Second Avenue,
Rock Island). 8 p.m. $20-25. For
information, call (309)793-1999 or
visit RIBCO.com.
Friday, October 30 Halloqueen.
Tribute concert featuring Alan
Sweet as Queens Freddy Mercury,
Bret Dale as Brian May, David Abdo
as John Deacon, and Erik Wilson as
Roger Taylor, with an opening set
by Have Your Cake. The Redstone
Room (129 Main Street, Davenport).
8 p.m. $16.50-17. For tickets and
visit RiverMusicExperience.org.
Saturday, October 31 RIBCO
Halloween Bash. Seasonal party
with sets by The Dawn, Earth
Ascending, and the Bottoms Up Quad
City Burlesque troupe. Rock Island
Brewing Company (1815 Second
Avenue, Rock Island). 9 p.m. $6. For
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What Else Is Happenin

visit RIBCO.com.
programs featuring concertmaster Naha
and Saturday 7 p.m. $7. For information,
Avenue, Moline). With a 6 p.m. event
Saturday, October 31 Codfish
Greenholtz and principal cellist Hannah
call (563)441-4339 or e-mail kdbabbitt@
on November 6 featuring live dance
Halloween. All-ages concert with
Holman. Saturday: Adler Theatre (136
eicc.edu.
performances by Ballet Quad Cities,
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night
East Third Street, Davenport), 8 p.m.
Wednesday, November
Ballet Quad
Sweats, Land Lines, and Young Jesus.
Sunday: Augustana Colleges Centenial
11, through Sunday,
Cities School of
Codfish Hollow Barn (5013 288th
Hall (3703 Seventh Avenue, Rock Island),
December 27 A
Dance, Amani
Avenue, Maquoketa). 7 p.m. $20.
2 p.m. $6-62. For tickets and information, Wonderful Life. Musical
Tandoazo, Amani
For tickets and information, visit
call (563)322-7276 or visit QCSO.org.
adaptation of Frank
Junior Dancers,
CodfishHollowBarnstormers.
Saturday, November 7
Capras Its a Wonderful Life,
and Fred Astaire
Thursday, November 5
Moondance 2015. Annual fundraiser
directed by Ann Nieman.
Dance Studio.
Satisfaction: The International
for the Karli Rose Kell Music Scholarship
Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse
For information,
Rolling Stones Show. Concert tribute
Fund, with performances by Lissie and
(1828 Third Avenue, Rock
call (309)793Moondance 2015 with Lissie @
to the legendary, chart-topping rock
Jason Carl & the Whole Damn Band, a
Island.) Wednesday, Friday,
1213 or visit
The Redstone Room - November 7
musicians. Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse
silent auction, raffles, and more. The
Saturday, and November
QuadCityArts.
(1828 Third Avenue,
Redstone Room (129
11: 6 p.m. buffet, 7:15 p.m. pre-show,
com.
Rock Island). 7 p.m.
Main Street, Davenport). 7:45 p.m. show. Sunday: 4 p.m. buffet,
Sunday, November 8, through
$25-30. For tickets
7 p.m. $15, ages 12 and
5:15 p.m. pre-show, 5:45 p.m. show.
Sunday, January 3 Amazing
and information,
under free. For tickets
Wednesday: noon plated lunch, 1 p.m.
Advent Adventure. Exhibit of artistic
call (309)786-7733
and information, call
pre-show, 1:30 p.m. show. $42.50-48. For
advent calendars made by community
extension 2 or visit
(563)326-1333 or visit
tickets and information, call (309)786members. German American Heritage
Circa21.com.
RiverMusicExperience.
7733 extension 2 or visit Circa21.com.
Center (712 West Second Street,
Thursday,
org.
Davenport). Tuesday through Saturday
November 5
10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday noon-4 p.m. Free
Disneys Beauty & the Beast @
Keller Williams
with $3-5 admission. For information,
Thursday,
October
29
SPECTRA.
Adler Theatre - November 3
Trio. Acoustic
call (563)322-8844 or visit GAHC.org.
Friday, October
Poetry readings with Kara Candito, Josh
dance music with the roots musicians
Sunday, November 8, through
30, through Sunday, November 15
Kalscheur, and Brittany Cavallaro, in an
new trio featuring Rob Wasserman
Sunday, January 3 Winterscapes.
The Pillowman. Martin McDonaghs
event co-sponsored by the Midwest
and Rodney Holmes, with an opening
Exhibit featuring original, winterTony-winning comedy thriller, directed
Writing Center. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third
set by Old Shoe. The Redstone Room
themed works by the female artists of
by Tyson Danner. QC Theatre Workshop
Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. Free. For
(129 Main Street, Davenport). 8:30
Artists Unlimited. German American
(1730 Wilkes Avenue, Davenport). Friday
information, call (563)324-1410 or visit
p.m. $27.25-32.50. For tickets and
Heritage Center (712 West Second Street,
and Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m.
RozzTox.com or MWCQC.org.
Davenport). Tuesday through Saturday
Pay what its worth ticket prices. For
RiverMusicExperience.org.
10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday noon-4 p.m. Free
tickets and information, call (563)650Thursday, November 5 Guy
with $3-5 admission. For information,
2396 or visit QCTheatreWorkshop.org.
Tuesday, November 10 China
Fawkes Night. Commemoration party
call (563)322-8844 or visit GAHC.org.
Tuesday, November 3 Disneys
Rising. Screenings in the museums
featuring performances by Gosh!,
Beauty & the Beast. Director Bob Roths
World Adventure Series, presented
Reaches, Sister Missile, and Wulfbriar,
Tony-winning stage musical based on
by filmmaker Dale Johnson. Putnam
with a free Guy Fawkes mask provided
the Oscar-winning animated film, in a
Saturday, October 31 Boneyard
Museum & Science Center (1717 West
at the door. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third
Broadway at the Adler presentation.
Boogie. Annual outdoor Halloween
12th Street, Davenport). 1 and 7 p.m.
Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. $5-10. For
Adler Theatre (136 East Third Street,
$6.50-10. For tickets and information, call party for adults with concert sets by
Davenport). 7:30 p.m. $42-69.50.
Dirt Road Rockers and Corporate Rock.
(563)324-1933 or visit Putnam.org.
RozzTox.com.
For tickets, call
Daiquiri Factory (1809 Second Avenue,
Friday, November 6 Pangaea.
(800)745-3000 or visit
Rock Island). 7 p.m. gates. $10. For
Australian punk/metal musicians in
AdlerTheatre.com.
Thursday, October information, call (309)786-1016 or visit
concert, with opening sets by After Hour
Thursday,
DaiquiriFactory.com.
29 Fright Night in
Animals, TheZealots, and Kronos Resistor. November 5,
Saturday, October 31 Davenport
the District. Annual
Rock Island Brewing Company (1815
through Sunday,
Halloween Parade. Annual parade
Halloween party
Second Avenue, Rock Island). 9 p.m. $5.
November 15
along Second and Third streets in
for kids, featuring
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats a costume contest,
For information, call (309)793-1999 or
Bingo. Farcical
downtown Davenport. 1 p.m. Free. For
@ Codfish Hollow - October 31
visit RIBCO.com.
comedy by Allan
information, visit CityOfDavenportIowa.
games, crafts, and
Friday, November 6 Anthony
Stratton, directed by Jackie Skiles.
com.
trick-or-treating. District of Rock Island.
Gomes. Blues and rock musician
Richmond Hill Barn Theatre (600
Friday, November 6, through
5-8 p.m. Free. For information, call
in concert, with an opening set by
Robinson Drive, Geneseo). Thursday
Sunday, November 8 Antique
(309)788-6311 or visit RIDistrict.com.
Wooden Nickel Lottery. The Redstone
through Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 3
Spectacular. Annual event featuring
Room (129 Main Street, Davenport).
p.m. $10. For tickets and information, call
70 exhibitors with antiques and vintage
8 p.m. $13.75-17. For tickets and
items including furniture, arts and crafts,
(309)944-2244 or visit RHPlayers.com.
Wednesday, November 4, through
Friday, November 6, through
Wednesday, December 30 Everybody stoneware, books, prints, jewelry, and
RiverMusicExperience.org.
more. QCCA Expo Center (2621 Fourth
Saturday, November 14 The Dinner
Dance! Exhibit of dance-themed
Saturday, November 7, and
Avenue, Rock Island). Friday 5-9 p.m.,
Party. Neil Simons comedic tale of love
works and costumes by local and
Sunday, November 8 Quad
Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.and divorce, directed by Kevin Babbitt.
regional artists and Ballet Quad Cites
City Symphony Orchestra: Bach,
4 p.m. $7 admission for the full weekend.
Scott Community College Student Life
photographer Joseph S. Maciejko.
Brahms, & Shostakovich. The second
For information, call (712)324-9964 or
Center (Room 2400 through Door Five,
Quad City Arts at the Airport (Quad
Masterworks concerts of the season in
visit AntiqueSpectacular.com.
500 Belmont Road, Bettendorf). Friday
City International Airport, 2200 69th
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Ask
the
The Alone Ranger
Advice
Goddess
Sometimes, when my boyfriend is upset, he

wants comforting just like I would. Hell vent
or lay his head in my lap, and I stroke his hair.
But sometimes, he just sits on the couch and
says nothing. How do I know what he needs,
and how do I feel better about it when it isnt
me?
Man-Cave Confusion
Just like women, men often verbalize complex
emotions for example, I want sausage and
pepperoni on that.
The truth is men have feelings; they just dont
hang them out to dry on the balcony railing
like big cotton granny panties. Developmental
psychologist Joyce Benenson, who studies sex
differences, notes in Warriors & Worriers that
men, who evolved to be the warriors of the
species, typically express emotions less often
and with less intensity than women. Men are
especially likely to put a lid on fear and sadness,
emotions that reflect vulnerability though its
also the rare man youll hear chirp to his buddy,
OMG, those are, like, the cutest wingtips!
Mens emotional coolness is an evolved
survival tactic, Benenson explains. Emotions
communicate feelings to others. They also affect
our own behavior. In battle, a person who loses
control of his emotions cannot think clearly
about what is happening around him. Revealing
to the enemy that one feels scared or sad would
be even worse.
Women, on the other hand, bond through
sharing personal vulnerabilities, Benenson
notes. Men and women do have numerous
similarities such as having the adrenalineinfused fight-or-flight reaction as our primary
physiological response to stress. However,
psychologist Shelley Taylor finds that women
also have an alternate stress response, which she
named tend-and-befriend. Tending involves
self-soothing through caring for others, and
befriending describes the creation of and
maintenance of social networks to turn to for
comforting. (And no, she isnt talking about
Facebook or Instagram.)
So as a woman, you may long to snuggle
up to somebody for a restorative boo-hoo, but
for a man, opening up about his feelings can
make him feel worse and even threatened.
The problem is we have a tendency to assume
other people are emotionally wired just like us.
Being mindful of that and of the evolutionary
reasons a guy might need to go off in a corner to
BY AMY ALKON
lick his wounds might help you avoid taking it

personally: Im upset about how youre upset!
(Great! And now his problem has a problem.)
It would be helpful if an upset man would
hang a Do not disturb sign on his face when
he just wants to drink a beer (or four) and
watch South Park. You could try to read his
body language such as crossed arms and stiff
posture saying go away. But if his body isnt
speaking up all that clearly, you could say, Im
here if you wanna talk or if you dont. If its the
latter, stock the fridge; make him a sandwich;
make him some sex. In other words, comfort
him in the way a clammed-up guy needs to be
comforted. It beats being the girlfriend version
of the enthusiastic good Samaritan who, on a
slow day, forces little old ladies across the street
at gunpoint.
Waking Up Rusted
My girlfriend loves to spoon when we

sleep. She says it makes her feel safe and loved.
I have recently developed spinal problems and
have to sleep on my back like a corpse with
this weird neck pillow. Ill put my hand on her
thigh to make her feel connected, but its not
really cutting it. I suspect this reminds her of
her marriage falling apart and her now exhusband sleeping on the other side of the bed
with a bunch of pillows between them.
Ouch
Sometimes a persons need feel to safe and
loved has to be forgone for the other persons
need to not be an Oxy-addicted hunchback at 45.
You can surely understand where shes
coming from. Nothing like going from sleeping
lovingly intertwined with somebody to feeling
as if youre sleeping next to an open casket. This
may feel even worse for your girlfriend if she
does associate physical distance with emotional
distance, having had an ex who built a Berlin
Wall of pillows between them and would only
have been farther away in bed if hed slept on
the floor.
What you can do is promise to make it up to
her with extra affection when youre out of bed
and do that: Go to Cuddlesville when youre
watching TV together; shower with her; put
your arms around her and kiss her head while
shes washing a mug. (P.S. This is also a smart
practice for men who dont sleep on a foam log.)
Love does involve making sacrifices, but one of
them probably shouldnt be no longer being able
to feel your toes.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
ARIES (March 21-April 19): On a

January morning in 1943, the town of
Spearfish, South Dakota experienced
very weird weather. At 7:30 a.m.,
the temperature was -4 degrees Fahrenheit. In
the next two minutes, due to an unusual type
of wind sweeping down over nearby Lookout
Mountain, thermometers shot up 49 degrees.
Over the next hour and a half, the air grew
even warmer. But by 9:30, the temperature had
plummeted back to -4 degrees. Im wondering if
your moods might swing with this much bounce
in the coming weeks. As long as you keep in
mind that no single feeling is likely to last very
long, it doesnt have to be a problem. You may
even find a way to enjoy the breathtaking ebbs
and flows. Halloween costume suggestion:
roller-coaster rider, Jekyll and Hyde, warm
clothes on one side of your body and shorts or
bathing suit on the other.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): How
dare you be so magnetic and tempting?
What were you thinking when you
turned up the intensity of your charm to such
a high level? I suggest you consider exercising
more caution about expressing your radiance.
People may have other things to do besides
daydreaming about you. But if you really cant
bring yourself to be a little less attractive if
you absolutely refuse to tone yourself down
please at least try to be extra kind and generous.
Share your emotional wealth. Overflow with
more than your usual allotments of blessings.
Halloween costume suggestion: a shamanic
Santa Claus; a witchy Easter Bunny.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the last
10 days of November and the month
of December, I suspect there will be
wild-card interludes when you can enjoy smart
gambles, daring stunts, cute tricks, and mythic
escapades. But the next three weeks will not be
like that. On the contrary. For the immediate
future, I think you should be an upstanding
citizen, a well-behaved helper, and a dutiful
truth-teller. Can you handle that? If so, I bet you
will get sneak peaks of the fun and productive
mischief that could be yours in the last six weeks
of 2015. Halloween costume suggestion: the
most normal person in the world.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Members of the gazelle species
known as the springbok periodically
engage in a behavior known as pronking.
They leap into the air and propel themselves
a great distance with all four feet off the
ground, bounding around with abandon.
What evolutionary purpose does this serve?
Some scientists are puzzled, but not naturalist
David Attenborough. In the documentary
film Africa, he follows a springbok herd as it
wanders through the desert for months, hoping
to find a rare rainstorm. Finally it happens. As
if in celebration, the springboks erupt with an
outbreak of pronking. They are dancing for
joy, Attenborough declares. Given the lucky
breaks and creative breakthroughs coming your

way, Cancerian, I foresee you doing something
similar. Halloween costume suggestion: a
pronking gazelle, a hippety-hopping bunny, a
boisterous baby goat.
LEO (July 23-August 22): A very little
key will open a very heavy door, wrote
Charles Dickens in his short story
Hunted Down. Make that one of your guiding
meditations in the coming days, Leo. In the back
of your mind, keep visualizing the image of a
little key opening a heavy door. Doing so will
help ensure that youll be alert when clues about
the real keys location become available. You will
have a keen intuitive sense of how youll need
to respond if you want to procure it. Halloween
costume suggestion: proud and protective
possessor of a magic key.
VIRGO (August 23-September
22): The ancient Hindu text known
as the Kama Sutra gives extensive
advice about many subjects, including love and
sex. Though a man loves a woman ever so
much, reads a passage in chapter four, he never
succeeds in winning her without a great deal
of talking. Take that as your cue, Virgo. In the
coming weeks, stir up the intimacy you want
with a great deal of incisive talking that beguiles
and entertains. Furthermore, use the same
approach to round up any other experience you
yearn for. The way you play with language will
be crucial in your efforts to fulfill your wishes.
Luckily, I expect your persuasive powers to be
even greater than they usually are. Halloween
costume suggestion: the ultimate salesperson.
LIBRA (September 23-October
22): I encourage you to be super
rhythmical and melodious in the coming days.
Dont just sing in the shower and in the car.
Hum and warble and whistle while shopping for
vegetables and washing the dishes and walking
the dog. Allot yourself more than enough time
to shimmy and cavort, not just on the dance
floor but anywhere else you can get away with
it. For extra credit, experiment with lyrical
flourishes whenever youre in bed doing the
jizzle-skazzle. Halloween costume suggestion:
wandering troubadour, street musician, freestyling rapper, operatic diva, medicine woman
who heals with sound.
SCORPIO (October 23-November
21): I expect you to be in a state of
continual birth for the next four
weeks. Awakening and activation will come
naturally. Your drive to blossom and create may
be irresistible, bordering on unruly. Does that
sound overwhelming? I dont think it will be
a problem as long as you cultivate a mood of
amazed amusement about how strong it feels.
To help maintain your poise, keep in mind that
your growth spurt is a natural response to the
dissolution that preceded it. Halloween costume
suggestion: a fountain, an erupting volcano,
the growing beanstalk from the Jack & the
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by Rob Brezsny
Beanstalk fairy tale.
SAGITTARIUS (November
22-December 21): Just as a snake
sheds its skin, we must shed our past
over and over again. So says Buddhist teacher
Jack Kornfield. Can you guess why Im bringing
it to your attention, Sagittarius? Its one of those
times when you can do yourself a big favor
by sloughing off the stale, worn-out, decaying
parts of your past. Luckily for you, you now
have an extraordinary talent for doing just that.
I suspect you will also receive unexpected help
and surprising grace as you proceed. Halloween
costume suggestion: a snake molting its skin.
CAPRICORN (December
22-January 19): Speaking on behalf
of your wild mind, Im letting you
know that youre due for an immersion in
revelry and festivity. Plugging away at business
as usual could become counterproductive
unless you take at least brief excursions to
the frontiers of pleasure. High integrity may
become sterile unless you expose it to an
unpredictable adventure or two. Halloween
costume suggestion: party animal, hell raiser,
social butterfly, god or goddess of delight. Every
one of us harbors a touch of crazy genius that
periodically needs to be unleashed, and now is
that time for you.
AQUARIUS (January 20-February
18): I hope you will chose a
Halloween costume that emboldens you to
feel powerful. For the next three weeks, its in
your long-term interest to invoke a visceral
sense of potency, dominion, and sovereignty.
What clothes and trappings might stimulate
these qualities in you? Those of a king or
queen? A rock star or CEO? A fairy godmother,
superhero, or dragon-tamer? Only you know
which archetypal persona will help stir up your
untapped reserves of confidence and command.
PISCES (February 19-March 20):
Its time to stretch the boundaries,
Pisces. You have license to expand
the containers and outgrow the expectations
and wage rebellion for the sheer fun of it. The
frontiers are calling you. Your enmeshment in
small talk and your attachment to trivial wishes
are hereby suspended. Your mind yearns to be
blown and blown and blown again! I dare you
to wander outside your overly safe haven and go
in quest of provocative curiosities. Halloween
costume suggestions: mad scientist, wild-eyed
revolutionary, Dr. Who.
Homework: What is your greatest fear? Make
fun of it this Halloween. Tell me about it at
FreeWillAstrology.com.
Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny's
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Crossword
TREATS, NOT TRICKS October 29, 2015
October 15 Answers: Right
October 15 Crossword Answers
ACROSS
1. Pindarics
5. At _ _
10. Eve, in a palindrome
15. Search through
19. Arrange
20. Kindled anew
21. Last letter
22. Samoas capital
23. Candy treat: 2 wds.
27. Locomotive: 2 wds.
28. Trial
29. Landscapes
30. Balsam _
31. Beatitude
33. _ of Gilead
34. Before very long
36. Fat
37. Bent like a bow
41. Common allergen
46. Alaskan cape
47. Salacious
48. Dilutes
50. Candia, presently
51. Wood sorrel
52. Time
53. Special ops force
54. Data
55. Kind of cannon
57. Blow up
59. Strikes
60. Settled on
61. Hum
62. Flavoring plant
63. Buckwheat pancakes
64. Openings
65. Oar part
66. Money realized
69. Scope
70. Angry text or tweet
71. Novel
72. _ anemone
73. Eyot
74. Papal crown
75. Ridge among mountains
76. Drink, often
77. Three- _ sloth

81. Folklore creatures
83. Class member
85. Fleming and Somerhalder
86. Perrys maker
87. Foray
88. Opening
90. Cacophony
91. Washday problem
94. Junk mail
95. Court-case participant
104. Palo _
105. Ticket-price category
106. Lend _ _
107. Stew pot
108. _ ex machina
109. With dignity
110. Beat
111. Ore stratum
DOWN
1. Bone: Prefix
2. Unyielding
3. Cogito _ sum
4. Silicon Valley school
5. Fire
6. Nonsense writer
7. Auto pioneer
8. Muttonchops cousin
9. Piggery
10. Nevi
11. Wrong
12. Adroit
13. Get on
14. Slaughter
15. Dweller underground
16. Unobstructed
17. Morass
18. Singing voice
24. Long river in Europe
26. Rights org.
28. Josip Broz _
32. Pins
33. Hellions
34. Mimics specialty

36. Beam
37. Furthers
39. Man at the podium
40. Beloved one
41. Luge
42. Mugs with lids
44. Musical interval
45. Curtain
49. Loathe
53. Struck, old style
54. Playground essential
55. Every _ way
56. Tiptop: Hyph.
58. Seed cover
59. Medicine man
60. Storage place
62. Cigar
63. Harte or Michaels
64. Heir
65. Inculpation
66. Exploits (with on)
67. Twofold
68. Understands
69. Fill
70. Did an office job
71. Troops position: 2 wds.
74. Charm
75. Not shut
76. Waterspouts
78. Chip snack brand
80. Rad. times two
82. Prevail
84. Turner the actress
88. Hex
89. Good to eat
90. Log of a kind
91. Alosa
92. Enamelware
93. Alaskan island
94. Yarn lump
96. Big retailer
97. Rend
98. Baked clay piece
99. Neighbor of Tex.
100. Twenty quires
102. Pother
103. Mouth
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THURSDAY
2015/10/29 (Thu) -
00
29
An Evening with That 1 Guy - The

Redstone Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Bettendorf Park Band Fall Concert
- Bettendorf Public Library, 2950
Learning Campus Dr. Bettendorf, IA
The Flood - Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St. Iowa City, IA
Urge Overkill - The Goddamn Gallows
- RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
FRIDAY
2015/10/30 (Fri) -
00
30
Chuck Murphy - Riverside Grille, 1733

State St. Bettendorf, IA
Dave Ellis - River House, 1510 River Dr.
Moline, IL
David Berchtold (6pm) - Knights of
Columbus Hall - Galesburg, 1556 E
Freemont St Galesburg, IL
Funktastic Five - 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St. Davenport, IA
Halloqueen: Queen Tribute featuring
members of The Candymakers, The
Low Down, & Rude Punch - The Redstone Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Illinoise - Helmsplitter - Crater - The
Archimedes Death Ray - RIBCO,
1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Kerry & Rich Acoustic Duo (6pm) Mama Comptons, 1725 2nd Ave
Rock Island, IL
Lyle Beaver Trio - Walcott Coliseum,
116 E Bryant St Walcott, IA
Lynne Arriale, Carla Cook, & Grace
Kelly (7 & 9:30pm) - The Mill, 120 E.
Burlington St. Iowa City, IA
Sidewalk Chalk - Behind My Camel Songs of the Police - Iowa City Yacht
Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
That 1 Guy - Gabes, 330 E. Washington

St. Iowa City, IA
The Blackstones - Harley Corins, 1708
The Hooks - Rascals Live, 1414 15th
St. Moline, IL
The Robinettes (8:15pm) - The Voices
(9pm) - Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA
The Stone Flowers - Grumpys Saloon,
2120 E 11th St Davenport, IA
Wild Oatz - The Rusty Nail, 2606 W.
Locust St. Davenport, IA
You Know How I Feel: Lynne Arriale,
Carla Cook, & Grace Kelly (7 &
9:30pm) - Riverside Recital Hall, 405
N Riverside Dr. Iowa City, IA
30
2015/10/31 (Sat) SATURDAY
31
A Soul Purpose (3pm) - RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Boneyard Boogie: Dirt Road Rockers Corporate Rock - - Daiquiri Factory,
Bugeye Sprite - Wicked Liz & the Bellyswirls: One-Year Anniversary and
Halloween Party - Harley Corins,
1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Codfish Halloween: Nathaniel Rateliff
& the Night Sweats - Land Lines Young Jesus - Codfish Hollow Barn,
5013 288th Ave. Maquoketa, IA
Dana T - Brooks Strause & the Gory
Details - Dylan Sires & Neighbors
- Little Ruckus - Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA
Fran & the Country Gentlemen - Rock
Island Eagles Club, 5103 11th St.
Rock Island, IL
Funktastic Five - Rascals Live, 1414 15th
St. Moline, IL
SUNDAY
2015/11/01 (Sun) -
Mipso @ Rozz-Tox - November 1

Gracie Curran & the High Falutin
Band - Flatted Fifth Blues & BBQ, 300
Potter Dr. Bellevue, IA
Gray Wolf Band - Len Browns North
Shore Inn, 700 N. Shore Dr. Moline, IL
Hi-Fi - The Dew Drop Inn, 602 5th St
Durant, IA
Matisyahu - Englert Theatre, 221 East
Washington St. Iowa City, IA
North of 40 - Heros Pub, 3811 N. Harrison St. Davenport, IA
RIBCO Halloween Bash: The Dawn
- Earth Ascending - Bottoms Up
Quad City Burlesque - RIBCO, 1815
2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar - The
Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar,
111 West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Salford Lads Club - Crystal City johndope and Romulan - The Mill,
120 E. Burlington St. Iowa City, IA
Serious Business Halloween Party Dees Catfish Cove, 4815 S. Concord
St Davenport, IA
Slough Buoys - My Place the Pub, 4405

Soul Storm - 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Mound St. Davenport, IA
Steve McFate Acoustic - River House,
1510 River Dr. Moline, IL
The Funnies - Cragels, 345 Washington
St. Prophetstown, IL
The Knockoffs - RJs Pub & Grill, 310
Third St. Sherrard, IL
The Lovedogs Rocky Horror Halloween - Rhinos Grill, 524 Cedar
St. Tipton, IA
The Robinettes (8:15pm) - The Voices
(9pm) - Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA
The Tangents - 50 Shades Of Rock
- Bier Stube Moline, 415 15th St
Moline, IL
Winterland - The Candymakers - Iowa
City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa
City, IA
Buddy Olson (3pm) - Duckys Lagoon,

13515 78th Ave W. Taylor Ridge, IL
Mipso - Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
QCSYEs Fall Festival Concert - Centennial Hall, Augustana College, 3703
7th Ave. Rock Island, IL
Steve McFate Acoustic - Mr. Eds Liquor
Store and Tap, 127 4th St. W. Milan, IL
Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ the Josh Duffee Jazz Quartet (9am) - Bix Bistro,
200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Vanessa Carlton - The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Iowa City, IA
MONDAY
2015/11/02 (Mon) -
Colin Hay - Englert Theatre, 221 East

Jukebox Romantics - Gabes, 330 E.
Moeller Mondays Presents - Rozz-Tox,
2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
TUESDAY
2015/11/03 (Tue) -
Arlo Guthrie - Englert Theatre, 221 East

Blues Cafe (6:30pm) - RME Community

Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Chris Avey Live - My Place the Pub, 4405

Foghorn Stringband - CSPS/Legion
Arts, 1103 3rd St SE Cedar Rapids, IA
Pullman Standard - Gabes, 330 E.
QC Kix Orchestra - Freight House, 421
W. River Dr. Davenport, IA
Small Black - Painted Palms - The Mill,
WEDNESDAY
2015/11/04 (Wed) -
Chris Avey Experience Acoustic Show

- Rascals Live, 1414 15th St. Moline, IL
Chris Thile - Englert Theatre, 221 East
Lenka Lichtenberg: Songs for the
Breathing Walls - CSPS/Legion Arts,
1103 3rd St SE Cedar Rapids, IA
Luke Redfield - Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Mipso - Ali Sperry - The Mill, 120 E.
Burlington St. Iowa City, IA
We Hate Chilos - The Mustard Tigers
- Starry Night - Grounded - Other
Band (6pm) - Twinsmith - Ridgelines (10pm) - Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA
THURSDAY
2015/11/05 (Thu) -
Carey Welling - Kasey Williams (6pm) The Main Squeeze - The Low Spark
(8pm) - Gabes, 330 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
Dave Ellis & Guests - Grumpys Saloon,
2120 E 11th St Davenport, IA
Guy Fawkes Night: Gosh! - Reaches Sister Missile - Wulfbriar - Rozz-Tox,
Keller Williams Trio featuring Rob
Wasserman & Rodney Holmes - Old
Shoe - The Redstone Room, 129 Main
St Davenport, IA
Lenka Lichtenberg & Fray - CSPS/
Legion Arts, 1103 3rd St SE Cedar
Rapids, IA
Matt Wilson - Harbach Theatre, Ford
Center for the Fine Arts, Knox College Galesburg, IL
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Satisfaction: The International Rolling Stones Show - Circa 21 Dinner

Playhouse, 1828 3rd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
Steve McFate Acoustic - Racers Edge,
936 15th Ave East Moline, IL
The Main Squeeze - Low Spark - Iowa
City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa
City, IA
University of Iowa Latin Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Combos (6pm) - The Mill,
FRIDAY
2015/11/06 (Fri) -
00
6
Anthony Gomes - Wooden Nickel Lottery - The Redstone Room, 129 Main
St Davenport, IA
Chuck Murphy - The Faithful Pilot Cafe
& Spirits, 117 N Cody Rd LeClaire, IA
Cornmeal - The Casual Ties - Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Dale Thomas Band - Walcott Coliseum,
Doomtree - Englert Theatre, 221 East
Doug Brundies Big Acoustic Show River House, 1510 River Dr. Moline, IL
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo - Jumers
Casino & Hotel, 777 Jumer Dr. Rock
Island, IL
Justin Morrissey - 11th Street Precinct,
Keep Off the Grass - Harley Corins,
Maria Klein - RME Community Stage,

131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Natasha Borzilova (6:30pm) - Ca

dZan, 411 South Rd. Cambridge, IL
Pangaea - After Hour Animals - The
Zealots - Kronos Resistor - RIBCO,
Phox - The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St.

Iowa City, IA
Telegraph Canyon (9:30pm) - Wand
(11:30pm) - Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA
The Dweebs - Riverside Casino and
Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA
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2015/11/07
(Sat) SATURDAY
10
WEDNESDAY
11
Chris Avey Live - My Place the Pub,

Ill Way - State City - Gabes, 330 E.
The Avett Brothers - Adler Theatre, 136
E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Cabanas Grand Opening Celebration:

Smooth Groove - Cabanas, 2120
4th Ave. Rock Island, IL
Charlie Daniels Band - Quad-Cities
Waterfront Convention Center, 2021
Chuck Murphy - Bleyarts Tap, 2210 E.
11th St. Davenport, IA
Code 415 - The Rusty Nail, 2606 W.
Locust St. Davenport, IA
Divas 80s Show (6:30pm) - Members
Only (8:30pm) - Riverside Casino
and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22
Riverside, IA
Fran & the Country Gentlemen - Rock
Island Eagles Club, 5103 11th St.
Rock Island, IL
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo - Jims Knoxville Tap, 8716 Knoxville Rd. Milan, IL
Justin Morrissey - River House, 1510
River Dr. Moline, IL
Kerry & Rich Acoustic Duo (11am)
- Ski Snowstar, 9500 126th St. W.
Andalusia, IL
Live Lunch w/ Tristan Bushman (noon)
- RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd
St. Davenport, IA
Maids - The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St.
Iowa City, IA
Moondance 2015: Lissie - Jason Carl
& The Whole Damn Band - The
Redstone Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
TUESDAY
2015/11/10 (Tue) -
2015/11/11 (Wed) -
Pangaea @ RIBCO - November 6

Nicole & Tyler Green - Governors Pub &
Grill, 3470 Middle Rd. Bettendorf, IA
Powell - 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Quad City Symphony Orchestra Masterworks II: Bach, Brahms, and
Shostakovich - Adler Theatre, 136
E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Remedy - Harley Corins, 1708 State St.
Bettendorf, IA
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar - The
Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar,
111 West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Sara Evans - Riverside Casino Event
Center, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA
Serious Business - Geezer s Draft
House, 1654 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
The Dawn - Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S
Linn St Iowa City, IA
The Spacesuits (9:30pm) - Kneebody
- Deadelus (11pm) - Gabes, 330 E.
SUNDAY
2015/11/08 (Sun) -
Buddy Olson (3pm) - Duckys Lagoon,

13515 78th Ave W. Taylor Ridge, IL
John Gorka - CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103

3rd St SE Cedar Rapids, IA
Kerry & Rich Acoustic Duo (5pm) - RJs
Pub & Grill, 310 Third St. Sherrard, IL
Quad City Symphony Orchestra Masterworks II: Bach, Brahms, and
Shostakovich - Centennial Hall,
Augustana College, 3703 7th Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ the Josh Duffee Jazz Quartet (9am) - Bix Bistro,
200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
The Honey Dewdrops - Rivers Edge
Gallery, 216 W 3rd St Muscatine, IA
Yoya - B-Star - Thomas Awad - Kovu
- Gabes, 330 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
MONDAY
2015/11/09 (Mon) -
An Honest Year - Best Kept Secret Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa
City, IA
Moeller Mondays Presents - Rozz-Tox,
University of Iowa Band Extravaganza
- Carver-Hawkeye Arena, 1 Elliot Dr.
Iowa City, IA
Burlington Street Bluegrass Band

- The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St.
Iowa City, IA
Chris Avey Experience Acoustic
Show - Rascals Live, 1414 15th St.
Moline, IL
Sam Baker w/ Carrie Elkin - CSPS/
Rapids, IA
Sweetalk - Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St. Iowa City, IA
The Bluegrass Ball: The Travelin
McCourys - Andy Thorn & Drew
Emmitt - Englert Theatre, 221 East
THURSDAY
2015/11/12 (Thu) -
12
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound - The

Maytags - The Redstone Room, 129
Main St Davenport, IA
Jef & Doc - 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal - Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Joshua Davis - CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103
3rd St SE Cedar Rapids, IA
Lojo Russo - Grumpys Saloon, 2120 E
11th St Davenport, IA
Steve McFate Acoustic - Dees Place,
2536 5th Ave. Rock Island, IL
FRIDAY
2015/11/13 (Fri) -
13
Chase Garretts 6th Annual Blues &

Boogie Woogie Piano Stomp - Englert Theatre, 221 East Washington
St. Iowa City, IA
Chris Avey - River House, 1510 River
Dr. Moline, IL
Froglet - Crystal City - Chemistry Set
- Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St
Iowa City, IA
Funktastic Five - 11th Street Precinct,
Gray Wolf Band - Len Browns North
Shore Inn, 700 N. Shore Dr. Moline, IL
Jazz After Five w/ Steve Grismore
Group (5pm) - Miles Nielsen - Split
Single - The Holy Broke (9pm) The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Iowa
City, IA
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound - CSPS/
Rapids, IA
Jerry Beauchamp - Walcott Coliseum,
Just Chords - Kilkennys, 300 W. 3rd St.
Davenport, IA
Kstylis - Gabes, 330 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
Live Lunch w/ Tony Hoeppner (noon) RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
- i wireless Center, 1201 River Dr
Moline, IL
Student Body - Riverside Casino and
Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA
The Manny Lopez Big Band (6pm) The Circa 21 Speakeasy, 1818 3rd
Ave. Rock Island, IL
The Stone Flowers - Harley Corins, 1708
WindSync (3pm) - Butterworth Center,
1105 8th Street Moline, IL
Shop for Candy, Ornaments,

Nutcrackers, Toys, Steins,
Tree Toppers & More!
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Tradition at the
German American
Heritage Center!
Holiday Exhibits & Shopping

712 W 2nd St. Davenport, IA
www.gahc.org
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Open Nov. 8th!
DJs/Karaoke/
Jams/Open Mics
THURSDAYS
THURSDAYS
Cobra Kai Karaoke The Backroom Comedy

Theater, 1510 N. Harrison St., Davenport, IA.
DJ Night w/ 2-Tone Shenanigans Irish Pub,
303 W. Third St., Davenport, IA.
DJ Night w/ 90s Music Thirstys on Third,
Jam Night My Place the Pub, 4405 State
St., Bettendorf, IA.
Karaoke Night Bier Stube Moline, 415 15th
St., Moline, IL.
Open Jam Night Harley Corins, 1708 State
St., Bettendorf, IA.
Open Mic Night Uptown Bills Coffee
House, 730 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA.
The TuckerAfterTen Happy Fun Time
Music Explosion! The Dark Horse
Hall, 1510 N. Harrison St., Davenport, IA.
Thumpin Thursdays DJs - Rascals Live,
1414 15th St., Moline, IL.
Twisted Mics Music & Entertainment
Broken Saddle, 1417 5th Ave., Moline, IL.
FRIDAYS
FRIDAYS
Cross Creek Karaoke Firehouse Bar & Grill,

2006 Hickory Grove Rd., Davenport, IA.
DJ Dolla The Smoking Dog Pub, 1800
Second Ave., Rock Island, IL.
DJ K Yung Barrel House Moline, 1321 Fifth
Ave., Moline, IL.
DJ Night w/ 2-Tone Shenanigans Irish Pub,
Karaoke Night Circle Tap, 1345 West
Locust St., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night The Grove Tap, 108 S. 1st
St., Long Grove, IA.
Karaoke Night Miller Time Bowling, 2902
E. Kimberly Rd., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Roadrunners Roadhouse,
3803 Rockingham Rd., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Thirstys on Third, 2202 W.
Third St., Davenport, IA.
SATURDAYS
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TUESDAYS
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TUESDAYS
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Community Drum Circle (Oct. 31,

10:30am) River Music Experience,
129 Main St., Davenport, IA.
DJ Dolla The Smoking Dog Pub, 1800
Second Ave., Rock Island, IL.
DJ Freeze (Oct. 31) Gabes, 330 East
Washington St., Iowa City, IA.
DJ Night w/ 2-Tone Shenanigans Irish
Pub, 303 W. Third St., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night The Grove Tap, 108 S.
1st St., Long Grove, IA.
Karaoke Night Miller Time Bowling,
2902 E. Kimberly Rd., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Roadrunners Roadhouse, 3803 Rockingham Rd., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Thirstys on Third, 2202
W. Third St., Davenport, IA.
Open Mic Night Downtown Central
Perk, 226 W. 3rd St., Davenport, IA.
Twisted Mics Music & Entertainment
Barrel House Moline, 1321 Fifth Ave.,
Moline, IL.
Acoustic Jam Night w/ Steve McFate

Mr. Eds Liquor Store & Tap, 127 Fourth
St. W., Milan, IL.
Acoustic Music Club (4:30pm) River
Music Experience, 129 N. Main St.,
Davenport, IA.
Open Mic Night (6:30pm) Cool Beanz
Coffeehouse, 1325 330th St., Rock
Island, IL.
Open Mic w/ Corey Wallace 11th
Street Precinct, 1107 Mound St.,
Davenport, IA.
Underground Open Mic w/ Kate Kane
Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St.,
Iowa City, IA.
The Only Comedy Show in Town

(9pm) Boozies Bar & Grill, 114
W. 3rd St., Davenport, IA.
SUNDAYS
SUNDAYS
Drum Circle (Nov. 1, 5:30pm) Unitarian

Universalist Church of the Quad Cities, 3707 Eastern Ave., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke w/ JB Promotions The Rusty
Nail, 2606 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA.
MONDAYS
MONDAYS
Musicians Jam w/ CJ Lomas (Nov. 2,

6pm) Theos Java Club, 213 17th St.,
Rock Island, IL.
Open Mic w/ J. Knight The Mill, 120 E.
Burlington St., Iowa City, IA.
WEDNESDAYS
WEDNESDAYS
Acoustic Jam Night w/ Steve McFate McManus Pub, 1401 7th Ave.,
Moline, IL.
Cross Creek Karaoke Central Avenue
Tap, 2604 Central Ave., Bettendorf, IA.
Jam Session w/ Ben Soltau Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA.
Karaoke Night 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Circle Tap, 1345 West
Locust St., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.,
Rock Island, IL.
Karaoke Night Sharkys Billiards, 2902 E.
Kimberly Rd., Davenport, IA.
Karaoke Night Thirstys on Third, 2202
W. Third St., Davenport, IA.
Open Jam w/ Earth Ascending Bent
River Brewing Company, 512 24th St.
Rock Island, IL.
Open Mic Night Boozies Bar & Grille,
114 W. 3rd St., Davenport, IA.
RockN the House Karaoke Harley
Corins, 1708 State St., Bettendorf, IA.
FRIDAY
FRIDAY 30
00
30
ComedySpor tz (7pm) The Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock

Island, IL.
Don Jamieson (7:30pm) Penguins
Comedy Club, 208 Second Ave. SE,
Cedar Rapids, IA.
Studio Series: 309 (9:30pm) The
Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock
Island, IL.
30
SATURDAY 31
SATURDAY
31
Don Jamieson (7:30pm) Penguins

Cedar Rapids, IA.
The Blacklist: A Very Halloween
Shots n Giggles (9pm) The
Backroom Comedy Theater, 1510
N. Harrison St., Davenport, IA.
SUNDAY
SUNDAY 1
The Circumstantial Comedy Show

(9pm) BREW, 1104 Jersey Ridge
Rd., Davenport, IA.
MONDAY
MONDAY 2
The Catacombs of Comedy Showcase (10pm) Iowa City Yacht

Club, 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA.
TUESDAY
TUESDAY 3
Comedy Open Mic (8:30pm) Harley

WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY 4
Comedy Open Mic (7:30pm) Penguins Comedy Club, 208 Second

Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA.
The Backroom Comedy Open Mic
Night (7:30pm) The Backroom
Comedy Theater, 1510 N. Harrison
St., Davenport, IA.
THURSDAY
THURSDAY 5
The Mill Comedy Spectacular w/

Daniel Frana (10pm) The Mill,
120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City, IA.
The Only Comedy Show in Town
(9pm) Boozies Bar & Grill, 114
W. 3rd St., Davenport, IA.
FRIDAY
FRIDAY 6
April Macie (7:30pm) Penguins

Cedar Rapids, IA.
Island, IL.
S t u d i o S e r i e s : N o c t u r n e Fa l l s
(9:30pm) The Establishment,
220 19th St., Rock Island, IL.
30
SATURDAY 7
SATURDAY
April Macie (7:30pm) Penguins

Cedar Rapids, IA.
Brian Posehn (9:30pm) Englert
Theatre, 221 East Washington St.,
Iowa City, IA.
Island, IL.
19
Its All True! With Tim Barnes (5pm)

Englert Theatre, 221 East Washington St., Iowa City, IA.
New Voices in Comedy (7pm) The
Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa
City, IA.
Studio Series: Wisenheimer
(9:30pm) The Establishment,
220 19th St., Rock Island, IL.
The Blacklist (9pm) The Backroom
St., Davenport, IA.
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
10
WEDNESDAY
11
SUNDAY 8
The Circumstantial Comedy Show

(9pm) BREW, 1104 Jersey Ridge
Rd., Davenport, IA.
Rozz-Talk w/ Bobby Ray Bunch &
Robert Day (8pm) Rozz-Tox,
2108 Third Avenue, Rock Island, IL.
MONDAY 9
The Catacombs of Comedy Showcase (10pm) Iowa City Yacht

Club, 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City, IA.
TUESDAY 10
Comedy Open Mic (8:30pm) Harley

WEDNESDAY 11
Comedy Open Mic (7:30pm) Penguins Comedy Club, 208 Second

Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA.
The Backroom Comedy Open Mic
Night (7:30pm) The Backroom
St., Davenport, IA.
FIGGE ART MUSEUM EXHIBITION
Through February 7, 2016
wit + whimsy
The Photographs of Kenneth Josephson

Chicago artist Kenneth Josephson is best known for his witty images that
explore the illusory nature of photography. The exhibition at the Figge will
include classic images from Josephsons early work along with more recent
investigations of the potential of the photographic image.
SPONSORED BY The Hunt and Diane Harris Family Foundation
Wisconsin, 1979, gelatin silver print, Figge Art Museum, Brent Sikkema Collection,
Gift of Brent Sikkema, 2009.6.7
Davenport, Iowa 563.326.7804

www.figgeartmuseum.org
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Ride for
your future
and theirs.
20
A DAY AT THE PARK!

Hop aboard ROUTE 20, and enjoy
a day at Molines beautiful Prospect Park
with your friends and family!
Taking the car less often means

cleaner air and cost savings
for you.

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