29 Mar 2011

What's Happenin': Tuesday, March 29, through Wednesday, April 13

By Mike Schulz

The Carolina Chocolate DropsMUSIC

The Carolina Chocolate Drops

Englert Theatre

Thursday, April 7, 7:30 p.m.

 

On April 7, Iowa City's Englert Theatre will play host to the latest guests in Hancher Auditorium's 2010-11 Visiting Artists series, The Carolina Chocolate Drops.

Mmmm ... Carolina Chocolate Drops ... .

My Homer Simpson impression doesn't play so well in print, but trust me, it's awesome.

15 Mar 2011

What's Happenin': Tuesday, March 15, through Wednesday, March 30

By Mike Schulz

Celebrating Ideas: Bridging Communities with Augustana's Liberal Arts through the AGESEXHIBIT 

Celebrating Ideas: Bridging Communities with Augustana's Liberal Arts through the AGES

Figge Art Museum

Saturday, March 19, through Sunday, May 29

 

The Figge Art Museum's latest exhibition is Celebrating Ideas: Bridging Communities with Augustana's Liberal Arts Through the AGES, and the accompanying image is of one of the displayed ceramic pieces, created circa 340-330 B.C.E. Its ascribed title? Red-Figure Dish with Running Female Figure with Wreath & Ivy-Garnished Phiale.

Man, these highfalutin B.C.E. artists with their cryptic titles ... .

01 Mar 2011

What's Happenin': Spring, 2011

By Mike Schulz

Here you'll find different ways to explore the River Cities' Reader Spring Guide, which features more than 1,500 events over the next three months. Below are event highlights for the next two weeks and the entire spring, drawn from our What's Happenin' pages and calendar. The Scribd version of the issue allows you peruse it online. And you can always keep up-to-date with what's going on in the Quad Cities area with our comprehensive online calendar. Of course, you can also pick up the River Cities' Reader at more than 700 locations throughout the Quad Cities.

15 Feb 2011

What's Happenin': Tuesday, February 15, through Wednesday, March 2

By Mike Schulz

Cuban EssenceMusic

Cuban Essence

Augustana College

Saturday, February 19, 7 p.m.

 

The latest performers in Quad City Arts' Visiting Artists Series are the members of the Latin-American music ensemble Cuban Essence, and as I write this - two days after the crazy blizzard of '11 - I'm looking out the window at a snowdrift that's literally twice as tall as the car parked beside it. Any chance we could get a little Cuban Essence in our temperatures right now?

01 Feb 2011

What's Happenin': Tuesday, February 1, through Thursday, February 17

By Mike Schulz

Stacy Herrick and Dana Skiles in IndependenceTheatre

Independence

Richmond Hill Barn Theatre

Thursday, February 10, through Sunday, February 20

 

Steve Schmidt, a well-known Republican campaign strategist, was once quoted as saying, "The price for independence is often isolation and solitude." Silly man. The price for Independence is actually only 10 bucks.

Uh ... he was talking about the Richmond Hill Barn Theatre's new play, right?

18 Jan 2011

What's Happenin': Tuesday, January 18, through Wednesday, February 2

By Mike Schulz

artists of RumbaTapDance

Max Pollak & RumbaTap

Galvin Fine Arts Center

Saturday, January 29, 7:30 p.m.

 

Described by the New York Times as "wittily phrased," "groundbreaking," and "essentially a full-bodied experience," the Reader's What's Happenin' pages are ... .

Fine. Those Times quotes aren't in reference to the What's Happenin' pages. I can't get anything past you, can I?

But they are in reference to the latest area guests in Quad City Arts' Visiting Artist series: the gifted hoofers and musicians of Max Pollak & RumbaTap. Appearing at St. Ambrose University's Galvin Fine Arts Center on January 29, this acclaimed ensemble will wow crowds with its unique, exhilarating blend of Latin and jazz rhythms, and will do so, in part, with the aid of an instrument that we all have immediate access to: the human body.

04 Jan 2011

What's Happenin': Tuesday, January 4, through Wednesday, January 19

By Mike Schulz

Clay Cook Vs. Levi LowreyMusic

Clay Cook Vs. Levi Lowrey

The Redstone Room

Thursday, January 13, 8 p.m.

 

Now that the warm-hearted spirit of the holidays is over, we can finally get back to some good, old-fashioned, American brawling. With that, I present what is sure to be the acoustic grudge match of 2011: January 13's Clay Cook Vs. Levi Lowrey concert at the Redstone Room! Prepare for a nasty, no-holds-barred, folk-rock battle royale in this presentation by Dirty Water Events - hell, even the presenters' name is nasty!

21 Dec 2010

What's Happenin' on New Year's Eve, 2010

By Mike Schulz

Family Groove Company @ The Redstone Room"Happy Holidays, Jeff!"

"Happy Holidays to you, Mike. So, what do you have planned for New Year's?"

"I was actually thinking about hopping around, checking out some music ... ."

"Uh huh."

"But I just put together our annual 'What's Happenin' on New Year's Eve' piece, and I'm starting to reconsider that idea."

"Too much hopping?"

"Yeah. Looks like I'd be hopping to more than 40 different places."

07 Dec 2010

What's Happenin': Tuesday, December 7, through Friday, December 31

By Mike Schulz

Scott Naumann and friend in Five Card MurderComedy

Double Wider: Murder at the Chitlin County Fair and Five Card Murder

The Lodge Hotel and Skellington Manor

Friday, December 10, and Friday, December 17, 6:30 p.m.

 

When I first heard that Five Card Murder - the latest interactive comedy by the Quad Cities' It's a Mystery troupe - concerned a killing that takes place during a poker game, I thought it sounded like an ideal setup for big, juicy laughs. Then, a couple weeks later, some friends emptied my pockets in a poker game of our own. Now I'm just feeling enormous empathy for the killer.

30 Nov 2010

MWAH! Headlines Quad Cities Youth Conference, January 24-25 at the RiverCenter

By Ray Moffitt

The keynote presentation for the 25th-annual Quad Cities Youth Conference at the RiverCenter in Davenport on January 24 and 25 will be the MWAH! Performing Arts Troupe, an acronym for Messages Which Are Hopeful.

At its third appearance at this conference in the past nine years, the issues-oriented ensemble will combine real-life drama with contemporary music and audience interaction. An overall focus is what's happening with today's youth and their families, and a common thread is the importance of making the right choices. Current MWAH! troupe members range in age from nine to 19 and live in 11 cities and towns in the western suburbs of Chicago and across northern Illinois.

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