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and false alarms. Students are corralledinto closets and hallways, met with policeofficers armed to the hilt, searched by drug-sniffing dogs, and generally made to feel asif they are living in a war zone. This trend ofacclimating children to a mindset in whichthey should always be fearful, on edge, anddeferential to authority is compounded byso-called “drills” in which police officerspretend they are spree shooters. DahliaLithwick, writing for Slate.com, notes that

these bizarre attempts to prepare kids foran active-shooter situation do not reallyprepare students for emergency situationsbut rather simply frighten them.

Their true purpose, as I document inmy book A Government of Wolves: TheEmerging American Police State, seemsto be simply to acclimate children to themindset of paranoia and absolute deferenceto authority that has taken hold of theAmerican populace at large. Children,

who are naturally suspect of illegitimateauthority, are being conditioned to acceptany and all orders from on high, even thosethat they inherently know are wrong.

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by John W. Whitehead [email protected]

The End of Childhood in the Era of the Emerging American Police StIt wouldn’t be a week in America

without another slew of children beingpunished for childish behavior under theregime of zero tolerance that plagues ournation’s schools. Here are some of thelatest incidents.

In Pennsylvania, a 10-year-old boy wassuspended for shooting an imaginary“arrow” at a fellow classmate, using nothingmore than his hands and his imagination.Johnny Jones, a fifth-grader at South

Eastern Middle School, was suspendedfor a day and threatened with expulsionunder the school’s weapons policy afterplayfully using his hands to draw thebowstrings on a pretend “bow” and “shoot”an arrow at a classmate who had held hisfolder like a gun and “shot” at Johnny.Principal John Horton characterizedJohnny’s transgression as “making a threat”to another student using a “replica orrepresentation of a firearm” through the

use of an imaginary bow and arrow.In Utah, a seven-year-old boy wasarrested and berated by police because heran away from school. The boy showed upat his mother’s house late in the afternoon,at which point he explained that he had left

the school of his own accord. The mothercalled the school and explained whathappened, at which point the principaldecided to call the police, despite knowingthat the boy was in the protection of hismother. An officer arrived at the house,told the boy to “straighten up,” took himoutside, handcuffed him, and yelled at him,saying, “Is this the life you want?”

In Colorado, a six-year-old boywas suspended and accused of sexual

harassment for kissing the hand of a girl inhis class on whom he had a crush. Childpsychologist Sandy Wurtele commented onthe case, noting that, for first-graders suchas Hunter Yelton, things such as kissingare a normal part of development, and thatthe school’s reaction sends mixed messagesto developing minds. After a good dealof negative publicity, Canon City SchoolsSuperintendent Robin Gooldy decided toalter the offense from “sexual harassment”

to “misconduct.”In New York, three students werearrested while waiting for a bus to arriveand take them to a basketball scrimmage.The three were part of a group of a dozenbasketball players who were waiting on

a downtown sidewalk on their coach’sinstructions, and they were approachedby a police officer who demanded theydisperse. They explained that they werewaiting for a bus, but the officer decided toarrest them anyway. Even when the coacharrived and explained to the officer that theboys were simply waiting for a bus so theycould get to their scrimmage, the officerwould not relent. He actually threatened toarrest the coach as well.

While any normal society wouldcondemn all these acts as absurd andharmful to young people, we live in a worldin which parents, teachers, and studentshave all been conditioned to fear theslightest bending of the rules, even whenit’s obvious that no harm has been doneand that no crime has been committed. Weare living in the age of fear and paranoia,an age that threatens the very core conceptsof childhood development, and even the

basic facets of our democratic society.Add to the execution of zero-tolerancepolicies the phenomenon of “lockdowns”of public schools, which are sometimesprompted by legitimate threats, but moreoften by nearby domestic disturbances


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The Most Enjoyable Movies of 2013Out of This World

I can’t remember which Web site I readit on, but in prefacing his 10-best list,one movie-reviewing pundit expressedhis wish that rankings of this sort bepublished 10 years after the fact, so hecould have a full decade to digest, re-re- view, and potentially re-evaluate what heinitially decreed were his favorite filmsfor a particular calendar year. I love thatidea, but would also be grateful for a justfew extra weeks.

So much space is spent on superlativesin this annual “10 Most Enjoyable Moviesof the Year” roundup that I almost feelphysically compelled as a critic – a jobfor which the adjectives “bitter” and“cranky” and worse are usually attached– to begin with a burst of negativity.So: Damn our area for not being a bigenough movie market, unlike New Yorkor Los Angeles or Chicago, to (yet) bookacclaimed and/or Oscar-bait-y titles suchas Her and Inside Llewyn Davisand BlueIs the Warmest Color and August: OsageCountry and Lone Survivor ! Or manyof the titles nominated for independentcinema’s Spirit Awards! Or more thanthree foreign-language films total! Damn you, area! If you weren’t so not-as-big asNew York or Los Angeles or Chicago, Iwouldn’t be complaining right now!

And now that that’s behind us ... .Of course our market can’t support the

release of everything an area film fanmight want to catch prior to a year-end,best-in-show recap. But we movie loverswere still, in many regards, treated morethan kindly over the past 12 months’worth of cineplex entertainment – andparticularly so if, like me, your favoritemovie of 2004 (even after nine yearsof digesting, re-re-viewing, and re-evaluation) miraculously inspired yourfavorite movie of 2013 .. . .

1)Before Midnight

.There’s a momentin this second

sequel to1995’sBeforeSunrise that,if you’vewatchedand loved

that splendid screen romance and 2004’seven more marvelous follow-up BeforeSunset , might easily chill the blood. Ourfiercely intelligent, incessantly chattyprotagonists – Ethan Hawke’s Jessieand Julie Delpy’s Celine – are spendingthe night at a charming inn in Greece,and after Celine complains about theirroom in the midst of one of the longtime

lovers’ many squabbles, Jessie, aiming forseductive, makes the mistake of saying,“I like hotels. I find them sexy.” After justthe tiniest of pauses, Celine, with a tellingtonal flatness, says, “Yeah. I know youdo.” And in a flash, in terms of everythingyou think you know about the couple,your world turns upside down. Did Jessiehave an affair? If so, how long has Celineknown about it? And why the hell didn’twe know about it sooner ? Don’t thesepeople know that this affects us, too?! In1995, of course, there was no way Hawke,Delpy, and director Richard Linklater– all of whom share Before Midnight ’sscreenwriting credit – could know theprofound effect that Jessie’s and Celine’sinitial flirtation on a Venice train wouldhave 18 years after the fact. But now,with this supremely artful, passionate,and, above all, moving outing, it’s clearthat American movies have never beforeproduced anything quite like the trio ofBeforepictures. With utter honesty andinspiring understanding and empathy,the films’ collective 270-ish minutes havemanaged to encapsulate, critique, andcelebrate both an 18-year passion and(in what might be the more challengingachievement) an 18-year commitment ,and in something approaching realtime, no less. And while watching Jessieand Celine, here, duking it out and

continually, tentatively finding theirways back to one another – and, as withthat dropped hint about Jessie possiblycheating, always finding new ways tosurprise us – you feel that you’re gettinginsight into modern relationships in away you never before have on-screen.Oh, and while Hawke and Delpy giveintensely brave, vanity-free performances,it’s to our enormous good fortune thatthey’re also superb comedians; for all of

its aching emotionalism, the movie ispretty freaking hilarious. I adored everysingle second of this film. May Linklater,Hawke, and Delpy please keep theseries running every nine years until itscharacters’ love has turned into Amour .

2) Blue Jasmine . You’ve no doubtheard howmagnificentCateBlanchett isas a fallen,gradually-losing-her-marbles

socialite in writer/director Woody Allen’spresent-day homage to A Streetcar

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Named Desire, and will no doubthear more in the weeks leading to theperformer’s eventual, hugely earnedOscar victory. So while agreeing thatBlanchett’s almost feverishly inspiredtragic and tragi comic portrayal is, indeed,one for the ages – her character, in thestory, seeming to collapse in tandemwith the American economy – allow meto highlight a few other specifics that,following a second cineplex viewing ofthe film, helped turn Blue Jasmine intomy new favorite Allen endeavor of thepast two decades. (With apologies to Midnight in Paris, which held that titlefor all of two years.) Sally Hawkins’ andBobby Cannavale’s loving, frisky rapportas Allen’s Stella and Stanley Kowalskistand-ins. Peter Sarsgaard’s horrifiedshock at his new fiancée’s secret past,one bluntly recounted by a startlinglyempathetic Andrew Dice Clay. The lucid

complexity of Allen’s narrative, with itsflashback-laden structure allowing fortwo simultaneously realized breakdowns,and their combined emotional forcesuggesting less Tennessee Williams thanAeschylus or Sophocles. The dialoguethat reveals both character and stationwith extraordinary succinctness and wit(“I don’t know how people breathe witha low ceiling!”). And, lest I forget, thatChanel jacket that Jasmine flaunts with

such blasé pride that you barely notice,until a second viewing, just how manyscenes this nearly destitute woman wearsit in, and what a horrifying state – pitstains and all – it’s in at the climax, muchlike our tortured “heroine” herself. This isWoody Allen’s 45th feature film. Maybeyou have to direct 44 others to make onethis good.

3) 12 Years a Slave . Director SteveMcQueen’speriodsaga abouta freeblack manfrom theNorth

– and the many, many disenfranchisedblacks from the South – forced to endurethe grueling horrors of slavery was onlyreleased two and a half months ago, andalready its greatness appears to have beentaken, by some, for granted. (Including,I’m ashamed to admit, myself at times:The movie hasn’t even been nominatedyet, but it does seem a bit like 12 Yearsa Slave won the Academy Award forBest Picture ages ago.) Filmmaking this

miraculous, however, can’t possibly beundervalued. Working from John Ridley’sexceptionally eloquent and heartbreakingscript, McQueen explores the deplorableinstitution of slavery with such a clear yetfurious eye and such perverse patience– oh, that minutes-long sequence ofSolomon Northrup hanging from thattree ... – that you feel you understandits brutality, and weep for its victims, inways you never thought possible. Andwith dazzling work offered by MichaelFassbender, Lupita Nyong’o, SarahPaulson (whose casual chucking of a glassdecanter may be the movie year’s mostshocking act of unanticipated brutality),Paul Giamatti, Benedict Cumberbatch,Alfre Woodard, and numerous others,Chiwetel Ejiofor’s searing intensity andfrequently hidden reserves of anguishand mortification ache on reflectionperhaps just as much as they do in the

moment; I can’t even think about theactor’s final scene (“I apologize for myappearance ... ”) without welling up. Aninstant classic, and a deserved one, and ifits inclusion under a heading of “the 10most enjoyable movies of 2013” g ives youpause, I understand. On the strictest ofterms, the film itself isn’t “enjoyable.” Yetwatching dedicated artists of all stripesworking at the height of their talents?Enjoyable as hell .

4) Enough Said . I guess you couldcharacterizewriter/directorNicoleHolofcener’slatest as“just” a

sweet and touching romantic comedy,or “just” a spirited look at mid-lifeuncertainty and acceptance, or “ just” agreat chance to spend a couple hourswith beloved TV vets Julia Louis-Dreyfusand the late, universally missed JamesGandolfini. But those “just”s wouldn’tcome close to suggesting the gentle,humane perfection of Holofcener’sachievement. A few uncharitable criticshave described Enough Said ’s central plot– which, long story short, finds Louis-Dreyfus falling for the much-deridedex-husband of her new best friend – as“sitcom-y,” forgetting, of course, that(a) some sitcoms are fantastic, and (b)the breezy, charmingly off-the-cuffexchanges that Holofcener writes for herfilm’s comfortably privileged SouthernCalifornians don’t really resemble


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The Dough Rollers:An Inevitable Shift

To date, the Dough Rollers haveofficially released two songs. Thosewere a single for Jack White’s Third ManRecords (released in July), and in sevenminutes they offer tantalizing promise:the dirty Southern rock of “Little Lily”and the ’60s-tinged “The Sailing Song.”

Plus, the band comes with the highestrecommendation (“amazing”) from SeanMoeller of Daytrotter.com, which is co-presenting this stop on the Communiontour.

And the current version of the bandcame into being largely because of a toursupporting Queens of the Stone Age in2011.

It’s dangerous to infer too much abouta band from a pair of tracks, but thoseare sterling credentials, and the songssuggest that they’re deserved.

Until the Queens tour, the band hadbeen an acoustic blues and country duo,with guitarist Jake Byrne and singerMalcolm Ford playing old music theyloved. (Byrne is the son of actors GabrielByrne and Ellen Barkin, and you mighthave heard of singer Malcolm Ford’sfather Harrison.)

That tour, Byrne said, pushed theband down a new path. A pair ofguys doing covers on acoustic guitarsprobably wasn’t going to play well

preceding hard rock’s reigning Queens.The shift toward original rock songs

“was always what was going to happen,”Byrne said last week. “What we were

T he titleof TheWeeks’Dear Bo Jackson doesmore thanname-checkthe famoustwo-sportprofessionalathlete – anAll-Pro run-ning back inthe NFL andan All-Staroutfielder inMajor LeagueBaseball.It also articulates a mission statementfor the Nashville-by-way-of-Mississippiband.

“Bo Jackson, as good as he was atbaseball and football, he was just calleda ballplayer,” said guitarist Sam Williamsearlier this week. “Bo Jackson just kind of

does what he wants. That’s sort of whatwe were going with, musically. ... I justwant to be a rock band. ... I think thisrecord has a lot of different genres. Wekind of skip around a lot.”

To extend the metaphor, Williamssaid “the bashing rock-and-roll songs”represent The Weeks’ football career,while the slower songs are baseball.“They take a little longer to develop,” hesaid, but they have their share of “triples

and homes runs.”Of course, bands hate beingpigeonholed, but The Weeks make goodon their chutzpah. When the latestedition of the Communion tour hits theQuad Cities on January 23 (at RIBCO),the bill features a pair of throwbackbands. Both The Weeks and The DoughRollers play rock that neither needs norwarrants additional modifiers; it’s musiclargely out of time.

The Weeks moved from Mississippito Nashville in 2010 with “no planwhatsoever” and no contacts, Williamssaid. They picked up a manager andan attorney on their first day, and afterthat they worked on honing their craft.

Williams said they played roughly 50shows in Nashville alone in their first sixmonths: “Every 15 minutes we could geton a stage somewhere, we were there.”

The need to play shorter sets, headded, “was a perfect situation. You haveto figure out what you do best, and then

you’ve got to figure out how to do thatconsistently. When you play 45 minutes,you can kind of ease into the set energy-wise. When you have 15, you’ve got to goout there and bash it immediately. There’sno getting acclimated to the stage.”

And Dear Bo Jackson – released inApril on Kings of Leon’s Serpents &Snakes label – reflects that refinement,in the sense that its 11 tracks are leanand shapely and as comfortable in rock’srougher dives as in its respectable homes.Williams said every aspect of the album’screation was given more breathingroom – from writing to recording – thanprevious releases.

So the Bo Jackson thing is by no meansan overreach. But there is a problem withit, in the sense that Jackson’s professionalfootball and baseball careers were shortand marred by injury. So Williamsoffered another comparison – of abaseball player whose career lasted wellinto his 40s and included 399 home runs:“We’re going to try to be the musicalequivalent of Andrés Galarraga. ... We’replanning on doing this for the rest of ourlives.”

Multi-Sport StarsThe Communion Tour with The Weeks and The Dough Rollers, January 23 at RIBCO

by Jeff Ignatius [email protected]

The Dough Rollers

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The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die,January 22 at Rozz-Tox

A Re-Birth for Emo – and a Band

by Jeff Ignatius [email protected]

I n reviewing TheWorld Is a Beauti-ful Place & I AmNo Longer Afraidto Die’s Whenever, IfEver , Pitchfork.comsaid it’s “a rare debutthat’s powered by analmost frighteningwill to live, a des-peration that stronglysuggests the peopleinvolved have noother option to dealwith what’s inside ofthem.”

That’s a somewhatironic assessment,given that the band almost didn’tcomplete the album. “We weren’t sureif everybody was going to break up orif we were going to finish the thing ... ,”guitarist Greg Horbal said in a phoneinterview last week. “I think for a while,even I was kind of like, ‘If we get thisrecord done, it’ll be a miracle.’”

The bulk of the recording was donein mid-2012, Horbal said, but singerThomas Diaz’s medical problems left himunable to commit to the band – puttingboth the group and the album in a lurch.

Diaz eventually decided to leave thegroup – he was replaced by David Bello– and that was the main catalyst for thealbum’s completion. “It took a while toreally get everybody else on board to belike, ‘Yes, I want to finish this. This iswhat I want to do with my time,’” Horbalsaid. But once everybody decided to pushforward with the band, he said, “getting therecord to finish itself wasn’t that difficult.”

The eight-member Connecticut-based

band – playing Rozz-Tox on January 22– is part of an emo revival, but its soundencompasses much more. Pitchforknoted the album’s “post-rock and emoextremes,” while PopMatters.com called it“space rock” but highlighted its instantlyaccessible elements: “These songsbleed emo and pop-punk, with chordprogressions that give you a head rushand get people in the front row bobbing.”

Although Whenever, If Ever is certainlydefined by its emo directness, the “spacerock” descriptor is equally appropriate,as the album often feels adrift – not in anegative sense, but in the way it movesnaturally and casually from mood tomood, with ideas given just the right

amount of time and attention to be fullydeveloped. The expansive sound leavesroom for synths, horns, and multiple vocal parts in a guitar-rock aesthetic,and it’s assembled with enough care thatnothing feels out-of-place. The relativelystraightforward “Gig Life” in that contextis three minutes of climactic clarity – asif the rest of the album leads to and fromthat point.

The band’s style is almost certainly afunction of its large size. Composition isa “group effort,” Horbal said, but it oftentakes place over an extended period of

time. Three people might work on a song,and demos might then be given to threeother members, who usually add theirown ideas.“It’s rare that our songs getworked out in a day,” he said. “Usually it’sa multiple-week process – even multiplemonths. And it’s fine.”

In the coming year, the band plans torelease a series of four or f ive split seven-inch singles with different bands, andit’s also finishing up a collaboration with

spoken-word artist Chris Zizzamia – amore ambient effort that demonstratesthat “emo” is far too limiting a label forthe band.

The World Is a Beautiful Place & I AmNo Longer Afraid to Die will performon Wednesday, January 22, at Rozz-Tox(2108 Third Avenue, Rock Island). The all-ages show starts at 8 p.m. and also includes A Great Big Pile of Leaves. Admission is$10, and advance tickets are available atRozzTox.com/tickets.

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a chihuahua. Take it up with Landon.)It may not reach the highs of PA1or 3, but Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones is still an entertainingearly-January diversion, and, all thingsconsidered, not a bad movie for afourth sequel. I can hardly wait for thesixth one.

47 RONIN In 47 Ronin, the sword-wielding

“half-breed” played by Keanu Reevestells his beloved, prior to theirseparation, “I will search for youthrough 1,000 worlds and 10,000lifetimes.” In other words, just a fewyears longer than the movie felt tome. As director Carl Rinsch’s lifelesssamurai adventure has already beenwidely decreed the biggest cinematicbust of the holiday season – bringingin, domestically, a $9.9-millionopening-weekend return on a reported$175-million budget – there’s really nopoint in kicking it while its down. Soin honor of this generic snoozefest’sJapanese setting, I’ll restrict my feelingsto a simple haiku:

Blend wan violenceWith clichéd soap opera.

Voilà! Seppuku.

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PARANORMAL ACTIVITY:THE MARKED ONES

Do you recall how, in the firstParanormal Activity , Katie and Micahattempted to communicate with themalevolent spirit haunting their homethrough a Ouija board that, later,

spontaneously burst into flames? So-o-o2009. In the new Paranormal Activity:The Marked Ones – the fifth installmentin this apparently unkillable scare-flickseries – our teenage protagonists aren’tabout to use anything as passé as a boardgame to connect with their unseen houseguest. Not when they have access to ...Simon.

Remember Simon? That round,electronic version of “Simon Says” from

the late ’70s with the different coloredquadrants that plays musical notes youthen have to repeat from memory?(Anyone still at a loss is welcome to visit one at my parents’ place, wherethat blasted thing still trips me up everytime I play.) Well, in writer/directorChristopher Landon’s sequel, Simongives a dandy little performance in itsextended cameo role, and is all the moreimpressive for only being allowed toshow off two of its four colors. Its firstscene shows Simon, apparently capable ofindependent thought, harmlessly chattingwith our leads – the green-light soundmeans “yes,” the red-light sound means“no” – before being unceremoniouslywhisked out of the room by grandma. ButSimon really goes to town in its secondscene, freaking the kids out with itsbuzz-y responses to “Is there somethingyou want from me?” (“ YES! ”) and “I

want you to leaveme alone!” (“NO! ”)before landing ona musical note thatrefuses to end untilour heroes have thebright idea of takingout the game’s

batteries. I couldn’thave been the onlyone disappointedto discover that thisstrategy actually worked ; can the spiritworld really be silenced by the removalof three AAs? But I was at least gratefulfor the screen time spent with this fondreminder of my childhood, just as I wasin The Secret Life of Walter Mitty when afantasy sequence found Ben Stiller and

Adam Scott racing through Manhattanstreets playing tug-of-war with a StretchArmstrong doll. What next for we luckyGen X viewers? An inspirational sportsdrama with winning plays determined byMattel Football? A remake of WALL•Estarring 2XL?

In all truth, I was a little disappointedthis past autumn when, for the first timesince the original’s release, there wasno new Paranormal Activity openingaround Halloween, considering that I’denjoyed every odd-numbered entry inthe franchise, and was subsequently dueto enjoy another. There are, however,certainly worse ways to start a freshmovie-going year than with an effective,low-rent, unpretentious tale of witchesand demonic possession, so better latethan never. I think we can all agree that,in the 15 years since The Blair Witch

Project , the bloomhas definitelycome off the rosein terms of “foundfootage” horrormovies, which offera too-convenientexcuse for

amateurish actingand writing andstaging, and whichnever satisfyingly

answer the question, “Why, when they’rerunning for their lives, don’t these idiots just drop their video recorders already ?!”But while it’s old, occasionally irritatingnews, The Marked Ones still delivers amore-than-fair number of juicy startsand jolts, and Landon’s inspiration to set

PA’s latest in a lower-middle-class Latinocommunity is a fine one, as it lends visualand verbal variety to a series previouslyoverrun with dully privileged Caucasians.

Running a just-right 80 minutes, thistale of the newly possessed 18-year-oldJesse (Andrew Jacobs) and the coven thatwants him is typically silly and typicallyinscrutable; as usual, good-luck charmKatie Featherston shows up here, too,although I’ll be damned if I can explainhow or why. Yet you can pretty easilyblock out the film’s bigger annoyancesby focusing instead on its many creepygrace notes, some of which have theadded benefit of also being funny: thebody unexpectedly crashing through acar roof; Jesse’s battle with a hellishly longhair emerging from his eye socket; theanxious chihuahua spinning in circleson the ceiling. (Yes, our Latino hero has

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What ’ s Happenin ’What ’ s Happenin ’

Movies19th Annual HispanicFilm FestivalAugustana College Science BuildingWednesday, January 15, throughWednesday, February 12, 7 p.m.

If you’re a fan of world cinema, youprobably wish our area offered morescreenings of foreign-language movies.

If you’re a fan of cinema in general, youprobably wish our area offered morescreenings of freemovies.

Well, for the 19th year in a row, AugustanaCollege is planning to make both sets of viewers very happy, as the Rock Island

institution again hostsits wintertime Hispanic

Film Festival. Takingplace on Wednesdaynights at 7 p.m. in theschool’s Science BuildingAuditorium, the 19th-annual event will feature

five critically acclaimed titles boastingnumerous awards and loads of festival cred,and should be a perfect excuse for areacinephiles to leave their homes for eveningsof trulycalienteentertainment.

This year’s festival opens on January 15

with the picturedLa Sirga (The Towrope),which finds a Colombian refugee rebuildingher life in a dilapidated hostel in thehighlands of the Andes. An official selectionat the Cannes and Toronto international film

festivals, the drama won bPrize and Cinematograph

Lima Latin American FilVariety magazine to deemengrossing” and “a triump

January 22 brings with Clandestina (Clandestineabout military upheaval, fwas a Director’s Fortnightwhile January 29’s screen(So Much Water),the famicomedy/drama that won 2Award at the Miami InterFestival and the Guadalaja

Best First Feature citation Manito (Dear Manny) –

Heights, the reformed “crof the world” – is on the d5, and won the Special Ju

EventBald Eagle DaysQCCA Expo CenterFriday, January 10, through Sunday, January 12

Ah, to be an American bald eagle.Beautiful. Majestic. Sexually mature atthe age of four. (Some of us are still waiting.)

This magnificent bird of prey, alongwith many other miracles of nature, will

be showcased at our area’s annual weekendcelebration Bald Eagle Days, taking place atthe QCCA Expo Center January 10 through12. With Quad Cities Audubon Eagle Toursscheduled, on Saturday and Sunday, every75 minutes from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,

this eagerly anticipated local event will

also feature live presentations focusing onbirds of prey, Niabi Zoo’s exotic animals,and creatures visiting us from Des Moines’Pella Wildlife Company. There will also be a20-foot climbing tower for your kids to scaleand more than 100 display booths chock-fullof nature-themed information, much of itspecific to the avian wonder that serves asour country’s national emblem.

What’s your level of American-bald-eagleknowledge? Let’s find out by trying yourhand at the accompanying quiz.

Tickets to Bald Eagle Days are $5 foradults and $1 for kids – with ages fiveand under free – and more information isavailable by calling (309)788-5912 or visitingQCCAExpoCenter.com.

Music Jason Aldeani wireless CenterSaturday, January 18, and Sunday,January 19, 7:30 p.m.

“So what was this dream about,Mike?”“Well, doctor, it ain’t easy to recall.

My memory ain’t what it used to be.But I think I was in this wide openhicktown of Lonesome, USA – justan asphalt cowboy staring at the sunwhile walking away from the watertower. And while I was in this nothin’town, I notice Johnny Cash justpassing through, singing this fast dirtroad anthem about a church pew orbar stool or somethin’.”

“Uh huh.”“I believe in ghosts and I don’t do

lonely well, so I say, ‘This I gotta see,’and I talk to him. I tell him the truthabout the best of me – that I’m justa man and I use what I got on dayslike these, and if I break everything Itouch, I ain’t ready to quit my kindaparty. Not every man lives the onlyway I know. I’m good to go.”

“Right.”“We laughed until we cried, and

then he boarded the night train

toward an Amarillo sky. I asked him,‘Why? Don’t you wanna stay?’ Andhe said, ‘Even if I wanted to, I have totake a little ride on my highway to acountry boy’s world. So keep the girland the big green tractor, and be sure

to drink one for me while wipingaway relentless black tears over theheartache that don’t stop hurting.’And then I woke up.”

“Hmm.”“So what does it mean, doctor?”“Well, Mike, whether you realize

it or not, you’ve just name-checkedthe titles of 45 songs by chart-toppingcountry singer Jason Aldean.”

“No!”“That’s 46. So as usual, I think

your subconscious is telling you towrite a What’s Happenin’ article,considering that Aldean will beplaying Moline’s i wireless Center onJanuary 18 and 19.”

“Aw, doc, thank you! I feel mywheels rollin’ again!”

“Forty-seven. So are you payingthis week in cash or – ?”

“Don’t give up on me, doc!”“Forty-eight ... and get back here!”“See you when I see you!”“Hmph. Crazy town.”

Jason Aldean will perform locallyalongside special guests FloridaGeorge Line and Tyler Farr, and forthe chance to hear many of his 50aforementioned songs, call (800)745-3000 or visit iwirelessCenter.com.

1) In what year was the Aofficially taken off theA) 2001B) 2004C) 2007

2) Roughly how many poA) FourB) SixC) Eight

3) Bald eagles can fly to

roughly how many feA) 5,000B) 10,000C) 15,000

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In the face of this madness, some schoolshave begun scaling back the zero-toleranceregime. For example, schools in BrowardCounty, Florida – which saw more than1,000 student arrests in 2011 – have begun apolicy that de-emphasizes arrests, expulsions,and suspensions in favor of counseling andkeeping kids in school who run into trouble.

As Broward County SchoolsSuperintendent Robert W. Runcie noted:

“A knee-jerk reaction for minor offenses –suspending and expelling students – this isnot the business we should be in. We are notaccepting that we need to have hundreds ofstudents getting arrested and getting recordsthat impact their lifelong chances to get a job,

go into the military, get financial aid.”Since implementing the new policies,

“school-based arrests have dropped by 41percent, and suspensions, which in 2011added up to 87,000 out of 258,000 students,are down 66 percent from the same period in2012.” Still, most school districts across thecountry maintain a strict adherence to zero-tolerance policy.

Alongside the zero-tolerance mess is the

general censorship of student viewpointswhen discussing topics that are not approvedby school administrators. For example, whena Pennsylvania student newspaper decidedto run an editorial explaining why it foundthe term “Redskin” – the nickname of the

school’s athletic teams – insensitive, andwhy it would no longer use the name in theschool newspaper, the school administrationreprimanded the students and demandedthey continue to use the term. In anothercase, a student journalist in Virginia wasreprimanded for writing a column onsexuality-based bullying, also known as “slut-shaming,” because the article contained wordsand phrases such as “sexual” and “breast-

feeding.”Considering students in high schoolare on the cusp of adulthood, legally andotherwise, the attempts to censor themwhen they engage in debates that areoccurring on a daily basis on television and

in the newspapers isn’t simply obnoxious; itthreatens the integrity of society as well. Ifstudents are being taught to self-censor, theywill be ineffective citizens. Contrary to basiAmerican principles, namely that all peopleshould be allowed to speak their minds asthey see fit, they will internalize ideas.

In fact, according to the KnightFoundation, students who are taught aboutthe value of the First Amendment are more

likely to agree with statements such as “Peoshould be allowed to express unpopularopinions” and “Newspapers should beallowed to publish freely without governmeapproval.” However, those who’ve not receivsuch instruction seem more doubtful of the

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MUSICSaturday, January 11 –

Brainchild. Funk and rockmusicians in concert, with anopening set by Half Naked. TheRedstone Room (129 Main Street,

Davenport). 9 p.m. $8. For ticketsand information, call (563)326-1333or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.

Thursday, January 16 – JonBatiste & Stay Human. Jazz,blues, and classical musicians inconcert. Englert Theatre (221 EastWashington Street, Iowa City).8 p.m. $20-25. For tickets andinformation, call (319)688-2653 orvisit Englert.org.

Friday, January 17 – Old Shoe.Chicago-based Americana androots-rock band in concert, with anopening set by The Whistle Pigs. TheRedstone Room (129 Main Street,Davenport). 9 p.m. $8-10. For ticketsand information, call (563)326-1333or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.

Sunday, January 19 – MikeConrad & Colossus. The 17-piecemodern-jazz orchestra educatesand entertains in Polyrhythms’ Third

Sunday Jazz Workshop & MatinéeSeries. The Redstone Room (129Main Street, Davenport). 3 p.m. jazz workshop: $5/adults, free for

What ElseIs Happenin’

by Mike [email protected]


MusicMatt AndersenThe Redstone RoomWednesday, January 15, 7:30 p.m.

On January 15, the RedstoneRoom will be the place to findthe blues. Of course, as Quad Citiansdealing with mid-January weather, weall pretty much carry the blues with

us everywhere we go, but our bluescomes attached with far fewer awards.

Described by theLondon Timesas “Canada’s greatest guitarist,”blues-music sensation Matt Andersenwill be that Wednesday’s featuredentertainer at Davenport’s downtown venue, thrilling crowds with theguitar skills and soulful vocals thatled TheRecord.com to call him “oneof the most exciting performers

to erupt on the Canadian musicscene in recent memory.” Aftermaking an initial splash with theNew Brunswick-based band FlatTop in 2002, singer/songwriterAndersen released his solo CD debutSecond Time Aroundin 2007, andwent on to win the InternationalBlues Challenge’s top prize for anindividual or duo in 2010, becomingthe first Canadian to triumph in thatcategory in the 26-year history of thecompetition.

In addition to that notable prize,Andersen’s talents have earned himthe East Coast Music Association’saward for Blues Recording of the

Year (for the 2009 CDPiggyback)and 2011 citations as the MapleBlues Awards’ Entertainer of the Yearand Acoustic Act of the Year, andhis international tours have foundAndersen performing alongside suchartists as Bo Diddley, Little Feat, andLoverboy.

Meanwhile, if you were to engravesnippets from the man’s reviewsonto plaques, you could probablyadd a couple hundred other awardsto his trophy cabinet. The TorontoBlues Society raved about Andersen’s

“sorrowing and soulful voice andastonishing guitar playing.”VelvetRopemagazine applauded his“energetic, keyboard-laden jams andsoulful down-tempo ballads.” AndCanada’sThe Chronicle HeraldcalledAndersen “a dynamite performer,getting more power out of hisacoustic guitar than a hill full of windturbines.” Maybe, if I played one ofAndersen’s CDs in my car, I could get

the damned thing to start on mid-January mornings.For more information on, and

tickets to, Matt Andersen’s RedstoneRoom concert, call (563)326-1333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.com.

th the Special JuryAward at 2012’sFestival, and led

it “thoroughlyh.”t Infanciahildhood), a dramamily, and love thatelection at Cannes,g is ofTanta Aguay-reconciliation13’s Grand Prize

ational Filma Film Festival’s

set in Washingtonck-cocaine capitalcket for FebruaryPrize at both the

Sundance and Atlanta film festivals. Andfinally, on February 12, Augustana’s festwill screenEl Bola (Nickname), the saga ofa 12-year-old boy and the new family hisabusive father unwittingly leads him to, anda Goya Award winner for Best Film. All told,it’s a lineup that makes me say, “Festival decine hispano de este año va a estar fuera deeste mundo!” Sorry if you don’t know whatthat means. I did take four years of high-school Spanish, you know.*

For more information on the HispanicFilm Festival, call (309)794-7670 or visitAugustana.edu.

*Editor’s Note: It’s “This year’s Hispanic FilmFestival is going to be out of this world!” Youthink you’re the only one who knows aboutonline-translation sites, Mike?

ican bald eagleangered-species list?

can a bald eagle lift?

n altitude of

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4) What is the bald eagle’s typicalwingspan?A) Between 60 and 78 inchesB) Between 72 and 90 inchesC) Between 84 and 102 inches

5) Roughly how many feathers do baldeagles have?A) 5,000B) 6,000C) 7,000

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value of free speech.Thus, one can easily see how the zero-

tolerance/censorship regime that dominatesAmerican public education can easilytranslate into a disaster for civil society atlarge in the coming years.

We’ve chosen to terminate naturalchildhood development in favor of strictadherence to authority, and to mute unique,interesting, and valid viewpoints in favor

of maintaining the status quo. Worse thanthis, however, is the fact that we’re settingourselves up for the complete destruction ofour democratic society and our democraticinstitutions in favor of an authoritarianbureaucratic apparatus that manages a

population of automatons, unable to think forthemselves.

Call it the end of childhood, call it the endof innocence, call it the end of imagination.What it will eventually amount to is thetermination of freedom in the United States.

Constitutional attorney and author John W.Whitehead is founder and president of the

Rutherford Institute (Rutherford.org) andeditor of GadflyOnline.com. His latest book,A Government of Wolves: The EmergingAmerican Police State , is available online at Amazon.com.

by John W. Whitehead [email protected]

Third Man single, but when I asked himwhat in particular pleased him about thesongs, he said: “I like that I don’t hatethem.”

The Communion tour – with The Weeks,The Dough Rollers, Bedroom Shrine, andCentaur Noir – will come to RIBCO (1815Second Avenue, Rock Island) on Thursday, January 23. Admission at the door is $15,

and advance tickets are $11 and availableat RIBCO.com.

For more information on the Communiontour, visit CommunionMusic.com.

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doing at first was never really somethingwe planned on doing for too long. It waskind of accidental it lasted as long as itdid. ... That tour just gave us an excuseto do it on a more permanent basis. Itwas something we had fooled aroundwith but never committed to.”

So The Dough Rollers as a rockquartet was born. The group has anEP slated for release this spring, and

an appearance on The Late Show withDavid Letterman is scheduled for earlyMarch.

But don’t expect Byrne to sell the bandhimself. He said he was happy with the

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10 That I Expected toReally Dislike

and Actually (Mostly) Enjoyed:21 &Over, Escape Plan, G.I. Joe: Retaliation,Grudge Match, A Haunted House, RED2, Saving Mr. Banks, Scary Movie V, TylerPerry’s A Madea Christmas, We’re the Millers.

10 That I Hoped to Love but WoundUp Disliking (and, in a Couple ofInstances, Hating): Carrie, Cloudy with aChance of Meatballs 2, The Hunger Games:Catching Fire, The Lone Ranger, Man ofSteel, Now You See Me, Oz the Great &Powerful, Philomena, The Secret Life ofWalter Mitty, The Wolf of Wall Street.

10 Sequels I Really Could’ve DoneWithout: Despicable Me 2, Fast & Furious6, The Hangover: Part III, The Hobbit: TheDesolation of Smaug, Insidious: ChapterTwo, The Last Exorcism: Part II, MacheteKills, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, TheSmurfs 2, Thor: The Dark World.

10 Movies That Were Exactly as Badas I Feared They’d Be ... and MaybeEven Worse ... :Battle of the Year, The BigWedding, Escape from Planet Earth, FreeBirds, A Good Day to Die Hard, Jobs, TheLast Stand, Runner Runner, The To DoList, Tyler Perry’s Temptation.

And, without further ado, the bottomsof 2013’s barrel ... .

10) Olympus Has Fallen . Just likeWhite House Down, except not thrilling.And not funny. And with Gerard Butler.

9) About Time . For what?, I ask. For theSentiment Police to finally crack down onRichard Curtis? For 35-year-old RachelMcAdams to stop playing wide-eyedingénues in formula corn? For Bill Nighyto realize that if he keeps doing such heavylifting in movies that don’t deserve him,he’s gonna throw his back out? Yes, yes,and yes.

8) Grown Ups 2 . Adam Sandler and hisbuddies went on vacation, and we weren’tinvited. We just helped pay for it.

pirates (led by the hauntingly fine Barkhad

Abdi) proving their mettle in the face ofAmerican might, the film never lets up:The tension is wonderfully sustained, theshocks are quick and frightening, and,despite the scope of the work, everythingplays out on a shockingly intimate scale;it’s a big-budget blockbuster with a humanpulse. Yet once the harrowing fun of theexperience is over, Greengrass and Raygive us a coda – a medical examination ofTom Hanks’ title character immediatelypost-rescue – that is truly unlike anythingI’ve ever before seen on-screen. In Phillips’involuntary shaking (it’s more like asustained seizure) and panicked replies,we’re shown, for maybe the first time in a“traditional” action pic, the body’s physicalresponse to a stalwart über-hero’s mentalstress. And in Tom Hanks’ astonishingperformance in this scene, we’re remindedthat even the most lauded of actors, whenpresented with the challenge, can stilldeliver amazing surprises.

And, for a more complete view of mymovie-watching experiences over the past12 months, a handful of additional lists of10 for your consideration ... .

10-Cineplex-Favorites Runners-Up: The Conjuring, Frozen, Mama, ThePlace Beyond the Pines, Spring Breakers,This Is the End, White House Down, TheWolverine, World War Z, The World’s End.

10 Runners-Up to Those Runners-Up:

42, Dallas Buyers Club, Dead Man Down,Don Jon, The Family, Mandela: Long Walkto Freedom, Mud, Pain & Gain, Star TrekInto Darkness, Warm Bodies.

10 Favorites That Didn’t Open at AreaCineplexes: 56 Up, Blackfish, Bridegroom,Dirty Wars, Frances Ha, Lovelace, Much Ado About Nothing, Nebraska, Room 237,Stories We Tell.(All are available on home video except for Alexander Payne’s Oscarhopeful Nebraska,which I caught in

Chicagoland over the holidays and hopewill h it area cineplexes soon, ’cause it’swonderful.)

10 Titles That Are Easy to Sit ThroughUnder Any Circumstances: 2 Guns, Admission, Anchorman 2: The LegendContinues, Generation Iron, The Heat, Iron Man 3, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, Monsters University, Parker, The Way WayBack.

10 That Are Easy Enough to Sit

Through, Although Perhaps LessFun Than a Good Book or Long Nap:Beautiful Creatures, The Best Man Holiday,The Call, The Counselor, The Great Gatsby,Evil Dead, Metallica: Through the Never,Out of the Furnace, The Purge, Rush.

7) Identity Thief . Or, Time Thief . Or,

Melissa-McCarthy’s-Dignity Thief. Or,What’s-Left-of-My-Hope-for-HumanityThief . Whichever.

6) Kick-Ass 2. Jim Carrey famouslydisassociated himself from this thuggishbore right as its publicity campaign washeating up. Better early than never, huh,Jim?

5) After Earth . The answer to thequestion, “Where in the dictionary do youfind ‘empty,’ ‘enervating,’ ‘exasperating,’and ‘excruciating’?”

4) Only God Forgives . Maybe so. Butfor this movie, even He might considersentencing Drivedirector NicholasWindig Refn and star Ryan Gosling

to eternal damnation in boring-and-pretentious-art-film jail.

3) Delivery Man . Abort! Abort! 2) The Host . You know, that sci-fi

thing by the author ofTwilight thatleft in a couple weeks and starred thatgirl fromLovely Boneswho just lookedlobotomized? Not as lobotomized as wesuckers whowatched the damned thing,but ... .

1) Movie 43. And if this were insteada ranking of theall-time worst movies I’dever seen over 19 years in this job, I’m not

sure my pick would be any different.

For Mike’s predictions for this year’s Academy Award nominees, visit RCReader.com/y/2013oscarnoms.

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there should be “magic” aplenty if you justshift your surprise pipeline from, say, Tiffanythe store on Fifth Avenue to Tiffany the postalworker who delivers your mail – includinga handwritten love letter you’ve mailed yourwife.

Likewise, in stay-cationing, you just need togo places and do things that are exciting andnew. This takes only imagination, the eventscalendar from the paper, and what you’vealready shown you have: love for your wife and

a desire to make her happy. While you’re outthere watching the sunset instead of your bankbalance, consider that there is an upside to yourdownturn: finding out that your wife didn’t justlove you for your money. Of course, there’s notelling whether she’s just been using you for sex.

The Flirt LockerMy boyfriend of two months doesn’t seem

insecure. But last week, after we left a party,he said it was humiliating that I was flirtingwith this good-looking guy in front of allof his friends. That guy is a professionalphotographer, and I was just asking for sometips. I’m annoyed because I don’t think I didanything wrong.

– Social Butterfly

If you go to a party with your new boyfriendand spend a half-hour mesmerized by anotherguy, it helps if the guy’s wearing a featherboa and size 15 women’s shoes. Assumingyour boyfriend isn’t insecure and you aren’tcovertly on the prowl, it’s the optics that are theproblem. A guy’s buddies are both supportiveand competitive – sometimes looking out forhim and sometimes looking for his Achilles’heel so they can poke it with a sharp stick. Sowhat to you is a totally platonic conversationcomes off like you’re sitting on some dude’s lapand licking his earlobe to the guys standingacross the room with your boyfriend. The goodnews is the optics can also be the solution.Engaging in sporadic touchy-feely with yourboyfriend – hugging him, kissing or strokinghis cheek – can be a sort of ad for “I’m withhim, and I plan to continue that.” It’s bad to leta boyfriend curtail who you are, but it helps tobe sensitive to how even innocent extroversioncan come off to an audience, especially in theearly stages of a relationship. No guy wants tobring around his hot new car and then watchas some other guy gets his fingerprints all overthe hood.

Got A Problem? Ask Amy Alkon.171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405

or e-mail [email protected] (AdviceGoddess.com)©2014, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved.

Ask theAdviceGoddess BY AMY ALKON

Down on His LuxeI’ve always loved surprising my wife with

expensive jewelry and lavish vacations.However, I lost my job, and my new job paysfar less. There’s barely money for necessities,let alone luxuries. My wife has been verysupportive, reassuring me, “I’d love youif you were flat broke,” which makes mefeel even more of a desire to wow her. Butrealizing we have no funds for a big trip this year, I suggested a “stay-cation” (where we’d just stay local and lie around and relax).She agreed to it, but I could tell she wasdisappointed. I’m worried that the “magic”of our relationship was based in part on thelavish gifts and that we’ll lose it now that ourresources have dwindled.

– Underfunded

A stay-cation doesn’t have to be a bummer– provided you don’t make it sound like it’llentail your wife’s climbing a mountain ofdirty laundry while you go sightseeing in thebasement.

Sure, it’s better when living hand to mouthmeans being fed chocolate-dipped strawberriesat a spa in Gstaad. But it wasn’t just thelavishness of your gifts that made your wifehappy. The money you were able to spendcamouflaged what you were really doing todelight her: employing the element of surprise.

Over time, relationships, like powderedsubstances available on dodgy street corners,

stop providing the buzz they did at first.Neuroscientist Wolfram Schultz found thatunpredictable rewards are the most excitingkind for the brain – maybe even three orfour times as exciting as expected ones. Andresearch by Sonja Lyubomirsky, who studieshappiness, finds that one of the most effectiveways to keep a relationship buzzy is byinjecting surprise – the novel, the unexpected.(Unexpected good things, that is – not havingyour partner come home to find you in bed

with the cleaning lady.)People think they have to go big onsurprise, and this keeps them fromdoing much that’s surprising. But it’s thesurprise itself that counts, not whether yourented elephants. Recently, I was havinga particularly crap-tastic day – until myboyfriend, who was away on business, told meto look above the molding over my kitchendoorway. Most awesomely, he’d hidden a littlebar of my favorite French chocolate therebefore he left. In other words, don’t worry;

students. 6 p.m. concert: $10-15. Fortickets and information, call (309)373-0790 or visit Polyrhythms.org orRiverMusicExperience.org.

Tuesday, January 21 – KellerWilliams & More Than a Little.Singer/songwriter and his ensemblein concert. Englert Theatre (221 EastWashington Street, Iowa City). 8 p.m.$20-22. For tickets and information,call (319)688-2653 or visit Englert.org.For a 2012 interview with Williams,visit http://RCReader.com/y/keller.

Wednesday, January 22 – TheWorld Is a Beautiful Place & I Am NoLonger Afraid to Die. Connecticut-based emo musicians in concert,with an opening set by A Great BigPile of Leaves. Rozz-Tox (2108 ThirdAvenue, Crystal Lake). 9 p.m. $10. Forinformation, call (309)200-0978 or visitRozzTox.com.

THEATREFriday, January 10, through

Sunday, January 19 – Of Mice & Men.Stage version of John Steinbeck’sDepression-era classic, directed by Tristan Tapscott. Playcrafters Barn Theatre (4950 35th Avenue, Moline).Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 p.m.,Sundays 3 p.m. $10. For tickets andinformation, call (309)762-0330 or visitPlaycrafters.com.

Wednesday, January 15, throughSaturday, March 8 – Buddy: TheBuddy Holly Story . Biographicalmusical revue about the rock-and-rollicon’s rise to fame. Circa ’21 DinnerPlayhouse (1828 Third Avenue,Rock Island). Fridays, Saturdays,Wednesdays, and January 15 and 16:5:45 p.m. doors, 6-7 p.m. buffet, 7:15p.m. pre-show, 7:45 p.m. performance.Sundays: 3:45 p.m. doors, 4-5 p.m.buffet, 5:15 p.m. pre-show, 5:45 p.m.performance. Wednesdays: 11 :30

a.m. doors, 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.plated lunch, 1 p.m. pre-show, 1:30p.m. performance. $29.26-$49.12. Fortickets and information, call (309)786-7733 extension 2 or visit Circa21.com.

Friday, January 17, and Saturday, January 18 – My Sister . Iowa Cityplaywright Janet Schlapkohl’sdebuting drama set in 1930s Berlin,directed by Maria Vorhis. QC TheatreWorkshop (1730 Wilkes Avenue,Davenport). 7:30 p.m. “Pay What It'sWorth” admission. For information,call (563)650-2396 or e-mail [email protected].

LITERATURE

Thursday, January 16 – KellyDaniels. Augustana College associateprofessor of English reads from hismemoir Cloudbreak, California as partof the 2013-14 River Readings series.Augustana College’s Center for StudentLife (639 38th Street, Rock Island). 7p.m. Free admission. For information,call (309)794-7316 or visit Augustana.edu. For a 2013 cover article onDaniels, visit RCReader.com/y/daniels.

EXHIBITSaturday, January 18, through

Sunday, May 4 – Kids Design Glass. Traveling exhibition of 52 glasssculptures by young artists, and theoriginal drawings that inspired them.Figge Art Museum (225 West S econdStreet, Davenport). Tuesdays throughSaturdays 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursdays10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sundays noon-5 p.m.Free with $4-7 museum admission. For

information, call (563)326-7804 or visitFiggeArt.org.

EVENTSSaturday, January 18 – 2014

Winter Wine Experience. Sixth-annual fundraising event featuringwine samples from area distributorsand wineries, live music by Three &a Half Men, hors d’ oeuvres, a raffle,and more. River Music Experience

(131 West Second Street, Davenport).6 p.m. $25-40. For tickets andinformation, call (563)326-1333 or visitRiverMusicExperience.org.

Saturday, January 18 – Dr. MartinLuther King Jr. Celebration. Tributeto the national leader inspired by theDr. King quote “The time is always rightto do the right thing,” featuring per-formances by the Community GospelChorus, the Westbrook Singers, Bold!Right! Life!, the Imani! Dancers, Tanda-zo, and Toi Allen. Augustana College’sCentennial Hall (3703 Seventh Avenue,Rock Island). 6 p.m. Free admission. Forinformation, call (309)794-7473 or visitAugustana.edu.

Saturday, January 18 – 2014Red Ribbon Dinner: A Night toRemember . Twenty-first annualAIDS benefit sponsored by TheProject of the Quad Cities, featuring5 p.m. cocktails, a 7 p.m. dinner,

live entertainment, and more. TheStern Center (1713 Third Avenue,Rock Island). $40-90. For tickets andinformation, call 9309)762-5433 orvisit TPQC.org.

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MATT ANDERSENWITH ELLIS KELL & DETROIT LARRY

FRI1.17

WED1.15

For fans of Umphrey’s McGee, Family Groove Company, & The Disco Biscuits

For fans of wine sampling, live music, & fundraisers

“AWARD-WINNING CANADIANBLUES GUITARIST”

For fans of Led Zeppelin and Chicago Afrobeat Project

FRI 1.11 { 9:00 p.m. / $8}

Brainchild with Half Naked

OLD SHOEWITH THE WHISTLE PIGS

CHICAGO AMERICANA ROOTSROCK BAND

SAT 1.18 {6:00 p.m. / $25 for Friends of RME & Groups of 5 or more / $30for general admission / $40 day of event / $75 for VIP }

6th Annual Winter Wine ExperiencePresented byEye Surgeons Associates & The Sedona Group

FRI 1.24 { 9:00 p.m. / $7 }

Déjà vu Rendezvous featuring AfroZep with KAVA & Bailiff

For fans of Band of Heathens & The Dead Leaves Traveling BandSAT 2.1 { 8:00 p.m. / $8 advance / $10 day of show }

Jim the Mule Farewell Showwith Them Som’Bitches

For fans of North Mississippi All-Stars, ZZ Top, & Mountain SproutTHU 1.30 { 8:00 p.m. / $7}

The Ben Miller Bandwith EverGreen Grass BandFor fans of local talent and variety showsFRI 1.31 { 8:00 p.m. / $7 advanced / $10 day of show }

A Damn Good Time Vol. 6

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Email all listings to [email protected] • Deadline 5 p.m. Thursday before publicationOpen Mic w/ Corey Wallace & Friends

-11th Street Precinct, 2108 E 11th StDavenport, IA

2014/01/15 (Wed)

Fifth of Country (6pm) - KaraokeContest (9:30pm) - The Rusty Nail,2606 W Locust Davenport, IA

Karaoke Night w/ Chuck Murphy - RIB-CO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL

Matt Andersen - Th e Re ds to neRoom, 129 Main St Davenport, IA

Open Mic Night w/ Karl Beatty & MikeMiller - Boozie’s Bar & Grill, 114 1/2W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA

The Chris & Wes Show - Mound StreetLanding, 1029 Mound St. Daven-port, IA

2014/01/16 (Thu)

Dennis Albee - Riverside Casino andGolf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riv-erside, IA

EDM Nation - Danny Grooves - RIB-CO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL

Jam Ses sio ns w/ Joh n O’M ear a &Friends - The Mudd y Wa ters, 1708State St. Bettendorf, IA

Jon Bati ste & Stay Huma n - Englert Thea tre, 221 East Wash ing ton St.Iowa City, IA

Just Chords - Harrington’s Pub, 2321Cumberland Dr Bettendorf, IA

Kevin Killen - Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave.Rock Island, IL

Open Mic Night w/ Rob Dahms - RusticRidge Golf Course Grille & Pub, 1151East Iowa St. Eldridge, IA

Open Stage Night - Theo’s Java Club,213 17th St. Rock Island, IL

2014/01/09 (Thu)

C.J. the D.J. - RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.Rock Island, IL

Chuck Murphy - Harrington’s Pub, 2321Cumberland Dr Bettendorf, IA

ClusterPluck - The Rusty Nail, 2606 WLocust Davenport, IA

Elvis Open Mic - Uptown Bill’s CoffeeHouse, 730 S. Dubuque St. IowaCity, IA

Jam Ses sio ns w/ Joh n O’M ea ra &Friends - The Mudd y Wa ters, 170 8State St. Bettendorf, IA

Jordan Danielsen - It’s on the River, 201N. Main St. Port Byron, IL

Melanie Devaney (6:30pm) - RME (RiverMusic Experience), 131 W. 2nd St.Davenport, IA


Open Stage Night - Theo’s Java Club,213 17th St. Rock Island, IL

Stardust Talent Night - The Old Star-dust Sports Bar, 1191 19th StreetMoline, IL

2014/01/10 (Fri)

Acoustiphonic - RIBCO, 1815 2ndAve. Rock Island, IL

Buddy Olson - Rhythm City Casino, 101W. River Dr. Davenport, IA

Chris Avey Band - The Muddy Waters,1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA

Chuck Murphy - Doc’s Inn Bar & Grill,

985 Avenue of the Cities Silvis, ILCross Creek Karaoke - Stickman’s, 1510N. Harrison St. Davenport, IA

Dana T - The Multiple Cat - Griswald-Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL

Stardust Talent Night - The Old Star-dust Sports Bar, 1191 19th StreetMoline, IL

2014/01/17 (Fri)

Baby Jayne - Prettygirlhatemachine- Errol Hem - Milky Way - Com-fort - Justin Means - Bier StubeMoline Blackhawk Room, 417 15thSt. Moline, IL

Bucktown Revue - Nighswander Ju-nior Theatre, 2822 Eastern AvenueDavenport, IA

Chuck Murphy - Rhythm City Casino,101 W. River Dr. Davenport, IA

Cosmic - Twenty Sports Grille & N ight-club, 1405 5th Ave. Moline, IL

Cross Creek Karaoke - Stickman’s, 1 510N. Harrison St. Davenport, IA

Curtis Hawkins Band - The Mu dd yWaters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IADana T - The Mil l, 12 0 E Bur lin gto n

Iowa City, IAFinal Mix - Riverside Casino and Golf Re-

sort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IAIce Hockey - Temple - Victor Shores -

Founding Sisters - Rozz-Tox, 21083rd Ave. Rock Island, IL

Jordan Danielsen - Doc’s Inn Bar & Grill,985 Avenue of the Cities Silvis, IL

Midnite Riders (5:30pm) - Fickle Filly& the Haymakers (9pm) - The Rust yNail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA

Moonshine Run - On the Rock Grille& Bar, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL

Old Shoe - The Whistle Pigs - The

Redstone Room, 129 Main St Dav-enport, IAPierced Productions Karaoke & DJ

featuring Leigh Timbrook - TheOld Stardust Sports Bar, 1191 19thStreet Moline, IL

North of 40 - On the Rock Grille & Bar,4619 34th St Rock Island, IL

Pierced Productions Karaoke & DJfeaturing Leigh Timbrook - TheOld Stardust Sports Bar, 1191 19thStreet Moline, IL

Short Lived Fun - RIBCO, 1815 2ndAve. Rock Island, IL

Statures - Samie-Jo Wilsing - Rozz-Tox,2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL

Sweet Cacophony - Uptown Bill’s Cof-fee House, 730 S. Dubuque St. IowaCity, IA

Wild Oatz Band - Dew Drop Inn, 602 5thSt Durant, IA

2014/01/12 (Sun)

Harper (6pm) - The Muddy Waters, 1708

State St. Bettendorf, IA Jason Ca rl (6p m) - The Muddy Waters,1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA

Karaoke Contest - The Rus ty Nail, 2606W Locust Davenport, IA

Groove Inc. - Riverside Casino andGolf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riv-erside, IA

Meet the Press - On the Rock Grille &Bar, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL

North of 40 - Hero’s Pub, 3811 N. Har-rison St. Davenport, IA


Russ Reyman Trio (5:30pm) - JasonCarl & the Whole Damn Band(9pm) - The Rusty Nail, 2606 W LocustDavenport, IA

The Manny Lopez Big Band (6pm) - TheCirca ‘21 Speakeasy, 1818 3rd Ave.Rock Island, IL

2014/01/11 (Sat)

10 of Soul - Rascals Live, 1418 15th St.Moline, IL

Brainchild - Half Naked - The RedstoneRoom, 129 Main St Davenport, IA

Buddy Olson - Rhythm City Casino, 101W. River Dr. Davenport, IA

Chuck Murphy - Big Shots, 419 15thSt. Moline, IL

Cody Road - The Rus ty Nai l, 260 6 WLocust Davenport, IA

Groove Inc. - Riverside Casino andGolf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riv-erside, IA

Joh nny Go ldm ine & the Nug get s(6pm) - Rustic Ridge Golf CourseGrille & Pub, 1151 East Iowa St.

Eldridge, IAKaraoke Night - Boozie’s Bar & Grill, 1141/2 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA

Mississippi Misfits - The Muddy Waters,1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA

Open Mic Afternoon (3pm) - MamaCompton’s, 1725 2nd Ave RockIsland, IL

2014/01/13 (Mon)

ABC Karaoke - The Mudd y Waters, 1708State St. Bettendorf, IA

Open Mic w/ J. Knight - The Mi ll, 12 0 EBurlington Iowa City, IA

2014/01/14 (Tue)

ABC Karaoke - The Mudd y Waters, 1708State St. Bettendorf, IA

ABC Karaoke - The Rusty Nail, 2606 WLocust Davenport, IA

Acoustic Music Club (4:30pm) - NorthScott Jazz Choir (7pm) - RME (River

Music Experience), 131 W. 2nd St.Davenport, IAOpen Mic Night (6:30pm) - Cool Beanz

Coffeehouse, 1325 30th St. RockIsland, IL

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Email all listings to [email protected] • Deadline 5 p.m. Thursday before publicationPierced Productions Karaoke & DJ

featuring Leigh Timbrook - TheOld Stardust Sports Bar, 1191 19thStreet Moline, IL

Reid Brooks - RME (River Music Experi-ence), 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA

Rockabilly Rocket (5:30pm) - Propa-gands (8:30pm) - The Rus ty Nai l,2606 W Locust Davenport, IA

Speaks Like Silence - Bier Stube Mo-line Blackhawk Room, 417 15th St.Moline, IL

Tom’s Tunes - Rhythm City Casino, 101W. River Dr. Davenport, IA

Wild Oatz Band - Bad Boyz Pizza & Pub,5266 Utica Ridge Rd. Davenport, IL

Winter Wine Experience: Three &

a Half Men (6pm) - RME (RiverMusic Experience), 131 W. 2nd St.Davenport, IA

2014/01/19 (Sun)

Dave Ellis (6pm) - The Muddy Waters,1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA

Jason Aldean - Florida Georgia Line- Tyler Farr - i wireless Center, 1201River Dr Moline, IL

Karaoke Contest - The Rus ty Nail, 2606W Locust Davenport, IA

Open Mic Afternoon (3pm) - MamaCompton’s, 1725 2nd Ave RockIsland, IL

The Lone Bellow - Gabe’s, 330 E. Wash-

ington St. Iowa City, IAThird Sunday Jazz Series: MikeConrad & Colossus (6pm) - TheRedstone Room, 129 Main St Dav-enport, IA

2014/01/20 (Mon)

ABC Karaoke - The Muddy Water s, 1708State St. Bettendorf, IA

Open Mic w/ J. Knight - The Mi ll, 12 0 EBurlington Iowa City, IA

2014/01/21 (Tue)

ABC Karaoke - The Muddy Water s, 1708State St. Bettendorf, IA

ABC Karaoke - The Rusty Nail, 2606 WLocust Davenport, IA

Keller Williams & More Than a Little-Englert Theatre, 221 East Washing-ton St. Iowa City, IA

Open Mic Night (6:30pm) - Cool BeanzCoffeehouse, 1325 30th St. RockIsland, IL

2014/01/24 (Fri)

ARU - Bob Bucko Jr. - Blue Movies -Darling Slag - Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rdAve. Rock Island, IL

Battle of the Bands Round One: BattleRed vs. Escape Your Prism vs. TheArchimedes Death Ray - RIBCO, 18152nd Ave. Rock Island, IL

Cherry Good - Riverside Casino andGolf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riv-erside, IA

Chuck Murphy - Barrel House 211, 211E. 2nd St. Davenport, IA

Cross Creek Karaoke - Stickman’s, 1510N. Harrison St. Davenport, IA

David Zollo - Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 SLinn St Iowa City, IA

Deja Vu Rendezvous featuring Afrozep

- The Reds tone Room , 129 Main StDavenport, IAEagles & Ivories Ragtime Weekend:

Ivory & Gold - Jeff Barnhart andAnne Barnhart - Martin Spitznagle- Brian Wright - Faye Ballard - MadCreek Mudcats - Daniel Souvigny-Wesley United Methodist Church,400 Iowa Ave Muscatine, IA

Eagles & Ivories Ragtime Weekend:Ivory & Gold and Daniel Souvigny(9am) - SunnyBrook, 3515 DianaQueen Dr. Muscatine, IA

Eagles & Ivories Ragtime Weekend:The Madcreek Mudcats - Jeff Barn-hart and Anne Barnhart - MartinSpitznagle - Brian Wright - FayeBallard - Daniel Souvigny - Musca-tine History and Industry Center, 117W. 2nd St. Muscatine, IA

Gray Wolf Band - On the Rock Grille& Bar, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL

Mercury Brothers - The Mudd y Waters,1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA

2014/01/23 (Thu)

Bailiff - Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S LinnSt Iowa City, IA

Daytrotter Presents Communion: TheWeeks - The Dough Rollers - Bed-room Shrine - Centaur Noir - RaggedRecords DJ Set - RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.Rock Island, IL

Jam Ses sio ns w/ Joh n O’M ea ra &Friends - The Mudd y Waters , 170 8State St. Bettendorf, IA

Jorda n D aniels en - Harrington’s Pub,2321 Cumberland Dr Bettendorf, IA


Open Stage Night - Theo’s Java Club,213 17th St. Rock Island, ILStardust Talent Night - The Old Star-

dust Sports Bar, 1191 19th StreetMoline, IL

Open Mic w/ Corey Wallace & Friends

-11th Street Precinct, 2108 E 11th StDavenport, IA

Quad City Kix Band - RME (RiverMusic Experience), 131 W. 2nd St.Davenport, IA

2014/01/22 (Wed)

Jam Sessio n w/ Ben Soltau - Iowa CityYacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA

Karaoke Night w/ Chuck Murphy-RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL

Kenny Paulsen Quartet (6pm) - Kara-oke Contest (9:30pm) - The Rust yNail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA

Open Mic Night w/ Karl Beatty & MikeMiller - Boozie’s Bar & Grill, 114 1/2

W. 3rd St. Davenport, IAThe Chris & Wes Show - Mound StreetLanding, 1029 Mound St. Daven-port, IA

The World Is a Beautiful Place & I AmNo Longer Afraid to Die - A GreatBig Pile of Leaves - Rozz-Tox, 21083rd Ave. Rock Island, IL

River City Radio Hour (5:30pm) - Mo-line Commercial Club, 513b 16th StMoline, IL

The Harris Collection - RIBCO, 18152nd Ave. Rock Island, IL

2014/01/18 (Sat)

Chuck Murphy - Rhythm City Casino,101 W. River Dr. Davenport, IA

Cody Road - Mulligan’s Valley Pub, 310W 1st Ave Coal Valley, IL

David G. Smith (6pm) - Rustic RidgeGolf Course Grille & Pub, 1151 EastIowa St. Eldridge, IA

Deadroots - RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.Rock Island, IL

Final Mix - Riverside Casino and Golf Re-sort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA

Flash Point - The Rus ty Nail , 260 6 W

Locust Davenport, IAFunktastic Five - Rascals Live, 141815th St. Moline, IL

Gwendolyn Countryman & Friends-Uptown Bill’s Coffee House, 730 S.Dubuque St. Iowa City, IA

Jason Aldean - Florida Georgia Line- Tyler Farr - i wireless Center, 1201River Dr Moline, IL

Jordan Danielsen - Timber La nes, 100 5E. Platt St. Maquoketa, IA

Karaoke Night - Boozie’s Bar & Grill, 1141/2 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA

Nitrix - Silvis Eagles Club, 911 MansurAve. Silvis, IL


Serious Business - The Muddy Waters,1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA

Short Lived Fun - On the Rock Grille& Bar, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL

The Recliners - The M ill, 1 20 E Burling -ton Iowa City, IA

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