Do you ever get caught in a dining-out rut? You

Do you ever get caught in a dining-out rut? You keep eating at the same places all the time, either because they are cheap, convenient as possible or just really good. I’m most definitely guilty of that. And it’s not that I feel bad about eating at these places repeatedly. In my case, they are convenient and affordable, but certainly, my repeat business comes because they are good. the 3265 offices are at the corner of 1st & Main in downtown Dubuque. So by our simple presence there, I have healthy doses of Lot One and 180 Main. And they never get old. It’s just plain good food in good atmospheres. And when you work as much as we do, wasting time by traveling far to eat is just not an option. Luckily for us, we have some of the area’s best food right outside our front door, not to mention Cafe Manna Java, Bricktown, Pepper Sprout, the Shot Tower, A&W, the River City Beefstro and even Paul’s Big Game tap all within about a par 5 or less (you may need to count the roll on the Shot Tower).

Then there’s tier two destinations. Not tier two because of quality, but simply because we have to get in the car to get there. This pretty much opens up the rest of town. And I assure you, at 365 we are professional diner-outers and some of us have the girth to prove it. There are far too many choices here to mention them all, but I’ll summarize. We love Houlihan’s for the great food and consistently great service. We love Jimmy John’s for the bread. We love Salsa’s for pretty much everything. And in-between are a host of convenient quick and delicious choices.

The other night when the first two regular stomping grounds were full because of high school graduation dinners, I got a wild hair and suggested we go to Timmerman’s. In my mind, definitely a “special occasion” destination. As though I had forgotten from my last visit, we were absolutely thrilled with everything about our experience: The food was simply stellar, the view is breathtaking at sunset, and our server Zach was a spot-on professional. I’m already looking my calendar of holidays (including religious holidays that aren’t my religion) to create excuses to celebrate special occasions. I’m looking forward to Festivus already. But man, why wait for the next special occasion for a return visit?

There are more. Some four-star, some one-star, but all special and incredible in their own way.

When is the last time you’ve been to the Bier Stube? How about the Three Mile House? Have you ever spent a Friday night at Neighbor’s Tap, Eichman’s Grenada Tap, Michael’s Bar-X? Olive Garden is a fine meal, but Mario’s and Marco’s are something else entirely. Do you know of what I speak? If not, learn the language.

Randy The big joke is “When is Dubuque getting a Red Lobster?” I say, who cares? Try the seafood at Timmerman’s or the Captain Merry. There IS a difference. And Galena is not that far away. People need to stop talking like you have to pack a suitcase to go out to dinner there. I can get there almost as fast as I can get to the west side of town.

And Pizzeria Uno in Platteville is a hop, skip and a jump away. But you’ll not soon forget that pie (and perhaps a Long Island iced tea that seems to come in a reservoir-sized cup ... take a designated driver). Get out and try something different this week. Go to your “special occasion” place on a Wednesday night for no good reason. If it’s that special, celebrate it often. You’ll be happier, and the proprietors of the venues will get the additional business they deserve for creating experiences that people treasure.

But in our cyclical rut (if you call 30 or so restaurants a rut) I find I often forget about some of Dubuque’s treasures. Makers of what a friend calls “food porn.” Food that’s so enjoyable, I think somewhere in my mind I classify it as “special-occasion food,” as if I’m not supposed to go there regularly or else it will no longer be a “special occasion.” What an idiot. The problem is that I go so long without a visit to certain places that you forget they’re an option. Of course, when you do make it back, it’s always a pleasant Before I go, I ask you to share with me your “spesurprise. cial occasion places.” Where do you not go often enough but love to go when you do? What do I need to make a list or something. A happy food you get every time? What should a virgin visitor destination list: Places that exist on the edges to your hotspot try? Could be an entree or even of my radar but because of their uniqueness or a appetizer. Heck, I know the Caesar dressing at particular quality should be dead-center on my the Pepper Sprout is pure magic. And the sweet radar. You’re probably thinking by now, “Okay, garlic butter at Da Vinci’s ... (insert the sound of idiot, what places are you talking about?” I’ll me slobbering like Homer Simpson). Someone share a few. Hopefully some of you who are even told me the 19th hole in East Dubuque much smarter than I have gotten over the hump has the best BLTs. You just never know where and already include these places in your “rut.” the diamonds lie. But if you tell me where you Congratulations, Maslow called and has elevat- found one, I’ll spread the word. Come on, there’s ed you to self-actualization. enough for all of us to share.

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ISSUE # 31

In This Issue of 365ink...

May 31 - June 13

America’s River Festival: 4 Community Events: 5 - 7 Arts & Culture: 8 - 11 Art Openings, Music, More The Pines: 12 Mixed Martial Arts: 13 All That Jazz Returns: 14 Live Music Listings: 16-17 Wando’s Movie Reviews: 18 Jitterz Opens on Main St.: 19 Mayor Roy Buol: 20 Meet Todd Moyer: 21 Mattitude: 23 The A Factor: 26 Crossword / 365 Books: 27 Trixie Kitch: 28 Dr. Skrap’s Horoscopes: 28 Comedy: 30 Sk8board Lessons: 31

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LITTLE BIT COUNTRY, LITTLE BIT ROCK, WHOLE LOT OF FUN

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has drawn up 22 number-one singles, 6 number-one albums, 5 Grammy awards, 6 CMA awards, 9 ACM awards, 10 AMA awards, 6 Dove awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

He’s got something of a pedigree. And he’ll be in Dubuque.

by Tim Brechlin

Photos by Bryce, Parks, Mike Ironside, & Ron Tigges Ah, the river. Such a beautiful thing, especially in the summer, when you have so many options for activities. Personally, I’d just take a pontoon out on the river and go fishing for an afternoon, but there are plenty of other options. And in what seems like a perfect coincidence, what with all the development and construction going on down in the Port of Dubuque, the third annual America’s River Festival is rolling into town from June 8 - 10.

Obviously the festival brings a boatload of activities to the Port, but one of the highlights of the entire summer is the bonanza of musical acts brought to Dubuque by the America’s River Festival, and this year the stages will be fantastic.

Opening the festival on Friday, June 8, will be the LoCash Cowboys on the main stage at 7 p.m., followed by country music superstar Randy Travis at 9 p.m.

You know Travis. I certainly do, at least ... when I was growing up, if I was in the car with my mom, there would be one of two artists in the CD player: Neil Diamond or Randy Travis. I’ve developed a healthy dislike (some might call it unrestrained

venom) for Mr. Diamond, and few people know that I am creatively fueled by my hatred of him, but I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for Randy Travis. He’s got a nice story, too: His dad made him take guitar lessons, and the two of them never got along, and Randy actually became a high school dropout. He also had continual scrapes with the law: Stealing cars, burglary ... the fun stuff. But he hooked up with Elizabeth Hatcher, a North Carolina club manager, and he began crafting his style of music. When, in the early 1980s, they moved to country music capital Nashville, Tennessee, record executives tossed out his demo tapes because they were “too country.” Remember, this was the time when country music was starting to get blended with pop, and southern drawls were not exactly the order of the day. Elizabeth Hatcher began managing a restaurant / club, the Nashville Palace (which, for my money, has the best catfish sandwiches in the entire country), and Travis began performing there. After he recorded an independent album, he finally gained the attention of Warner Bros. Records, and the re-release of his first single, “On the Other Hand,” became a number-one single in 1986.

Travis, along with voices like John Ander-

son, George Strait and Ricky Skaggs, was at the forefront of the neo-traditionalist country movement, with lush instrumental backgrounds, smooth voices and throwbacks to country music of the ‘50s and ‘60s. His debut album, Storms of Life, was a massive hit, launching such classic songs as “Diggin’ Up Bones” and “No Place Like Home,” and it paved the way for his second album, Always & Forever, which stayed at number one on the charts for 43 consecutive weeks, boasting the classic tune “Forever and Ever, Amen.” He continued to record throughout the 1990s, despite the rise of “country rock” artists like Garth Brooks, and his most recent album, Glory Train, was released in 2005. All told, Travis

On Saturday, June 9, the musical festivities continue, featuring the legendary music group, The Doobie Brothers. The Doobies date all the way back to 1969, when guitarist / songwriter Tom John-

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WAIT, JUST HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE “TSOTSI” AGAIN?

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Tsotsi

You’re free. Your pets are free. The loaf of bread you’ve left in your fridge for two years is free. Why? Because America’s a free country, duh. And now it’s time to celebrate that, at the annual Freedom Ball, scheduled for Sunday, June 10, from 5 - 9 p.m. at the Dubuque County Fairgrounds.

Attendees can dance the night away to the music of the Larry Busch Band,

How about checking out the Grand Pet Excursion, the 14th annual pledged dog walk for the Dubuque Regional Humane Society on Sunday, June 10, right alongside all the fun stuff happening at America’s River Festival (June 8 - 10) down at the Port of Dubuque. This will be the only event scheduled for the morning of June 10, and it will feature a wide variety of games, booths and contests. Participants can walk anytime between 8 a.m. and noon, with registration taking place at the walk site

It’s the 11th annual Dubuque Relay for Life, a fun-filled overnight event that has one purpose: To celebrate survivorship and to raise money for research and programs sponsored by the American Cancer Society.

It all begins at Dubuque Senior High School June 1 at 6 p.m. Teams will gather at Dalzell Field, and they’ll take turns walking or running laps. This is all about family, friendship and together-

scootin’ boots on the largest hardwood dance floor in the area, and admission includes a great dinner buffet. And, since no dinner is complete without a cocktail of some sort, a full-service cash bar will be available, as well. Tickets are $20 per person in advance, or $25 per person at the door. Tickets can be ordered in advance at www.dbqfair.com, or by calling 563-588-1406.

In its latest entry for the 2007 season, the Dubuque Film Society will host a screening of the Academy Award-winning film Tsotsi at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 7, in the third floor auditorium at the Carnegie-Stout Public Library.

Tsotsi, the winner of the 2006 Oscar for best foreign-language film, is based on a novel by Athol Fugard, written in 1961 but not published until 1980. The story traces six days in the lonely, violent life of David, or Tsotsi (slang for “thug”), a ruthless gang leader in a Soweto slum near Johannesburg, South Africa. Tsotsi is almost a sociopath, rarely thinking beyond his next crime, but when a shooting / carjacking

ness: There’ll be food, entertainment, prizes and more. The relay will kick off with the “Survivor Celebration,” commemorating those who have defeated cancer, and then later, at dusk, everyone will gather to watch the lighting of the luminarias.

Sounds great, right? So jump on that! For more information, or to sign up a team, call the American Cancer Society office at 563-583-8249, option 3.

The film is rated R for language and some strong violent content and has a running time of 94 minutes. The actual dialogue of the movie is in the Zulu, Xhosa, and Afrikaans languages, with English subtitles. For more information about the movie, visit the Movie Review Query Engine at www.mrqe.com.

The Dubuque Film Society is a small, informal group of movie enthusiasts and film buffs who meet in Dubuque at least one evening a month to watch and discuss movies suitable for adult audiences. The screenings are free and open to the public. Society members will bring a few refreshments, but attendees are encouraged to bring their own as well.

For more information about the DFS, including movie show times and locations, visit the DFS blog at dubuquefilmsociety.blogspot.com.

ical Gardens’ annual Rose Festival, set for June 15 - 17. The Festival features a public flower show, and entries from people just like you are warmly invited.

Clinics on gardening and live entertainment will also be featured at the festival.

For more information, contact the Arboretum at 563-556-2100.

located on the grass area to the immediate west of the Grand Harbor Resort.

Registration forms are available at the shelter, veterinary clinics throughout the area, sponsors’ locations and on the shelter’s Web site at www.dbqhumane.org. Prizes will be awarded based on the amounts collected by participants and money donated to the Humane Society, and team participation is encouraged. For more information, contact “Humane Jane” McCall at 563-582-6766. And strut that mutt!

results in the accidental kidnapping of a baby, something shifts inside of him, and all of his hurt and grief, stemming from his abusive father and his mother’s death from HIV, are awakened. Director Gavin Hood also wrote the screenplay, transposing the story from 1950s South Africa to the present.

Rose Festival

Ah, a rose ... so sweet, so delectable, so ... red ... well, some of the are red, anyway. Others are white. It don’t matter if you’re red or white, though, at the Dubuque Arboretum and Botan-

RUSSIAN TALE OF CINDERELLA ... IF SHOE FITS, WEAR IT

6 MAY 31 - JUNE 13 open auditions for its Youth Players production of Cinderella. Presented by kids for kids (and directed by Megan Schumacher), the auditions are open to kids who have completed second grade all the way up to high-schoolers.

It’s over ... it’s finally over ...

Lighten Up Iowa, the six-month fitness campaign organized by Iowa Sports Foundation, has finally reached its end. Did you lose any weight? It’s entirely possible that the net body mass of 365ink staff increased during this period. But it was the sedentary lifestyle, not the late-night frozen pizzas.

We swear! And now for just a little bit more fitness, it’s time for the 2nd annual Grandview Gallop, presented by the Mississippi Valley Running Association.

Answers on page 31 1. Who headlined last year’s America’s River Festival?

A. Joe Nichols B. Styx C. Alice Cooper D. Charlie Daniels Band 2. What was ARF headliner Randy Travis’ last #1 single?

A. “King of the Road” B. “Whisper My Name” C. “Three Wooden Crosses” D. “I Told You So” 3. Greek Fest is sure to be delicious.

What is the name of the Greek fried cheese appetizer?

A. Saganaki B. Horta C. Tyropita D. Boureki 4. Nunsense II opens up the Heartland Festival. How many Nunsense shows have been written?

A. Just two B. 8; they’re going for Police Academy C. 6, there were five sequels D. Eleven 5. In total, how many members have the Doobie Brothers had throughout the years?

A. 6 B. 10 C. 14 D. 18

It’s a 4-mile road race on Saturday, June 16, beginning at 8 a.m. in Murphy Park. Awards will be given to the overal male and female in each race, as well as the top three place finishers in each age group. Registration is $10 for kids 18 and under as well as Lighten Up Iowa participants, and $15 for others, up to June 6. After that date, it’s $25 for everyone. For an entry form, stop by your local Hy-Vee. For more information, check out the MVRA Web site at www.mvradubuque.com, or call 563-552-2239.

6. Which spiffy artistic endeavor just celebrated its 1-year anniversary?

A. Art@your library B. Readings Under the Influence C. The murals on the Iowa Street parking ramp D. Paul’s Big Game Tap’s burgers 7. What year were the Doobie Brothers inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?

A. 1996 B. 2004 C. 1982 D. 2007 8. Mixed martial arts is coming to Dubuque. What major MMA promotion was recently purchased by a competitor?

9. The Grand Opera House is showing Cinderella. Who wrote the original story?

A. Walt Disney B. The Brothers Grimm C. Charles Perrault D. Aesop 10. Which casino game offers the biggest house edge (that is, the least expectation for the player to win)?

A. Blackjack B. Keno C. Craps D. Roulette

Does the slipper fit?

The Grand Opera House, fresh off what is sure to be a resounding success with Jesus Christ Superstar, has announced

The audition dates are Monday, June 25, and Tuesday, June 26, from 9 a.m. - noon and 1 - 4 p.m. on both days. The actual show dates are August 15 - 19. For more information, contact the Grand Opera House Business Office at 563-588-4356.

guests and $170 for commuters. To register, call 608-748-4411 or visit the Web site at www.sinsinawa.org.

Sinsinawa Mound, the center near Hazel Green committed to study, education, spirituality, and the arts, will be hosting a number of events in the coming weeks that should present some unique opportunities for both learning and self-enrichment.

The first is a drum-making retreat, scheduled for Friday, June 22, through Sunday, June 24. Drumming, being one of the oldest musical traditions in the world, presents a unique method of expression, as does the act of drum-making. Led by Trish Bruxvoort Colligan, a writer, musician and spiritual director, the retreat will allow attendees to craft their own drums and drum beaters, followed by prayer and actual playing of the drums in ritual, labyrinth walking, ceremony and meditative practice. The registration deadline for the event is June 15, with a fee (covering supplies and meals) of $225 for overnight

Steak!

Who doesn’t love a good ribeye? (You vegetarians don’t count. You’re silly.) Is there a better summer meal than a nice juicy steak, medium rare, with a lemonade?

I didn’t think so. The Dubuque County Fair Association agrees, too, as it hosts a D.C.F.A. Directors’ Steak Fry on Friday, June 8, at the Fairgrounds. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the Fairgrounds

Also coming up soon at Sinsinawa will be a presentation of “Let All Your Works Give You Thanks,” a mixed-media exhibition of a wide variety of Sinsinawa Mound’s extensive collection of artifacts and works of art, beginning June 3 and continuing through August 6. The opening reception will be held on Sunday, June 3, from 1 - 3 p.m. Visitors will see a truly impressive collection of work, including such artifacts as the “Lamb of God,” the front center-piece of the original altar in the St. Clara Chapel, which was built all the way back in 1882 at Sinsinawa Mound.

Visitors can see the show in the Sinsinawa gallery from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily, and more art will be found in the adjacent bookshop, open 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily (except for Sunday). For more information, contact Sister Priscilla Wood, OP, at 608-748-4411, extension 473, or Sister Carol Artery, OP, at the same phone number, extension 472. Sinsinawa Mound is located on County Road Z, off of Highway 11, just about five miles northeast from Dubuque.

office. The meal will take place from 6 - 8 p.m.

The Fairgrounds are located at 14569 Old Highway Road in Dubuque.

OPA!

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Members of the Greek Orthodox Church St. Elias the Prophet invite the entire community to celebrate Greek culture and heritage with

dinner choices include Greek-style oven-baked chicken or flame-grilled Greek shish kebab, served over a bed of rice pilaf with a Greek salad and pita bread.

This year’s fest also celebrates the 50th Anniversary of St. Elias Church. The church was remodeled last year, which included the addition of beautiful icon paintings by Rev. Father Andoni Callozzo in the Greek Orthodox style. Iconography in the traditional style was added to the narthex, nave, and sanctuary. The church will be open for tours during the festival.

Greek Fest 2007. The event is scheduled for Saturday, June 16, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

A family-style event, Greek Fest will feature traditional music and food (of course) and a live performance of Greek dance by a Chicago dance troupe. There will be face painting, rides, and games to keep the kids entertained as well.

Anyone who knows anything about Greek culture knows that food holds a primary role. (Asked by Athenian Grill owner Jimmy Matheos during a recent interview at the restaurant if I wanted something to eat, I said, “I just ate, so I’m not hungry.” Jimmy’s reply: “What’s that got to do with it?”) Greek Fest celebrates the culture’s love of food with a menu of traditional favorites. Not only will there be the usual Greek pastries, but

Admission to Greek Fest is $10 for adults and $5 for kids. St. Elias is located at 1075 Rockdale Road, just west of Grandview Avenue (across from the Glenview Motel or about one mile before the Morocco Supper Club). For more information, and a great history of the church and Greek immigrants in Dubuque, visit the parish web site at www.steliasdbq.org.

365 RECOMMENDS A HIGH-FIBER DIET

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Dubuque Museum of Art Summer Exhibits Opening Reception, June 14 The Dubuque Museum of Art will celebrate the opening of three new summer exhibits with an opening reception scheduled for Thursday, June 14, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The shows include an exhibition of watercolors by Joseph Walter, fiber sculpture by Mary Merkel-Hess, and the historic photographic portraits of North American Indians by Edward S. Curtis.

Joseph Walter: The Christensen Collection Austrian-born watercolor artist Joseph Walter (1865-1946) came to Dubuque around 1890. Settling in what was the only house on Carroll Street at the time, he lived out the rest of his life there, painting scenes in watercolor of the city below and of various views of the small communities of the area.

The Christensen Collection, eight paintings in total, was donated to the Museum of Art in 2005 by James and Marcia Christensen of Southern California. Mr. Christensen’s mother, Gladys (Roberts) Christensen received the paintings from her sister, Lillian Roberts, a good friend of Joseph Walter’s daughter, Marie. Gladys and her husband Stanley lived in Dubuque until they moved to California in the 1930s.

Joseph Walter: The Christensen Collection will be display in the Dubuque Museum of Art’s Lengeling Gallery until November 4, 2007.

Fiber Sculpture

by Mary Merkel-Hess Iowa City artist Mary Merkel-Hess creates sculptural forms using paper and fiber. Drawing inspiration from natural landscapes and plant forms of her native Iowa, her work reflects the rolling hills and swaying grasses of Midwestern prairie, but with her own unique and concise interpretation. Beginning her career as a metalsmith, Merkel-Hess earned her second bachelor’s degree, a BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1976. She earned an MA in metalsmithing and fiber from the University of Iowa in 1981 and an MFA from the university in metalsmithing, sculpture and art history in 1983. Her work is included in the collec-

tions of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Craft Museum in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the University of Iowa Museum of Art, and is represented by a number of galleries, including Olson-Larsen of Des Moines, Cervini Haas of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Browngrotta of Wilton, Connecticut.

The Fiber Sculpture exhibition of work

by Mary Merkel-Hess is sponsored by Cottingham & Butler and will be on display through August 10, 2007.

Edward S. Curtis: Faces From The North American Indian Collection Part of the American Icon Series of exhibitions at the Dubuque Museum of Art, Edward S. Curtis: Faces From The North American Indian Collection will display 50 photographic portraits from Curtis’ extensive catalog. Born in Whitewater, Wisconsin, in 1868, Curtis taught himself photography using a homemade camera lens his father brought back from the Civil War. At the age of 19, he moved to Seattle and opened a portrait studio.

By the mid-1890s he had begun to photograph the local Native Americans of Washington State. With the financial backing of industrialist J. P. Morgan and the support of President Theodore Roosevelt, Curtis set out in 1900 to document the remaining North American tribes.

His resulting compendium, The North American Indian, is a comprehensive study of the history, traditions, culture and people of the various native tribes that still existed on the North American continent in the first part of the 20th century. A set of the illustrated books in 20 volumes along with a complete portfolio of 722 photographs was donated to Dubuque’s Carnegie-Stout Public Library in 1934 by Mrs. Emma H. Ward, in memory of her husband. It is said the collection is among the few remaining intact sets in existence and has been on longterm loan to the Museum since 1999.

The exhibition will expand on a 2004 show that presented 20 images from the collection. Edward S. Curtis: Faces From The North American Indian Collection will be on display through August 19, 2007.

The opening for all three exhibits will be Thursday, June 14, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. For more information, visit www. dbqart.com, or call the Museum of Art at 563-557-1851.

THAT GLIDER SHOT MAKES MY STOMACH DO LOOPS

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Art@your library

Arts Council, Anderson-Bricker’s exhibition is underwritten by Alter Scrap Processing and Avery Railing & Metal Arts Studio.

TM

June Exhibit:

Photography and Philanthropy Dave Kettering and John Anderson-Bricker Opening Reception, Friday, June 1 The June exhibit in the Carnegie-Stout Public Library’s continuing Art@your libraryTM series will feature the photography of Dave Kettering and the sculpture of John Anderson-Bricker. With the title “Photography and Philanthropy,” the exhibit is part of the year-long celebration of the arts known as “A year of Art@your library.” An opening reception for the exhibit, held in the Library’s historic Rotunda, Friday, June 1, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., will provide an opportunity to meet the artists. The opening reception is free and open to the public.

Anyone who has seen more than a couple issues of Dubuque’s Telegraph Herald daily newspaper has no doubt seen Dave Kettering’s photographs. A Dubuque native, Kettering began freelancing for the TH after graduating from Hawkeye Technical College in Waterloo, Iowa, in the early ‘90s. He quickly began working full-time as a TH photojournalist and after 15 years has become the newspaper’s photo editor.

“My style of photography reflects what I see around me and my community on a daily basis,” said Kettering in his artist’s statement. “I try to capture the essence of my subject matter, whether a news event or just a scenic landscape. There are stories and images everywhere and it’s up to the photographer to capture.”

With this Carnegie-Stout Public Library exhibition, sculptor John Anderson-Bricker explores the paradox between steel industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie’s professional and philanthropic life – “between Social Darwinism and the ‘Gospel of Wealth.’” Incorporating the history of the library itself as an element of the artistic expression, Anderson-Bricker

has created a site-specific installation composed of seven welded steel sculptures that reflect on different aspects of Andrew Carnegie’s life and the transformation of America by the industrial revolution.

Anderson-Bricker received a BFA in sculpture and ceramics from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1990 and has since worked in a number of roles in public art programs from New York to Dubuque. He was curator at the Dubuque Museum of Art from 1998 to 2001, after which he returned to sculpture and painting full-time. A prolific artist, he not only creates abstract sculpture in steel, concrete, wood, and clay, but also paints expressionistic landscapes. In addition to the support provided by the Carnegie-Stout Public Library and the Iowa

Art @your library™ is a program of the Carnegie-Stout Public Library in partnership with twenty local artists. Monthly exhibits through 2007 will feature a variety of artwork, ranging from watercolors, sculpture and oil paintings, to quilting and pottery. In addition to Dave Kettering and John Anderson-Bricker, exhibiting artists include Aaron Butcher, John Bissell, Gail Chavenelle, Odra Eberhardt, Tom Gibbs, Donna Gibson, Ada Kauffman, Sharon Krapfl, Ioana Mamali, Stormy Mochal, Teri Mozena, Cynthia Nelms-Byrne, Tim Olson, Abigail Robertson, Elizabeth Robertson, Rich Robertson, Gene Tully, Joan DuBay Tully, and Rosanne Wilgenbush.

The Library’s gallery area on the second floor will serve as the exhibition space.

Guests are encouraged to enter the library through the library’s historic front doors. For more information, call the Carnegie-Stout Public Library at 5894225, option 7.

BOB DYLAN SOULED OUT WHEN HE WENT ELECTRIC -- HAHA! GET IT?

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Art After Hours invites lovers of art or at least a good party to join them at the Dubuque Museum of Art for a “summer social under the stars.”

Scheduled for Saturday, June 2, from 7 - 9:30 p.m., Cosmic Soular Blast is inspired by The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, a series of color lithographs by Salvador Dali, now in the permanent collection of the museum. Being an early June event, the print representing the sign Gemini will be the signature artwork for the occasion.

The festivities will include a variety of delicious hors d’oeuvres by DaVinci’s Ristorante and beers by Kirchhoff Distributing. In keeping with the cosmic theme, fortunetellers will be on hand to predict guests’ futures with tarot cards and palmreadings. It will be a night of “magic and fun of cosmic proportion.” Dubuque Bank & Trust is a cash sponsor.

Tickets for the event are $10 for Museum members and $20 for non-members. For more information, visit www.dbqart. com, or call the DMA at 563-557-1851.

(Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Gemini from The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, 59/250 1967 Color lithograph on Arches paper, 28.5 x 20.25 inches.

Gift of Bob & Barbara Woodward, 2006.3.10)

Fly-By-Night Productions Presents:

“A Perfect Ganesh” - Bijou Room June 1, 2, 8 & 9, 8 P.M. June 3 & 10, 2 P.M.

Xtreme Dance Presents:

Dance to the Xtreme

June 9, 2007 - Five Flags Theater

Mainstream Mixed Martial Arts Saturday, July 14 Tickets on Sale June 8, 10 a.m.

MURRAY HEAD WAS IN JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK!

11 MAY 31 - JUNE 13

Nanci Griffith / The Roaches • Iowa Arts Festival, Iowa City, IA• Friday, June 1 Gwen Stefani • Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN • Tuesday, June 5 Billy Joe Royal/The Buckinghams • IA St. Fairgrounds, Des Moines • Friday, June 8 Randy Travis• Port of Dubuque • Friday, June 8 The Doobie Brothers• Port of Dubuque • Saturday, June 9 The Fray • Target Center, Minneapolis, MN • Monday, June 11 Wilco • Adler Theater, Davenport, IA • Wednesday, June 13 John Mayer/Ben Folds • Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines• Monday, June 16 Tool • U.S. Cellular Center, Cedar Rapids, IA • Tuesday, June 19 Martina McBride • McLeod Center, Cedar Falls, IA • Thursday, June 21 Blue Oyster Cult • Warerworks Park, Des Moines• Saturday, June 23 Love him or hate him, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s various works of musical theatre have become some of the most popular and beloved shows in theatrical history.

His works with Tim Rice, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, have become legendary, right alongside Webber’s Cats and The Phantom of the Opera in terms of popularity. And now the Grand Opera House is set to stage a production of Jesus Christ Superstar.

few weeks of Jesus’ life, as Judas begins to have doubts over Jesus’ leadership. The show was controversial for a long time, actually, as it presented Judas Iscariot as a deeply conflicted character. Many iconic theatrical moments have come from this musical, such as the hit song “I Don’t Know How to Love Him,” the depiction of the Last Supper, and the showstopping closing number of “Superstar.”

Did you know this show once had Alice Cooper performing as King Herod? No joke.

In the hideously unlikely event that you’ve not heard of this musical, here’s a quick breakdown: In rock opera form, the show revolves around the political and personal problems of Jesus, Judas Iscariot, the apostles and just about everyone else who had a hand in those biblical events. It goes over the last

Jesus Christ Superstar will be shown by the Grand from June 28 - July 1, and July 6 - 8, 11, 13 - 15, 18, 20 - 22, 25, and 27 - 28. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. on weekdays, 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $17, and they are available at the Grand Opera House box office.

Firehouse/Warrant • Hawkeye Downs, Cedar Rapids, IA • Saturday, June 23 Finger Eleven • U.S. Cellular Center, Cedar Rapids, IA • Tuesday, June 26 Summerfest (Lineup: Foreigner, Dicky Betts, Def Leppard, Styx, OK Go, The Fray, George Thorogood, Goo Goo Dolls, Roger Watters, Heart, The Family Stone, The Wailers, Ben Folds, John Mayer, Weird Al, Buddy Guy, Rendy Travis, Asia, Los Lonely Boys, Bon Jovi, B.B. King, Peter Frampton, Toby Keith, Blue October & more) • Milwaukee, WI • Thursday, June 28 - July 8 Roger Waters • Qwest Center Omaha, NE • Friday, June 29 38 Special • Freedom Festival, Cedar Rapids, IA • Sarurday, June 30 Warrant, Seven Mary Three, The Nadas • Watrerworks Park, Des Moines IA • Sarurday, June 30 Gordon Lightfoot • Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids, IA • Sarurday, June 30 Wierd Al Yankovic • Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids, IA • Synday, July 1 Alison Krauss & Union Station • U.S. Cellular Center, Cedar Rapids, IA• Friday, July 13 Rib America Festival (Buddy Guy, Marcia Ball, 38 Special, Blackfoot, Molly Hatchet, The Jimmy Van Zant Band, Blues Traveller, The Nadas Event Center Parking Lot, Des Moines, IA • Friday-Sarurday-Sunday, July 13, 14, 15 Monty Python’s Spamalot • Des Moines Civic Center • Saturday, July 21 SHeDAISY• Dubuque Country Fairgrounds• Friday, July 27 Keith Urban/The Wreckers • The Mark, Moline, IL • Friday, July 27 Rush • Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI • Thursday, September 6th Rush • First Midwest Bank Amphitheater Chicago, IL • Saturday, September 8th Powerman 5000 • The Pearl Room, Mokena, IL • Saturday, September 15 Gordon Lightfoot • Weill Center, Sheboygan, WI • Thursday, September 20 Steve Vai • House of Blues, Chicago, IL • Friday, September 21 REO Speedwagon • The Meadows, Altoona, IA • Friday, October 5 Genesis • United Center, Chicago, IL • Tuesday, Oct. 2 / Wed., Oct. 3

THE PINES ARE NOT FULL OF SAP. THEY ROCK!

12 MAY 31 - JUNE 13 to the record, the duo enlisted the help of a variety of notable Minneapolis players, including bassist Chris Morrissey, who has worked with Mason Jennings and Andrew Bird, drummer J.T. Bates, who has worked with Michael Porter and John Gorka, singer JoAnna James, and members of the Spaghetti Western String Co., not to mention keyboards by Alex Ramsey, Benson’s brother.

The Pines - Sparrows in the Bell CD release, Saturday, June 9 The Busted Lift

by Mike Ironside Minneapolis-based duo The Pines returns to the Busted Lift Saturday, June 9, for a performance celebrating the local release of their new CD, Sparrows in the Bell. Set for an official release date of June 12 on the Red House Records label, the Busted Lift show will give local fans an opportunity to get an advance copy of the new CD. For those unfamiliar with the group, The Pines are made up of Iowa natives David Huckfelt and Benson Ramsey. While the two were casual acquaintances in Iowa City, it wasn’t until they found each other living in Tucson, Arizona, that they began playing together. In fact, the duo performed their first show in a Phoenix blues bar within a week of meeting. The collaboration clicked and the pair moved back to the Midwest to be involved in a more vibrant music scene and to take advantage of a network of friends and family.

Ramsey is of course son of legendary performer and producer Bo Ramsey.

Benson’s famous father played on The Pines’ first self-titled release on David Zollo’s Trailer Records (along with Zollo and Dave Moore) and acted as executive producer of the new record. Now based in Minneapolis, The Pines recorded Sparrows in the Bell in just four days last October. In addition to coproduction duties, Bo contributes guitar on four songs. Not the only contributor

Despite the ensemble approach to recording, the arrangements and production still focus on the intimate vocals and spare sound of the duo. Sparrows in the Bell is a quiet record with simple, open arrangements that allow the songs to take center stage. The Pines have learned well Bo Ramsey’s light-handed, minimal approach to recording.

The rhythm section takes a back seat to the vocals, even on more up-tempo numbers. The lead guitar waits for the opportunity to drop a few well-placed notes between the line breaks allowing them to shimmer and fade into the landscape of the arrangement.

The entire record evokes a feeling of wideopen spaces – Midwestern or Western landscapes, maybe. I can envision this CD as a great companion on a long cross-country journey, especially during those times – maybe driving west toward a setting sun or late at night traveling through the dark that suggest a more contemplative mood than the usual “road-trip mix.” The point at which the horizon seems to beckon with new opportunity and each new turn in the road opens new possibilities. With the release of Sparrows in the Bell, the road on which The Pines will be traveling is about to get a whole lot more interesting.

Tuesdays

‘Round Midnight Jazz w/ Bill Encke - Isabella’s, 9 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Pub Quiz - The Busted Lift, 8 p.m. First 3 Tuesdays of the month.

Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Karaoke - Borderline, One Flight Up, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

DJ Music - Double J DJ’s, Rooster’s, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Wednesdays

Open Mic - Hosted by the Dert Tones, The Busted Lift, 9 p.m. - 1a.m.

Mississippi Band Duo - Galleria Lounge, Fountain Park, 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Live on Main Comedy - 2 great standups, Bricktown, 9 p.m. - 11 p.m.

3100 Club Comedy - Midway Hotel, Bricktown, 9 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Cigar Club, Bartinis, 7 p.m. - 11 p.m.

The Wundo Band - Pizzeria Uno Annex, Platteville, WI, 9 p.m. - 12 a.m.

WJOD Wild West Wed - (Country Dancing), Fairgrounds, 7 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Karaoke - Becky McMahon, Denny’s Lux Club 8:30 p.m. -12:30 a.m.

Karaoke - Borderline, Bricktown, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

Thursdays

Live Music - Robbie Bahr & Laura McDonald, Gobbies, Galena, 9 p.m. -1 a.m.

Y-105 Party Zone - Dbq Co. Fairgrounds, 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Open Mic - Grape Harbor, 8 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Open Mic Showcase, Isabella’s 8 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Karaoke - Rocco - Riverboat Lounge, 8:30 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Karaoke - Becky McMahon, Ground Round, 9 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Karaoke - Flyin’ Hawaiian, Shannon’s Bar, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Karaoke - C-Sharp, A&B Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Karaoke - Soundwave, Bulldog Billiards, 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

DJ Music - DJ Brian Imbus, Jumpers, 8:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.

DJ Music - Double J DJ’s, Rooster’s, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Fridays

Live Comedy - Arthur House Restaurant, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Firewood Friday (3rd Friday’s) - Isabella’s Bar at the Ryan House, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Live Music - Leonardo Roldan/Romeo Bautista, Los Aztecas, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Karaoke - Riverboat Lounge, 8:30 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Karaoke - Flyin’ Hawaiian, Sublime, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Karaoke - C-Sharp, A&B Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Karaoke - C-N-T Entertainment, T.J’s Bent Prop, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

Karaoke - Brian Leib’s Essential Entertainment, Aragon Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.

DJ Music - Main Event DJ, Gin Rickeys, 8:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

DJ Music - Sound Ideas DJ, Timmerman’s Supper Club, 8 p.m.-12 a.m.

DJ Music - DJ Brian Imbus, Jumpers, 8:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.

DJ Music - Karaoke w/DJ 007, Riverboat Lounge, 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Saturdays

Live Comedy - Arthur House Restaurant, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Live Music - Leonardo Roldan/Romeo Bautista, Los Aztecas, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Bluff Street Live Open Mic, Mississippi Mug, 8 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Karaoke - Riverboat Lounge, 8:30 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Karaoke - C-Sharp, A&B Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Karaoke - Flyin Hawaiian, George & Dales, (East Dub.) 9p.m. - 1 a.m.

Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

Karaoke - Starburst Karaoke, w/Dave Winders, Instant Replay, 9 p.m.-1a.m.

DJ Music - Main Event DJ, Gin Rickeys, 8:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

DJ Music - Sound Ideas DJ, Timmerman’s Supper Club, 8 p.m.-12 a.m.

Sundays

Karaoke - Flyin’ Hawaiian, Knicker’s Saloon, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Karaoke - Phoenix Entertainment, The Hangout (East Dub.), 9 p.m. - 3 a.m.

ISN’T THAT THE DUDE FROM BARTINIS?

13 MAY 31 - JUNE 13

Petrella at the Mug:

The 2007 Coffee House Benefit Tour Okay, so get this image into your mind: Tina Turner ... singing Americana tunes. Let’s get over the shock and accept that this can be a reality. Or something close to it, as Petrella, the First Lady of Country Soul, makes an appearance at the Mississippi Mug on Saturday, June 16, from 3 - 5 p.m.

Who’s Petrella, you ask? She’s the first female African-American country music artist in the United States, releasing her first album, Countryversial, in 1993. Her music blends soul, gospel and roots stylings together, with a catchy, upbeat flavor. I’m

Mixed martial arts, or MMA, which has made a remarkable rise in popularity since the inception of the Ultimate Fighting Championships in 1993, is an interesting sport. Its roots are in the idea of pitting totally different fighting styles and martial arts against each other in a competition with as few rules as possible, for the purpose of finding out which style of fighting is a better and more effective one. MMA competitions have actually reached the point where they are some of the best-selling pay-per-view programs on television. And now MMA comes to Dubuque.

On Saturday, July 14, Mainstream MMA will present a competition event at the Five Flags Center. With an impressive card promised by promoter Bryan Bresler, including a bout for Mainstream’s middleweight championship, this event promises to be an exciting one, with some of the best fighters in the Midwest showing off their talents. Tickets go on sale on Saturday, June 8, at 10 a.m. For more in-

listening to a tune on her Web site right now, actually, titled “San Antonio Stroll,” and I’m finding myself tapping my feet along. Her very first single, in fact, hit #52 on the Top 100 Country singles charts.

She now has six albums to her credit, the most recent being 100 Proof Woman, released in February of this year. In addition to her music, Petrella, who hails from Hot Springs, Arkansas, devotes a great deal of time performing at and volunteering for charitable institutions, and that’s what brings her to Dubuque. In 1996, she founded the Dreams of the Heartland Foundation, a 501(c)(3) foundation that donates money to charities, including the Lupus Foundation, Habitat for Humanity and the Literacy Council. This year, Petrella’s foundation is building a scholarship fund, ensuring that as many kids as possible have the opportunity for education.

Proceeds from Petrella’s 2007 Coffee House Benefit tour and from CD sales throughout the tour will go directly to the scholarship fund ... so by going to Petrella’s show at the Mug, from 3 - 5 p.m., you can make a difference in someone’s life. Admission is free. For more information, call 319-373-6244, or visit the Web site at www.countryversial.com. And yes, she really does sound like Tina Turner.

formation, check out Mainstream’s Web site at www.mainstreammma.tv, and stay tuned to future issues of 365ink for more coverage on the upcoming competition.

MMA Fighter Andy Sanders hails from right here in Dubuque, Iowa.

NO, THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR JAZZERCISE

14 MAY 31 - JUNE 13

thus far, plus a career-spanning compilation disc. The Salsa Band is always guaranteed to put on a stellar show. There’s a reason they keep getting invited back.

And what would a festival be like without food and beverages? This year, Jazz will feature culinary offerings from the Athenian Grill (mmm ... gyros), Bricktown, Carlos O’Kelly’s, Cold Stone, Fat Tuesday’s, House of China, Jan’s Grate Shop, Sugar Ray’s Barbecue, Salsa’s, the Tater Booth and more. And the Dubuque Jaycees will be pouring delicious Budweiser and Pepsi products. Taste that Beechwood aging.

Jazz is back!

Man, summers in Dubuque just rock.

Where else would you have festivals coming out your ying-yang almost every week, showcasing some supremely entertaining live music, terrific food offerings and thousands of your friends? (Everyone at a festival is your friend. Even if you don’t like them.) And one of the best summer festivals is about to kick off yet again. That’s right, it’s time for yet another season of Dubuque ... And All That Jazz!

Now in its 16th season, Jazz is presented

by Dubuque Main Street on the third Friday of June, July and August, and the first Friday in September. This year, Jazz kicks off with a concert from perennial favorites Orquesta Alto Maiz, better known as “The Salsa Band.” As you might expect from the name, The Salsa Band specializes in a unique blend of salsa and Latin jazz, performing internationally since 1986 and playing not only Latin jazz standards by people like Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Eddie Palmieri and more, but a wide variety of original compositions as well. The band has released seven albums

Upcoming Jazz dates include The Business, a Latin fusion band from Chicago, on Friday, July 20; C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band on Friday, August 17; and Baaro will close out the Jazz season on Friday, September 7. Admission to Dubuque ... And All That Jazz! is free, has always been free and will always be free. Music begins around 5 p.m. under the town clock, and it’ll go until around 9 p.m. For more information, contact Dubuque Main Street at 563-588-4400.

And we’ll see you at the clock!

Look for the 365 cameras... and smile pretty!

GET THE ENCHORIZADAS AT SALSA’S... AND THE CHEESE DIP... YUMMY!

15 MAY 31 - JUNE 13

Thursday, May 31

Saturday, June 2

Thursday, June 7

James Kinds & the All-Night Riders Da Vinci’s, 9 PM - 1 AM

Julien’s Bluff TJ’s Bent Prop, 2 - 4 PM

Open Mic Night Grape Harbor, 7:30 - 11:30 PM

The Legends 3100 Club, Midway Hotel, 8 PM - 12 AM

Live Riverwalk Music Grand Harbor, 5:30 - 9:30 PM

Bill Lester & The Thieves Captain Merry, 6 PM - 9 PM Open Mic Night Grape Harbor, 7:30 - 11:30 PM Big Muddy Grand Harbor Resort, 5:30 - 9:30 PM John Moran Captain Merry, 6 PM - 9 PM Tony Walker Gin Rickeys, 9 PM - 1 AM

Mixed Emotions DBQ Driving Range, 8 PM - 12 AM Julien’s Bluff Dog House Lounge, 9 PM - 1 AM

Friday, June 8

Artie & The Pink Catillacs Softtails, 9 PM - 1 AM

365 Lunchtime Jam Town Clock, 11:30 AM - 1 PM

Mr. Obvious Doolittle’s, Lancaster WI, 10 PM - 2 AM

LoCash Cowboys America’s River Festival, 7 - 8:30 PM

Friday, June 1

Scarlet Runner Knicker’s Saloon, 9 PM - 1 AM

365 Lunchtime Jam Town Clock, 11:30 AM - 1 PM

Scarlett Runner Knickers Saloon, 9 PM - 1 AM

LiviN’ Large The Yardarm, 8 PM - 12 AM

Nick Sticka Grape Harbor, 8 PM - 11 PM Tracey Beck Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM

Sunday, June 3

Michael Coleman & the Backbreakers Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM Mississippi Band Murph’s South End Tap, 9 PM - 1 AM Okham’s Razor Perfect Pint, P-Ville, 8 - 11 PM The Derby Kings Grape Harbor, 8 PM - 12 AM Corey Jenny Red N Deb’s, 9 PM - 1 AM Jamie Register & the Glendales Isabella’s, 8 PM - 1 AM Mixed Emotions Sandy Hook Tavern, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM 50 Pound Rooster Downtown Friday Nite, Dyersville, 6-9 PM

Tim Seely’s Funeral Music Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM

WM3 Benefit Black Cobra, Orthus, Bull Dyke Rodeo, Apathy Blue Busted Lift, 5 - 9 PM Apple Dumplin’s New Diggings, 2 - 6 PM Chuck Bregman Anton’s Saloon, 3 - 9 PM Mighty Short Bus New Diggings, 7 - 11 PM

Wednesday, June 6 The Dert Tones Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM The Wundo Band Pizzeria Uno, 8 PM - 12 AM Gypsy Dave & the Stump Runners Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM

Saturday, June 9

Wicked Liz & the Bellyswirls w/ Superfly Samaurai - Jumpers, 9:30 PM Justin Morrissey Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM The Pines Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM Santa Fe New Diggings, 9 PM - 1 AM Strangers with Candy Softtails Saloon, 9 PM - 1 AM Wicked Liz & the Bellyswirls Jumpers, 9 PM - 1:30 AM

Sunday, June 10 Randy Travis Am. River Festival, 9 - 10:30 PM

Ralph Kluseman & Friends New Diggings, 3:30 - 7:30 PM

Chris Avey Trio Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM

Upper Main Street Jazz Band Am. River Festival, 12 - 2 PM

Bug Muddy Murph’s South End, 9 PM - 1 AM

Catch III Am. River Festival, 2:30 - 4:30 PM

Denny Garcia Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM John Statz Grape Harbor, 9 PM - 12 AM DRILL Red N Deb’s, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM Mixed Emotions Dagwoods, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM

Saturday, June 9 Doobie Brothers Am. River Festival, 8:30 - 10 PM L.O.C. (Left of Center) Yardarm, 8 PM - 12 AM

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The Rick Tittle Band Am. River Festival, 5 - 7 PM Tony Walker Sandy Hook Tavern, 8 PM - 12 AM

Wednesday, June 13 Dert Tones Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM The Wundo Band Pizzeria Uno, 8 PM - 12 AM Dubuque Area Writers Guild Isabella’s, 7 - 9 PM

Thursday, June 14 Open Mic Night Grape Harbor, 7:30 - 11:30 PM Live Riverwalk Music Grand Harbor, 5:30 - 9:30 PM

Friday, June 15

Wednesday, June 20

Friday, June 22

365 Lunchtime Jam Town Clock, 11:30 AM - 1 PM

Zero 2 Sixty Courtside, 6 - 10 PM

Ken Wheaton Grape Harbor, 9 PM - 12 AM

Dert Tones Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM

Saturday, June 23

The Wundo Band Pizzeria Uno, 8 PM - 12 AM

Richter Scale DBQ Driving Range, 8 PM - 12 AM

Thursday, June 21

Artie & the Pink Catillacs 3100 Club/Midway Hotel, 8 PM -12 AM

Live Riverwalk Music Grand Harbor, 5:30 - 9:30 PM

Zero 2 Sixty New Diggings, 9 PM - 1 AM

Open Mic Night Grape Harbor, 7:30 - 11:30 PM

Okham’s Razor Grape Harbor, 9 PM - 12 AM

Betty & the Headlights Catfish Festival, 7:30 - 9 PM

Horsin’ Around Band Dirty Ernie’s, 9 PM - 1 AM

Okham’s Razor Music in the Park, P-ville, 7 - 8:30 PM

Rocket Surgeons Busted Lift, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM

Tracy Beck Grape Harbor, 9 PM - 12 AM

Friday, June 22

DRILL Sublime, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM

DRILL Sandy Hook Tavern, 10 PM - 2 AM

365 Lunchtime Jam Town Clock, 11:30 AM - 1 PM

Dubuque...And All That Jazz! feat. The Salsa Band Town Clock, 5 - 9 PM Firewood Revival Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM Dert Tones Murph’s South End Tap, 9 PM - 1 AM

Saturday, June 16 Petrella Mississippi Mug, 3 - 5 PM Dave Zollo Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM Live Riverwalk Music Grand Harbor, 5:30 - 9:30 PM Blue Willow Potter’s Mill, 8 PM - 12 AM No River City Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM L.O.C. (Left of Center) Kalmes’ Breaktime, 8 PM - 12 AM Cosmo Billy New Diggings, 9 PM - 1 AM Doug & Lisa Frey Grape Harbor, 9 PM - 12 AM Strangers with Candy Gobbie’s, 9 PM - 1 AM Jabberbox Dirty Ernie’s, 9 PM - 1 AM

Sunday, June 17 Lord Weird Slough Feg, The Tanks, Grainbelt Busted Lift, 5 - 9 PM Julien’s Bluff Anton’s Saloon, 3 - 7 PM Tony Walker Yardarm, 3 - 7 PM Cosmo Billy New Diggings, 3:30 - 7 PM

Joe Price Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM James Kinds & the All-Night Riders Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM

We’re Late And Smell Like Beer Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM BUDWEISER NIGHTLIFE BY PHONE

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MOVIES ARE A DISH THAT IS BEST SERVED COLD ... IT IS VERY COLD IN THEATERS

18 MAY 31 - JUNE 13

w w w. r o t t e n t o m a t o e s . c o m OPENING DURING THIS ISSUE Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

A Film by Gore Verbinski (Pirates I and II, The Ring) Darkness has fallen as Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander) has gained control of the seas after attaining the heart of Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) at the end of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. With the power of the British fleet at his disposal and the Flying Dutchman leading the charge, Beckett and the East India Trading Company (EITC) have begun systematically hunting down and killing all pirates, any known associates of pirates and anyone who has ever thought of associating with a pirate. The fleet is now led by Admiral Norrington (Jack Davenport), who attained his lofty position by being the man who brought the heart to Beckett in the first place. In order to counter the EITC, Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) seek to assemble the nine Lords of the Brethren Court with the hopes that as a collective, the world of pirates can defeat the armada. Ironically, that is what Beckett is hoping for. Unfortunately, one of the lords is missing: Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp). To get Jack back, they must travel to World’s End and Davy Jones’ locker. Once rescued, can Captain Jack, Elizabeth, Captain Barbossa, Will, Tia Dalma (Naomie Harris) and the rest of the pirates stop Beckett and Jones? Will freeing the sea goddess Calypso help? Only time will tell as allegiances are formed and the ultimate battle approaches.

Following on the heels of two hugely successful predecessors, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End had a lot to live up to. We went into the theater the other night, not knowing if it would succeed or not, especially after some of the poor reviews we read prior to paying our admission fees. Still, and perhaps somewhat as a result of those poor reviews, we left the theater pleasantly surprised. Yes, At World’s End is longer than it needs to be.

Some of the fight sequences do drag on. But all in all, At World’s End is an enjoyable ride, a fitting payoff for the 4-year journey we’ve all taken with Captain Jack and his merry band of pirate misfits. Depp reprises his role as Captain Jack without blinking. Bloom, Knightley and the remainder of the returning cast also keep their characters going strong. The addition of Chow Yun-Fat and cameos by the likes of Depp’s inspiration for Captain Jack, Keith Richards, only add to the fun. The length of the film and the complicated nature of the storyline (which may be difficult for many to follow) are the only two real strikes against the film but they are enough to keep At World’s End from being a Five Kernel film. Still, it is the best of the summer blockbusters so far, besting Spider-Man 3 and Shrek the Third so far.

43% Rotten

Mr. Brooks (6/1) 63% FRESH Earl Brooks, a local business icon and a loving family man, bears a terrifying secret: He is a serial killer. His alter-ego, Marshall, sometimes possesses Mr. Brooks and then goes on a rampant killing spree. A tenacious detective is hot on his trail. Kevin Costner, William Hurt, Demi Moore.

Knocked Up (6/1) 91% FRESH From the writer and director of The 40-YearOld Virgin comes this new comedy about Ben Stone, a typical slob who hooks up with Alison Scott during a night of excessive inebriation. What Ben thought was merely a one-night stand instead turns into a nightmare, as Alison soon discovers that she’s pregnant. The carefree and irresponsible Ben and the driven career girl Alison now make the decision to give dating a try. Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl.

Ocean’s Thirteen (6/8) 83% FRESH Danny Ocean and his gang of thieves now get together for a third heist after original member Reuben (Elliott Gould) goes into business with Vegas villain Willy Banks, and Banks double-crosses him out of the deal.

Ocean and his crew, now including former nemesis Terry Benedict, decide that now it’s time for revenge.

The gang now plots to find a way to bankrupt Banks on the opening night of his brand-new casino. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Al Pacino.

Hostel: Part II (6/8) Buzz: ROTTEN

A sequel to the 2005 horror film Hostel, this film picks up directly after the original film ended. The plot of the film revolves around three young American college students on vacation in Slovakia. The students encounter a handsome young man who tricks them into entering a hostel where the hosts’ definition of a good time is tying people up and torturing, raping and murdering them. Lauren German, Heather Matarazzo.

Surf’s Up (6/8) Buzz: NO BUZZ YET

A CGI mockumentary about the World Surfing Championships, with the shocking revelation that surfing was actually invented by ... wait for it ... penguins. And a young penguin is out to prove his worth on the waves.

What is it with penguins lately? Shia LeBeouf.

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- First he was in, now he’s out, but someone else is in ... Nicolas Cage has dropped out of playing Al Capone in the upcoming The Untouchables: Capone Rising, citing scheduling conflicts. In other casting news, Gerard Butler (300) has been cast as Jimmy Malone, the tough-guy cop played by Sean Connery in the original Untouchables film.

- Hi-ho, Jerry, away! With the Pirates of the Caribbean series now concluded, writers Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio are looking to re-team with producer Jerry Bruckheier on a contemporary film revamp of the classic Western The Lone Ranger. The character, with roots in radio, film and television serials, galloped across the Old West with his Native American sidekick Tonto, and his trusty horse, Silver.

- Matt Damon has confirmed that the upcoming The Bourne Ultimatum will be the end of the road for Jason Bourne, at least as played by Damon.

Already reluctant to appear in this film, Damon has decided that if the producers want to make a fourth film, they’ll have to find a new actor to play the rogue agent. He did, however, leave open the possibility for another sequel in the Ocean’s franchise.

- David Guggenheim, director of An Inconvenient Truth, has told the press that he is in discussions with Paramount Pictures for a sequel to the Oscar-winning documentary on global warming. The original film was produced quickly, coming together in only five short months, so it’s entirely possible that this new film could be in theaters by the time next year’s election cycle begins.

- Warner Bros. is moving forward with Masters of the Universe, a live-action film adaptation of the 1980s cartoon and toy line, featuring the mighty warrior He-Man in his battles against the ferocious hordes of the evil Skeletor.

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I THINK TOO MUCH JITTERZ MIGHT GIVE ME A FEW JITTERS

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Jitterz Shakin’ Things Up on Upper Main

by Mike Ironside The progress of Gronen Restoration in the Upper Main neighborhood continues with the recent opening of Jitterz, a coffee shop and restaurant at 1073 Main Street.

Located between the new Dubuque Main Street office and the reopened Salsa’s Mexican restaurant, Jitterz offers not only a great place to get a coffee but another “jolt” of progress in the evolving neighborhood.

As with the other buildings Gronen Properties has rehabbed on the 1000 block of Main, the Jitterz shop sports a restored historically accurate storefront that opens into a warm and comfortable space.

The eclectic décor and cozy tables fit well in the historic shop. The antique pine floor was refinished but still shows its history in the wear marks that display the character of the space. Paintings by Platteville artist Cindy Schave currently decorate the walls.

Co-owners Linda and Robert Metzger based the new café on their highly successful Badger Brothers Coffee Shop in Platteville, Wisconsin. Using the same beans, Jitterz of-

fers a full line of coffee and espressobased drinks (lattes, cappuccinos, and all their variations), as well as iced coffee drinks.

In fact, Badger Brothers imports its own single-origin, premium-grade arabica beans (meaning non-blended varietals, many of them fair-trade and some organic), roasting them in small batches in the Platteville shop to create their own signature blends.

Most blends are roasted to a degree that ranges from a typical Viennese blend to a slightly more robust espresso roast to maintain maximum flavor with a minimum of bitter-tasting carbon components produced by so-called “extreme roasting.”

More than you needed to know? As the resident 365er who regularly downs the most coffee in the office, I can tell you all you really need to know is that Jitterz makes one very tasty brew.

For those not in need of the high-octane boost that coffee provides, they also carry loose-leaf teas and Italian sodas. Need something to nibble on to go with your beverage of choice? Jitterz has cookies, scones, and biscotti, all fresh-baked on site, or a selection of premium ice creams. For those looking for more substantial sustenance, the café has a menu of pita and grilled panini sandwiches. Thehours are 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Monday - Friday, and 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday (closed Sunday). And it’s a wireless hot-spot!

Get your own jump on Jitterz at 1073 Main Street in Dubuque. For more info, call 563-5573838.

O BEAUTIFUL, FOR FESTIVALS, FOR DUBUQUE AND ALL THAT JAZZ

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Let’s Keep Dubuque Clean and Beautiful…

by Mayor Roy D. Buol Youth mimic their role models … in action and in words. For our youth, our civic pride, our environment, and for the respect we will instill in the million tourists who will visit our community this year, let’s get busy finding ways to keep our city clean and beautiful! Volunteer campaigns against litter are being spurred across the country. Let’s begin with some basic education about litter… facts that can be shared with our neighbors, our children, our students, our friends. Education spurs understanding … understanding spurs action!

and waterways, and impacts real estate values. Litter can kill aquatic life and decrease oxygen levels when it decays in water. Most litter can be recycled, which not only protects the environment but saves our natural resources.

Are cigarette butts really litter?

There is much misinformation about cigarette butt litter … including the myth that cigarette filters are biodegradable. Fact: the acetate filters can take many years to decompose. Wind and rain carry cigarettes into the water supply, where the toxic chemicals the filter was designed to trap leak out into aquatic ecosystems, threatening water quality and marine life. Cigarette butts may seem small, but with several trillion butts littered every year they are the number one source of litter in counties across the nation. Dubuque is not an ashtray!

As individual citizens…

The Colts march down the clean streets of downtown Dubuque during the Memorial Day Parade on May 28th.

What is litter? Litter is the most visible sign of pollution. It is anything that is left where it is not meant to be. Litter is unsightly and dangerous. It can cause injury to people and wildlife. It encourages pest animals as well as the spread of germs and disease.

Why do people litter? People who litter feel no sense of ownership or pride for the community. They believe someone else will remove it or they are too lazy to dispose of the item(s) properly. When a site is already littered, those who litter feel adding to it is “no big deal.”

How does litter impact our environment? Litter may not be the most dramatic of the many problems that threaten the quality of our environment, but it is a problem that affects everyone in our community. Litter creates ugliness in public places, including streets, parks

• Make sure trash is securely placed in the proper receptacle.

This means putting cigarette butts in an ashtray, securing paper and other items so that they don’t blow out of vehicles and properly sealing garbage containers.

• Recycle materials to save landfill space, energy and natural resources.

Most litter is recyclable!

• When you see litter, pick it up and throw it away … don’t just step over it.

Set an example, encourage your family and friends to do the same.

• Carry a litterbag in your vehicle or on your bicycle.

• Volunteer for community-wide and / or neighborhood cleanups!

A “litter-free” Dubuque will increase property values and attract tourists and business. A citywide volunteer effort can create more vibrant business corridors, safer neighborhoods and a cleaner and healthier environment. Let’s showcase our community pride as we welcome visitors to Dubuque, our Masterpiece on the Mississippi!

The greater Platteville Community is invited to the official kick-off on June 13, 2007 of My Community, My Vision. The future-planning event will be held at the Governor Dodge Convention Center in Platteville at from 6:30 until 7:30 PM. Desserts and Refreshments will be provided. Join us and become an active part of our community’s future!

My Community ~ My Vision has the support of the Platteville Area Chamber of Commerce, The Platteville Main Street Program, The Platteville Area Industrial Development Corporation, The City of Platteville, The Platteville Business Inkubator, The University of Wisconsin – Platteville, Building Platteville and the Platteville United We Prosper Board.

HAVEN’T BEEN BACK TO THE CASINO SINCE PUSHING ON 3 CONSECUTIVE 21’S

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What’s Your Story?

A new face at the Diamond Jo: Todd Moyer, new General Manager

by Tim Brechlin The casino is a one-of-a-kind place.

You’ve got this bright, excited atmosphere, with the bright lights, the cheery sounds of the slot machines and the friendly staff. You’ve got the strange dichotomy of someone hitting the jackpot at the slots just as another player sees that the dealer has a 21 to his 20. Pit bosses are patrolling, ensuring that law and order are maintained. It’s all a process, a tightly controlled process, and it’s unlike any other. Dubuque has a fine showing in this industry, with both the Dubuque Greyhound Park & Casino and the Diamond Jo Casino being excellent destinations for entertainment.

And just as the Diamond Jo is preparing to undertake a massive expansion, a new general manager has come to town, and his name is Todd Moyer.

the front doors, and hand them out to guests: “Welcome to the Trump Taj Mahal, would you like to enter a contest to win this Rolls Royce?” And after working that position, Todd was then moved to the promotions booth.

“It definitely wasn’t the most glamorous job in the world, but I wouldn’t change those experiences for anything,” Todd says. “I learned the process of marketing.

After a while, I realized what all of this was doing: We were a brand-new casino. By handing out those cards, we were developing a client list and learning their habits. I learned about customer expec-

After some time in that position, Todd was called into the management offices, and he thought he might be getting a promotion. He was given a stack of cards, and then told that his new job was to stand by a car a little bit inside

held until coming here to Dubuque.

So how does one go from being a big cheese in Atlantic City to becoming the head cheese in Dubuque, Iowa? “Jonathan Swain, the CEO of Peninsula Gaming (the parent corporation of the Diamond Jo), called me up one day and said there was going to be an opening at the Diamond Jo, and he was wondering if I might be interested in the position. So I made a couple of trips to Dubuque, and I just fell in love with the city.” (A lot of people seem to say that; have you noticed?)

Todd is quick to tell me why he fell in love with our home. “I work a lot, and I take a lot of joy in my job, but my family comes before anything else,” he says, proudly speaking of his 6-year-old daughter and 3-year-old boy / girl twins.

“And Dubuque, with all of the attractions in the area like the River Museum and the fantastic school system, was just a perfect fit for us.”

So the deal was done, and Todd Moyer became the new general manager of the Diamond Jo Casino. And he hit the ground running, considering the casino plans to break ground soon on its new facility. “I held a meeting with the entire staff of the casino, and I basically had one big point to make: The new Diamond Jo doesn’t begin when our new building opens up. The new Diamond Jo opens today.”

I arrived at the Diamond Jo and was told that Todd’s office was upstairs in the Portside Building.

I wandered around, aimlessly, before a stranger walked up to me: “Tim? I’m Todd Moyer. The offices are tucked away back here in the corner ... less conspicuous that way.”

We sat down at his desk, and immediately Todd launched into a truly funny story about his start in the casino business. “My first job in the gaming business was at Donald Trump’s Taj Mahal in Atlantic City in 1989,” he says, and suddenly I understand the roots of his pronounced Jersey accent. “I was on the opening team out there, I think we were a group of something like 8,000 employees. I was hired as a consumer marketing coordinator, which I thought was going to put me in a role of something like handling marketing campaigns for the casino, something along those lines. My first day, they sent me down to wardrobe, they gave me a tuxedo, and my job was to stand at the front door and say, ‘Welcome to the Trump Taj Mahal.’” Kind of an inauspicious start in the business, one might say.

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tations, learning very quickly that if the customer expects something that you are in no way able to provide, they won’t be coming back.”

Todd worked his way up through the hierarchy at the Taj Mahal, and then moved to the Tropicana in Atlantic City before he was transferred to the Tropicana in the hedonism capital of the world, Las Vegas. From there, he then took a position at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas as the vice president of marketing. He returned to the Trump fold, assuming the title of senior vice president of marketing at the Trump Marina Atlantic City, a position he

He likes what he sees.

“There’s a significant parallel between the best establishments in Atlantic City and Las Vegas and what’s going on here at the Diamond Jo,” he says. “There are a great number of long-term employees, and there’s just a team atmosphere all over the place. And the customers are with us; they take such an active role in the casino and really feel like they’re part of it. I had a dinner with around 120 of our Triple Platinum Diamond Club members, and they were all saying things to me like, ‘We’re all so excited for the new building.’ They always talk about ‘we,’ like they’re with the team, and they are. They’re not saying, ‘We’ll be back when the new building opens up,’ they’re saying, ‘We’ll be with you the entire way.’ And that’s exciting.”

That’s exciting, as is the expansion of the Jo. As you may recall, the Diamond Jo is donating the boat and the Portside Build-

ing to the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, and is constructing a $55 million, 35,000-square-foot casino complex at the corner of East 3rd and Bell Streets. “This expansion is all about driving a better product and delivering an even better gaming experience in Dubuque,” says Todd. “It’s about creating an entertainment destination here in the Port of Dubuque. And it’s really exciting to be part of all the development in this area. I like to be part of the community.”

I get that sense, as Todd’s words indicate that interacting with people is an essential part of his lifestyle. “It truly is,” he says. “The relationships you make in life are just so intriguing and unique, every one of them. And at the end of the day, I work for the people. And in this business, there’s a triangle of relationships, between the customer, the community and the employees.”

And he lives for his family. “I spend as much time as humanly possible with my wife and kids,” Todd says. “One of my favorite things to do is to be creative and do things with my kids, arts, crafts, anything like that. And anything to get outside, too; I recently coached my daughter’s soccer team.”

Of course, being the general manager of a casino, he had to expect my next question: Is he a player himself? Affirmative. “I really, really get a kick out of live poker, usually Texas Hold ‘em,” he says. “And every now and again, I’ll play blackjack, or craps, or what have you. I love the social aspect of sitting at a table with five total strangers, and talking for the next hour as we play poker.” I immediately challenge him to a Hold ‘em tournament in the future, and we talk more about the gaming industry itself. “I think the casino industry is, today, the only industry that really lets people live the American Dream,” he says. “It’s an industry where you can start as a front-door greeter and wind up as a general manager, or start out as a dealer and become a vice president.

It’s a business that is focused around creating a sense of community. I really, really love it.”

And not only does he love his job, Todd really does feel like he’s found a great home in Dubuque. “We bought a house out in Asbury,” he says, “and it’s just fantastic to be only 15 minutes, at most, from work. It’s been a culture shift, but a really good one. I’ve got people telling me that I need to check out Iowa City, or Cedar Rapids, or that Madison is only an hour and a half away ... but you know what? I haven’t even seen Dubuque yet. I think I’ll take care of that, first.”

THAT’S UTTERLY NUNSENSICAL! OH, THAT’S THE POINT

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Heartland festival update!

Every year now, for seven years going, the University of Wisconsin - Platteville has hosted an annual summer arts festival, dubbed the Heartland Festival.

Through the years of the festival, nearly 23,000 people have gone through the doors — heck, just last year, there were nearly 175 people involved in the various productions (both on-stage and behind the curtain). It’s a great community effort, and it’s really a fantastic thing that the university does. And it’s right upon us now, and there’s been a schedule update that we need to get out to you.

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The 2007 season of the Heartland Festival will now be kicking off on June 15 with the sequel to the smash hit musical Nunsense ... sensibly enough, it’s titled Nunsense II. The show begins approximately six weeks after the first musical, and the same sisters are back on stage at Mt. Saint Helen’s School for a variety show “Thank You” program for their supporters. The show is proceeding nicely until the telephone rings, because the Franciscans are on their way to claim Sister Mary Paul as one of their own.

Those Franciscan bandits.

Following up on June 22 will be Greater Tuna, a comedy about Texas’ third smallest town, where the Lions Club is too liberal (liberals in Texas?) and Patsy Cline never dies (well, she’s just crazy).

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The entire assortment of citizens that make up this town are portrayed by only two performers, depicting each and every member of Tuna -- men, women, children and animals.

The Heartland Festival will also feature performances of the musical Seussical, based on the work of author Dr. Seuss, beginning on June 29, and the Festival will draw to a close in the Brodbeck Concert Hall with the much-loved classic musical The Sound of Music beginning on Friday, July 6.

The Festival will continue its repertory schedule with productions running on a rotating basis through the 29th of July.

Travelers have the option of spending a weekend in Platteville and being able to see four different performances in two days. To accommodate the additional show in the schedule, Tuesday and Sunday evening performances have been added.

Tickets for all performances are on sale now through the University Box Office at 608-342-1298, or the new online Box Office on the Heartland website. For the most up-to-date information, check out the Heartland Web site at www.uwplatt. edu/arts/heartland/.

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MY GPS DIRECTS ME TO THE NEAREST SOFT-SHELL TACO

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Internal GPS If you get lost while driving, what do you do? You grab a map, or better yet, the GPS system to guide you in the right direction. A GPS system does not come standard with every vehicle; lucky for you, every person comes equipped with an internal GPS. This “gut feeling” helps guide your decisions and actions. Your internal GPS is indispensable, still, many people go about their daily lives never connecting to it. It is essential to listen to and trust your internal GPS.

available information. Just because it isn’t always right doesn’t mean you should stop listening to it. Your internal GPS is a great tool to consider when making decisions.

Your body gives you a tremendous amount of useful, intuitive information. That “gut feeling” or “hunch” is one of the most valuable and under used skills in the human tool box. Reconnect with your internal GPS and listen when it tells you something.

Look inside for the solutions and begin producing extraordinary results,

This internal GPS is your very own personal guide. It is intended to help you find solutions that can save you time and create opportunities. It is a “gut feeling” that’s impossible to explain, but you just know. You know something without knowing exactly how you know it. Many people hear the message, yet dismiss it. How often have you felt you were making the wrong decision, but you made it anyway based on logic? Your internal GPS can be difficult to trust since there are no guarantees or tangible evidence. It is easy to ignore and look for answers elsewhere.

You cannot command your internal GPS or use at will. It surfaces spontaneously and taps you on the shoulder. Often, people get scared of their internal GPS because it can lead to major changes and tough choices. Your internal GPS isn’t always right and you should check it with

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Continued from page 4 ston first met drummer John Hartman.

They then joined forces with bass player Dave Shogren and singer / guitarist / songwriter Pat Simmons, featuring a truly unique rock sound. Originally, the group was named ... wait for it ... Pud. Yes, Pud. Johnston’s roommate suggested the name change, and the Doobie Brothers were born. They were signed by Warner Bros. Records in 1970, and while their self-titled debut album fizzled out upon its release, their second album, Toulouse Street, was an unmitigated success.

This was the album that gave us songs like “Listen To The Music” and “Rockin’ Down the Highway.” Dave Shogren was replaced with singer / songwriter / bassist Tiran Porter, Michael Hossack was added to supply additional drums, and Bill Payne became the group’s keyboardist.

From there, the world was the Doobies’ oyster: “Long Train Runnin’,” “Black Water,” “China Grove,” “South City Midnight Lady” and more. “Black Water”

was the Doobies’ first number-one single, in 1974, and its album went multi-platinum.

The group went through many iterations, experiencing varying levels of success throughout the years, and the low point came in 1982, when the group decided to break up, rather than have the Doobie Brothers continue without any of the original members. A farewell tour was scheduled, and all but two of the Doobies’ alumni were on the stage for the final concert in San Francisco for a performance of “Listen to the Music.”

Proving that you can’t keep a good dog down, the Doobies reunited in 1989, releasing the album Cycles, which went gold. Since 1993, the band has been touring constantly, and half of the original four members (Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons) are with the band. Their performance in Dubuque promises to rock the house.

Sunday, June 10, will also feature some great music, this time with a bit of a local flavor. At noon, the Dubuque Upper Main Street Jazz Band will perform at the Eagle Window & Door Tent, followed by Catch III at 2:30 p.m. and the Rick Tittle Band at 5 p.m. Admission to the festival is free, and tickets for the main stage concerts are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Seats are general admission. Tickets for all America’s River Festival concerts are on sale now at all three area Hy-Vee locations, at the Dubuque Chamber of Commerce office, and online at www.traveldubuque.com.

Of course, there’s a lot more to the America’s River Festival than just the awesome music. For example, the Stihl Timbersports Series will be on display all three days of the festival. You’ve almost certainly seen the series, as it’s been on ESPN for 19 years running now. The Timbersports competition involves frenzied lumberjack action: How quickly can you carve a giant redwood with a chainsaw? And the competition during the festival will be taped by ESPN for later broadcast. If you’ve the slightest interest in outdoor activities that involve chainsaws (and we don’t mean Texas massacres), the Timbersports competition should be great.

After making a huge impression at last year’s festival, the Dock Dogs competition will also be returning this year. The competition, which involves dogs jumping as far as they possibly can into a pool of water, will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This is a great family-friendly activity. C’mon, who doesn’t love dogs?

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Also returning again are the hot air balloons. Running both day and night (weather permitting, naturally), these offer festival-goers the opportunity to enjoy an amazing view of the city skyline, the river and the Port of Dubuque. Also, at the end of the concerts at the main stage on Friday and Saturday night (around 10 p.m.), you can bask in the balloon glow, which is really an amazing sight.

that will let attendees test-drive an ATV. It’ll be a bit of a pickle of a course, with a multitude of different obstacles. If you’ve never ridden an ATV before, here’s your chance!

And, of course, no festival would be complete without foodstuffs.

There’ll be some great munchies to chow down on throughout the festival, including offerings from Carlos O’Kelly’s, Cold Stone, Falbo Bros. Pizza, Georgies, the Grand Harbor, Grandma & Grandpa’s Popcorn, Hy-Vee Asbury, Kalmes’, Mainstreet Cheesecakes, Pizza Hut, Sugar Ray’s, Sullivan’s Kettle Corn and the Tater Booth!

Mmm, taters.

Parking will be available downtown in the 4th, 5th and Iowa Street parking ramps,

LT Amusements also returns once more, bringing back some great attractions for the kids: The 29-foot “Catch a Wave” slide, for example, plus a 72-foot obstacle course, a bounce house (where I grew up, we called these moon jumps), an Atlantis slide / bounce house combination, a Gladiator Joust, airbrushed tattoos and a 25-foot mobile rock wall. I can so climb that wall faster than you can.

For those inclined more towards the mobile side of things, Toyota’s traveling NASCAR road show will be at the Festival, featuring the #22 and #44 Camrys and head-to-head race simulators.

And Polaris will b presenting the ATV Challenge, an outdoor closed course

with paid preferred parking available in the port. A trolley shuttle will run from the parking ramps to the festival site from 5 - 11 p.m. on Friday, 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. on Sunday.

Remember, outside of the ridiculously cheap prices for the concerts, admission to America’s River Festival is totally free.

Hope to see you there... smile for the 365 cameras!

JEEZ! GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE CLUTTER

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CLEAR YOUR CLUTTER Women love to shop, as if it were a mystery. Whether it’s a trip across town to grab a few essentials or a road trip to a neighboring city for an all-out shopping spree, the anticipation of coming home with an armload of bags is one of women’s greatest fantasies.

(For you guys hoping it might be something else, sorry.) What we shop for may be non-discriminatory, but what we purchase speaks volumes about our true nature.

Every purchase becomes a justification.

We’re forced to ask: “Do I really need that?” Of course the decisions that fulfill the basic human needs of food, shelter and clothing are relatively easy.

Everything else is fluff: Nice to have but more of a want than need. Yet every non-essential purchase can be justified as attempting to fulfill a need, also.

These purchases that fulfill our desires become needs and the burgeoning closets of our culture seem to say we’re trying to fill something up.

Is less more, or have we all succumbed to the disease to possess objects, many of which no longer serve their original purpose? Although once believing we couldn’t live without a particular something, it shortly thereafter fell from grace and was sadly demoted to the far recesses of our homes where it sits collecting dust waiting to be rediscovered or discarded. Years of relegating objects this way results in a sad collection of a past we may not care to revisit, yet its presence can no longer be ignored.

Literally, this excessive baggage makes home anything other than a respite retreat. And so we set about the overwhelming task of sifting through the remains of our lives and deciding its fate. Keepsake, junk, sentimental reflection or what was I

thinking, they all demand we take notice. Resale shops, the dump or friends and relatives willing to take a few things off your hand create the space to attract, well, more.

But what to do with emotions we no longer need to hold on to? Despair, greed, sadness, all serving their purpose for a moment, a temporary experience, but when and how will we know to let go of these feelings?

Excessive emotional baggage, although more easily disguised, can be just as distressing as a house full of visual clutter and while purging our home and taking our discarded artifacts to a resale shop is an easy drive across town, where do we take our pile of toxic feelings once we’ve decided they no longer serve any productive purpose?

Like the clutter in our homes, our emotional baggage usually fills up until we burst at the seams, coming unglued at the slightest frustration and usually the most inopportune time. The purging of these negative feelings before they explode with cataclysmic proportions gives us the freedom to choose how we free ourselves from the baggage that weighs us down. Clearing the clutter in our mind provides space for productive thoughts and the expansion of positive emotions. Keepsakes such as love and fond memories become the sentimental reflections we hold on to while allowing new space to attract the beauty of life.

It’s been suggested that in order to keep a clutter-free home one must exercise the ‘one in, one out rule’ of discarding a bag for every bag brought in. This may not be a bad way to keep the emotional baggage from piling up either. Besides, there is no ‘feelings’ resale shop to dump your garbage, and your friends and family have their own to deal with.

I THOUGHT I WAS A SIMPLE GENIUS ... I WAS WRONG

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by Robert P. Gelms

David Baldacci is one of the world’s most successful writers. With 12 successive best sellers under his word processor, his latest, Simple Genius, is the 13th. It involves Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, both disgraced former Secret Service agents.

This is the third novel featuring these characters and, happily, this book doesn’t require the reading of the previous two to understand what’s happening. If, however, you have read Split Second and/or The Hour Game you’ll have some idea of how these characters are psychologically constructed. That would be a good thing, because in Simple Genius Michelle Maxwell has a complete meltdown and winds up voluntarily institutionalizing herself.

While in the hospital she uncovers, investigates and solves a mystery that has nothing to do with the major plot of the book. In lesser hands this would take on the job of filling the empty space the author needed

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to pad because the main plot didn’t have enough legs to carry the whole book. Not so with Mr. Baldacci. He uses this curious and interesting little subplot to show us a few sides of Michelle’s character that explain a lot of her behavior in the previous books. She becomes much more three-dimensional and, therefore, believable. Mr. Baldacci could have easily excised this plot from the book and it would make an excellent short story because it stands completely on its own. However, he uses it to show us the complicated inner workings of one of his main characters who happens to be deeply flawed. He also uses it to create suspense and tension because, while she is in the hospital, Sean King urgently needs her help in solving the main plot.

This is a mystery, after all, and we need to find out who the killer or killers is or are!

What I found compelling about this murder mystery was not necessarily the “who” and the “how,” but the “why.” I should mention here that there is an Author’s Note at the very end of the book. It says, “WARNING: DO NOT READ THIS BEFORE YOU READ THE NOVEL.” I resisted the very strong temptation to read it before I finished the book and I’m glad I did. It’s not like it would have spoiled the plot or anything but reading it will help you figure things out long before the author wants you to. It doesn’t so much tell you the “how” as it does the “why.”

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The “why” is the most interesting part of the book. The “why” doesn’t involve ultra secret microchips or the

identities of our foreign agents or even the government’s plans to invade the Conch Republic. It involves the brains of exceptionally smart people.

All of this is explained in the book so what I’ll reveal here is this: All the computers in the world are safe because of the inability of anybody or anything being able to calculate the prime of astoundingly large numbers…like numbers with 10 million digits. At present, there is no formula for doing that but a lot of people and governments are looking.

Lucky for us, as all computer encryption (read: Safety and privacy) is based on the

MAY 31 - JUNE 13 inability to figure the prime of incredibly large numbers. If someone were to devise a formula to easily calculate those primes of large numbers, then ALL computers everywhere turn into lawn ornaments.

Simple Genius introduces us to an autistic little girl who can just “see” the primes of very large numbers. A secret CIA facility is where the research is being done to uncover a formula or, at least, how this little girl does what she does.

Rolled into this is a real live encryption that gives directions to a real live treasure buried somewhere nearby. Mr. Baldacci reprints this document with a partial solution. This is what, in part, is contained in the spoiler at the end of the book that you aren’t suppose to read until you have finished the novel.

When writers write multiple books with the same characters and let the plot carry the story book after book you wind up with something like the Kay Scarpetta character from the novels of Patricia Cornwell.

The writers who give dimension to the characters and let their characteristics become the reason the mysteries are solved are far more successful. David Baldacci has done exactly that for Sean King and Michelle Maxwell in Simple Genius. I can’t wait for the next installment.

NEXT TIME: Darth Vader lives and we find out all about him in Andrew Cockburn’s Rumsfeld His Rise, Fall, And Catastrophic Legacy.

COMING SOON: Summer Shorts… books you might have missed along the way and need to read on vacation.

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TRIXIE SUGESTED I TRY TO FLY. WHAT’S SHE GETTIN’ AT?

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Dear Trixie: Next Friday is my 40th birthday. I just can’t believe I’m this old. I’ve been trying to psych myself up for this for three years now but I’m freaking out just the same. I look in the mirror, and all I can see is flabby jowls and wrinkles. I’m ashamed to face my guests at my own party! Can you possibly give me some tips on how to face this aging dilemma?

Should I lie about my age?

--Birthday Wish Dear Birthday Wish: Don’t waste what’s left of your life worrying about how you’ll look at your party. And don’t make the pathetic mistake so many do on their birthdays, desperately clinging to 29. You should absolutely lie about your age, but tell everyone you are ten years older. That way people will think you look FABULOUS for your age. And just remember, 40 is a wonderful age. Especially if you’re 50.

Dear Trixie: I can’t fit into any of my summer clothes! I’ve spent all spring running frantically between the gym and my step class and now that summer is almost over, I’m too fat to be seen in public even in my longest shorts. I watched my caloric intake, counted the fat grams and worked my buns off for nothing! Is this what I have to look forward to from now on? I’m only 31! What happened?

--Rice Cakes Really Suck Dear Rice Cakes: There’s a little-known phenomenon that quietly strikes our closets during the winter months. It’s force is invisible to the naked eye and seems to only attack expensive summer outfits like designer swimsuits and sleek zippered dresses. You’ll never successfully combat this fabric shrinking intruder, so when summer days become shorter and the chill of fall is in the air, throw away all your clothes. You can always buy new ones next year.

Ones that will fit.

Dear Trixie: I just found out that everything my boyfriend ever told me was a lie except his last name. He said he has a master’s degree in elementary education and he doesn’t. He told me he’s never been married and he’s been married three times. In fact, he’s STILL married to the last one. He and I have just closed on a new house and I found out about it from this strange woman who turned out to be his wife.

And she wants money! Legally there is nothing I can do except stop the sale of the house and throw him out. I guess I’m writing to you for some flippant response on how all men continually screw over those of us whom they claim to love. So Dear Trixie, what are your thoughts?

--Fool In Love Dear Fool: This guy you talk about, this guy you once loved, this guy who cheated ... well, this guy is a complete waste of perfectly good donor organs and nothing more. Put the bastard behind you and move on. Living well is the best revenge.

Especially living well right in front of him where he benefits NOT AT ALL!

AVAILABILITY ARIES All the Godiva choloclate you can eat falls in your lap... but it’s coffee-flavored. You hate coffee. Wow, that sucks man.

TAURUS You will become horribly and obscenely rich after your next invention strikes it big — a device that allows someone to actually punch someone in the face over the Internet.

Frustration with Wikipedia vandalism has suddenly found a new outlet for venting.

GEMINI The perfect present for Father’s Day: Take all of your dad’s old CDs, like his Neil Diamond, Aaron Neville and Ricky Nelson albums ... and then record some rockin’ Neil Youngstyle guitar solos over them, combine the sounds, and re-burn the CDs. He will never listen to “Don’t Take Away My Heaven” the same way ever again. And that is nothing but a good thing.

CANCER Think about eating nothing but Froot Loops for the next several weeks, morning, noon and night. Cram yourself full of those delicious fruity loops of yumminess. Sure, you’ll probably get sick for a while, but look at it this way: You’ll be able to spit in five different colors. How can you possibly turn that down?

LEO You need to leave your home or place of work immediately and make way to the nearest Hy-Vee. When there, make a beeline to the soft drink aisle. Wander on down to the products by the Coca-Cola Company, and behold the nectar of the gods ... Vanilla Coke is back.

VIRGO The coming days will bring with them feelings of despair, gloom and doom, particularly with your bank account. However, you can fix those woes by producing the long-awaited prequel to The Fast and the Furious: The Moderate and the Slightly Perturbed.

LIBRA Begin doing random things that completely and utterly freak your significant other out. For example, while you’re curled up on the couch, suddenly bite his or her wrist. Or start stealing toilet tissue from public restrooms, rather than buying it for yourself. Or become horribly lactose intolerant. That last one might hurt you, too, though ... but the reaction will be great.

SCORPIO Research new methods of making money from Tshirt sales. Why not try coming up with awesomely, horribly lame T-shirts for musicians? “I’d rather be playing my autoharp” ... “Musical Washboards: Healing the World, One Person at a Time” ... “Got Tuba?” That last one is gold.

SAGITTARIUS As your life reaches an all-time low in the coming weeks, start thinking of ways to look at it from a whole new perspective that might cheer you up. Would you rather be facing mountains of short-term debt that you’ve no hope of ever paying off, just as your car breaks down after your dog eats your girlfriend, or would you face Richard Simmons in a dark alley?

CAPRICORN Get yourself booked at a Friday night show at one of Dubuque’s local live music establishments. When your band takes the stage for its epic debut, take an electric guitar and clobber all your bandmates before singing “Ice Ice Baby.”

It’ll be an even better debut than the Beatles on Ed Sullivan.

AQUARIUS The summer often brings heavy storms and sometimes tornadoes. But while tornadoes can be very scary, they can also present one fantastic opportunity: Now’s your chance to finally be rid of that darned cat. Freedom ... at last.

PISCES You are going to experience unparalleled excitement in your life as a family member joins a professional sports league and will soon rake in all the money in the world and you’ll get a cut. Oh, wait ... he’s just a waterboy. Never mind.

Get Your Fingers Inky at these great Tri-State hotspots!

This is not a complere distribution list, we got tired.

3100 Club 32nd St. Oky Doky 32nd St. Sinclair station 365 Offices (1st & Main) 66 Station Arterial/Penn American Trust Amirage Arena / Coliseum Badger Brothers Coffee Bartini’s Basket Expressions Europa Haus / Bier Stube Bike Shack Body and Soul Borders Books Bowling and Beyond Bricktown Busted Lift Café Manna Java Capri Captain Merry Carlos O’Kelly’s Carnegie-Stout Library Catfish Charlie’s Chamber of Commerce Chestnut Mtn. Resort Cici’s Pizza Clarke College ColdStone Creamery Contempo Country Inn Hotel Country Kitchen Courtside Cremer’s Culver’s Da Vinci’s Dairy Queen DB&T Asbury Road DB&T on JFK DB&T on Central Delhi Medical Center Designworks Diamond Jo Casino Doghouse Dubuque Building Lobby Dubuque Schools Admin.

DBQ County Courthouse Dubuque Dental DBQ Discount Gas (US 20) Dubuque Family Practice Dubuque Main Street Dubuque Mattress Dubuque Museum of Art Dubuque Optometric Dupaco Eagle Country Market Easy Street Ecumenical Towers EDSB Envision Sports Fairfield Inn Falbo Bros. Pizza (Yum!) Family Beer Finley Hospital 1st nat. Bank/Platteville Five Flags Five Point Mart Four Seasons Buffet Frame of Mind Gift Shop Fried Green Tomatoes Galena Cellars Governor Dodge Hotel Graham’s Store for Men Grand Harbor Hotel Grand Opera House Grand River Center Grape Harbor Groomingdales Hampton Inn Hartig’s on Central

Hartigs on Locust HC & Co. Heartland Inn Hilton Garden Holiday Inn Dubuque Hudson’s HyVee @ Asbury HyVee @ Wacker Plaza Hy-Vee on Locust Ink Exchange Instant Replay Iowa Welcome Center Isabella’s Jimmy John’s Julien Inn /Alta Glocke Kaladis Kephart’s Kirchhoff Distributing Knickers Los Aztecas Lot One Maid Rite Mario’s Medical Associates Mercy Hospital Midas Muffler Midway Hotel Miguel’s Coffee Bar Minatori’s Mining Museum the Mission Mississippi Mug Mississippi River Museum Mojo Salon Mont Rest Moondog Music Murph’s South End Tap Neighbor’s Tap New Diggings Store Noonan’s Oky Dokey 1st & Locust Oky Doky on Kerper Outside the Lines Gallery Pancheros Panera Paul’s Big Game Tap Penalty Box Peosta Gas and Snack Pepper Sprout Phoenix Fitness Pickerman’s Dick’s Supermarket Players The Point Restaurant Prudential Quiznos at Arterial Radio Dubuque Remax Restoration Warehouse River Lights Rondinelli Shamrock Jewelers Sids Beverage Steve’s Ace Home & Garden Steve’s Pizza Stumble Inn Sublime Subway Super 8 Motel Supreme Subs Taiko Theisen’s Trackside Uncle Ike Pizzeria Uno’s UW-Platteville Campus Vans Liquor Store Varsity Sports Yardarm

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‘Cause I’ve got music in green spaces For those who like their music to have something of a green, leafy tinge to it, you can’t possibly forget about two awesome ongoing music events here in the Tri-States, taking place throughout the summer.

The first is for any of you folks who might find yourself traveling eastbound towards the Galena neck of the woods ... and once you’re in Galena, you should stop at the Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa. Whyfor, you ask? For music! Music on the Green is a summer music series held on the recreation field adjacent to the Eagle Ridge Inn, taking place on most Saturdays from now through Labor Day. Upcoming acts include: Saturday, June 9 -- The Steil Brothers Band offers a sweet mix of soul and blues, combining classic tunes of the ‘60s and ‘70s with some up-tempo original music of their own. Individually, the brothers have played throughout the Midwest since the ‘80s, but this concert is their first appearance on the stage together – ever. That’s kind of a big deal.

Saturday, June 23 – Mack’s Creek Band, a modern country/Southern rock band, has been entertaining crowds in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Iowa with their music for the past two and a half decades.

Saturday, July 21 -- Bob Dorr & The Blue Band have been bringing rockabilly, reggae and blues to the Midwest for more than 20 years and have recorded two dozen albums. The Blue Band has opened shows for B. B. King, Buddy Guy and Koko Taylor, among others.

Food and beverages are available for purchase at all Music on the Green events. Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa is located on 6,800 acres and in addition to its resort and its music, the facility also offers boating and fishing on the 220-acre Lake Galena, tennis, biking, horseback trails, a state-of-theart fitness center and hot air balloon rides, a fitness center, along with three restau-

rants and a general store. Seems like it’d be hard to go wrong, here.

For more information about Music on the Green, or to make reservations, call 800-892-2269 or visit online at www. eagleridge.com.

And for those looking for some greeny music on the Iowa side of the border, you can’t possibly go wrong with the Tabor Home Vineyards and Winery’s “Music in the Vineyard” series. I mean, It’s summertime, and what better way to relax an evening away than with some great live music and a glass of riesling? “Music in the Vineyard” is a series of live music events scheduled for the afternoons of the second and fourth Sundays from the end of May through the beginning of October. The series will feature a variety of players in the acoustic blues tradition. Notable upcoming performances include Vickie & Joe Price on July 22 and David Zollo on August 12. The events are scheduled from 3 to 6 p.m. Iowa cheese & grilled pork sandwiches are available for purchase (which sounds totally delicious), and guests are also invited to bring their own picnic, though no alcohol may be brought in. Why on Earth would you want to do that when you can enjoy Tabor Home wine?

For those unfamiliar, Tabor Home Vineyards and Winery is a family-owned and operated winery producing international award-winning estate wines in eastern Iowa near the town of Baldwin.

The vineyards and winery are located on the family’s farmstead, established in the 1860s. Winemaker and manager Dr. Paul Tabor is the fifth generation in his family to work the farm, opening the winery in 1997. With seven Tabor families living in the same area, the farm has always been referred to as the “Home Place,” so the name Tabor Home was chosen to highlight and honor the farm’s history. Described as part of “a landscape right out of a Grant Wood painting,” the Tabor Home Winery offered six wines when it opened in 1997. Now producing 19 wines, 1500 of the 9000 gallons Tabor Home Winery produces annually come from its own vineyards with production increasing 40 percent each year. For more information, visit www.taborwines.com.

The Jam season got off to a roaring start with a huge crowd on May 11, and every Friday 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. until the beginning of September, weather permitting, you’ll have your chance to catch some great live music underneath the Town Clock, and also to chow down on some great food at the same time.

Lunchtime Jams would not be possible without the generous support once again of Cottingham & Butler Insurance and Financial Services. And, of course, Carlos O’Kelly’s has been our partner from the very start six years ago. By your suggestion, new for this season of Lunchtime Jams will be an expansion of Carlos O’Kelly’s food offerings, with

some traditional American-style food options to complement the Mexican menu that you all know and love.

365 Lunchtime Jams are totally free and open to the public, so if you work downtown, or just have the afternoon free, there’s no reason for you to miss out on these summer concerts.

Upcoming Dates...

June 1 - Maureen Kilgore June 8 - Ralph Kluseman June 15 - Denny Garcia

unexpected avenues along the way. They explore their differences, and they express their honest opinions of one another, and ultimately they join together on a search for spiritual healing.

Lenore Howard is directing the show, featuring Jill HeizmanCarlock, Melissa McGuire, Doug Mackie, Michele McKinlay, Lily McKinlay and Sunil Malapati, who not only plays a role that encompasses 15 different characters but also contributed original Hindi music and crafted the sound design of the show.

Fly-By-Night Productions is staging a production of A Perfect Ganesh, the travel drama / comedy by Terrence McNally. Its plot revolves around a pair of longtime friends, Margaret and Katharine, who are now in middle age.

They’ve always gone on vacations together, and now they’re ditching their husbands and heading off to India.

While there, however, they encounter the playful god Ganesha, who weaves a number of spells that wind up taking Margaret and Katharine down several

A Perfect Ganesh will be shown on June 1, 2, 8 and 9 at 8 p.m. and June 3 and 10 at 2 p.m. at the Bijou Room at the Dubuque Five Flags Center. Tickets are $13 and are available at www.ticketmaster.com, at the Five Flags Box Office, or by calling 563-557-8497, or by cash only at the Bijou Room Door starting one hour prior to the performance. A Perfect Ganesh features adult content and strong language, so it’s probably not a show for the kiddies. For more information, hit up Fly-By-Night’s Web site at www. flybynightdubuque.com.

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Mike Merryfield

Wednesday, June 6, 9 p.m.

Live on Main Comedy @ Bricktown The last few years have been busy ones for Mike; he was the host of “Playboy’s Miss Reunion Bash Beauty Pageant.” Mike also performed at “Harley Davidson’s 100th Anniversary Reunion.” He also appeared at Summerfest. Over the years he has hosted three comedy morning shows. Mike added “entertaining the troops” to the list of things he has accomplished. He toured Asia, performing in Korea, Japan and Guam.

Mike Veneman and Chris Hegedus

Wednesday, June 6, 8 p.m. @ 3100 Club at the Midway Hotel Mike Veneman is recommended by many of the leading agents, bookers, and club owners. He is a 21-year comedy veteran who has headlined at every major comedy club in the United States, as well as Canada and the Caribbean. He has also performed at over 200 colleges as well as hundreds of corporate functions for such companies as Gateway 2000, General Motors, the NFL, and Frito Lay. Mike can be counted on to bring a high-energy, intelligent, clean, and FUNNY show to your night out.

Ken Schultz

Wednesday, June 13, 9 p.m.

Live on Main Comedy @ Bricktown Several years ago, Ken Schultz was born. He now gets paid to say weird things into a microphone. People seem to be OK with this. Ken’s comedy is classic to modern to the weird.

His TV shows include The Daily Show, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm and he also likes The Tonight Show.

Doug McGraw

Wednesday, June 20, 8 p.m.

Live on Main Comedy @ Bricktown National touring comedian and certified hypnotist Doug MacCraw combines his standup and improvisational skills to create the hottest hypnosis shows in the country.

Since the audience volunteers are the real stars, this show provides the ultimate in audience participation. Be a part of the show or watch as Doug MacCraw leads your friends into one hilarious skit after another. It is fastpaced, non-stop laughs 3100

Christine Stedman and Scott Derenger Wednesday, June 20, 8 p.m. @ 3100 Club at the Midway Hotel Christine can best be described as one funny mother! She has a husband, a twenty-something son who lives at home, a divorced daughter and three grandkids. This gives her a full portfolio of material to draw from. She currently headlines in some of the top clubs in the country and she has become a favorite at “The Comedy Stop” in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. In 2006, she was a finalist in Nick at Nite’s Search for the Funniest Mom in America.

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Collin Moulton & Chris Smith

Wednesday, June 13, 8 p.m. @ 3100 Club at the Midway Hotel Collin brings a fast-paced and highly engaging mix of clever stand-up and gut busting physical comedy that appeals to people from Earth. He draws on life experiences, current events and incisive personal observations to create a comedy ride that is hilarious, and memorable. If you’re lucky, he’ll play his guitar at the end to blend in a series of original comedy tunes adding even more unique variety and flair to his show.

Each month young professionals gather to hear from featured speakers with unique insights into business, personal growth or our community at large. The next Power Lunch on Thursday, June 21 will feature artist and entreprenuer Gene Tully.

The cost is $10 to attend and lunch will be provided. This is open to the public. This exciting program is designed to better connect young professionals to opportunities in our community. 365 proudly supports the Power Luncheon program.

Find more @ www.dubuquejaycees.org.

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Skateboard lessons

Tuesdays in June and July

Got a skateboard but not sure how to progress from the basics to some of the radical moves you’ve seen the big kids pull off? Take a lesson from one of the best around. The Iowa State University Dubuque County Extension Office, in coordination with the City of Dubuque Leisure Services and The Dark Slide Skate Shop, is offering summer classes in basic and intermediate skate techniques. Classes will be taught by Danny Grutz from The Dark Slide, described by shop owner Joel Jackson as “one of the better skaters in town.”

mediate level, adding some variations on the basics. The class will finish with a field trip to the Galena Skatepark on July 31.

Classes are scheduled for Tuesdays in June and July from 6 to 8 p.m. at Comisky Skatepark beginning June 12. The first three classes (June 12, 19, and 26) will be for beginning skaters and will cover safety and health issues and teach some basic tricks kids can practice from week to week.

Three July classes (July 10, 17, and 24) will progress to an inter-

The ISU Dubuque County Extension Office will also be offering a number of other summer classes, including a gardening class at the Arboretum and Marshall School in June and July and a babysitting workshop for beginning babysitters in June.

For times, locations and more information, call the Extension Office at 563-583-6496.

Kids can get more information or sign up by calling Dubuque Leisure Services at 563-589-4263, or by stopping at The Dark Slide Skate Shop, 1486 Central Avenue in Dubuque. In addition to being experts on the sport, The Dark Slide carries anything a skateboard enthusiast could want, from wheels, trucks and decks by all the best manufacturers to clothes and gear.

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1. B & D; Styx and Charlie Daniels rocked the house last year.

2. C; “Three Wooden Crosses” was Randy Travis’ most recent #1 hit.

3. A; Saganaki is the name of a Greek fried cheese appetizer. Yummy!

4. C; There have been six total Nunsense shows, most recently Nunsensations.

5. The Doobies have had 18 total members throughout their career. That’s a lot.

6. B; RUI just had its 1-year birthday. Much of it was spent under the influence of... something.

7. Sadly, the Doobies have yet to be inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame.

8. PRIDE Fighting was recently purchased by the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC).

9. Trick question: Actually, Cinderella dates back to a Greco-Roman folktale.

10. B; Keno players have the lowest chance of beating the house. Double-odds craps and blackjack, played correctly, have the best odds.