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prosecutor prioritizes the freedom of a vio-
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WORDS FROM THE EDITOR By Kathleen McCarthy not ‘induce, encourage, or promote private relevant social media platforms.”
persons to accomplish what it is constitu- The mission creep of CISA eventually
Scary Government Staff and

tionally forbidden to accomplish.’ More- funneled all election intelligence into a
over, the First Amendment prohibits the single space for managing, censoring,
government from ‘abridging the freedom whatever was needed to suppress diffi-
Spooks "Vhant to Suck of speech’—not ‘negating’ or ‘abrogating,’
but merely ‘abridging.’ Thus, any law or
cult or unfavored information. Basically
“CISA transformed itself into a domestic
Your Speech" administrative policy that impedes the

ability of users to speak freely on privately
intelligence and speech police agency, far
exceeding its statutory authority.” The
A
owned social media platforms violates the internal hand-wringing over CISA’s
nexus of events culminated this around. The activities of CISA are almost First Amendment.” unconstitutional activities began slowly
summer in shocking reports, con- entirely arbitrary and capricious, part of The following steps taken by CISA and accelerated as its focus on censoring
gressional hearing transcripts, and a larger agenda of information control as demonstrate the breadth and scope of dis- mis- and malinformation escalated.
court rulings that have revealed just how outlined in the UNAgenda30 blueprint the purview its leadership claimed for “Although CISA’s efforts to police speech
far off the reservation the federal govern- for globalism, with the willing coopera- themselves in their massive foreign and are highly troubling overall, one particu-
ment really is relative to egregious, unlaw- tion of the mainstream media apparatus, domestic fishing expedition for dis-, mis-, larly problematic aspect is CISA’s focus
ful violations of hundreds of thousands of who are compelled with lucrative com- and malinformation to suppress, censor on ‘malinformation.’ According to CISA’s
Americans’ constitutionally protected First pensation lest it fades into obsolescence. and de-platform users – users who more own definition, ‘malinformation’ is based
Amendment rights, especially Free Speech. “The First Amendment to the United often had no idea their content was in any on fact, but used out of context to mislead,
The House Committee on the Judiciary, States Constitution rests on the principle way problematic, because it wasn’t as a harm, or manipulate.’ In other words,
and the Select Subcommittee on the Wea- that no person or institution, including matter of law. malinformation is factual information
ponization of the Federal Government, the government, has a monopoly on the CISA’s quiet, under the radar expansion that is objectionable not because it is false
investigated complaints issued from the truth, and that viewpoint-based sup- from that of a foreign surveillance mission or untruthful, but because it is provided
Office of Inspectors General relative to pression of speech by the government is to one that includes domestic surveillance without adequate ‘context’ – context as
abuses of process by the Department dangerous and may and censorship, have determined by the government.”
of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity even spell the death incorporated numer- “In addition, what constitutes ‘misinfor-
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), of a constitutional ous third party mation’ or ‘disinformation’ is determined
claiming it “has facilitated the censor-
Labeling speech 'misinfor- partners, both public by government actors, whose evaluations
republic. Under the
ship of Americans directly and through mation' does not strip it of and private, whose of truth and falsity are necessarily sub-
First Amendment,
third-party intermediaries,” including the the ‘government has First Amendment protection. unconstitutional jective, and inherently political. CISA’s
establishment of a Mis- Dis- and Mal- no power to restrict Thus, any law or administra- activities are better involvement in policing alleged mis- and
information (MDM) team for surveilling, described as whole- disinformation, as well as malinformation
expression because tive policy that impedes the
detecting objectionable posts, and report- of its message, its of-government – truthful information without “sufficient”
ing them to social media platforms for
ability of users to speak freely violations of whole- context—is a direct and serious threat to
ideas, its subject
removal, often along permanent removal on privately owned social of-society rights. First Amendment principles.”
matter, or its con-
of the offending accounts. tent.’ As the Supreme media platforms violates the “During its The above critique of predictable mis-
On June 20, 2023, the Committee Court has explained: First Amendment. existence, the MDM sion creep and overreach by this govern-
and Subcommittee released an Interim ‘If there is any fixed Subcommittee issued ment agency’s largely covert agenda is
Report on its findings to date relative to star in our consti- two sets of formal almost as predictable as the sun rising
the varied and frequent unconstitutional tutional constella- recommendations: in the East. Equally predictable is that it
activities engaged in by CISA, deliberately tion, it is that no official, high or petty, can one set in June 2022, and another in will only get worse if it is not corrected
ignoring their oaths of office to uphold prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, September 2022. The Subcommittee’s June by reigning the agency in now. The
the Constitution, and directly violating nationalism, religion, or other matters of 2022 recommendations included, among number of Americans who still remem-
the rights of Americans to speak and post opinion.” other things, recommendations that ‘CISA ber what it is to exercise natural rights
freely thoughts and ideas, as well as hear “Labeling speech ‘misinformation’ does should approach the misinformation unencumbered is shrinking, becoming
and read freely the thoughts and ideas of not strip it of First Amendment protec- and disinformation] problem with the excised from our collective DNA through
others. tion. That is so even if the speech is untrue, entire information ecosystem in view. This Common Cored curriculums and apa-
Below are important excerpts taken as ‘some false statements are inevitable if includes social media platforms of all sizes, thetic civic sloth, not to mention inexcus-
from the 37-page, June 20, 2023, Interim there is to be an open and vigorous expres- mainstream media, cable news, hyper par- able parental neglect in sharing/teaching
Report that every American should read sion of views in public and private con- tisan media, talk radio, and other online our future generations of children pride of
for needed clarification of the govern- versation.’ In refusing to carve out a First resources.” purpose, place, and country.
ment censorship issue, and to at least Amendment exception for ‘ false’ speech, “The Center for Internet Security (CIS) “CISA’s Director, Jen Easterly, claimed in
glimpse what we are not being told. Or at the Framers of our Constitution recog- is a nonprofit organization that operates her March 28, 2023, testimony before Con-
a minimum, read the report in support of nized the significant danger in making the the Multi-State Information Sharing and gress that ‘we don’t flag anything to social
the extraordinary value of constitution- government the ultimate arbiter of truth. Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) and Elections media organizations at all. We are focused
ally protected natural rights that accrue The First Amendment also protects the Infrastructure Information Sharing and on building resilience to foreign influence
to us through our humanity, and not as right to receive information, ‘an inher- Analysis Center (EI-ISAC). According to a and disinformation.’ Despite Easterly’s
privileges bestowed by government to be ent corollary of the rights to free speech postmortem report covering social media assurances, however, the DHS Office of
ignored when inconvenient. The link to and press that are explicitly guaranteed activity related to the 2020 election cycle, Inspector General (OIG) has reported
this 37-page report is also included below. by the Constitution’ because ‘the right to ‘the EI-ISAC served as a singular conduit that CISA began ‘notifying social media
This Interim Report illustrates the receive ideas follows ineluctably from the for election officials to report false or platforms or appropriate law enforcement
magnitude of hubris infecting federal sender’s First Amendment right to send misleading information to platforms.’ Put official when voting-related disinformation
agencies’ managers, who believe they are them.’ It is ‘axiomatic,’ in the words of the plainly, election officials around the coun- appeared in social media” as early as 2018.”
the boss of all of us and not the other way Supreme Court, that the government may try sent CIS purportedly false or mislead- “When deposed as part of ongoing
ing content, which CIS forwarded to the litigation in federal court, Brian Scully, the
head of CISA’s MDM team, confirmed that understanding of what is at stake and the theory, the statement is accurate. CISA is field.
CISA has historically flagged disinforma- rationale afoot. not a law enforcement agency and is not “Silencing those who disagree with us is a
tion to social media platforms, in a process “Challenges to government involve- authorized to act as an intelligence agency. sign of weakness, not strength, and it won’t
known as ‘switchboarding.’ Scully further ment in the suppression of speech on But, in practice, that is how CISA has lead to progress.” former President Barack
described switchboarding as a resource social media are all relatively recent. As behaved, arrogating to itself the authority Obama (April 6, 2023)
intensive’ process whereby CISA officials such, courts have had little opportunity to conduct surveillance of Americans on Lastly, I will end this commentary with
received alleged misinformation reports to address the matter. However, a fed- social media. CISA expanded its unconsti- the Interim Report’s final quote: “Silenc-
from election officials and forwarded those eral court recently found that this type tutional practice by developing an elabo- ing those who disagree with us is a sign of
reports to social media companies so that of conduct gave rise to a plausible First rate social media censorship apparatus weakness, not strength, and it won’t lead to
they could take enforcement measures Amendment claim: ‘Plaintiffs have clearly spanning multiple organizations, in order progress.” former President Barack Obama
against the reported content.” and plausibly alleged that [the govern- to facilitate the censorship of Americans’ (April 6, 2023)
“CISA has sought to disclaim any ment] engaged in viewpoint discrimination political speech both directly and by proxy.
responsibility in affecting social media and prior restraints, the court declared, There is no constitutionally viable legal THE WEAPONIZATION OF CISA:
companies’ decisions on content modera- citing the plaintiffs’ allegations of extensive authority that allows CISA to engage in HOW A “CYBERSECURITY” AGENCY
tion. In reporting content to social media and highly effective efforts of government this or any other kind of censorship. Thus, COLLUDED WITH BIG TECH AND
platforms, CISA officials, including Scully, officials to silence or muffle the expres- not only does CISA’s conduct violate the “DISINFORMATION” PARTNERS TO
often appended a disclaimer to their sion of disfavored viewpoints.’ The court First Amendment, it also disregards the CENSOR AMERICANS by Committee of
e-mails, claiming, ‘CISA affirms that it concluded that the plaintiffs had ‘plausibly basic principle of the separation of powers, the Judiciary and Select Subcommittee on
neither has nor seeks the ability to remove alleged state action under the theories of which prohibits agencies from acting the Weaponization of the Federal Govern-
or edit what information is made available joint participation, entwinement, and the outside of their congressionally delegated ment (June 26, 2023): https://judiciary.
on social media platforms.’ However, when combining of factors such as subsidization, sphere.” house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-
deposed as part of ongoing federal litiga- authorization, and encouragement.” There is much more interesting read- judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-doc-
tion, Scully admitted that CISA was aware CISA’s arguably highly partisan alli- ing in the pages of the Interim Report, ument/cisa-staff-report6-26-23.pdf
that its outreach to social media companies ances with aca- with many more House Bill 5181/Senate Bill 114, To
about alleged disinformation would trigger demia, NGOs and “One could argue we’re in the examples of CISA’s Counter Foreign Disinformation and Pro-
content moderation.” private companies, breaches, copies paganda Act, signed by President Barack
business of critical infrastruc-
Ya think?! The ease with which these such as the Election of internal emails, Obama on December 26, 2016, as part of
public sector professionals obsfucate to Integrity Partner- ture, and the most critical in- and documents as the 2017 National Defense Authorization
authorities, peers, and among themselves ship comprised of frastructure is our cognitive exhibits within the Act (NDAA) legislation: https://www.gov-
is truly alarming, and a byproduct of the Stanford Internet infrastructure, so building that report itself, and all info.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr5181ih/
unaccountable tenured employment? Observatory and resilience to misinformation are extensively cited pdf/BILLS-114hr5181ih.pdf
Current CISA Director Easterly is cred- Program on Democ- and footnoted. Privacy Act of 1974: https://www.law.
and disinformation, I think, is
ited with the outrageous classification of racy and the Inter- In addition, there cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/551 , https://
human thought as “cognitive infrastruc- net, the University of incredibly important." are supporting epic.org/the-privacy-act-of-1974/
ture” cited below, intending to corral it as Washington Center – CISA Director Jen Easterly, links below of other Memorandum Ruling on Motion to Stay
part of the array of infrastructures to be for an Informed November 10, 2021. similarly themed written by Judge Terry A. Doughty in the
secured under CISA’s management. It’s Public, the Atlantic events that suggest STATE OF MISSOURI ET AL v JOSEPH
this kind of megalomania that makes us Council Digital the stars are aligning R. BIDEN ET AL: https://www.uncoverdc.
humans nervous. That particular absurdly Forensic Research Lab, to finally mount a proper constitutional com/2023/07/11/missouri-v-biden-ruling-
authoritarian hooey trended on the very and the Graphika Company. challenge against a rogue administra- on-motion-to-stay-injunction/ ,
social media she polices, likely resulting “Following increased public awareness tive state run amok, violating rights with https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/
in her still doing damage control. of CISA’s role in government-induced impunity. And not a moment too soon gov.uscourts.lawd.189520/gov.uscourts.
“One could argue we’re in the business censorship and the Committee’s issuance with the newly established National lawd.189520.301.0_1.pdf
of critical infrastructure, and the most of subpoenas to Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Counterproliferation & Biosecurity Oral Arguments of Missouri Suit
critical infrastructure is our cognitive Microsoft, and Meta in February 2023, Center, with former Surgeon General Against Joe Biden Over Free Speech Held
infrastructure, so building that resilience CISA scrubbed its website of references to Scott Gottlieb under Trump (2017-2019) in Fifth Circuit Court (August 10, 2023):
to misinformation and disinformation, domestic MDM. Prior to the cleansing, heading this spanky spook-ish biomedical https://www.ntd.com/
I think, is incredibly important.’ – CISA the domain “CISA.gov/mdm” was asso- intelligence center. oral-arguments-of-missouri-
Director Jen Easterly, November 10, 2021.” ciated with a webpage titled “Mis, Dis, Dr Gottlieb was openly instrumental, suit-against-joe-biden-over-free-speech-
Translation: We vhant to control your MisInformation.” during the Trump Administration, in held-in-fifth-circuit-court_935759.html
mind, vhat you think, vhat you say, and Hopefully CISA’s apparent responsive- bullying Twitter to remove posts of his A Guide to Understanding the Greatest
most of all, vhat you post! ness to public pressure is a positive signal highly credentialed peers who contra- Hoax of the Century by Jacob Siegel
Concurrently, persuasive evidence that its dialing lawlessness back before dicted his narratives, even though most https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/
in the States of Missouri and Louisiana lawfare pounces using corrupt courts that posts were patently true and settled news/articles/guide-understanding-hoax-
v. Joseph R. Biden lawsuit is affirming disgrace the bench, the law, and justice science. This new biosecurity intelli- century-thirteen-ways-looking-disinfor-
government censorship using third par- itself, especially since we the people have gence operation is the fox guarding the mation
ties as revealed in the Interim Report. all but lost one of the three powerful tools hen house after it has eaten all the hens. Emma Jo Morris: My Reporting On
While the hair-splitting by different we have in our governance and American (https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/ Hunter’s Laptop Exposed “Elaborate Cen-
judges in various decisions is a mystery, jurisprudence – the jury box (the powers scott-gottliebs-role-in-creating.) sorship Conspiracy” Between Intelligence
mostly they agree on its unconstitutional- of the vote and the purse are the other The Guide to the Greatest Hoax on And Media by Tim Harris (July 20, 2023)
ity even before it has gone to trial. Links two). Something to think about. Earth is intriguing essay with thought https://www.realclearpolitics.com/
are below to the latest Memorandum In conclusion, the Interim Report has provoking context, relevant history, and a video/2023/07/20/emma_jo_morris_
Ruling in this case, and a recent Oral this to say:“In 2019, CISA’s Chief Counsel uniquely consumable synthesized analysis my_nyp_reporting_on_hunters_laptop_
Argument by a scrambling government claimed: ‘We are not law enforcement and of “disinformation.” Well worth the read exposed_massive_censorship_complex_
counselor is worth listening to for a better we’re not the intelligence community.’ In to widen our lenses and better see the in_us_government.html
GUEST COMMENTARY By Lydia Electrum The FED has had the “privilege” and author- changes when new administrations take
ity of issuing the world reserve currency office after elections; but their funding is
The State Remedy since 1944, despite defaulting on backing the
FRN dollar with gold in 1971. The United
dependent upon Congressional appropria-
tions. Imagine Congress authorizing the
How to Protect Your Wealth, Restore Comity for All, States government has abused the privilege military leaders of the United States Army,
and Save Our Republic for Future Generations and weaponized it, e.g., issuing sanctions Navy, Air Force, and Marines to charge fees
I
against foreign peoples and governments. to the companies in the military industrial
am on a mission to re-establish a sound of the money supply (inflation) that results Will regulations and perhaps sanctions be complex in order to pay for their salaries,
monetary system, one which uses gold in rising prices of goods and services (wages used by the federal government against its rather than rely upon the Treasury of the
and silver. Given the development of are the price of labor), ultimately a taxation own people through a new CDBD currency? United States according to appropriations
government controlled digital currencies on wealth and income? The fallout from the made by Congress? One might argue that
and ledgers, the abuse of those who can current Federal Reserve System monetary this is a political question, rather than a
What If the Privately Funded Fed-
least afford it by the Federal Reserve, and policy disproportionately and negatively question for the Supreme Court; but isn’t the
eral Reserve Directly Funded More
the state of America’s affairs, there is no impacts lower income Americans, widen- foundation of a republican form of gov-
ing the comity gap. Are you concerned and
Government Agencies Outside of
more important mission. ernment one that specifically subjects the
prepared for the more direct attack, the Congress’ Appropriations?
The first step is to educate people in a government to the will of the people through
instantaneous declaration of a new cur- While the member banks of the Federal its elected representatives, rather than the
short time-frame on what should be a very
rency as legal tender that can interfere with Reserve are private entities, the Board of creation of autonomous bodies of unelected
simple topic, constitutional money; unfor-
obligations of contracts? Such an occurrence Governors of the Federal Reserve is an officials, whose funding sources, in the least,
tunately, the matter becomes more complex
would not be a first in America, and cer- independent federal government agency, its raises questions about conflicts of interest?
when the subject expands to encompass
tainly not among the nations of the world. seven members (or ‘governors’) appointed Can the FED even support these mone-
currency. I have written “The State Remedy”
Property rights and free speech may by the President of the United States and tary transfers to federal agencies or bureaus?
to jump-start this mission. I summarize
appear at first to be two unrelated topics. confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Among the Surely there are limitations on the FED’s
relevant history and current events. Extend-
According to a recent report published by five general functions of the FED to promote balance sheet, right? There would be for any
ing that education, I propose a means to
the House Judiciary Committee and a Select the effective operation of the U.S. economy commercial bank or institution, where losses
establish legal standing, which is required
Subcommittee, the Cyber Security and and public interest are: the promotion of or expenditures that exceed its capital assets
for a trial court to hear the case. A solid legal
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) tried the stability of the financial system, pro- lead to insolvency. However, under FED
argument follows in the full text of “The
to cover up censor- motion of the safety accounting rules it can carry losses in excess
State Remedy,” one that utilizes the Supreme
ship practices that and soundness of of capital as a negative liability on its balance
Court’s own rulings in favor of the remedy
required coopera- Imagine Congress authoriz- individual institu- sheet called “Earnings Remittances Due to
sought.
tion with the likes of tions, and promotion the Treasury”. So to avoid insolvency, the
A sound monetary system and freedom ing the military leaders of the
Twitter and Face- of consumer protec- FED redefines a loss as an asset; if a private
of speech are fundamental to a harmonious
book. Block chain United States Army, Navy, Air tion and community
society, where the free and fair exchange entity adopted this practice, it would be
technology and the Force, and Marines to charge development through illegal. Is Congress just beginning to tap into
of goods and services and expression of
Federal Reserve’s fees to the companies in the consumer-focused this alternative accounting rule of (unlim-
conflicting viewpoints occurs, enabling the
enjoyment of life, liberty, and the pursuit
(FED) proposed military industrial complex in supervision and ex- ited) negative liabilities to fund government
of happiness. Both are rights protected, not
Central Bank Digital order to pay for their salaries, amination and admin- operations, bypassing a need for a Congres-
Currency (CBDC) rather than rely upon the istration of consumer sionally approved budget and avoiding
granted, by the Constitution. Failure to
can be used to moni- laws and regulations. increases in (or reducing the rate of increase
exercise these rights is leading to the demise Treasury of the United States Its operations are not
tor transactions. The of) the national deficit and debt?
of our republic; she is withering on the vine
FED claims that if according to appropriations funded by Congres-
akin to how an unused muscle atrophies. made by Congress?
the digital dollar is sional appropria-
Indeed, unrestrained currency and a lack Does the Fed Really Keep Gold
implemented that tions; rather, it funds
of fiscal responsibility has amplified the Reserves Only as a Tradition?
“an appropriate itself through interest
power of the purse; corruption flourishes. According to an exchange between then
balance between safeguarding the privacy income and fees for services to depository
General distrust and lack of respect between Chair of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke
rights of consumers and affording the institutions. Congress intentionally created
individual and government, individuals, and then Chair of the House subcommit-
transparency necessary to deter criminal this situation in the spirit of “autonomy,”
peoples, and nations prevails; there is no tee on monetary policy Ron Paul on 13 July
activity” will transpire. In that scenario, the and more recently created the Consumer
longer comity. 2011, per Bernanke – gold is not money; the
federal government will no longer need to Financial Protection Bureau (CFBP) in 2010
The freedom of speech, protected by FED keeps gold on reserve merely as a tradi-
engage private big technology companies in as an independent bureau within the already
the First Amendment, was discussed in a tion. Whereas, in fact, gold and silver coin
an attempt to regulate, censor, close, freeze independent FED. CFBP operations are
hearing held on 20 July 2023 by the Select have been legal tender in the United States,
or otherwise interfere with account hold- funded via monetary transfers from the FED
Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the not only per the Constitution, but repeti-
ers. The new digital dollar certainly has the subject only to a statutory cap and the CFBP
Federal Government. Per Robert F. Ken- tively via Congressional statutes since the
potential to displace paper dollars (Federal director’s identified need.
nedy, Jr., “The First Amendment was not 1792 Coinage Act and remain so even today
Reserve Notes, aka FRNs) even if Congress Is this not concerning? What agen-
written for easy speech. It was written for [31 USC 5103: Legal Tender]; the only excep-
does not declare CBDCs as legal tender; cies or bureaus in government should be
the speech that nobody likes you for.” He tion being Roosevelt and Congress’ usurpa-
CBDCs will most likely will replace the FRN autonomous, free from oversight by elected
also said that we need to address issues that tion of property outlawing ownership of
if Congress declares them legal tender. representation? What if the Cybersecurity
affect the American people, and that “We gold and gold coin (not silver or silver coin)
The enumerated Constitutional powers and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
can’t do that without the First Amendment.” from 1933 to 1974 [Executive Order 6102, 5
granted to the federal and state governments under the Department of Homeland Secu-
A specific property right not mentioned April 1933; the Gold Reserve Act of 1934, 30
in regard to money and currency have been rity (DHS), or the DHS itself were funded
in the hearing is the right to a sound January 1934]; meanwhile, per the Federal
transcended; apparently the Constitutional by monetary transfers from the FED? Many
monetary system. The right to a sound Reserve’s own website on its history – during
prohibitions are optional. Legal tender paper have called upon the FED to fight racism;
monetary system is an essential element WWII “Britain and other allies paid for
currency has displaced (not supplemented) should another bureau be created toward
to property rights, ordered liberty, and a war materials and other supplies produced
legal tender money (United States minted this objective, an autonomous one funded
republican form of government; despite domestically by shipping gold to the United
gold and silver coin) – all are currently legal by FED money transfers, or simply append
being addressed in numerous sections of States.” When the Federal Reserve was first
tender. The quantity of currency has no it as essential to one or more of the FED’s
the Constitution, it has nearly all but been established in 1913, subscriptions for stock
limits, as opposed to the finite quantity of Congressionally mandated functions? Like
discarded. by national banks were purchased with gold
legal tender gold and silver coin, and even the FED, our military leadership is intended
Do you wish to protect your wealth from or gold certificates [1913 Federal Reserve
commodity money (gold and silver bullion). to be independent, free from disruptive
unconstitutional attacks – from the increase Act, Sec 2; now 12 USC 282], U.S. minted
gold and silver coin are constitutionally and payment of debt, e.g., private bank notes or legal tender currency, e.g., the digital dollar, “the expert” on the monetary powers and
statutorily legal tender, not merely tradi- some other form of paper money. to replace paper FRNs or coin dollars, akin disabilities of the Constitution of the United
tion. Furthermore, the federal government One principle used by the Court for this to the displacement of gold or silver coin as it States; and has previously represented
reports that since 1913 the FRN dollar has ruling was that a “dollar” is whatever the did in 1862 with greenbacks and later in 1913 numerous clients in cases heard by the
lost more than 95 percent of its purchasing law says it is at the time that the debt is due, with FRNs? Or if Congress simply decrees Supreme Court, winning three landmark
power. i.e., Congress has the authority to declare that the current dollar be replaced with a cases that “established constitutional and
Russia and China have increased their what is legal tender. The Court relied upon new dollar at a ratio of its choosing, e.g. 10:1 statutory limitations on the uses to which
gold reserves from less than 500 metric tons the power of sovereignty, specifically Queen or 100:1, perhaps through the FED’s Central labor unions, in both the private and the
to over 2,000 metric tons between the years Elizabeth’s power to debase the currency at Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)? As a credi- public sectors, may apply fees extracted
2000 and 2022. Currently, the United States will, undertaken in the late 1500s during the tor, are your contracts for general dollars from nonunion workers as a condition of
reports to hold about 8,100 metric tons, Ger- Tyrone Rebellion or Nine Years’ War. subject to whatever the federal government their employment”. Dr. Vieria did offer to
many about 3,400 and Italy & France each The Court relied upon another principle, declares by law to be a dollar, or are your consider assisting me by writing an amicus
about 2,400 metric tons. These countries one based upon the implied power for contracts expressly exempt? brief for the Supreme Court, which is a
collectively hold more than 50 percent of Congress to control currency, that which What follows is a summary of my journey report offering additional, relevant informa-
the gold held by central banks; the gold held circulates and serves as a money substitute. starting in 2008 during the Great Recession tion or arguments that the court may want
in reserves collectively by all central banks Thereby, Congress has the power to give to seek an understanding of the monetary to consider before making their ruling.
is about 35,000 metric tons, about one-fifth paper money or anything it chooses the system in the United States of America. Regardless of your personal view on
of the gold in the world. Countries have characteristics and qualities of money in What I discovered is not new, but neverthe- the right and morality of abortion, I think
increased the rate of repatriation of their order to provide for a common currency. less was transformational in gaining some you will find, as will history, the Dobbs
gold holdings since the sanctions placed But per the Court, Congress cannot make understanding of what is wrong with our ruling to be monumental – not because of
upon Russia resulting in seizing about $640 “any Thing” money, nor is the emission monetary system, for how long and why; the abortion topic, which in and of itself is
billion dollars in gold and forex reserves of bills of credit (e.g., government creat- most importantly I was inspired to seek a historic, but because the ruling along with
from Russia, equivalent to about 10,800 ing paper money) the coining of money, means to achieve a remedy in the courts. several more recent rulings on the Second
metric tons of gold. Gold appears to be a nor does the power to do so derive from While others are surely aware of the situa- Amendment may be the beginning of the
strong global tradition. the power to coin money and regulate the tion, I did not find one organization willing Court’s return to adjudicating based upon
What happens if the FRN is no longer value thereof. Instead, the Court claims to even consider my offer to dedicate my more sound constitutional and legal bases.
the world reserve currency? Demand for that the power comes from power over a resources and time in conjunction with Furthermore, only one year after Dobbs,
dollars will dwindle; with imports currently larger subject, currency. The Court clarified existing efforts towards a legal confrontation the Supreme Court’s ruling to virtually
far exceeding exports, our ability to export that paper dollars (greenbacks at the time) seeking a remedy to the unconstitutional ban affirmative action strengthens such an
dollars for real goods & services will drasti- are not money; instead, they are promises monetary system that exists today in the sev- assumption.
cally diminish. Dollars will flood back to to pay money, gold and silver coin; they eral States of the Union, Washington D.C., Being completely transparent, my inten-
the United States fueling inflation, perhaps are “compelled borrowing” whereby paper and United States territories. None of the tions in writing a book titled The State
hyper-inflation. How about financial panics? dollars per the Legal Tender Acts have equal following responded to my requests: Tom Remedy are as follows. I wish to assist in
When the Great Recession initially took legal value as do gold and silver coin dollars Woods, the Ron Paul Institute, the Birch re-establishing a sound monetary system,
place in 2008, large financial institutions (i.e., paper dollars are at par with coin dol- Society, Jeff Deist at the Mises Institute, one which uses gold and silver. The first step
began to accept gold instead of FRNs as pay- lars, although economically they may not and Judge Andrew Napolitano, to name a is to educate people in a short time-frame on
ments for debt – apparently merely part of be equal in value). Furthermore, greenbacks few. Perhaps the lack of response in some what should be a very simple topic, consti-
the tradition. Was this situation good or bad are ultimately redeemable in gold and silver respects is understandable as you, they, and tutional money; unfortunately, the matter
for the debtor? How about the creditor? coin (initially greenbacks were not redeem- I are all very busy people. But weren’t the becomes more complex when the subject
able in coin, economically being worth only Founding Fathers of this country quite busy, expands to encompass currency. I sum-
thirty percent of gold and silver coin dollars, too? marize relevant history and current events.
Dollar Is a Substitute for Money,
until about a decade later when they were Admittedly, my objective initially was to Extending that education, I propose a means
Thus Currency Controlled by
redeemable in gold and silver coin). Green- seek to overturn what are called the Legal to establish legal standing, which is required
Congress and Is a Promise to Pay backs (and now today FRNs) function as a Tender Cases; however, that is not remotely for a trial court to hear the case. A solid legal
Money – Welcome to the Legal money substitute but are not strictly speak- possible at this point in time. Perhaps they argument follows in the full text of “The
Tender Cases ing money (gold and silver coin) – they are may be overturned at some point, but only State Remedy,” one that utilizes the Supreme
To answer these questions, we turn to currency. if a “bridge” remedy paves a path that leads Court’s own rulings in favor of the remedy
history and adjudication of the highest to circumstances that eventually support sought.
court in the United States of America. In Can Gold Clauses in Contracts the Supreme Court of the United States I ask you to join me and others like me to
the Legal Tender Cases, the Supreme Court Save Us from a Digital (SCOTUS) in rectifying their error. In fact, peacefully and legally pursue a remedy. “A
of the United States addressed paper money Dollar Currency? the bridge may ultimately extend and trans- right without a remedy is as if it were not.
(greenbacks) issued by Congress according Fortunately, the Court explicitly form into its own complete remedy, a State For every beneficial purpose, it may be said
to the 1862 & 1863 Legal Tender Acts, and pointed out that the ruling does not apply remedy, that does not even requiring the not to exist.”
other related act with regards to resumption to expressly exempt contracts, which are Legal Tender Cases to be overturned. While I believe the information provided
of species (gold and silver coin) payments contracts that specify another species, such Such an undertaking, if pursued and suc- to be factual, the material is for educational
for said greenbacks. The Court ruled that as gold or silver coined dollars (legal tender cessful, would lead to eliminating or reduc- purposes only. I am not a licensed or trained
contracts for general dollars, before or after money) or bullion (commodity money), ing one of the largest reasons to exist for attorney; I highly advise you to consult a
the Legal Tender Acts, now mean paper dol- another commodity (e.g., oil), or some other the organizations that I reached out to. One licensed attorney before making taking
lars, not gold or silver coined money dollars species of asset. Between the 1860s and 1933, might have argued the same about abortion, any action. I emphatically and distinctly
as previously intended and ruled upon by society clearly understood (not necessar- but the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June denounce and do not support illegal action,
the Court; a debtor now must discharge debt ily agreeing with) the basis of the Court’s of 2022 in the Dobbs case supports the “too especially violent illegal action.
for general dollars with paper dollars un- ruling, responding by utilizing gold clauses busy” scenario.
less the debtor waives his right and tenders in contracts to both legally and economi- Visit TheStateRemedy.com to download
something else that the creditor acquiesces cally protect their property – choosing not to your free book and connect with others who
in receiving. The decision flipped on its Thank You, Dr. Vieira! share these goals to protect our wealth, restore
waive their right to legal tender coin dollars
head historical common law and Supreme In contrast, Dr. Edwin Vieira, a lawyer comity to all, and save our republic for future
for paper dollars. In contrast, the super
Court precedent, where general dollars due and the author of Pieces of Eight, exchanged generations. The online version of this article
majority of today’s society fails to compre-
by contract were gold or silver coins unless multiple emails with me on the matter. I at RCReader.com has more than 20 links to
hend the Court’s ruling and almost exclu-
the creditor waived his right and accepted inquired if he would represent me in court; sources and citations.
sively utilizes paper dollars (FRNs).
something else that the debtor tendered as he declined, having recently retired. He is
What if Congress decides to create a new
degrees in 2012 and 1988. That ranks as the images produced for effect on our screens,
UNCOMMON SENSE By Joel Lorentzen
17th hottest temperature ever. The other 25 which diminish in credibility with every
hottest temperatures were recorded between unfulfilled alarmist frenzy. Meanwhile, the
A Climate of Skepticism 1901 and 1936. skeptics are chastised into silence.
And that’s how the trap gets set. The
T
non-skeptics are lulled into hapless ortho-
he article “Why EROEI Matters” by would be to replace coal power with nuclear "And that’s how the doxy, and the skeptics are quieted into
David Turver (Eigen Values, Substack. power as fast as we can.” non-participation.
com) fascinates me. It gets my skeptic “No way,” she said. “Nuclear is too dan- trap gets set. The non- The trap springs, though, when such an
up. I won’t upstage Mr. Turver by summa- gerous! We need to make solar collectors skeptics are lulled into emasculated public is mis served. That’s
rizing it, but EROEI (Energy Recovered On out of something natural, like pine needles where I fear we are. If climate change is
Energy Invested) is a great way to compare or something that the earth replaces.”
hapless orthodoxy, and truly an existential issue, why would we not
the efficacy of energy sources, and his article “If we don’t know how to do it today, the skeptics are quieted spend any amount of money on decarboniz-
ing technologies that we already know work,
is an excellent critique of our policy direc-
tion. You should read it.
won’t it be too late? But forestry is some-
thing we know how to do,” I offered, “and
into non-participation." such as nuclear and hydro? Why is our
Often labeled “deniers,” skeptics today get burning pine needles or wood should be entire bet on wind and solar? Since 2009,
a bad rap. We (I include myself as a skep- carbon neutral except for the energy to U.S. increases in wind and solar barely
tic) are too readily dismissed. Our expert harvest and transport it.” * In my lifetime (65 years, if you need covers our increases in consumption, at
class speaks with 100-percent certainty, “No way. Deforestation is a blight … .” she it calculated), there have been 34 days in great expense, now accounting for less than
so contra-observations must be false, or claimed, and continued dismissing every which Davenport’s temperature reached 100 six percent of our total use. So our only net
the observers must be stupid. That’s hard constructive step humanity could take to degrees. In the prior 57 years, there were 93. decarbonizing is by substituting natural gas
to swallow when you are a witness to avoid an existential crisis that she was cer- * In my lifetime, Davenport has expe- for coal. (Calculated from EIA.gov.)
such facts. We don’t accept authoritative tain was only a couple years in the future. rienced 21 of the 25 coldest temperatures Our leadership and expert classes know
narratives just because they are popular Very unpleasant. ever recorded, the top two being -33 degrees this. And that, readers, is why I’m skeptical.
and repetitive. We need some convincing. That same year, and largely based on that and -29 degrees on January 31 and 30, 2019, Their solutions don’t match the problem, if
Claims must match our independent obser- conversation, I approached several high respectively. we believe their version of the problem. I’m
vations or triangulate in such a way that it school teachers with the following idea. This is not an argument that the climate skeptical – do they even believe themselves?
makes sense to us. Each year for the next five years, I would is cooling, or that climate change isn’t or
Skeptics are especially maligned when provide a $1,000 scholarship to the winner won’t affect the Quad Cities! I don’t believe Joel Lorentzen lives in Rock Island, Illi-
it comes to climate change. On this topic, of an essay contest answering this ques- either of those things. But it does argue nois, and publishes a column on Substack.
I’m not even that skeptical. The climate has tion: If global warming was not caused by that skeptics are justified in their skepti- com titled “Uncommon Sense.” Find all of his
always changed. It is common sense to me humans, how should we adapt? I would cism. In this instance, the hysterics of the essays at JoelELorentzen.substack.com.
that if we un-bury carbon that has been in enlist independent judges to gauge each media and expert class fall flat against our
the earth’s crust for eons and release it into essay on its argumentation, structure, and actual experience – the things we see out
the atmosphere, it will have some effect scientific and philosophic merit. I had no our own window. We are relegated to the
on the nature or pace of the change. You takers. I thought the premise would be
don’t need to spend much time in a smoggy, eye-opening. They thought the premise
metropolitan traffic jam on baking asphalt, was potentially damaging, even as a simple
knowing that such incidents occur in tens of thought experiment. (Nobody said this, but
thousands of places every day, to realize the it was as if I suggested describing the posi-
potential scale. Understanding the impact is tive aspects of fascism!) Skepticism rejected!
a worthy effort. North America experienced a heat wave
But the resulting orthodoxy is clearly this summer. Every morning we were inun-
unhealthy. While skeptics are smeared, dated with instructions on how to stay safe
non-skeptics are being lured into an intel- because the world was absolutely melting!
lectual trap. I offer some experiences. It’s three or four degrees hotter than it’s ever
In 2016, I took an Uber from down- been! Take that, deniers! (“This Summer’s
town Denver to a community about an Record-Breaking Heat Waves Would Not
hour away. The Prius driver was pleasant Have Happened without Climate Change,”
enough until we passed a distressed pine Scientific American) I took walks and golfed
forest. She observed that “we” were doing anyway. I observed that it wasn’t hotter than
horrible things to that forest. She asserted the extremes I had experienced my whole
that human-caused climate change caused life. As a farm kid, I recall baling hay in
shorter winters, so the cold that would near-100-degree temperatures in the 1970s..
normally kill an invasive pine beetle was no So I checked the data for my region, the
longer killing the beetle, so the beetle was Quad Cities, which straddles the Missis-
killing the trees. This was new information sippi River between Iowa and Illinois. (Data
to me. I accepted her premise and haven’t are included in the appendix. All measures
researched it since. The following conversa- degrees Fahrenheit. Sources WeatherSpark.
tion with her is paraphrased. com and ExtremeWeatherWatch.com.)
“We really need to do something about Here is what I found:
this,” she said, shaking her head. “We’re * The seasonal temperature profile at the
killing everything on the planet!” Quad City Airport in Moline, Illinois, year-
“Except the pine beetle, obviously.” I said, to-date is not markedly hotter or colder
attempting humor, which turned out to be than 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, or
a mistake. I detected a look of disgust when 2020.
she glared at me in the rear-view mirror. * As of this writing, (August 16, 2023), the
“Seriously! If we don’t do something in temperature in Davenport, Iowa, has not
the next few years, it’ll be too late!” She achieved 100 degrees in 2023. It last did so
lectured. in 2012.
Based on her demeanor, I felt it best to * In my lifetime (since 1958), only two of
avoid further levity. “Yeah. Probably the the top 27 hottest temperatures recorded
quickest way to lower carbon emissions in Davenport have occurred. That was 104
numerous cybersecurity graduate courses 7 – a kids’ hacker camp and STEM festival
EVENTS for St. Ambrose University, Excelsior Col- for grades kindergarten through 12. With
The Rise of AI: CornCon Cybersecurity lege, and Eastern Iowa Community Colleges
from 2003 to 2019.
activities running from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
students can work with electronic kits,
Conference and Kids’ Hacker/STEM Camp At this year’s CornCorn, more than
50 world-class experts will share their
soldering, computer builds; play games of
Build a Computer, Lockpicking, Capture
Friday, October 6, and Saturday, October 7 knowledge on a wide range of cyberse- the Flag, and Electronic Graveyard; enjoy
Davenport RiverCenter, 136 East Third Street, Davenport IA curity topics, and as they follow one of computer-themed puzzles; and take part in
three daily tracks, attendees can explore the Hacker Jeopardy 4 Kidz competition,
the latest innovations at the vendor expo, with pizza, snacks, and beverages provided.
engage in hands-on experiences in the All ages, meanwhile, are invited to “the Bill
hacker villages, and build lasting connec- Murray After Party” from 7 to 10 p.m. that
tions at after-hours networking events. evening, an event at Davenport’s neighbor-
Among those tentatively scheduled to ing Analog Arcade Bar (302 North Brady
speak at the 2023 CornCon are: M. David Street) which features free tokens, pizza,
Etue, CEO, Nisos Inc., on “AI Powered and (for the adults) an open bar.
Cyber Risks”; Rebecca Herold, CEO of the This year’s CornCon will be preceded on
Privacy Professor, on “It’s Not Always a Thursday, October 5 with an invitation-
Rattlesnake Just Because It Rattles: Every- only CISO Summit held at Davenport’s
thing I Learned About Risk Management EICC Urban Campus (101 West Third
I Learned on the Farm”; Bruce Norquist, Street), with group activities throughout
Product Security Architecture at Visa, on the day and the scheduled presentations
“Lean Security Architecture Approach”; including “Don’t Ever Forget What We Do
Christian Sorensen, Founder/CEO of Here” by Rob Labbe of Mining & Metals –
F
SightGain, on “From Threats to Risk: How ISAC; “Incident Response Care and Feed-
ounded in 2015 by the Quad Cities charitable non-profit educational institution
the Anatomy of Cyber Response Reveals ing of Lawyers” by ZwillGen PLLC legal
Cybersecurity Alliance and presented based in Iowa, and is designed to provide
Risk”; Mike Daugherty, CEO at LabMD, on director Paul Rice; “What Are We Doing
by the Docent Institute, the ninth- technology outreach, inclusion, and STEM
“FBI & FTC, Oh My!”; Ira Winkler, Field Here: Rethinking Security” by Online
annual CornCon – an event designed to education for the betterment of society.
CISO and VP of CYE, on “Your Budget Is a Business Systems’ Jeff Man; and “Dollars
raise community awareness and provide Docent organizes STEM camps for K-12 stu- and Cents, Not Bits and Bytes: The New
Horse’s Ass”;and global corporate infor-
business solutions for dealing with cyber- dents, cybersecurity challenges for college SEC Reporting Rule and End of Cybersecu-
mation security and AI strategist Erika
security threats – will boast breakout ses- students, and the Midwest’s premiere annual Steele on “The Rise of AI: The front Door Is rity as We Know It” by Accel Consulting’s
sions, expert speakers, panels, tutorials, cybersecurity conference, CornCon. Docent Locked, But the Backdoor Is Wide Open.” Douglas Brush.
vendors, a tech expo, children’s activi- provides college scholarships, mentoring, In addition to two days of workshops, For more information on all events in the
ties, awards presentations, and more on and performs other public outreach related lectures, and breakout sessions for adults, October 6 and 7 CornCorn Cybersecurity
October 6 and 7, this year’s Davenport to cybersecurity, technology, and the ethi- The Rise of AI will host CornCon’s annual Conference and Kids’ Hacker/STEP Camp,
RiverCenter event titled The Rise of AI. cal use of technology, its founder Dr. John “Children of the CornCon” on October visit CornCon.net.
The Docent Institute is 501(c)(3) registered D. Johnson having taught and developed
EVENTS
“Empty the Shelters” Reduced-Fee
Adoption Event
Sunday, October 1, through Sunday, October 15
Humane Society of Scott County
2802 West Central Park Avenue, Davenport IA
W
ith our nation’s animal shel- Adoption Event enabling adopters to help
ters currently in crisis due to save a life and bring home spayed/neutered,
increased owner surrenders and vaccinated pets for just $50 or less.
stray intakes, spiking post-pandemic eutha- Since its inception in 2016, the “Empty the
nasia rates across the country, Davenport’s Shelters” program has helped nearly 190,000
Humane Society Of Scott County will join pets find loving homes throughout the
more than 345 organizations from 42 states United States and Canada, making “Empty
in taking part in the BISSELL Pet Founda- the Shelters” the largest funded adoption
event in the country. An average of 1,225 an overcrowding crisis unlike anything we Scott County, three additional Iowa sites
tion’s “Empty the Shelters” Reduced-Fee have experienced in more than a decade,” will be participating in October 1 through
pets are adopted each day of these quarterly
Adoption Event, a nationwide program said Cathy Bissell, who founded the BISSELL 15 “Empty the Shelters” Reduced-Fee
national events. During each nationwide
taking place from October 1 through 15. Pet Foundation in 2011. “The devastating Adoption Event: the Boone Area Humane
event, BISSELL Pet Foundation sponsors
According to the Shelter Animals Count increase in owner surrenders and stray Society animal shelter (226 West 16th Street,
reduced adoption fees so shelters can charge
database, animal intakes at both public and intakes has left tens of thousands of social- Boone); the Cedar Valley Humane Society
between zero and $50 to take deserving
private shelters are expected to reach a three- ized, house-trained, and leash-trained pets animal shelter (7411 Mt. Vernon Road,
pets from kennels to the couches of loving
year high this year, and adoptions or returns desperate to find a home, Our Fall National Cedar Rapids); and the Des Moines County
homes. This fall, “Empty the Shelters” will be
to owners are not keeping pace. With lives ‘Empty the Shelters’ will support the adop- Humane Society animal protection orga-
hosted at more than 345 organizations in 42
on the line, BISSELL Pet Foundation is once tion of thousands of pets across the country, nization (2000 North Roosevelt Avenue,
states, including Davenport’s Humane Soci-
again hoping to bring animals from shelter helping shelters in this critical time. Open- Bellevue). For more information and a full
ety of Scott County animal shelter, where
kennels to the couches of loving homes by ing your home to a shelter pet saves a life and map of participating organizations, visit
both dogs and cats are available during the
prompting a national call for adoption, this creates space to give another pet a chance.” BISSELLPetFoundation.org/Empty-The-
October event.
autumn’s “Empty the Shelters” Reduced-Fee In addition to the Humane Society Of Shelters.
“Our nation’s animal shelters are facing
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VISUAL ARTS Human Intelligence, group art show; free; for whether you’re… Figge Art Museum, 5:30pm Tue
Exhibits & Shows information, contact… Centennial Hall Gallery, Oct 3
Augustana College, Thu Oct 5 thru Sun Nov 5
Openings & Gallery Events Revisiting Past Exposures, photography exhibit Felted Soap Class, make a soap with a built-in
by Matthew Terry, a contemporary photographer, Art & Activism at Tougaloo College, the washcloth; Liz will walk… Moline Public Library,
Quilting by the River, on Thursdays; work on your author… Black Hawk College ArtSpace Gallery, thru exhibition traces the inception of this… Figge Art 6:30pm Tue Oct 3
quilting projects with other quilters in the… River Fri Sep 29 Museum, Sat Oct 7 thru Sun Nov 5
Valley District Library, 6pm Thu Sep 28 thru Thu Clay: Surface Techniques, Wednesdays thru Oct.
Nov 2 A Time for Pride: The Faces of CLOCK, CLOCK is The Mysterious Disappearance of Miss Haylee, a 25; with instructor Laura Warner; whether you’re…
local organization, providing support and… Figge collaborative exhibition by Heidi Hernandez and… Figge Art Museum, 5:30pm Wed Oct 4
Thursdays at the Figge, weekly programs Art Museum, thru Sun Oct 1 Quad City Arts Center, Wed Oct 11 thru Sun Nov 5
featuring artists, curators, scholars, and community Drawing Basics, Wednesdays thru Oct. 25; with
partners to… Figge Art Museum, 6:30pm Thu Sep Curtis, Mulcahy, & Olson, exhibit of sculptural Cory Christiansen, exhibit of mixed-media works instructor Annie Peters; a foundational… Figge Art
28 thru Thu Nov 2 paintings by Amanda Mulcahy,… Quad City Arts by the orthopedic… Muscatine Art Center, thru Museum, 6pm Wed Oct 4
Center, thru Fri Oct 6 Sun Nov 5
The Electric Market, featuring local artists and Figure Painting: The Figure in an Interior,
craftspeople, new vendors, a full bar,… Village John Deason, exhibit of photographs by the Jon Fasanelli-Cawelti: The Man Filled with Thursdays thru Oct. 26; with instructor Brad Bisbey;
Theatre, noon Sun Oct 1 former Muscatine… Muscatine Art Center, thru Sun Music, thru Feb. 18; a celebration of longtime orking in… Figge Art Museum, 11am Thu Oct 5
Oct 29 Muscatine resident and… Muscatine Art Center,
Stitching & More, every Wed. except the 2nd of the thru Sun Nov 5 Harmonic Journey: Sound Healing and Chakra
month; work on… River Valley District Library, 5pm Hobbs, LeBreton, Montalvo, & Simonson, exhibit Painting, with instructor Becky Nakashima Brooke;
Wed Oct 4 thru Wed Nov 1 of fiber art by Patricia Hobbs and Maria Montalvo Mauricio Lasansky: Portrait from the Permanent immerse yourself in the transformative… Figge Art
with… Quad City International Airport Gallery, thru Collection, thru Jan. 28; exhibit of works by the Museum, 6pm Thu Oct 5
Free Senior Day at the Figge Art Museum, all Mon Oct 30 artist who… Muscatine Art Center, thru Sun Nov 5
seniors age 60 and up receive free admission, as… Take Home Workshop: St. Brigid’s Cross,
Figge Art Museum, 10am Thu Oct 5 Body Movin: Photography of the Body in learn how to make a St. Brigid’s cross, hung in…
Motion, featuring 20th century photography from Classes Bettendorf Public Library, 10am Thu Oct 5
Exhibition Celebration & Curator Talk: Art & the museum… Figge Art Museum, thru Sun Nov 5
Activism at Tougaloo College, hear from Turry M. Clay Open Studio, on Thursdays; allows you access Watercolor : Fall Landscape, Thursdays thru Oct.
Flucker, former Director and Curator of… Figge Art Day of the Dead: Remember, Honor, Celebrate, to your clay, our space… Figge Art Museum, 10am 26; with instructor Pat Bereskin; you will… Figge Art
Museum, 6:30pm Thu Oct 12 this installation will explore how we as… Figge Art Thu Sep 28 thru Thu Nov 2 Museum, 8:30am Thu Oct 5
Museum, thru Sun Nov 5
Member Reception: Art & Activism at Tougaloo DIY Adult: String Art, we will be making a Wine and Art: Katrina Masks, with instructor Gina
College, enjoy a special meet and greet with “Art Plants of the World: People Behind the Plants, pumpkin out of string; the… Davenport Public Kirschbaum; join us to learn about the… Figge Art
and Activism… Figge Art Museum, 5pm Thu Oct 12 this new, unique exhibit honors the personal… Library - Fairmount Street Branch, 6pm Thu Sep 28 Museum, 6pm Thu Oct 5
Quad City Botanical Center, thru Sun Nov 5
Day of the Dead Family Fiesta, a variety of art Oil Painting Saturdays, with instructor David Adult DIY: Wine Cork Pumpkins, adults are invited
activities, music, dance, food, and community… Quanta of Space: The Bosom Sculpture of Anderson; learn to see, draw, and understand… to make wine cork pumpkins; free; for… Davenport
Figge Art Museum, noon Sun Oct 15 Ibram Lassaw, the exhibition features 36 unique Figge Art Museum, 9:30am Sat Sep 30 Public Library - Eastern Avenue Branch, 4pm Sat
examples of… Figge Art Museum, thru Sun Nov 5 Oct 7
College Night at the Figge, exclusively for the Exploring Expression Through Collage, Oct. 2
students faculty, and staff of our Institutional… Sighting at Augie, exhibit of works by Professor & 9, with instructor Rowen Schussheim-Anderson; Celtic Knotwork with Michael Carroll, these easy,
Figge Art Museum, 5pm Thu Oct 19 Peter Xiao;… Wallenberg Hall, Augustana College, explore the… Figge Art Museum, 6pm Mon Oct 2 historical methods require no math or formulas,
thru Sun Nov 5 only… Bettendorf Public Library, 1pm Sat Oct 7
43rd Annual Galva Beta Sigma Phi Juried Craft How to Draw Magical Creatures: Ages 5-12, with
Show, with over 100 craftspeople from the midwest The Warner Foundation Collection: History in instructor Emma Hubner; we will use shapes to Oil Painting Saturdays, with instructor David
displaying handicrafts both… Galva High School, the Painting, the exhibit gives insight into our create unique… Figge Art Museum, 5:30pm Mon Anderson; learn to see, draw, and understand…
9am Sat Oct 21 country’s… Figge Art Museum, thru Sun Nov 5 Oct 2 Figge Art Museum, 9:30am Sat Oct 7 thru Sat Oct
28
Halloween Trivia Fundraiser, craft a wickedly Zimoun, a new, space-specific installation, by the Clay: Wheel 1: Pottery Wheel Boot Camp,
clever team name, dress to kill in… Figge Art Swiss… Figge Art Museum, thru Sun Nov 5 Tuesdays thru Oct. 24, with instructor Laura Warner; Creation Studio Workshop: Watercolors, Glenn
Museum, 6pm Wed Oct 25 Boyles, Family Museum Educator, will teach us the
basics… Bettendorf Public Library, 6:30pm Mon
Dark Delights: Dinner & Movie, join us for a night Oct 9
of culinary and visual delights;… Figge Art Museum,
5:30pm Fri Oct 27 DIY Craft: Fall Wreath, autumnal vibes only at this
fun and easy wreath making… Rock Island Public
Gallery Opening: The Mysterious Disappearance Library - Downtown Library, 4pm Mon Oct 9
of Miss Haylee, held in conjunction with the
collaborative exhibition by Heidi Hernandez… Intro to Macramé, Tuesdays thru Oct. 24; with
Quad City Arts Center, 6pm Fri Oct 27 instructor Rowen Schussheim-Anderson; learn
the… Figge Art Museum, 6pm Tue Oct 10
Mysteria: A Night of Secrets & Art, immerse
yourself in an evening of magic and artistic allure… October Southwest Craft: Spooky Fun!, these lit
Figge Art Museum, 6pm Sat Oct 28 ghosts are pretty cute, and the pumpkin basket…
Rock Island Public Library - Southwest Branch, 6pm
Tricks & Treats @ the Figge, gather your little Tue Oct 10
monsters for some free family-friendly fun before…
Figge Art Museum, 10am Sun Oct 29 Creativity Lab: Construction Paper Mosaics, we’ll
be making construction paper mosaics inspired by
Free Senior Day at the Figge Art Museum, all the ancient… Moline Public Library, 6pm Thu Oct
seniors age 60 and up receive free admission, as… 12
Figge Art Museum, 10am Thu Nov 2
Ghosted!, with instructor Annie Peters; add a
spooky ghost to a… Figge Art Museum, 6pm Thu
Oct 12
Day of the Dead: Remember, Honor, Celebrate @ Figge Art Museum -- through December 3
MUSIC
Pottery with Miss Carolyn, we’ll put you behind
the “wheel” at Pottery with Miss… The ARTery, 6pm
Thu Oct 12
Accepting Submissions: QC Beats, Quad Cities
Clay: Beautiful Bowls, Oct. 14 & 28; with instructor area musicians have an incredible… Davenport
Laura Warner; students will… Figge Art Museum, Public Library - Main Branch, thru Tue Oct 31
10am Sat Oct 14
7 Bridges: The Ultimate Eagles Tribute, a
Festive Fall Cards with Donna Banta, Donna stunningly accurate tribute to the music of the
Banta runs this class that includes fun Halloween Eagles;… Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse, 7:15pm Thu
and… LeClaire Community Library, 11am Sat Oct 14 Sep 28
Mini Pumpkin Painting, teens will be getting Godsmack - I Prevail - Flat Black - Jason
creative and painting mini pumpkins; wear… Hook, concert with the chart-topping rock and
Bettendorf Public Library, 2pm Sat Oct 14 alternative-metal artists, featuring sets… Vibrant
Arena at the MARK, 7pm Thu Sep 28
String Art: Halloween Trees, with instructor Mindy
Mathews; participants will be guided through the… Joshua Hedley, concert with the country-music
Figge Art Museum, 1pm Sun Oct 15 singer/songwriter, violinist, and guitarist; $12…
Raccoon Motel, 7pm Thu Sep 28
Adult DIY: Autumn Tote Bags, come on down to
the Studio 321 makerspace to make… Davenport Open Mic Nite w/ Jacob Hemenway, on the 2nd
Public Library - Main Branch, 5:30pm Mon Oct 16 & 4th Thursdays of the month; play… Zeke’s Island
Hollywood & N9Ne Tour 2023: Hollywood Undead and Tech N9ne Cafe, 8pm Thu Sep 28 thru Thu Oct 26
Creation Studio Tools Training: Silhouette @ The Rust Belt -- Thursday, October 19
Cameo, learn how to use the Library’s Silhouette Three Dog Night, concert with the Grammy-
Cameo and heat… Bettendorf Public Library, 10am nominated rock legends in their fifth decade…
Mon Oct 16 Island Public Library - Southwest Branch, 6pm Mon Harmonic Journey: Sound Healing and Chakra Adler Theatre, 7:30pm Thu Sep 28
Oct 23 Painting, with instructor Becky Nakashima Brooke;
Fall Cardmaking Class, local artist April Greetings immerse yourself in the transformative… Figge Art Live at 5: Michael Moncada & Whiskey High, an
leads a fall-themed cardmaking class; this… Rock Creation Studio Tools Training: Cricut Maker, Museum, 6pm Thu Nov 2 event in the Free Summer Concert Series; with an…
Island Public Library - Watts-Midtown Branch, 4pm learn how to use the Library’s Cricut Maker and Common Chord Courtyard, 5pm Fri Sep 29
Thu Oct 19 heat… Bettendorf Public Library, 10am Mon Oct 23 Watercolor : Edges, Thursdays thru Nov. 30 (no
class on Thanksgiving); with instructor… Figge Art Michael Mikrut Band, an event in the Summer
Art and Wellness Workshop: Releasing Burdens, Adult DIY: Period Products Sew-a-thon, Museum, 8:30pm Thu Nov 2 Concert series; for information, call 563-949-1000…
Embracing Gratitude, with instructors Zaiga bring yourself and all your pals to our reusable The Tangled Wood, 7pm Fri Sep 29
Minka Thorson and Dana Keeton; a workshop for… menstrual… Davenport Public Library - Main Wine and Art: Pumpkin Pie, with instructor Annie
Figge Art Museum, 10am Sat Oct 21 Branch, 2pm Sat Oct 28 Peters; create an acrylic painting of a… Figge Art Organ Fairchild - Room For IMPROVment,
Museum, 6pm Thu Nov 2 concert with the three-piece all-instrumental organ
Fall Still Life Drawing, with instructor Annie Clay: Mug Mania, Nov. 1 & 8; with instructor Laura trio out of Buffalo, New… The Redstone Room, 8pm
Peters; this class will guide students through… Warner; you will… Figge Art Museum, 5:30pm Wed Batik Fabric Dyeing, with instructor Mary Stringer; Fri Sep 29
Figge Art Museum, 1pm Sat Oct 21 Nov 1 students will get the chance to… Figge Art
Museum, 10am Sat Nov 4 Technobanda Destino, outdoor concert with food
Pumpkin Painting, with instructor Annie Peters; Watercolor for Beginners: Blooms, Wednesdays trucks, vendors, Latin music, and kids’ activities…
decorate pumpkins for Halloween using acrylic… thru Nov. 22; with instructor Annie Peters; this Oil Painting Saturdays, with instructor David Mercado on Fifth, 5pm Fri Sep 29
Figge Art Museum, 9:30am Sat Oct 21 class… Figge Art Museum, 6pm Wed Nov 1 Anderson; learn to see, draw, and understand…
Figge Art Museum, 9:30am Sat Nov 4
Autumn Mason Jar Candles, make a festive Acrylic Painting for Beginners, Thursdays
Autumn Mason Jar Candle; all supplies will… Rock thru Nov. 30 (no class on Thanksgiving); with
instructor… Figge Art Museum, 11am Thu Nov 2 Continued On Page 14
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Music Music
The Krank Daddies - The Tromatons - Company

Dime, the rockers return to Moline with very special
guests The… Rascals Live, 7pm Fri Sep 29
The Open Stage, open to comedians, singer,

spoken-word artists, jugglers, and more… Village
Theatre, 7pm Fri Sep 29
mssv - Samuel Locke Ward, concert with the indie

band composed of Mike Baggetta, Mike Watt,…
Raccoon Motel, 8pm Fri Sep 29
Avey Grouws Band, concert in the Rail Side Music

Series; ages 21+ with… Pour Bros. Craft Taproom
Moline, 7:30pm Sat Sep 30
Brother Trucker, an event in the Summer Concert

series; for information, call 563-949-1000… The
Tangled Wood, 7pm Sat Sep 30
Burning Red: A Tribute to Taylor Swift, the

Midwest’s premier Taylor Swift tribute act, by
Swifties and… The Rust Belt, 8pm Sat Sep 30
Cash and Cline… Country Royalty Tribute Show,

country-music concert featuring Benny Wheels
as Johnny Cash with special… Ohnward Fine Arts
Center, 7pm Sat Sep 30
Estereomance, concert with the touring soul and

jazz musicians; $15… Raccoon Motel, 8pm Sat Sep
30
Surf’s Up Saturday, live music every Saturday; free;

for information, call 563-326-1333… Zeke’s Island
Cafe, 11:30am Sat Sep 30 thru Sat Nov 4
Wake Brewing Oktoberfest, featuring live-music

sets by Telekinetic Yeti, High Tone Son of a… Wake
Brewing Company, 2pm Sat Sep 30
The Kaleidoscope Kid, concert with the Phoenix-

based hip-hop and rap artist; $15… Raccoon Motel,
7pm Sun Oct 1
Codtoberfest w/ Kommuna Lux and The Muzik

Krauts (5:30pm), concert with the Ukrainian
musicians and the QC-based polka band;… Codfish
Hollow Barn, 5:30pm Sun Oct 1
High Sunn - Paradise Bloom, concert with

alternative/indie singer/songwriter Justin
Cheromiah, featuring a set by Paradise… Raccoon
Motel, 7pm Tue Oct 3
Exhumed, rockers perform in a concert co-

presented by Wake Brewing and… Raccoon Motel,
7pm Wed Oct 4
Drayton Farley, concert with the country-music

singer/songwriter and Alabama native; $20…
Raccoon Motel, 7pm Thu Oct 5
Reggae Night, experience the warm reggae vibes

with your favorite Island food and… Zeke’s Island
Cafe, 7pm Thu Oct 5
Bre Kennedy - Sarah Walk, concert with the indie-

pop/singer-songwriter from Nashville, featuring a
set by Sarah… Raccoon Motel, 8pm Fri Oct 6
Deep Galactic Bass Sessions: Manthom Phenace

- The Tripp Brothers - Dr.Dubb - ShitBlizzard -
Kirstein - Mvngo - Lotunez, an evening of EDM,
dubstep, glitch hop, and funk; $10-15;… The
Redstone Room, 8pm Fri Oct 6
ADAAWE, mixing West African roots, Gospel

harmonies and American funk, this… Centennial
Hall, Augustana College, 7pm Sat Oct 7
Not Quite Brothers, concert with one of Central

Iowa’s fastest growing cover band;… Raccoon
Motel, 8pm Sat Oct 7
Quad City Symphony Orchestra Masterworks

I: From Conflict to Courage, we open our 109th
Season with Samuel Barber’s vivid and… Adler
Theatre, 7:30pm Sat Oct 7
ZED CD Release Show - The After Darks - The

Memphis Dives, ZED has a new disc and they’re
turning it loose… Village Theatre, 6pm Sat Oct 7
Hair Band Night, the concert event slays all the hair Halloween Spookshow Costume Ball:
band bangerz from… Timber Lake Playhouse, 7pm Wonkzilla’z Zombie Tribute - Freak Like Me:
Sat Oct 7 Tribute to Halestorm, an evening with the tribute
rockers co-presented by IRock 93.5; $10-15…
Activity, concert co-presented by void church; Rascals Live, 8pm Sat Oct 21
$12… Raccoon Motel, 7pm Sun Oct 8
Soirée: Shaken, Not Stirred, experience an
Manny Lopez Big Band, the band will be elegant evening in one of the most popular… Figge
performing all your favorites from such… The Circa Art Museum, 6:30pm Sat Oct 21
’21 Speakeasy, 2pm Sun Oct 8
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, concert
Quad City Symphony Orchestra Masterworks with the touring front-porch-blues musicians; $18-
I: From Conflict to Courage, we open our 109th 22; for information, call… The Redstone Room, 7pm
Season with Samuel Barber’s vivid and… Centennial Sat Oct 21
Hall, Augustana College, 2pm Sun Oct 8
Erin Rae - She Returns from War, concert with
Ramón Ayala, accordionist, vocalist, and the folk-pop band from Nashville, featuring a set…
songwriter Ramón Ayala is a pioneer of… Adler Raccoon Motel, 7pm Sun Oct 22
Theatre, 7pm Sun Oct 8
Nova Singers: When We Love, the professional
Leslie Stevens - Brother Galen, concert with the vocal ensemble in a concert featuring pianist
country-rock singer/songwriter, featuring a set by Polly… St. Paul Lutheran Church - Davenport, 4pm
Brother… Raccoon Motel, 8pm Mon Oct 9 Sun Oct 22
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert @ Adler Theatre -- October 17
“Songs & Stories” with Forrest McCurren, enjoy Opera Quad Cities, a free 30-minute program
an afternoon of songs and stories with Forrest featuring the beauty of classical singing;…
McCurren… Rock Island Public Library - Watts- Bettendorf Public Library, 7pm Mon Oct 23
Midtown Branch, noon Tue Oct 10 Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen, tribute to the Moony - Trauna - Boy Bandicoot, concert with
iconic rockers featuring Patrick Myers as Freddie… the producer, DJ, and promoter who since 2016… Alanna Royale, concert with the touring R&B and
Opera Quad Cities, join the Moline Public Library Adler Theatre, 8pm Sat Oct 14 Raccoon Motel, 7pm Thu Oct 19 soul musician; $15… Raccoon Motel, 7pm Wed Oct
and Opera Quad Cities for… Moline Public Library, 25
7pm Tue Oct 10 The Pork Tornadoes - Tyler Richton & the High Salute to the Rat Pack & Friends, 1 & 7:15pm
Bank Boys, concert with the area’s premier party concerts honoring the legacies of Frank, Dean, Wheeler Walker, Jr. - Channing Wilson, the
Bruce Vantine’s Cornerstone Chorale & Brass, a band, featuring a set by Tyler… The Rust Belt, 7pm Sammy, and… Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse, Thu Oct touring country musicians performs on his “The
nationally auditioned professional ensemble of 20 Sat Oct 14 19 Spread Eagle… The Rust Belt, 7pm Thu Oct 26
singers, six instrumentalists,… Hope United Church
of Christ, 7pm Wed Oct 11 Mike Conrad Trio, Quad City native and Blitzen Trapper, concert with the Portland, An Evening with Keller Williams, concert with the
award-winning composer Conrad (University of Oregon-based experimental country/folk/rock touring alternative-folk and electronica musician;
Kevin Burt, Iowan Blues Hall of Famer Burt brings Northern… Unitarian Universalist Congregation of band; $35… Codfish Hollow Barn, 8pm Thu Oct 19 $25-30; for… The Redstone Room, 8pm Fri Oct 27
his sound &… The Redstone Room, 7pm Wed Oct the Quad Cities, 5pm Sun Oct 15
11 Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Horseshoes & Hand Grenades Holloween -
Songwriters Roundtable, join area songwriters for Classics, at 6:30 & 8:45pm; one in a series of Chicago Farmer - Joseph Huber Band, concert
Austin Wahlert - Liza Jo, the country-rock singer/ an informal exchange of musical ideas… Common 60-minute… The Spotlight Theatre, 6:30pm Fri Oct with the country and folk musicians, featuring sets
songwriter performs a free concert for all veterans, Chord, 6pm Mon Oct 16 20 by… Codfish Hollow Barn, 8pm Fri Oct 27
first… The Rust Belt, 7pm Thu Oct 12
Rum Ragged - Adrian + Meredith, concert with Jefferson Starship, concert with one of the most Becca Mancari, concert with the indie folk
Brian Setzer, concert with the iconic guitarist, the Canadian folk music group from Newfoundland successful arena rock groups of the 1970s and 80s musician from Staten Island, New… Raccoon Motel,
songwriter, vocalist, and three-time Grammy… and… Raccoon Motel, 7pm Tue Oct 17 whose hit singles include “Runaway,” “Count on 8pm Sat Oct 28
Adler Theatre, 8pm Thu Oct 12 Me,” “Find Your Way Back,” and “No Way Out,”;
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Live in $25-50; for tickets and information, call 563-328- Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
Amy Grant, an evening with the first contemporary Concert, the concert event pairs a screening of 8000; Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center, 7077 in Concert, follow the earnest-but-misguided
Christian-music artist to have… Adler Theatre, the Academy Award-winning animated… Adler Elmore Ave., Davenport IA, RhythmCityCasino.com, adventures of Jack Skellington, Halloween Town’s
7:30pm Fri Oct 13 Theatre, 7:30pm Tue Oct 17 8pm Fri Oct 20 beloved… Adler Theatre, 7:30pm Sat Oct 28
Glass Human - Giallows - Mountain Swallower Celtic Thunder Odyssey, a fascinating exploration Mike Viola, an evening with the producer, Chamber Music Quad Cities: The Recital, CMQC
- DJ Double You, concert co-presented by void of Irish music and culture, firmly grounded… Adler musician, and singer/songwriter maybe best… welcomes back former Artistic Director David
church; $15… Raccoon Motel, 7pm Fri Oct 13 Theatre, 7:30pm Wed Oct 18 Raccoon Motel, 8pm Fri Oct 20 Bowlin for a recital… Trinity Episcopal Cathedral,
3pm Sun Oct 29
John & Jerry (noon), Jerry Schroeder and John The Arcadian Wild, concert with the four-piece Blame Not the Bard, boasting multiple media
Heasly will perform traditional Irish tunes… indie folk/pop group from Nashville; $15-18; for… appearances, including a 2021 feature in Little… Music Explorers: Interactive Concert for
Bettendorf Public Library, noon Fri Oct 13 The Redstone Room, 8pm Wed Oct 18 Bettendorf High School Performing Arts Center, Families, an interactive experience featuring
11am Sat Oct 21 Halloween-themed music; $10 for ages 13… The
The “President’s Own” United States Marine Feature Artist Nite, free; for information, call 563- Redstone Room, 4pm Sun Oct 29
Band, the Marine Band will perform classic 326-1333… Zeke’s Island Cafe, 8pm Thu Oct 19 The Piano Men: Simply Billy & Simply Elton, a
marches, patriotic movements and… Centennial night of Elton John and Billy Joel tributes ; for… Noah Vonne - Bluphoria, concert with the rock
Hall, Augustana College, 7:30pm Fri Oct 13 Hollywood & N9Ne Tour 2023: Hollywood Timber Lake Playhouse, 7pm Sat Oct 21 singer/songwriter, featuring a set by the… Raccoon
Undead and Tech N9ne, concert with the Motel, 7pm Thu Nov 2
Dale Watson - Matt Hillyer, concert with the venerated hip-hop and rap musicians; $59-99- Fool House: The Ultimate ’90s Dance Party,
country/Texas country singer/songwriter, featuring 233.99… The Rust Belt, 7pm Thu Oct 19 musical event paying homage to the golden era of Reggae Night, experience the warm reggae vibes
a set by Matt Hillyer;… Codfish Hollow Barn, 8pm boy… The Rust Belt, 8pm Sat Oct 21 with your favorite Island food and… Zeke’s Island
Fri Oct 13 MANIA: The ABBA Tribute, featuring all of the Cafe, 7pm Thu Nov 2
uplifting, dance-inducing and sometimes heart- Grupo Frontera, concert with the regional Mexican
Esme Patterson, concert with the gold-selling breaking songs… Adler Theatre, 7:30pm Thu Oct 19 band from Edinburg, Texas in their… Adler Theatre,
recording artist in the U.S. and Canada,… Raccoon 8pm Sat Oct 21
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COMEDY Newsboys: Let the Music Speak, concert with one

of the biggest bands in Christian-music history,…
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu, a discussion
of Joshua Hammer’s book in honor of the library’s…
Adler Theatre, 6pm Sun Nov 5 Rock Island Public Library - Watts-Midtown Branch,
Nate Bargatze 6pm Thu Oct 19
LITERARY ARTS Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise

Sunday, October 29, 4 & 7 p.m. Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace,
Adler Theatre, 136 East Third Street, Davenport IA April Henry, listen to the New York Times-
a discussion of Carl Safina’s book with the 2023
Environmental Book… River Action, 7pm Tue Oct
bestselling author who has published… Bettendorf 24
Public Library, 6pm Thu Sep 28
Make the Connection: A DEI Book Club, a book
Homesick: Local Housing Author Discussion, club that will select literature that will spark…
unaffordable housing, both historically and Davenport Public Library - Eastern Avenue Branch,
presently, is one of the… Davenport Public Library - 6:30pm Tue Oct 24
Fairmount Street Branch, 10:30am Sat Sep 30
Adult Silent Reading Party, we will be getting
Circe, a discussion of Madeline Miller’s book with together to do one of our… Davenport Public
the Adult Book… LeClaire Community Library, Library - Eastern Avenue Branch, 5:30pm Wed Oct
6:30pm Mon Oct 2 25
The Greatest Beer Run Ever, a discussion of John Good Eggs, a discussion of Rebecca Hardiman’s
“Chick” Donohue and J.T. Molloy’s book… Rock book with the Brown Bag… Davenport Public
Island Public Library - Downtown Library, 1pm Mon Library - Eastern Avenue Branch, 1pm Wed Oct 25
Oct 2
The House in the Cerulean Sea, discussion of TJ
A
Home Before Dark, a discussion of Riley Sager’s Klune’s book with the Overbooked Book Club; free;
2022 Grammy Award nominee for the released on Netflix as part of the service’s novel with the Pageturners Discussion… Moline for… Davenport Public Library - Fairmount Street
recorded version of his Netflix special Public Library, 1pm Tue Oct 3 Branch, 6:30pm Thu Oct 26
six-part original series The Standups, and two
The Great Average American, an hour years later, he released an hour-long Netflix Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea & Tomorrow, a Firekeeper’s Daughter, a discussion of Angeline
of comedy that Paste magazine called “full of special titled The Tennessee Kid. Released in discussion of Laura Taylor Namey’s book with the Boulley’s book with the See YA… Davenport Public
sharp observations and hilarious insights into See… Davenport Public Library - Eastern Avenue Library - Eastern Avenue Branch, 6:30pm Wed Nov
2021, his standup special The Greatest Average Branch, 6:30pm Wed Oct 4 1
regular life,” standup sensation Nate Bargatze American was filmed outdoors at Universal
returns to Davenport’s Adler Theatre on Octo- Wednesday Night Free Writes, on Wednesdays; Storytime for Adults, held in celebration of
Studios Hollywood, and among its numer- for middle and high school students; we’re looking National Picture Book Month; free; for… Davenport
ber 29 with his national “The Be Funny Tour,” to… Midwest Writing Center, 4pm Wed Oct 4 thru Public Library - Eastern Avenue Branch, 4pm Sat
ous rave reviews, World magazine declared,
the comedian also noted for his Comedy Central Wed Oct 25 Nov 4
“Whether it’s dealing with the stress of life
Presents and Prime Video specials and multiple
appearances on The Tonight Show with Jimmy under COVID or marital strife, we laugh at Virtual ILP Presents: Horror with Stephen
Fallon and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. what we recognize, [and] Bargatze’s new pan-
demic special is just what the doctor ordered.”
Graham Jones, author Jones joins us to talk scary
stories, horror and more… Rock Island Public THEATRE
Born in Nashville, the 44-year-old Bargatze Library - Downtown Library, 7pm Wed Oct 4
Bargatze also serves as the host of the popular School of Rock: The Musical, Tony-nominated
was part of Jimmy Fallon’s “Clean Cut Comedy Banned Books Reading, annual event featuring musical adapted from the Jack Black comedy hit,
Tour” in 2013, and won New York’s Comedy The Nateland Podcast along Aaron Weber area librarians, educators, and supporters of First produced… The Spotlight Theatre, Fri Sep 29 thru
and fellow standup comedians Dusty Slay and Amendment… Rock Island Public Library - Watts- Sun Oct 8
Festival and the Boston Comedy Festival in Midtown Branch, 5:30pm Thu Oct 5
the same year. He wrote for the Spike TV Brian “Breakfast” Bates. Having drawn 19,365 The Outsider, Paul Slade Smith’s comedy about
Video Game Awards, has performed multiple attendees to a performance at Nashville’s Lacrimosa, discussion of Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s the worst candidate to ever… Circa ’21 Dinner
short story with the Shorts &… Davenport Public Playhouse, Fri Sep 29 thru Sun Oct 29
times for coalition forces in Iraq and Kuwait, Bridgestone Arena this past April, breaking Library - Fairmount Street Branch, 10am Mon Oct 9
and was mentioned in Rolling Stone by Marc the venue’s all-time attendance record, Bar- Godspell, New Era Dinner Theater presents
gatze was also hailed this year as “The Nicest Milkman, discussion of Anna Burns’ book with the Stephen Schwartz’s beloved biblical musical,
Maron as a “comic who should be big,” as well Get Lit Discussion… Bettendorf Public Library, 7pm directed… New Era Community Building, Fri Sep 29
as being mentioned in Esquire magazine by Man in Standup” by The Atlantic, and in a Tue Oct 10 thru Sun Oct 1
Jim Gaffigan as one of the top up-and-coming review of the comic’s 2023 Prime Video special
The Survivors, a discussion of Jane Harper’s book Betrayal, Harold Pinter’s dramatic love triangle,
comics. Bargatze’s first comedy album, 2014’s Hello World, the World itself raved, “Beneath with the West End… Davenport Public Library - directed by Roger Pavey Jr.;… Honkamp Myhre
the jokes about his supposed ignorance, he Fairmount Street Branch, 6:30pm Tue Oct 10 Black Box Theatre, Augustana College, Thu Oct 5
Yelled at by a Clown, made it onto the Billboard thru Sun Oct 8
Top Ten Comedy charts for two weeks, peak- possesses a folksy wisdom that resonates with Frog Music, a discussion of Emma Donoghue’s
ing at number two, and the comedian released many of us.” book with the Between the… Davenport Public The Seafarer, Tony-nominated drama by Conor
Nate Bargatze brings his national “The Be Library - Eastern Avenue Branch, 6:30pm Wed Oct McPherson, directed by Justin Raver; Thu.-Sat.…
his second album Full Time Magic in conjunc- 11 Richmond Hill Barn Theatre, Thu Oct 5 thru Sun
tion with his Comedy Central special in May Funny Tour” to Davenport for two engage- Oct 15
ments on October 29, admission to the 4 and A Shameful Murder, discussion of Cora Harrison’
of 2015. That year, he was also cited by Vulture book with the Mystery Book Discussion… Skeleton Crew, Dominique Morisseau’s Tony-
magazine as among “50 Comedians You 7 p.m. shows is $39.75-79.75 per performance, Bettendorf Public Library, 9:30am Sat Oct 14 nominated drama about work and family in
and tickets are available by calling (800)745- Detroit;… Playcrafters Barn Theatre, Fri Oct 6 thru
Should Know.” Darktown, a discussion of Thomas Mullen’s book Sun Oct 15
In 2017, Bargatze had a half-hour special 3000 and visiting AdlerTheatre.com. with the Book ’Em… Moline Public Library, 1pm Tue
Oct 17 Dracula: a feminist revenge fantasy, Kate
Hamill’s imaginative, gender-bending, postmodern
Quad City Symphony Orchestra Masterworks II: Good Poems, a discussion of Garrison Keillor’s dark comedy, directed by Jennifer… Brunner
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Music An American Tapestry, our symphonic tapestry book with the Midtown Readers… Rock Island Theatre Center, Augustana College, Thu Oct 12
of American music begins with a journey… Adler Public Library - Watts-Midtown Branch, 6:30pm Tue thru Sun Oct 15
Theatre, 7:30pm Sat Nov 4 Oct 17
The Skokie Detective Charter School, student-
Anthony Gomes, Gomes returns to the Redstone The Four Horsemen: The Ultimate Tribute to Nimona, a discussion of ND Stevenson’s book performed tale of Tiny Private Eyes reconstructing
Room at Common Chord for… The Redstone Room, Metallica - WonkZilla’z Zombie Experience, rock with the Read with… Davenport Public Library - the day’s events… Davenport Junior Theatre, Sat
8pm Fri Nov 3 and metal tribute musicians in concert, featuring a Fairmount Street Branch, 6:30pm Tue Oct 17 Oct 14 thru Sun Oct 22
set… The Rust Belt, 7pm Sat Nov 4
Rosie Tucker - Airiel, concert co-presented by void Virtual ILP Presents: Children’s Author Grace Suddenly, Last Summer, Tennessee Williams’
church; $15… Raccoon Motel, 8pm Fri Nov 3 BritBeat: A Multimedia Concert Journey Lin, join Newbery and Caldecott honoree and New Southern Gothic mystery-drama classic, directed by
Through Beatles Music History, take a trip back York Times bestselling… Rock Island Public Library - Lora Adams;… The Black Box Theatre, Thu Oct 19
Einstein’s Sister Album-Release Show - in time with a fantastic journey… Timber Lake Downtown Library, 7pm Tue Oct 17 thru Sat Oct 28
Washington Avenue - Josie Abigail, album release Playhouse, 7pm Sat Nov 4
for Bill Douglas (vocals) and Kerry Tucker (guitars), Real Easy, a discussion of Marie Rutkowski’s book The Rocky Horror Show, do the Time Warp again
who… The Redstone Room, 8pm Sat Nov 4 Manny Lopez Big Band, the band will be with the Novel Naptime… Moline Public Library, with the annual presentations of… The Circa ’21
performing all your favorites from such… The Circa 9:30am Wed Oct 18 Speakeasy, Fri Oct 20 thru Sun Oct 29
La Original Banda El Limon, formed in 1965, La ’21 Speakeasy, 2pm Sun Nov 5
Original Banda El Limón de Salvador Lizárraga Star of the Sea, discussion of Joseph O’Connor’s
DANCE
remains one of the most influential Mexican banda Quad City Symphony Orchestra Masterworks II: book with the Contemporary Books Discussion…
groups of all time; $30, $500 for a table of 10; for An American Tapestry, our symphonic tapestry of Bettendorf Public Library, 1pm Wed Oct 18
tickets and information, call 563-328-8000; Rhythm American music begins with a journey… Centennial
City Casino Resort Event Center, 7077 Elmore Ave., Hall, Augustana College, 2pm, Sun Nov 5 The Immortal Irishman, discussion of Timothy Ballet Quad Cities School of Dance Classes,
Davenport IA, RhythmCityCasino.com, 8pm Sat Egan’s book with the Contemporary Books offering classes in Ballet Pointe, Modern, Jazz,
Nov 4 Discussion… Bettendorf Public Library, 6:30pm Tap, Conditioning, Creative Movement, and Adult
Wed Oct 18 Ballet, for ages 3 to adult; all classes taught by the
MUSEUMS VISUAL ARTS

company’s professional dancers; for information
and to register, call 309-786-2677; Ballet Quad Cities
School of Dance, 1611 Fifth Ave., Rock Island IL,
BalletQuadCities.com, thru Sun Nov 5 Art from the Archives, the exhibit will showcase
pieces from our… German American Heritage Hobbs, LeBreton, Montalvo, & Simonson
El Ritmo: Salsa Dancing, for information, call 309- Center, thru Sun Nov 5
738-4806… The University Club, 6:45pm Fri Sep 29 Through Monday, October 30
Common Ground: Our Voice, Our Stories, the
World Ballet Series: Cinderella, the classic permanent, regional-history exhibit highlights the Quad City International Airport Gallery, 2200 69th Avenue, Moline IL
fairytale is performed live by a multinational cast… past,… Putnam Museum & Science Center, thru Sun
Adler Theatre, 7pm Wed Oct 11 Nov 5
Ballet Quad Cities’ Ghost Stories, spooky is the JUNKraft: The Global Crisis of Plastic Pollution,
theme when the Headless Horseman, singing the exhibit examines the issue of global plastic…
sirens, a raven and more make an appearance in this Putnam Museum & Science Center, thru Mon Oct
year’s Ghost Stories; choose between traditional 30
theater seating or main floor pub tables and
prepare to get spooked; suitable for all ages; Fri. & Klassiks for Kinder: German Toys with Joy, this
Sat. 7:30pm; $15-105; for information, call 309-786- exhibition celebrates and showcases the wide…
3779; The Spotlight Theatre, 1800 Seventh Ave., German American Heritage Center, thru Sun Nov 5
Moline IL, BalletQuadCities.com, 7:30pm Fri Oct 13
and Sat Oct 14 Darker Side of Davenport Walking Tours, Fridays
and Saturdays at 10am & 6pm; once called “The…
Ballroom Dance w/ Lesson, hosted by USA Dance German American Heritage Center, Fri Sep 29 thru
on the third Friday of every… CASI (Center for Sat Oct 28
Active Seniors), 7pm Fri Oct 20
GAHC Tours in Sign Language, ASL interpreters
provided; free, but reservations highly encouraged;
COMEDY for information,… German American Heritage

Center, 2pm Sat Sep 30
Comedy Open Mic Night, hosted by Danny Wooden Toy Making Workshop, this workshop
Franks; $5 admission; to sign up to perform, provides all materials and instruction; learn about
e-mail Johnathan Condit at Johnathan.condit@ the… German American Heritage Center, 1pm Sun
rhythmcitycasino.com; Rhythm City Casino Resort Oct 8
Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore Ave., Davenport IA,
RhythmCityCasino.com, 7:30pm Thu Sep 28 Putnam Museum Volunteer Open House,
whether you’re a seasoned pro or just getting
ComedySportz Quad Cities, on Fridays and started, we’ve… Putnam Museum & Science Center,
Saturdays; the return of the Quad Cities’… The 6pm Thu Oct 12
Spotlight Theatre, 7pm Fri Sep 29 thru Sat Nov 4
Bridging the Legacy of the Davenport Zither Laurie LeBreton's Guardians of Memory
O
Laugh Hard Comedy Comedy Competition: Club: 1880s to Now, learn from Anne Prinz as she
Finals, some of the best comedians from across the shares the legacy the… German American Heritage ffering a visual playground of colors, units out of clay that are shaped like individual
Midwest and… The Circa ’21 Speakeasy, 8pm Sat Center, 6pm Fri Oct 13 textures, and shapes from four women quilt pieces that she arranges on walls in
Sep 30
The Magic of Seuss, join Broadway and film actor who push the boundaries of tradi- quilt-like patterns. Hobbs pushes the notion
The Nightcaps Present: Improvmania, four Duffy Hudson in this fast… German American tional materials to create an exciting collective of traditional quilting by adding found objects
talented improvisers take to the stage to battle it… Heritage Center, 6pm Tue Oct 17 experience, the Quad City Arts exhibit Hobbs,
The Circa ’21 Speakeasy, 8pm Sat Oct 7 into her quilted wall hangings and choosing
History on Tap, this adult learning event serves up LeBreton, Montalvo, & Simonson is on display subjects that are more commonly found in
Heywood Banks, equal parts genius and buffoon, fascinating talks on a… Putnam Museum & Science at the Quad City International Airport Gal- paintings rather than quilts. The artist also
this songwriter/comic/singer/poet/musician Center, 7pm Thu Oct 19 lery through October 30, showcasing fiber art
has become a cult hero and a pop icon, with a creates figurative sculptures using a variety of
show that appeals to college students, stoners, GAHC Tours in Sign Language, ASL interpreters by Patricia Hobbs and Maria Montalvo with
materials.
businessmen, yuppies, rednecks, punks, kids or provided; free, but reservations highly encouraged; ceramic sculpture by Sara Simonson, all three
your grandmother; $25; for tickets and information, for information,… German American Heritage from Macomb, Illinois, and paper sculpture by Montalvo, a multi-faceted artist, exhibits
call 563-328-8000; Rhythm City Casino Resort Center, 2pm Sat Oct 21 her hand-dyed and felted objects that range
Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore Ave., Davenport IA, Laurie LeBreton of Chicago.
RhythmCityCasino.com, 7pm Thu Oct 12 Voices in the Walls: Murder, Legends, and Simonson, Montalvo, and Hobbs are three from teapots to abstract vessels. LeBreton,
Hauntings of the QC, oin author, historian, and meanwhile, is a papermaker who likes to create
GIT Improv, the improv team began in Rock Island storyteller John Brassard Jr. as he… German creative friends who live and work in Macomb.
in 1997 and… The Black Box Theatre, 7:30pm Sat American Heritage Center, 2pm Sun Oct 22 When the trio realized that their work shared multiples of the same shapes. As she explains,
Oct 14
some common themes, they proposed a joint “Multiples highlight both changeability and
Unraveling the Mystery of Dolls: Thrills, commonality. As an artistic strategy, they offer
Chris Schlichting, standup comedian performs in Halloween, and Germany, we’ll explore why some exhibition to Quad City Arts. Staffers at
the Tomfoolery on Tremont series; $10… Renwick find dolls scary as well as… German American the Rock Island venue agreed that the three an opportunity for experimentation within a
Mansion, 7pm Sun Oct 15 Heritage Center, 2pm Sun Oct 29 structure, for stillness with many variations.
would bring to the Quad Cities a particularly
Jeff Dunham: Still Not Canceled, one of the top GAHC Tours in Sign Language, ASL interpreters dynamic exhibit, and decided to add works by As a visual strategy, they calm a busy eye.”
touring artists of the Pollstar era, Dunham… Vibrant provided; free, but reservations highly encouraged; The Quad City Arts International Air-
Arena at the MARK, 7pm Thu Oct 19 for information,… German American Heritage Chicago-based papermaker LeBreton to the
Center, 2pm Sat Nov 4 mix. port Gallery is located opposite the airport’s
Comedy Open Mic Night, hosted by Danny gift shop and restaurant, there is a $1 fee for
Franks; $5 admission; to sign up to perform, Most of the work in the airport gallery’s
parking, and more information on the Hobbs,
e-mail Johnathan Condit at Johnathan.condit@
rhythmcitycasino.com; Rhythm City Casino Resort MOVIES Hobbs, LeBreton, Montalvo, & Simonson
exhibit falls under the category of “fiber art,” LeBreton, Montalvo, & Simonson exhibit on
Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore Ave., Davenport IA, display through October 30 is available by call-
RhythmCityCasino.com, 7:30pm Thu Oct 26 Casting Notice: The Backyard, seeking local but each piece utilizes different materials and
performers for the thriller by Duea film, in processes. While Simonson’s work is made of ing (309)793-1213 and visiting
Nate Bargatze, at 4 & 7pm; an evening with conjunction with Pupi and Antonio… thru Fri Oct 6 QuadCityArts.com.
the Grammy-nominated comedian and… Adler clay rather than fiber, she fabricates modular
Theatre, Sun Oct 29 Call for Entries: Cedar Rapids Independent
Film Festival, the festival is now accepting entries
Craig Conant, an evening with the comedian statewide, nationwide,… Collins Road Theatres, Horror Movie Screening, we’ll provide the snacks The Rocky Horror Picture Show, every Friday in
who has appeared on MTV’s “Next” and “Greatest thru Sun Nov 5 and theater-style seating: note that this… Rock October we’re showing a popular movie for… Front
Party Story Ever Told”; $25 & up; for tickets and Island Public Library - Watts-Midtown Branch, Street Brewery, 7pm Fri Oct 20
information, call 563-328-8000; Rhythm City Casino Right to Harm, in the Hickory Hills shelter; the third 5:30pm Mon Oct 9
Resort Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore Ave., Davenport screening in a… Scott County Park, 7pm Thu Sep Nosferatu: 101st Anniversary Screening, a
IA, RhythmCityCasino.com, 7pm Sat Nov 4 28 One Million Dubliners, explore the Emerald Isle screening of F.W. Murnau’s vampire classic with a
via this documentary in our Global… Bettendorf live… Rozz-Tox, 8pm Sat Oct 21
GIT Improv, the improv team began in Rock Island Children of Men, a screening in the Filmosofia Public Library, 6pm Wed Oct 11
in 1997 and… The Black Box Theatre, 7:30pm Sat series, the aim of the… Rozz-Tox, 7pm Wed Oct 4 I Am the Future Standing on the Shoulders of
Nov 4 Friday the 13th, start spooky season off with us the Past, presented by Progressive Action for
The Cakemaker, a talented young German baker with the 1980 horror… Putnam Museum & Science the Common Good Civil Rights Forum;… Putnam
The Nightcaps Present: Shots & Giggles, improv seeks out his deceased Israeli… Figge Art Museum, Center, 7pm Fri Oct 13 Museum & Science Center, 2pm Sun Oct 22
comedy and drinking crash together into one 6:30pm Thu Oct 5
hilarious evening… The Circa ’21 Speakeasy, 8pm Halloween (1978), every Friday in October we’re
Sat Nov 4 Hocus Pocus & Hocus Pocus 2, every Friday in showing a popular movie for… Front Street
October we’re showing a popular movie for… Front Brewery, 7pm Fri Oct 13
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Movies
51st Annual College Night, hosted by Black Hawk
College; students can visit with representatives…
The Cabin in the Woods, a screening of the 2011 United Township High School, 5:30pm Thu Sep 28
horror comedy in the 5… Figge Art Museum, 7pm
Tue Oct 24 Magnificent Mansion Tour, on Fridays; a small-
group guided tour of the mansion; learn… Hauberg
Beflast, explore the Emerald Isle via Kenneth Civic Center Mansion, 1pm Fri Sep 29 thru Fri Nov 3
Branagh’s 2021 Oscar winner… Bettendorf Public
Library, 6pm Wed Oct 25 Manscape Burlesque, enjoy a night of strip tease,
comedy, and the men… The Circa ’21 Speakeasy,
Movie Night Book Club: Coraline, for our new 8pm Fri Sep 29
book club aimed at families, pick up… LeClaire
Community Library, 4pm Wed Oct 25 Mechanical Tour, on Fridays; learn about the
mechanicals of the Hauberg Estate,… Hauberg Civic
The Exorcist, screening of the horror classic in the 5 Center Mansion, 6pm Fri Sep 29 thru Fri Nov 3
Nights of… Figge Art Museum, 5:30pm Thu Oct 26
Penn & Teller Present The Foolers, in addition
12 Hours of Terror X, annual horror-film marathon to bringing Vegas-caliber modern magic to cities
co-sponsored by Scare Shop Quad Cities, Death across… Adler Theatre, 7:30pm Fri Sep 29
Stitch… Rozz-Tox, noon Fri Oct 27
Annual Turner Picnic, main food dish and water
The Nightmare Before Christmas, every Friday in provided, please bring an item… Schuetzen Park
October we’re showing a popular movie for… Front Historic Site, noon Sat Sep 30
Street Brewery, 7pm Fri Oct 27
“Empty the Shelters” Reduced-Fee Adoption
The Rocky Horror Show, annual screening of the Event, with the shared goal of helping pets…
cult-classic musical; costumed actors will lead… Humane Society of Scott County, Sun Oct 1 thru Sun
Timber Lake Playhouse, 9pm Sat Oct 28 Oct 15
Halloween Boo-Vie Festival, thru Oct. 29; the Southwest Book Sale, Children’s items and
museum is bringing you a lineup of… Putnam paperbacks are 25¢ each, hardbacks are 50¢;… Rock
Museum & Science Center, Fri Oct 27 thru Sun Oct Island Public Library - Southwest Branch, noon Tue
29 Oct 3
An Infantryman from Hero Street, Kelly and Mass on the Prairie, for information and to register,
Tammy Rundles’ Fourth Wall Films documentary tells e-mail olpretreat@chmiowa.org and call 563-374-
the… Davenport Public Library - Eastern Avenue 1092… Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat, 10am Wed
Branch, 3pm Sat Oct 28 Oct 4
Balzac & the Little Chinese Seamstress, set in QC Flavor Fest, sample the best food and drinks
the 1970s, two city-bred teenage best friends are… made right here in… Common Chord, 5pm Thu Oct
Figge Art Museum, 6:30pm Thu Nov 2 5
Ninth Annual CornCon Cybersecurity Conference
SPORTS and Kids’ Hacker/STEM Camp: Empowering

Tomorrow’s Defenders, thru Oct. 7; the premier
event in cybersecurity education and… Davenport
Pickleball at RIFAC, the Quad Cities Pickleball RiverCenter, Thu Oct 5 thru Sat Oct 7
Club will be leading us in… Rock Island Fitness and
Activity Center, 1pm Thu Sep 28 Viva La Divas, the premier drag show in the area
showcasing the best… The Circa ’21 Speakeasy, 8pm
Caged Aggression XXXVI: Miletich v. Jackson, Fri Oct 6
Caged Aggression MMA, the premier MMA…
Davenport RiverCenter, 7:30pm Fri Oct 13 and Sat Friends of the Moline Public Library Foundation
Oct 14 Book Sale, children’s items and paperbacks will be…
Moline Public Library, 9am Fri Oct 6 and Sat Oct 7
Quad City Steamwheelers Open Tryputs, try
out for the Professional Indoor Football team; Augustana College Homecoming Weekend,
registration starts at… TBK Bank Sports Complex, highlights this year include: All Alumni Gathering,
9am Sat Oct 14 Alumni… Augustana College, Fri Oct 6 thru Sun
Oct 8
Quad City Storm vs. Peoria Rivermen, hockey
match with the Quad Cities’ professional minor- Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s,
league team; for… Vibrant Arena at the MARK, the Alzheimer’s Association and its volunteers and
7:10pm Sat Oct 21 walk participants are… Vibrant Arena at the MARK,
8am Sat Oct 7
Quad City Storm vs. Roanoke Rail Yard Dogs,
hockey match with the Quad Cities’ professional Bettendorf Public Library Chess Club, an all-ages
minor-league team; for… Vibrant Arena at the MARK, and all-skill-levels chess club; free; for information,
7:10pm Fri Oct 27 and Sat Oct 28 call… Bettendorf Public Library, 1:30pm Sat Oct 7
thru Sat Oct 21
Quad City Rollers End of Year Mixer, an evening
with the roller-derby league and members of the… Bunco with Friends of River Valley District
Eldridge Community Center & Skatepark, 6pm Sat Library, have some fun playing Bunco; for
Oct 28 information, call 309-523-3440… River Valley District
Library, 1pm Wed Oct 11
Quad City Rollers End of Year Mixer, an evening
with the roller-derby league and members of the… TEDxDavenport, live speakers spark deep
Eldridge Community Center & Skatepark, 6pm Sat discussion and connection in a small… Capitol
Oct 28 Theatre, 5:30pm Thu Oct 12
Quad City Storm vs. Roanoke Rail Yard Dogs, Annular Solar Eclipse Event, drop into the Creation
hockey match with the Quad Cities’ professional Studio to pick up a free… Bettendorf Public Library,
minor-league team; the… Vibrant Arena at the 10:30am Sat Oct 14
MARK, 7:10pm Sat Oct 28
Bottoms Up Burlesque, enjoy a night of strip tease
Quad City Storm vs. Peoria Rivermen, hockey and comedy with the… The Circa ’21 Speakeasy, 8pm
match with the Quad Cities’ professional minor- Sat Oct 14
league team; for… Vibrant Arena at the MARK,
2:10pm Sun Oct 29 Oktoberfest QC, kids activities offered starting
at noon and various games such… Hauberg Civic
Quad City Storm vs. Peoria Rivermen, hockey Center Mansion, noon Sat Oct 14
match with the Quad Cities’ professional minor-
league team; for… Vibrant Arena at the MARK, Partial Eclipse Party, on October 14, our area will
2:10pm Sun Oct 29 experience a partial eclipse,… Rock Island Public
Library - Watts-Midtown Branch, 10am Sat Oct 14
Solar Eclipse Viewing, view the partial eclipse of as they explain their “Retain the Rain” intiative,…
the sun; the planetarium will… Fryxell Geology Rock Island Public Library - Watts-Midtown Branch,
Museum, 11am Sat Oct 14 2pm Thu Sep 28
Adult Knitting Circle, whether you are in the God Does Extraordinary Things Through
middle of a project or… Rock Island Public Library - Ordinary People, led by Larry and Connie
Downtown Library, 2pm Mon Oct 16
Vincent Price Is Right, c’mon down for some

spooky game show fun hosted by… Davenport
VanOosten; hear the stories of… Our Lady of the
Prairie Retreat, 6pm Thu Sep 28
Crash Course in Genealogy, the program

If someone you love
OVERDOSES
Public Library - Eastern Avenue Branch, 6pm Mon introduces how you can start making your own…
Oct 16 Davenport Public Library - Main Branch, 1pm Sat
Sep 30
Horror Trivia 2: The Terrifying Sequel, compete
for fun, bragging rights, and prizes in five rounds… My Journey - Ivory Towers, A True Story: A
on opioids
Rock Island Public Library - Watts-Midtown Branch, Conversation with B. K. Davis, a special night
5:15pm Tue Oct 17 of conversation with Byron (B.K.) Davis, the…
Davenport Public Library - Eastern Avenue Branch,
Death Cafe, people, often strangers, gather to eat 6:30pm Mon Oct 2
treats, drink coffee, and… Davenport Public Library -
Eastern Avenue Branch, 5:30pm Wed Oct 18 Virtual Event - Book Challenges on the Rise:
Support Your Freedom to Read, this Banned Books
Horror Trivia 2: The Terrifying Sequel, compete for Week webinar, moderated by syndicated columnist
fun, bragging rights, and prizes in five rounds… Rock Heidi… Rock Island Public Library - Downtown
Island Public Library - Downtown Library, 5:15pm Library, 7pm Mon Oct 2
Thu Oct 19
Self-Paced Citizenship Exam Preparation
Josh Gates Live! An Evening of Ghosts, Monsters, Resource, lessons feature videos that allow
& Tales of Adventure, join explorer, author, and participants to practice and experience… Moline
intrepid investigator Josh Gates from Discovery… Public Library, Mon Oct 2
Adler Theatre, 7:30pm Fri Oct 20
Spice Up Your Life, join us as we try a new spice,
Safer Foundation Trivia Night Fundraiser, $10/ which will… Davenport Public Library - Fairmount
person, bring your own snacks, cash bar on site, Street Branch, 2pm Tue Oct 3
silent… Columbus Club, 7pm Fri Oct 20
Drop-in Computer Skills & Job Search Assistance
Cars and Coffee, bring your favorite ride and join us w/ Goodwill of the Heartland, on Tuesdays; if
on the beautiful… LeClaire Levee, 8pm Sat Oct 21 you’re looking for assistance with computer skills…
Rock Island Public Library - Downtown Library, 4pm
Melissa the Medium, Melissa Culbertson provides Tue Oct 3 thru Tue Oct 31
a beacon of light in the chaos,… Ohnward Fine Arts
Center, 7pm Sat Oct 21 Mind Your Mind: Mindfulness Meditation for
Beginners, Tuesdays thru Oct. 24; led by Brian
4th Friday Book Sale, monthly sale of books and Thompson; learn the… Our Lady of the Prairie
other donated items, now held… Rock Island Public Retreat, 6pm Tue Oct 3
Library - Downtown Library, 10am Fri Oct 27
Easy Peasy Pie Crust, led by Deb Monroe; impress
Music Bingo w/ Think & Drink Entertainment, your guests with this homemade… Our Lady of the
free… Green Tree Brewery, 8pm Fri Oct 27 Prairie Retreat, 9:30am Wed Oct 4
New Kingdom Trailriders “Join the Journey” Introduction to the Illinois Long-Term
Annual fundraiser, fundraiser for the Quad Cities’ Care Ombudsman Program, given by both
premiere non-profit therapeutic horseback-riding our Community and Regional Ombudsman
facility positively… The Stern Center, 5pm Fri Oct 27 representatives, this… Rock Island Public Library -
Downtown Library, 3pm Wed Oct 4
Quad Cities Archives Fair: Hauberg Estate, this
year’s host site, the Hauberg Estate will be full of… Crash Course in Genealogy, the presentation
Hauberg Civic Center Mansion, 1pm Sat Oct 28 introduces how you can start making your own…
Davenport Public Library - Fairmount Street Branch,
Zoopocalypse 5K Walk Run Scream, a family- 6pm Thu Oct 5
friendly 5K Fun Run and 1-mile kids races; this…
Niabi Zoo, 6pm Sat Oct 28 Discovering Newsbank: Rock Island Library’s
Newest Newspaper Resource, this presentation will
Memory Circle, join us for crafts, games, activities, get you acquainted with NewsBank’s great value for
conversation, and more at… Bettendorf Public research… Rock Island Public Library - Downtown
IT
Library, 10:30am Tue Oct 31 Library, 11am Thu Oct 5
Theresa Caputo Live! The Experience, known to Scott County Iowa Genealogical Society:
millions of fans as the “Long Island Medium”… Adler What’s New in Special Collections?, October’s
Theatre, 7:30pm Wed Nov 1 presentation is about what is new at the Richardson-
Sloane… Davenport Public Library - Main Branch,
Mass on the Prairie, for information and to register, 1pm Sat Oct 7
e-mail olpretreat@chmiowa.org and call 563-374-
1092… Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat, 10am Wed “Gangsters & Ghosts” Walking Tour with QC
Nov 1 Haunts & History, Minda Powers-Douglas from
QC Haunts & History leads a haunted… Rock Island
Viva La Divas, the premier drag show in the area Public Library - Downtown Library, 6pm Wed Oct 11
showcasing the best… The Circa ’21 Speakeasy, 8pm
Fri Nov 3 Rock Island Arsenal ASC Series: Vietnam:
Building Up to Tet, join Kevin Braafladt, the Army
2023 Antique Spectacular Vintage Market, Sustainment Command Historian at the Rock… Anyone who uses opioids is at
available items during the three-day event Davenport Public Library - Eastern Avenue Branch,
include: include: furniture, pottery, country needs, 6pm Wed Oct 11 risk of an overdose. Be prepared
stoneware, books, prints, primitives, jewelry, silver,
antique glassware, American Indian items, china, Twisted Tales of the Quad Cities Presents: The
with the nasal spray version of
postcards, coins, quilts, dolls, toys, advertising, Creepy Side, a pictorial smorgasbord of weirdness; naloxone. It’s easy to use and
marbles, rugs, vintage textiles, and period pieces; true facts that are both twisted… Moline Public
Fri. 4-8pm, Sat. 10am-6pm, Sun. 10am-4pm; $10, Library, 6:30pm Wed Oct 11 could reverse the effects of
free parking; for information, call 712-326-9964;
QCCA Expo Center, 2621 Fourth Ave., Rock Island IL, Vietnam: Building Up to Tet, join the Army an opioid overdose until help
AntiqueSpectacular.com, Fri Nov 3 thru Sun Nov 5 Sustainment Command Historians as they explore
the… Rock Island Public Library - Downtown Library, arrives. Ask for naloxone at your
Bettendorf Public Library Chess Club, an all-ages 2pm Wed Oct 11 pharmacy, now absolutely free.
and all-skill-levels chess club; free; for information,
call… Bettendorf Public Library, 1:30pm Sat Nov 4 Job Skills: How to Search for Jobs, Angela Striegel,
N A L OXO N E I O WA . O R G
the Career Planning and Placement Coordinator at
Black… Rock Island Public Library - Watts-Midtown BE PREPARED TO SAVE A LIFE.
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4bles Foibles icons for a while now – even Stallone

is only around for about 20 minutes of
Expend4bles – and you can practically
EXPEND4BLES read the morose acceptance on Statham’s
B
face in this fourth installment, recog-
ecause the competition is so nizing that he’s the new genre dinosaur
fierce, it’s hard to say which scene du jour. This makes it almost poeti-
in director Scott Waugh’s action cally just that Statham gives the only
sequel Expend4bles is the most repellent. thing resembling a decent, thought-out
And for the sake of time and our collective performance, with some co-stars (Stal-
lone, Fox, Couture, Andy Garcia, Curtis
sanity, I’m going to ignore every multitu-
“50 Cent” Jackson) either coasting on
dinous instance of brains being splattered
personality or lack thereof, and the read-
via gunfire, the effects for which look like
ings of others (Lundgren, Tony Jaa, Iko
they were added post-production with a Uwais) suggesting that English wasn’t
red magic marker. their second language, but perhaps their
Maybe it was the introduction of fifth or sixth.
Megan Fox, looking Botox-ed to the Oh, right: the plot! It’s about our
point of immobility, who hurled break- mindlessly brutal task force having to
able objects and screeched at top volume Jason Statham and Sylvester Stallone in Expend4bles
defeat a nefarious mastermind who steals
at boyfriend Jason Statham for no pummeled in a skeevy New Orleans a reprise of whatever role Sly played in nuclear warheads from Muammar Gad-
disclosed reason while he and Sylvester bar. It turns out that while the man was his notorious 1970 soft-core porno The dafi’s former chemical-weapons plant in
Stallone traded glances and quips that unconscious, Jumbo was strapped to Party at Kitty & Stud’s – unimaginatively order to fight World War III against the
effectively read as “Hmph – women.” the pilot’s seat of a plane by one of our renamed The Italian Stallion during the Russians. I wouldn’t have been shocked
Or perhaps it was the bit that found protagonists – again, for the crime of VHS era – if it meant less time spent with had it involved the purloining of a floppy
Dolph Lundgren, whose Expendable was winning a thumb-wrestling competition Barney and his interchangeable ass-kick- disk while Duran Duran tunes littered
proudly sober after years of drunken- fairly – and, upon his awakening, forced ers. Worse still, and yet again, Stallone the soundtrack and Dolph Lundgren
ness, deciding to eff it and take a healthy to witness his own demise in a hideous is dragging Statham down with him, played Ms. Pac-Man. Yet the cheering
slug of booze from his flask – a moment explosion. The teller of this morbid tale and no movie star alive currently looks effects of nostalgia only last so long.
designed to make us cheer rather than laughs and laughs, as does his listener. more unhappily bound by an invisible Expend4bles – which my phone’s Google
wonder if his sponsor could be alerted. Then the end credits roll. Meanwhile, straightjacket. voice translator adorably calls “Expend
I suppose it could’ve been former UFC the few sane viewers among us are left A glass-half-full response to Statham’s for Bless” – is stupid, boring, and insult-
champ Randy Couture explaining to to wonder if we really just witnessed a participation here would be that he at ing enough to force we Gen X-ers into
an agog onlooker – which he does more $100-million-budgeted entertainment least looks to be having more fun than accepting that the ‘80s-movie landscape
than once – what the deal was with his whose purported heroes were hatefully in this summer’s Meg 2: The Trench, we frequently fetishize was largely atro-
Expendable’s distracting cauliflower irredeemable, staggeringly unamusing in which he pulled off the miraculous cious. Sorry: 4trocious.
ears; or one of new recruit Jacob Scipio’s psychopaths. Waugh’s movie didn’t need feat of a two-hour grimace. Our stub-
frequent, meaningless recounts of his a script supervisor. It needed an exorcist. bly he-man is obviously aware that his For reviews of Dumb Money, The Nun
icky sexual history; or the reveal of this I’m thrilled to report that loads of punchlines as Expend4bles’ sociopath II, A Haunting in Venice, The Equalizer
followup’s official turncoat, which is potential audiences (in the U.S., at any Lee Christmas are so lame as to require 3, It Lives Inside, My Big Fat Greek Wed-
nearly as unsurprising as the revela- rate) could clearly smell crap when it a walker. Yet every so often, Statham still ding 3, Bottoms, El Conde, Cassandro,
tion of Matthew Modine’s treachery in inched up on them, and during its debut manages to unleash one of his wonder- and other recent releases, visit
August’s Liam Neeson vehicle Retribu- weekend, Expend4bles barely made $8 fully gummy grins and momentarily RCReader.com/movies.
tion. (Please don’t Spoiler Police me: That million domestic – not even enough to convince you that he’s having a high ol’
“twist” was evident from the moment unseat the third weekend of The Nun time. (I won’t speculate on whether the
Modine was cast.) II, which also isn’t any great shakes star was actually high, which could only September 5 Crossword Answers
But if forced to name a low point in the sequel department. So bully for have helped in getting through this non-
among the many, many lows of Expend- discerning filmgoers, I guess. The ques- sense.) Those smiles still reek of despera-
4bles, I’d have to go with a two-pronged tion remains as to why Lionsgate would tion, to say nothing of depression.
attack. First, I’d cite Statham and plunk a reported tenth-of-a-billion into The Expendables series, which origi-
Stallone beating the bloody pulp out a franchise that most of us hoped had nated in the relatively halcyon days of
of an entire bar’s worth of hoodlums died a merciful death with 2014’s The 2010, was always intended as a violently
for the insult of one of them, a diminu- Expendables 3, back when Stallone still ridiculous (and vice versa) pastiche
tive bruiser “hilariously” named Jumbo hadn’t brought Rocky Balboa back for of ‘80s-flick action clichés, and what
Shrimp, besting Stallone’s Barney Ross the Creeds and was five years away from made them bearable – and in 2012’s
in a thumb-wrestling contest – a fight yet another Rambo. Wasn’t there any Expendables 2, semi-enjoyable – was the
that Ross grudgingly admits the dude other Stallone hero, beyond über-violent self-aware delight that genre notables
won fairly. But that’s not the worst that mercenary Barney Ross, that our beloved Stallone, Lundgren, Arnold Schwar-
poor little Jumbo Shrimp suffers, because National Meathead might’ve resur- zenegger, Bruce Willis, Harrison Ford,
with mere minutes to go in this astound- rected instead? Judge Dredd? His vocally Mel Gibson, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude
ingly asinine film, we find out what hap- challenged NYC cabbie from Rhine- Van Damme, and others brought to
pened to the guy after he was senselessly stone? Hell, I would’ve even welcomed them. But this series has been shedding
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY New Columns Weekly at RCReader.com By Rob Brezsny

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Author and entertain and beguile with your words. LIBRA (September 23-October 22): and fierce, defiant and maternal.” It also noted that
Diane Ackerman says it’s inevitable that If you have ever contemplated launching though she is mostly retired from music, she is
each of us sometimes “looks clumsy or CANCER (June 21-July 22): I cheer you a career as a spy, the coming months will “making poignant and unpredictable art,” creat-
gets dirty or asks stupid questions or on when you identify what you want. I be a favorable time to do so. Likewise if ing weird, hilarious line drawings with her non-
reveals our ignorance or says the wrong thing.” exult when you devise smart plans to you have considered getting trained as a detective, dominant hand. I propose we make Baez your
Knowing how often I do those things, I’m seek what you want, and I celebrate when investigative journalist, scientific researcher, or inspirational role model. May she inspire you to be
extremely tolerant of everyone I meet. I’m compas- you go off in high spirits to obtain and enjoy what private eye. Your affinity for getting to the bottom elegant and fierce, bold and compassionate, as you
sionate, not judgmental, when I see people who you want. I am gleeful when you aggressively of the truth will be at a peak, and so will your dis- deepen and refine your excellence in the work
“try too hard, are awkward, care for one another create the life you envision for yourself, and I do cerning curiosity. You will be able to dig up secrets you’ve been tenaciously plying for a long time. For
too deeply, or are too open to experience.” I myself everything in my power to help you manifest it. no one else has discovered. You will have an extra credit, add some unexpected new flair to
commit such acts, so I’d be foolish to criticize But now and then, like now, I share Cancerian extraordinary knack for homing in on the heart of your game.
them in others. During the coming weeks, Aries, author Franz Kafka’s perspective. He said this: every matter. Start now to make maximum use of
you will generate good fortune for yourself if you “You do not need to leave your room. Remain sit- your superpowers! AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18):
suspend all disparagement. Yes, be accepting, tol- ting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, Aquarian author and activist Mary
erant, and forgiving – but go even further. Be simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and SCORPIO (October 23-November 21): Frances Berry has won numerous
downright welcoming and amiable. Love the solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to Have you been sensing a phantom itch awards for her service on behalf of racial justice.
human comedy exactly as it is. be unmasked. It has no choice. It will roll in that’s impossible to scratch? Are you feel- One accomplishment: She was instrumental in
ecstasy at your feet.” ing less like your real self lately and more raising global awareness of South Africa’s apart-
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus like an AI version of yourself? Has your heart been heid system, helping to end its gross injustice. “The
comedian Kevin James confesses, “I dis- LEO (July 23-August 22): Let’s talk experiencing a prickly tickle? If so, I advise you not time when you need to do something,” she writes,
covered I scream the same way whether about changing your mind. In some to worry. These phenomena have a different mean- “is when no one else is willing to do it, when people
I’m about to be devoured by a great white quarters, that’s seen as weak, even ing from the implications you may fear. I suspect are saying it can’t be done.” You are now in a phase
shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.” embarrassing. But I regard it as a noble they are signs you will soon undertake the equiva- when that motto will serve you well, Aquarius.
Many of us could make a similar admission. The necessity, and I recommend you consider it in the lent of what snakes do: molting their skins to make
good news, Taurus, is that your anxieties in the near future. Here are four guiding thoughts. (1) way for a fresh layer. This is a good thing! After- PISCES (February 19-March 20):
coming weeks will be the “piece of seaweed” vari- “Progress is impossible without change, and those ward, you will feel fresh and new. I invite you to spend quality time gazing
ety, not the great white shark. Go ahead and who cannot change their minds cannot change into the darkness. I mean that literally
scream if you need to – hey, we all need to unleash anything.” - George Bernard Shaw. (2) “Only the SAGITTARIUS (November 22-Decem- and figuratively. Get started by turning off the
a boisterous yelp or howl now and then – but then strongest people have the pluck to change their ber 21): According to legend, fifth-cen- lights at night and staring, with your eyes open,
relax. minds, and say so, if they see they have been wrong tury Pope Leo I convinced the into the space in front of you. After a while, you
in their ideas.” - Enid Blyton. (3) “Sometimes, conquering army of Attila the Hun to may see flashes of light. While these might be your
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Here are being true to yourself means changing your mind. refrain from launching a full-scale invasion of optical nerves trying to fill in the blanks, they
famous people with whom I have had Self changes, and you follow.” - Vera Nazarian. (4) Italy. There may have been other reasons in addi- could also be bright spirit messages arriving from
personal connections: actor Marisa “The willingness to change one’s mind in the light tion to Leo’s persuasiveness. For example, some out of the void. Something similar could happen
Tomei, rock star Courtney Love, film- of new evidence is a sign of rationality, not weak- evidence suggests Attila’s troops were supersti- on a metaphorical level, too. As you explore parts
maker Miranda July, playwright David Mamet, ness.” - Stuart Sutherland. tious because a previous marauder died soon after of your psyche and your life that are opaque and
actor William H. Macy, philosopher Robert Anton attacking Rome. But historians agree that Pope unknown, you will be visited by luminous
Wilson, rock star Paul Kantor, rock impresario VIRGO (August 23-September 22): Leo was a potent leader whose words carried great revelations.
Bill Graham, and author Clare Cavanagh. What? “The soul moves in circles,” psychologist authority. You, Sagittarius, won’t need to be quite
You never heard of Clare Cavanagh? She is the James Hillman told us. “Hence our lives as fervently compelling as the ancient Pope in the Homework: What’s your best secret? Is there a way
brilliant and renowned translator of Nobel Prize are not moving straight ahead; instead, coming weeks. But you will have an enhanced you could capitalize on it? Visit FreeWillAstrol-
Laureate poet Wisława Szymborska and the hovering, wavering, returning, renewing, repeat- ability to influence and entice people. I hope you ogy.com.
authorized biographer of Nobel Prize Laureate ing.” In recent months, Virgo, your soul’s destiny use your powers for good!
author Czesław Miłosz. As much as I appreciate has been intensely characterized by swerves and
the other celebrities I named, I am most enamored swoops. And I believe the rollicking motion will CAPRICORN (December 22-January Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s
of Cavanagh’s work. As a Gemini, she expresses continue for many months. Is that bad or good? 19): Singer-songwriter Joan Baez has the EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES
your sign’s highest potential: the ability to wield Mostly good – especially if you welcome its poetry longevity and endurance typical of many & DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES
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Lectures about a lack of… Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat,
If your condition does not

6:30pm Fri Nov 3
The Story of Flaherty’s Irish Candy Co., join us for

a presentation by local business owners Dennis…
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Administrative Center, 5pm Thu Sep 28
Dr. Cavanaugh treats your nervous system.
Oct 16 Bettendorf City Council Committee of the
Whole Meeting, recorded meetings can be seen at The nervous system controls everything in your
Humorous Tales of Family History and Farm
Life with Bill Mueller, join Mueller in recounting
Bettendorf.org or City’s Cable… Bettendorf City Hall,
5pm Mon Oct 2 and Mon Oct 16
body. For example:
entertaining stories of family history and…
Davenport Public Library - Main Branch, 6:30pm Mon East Moline City Council Regular Meeting / Neck No
Oct 16 Committee of the Whole Meeting, meets on the Mid Back Physical
1st and 3rd Monday of every month;… East Moline
Low Back
CERVICAL Therapy
Pathways to the Divine: Unitarian Universalist, Council Chambers at City Hall, 6:30pm Mon Oct 2
led by Lyn Foster, Pat Everly and Melissa Hood; and Mon Oct 16 Hips
machines
explore the… Unitarian Universalist Congregation of
the Quad Cities, 6pm Mon Oct 16 Bend of the River Quad Cities Pilot Club, on the 1st Shoulders
Tue. of the month; Pilot International transforms…
Cultivating Self-Compassion, led by Miriam Hickory Gardens Family Restaurant, Tue Oct 3 Elbows
Prichard; learn practical ways to let go… Our Lady of Wrists
the Prairie Retreat, 9am Wed Oct 18 Midwest Corvettes Club Monthly Meeting, join
us to discuss Corvettes, friends, and community … Hands THORACIC X-Rays
A New Reformation: Creation Spirituality and
the Transformation of Christianity, led by Rev. Dr.
Eriksen Chevrolet - Milan, 6:30pm Tue Oct 3
Fingers ONLY
Matthew Fox; speaking to the loss… Our Lady of the
Prairie Retreat, 6pm Thu Oct 19
Bettendorf City Council Meeting, recorded
meetings can be seen at Bettendorf.org or City’s
Knees when
Ankles
Why We Need Intersectional Feminism?, an event
Cable… Bettendorf City Hall, 7pm Tue Oct 3 and Tue
Oct 17 Feet
LUMBAR necessary
in the 26th Annual Frieze Lecture Series where…
Rock Island Public Library - Downtown Library, 2pm Silvis City Council Meeting, held on the 1st & 3rd Toes
22+ Years
Thu Oct 19 Tuesday of each month;… Silvis City Hall, 6:30pm Tue
Oct 3 and Tue Oct 17 Eyes
The Heart of Downtown Davenport: Architectural
Styles and Stories, join architectural historian and Coal Valley City Hall Meeting, held on the first
Ears Experience
guide Ellen Shapley for this informative… Davenport and third Wednesdays of each month;… Coal Valley Nose
Public Library - Main Branch, 10am Sat Oct 21 Village Hall, 6pm Wed Oct 4
Tongue
Parathyroid
Why wait?
The Music of Ireland Through the American Davenport City Council Committee of the Whole
Perspective, a presentation on the music of Ireland Meeting, the Davenport City Council meets on the
with Blame Not… Bettendorf Public Library, 2pm Sat first and third… Davenport City Hall, 5:30pm Wed Thyroid
Oct 21 Oct 4 thru Wed Nov 1 Heart
Eire: Land(scape) of Stories, Joseph McDowell, Quad Cities Social Action Committee, for Lungs You have EVERYTHING
to GAIN and NOTHING to lose!
PhD - Augustana Professor of English will highlight… information, e-mail e-fellowship@hotmail.com; help
Bettendorf Public Library, 7pm Tue Oct 24 protest unfair treatment of the elderly… Sippi’s Fine Kidneys
From Fleece to Fashion: Making Clothes from
Food and Cocktails, 12:30pm Fri Oct 6 Adrenal Glands
Scratch in Colonial America, learn how clothing Quad Cities Mississippi Valley Ski and Social Club Liver
was made in the 1700s, starting with… Rock Island
Public Library - Downtown Library, 2pm Tue Oct 24
(QCMVSC) Meeting, on the second Monday of the
month; most meetings include… Ross’ Restaurant, Spleen Call NOW to
Rooting Out Poverty Book Club - Community
7pm Mon Oct 9 Gall Bladder feel better sooner!
Forum : How the Collapse of Democracy Punishes Rock Island City Council Meeting, Public Comment Small Intestine
the Poor, join Project NOW and Moline Public Library is held at the beginning of City Council… Rock Island Large Intestine
563-203-0843
as we discuss… Moline Public Library, 6:30pm Wed City Hall, 6:45pm Mon Oct 9 and Mon Oct 23
Oct 25 Stomach
Moline City Council Committee of the Whole
Inaccessible Dreamhouses: Disability as a Meeting / Regular Meeting, meets in Council Blood Vessels
Feminist Issue, an event in the 26th Annual Frieze
Lecture Series where… Rock Island Public Library -
Chambers; the formal City Council meeting is…
Moline City Hall, 6pm Tue Oct 10 and Tue Oct 24
Diaphragm
Downtown Library, 2pm Thu Oct 26 Pain Timothy J. Cavanaugh, D.C.
Riverdale City Council Meeting, held on the 2nd
Peeling Back the Layers: What Lurks Beneath the and 4th Tuesday of the month;… Riverdale City Hall, Numbness
1730 Wilkes Avenue - Davenport, Iowa
Surface?, a public presentation will explain ground 7pm Tue Oct 10 and Tue Oct 24 Tingling
penetrating radar (GPR) and… Davenport Public
Library - Eastern Avenue Branch, 6:30pm Thu Oct 26 Scott County Board of Supervisors Committee of Swelling
the Whole Meeting, the board will review legislative
QCEV: The Quad Cities Electric Vehicle Ownership actions, administrative items, and contracts; for…
Experience, two local EV drivers from the Iowa Scott County Administrative Center, 8pm Tue Oct 10
Electric Vehicle Association… Davenport Public and Tue Oct 24
Library - Eastern Avenue Branch, 10am Sat Oct 28
Historical Society Meeting, meeting upstairs, all
Community Connections: Celtic Ghost Stories, welcome; free; for information, call 309-523-3440…
storyteller Brian “Fox” Ellis immerses the audience in River Valley District Library, 7pm Wed Oct 11
the rich… Bettendorf Public Library, 2pm Tue Oct 31
Rock Island Committee of the Whole Meeting,
Haunted Quad Cities, presented by Minda Powers- held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month (subject
Douglas of QC Haunts & History, learn… Davenport to… Rock Island County Office Building, 5:30pm
Public Library - Eastern Avenue Branch, 3pm Tue Wed Oct 11
Oct 31
Davenport City Council Meeting, the Davenport
The Spiritual Practice of Writing an Ethical Will: City Council meets on the first and third… Davenport
Affirm the Wisdom Growing Within Your Soul, City Hall, 5:30pm Wed Oct 11 and Wed Oct 25
led by Elaine Olson; an ethical will is a spiritual… Our
Lady of the Prairie Retreat, 9:30am Wed Nov 1 Library Board of Trustees Meeting, free; for
information, call 563-344-4175… Bettendorf Public
Beyond the View from Barbie’s Beach House: Library, 5pm Thu Oct 12
Reconsidering the Waves of Feminism, an event in
the 26th Annual Frieze Lecture Series where… Rock Moline Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting,
Island Public Library - Downtown Library, 2pm Thu agendas are available prior to the meetings; minutes
Nov 2
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Meetings Mon Oct 30
Jefferson Starship Zumba Toning, on Mondays; membership is $160

a year or $15 every month;… CASI (Center for Active
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Friday, October 20, 8 p.m. Department of Communication Sciences and
Disorders invites the… Betsey Brodahl Building, Red Hat Ladies Club, meeting locations vary; for
Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center, 7077 Elmore Avenue, Davenport IA Augustana College, 2:30pm Tue Oct 17 information, call 563-386-7477… CASI (Center for
Active Seniors), 11am Tue Oct 3
Mental Health Awareness, held in celebration
of Mental Health Awareness Month; pop in… Canasta, on Tuesdays; membership is $160 a year or
Davenport Public Library - Main Branch, 1pm Wed $15 every… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 1pm Tue
Oct 18 Oct 3 thru Tue Oct 31
Chair-Based Exercise, on Tuesdays; membership
SENIORS is $160 a year or $15 every… CASI (Center for Active

Seniors), 9am Tue Oct 3 thru Tue Oct 31
Mid-Day Ice Cream Party, a celebration of National Knitting & Crocheting, on Tuesdays; volunteer
Senior Center month sponsored by Oak Street… group; membership is $160 a year or… CASI (Center
CASI (Center for Active Seniors), noon Thu Sep 28 for Active Seniors), 12:30pm Tue Oct 3 thru Tue Oct
31
Bob Gaston New Horizons Band Practice, on
Thursdays; membership is $160 a year or $15 every Senior Technology Clinic, on Tuesdays; with expert
month;… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 12:30pm Mike Shinbori; bring your Apple and… CASI (Center
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thru Thu Nov 2 for Active Seniors), noon Tue Oct 3 thru Tue Oct 31
ne of the most successful arena- composer, and multi-instrumentalist --
Card Embroidery, on Thursdays; learn how to create Step into Balance: Balance & Strength, on
rock groups of the 1970s and ‘80s playing alongside Donny Baldwin, Jude fun embroidery greeting cards; membership… CASI Tuesdays; half-hour exercise class with Logan
brings their national tour to Dav- Gold, Cathy Richardson, and Chris Smith. (Center for Active Seniors), 9am thru Thu Nov 2 Anderson, owner of… CASI (Center for Active
Seniors), 1pm Tue Oct 3 thru Tue Oct 31
enport’s Rhythm City Casino Resort Event True to its legacy, the members may have Hand and Foot, on Thursdays; membership is $160
Center with the eagerly awaited October changed over time, but the heart and the a year or $15 every month;… CASI (Center for Active Therapeutic Movement with Logan Anderson, on
Seniors), 1pm thru Thu Nov 2 Tuesdays; membership is $160 a year or $15 every…
20 performance by Jefferson Starship, the magic of all those hits remain. CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 2pm Tue Oct 3 thru
venerable act that has amassed three plati- The group was originated by former Line Dancing, on Thursdays; membership is $160 a Tue Oct 31
Jefferson Airplane members Kantner and year or $15 every… CASI (Center for Active Seniors),
num- and eight gold-selling records, plus 10am thru Thu Nov 2 Zumba Gold, on Tuesdays and Thursdays;
numerous Top 40 smashes including “Run- Grace Slick, and evolved from several membership is $160 a year or… CASI (Center for
solo albums they had recorded. They were Zumba Gold, on Tuesdays and Thursdays; $3/ Active Seniors), 9am Tue Oct 3 thru Tue Oct 31
away,” “Count on Me,” “Find Your Way person; for information, call 563-386-7477… CASI
soon joined by Freiberg, Craig Chaquico, (Center for Active Seniors), 9am thru Thu Nov 2 Bunco, on Wednesdays; membership is $160 a year
Back,” and “No Way Out.”
John Barbata, Pete Sears, and Papa John or $15 every… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 2pm
Originally based in San Francisco, Billiards, Mon.-Fri.; membership is $160 a year or $15 Wed Oct 4 thru Wed Nov 1
Creach, with former Airplane frontman
Jefferson Starship was formed in 1974 by every month;… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 8am
Marty Balin subsequently joining the thru Fri Nov 3 TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly Weight-Loss
a group of musicians including former Support Group), on Wednesdays; membership is
group in 1975. Slick and Balin both left the
members of Jefferson Airplane. Between Milestones AAA Meal Site, Mon.-Fri; meals must be $160 a year or $15 every month;… CASI (Center for
ensemble in 1978, leaving the remaining reserved 24 to 48 hours in… CASI (Center for Active Active Seniors), 11:30am Wed Oct 4 thru Wed Nov 1
1974 and 1984, they released massive Seniors), 11:30am thru Fri Nov 3
members to recruit Mickey Thomas as
top-10 Billboard hits in 1976’s Spitfire, T’ai Chi Ch’un, on Wednesdays; membership is $160
their replacement, and Slick rejoined the Adult Coloring, on Fridays; membership is $160 a a year or $15 every month;… CASI (Center for Active
1978’s Earth, and 1979’s Freedom at Point
group in 1981, continuing the band’s chart year or $15 every… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), Seniors), 10:15am Wed Oct 4 thru Wed Nov 1
Zero, while the group’s album Red Octopus 10am Fri Sep 29 thru Fri Nov 3
success. Beyond the chart-topping 1984 Wednesday Bingo, on Wednesdays; 5pm doors, $10
went double-platinum and reaching
release “No Way Out,” additional Jeffer- Bridge, on Mondays & Fridays; membership is $160 a card pack minimum purchase; cash prizes… CASI
number one on the Billboard 200 chart year or… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 11:30am Fri (Center for Active Seniors), 6pm Wed Oct 4 thru Wed
son Starship smashes over their history
in 1975. The band went through several Sep 29 thru Fri Nov 3 Nov 1
include “Miracles,” “With Your Love,” and
major changes in personnel and genres CASI Walking Club, on Mon., Wed., and Fri.; Caregivers Support Group, on the 1st & 3rd Thu. of
“Layin’ It on the Line,” all of which landed
through the years while retaining the membership is $160 a year… CASI (Center for Active the month; membership is… CASI (Center for Active
on the top 10s of various Billboard charts. Seniors), 8am Fri Sep 29 thru Fri Nov 3 Seniors), 4:30pm Thu Oct 5 thru Thu Nov 2
Jefferson Starship name, and although the
Jefferson Starship brings their national
ensemble’s official moniker was retired in Euchre, on Wed. & Fri.; membership is $160 a year Free Senior Day at the Figge Art Museum, for
tour to Davenport’s Event Center on Octo- or… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 12:45pm Fri Sep seniors age 60 & up on the first Thursday… Figge Art
1984, it was picked up again in 1992 by a
ber 20, admission to the 8 p.m. concert is 29 thru Fri Nov 3 Museum, 10am Thu Oct 5 thru Thu Nov 2
revival of the group led by Paul Kantner,
$25-50, and more information and tickets
which has continued since his passing Friday Bingo, on Fridays; membership is $160 a Coffee & Conversations, senior citizens of
are available by calling (563)328-8000 and year or $15 every month;… CASI (Center for Active retirement ages are invited to stop in… Bettendorf
in 2016. Currently, the Jefferson Starship Seniors), 1pm Fri Sep 29 thru Fri Nov 3 Public Library, 9am Wed Oct 11
visiting RhythmCityCasino.com.
lineup features longtime member David
Golden Tones Chorus Practice, on Fridays; sing Caregivers Support Group, on the 1st & 3rd Thu.
Freiberg -- a world-class singer, producer, along to some classical memories; membership is of the month; $1/person;… CASI (Center for Active
$160… CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 9am Fri Sep Seniors), 4:30pm Thu Oct 19
29 thru Fri Nov 3
are available… Moline Public Library, noon Thu Oct protest unfair treatment of the elderly… Sippi’s Fine Rules of the Road Class, Nancy Johnson, associated
12 Food and Cocktails, 12:30pm Fri Nov 3 Low Impact Exercise, Mon., Wed., & Fri. 9-10am, Tue. with AARP and the Office of the… Moline Public
11am-2pm, Thu. 11am-noon; membership… CASI Library, 1:30pm Thu Oct 19
Scott County Board of Supervisors Regular (Center for Active Seniors), Fri Sep 29 thru Fri Nov 3
HEALTH
Meeting, activities may include voting on actions
Second Avenue Players Senior Theatre, on Fridays;
KIDS’ STUFF
and conducting public hearings;… Scott County
Administrative Center, 5pm Thu Oct 12 and Thu bring your theatrical side to CASI’s senior theater…
Oct 26 Health Care Career Fair, local health care employers CASI (Center for Active Seniors), 10:30am Fri Sep 29
will be recruiting; dress professionally and… Black thru Fri Nov 3 Doki Doki Anime Club: Button Making, it’s a
Rock Island County Board Regular Meeting, all Hawk College Health Sciences Center, 11am Thu Sep club where we nerd out over all things… LeClaire
meetings are open to the public, but may be… Rock 28 Zumba Gold, on Fridays; membership is $160 a Community Library, 5pm Thu Sep 28
Island County Office Building, 5:30pm Tue Oct 17 year or $15 every… CASI (Center for Active Seniors),
Yoga, on Tuesdays; for all levels of experience; the 10:15am Fri Sep 29 thru Fri Nov 3 Lapsit Storytime, on Thursdays; a special storytime
Rock Island Public Library Board of Trustees instructor has… River Valley District Library, 5:30pm for babies who are not yet walking… Davenport
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QC Libraries’ Teentober Contests | Video, Art, & Young Adult Role-Playing Club: Tabletop RPGs
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The Nest Book Club: Infant, free; we’ll not only take
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Ballet QC presents Vampirina Ballerina, join us for
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Redstone Room, the artist a “one-man jam from that release to 2022’s Grit, each one of the 5pm Wed Oct 18
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Teen Time - Arts and Crafts: Marbled Mini not-so-scary monster storytime focusing on Matthew
Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, the 53-year- primarily a solo artist, Williams has toured Pumpkins, we will hydrodip mini foam pumpkins McElligott’s “Even Monsters… Davenport Public
old Williams began playing the guitar in his with Yonder Mountain String Band, Umphrey’s using nail polish; free;… Moline Public Library, 2:30pm Library - Eastern Avenue Branch, 2pm Mon Oct 30
early teens and eventually attended Virginia McGee, and Ratdog, and has frequently per- Wed Oct 18
Teen Spooky Gingerbread Houses, a spooky
Wesleyan College, where he received his degree formed at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, CreaTEEN Crafts: Pumpkin Painting, as it’s spooky gingerbread-house building session using candy,
in theatre. After college, he moved to Colorado the AllGood Music Festival, Summer Camp season at last, it’s time for an… LeClaire Community graham crackers, and… Moline Public Library, 6pm
to advance his music career and expand his Music Festival, the Rothbury Festival, the Library, 5pm Thu Oct 19 Mon Oct 30
repertoire, which would eventually combine Elysian Fields Music Festival, and Jam Cruise. Read to a Dog, QC CAN’s Reading Assistance Dogs Doki Doki Anime Club: Dagashi Candy & Snacks,
elements of bluegrass, folk, alternative rock, Keller Williams Incident, meanwhile, is a collab- are specially trained, along with… Davenport Public drop by in your cosplay or costume to grab a… LeClaire
reggae, electronica/dance, jazz, and funk, along orative performance between Williams and the Library - Eastern Avenue Branch, 5:30pm Thu Oct 19 Community Library, 5pm Tue Oct 31
with other assorted genres. A self-taught musi- musicians of The String Cheese Incident, and Teen Library Council, students in grades 6-12 are After School Kids Lab: Craft Stick Chain Reaction,
cian, Williams usually performs with a variety resulted in 1999’s collaborative album Breathe. needed to give advice and… Moline Public Library, set up craft sticks to make a chain-reaction experiment;
of instruments connected to a Boss Loop Station It has been stated that Williams and SCI began 3:30pm Thu Oct 19 free;… Bettendorf Public Library, 3pm Wed Nov 1
RC-300 phrase looper pedal, which allow him their partnership after Williams saw the band LEAD Fridays @ Watts-Midtown Branch, our Youth Teen Time - Unwind: Fairy Jar Decals, a Teen Time
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repeat it. He also uses a Gibson Echoplex Digital them in exchange for free ski passes. Watts-Midtown… Rock Island Public Library - Watts- Public Library, 2:30pm Wed Nov 1
Pro looping unit for that effect, oftentimes An Evening with Keller Williams comes to Midtown Branch, 11:45am Fri Oct 20
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on stage yet recreate the sound of a full band. and more information and tickets are available Community Library, 11am Fri Oct 20
Dinosaurs Take Over the Library!, your dino toys and
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pedal, wah pedal, Line 6 tap delay, Roland GR-55 Fairmount Street Branch, 1pm Sat Oct 21
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THEATRE By Madeline Dudziak
Poll Vault
The Outsider, at the Circa ‘21 Dinner Playhouse through October 29
ARTICLE OF FAITH • October 3, 2023 September 5 Answers: Page 21
Cory Boughton, Brad Hauskins, and Bobby Becher in The Outsider
I
t’s always interesting when a season is rounded than a day. That one-note comedic fodder is
out with a previously unfamiliar title, and in the funny for a few minutes. However, it does grow
case of the Circa ‘21 Dinner Playhouse’s season- tedious as the evening wears on. While Bogus
ender, it’s Paul Slade Smith’s politically themed The does a phenomenal job playing wide-eyed idiocy
Outsider. Luckily, it doesn’t matter so much if you to the peak of ludicrousness, Smith’s script
like/follow politics for this particular production, unfortunately offers absolutely zero depth to the
as this comedy is satirical and doesn’t seem to lean character, making her less endearing than I think
any which way, except to poke spectacular fun at is perhaps wise. Although Hitchcock staged
politicians, advisors, and the average voter equally. Arthur’s “card system” for Louise very well and
On September 16, director Dennis Hitchcock’s the bit was pretty funny, I felt that Smith simply
small cast handled the material with great comedic wrote Louise to behave more and more absurd
timing and a certain joie de vivre that embodied throughout the story, which became less and less
the everyman and woman of government. funny as the night unfolded.
The Outsider opens nearly immediately fol- Poor Lousie also suffered from being the
lowing Ned (Brad Hauskins) being “sworn in” dumpy-looking one on stage all night, because
as governor of Vermont. There’s a story there Bradley Robert Jensen’s costumes were otherwise
explaining why I’m using quotation marks on absolutely lovely. Besler looked especially classy
“sworn in,” but I think it would ruin the fun to in both her first- and second-act outfits, and the
tell you more about it. Considered a political gentlemen were also smartly dressed, reflec-
“outsider,” Ned used to be Lieutenant Governor, tive of their prominent political roles. I’m not
but his predecessor was swept up in a scandal. To sure if it was due to Heather Hauskins’ lighting ACROSS 69. Old urban railway DOWN 55. Kind of computer
be fair, while scandals involving politicians seem design, but Louise’s second-act outfit inexpli- 1. Froth systems 1. Made a confession error
5. Blue-and-yellow bird 70. Son of Jacob 2. Ride-share provider 59. Chancellor _ von
absolutely commonplace nowadays, everything cably matched her hair color, which seemed to 10. Loads and Leah 3. Hindu goddess Bismarck
else in this fictitious tale was just meant to be me an odd choice. There was also a particular 15. Tried to be like 71. Zeta, mostly 4. Sleigh 61. Come upon
ridiculous and funny – and it capably landed its lighting spot on Saturday that made the hair of 19. O.T. victim 72. Baseball stat. 5. British lengths 62. Slip by
comedic mark. reporter Rachel (Taylor Fryza) appear as though 20. Poetic form devel 73. "We're off _ _ the 6. Part of the tarmac 63. Taylor or Fleming
oped by Horace wizard ..." 7. Innumerable 64. Montand or Saint
Ned’s chief-of-staff Dave, played by the it had blue highlights. After some consideration, 21. Quinine water 76. Auto body part 8. Pennysaver contents Laurent
straightforward and sweet Bobby Becher, is the my companion and I decided that Fryza didn’t 22. Enticement 77. Word of mouth 9. Marshes 65. Candy brand
least ridiculous of all the characters: Someone in actually sport blue hair. But later, we noticed 23. Start of a quip by 79. Hubbard or Ripken 10. What superseded 66. Renounce
this world of over-the-top stereotypes had to be. that Besler appeared to be wearing two different- Steve Wozniak: 2 wds. 80. Dismounted mono 67. Spectrum color
25. Jelly fruit 81. Catches a farm 11. "The _ of Money" 68. Mondale or
Becher was great when paired with Hauskins’ colored loafers around that same stage spot. So 27. Football field animal 12. Raggedy doll Matthau
meek and bumbling Ned. It was evident that lighting-wise, something curious and weird was 28. "Bad, Bad _ Brown" 82. Get better 13. Device for shaping 73. Soapstone
these two actors work exceptionally well together, happening there. 30. Peerage members 83. Puff metal 74. Friend of Ivan
and their easy demeanor toward each other was In the meantime – oh, that all journalists 31. Give voice to 84. One stage of a race 14. TSA employee and Yuri
32. Golden- _ 85. Intrinsically: 2 wds. 15. Bulletins 75. Placard
especially nice when they were the only pair would be as kind as Rachel! She and Dave hit 33. Assemblage of 86. Preserves with salt 16. Stolen 76. _ -cochere
onstage. Scenic designer Becky Meissen created it off, and even cameraman AC (James Major verses from Homer 87. Depend 17. Goes off course 77. Persian fairy
a lovely office for the governor in which awkward Burns, with Jason Platt taking over the role as of and Virgil 88. Blend 18. Ottoman ruler 78. Humorous stories
Ned seemed right at home and ready to get to September 27) has more to give to the audience 34. Portuguese island 90. Heavy metal, e.g. 24. Torrent 81. Make confident
group 91. Very, very cold 26. Hairstyle feature 82. Edible fungus
work … as long as he doesn’t need to speak on than he originally lets on. It’s kind of a plot twist 38. Vernacular 92. City in Idaho 29. Like brunch dishes 83. Stone
television again. You see, Ned gets a little nervous you can clearly see coming, but it doesn’t change 40. Seat location under 93. SAT section 33. Mentions 85. Worked at
sometimes. And who could have anticipated such the sweetness when it does. I can’t imagine that a big top 94. "That _ Cat!" 34. Plant bristle 86. Adorable
an inelegant guy becoming governor? audiences are venturing out to see The Outsider 43. Wanderer 96. Minute openings 35. Belt-shaped region 87. Official language
44. "Peter Pan" girl 97. _ -cousin of the sky of India
This experienced pair sought the help of poll- for an in-depth look at American politics, so 45. Distributes (with 98. Like well-trained 36. Carry too far 89. Public meetings
ster Paige, enacted by the beautiful Elsa Besler. director Hitchcock’s lighthearted, feel-good "out") canines 37. In medias _ 90. Carry weight
Paige ends up connecting Ned and Dave with comedy spoof delivers exactly the amusing, 46. Spoken vote 103. Crooked 39. First: Abbr. 91. Milwaukee player
a television political consultant, Arthur (Cory diverting experience people no doubt want from 47. Fateful day long ago 105. End of the quip: 40. Part of the eye 93. Clergy's residence
48. Final-sale warning: 3 wds. 41. Sticky fruit 95. Demean
Boughton), who’s ever-so-smarmy and full of their evening out. If you’ve already become a bit 2 wds. 107. Campus housing 42. Watched carefully 96. Urge
crazy ideas that don’t jive well with the plans Ned sick of political commercials on television – and 49. Muzzled dog 108. Dentist's directive 44. Airplane midsection 97. Per. of time
and Dave have for their office. The bottom line you’re perhaps looking for welcome break from 50. _ noire 109. Far too heavy 45. Impersonator 99. Part of MIT: Abbr.
is that Ned is honestly a good guy who simply real-life drama and seriousness – then The Out- 51. Title for Newton 110. Storage tower 49. Sweetheart 100. Adams or Falco
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2020/09/04 (Fri) Open Mic Night w/ Antone Cheyenne Ave., Davenport Smooth Groove – The Gypsy Royalty Tribute Show – The Mand – Front Street
THURSDAY (28) Burton – Bootleg Hill IA Highway Bar & Grill, 2606 W. Ohnward Fine Arts Center, Brewery, 208 E. River Dr.,
7 Bridges: The Ultimate Honey Meads, 321 E. 2nd St., Jim & Leigh Acoustic Duo – Locust St., Davenport IA 1215 E Platt St., Maquoketa Davenport IA
Eagles Tribute – Circa ’21 Davenport IA The J Bar, 4215 Elmore Ave., Technobanda Destino (5pm) IA Mark Hestness (6pm) –
Dinner Playhouse, 1828 Open Mic Nite w/ Jacob Davenport IA – Mercado on Fifth, 1122 4th Code 415 – Len Brown’s North Nerdspeak Brewery, 7563
Third Ave., Rock Island IL Hemenway – Zeke’s Island Kassa Overall – Jack Lion – Ave., Moline IL Shore Inn, 700 N. Shore Dr., State St., Bettendorf IA
BanD Acoustic (6pm) – Cafe, 1509 N Harrison St., Tahjia Brantley – The James Travis Reid – Parkside Grill Moline IL Michael Constantino – The
Whiskey Stop, 1726 15th Davenport IA Theater, 213 N. Gilbert St., & Lounge, 2307 5th Ave, Estereomance – Raccoon Rusty Fox Wine & Alehouse,
Ave., East Moline IL Thelma & The Sleaze – Good Iowa City IA Moline IL Motel, 315 E. Second St., 1 E 3rd St., Sterling IL
Chuck Murphy (6:30pm) Habits – Early Girl – Gabe’s, The Krank Daddies – The mssv – Samuel Locke Ward Davenport IA QC Santana Tribute Band –
– The Gypsy Highway Bar 330 E. Washington St., Iowa Tromatons – Company – Raccoon Motel, 315 E. Funktastic Five – Hawkeye The Grape Life Wine Store &
& Grill, 2606 W. Locust St., City IA Dime – Rascals Live, 1414 Second St., Davenport IA Tap Sports Bar N Grill, 4646 Lounge, 3402 Elmore Ave.,
Davenport IA Three Dog Night – Adler 15th St., Moline IL Cheyenne Ave., Davenport Davenport IA
Crooked Cactus (6:30 & Theatre, 136 E. Third St., LeAnn Rimes – Riverside IA Rooster: Alice in Chains
9:30pm) – Riverside Casino Davenport IA Casino Event Center, 3184 SATURDAY (30) Gen X Jukebox – Riverside Tribute – Poopy’s Pub &
& Golf Resort, 3184 Highway Highway 22, Riverside IA Angela Meyer (10am) – Iron Casino & Golf Resort, 3184 Grub, 1030 Viaduct Rd,
22, Riverside IA Live at 5: Michael Moncada + Grain Coffee House - East Highway 22, Riverside IA Savanna IL
For Those About to Yacht – FRIDAY (29) & Whiskey High (5pm) – Moline, 585 12th Ave., East Got Your Six – Monroe SuperBlue: Kur t E lling
Schwiebert Riverfront Park, Black Duck – Liv Carrow – Common Chord Courtyard, Moline IL – Alborn – The Gypsy & Ch a r l i e H u n t e r –
101 17th St., Rock Island IL Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third Ave., 129 Main St., Davenport IA Avey Grouws Band – Pour Highway Bar & Grill, 2606 W. Englert Theatre, 221 East
Godsmack – I Prevail – Flat Rock Island IL Michael Mikrut Band – Bros.Craft Taproom Moline, Locust St., Davenport IA Washington St., Iowa City IA
Black – Jason Hook – Christina Eltrevoog (6pm) The Tangled Wood, 3636 1209 4th Ave. Suite 2, Moline HU$H – Fyoomz – MATT RISSI Surf’s Up Saturday (11:30am)
Vibrant Arena at the MARK, – Steventon’s, 1399 Eagle Tanglewood Rd., Bettendorf IL – DJ Sonar – SK80 – Flor–X – Zeke’s Island Cafe, 1509 N
1201 River Dr, Moline IL Ridge Rd, LeClaire IA IA BanD Acoustic (6:30pm) – – Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington Harrison St., Davenport IA
John Cole Born (4pm) – Pour El Ritmo: Salsa Dancing - The The Open Stage – Village Tuggers Burger Bar & Ale St., Iowa City IA Wake Brewing Oktoberfest:
Bros.Craft Taproom Moline, University Club, 1518 5th Theatre, 2113 E 11th St, House, 201 N. Main St., Port Jen Craft – Bootleg Hill Telekinetic Yeti – High
1209 4th Ave. Suite 2, Moline Ave., Moline IL Davenport IA Byron IL Honey Meads, 321 E. 2nd St., Tone Son of a Bitch –
IL The Detour Band (6pm) – Organ Fairchild – Room Blue60 – Rhythm City Casino Davenport IA Solicitor – Fer De Lance
Joshua Hedley – Raccoon Coyote Wild (8:30pm) For IMPROVment – The Resort Rhythm Room, 7077 John Gay (3pm) – Green Tree – Old Toby (2pm) – Wake
Motel, 315 E. Second St., – Riverside Casino & Golf Redstone Room, 129 Main Elmore Ave., Davenport IA Brewery, 309 N. Cody Rd., Brewing Company, 2529
Davenport IA Resort, 3184 Highway 22, St, Davenport IA Brother Trucker – The Tangled LeClaire IA Fifth Ave., Rock Island IL
Open Jam Night – My Place Riverside IA Ruby & Donovan – Bootleg Wood, 3636 Tanglewood Karaoke Night – Moline We Funk (6:30pm) – Iowa City
the Pub, 4405 State St., Gary Pearson & Robert Hill Honey Meads, 321 E. 2nd Rd., Bettendorf IA Viking Club, 1450 41st St., Ped Mall, 14 S. Clinton St,
Bettendorf IA Dahms – Hollar’s Bar and St., Davenport IA Burning Red: A Tribute to Moline IL Iowa City IA
Open Mic & Karaoke – The Grill, 4050 27th St, Moline IL Satsang (6:30pm) – Gabe’s, Taylor Swift – The Rust Belt, The K no c ko f f s – Edje
Rusty Fox Wine & Alehouse, The Grand Band – Hawkeye 330 E. Washington St., Iowa 533 12th Ave., East Moline IL Nightclub at Bally’s Casino,
1 E 3rd St., Sterling IL Tap Sports Bar N Grill, 4646 City IA Cash and Cline… Country 777 Bally Blvd., Rock Island IL
MUSIC By Loren Thacher roll played with energy and enthusiasm. The Unfortunately, that lineup of El Perro dis-
power trio format can be limiting, and Griggs integrated several weeks later in the middle of
El Regreso del Perro: El Perro and sought a new sound and style: two guitars and
additional hand percussion, rounding out a
a U.S. tour. Griggs assembled a new European
lineup for a continental tour last summer,
Daykeeper at Bootleg Hill larger band that made funk and Latin rhythm
a key part of its approach.
which included well-received sets at festivals
including Freak Valley in Germany and Duna-
Friday, October 10, 9 p.m. That sound is well captured on the group’s jam in Italy, which saw them playing outdoors
Bootleg Hill Honey Meads, 321 East Second Street, Davenport IA first record Hair of El Perro, which Rolling on a Sardinian beach with a beautiful sunlit
Stone’s French division named as its album of Mediterranean backdrop. That lineup, plus
$10 donation, Ages 21+ the month in June of 2022. But just like Radio new bass player Chuck Elder, is heading out on
Moscow, El Perro are best witnessed in their a short October run. Those who enjoyed the
live element. I saw Radio Moscow twice in past El Perro shows are advised to roll down to
years past, two blistering opening sets that Bootleg Hill on the 20th to witness the power
firmly established them as one of the best live of this new incarnation.
bands I’d ever seen, and while I was impressed Support for the show will be provided by
at the new direction on the El Perro album, Daykeeper, returning to the Quad Cities for
I had doubts that they could live up to the their first show in the area since early 2020.
Moscow shows of years past. With roots in doom metal, Daykeeper incorpo-
I was wrong, of course. The expanded lineup rate elements of heavy rock with an increased
provided new launching pads for Griggs’ emphasis on psychedelic improvisation; in
explosive lead guitar work, the ensemble contrast to the frenetic, danceable, percussion-
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playing was tight and full, and the constant heavy rhythms of El Perro, their jams borrow
fter a powerhouse tour opener in Feb- for their most recent U.S. tour back in February. rhythms of the large array of hand percus- heavily from drone, noise, and the tension and
ruary, followed by many trials and I’ve never seen the place so full, nor have I ever sion kept much of Bootleg Hill moving for the menace of mid-70s King Crimson. They pro-
tribulations, major lineup changes, and heard any band sound so good in that room. entirety of the night. They put out an energy vide an uneasy yang to El Perro’s upbeat yin,
a successful European tour, El Perro are return- This dog has a pedigree: frontman and Iowa that was fun and infectious, and it appealed though the addition of flute for the October 20
ing to Bootleg Hill Honey Meads in Davenport native Parker Griggs is the main man in Radio to a surprisingly wide audience – men and show should offer some relief for the faint of
for the penultimate date on a fall run through Moscow, a globe-trotting power trio whose women, rockers in their twenties, and old heart.
middle America. Los Perros del Camino might fiery take on bluesy late ‘60s/early-’70s heavy heads who might’ve seen Hendrix at the Col
be a more fitting name, given the band’s tireless rock brought them worldwide acclaim and Ballroom in 1968. It was a joy not only to catch Daykeeper hits the first chord at 9 p.m.
(dogged?) touring schedule. This is their third major notoriety as the retro/“stoner rock” style such an excellent and dynamic live band, but Admission is a mere $10 donation. More infor-
show at Bootleg Hill Honey Meads in 14 months, took off in the last decade. El Perro tour with also to see them playing for a densely packed mation can be found on the Bootleg Hill Honey
and they were so well received in 2022 that they the same intensity as Radio Moscow, with a audience whose every member was obviously Meads Facebook page.
chose Bootleg Hill as the site of the opening date similar approach – groovy old-school rock and having a great time.
LIVE MUSIC
Drama Major – Denny O’s, 307 Leslie Stevens – Brother Fulton IL

SUNDAY (1) THURSDAY (5) 10th Ave, Fulton IL Galen – Raccoon Motel, 315 Open Mic w/ Donovan FRIDAY (13)
Awful Purdies – Deb Talan Drayton Farley – Raccoon Ember – Riverside Casino and E. Second St., Davenport IA Gustofson – Whiskey Stop, The “President ’s Own”
– Abbie & the Sawyers – Motel, 315 E. Second St., Golf Resort, 3184 Highway TUESDAY (10) 726 15th Ave., East Moline IL United States Marine Band
The Night Lights (3pm) Davenport IA 22, Riverside IA “Songs & Stories” with Sphinx Virtuosi – Infinite – Centennial Hall, Augustana
– Englert Theatre, 221 East Hotel California: The Hair Band Night – Timber Forrest McCurren (noon) Dream – Englert Theatre, College, 3703 7th Ave., Rock
Washington St., Iowa City IA Original Eagles Tribute – Lake Playhouse, 8215 Black – Rock Island Public Library - 221 East Washington St., Island IL
Blaster – HGxDC – Plunkett Fairfield Arts & Convention Oak Road, Mt. Carroll IL Watts-Midtown Branch, 2715 Iowa City IA Amy Grant – Adler Theatre,
(6pm) – Bootleg Hill Honey Center, 200 N. Main St., Larry Boyd – 11th Street 30th St., Rock Island IL 136 E. Third St., Davenport IA
Meads, 321 E. 2nd St., Fairfield IA Precinct, 1107 Mound St., Opera Quad Cities – Moline CJ Ryder & the Past Masters
Davenport IA Marble Lobe – Rozz-Tox, 2108 Davenport IA Public Library, 3210 41st St., THURSDAY (12) – Riverside Casino and Golf
Charlie & Holly (2pm) – Third Ave., Rock Island IL Mead Day 2023 (noon) – Moline IL Austin Wahlert – Liza Jo – The Resort, 3184 Highway 22,
Olathea Creek Vineyard and Not Petty (6:30pm) – The Bootleg Hill Honey Meads, Rust Belt, 533 12th Ave., East Riverside IA
Winery, 23456 Great River Gypsy Highway Bar & 321 E. 2nd St., Davenport IA Moline IL Creamery Road – Denny O’s,
Rd., LeClaire IA Grill, 2606 W. Locust St., M ount ain Swallowe r – WEDNESDAY (11) Brian Setzer – Adler Theatre, 307 10th Ave, Fulton IL
Chirp – Gabe’s, 330 E. Davenport IA The Velies – Subatlantic Aces & Eights – Riverside 136 E. Third St., Davenport IA Dale Watson – Matt Hillyer
Washington St., Iowa City IA Open Jam Night – My Place – Ariias – Gabe’s, 330 E. Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Caleb Talbott (6:30pm) – – Codfish Hollow Barn, 5013
Codtoberfest w/ Kommuna the Pub, 4405 State St., Washington St., Iowa City IA Highway 22, Riverside IA The Gypsy Highway Bar & 288th Ave., Maquoketa IA
Lux and The Muzik Krauts Bettendorf IA Not Quite Brothers – Raccoon Brianna & Allen (6pm) – Grill, 2606 W. Locust St., Far Out 283 – The Gypsy
(5:30pm) – Codfish Hollow Open Mic Night w/ Antone Motel, 315 E. Second St., Steventon’s, 1399 Eagle Davenport IA Highway Bar & Grill, 2606 W.
Barn, 5013 288th Ave., Burton – Bootleg Hill Davenport IA Ridge Rd, LeClaire IA Doug Brundies (6pm) – Locust St., Davenport IA
Maquoketa IA Honey Meads, 321 E. 2nd St., Q u a d C i t y Sy m p h o ny Bruce Vantine’s Cornerstone Whiskey Stop, 1726 15th Glass Human – Giallows –
The Handsome Family – The Davenport IA Orchestra Masterworks I: Chorale & Brass – Hope Ave., East Moline IL Mountain Swallower – DJ
James Theater, 213 N. Gilbert Reggae Night – Zeke’s Island From Conflict to Courage United Church of Christ, Open Jam Night – My Place Double You – Raccoon
St., Iowa City IA Cafe, 1509 N Harrison St., – Adler Theatre, 136 E. Third 3324 41st St., Moline IL the Pub, 4405 State St., Motel, 315 E. Second St.,
JD Aguilera (2pm) – Contrary Davenport IA St., Davenport IA Easy Honey – Early Girl Bettendorf IA Davenport IA
B r e w i n g Co. , 411 W Serpentwithfeet – Heart of Steve Grismore Jazz Trio – – Worst Impressions – Open Mic Night w/ Antone Hap Hazard – Parkside Grill
Mississippi Dr., Muscatine IA Brick – Englert Theatre, 221 The Grape Life Wine Store & Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington Burton – Bootleg Hill & Lounge, 2307 5th Ave,
Jon Mueller – Hali Palombo East Washington St., Iowa Lounge, 3402 Elmore Ave., St., Iowa City IA Honey Meads, 321 E. 2nd St., Moline IL
– Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third Ave., City IA Davenport IA Karaoke Night – RIBCO, 1815 Davenport IA Jacob Hemenway (6pm)
Rock Island IL Smile Empty Soul – Gabe’s, Surf’s Up Saturday (11:30am) Second Ave., Rock Island IL Open Mic Nite w/ Jacob – Steventon’s, 1399 Eagle
The Kaleidoscope Kid – 330 E. Washington – Zeke’s Island Cafe, 1509 N Kevin Burt – The Redstone Hemenway – Zeke’s Island Ridge Rd, LeClaire IA
Raccoon Motel, 315 E. St., Iowa City IA Harrison St., Davenport IA R o o m , 129 M a i n St , Cafe, 1509 N Harrison St., Jim Cook – Hollar’s Bar and
Second St., Davenport IA V–Funk Band – Rhy thm Davenport IA Davenport IA
Mike Walsh (3pm) – Wide City Casino Resort Rhythm Open Jam Night (6pm) –
River Winery - Clinton, 1776 FRIDAY (6) Room, 7077 Elmore Ave., Denny O’s, 307 10th Ave,
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East Deer Creek Rd., Clinton Bre Kennedy – Sarah Walk Davenport IA
IA – Raccoon Motel, 315 E. Whiskey Business – The
Monica Austin (4pm) – Judy’s Second St., Davenport IA Gypsy Highway Bar &
Barge Inn, 600 W. Front St.,
Buffalo IA
Code 415 – Parkside Grill
& Lounge, 2307 5th Ave,
Grill, 2606 W. Locust St.,
Davenport IA Getting tested for
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Rhett Bicknell & Rich Fricke Moline IL ZED CD Release Show – The
(2pm) – The Main Event, Crazy Delicious – Riverside After Darks – The Memphis
3819 State St., Bettendorf IA Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Dives (6pm) – Village
Highway 22, Riverside IA Theatre, 2113 E 11th St,
Dave Killinger – Bootleg Hill Davenport IA
TUESDAY (3) Honey Meads, 321 E. 2nd St.,
Devendra Banhart – Rogov Davenport IA
– Englert Theatre, 221 East Deep Galactic Bass Sessions: SUNDAY (8)
Doesn’t need to be scary.

Washington St., Iowa City IA Manthom Phenace – The Activity – Raccoon Motel, 315
High Sunn – Paradise Bloom Tripp Brothers – Dr.Dubb E. Second St., Davenport IA
– Raccoon Motel, 315 E. – ShitBlizzard – Kirstein Ariel McReynolds (2pm) –
Second St., Davenport IA – Mvngo – Lotunez – The Olathea Creek Vineyard and
Kate Bollinger – Sam Burton Redstone Room, 129 Main Winery, 23456 Great River
– 24thankyou – Gabe’s, 330
E. Washington St., Iowa City
St, Davenport IA
Douglas & Tucker (6pm)
Rd., LeClaire IA Gonorrhea is a common & curable sexually transmitted
Bobby Ray Bunch (2pm) –
IA – Steventon’s, 1399 Eagle
Ridge Rd, LeClaire IA
Contrary Brewing Co., 411 W infection (STI). Most people experience
Mississippi Dr., Muscatine IA
WEDNESDAY (4)
Ed James – Hollar’s Bar and
Grill, 4050 27th St, Moline IL
Kerry & Rich Acoustic Duo
(2pm) – Len Brown’s North
no symptoms. If you’re sexually active,
CJ Parker (6pm) – Steventon’s,
1399 Eagle Ridge Rd,
Ember Band – Rhythm City
Casino Resor t Rhy thm
Shore Inn, 700 N. Shore Dr.,
Moline IL
make sure that STI testing is part of
LeClaire IA
Exhumed – Raccoon Motel,
Room, 7077 Elmore Ave.,
Davenport IA
Manny Lopez Big Band (2pm)
– The Circa ’21 Speakeasy,
your regular health routine.
315 E. Second St., Davenport Ginger Roots – Front Street 1818 Third Ave., Rock Island
IA Brewery, 208 E. River Dr., IL
Karaoke Night – RIBCO, 1815 Davenport IA Q u a d C i t y Sy m p h o ny
Second Ave., Rock Island IL Nuclear Plowboys – The Orchestra Masterworks I:
Find an STI testing
Open Jam Night (6pm) – Gypsy Highway Bar & From Conflict to Courage location near you:
Denny O’s, 307 10th Ave, Grill, 2606 W. Locust St., (2pm) – Centennial Hall,
Fulton IL Davenport IA Augustana College, 3703 7th gettested.cdc.gov
Open Mic w/ Donovan Ave., Rock Island IL
Gustofson – Whiskey Stop, Ramón Ayala – Adler Theatre,
726 15th Ave., East Moline IL SATURDAY (7) 136 E. Third St., Davenport IA
Rushmore – The Reunion ADAAWE – Centennial Hall, Tengger – Elliott Bay Towers
Band – Riverside Casino and Augustana College, 3703 7th – Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third Ave.,
Golf Resort, 3184 Highway Ave., Rock Island IL Rock Island IL
22, Riverside IA Class of ’82 – Len Brown’s
North Shore Inn, 700 N.
Shore Dr., Moline IL MONDAY (9)
LIVE MUSIC
Grill, 4050 27th St, Moline IL Kaylyn Sahs (3pm) – Oak Hollow Barn, 5013 288th IA War – Raccoon Motel, 315 E. Davenport IA
John & Jerr y (noon) – Grove Tavern, 4371 53rd Ave., Maquoketa IA Not Offended – Parkside Grill Second St., Davenport IA Three Way Radio (6pm) –
Bettendorf Public Library, Ave., Bettendorf IA Feature Artist Nite – Zeke’s & Lounge, 2307 5th Ave, John Resch & Doggin’ Out – Whiskey Stop, 1726 15th
2950 Learning Campus Dr., Marques Morel (3pm) – Wide Island Cafe, 1509 N Harrison Moline IL Pat Ryan (2pm) – The Gypsy Ave., East Moline IL
Bettendorf IA River Winery - Clinton, 1776 St., Davenport IA TriTones Jazz Ensemble – Highway Bar & Grill, 2606 W. W h e e l e r Wa l k e r, J r. –
The Night People – Rhythm East Deer Creek Rd., Clinton Hollywood & N9Ne Tour The Grape Life Wine Store & Locust St., Davenport IA Channing Wilson – The
City Casino Resort Rhythm IA 2023: Hollywood Undead Lounge, 3402 Elmore Ave., Levi Craft (2pm) – Contrary Rust Belt, 533 12th Ave., East
Room, 7077 Elmore Ave., Mike Conrad Trio (5pm) and Tech N9ne – The Rust Davenport IA B r e w i n g Co. , 411 W Moline IL
Davenport IA – Unitarian Universalist Belt, 533 12th Ave., East Mississippi Dr., Muscatine IA
Ron Tegeler Organ Trio – Congregation of the Quad Moline IL SATURDAY (21) Noah G. Fowler – Bishop Hill FRIDAY (27)
The Grape Life Wine Store & Cities, 3707 Eastern Ave., Karl Beatty (6pm) – Whiskey Blame Not the Bard (11am) Creative Commons, 309 N An Evening with Keller
Lounge, 3402 Elmore Ave., Davenport IA Stop, 1726 15th Ave., East – Bettendorf High School Bishop Hill St., Bishop Hill IL Williams – The Redstone
Davenport IA Phyllis & One Shark (2pm) – Moline IL Performing Arts Center, 3333 Nova Singers: When We Love R o o m , 129 M a i n St ,
Shovels & Rope – Wildwood Contrary Brewing Co., 411 W Levi Craft (6:30pm) – The 18th St., Bettendorf IA (4pm) – St.Paul Lutheran Davenport IA
Smokehouse & Saloon - Iowa Mississippi Dr., Muscatine IA Gypsy Highway Bar & Class of ’82 – Rhythm City Church - Davenport, 2136 T h e B e a ke r B r o t h e r s :
City, 4919 B Walleye Dr.SE, Rum Ragged – Bishop Hill Grill, 2606 W. Locust St., Casino Resor t Rhy thm Brady St., Davenport IA Cream and Beyond –
Iowa City IA Creative Commons, 309 N Davenport IA Room, 7077 Elmore Ave., Englert Theatre, 221 East
Shovels & Rope – Margo Bishop Hill St., Bishop Hill IL MANIA: The ABBA Tribute – Davenport IA Washington St., Iowa City IA
Cilker – Christy Hays Slow Ride (4pm) – Pour Bros. Adler Theatre, 136 E. Third Dickie – Joel Sires – Bishop MONDAY (23) CJ Parker (6pm) – Steventon’s,
(6:30 pm) – Wildwood Craft Taproom Moline, 1209 St., Davenport IA Hill Creative Commons, 309 David Rosales – Bishop Hill 1399 Eagle Ridge Rd,
Smokehouse & Saloon, 4919 4th Ave. Suite 2, Moline IL Moony – Trauna – Boy N Bishop Hill St., Bishop Hill Creative Commons, 309 N LeClaire IA
B Walleye Dr.SE, Iowa City IA Bandicoot – Raccoon Motel, IL Bishop Hill St., Bishop Hill IL CrAZy Ex – Parkside Grill
Todd Striley & the Noize – 315 E. Second St., Davenport Fool House: The Ultimate Opera Quad Cities – & Lounge, 2307 5th Ave,
Denny O’s, 307 10th Ave, MONDAY (16) IA ’90s Dance Party – The Bettendorf Public Library, Moline IL
Fulton IL Songwriters Roundtable Open Jam Night – My Place Rust Belt, 533 12th Ave., East 2950 Learning Campus Dr., Flatland Ridge Band –
(6pm) – Common Chord, 129 the Pub, 4405 State St., Moline IL Bettendorf IA Rhythm City Casino Resort
N. Main St., Davenport IA Bettendorf IA Grupo Frontera – Adler Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore
SATURDAY (14) Open Mic Night (6pm) – Theatre, 136 E. Third St., Ave., Davenport IA
CJ Ryder & the Past Masters Green Tree Brewery, 309 N. Davenport IA TUESDAY (24) Funktastic 5 – The Gypsy
– Rhythm City Casino Resort TUESDAY (17) Cody Rd., LeClaire IA Halloween Spook show Mary Lattimore – Jeremiah Highway Bar & Grill, 2606 W.
Rhythm Room, 7077 Elmore Rum Ragged – Adrian + Open Mic Night w/ Antone Costume Ball: Wonkzilla’z Chiu – The James Theater, Locust St., Davenport IA
Ave., Davenport IA Meredith – Raccoon Motel, Burton – Bootleg Hill Zombie Tribute – Freak 213 N. Gilbert St., Iowa City IA Horseshoes & Hand
Carol Jean & Jera – The 315 E. Second St., Davenport Honey Meads, 321 E. 2nd St., Like M e: Trib u te to Grenades Holloween –
Grape Life Wine Store & IA Davenport IA Halestorm – Rascals Live, Chicago Farmer – Joseph
Lounge, 3402 Elmore Ave., S p i d e r – M a n: I nt o T h e Salute to the Rat Pack & 1414 15th St., Moline IL WEDNESDAY (25) Huber Band – Codfish
Davenport IA Spide r –Ve r se Live in Friends (1 & 7:15pm) – Circa The Music of Billy Joel & Alanna Royale – Raccoon Hollow Barn, 5013 288th
Crooked Cactus – The Gypsy Concert – Adler Theatre, 136 ’21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 Elton John with Michael Motel, 315 E. Second St., Ave., Maquoketa IA
Highway Bar & Grill, 2606 W. E. Third St., Davenport IA Third Ave., Rock Island IL Cavanaugh – Homecoming Davenport IA Jim Ryan – Hollar’s Bar and
Locust St., Davenport IA Salute to the Rat Pack & at UD! – John & Alice Butler Bob Dorr vs Duke Tumatoe Grill, 4050 27th St, Moline IL
Daylight Over – Harley Friends (1 & 7:15pm) – Circa Hall - University of Dubuque – Riverside Casino and Golf John Cole Born – Bootleg Hill
Corin’s, 1708 State St., WEDNESDAY (18) ’21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 Heritage Center, 2255 Resort, 3184 Highway 22, Honey Meads, 321 E. 2nd St.,
Bettendorf IA Adrian Legg – Bishop Hill Third Ave., Rock Island IL Bennett St., Dubuque IA Riverside IA Davenport IA
Donovan Gustofson – 11th Creative Commons, 309 N Tennis – Sam Evian – Nosferatu Played Live w/ Eve Karaoke Night – RIBCO, 1815 Palomino (4:30pm) – Earth to
Street Precinct, 1107 Mound Bishop Hill St., Bishop Hill IL Englert Theatre, 221 East Maret, Dream Chambers, Second Ave., Rock Island IL Mars (8:30pm) – Riverside
St., Davenport IA The Arcadian Wild – The Washington St., Iowa City IA & Belly Full of Stars – Rozz- Kyle Cord & Brad Love (6pm) Casino and Golf Resort, 3184
Esme Patterson – Raccoon Redstone Room, 129 Main Tox, 2108 Third Ave., Rock – Steventon’s, 1399 Eagle Highway 22, Riverside IA
Motel, 315 E. Second St., St, Davenport IA Island IL Ridge Rd, LeClaire IA Sundae – Mr.Goessl – The
Davenport IA Celtic Thunder Odyssey – FRIDAY (20) Nova Singers: When We Love Madison McFerrin – Alyx Grape Life Wine Store &
Faux Doubt (8:30pm) – Adler Theatre, 136 E. Third Candlelight: A Haunted – First Lutheran Church - Rush – Gabe’s, 330 E. Lounge, 3402 Elmore Ave.,
Shining Star (10pm) – St., Davenport IA Evening of Halloween Galesburg, 364 E. Water St., Washington St., Iowa City IA Davenport IA
Riverside Casino and Golf Doug Brundies (6:30pm) Classics (6:30 & 8:45pm) – Galesburg IL Open Jam Night (6pm) –
Resort, 3184 Highway 22, – The Gypsy Highway Bar The Spotlight Theatre, 1800 The Piano Men: Simply Billy Denny O’s, 307 10th Ave,
Riverside IA & Grill, 2606 W. Locust St., 7th Ave., Moline IL & Simply Elton – Timber Fulton IL SATURDAY (28)
Ginger Roots – Bootleg Hill Davenport IA Danger Zone – Rhythm City Lake Playhouse, 8215 Black Open Mic w/ Donovan Andrew Jacob & Lisa Lyn –
Honey Meads, 321 E. 2nd St., Karaoke Night – RIBCO, 1815 Casino Resor t Rhy thm Oak Road, Mt. Carroll IL Gustofson – Whiskey Stop, Front Street Brewery, 208 E.
Davenport IA Second Ave., Rock Island IL Room, 7077 Elmore Ave., The Reverend Pey ton’s 726 15th Ave., East Moline IL River Dr., Davenport IA
Killer Queen: A Tribute to Open Jam Night (6pm) – Davenport IA Big Damn Band – The Paul Nelson Band – Bishop Awed Man Out – Rhythm
Queen – Adler Theatre, 136 Denny O’s, 307 10th Ave, Donovan Gustofson – Hollar’s Redstone Room, 129 Main Hill Creative Commons, 309 City Casino Resort Rhythm
E. Third St., Davenport IA Fulton IL Bar and Grill, 4050 27th St, St, Davenport IA N Bishop Hill St., Bishop Hill Room, 7077 Elmore Ave.,
The Pork Tornadoes – Tyler Open Mic w/ Donovan Moline IL Smooth Groove – The Gypsy IL Davenport IA
Richton & the High Bank Gustofson – Whiskey Stop, El Perro – Bootleg Hill Honey Highway Bar & Grill, 2606 W. Becca Mancari – Raccoon
Boys – The Rust Belt, 533 726 15th Ave., East Moline IL Meads, 321 E. 2nd St., Locust St., Davenport IA Motel, 315 E. Second St.,
12th Ave., East Moline IL Ozone Ramblers – Riverside Davenport IA Soirée: Shaken, Not Stirred THURSDAY (28) Davenport IA
Surf’s Up Saturday (11:30am) Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 The Hopeful Few (6pm) – (6:30pm) – Figge Ar t Jef Spradley (6:30pm) – C o d e 415 H a l l o w e e n
– Zeke’s Island Cafe, 1509 N Highway 22, Riverside IA Steventon’s, 1399 Eagle Museum, 225 W. 2nd St., The Gypsy Highway Bar & Costume Party Bash –
Harrison St., Davenport IA Shawn Easton (6pm) – Ridge Rd, LeClaire IA Davenport IA Grill, 2606 W. Locust St., The Gypsy Highway Bar &
Steventon’s, 1399 Eagle Ione (6:30pm) – Identity Surf’s Up Saturday (11:30am) Davenport IA Grill, 2606 W. Locust St.,
Ridge Rd, LeClaire IA Crisis (8:30pm) – Riverside – Zeke’s Island Cafe, 1509 N Open Jam Night – My Place Davenport IA
SUNDAY (15) Tony Emmanuel – Larry Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Harrison St., Davenport IA the Pub, 4405 State St., Dave Weld – The Imperial
BS Express (2pm) – Judy’s C a m p b e l l – Te r e s a Highway 22, Riverside IA Tony Hoeppner & Friends – Bettendorf IA Flames – Flatted Fif th
Barge Inn, 600 W. Front St., Williams – Englert Theatre, Jason Carl & the Whole Damn The Grape Life Wine Store & Open Mic & Karaoke – The Blues & BBQ, 300 Potter Dr.,
Buffalo IA 221 East Washington St., Band – The Gypsy Highway Lounge, 3402 Elmore Ave., Rusty Fox Wine & Alehouse, Bellevue IA
James Kealey (3pm) – John & Iowa City IA Bar & Grill, 2606 W. Locust St., Davenport IA 1 E 3rd St., Sterling IL D o n ov a n G u s t o f s o n –
Alice Butler Hall - University Davenport IA Too Much Molly – Riverside Open Mic Night w/ Antone Geneseo Brewing Company,
of Dubuque Heritage Center, Jefferson Starship – Rhythm Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Burton – Bootleg Hill 102 S. State St., Geneseo IL
2255 Bennett St., Dubuque THURSDAY (19) City Casino Resort Event Highway 22, Riverside IA Honey Meads, 321 E. 2nd St., Douglas & Tucker Duo – The
IA Bell Witch – Spirit Possession Center, 7077 Elmore Ave., Davenport IA Grape Life Wine Store &
Jim Ryan (2pm) – Len Brown’s – Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington Davenport IA Open Mic Nite w/ Jacob Lounge, 3402 Elmore Ave.,
North Shore Inn, 700 N. St., Iowa City IA Mike Viola – Raccoon Motel, SUNDAY (22) Hemenway – Zeke’s Island Davenport IA
Shore Dr., Moline IL Blitzen Trapper – Codfish 315 E. Second St., Davenport Erin Rae – She Returns from Cafe, 1509 N Harrison St., Harley Corin’s Halloween
LIVE MUSIC
Bash – Harley Corin’s, 1708 Davenport IA Metallica – WonkZilla’z II: An American Tapestry Bishop Hill St., Bishop Hill IL
State St., Bettendorf IA Zombie Experience – The – Adler Theatre, 136 E. Third Manny Lopez Big Band (2pm)
Jim Ryan – Geneseo Brewing SATURDAY (4) Rust Belt, 533 12th Ave., East St., Davenport IA – The Circa ’21 Speakeasy,
Company, 102 S. State St., WEDNESDAY (1) Angela Meyer & Nicole Dean Moline IL Soul Storm – The Gypsy 1818 Third Ave., Rock Island
Geneseo IL Big Al & the Heavyweights – Bootleg Hill Honey Meads, Frankie Joe & Kinfolk (5pm) Highway Bar & Grill, 2606 W. IL
K.Cord & B.Love – Green Tree (6pm) – The V’ue, 137 5th 321 E. 2nd St., Davenport IA – Green Tree Brewery, 309 N. Locust St., Davenport IA Newsboys: Let the Music
Brewery, 309 N. Cody Rd., Ave. S., Clinton IA BritBeat: A Multimedia Cody Rd., LeClaire IA Sun Ra Arkestra – Theon Speak (6pm) – Adler
LeClaire IA Drunks with Guns – Flesh Concert Journey Through The Henhouse Prowlers Cross – Englert Theatre, 221 Theatre, 136 E. Third St.,
L e e B l a c k m o n (6 p m) Narc – The Ephinjays – Beatles Music History – – Orpheum Theatre, 57 S. East Washington St., Iowa Davenport IA
– Twin Span Brewing, Fishbait – Gabe’s, 330 E. Timber Lake Playhouse, 8215 Kellogg St., Galesburg IL City IA Q u a d C i t y Sy m p h o ny
6776 Championship Dr., Washington St., Iowa City IA Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll IL The Knockoffs – Len Brown’s Surf’s Up Saturday (11:30am) Orchestra Masterworks
Bettendorf IA Jordan Danielsen (6:30pm) Einstein’s Sister Album– North Shore Inn, 700 N. – Zeke’s Island Cafe, 1509 N II: An American Tapestry
Music Men Barbershop – The Gypsy Highway Bar Release Show – Shore Dr., Moline IL Harrison St., Davenport IA (2pm) – Centennial Hall,
Chorus of Dubuque – Main & Grill, 2606 W. Locust St., Washington Ave nue La Original Banda El Limon Augustana College, 3703 7th
Street Barbershop Quartet Davenport IA – Josie Abigail – The – Rhythm City Casino Resort Ave., Rock Island IL
– John & Alice Butler Hall Karaoke Night – RIBCO, 1815 Redstone Room, 129 Main Event Center, 7077 Elmore SUNDAY (5) Screaming Females – Lip
- University of Dubuque Second Ave., Rock Island IL St, Davenport IA Ave., Davenport IA D y l an D oy l e & L ew i s Critic – Rodeo Boys –
Heritage Center, 2255 Open Jam Night (6pm) – The Four Horsemen: The Q u a d C i t y Sy m p h o ny Knudsen – Bishop Hill Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington
Bennett St., Dubuque IA Denny O’s, 307 10th Ave, U l t i m a t e Tr i b u t e t o Orchestra Masterworks Creative Commons, 309 N St., Iowa City IA
Open Mic Night (5:30pm) Fulton IL
– Tuggers Burger Bar & Ale Open Mic w/ Donovan
House, 201 N. Main St., Port Gustofson – Whiskey Stop,
Byron IL 726 15th Ave., East Moline IL
Pitch Black Manor – DJ Jena
Max – Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third
Ave., Rock Island IL THURSDAY (2)
Radio Ready – Riverside Don Gustofson Jazz – The
Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Grape Life Wine Store &
Highway 22, Riverside IA Lounge, 3402 Elmore Ave.,
Rob and Gary of the Night Davenport IA
People – Bootleg Hill LicKwid Red (6:30pm) –
Honey Meads, 321 E. 2nd St., The Gypsy Highway Bar &
Davenport IA Grill, 2606 W. Locust St.,
Surf’s Up Saturday (11:30am) Davenport IA
– Zeke’s Island Cafe, 1509 N Noah Vonne – Bluphoria
Harrison St., Davenport IA – Raccoon Motel, 315 E.
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Second St., Davenport IA
Before Christmas in Open Jam Night – My Place
Concert – Adler Theatre, 136 the Pub, 4405 State St.,
E. Third St., Davenport IA Bettendorf IA
Open Mic Night w/ Antone
Burton – Bootleg Hill
SUNDAY (29) Honey Meads, 321 E. 2nd St.,
Chamber Music Quad Cities: Davenport IA
The Recital (3pm) – Trinity Phyllis & One Shark (6pm)
Episcopal Cathedral, 121 W. – Whiskey Stop, 1726 15th
12th St., Davenport IA Ave., East Moline IL
Frankie Joe & Kinfolk (2pm) – Reggae Night – Zeke’s Island
Contrary Brewing Co., 411 W Cafe, 1509 N Harrison St.,
Mississippi Dr., Muscatine IA Davenport IA
Grape Jam @ the Grape Life
(1pm) – The Grape Life Wine
Store & Lounge, 3402 Elmore FRIDAY (3)
Ave., Davenport IA An Evening with Mike
Inferi – First Fragment – Doughty and Ghost of
Summoning t he Lich Vroom (6:30pm) – Gabe’s,
– Tómarúm – E xodia 330 E. Washington St., Iowa
(6:30pm) – Gabe’s, 330 E. City IA
Washington St., Iowa City IA Anthony Gomes – The
The Jeremiahs – Bishop Hill Redstone Room, 129 Main
Creative Commons, 309 N St, Davenport IA
Bishop Hill St., Bishop Hill IL The Jason & John Experience
Music Explorers: Interactive – Hollar’s Bar and Grill, 4050
Concert for Families (4pm) 27th St, Moline IL
– The Redstone Room, 129 Kris Lager & Mace Hathaway
Main St, Davenport IA – Bishop Hill Creative
Commons, 309 N Bishop Hill
St., Bishop Hill IL
MONDAY (30) Marc Bailey – Galena Brewing
Jukebox Saturday Night Company, 227 N. Main St.,
– Coralville Center for the Galena IL
Performing Arts, 1301 5th St., Radio Flyer Pilots – The Gypsy
Coralville IA Highway Bar & Grill, 2606 W.
Locust St., Davenport IA
Rosie Tucker – Airiel –
TUESDAY (31) Raccoon Motel, 315 E.
Ame rican Devil Sound Second St., Davenport IA
Live Art Performance – Travis Reid – Parkside Grill
The Gypsy Highway Bar & & Lounge, 2307 5th Ave,
Grill, 2606 W. Locust St., Moline IL

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