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Personal finance experts say Generation Y suffers from Lil Wayne Syndrome, blowin’ racks, stacks and singles instead of saving for retirement. It’s time to stash some of those bundles, they say.

Pulse staff give you the goods about the movies and video games they’re looking forward to in 2013. Look for more Hunger Games and the umpteenth reincarnation of Tomb Raider.

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New year, new games Now that you’re flush with Christmas cash, get a look at the video games you could turn those dollars into. And catch reviews of Nintendo Land, the new Hitman and an Epic Mickey spinoff.

Waterloo native Mike Holmes is trying to make a name for himself on the Los Angeles comedy circuit and recently released My Waterloo Days, short stories from an Iowa childhood.

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WHAT'S UP Outside the big newsroom window behind me (corner desk, big window — I’m livin’ the high life, people!) the wind is raging and the sky is falling. There’s 10 inches (and counting) of snow on the ground, and I can’t help but think Winter Storm Draco is Iowa’s big kiss-off to 2012. In this issue, we give our own kiss-off to some of the cool entertainment of 2012 (Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy) but we’re sharply focused on what’s ahead. Pulse staffers Alan Simmer and James Frazier give a glimpse of movies and video games in the pipeline for 2013, and on page 28 you’ll find The Biebs, who’s announced that he’s bringing the fever to Des Moines this summer.

At Pulse, we’ve got our ears to the ground to keep you informed of all the exciting events happening this year. Music, TV, movies, games, theater and everything in between, we’ve got you covered.

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Ask former Courier photographer Rick Chase which concert he most enjoyed shooting, and the answer is easy: Paul McCartney.

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hase photographed the Beatles legend at Ames’ Jack Trice Stadium in 1990. “It was the best organized concert I’ve ever covered. Still photographers were taken behind the scoreboard where Paul and Linda and his band stood behind barricades. We shot for five minutes, which is unusual for someone of that stature. He played to the camera like he always does, and that was cool,” recalled the recently retired photographer. “We were out front of the stage to shoot the first two songs. ... When Paul walked out on stage, the crowd went crazy, screaming and yelling. You could feel that shock wave roll over you. It was incredible.” A photograph of McCartney is one of more than 40 images and memorabilia featured in the Grout Museum’s newest exhibit, “Rick Chase Rock ’n’ Roll: Covering an Era.” The exhibit will be on display through Feb. 16. The display also features photographs of Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Destiny’s Child, the Beach Boys with Glen Campbell, Mitch Ryder, Harry Chapin and many more, including local bands and musicians. Some were shot on Courier assignments; others are from Chase’s personal collection.

Chase also included the first concert he ever photographed, the Dave Clark 5, in 1964, using his father’s Polaroid Land camera. The majority of other images in the show were shot with 35 mm and SRL digital cameras. “In the early days, you could walk up to the stage with a camera and no one would say anything for a few minutes. Then I’d sit down and pull the paper off the Polaroid image and put fixer on it. It reminds me of how much things have changed — technologically and otherwise — over the years,” said Chase. His passion for photography lead to a journalism degree from Drake University in Des Moines, where he was photo editor of the Drake Times-Delphic and part-time photographer for the Associated Press. Since 1976, Chase was a staff photographer for both the Cedar Falls Record and The Courier. An original member of the regionally popular West Des Moines band ECHOS 5 from 1965-72, Chase, who played rhythm guitar, was inducted into the Iowa Rock ’n’ Roll Music Association Hall of Fame in 1998. Grout Curator Robin Venter heard about Chase’s love for rock ’n’ roll and his concert photography, both as a newspaper photographer and fan, and asked him about creating an exhibit.

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“He was surprised, but up to the challenge. I knew this would be a great exhibit that went beyond his talent for taking great photographs. The selection process was a collaboration between Rick, myself and University of Northern Iowa graphic art intern Stephanie Wharton. The exhibit date was scheduled a year in advance, and Rick began the work of pulling his photographs together and creating digital copies. We chose which prints would be displayed, and of course, Rick had the final say,” Venter explained. Chase also produced photos of entertainers like Dolly Parton, Steve Martin, Doc Severinsen and Ray Charles, and Venter said the parameters of the show were expanded. “Some were obvious, such as the iconic Steve Martin with an arrow through his head or Bruce Springsteen rocking out, but there were many other prints that were just as good but with space constraints, we couldn’t include all of them.” Chase has picked up his guitar again in recent years, and brings his camera along to document the local music scene. “It’s much harder to cover concerts now,” Chase said. “The concert acts make it harder. You’re 50 yards away with everyone in front of you shooting bad video and using cell phone cameras. So I’ve switched my emphasis to the local scene. It’s neat because a lot of these musicians have never had pictures taken of their performances.” A 27-minute video in the exhibit features these performers. In addition, Chase has included items from his rock ’n’ roll memorabilia collection. “Photos should be shared and enjoyed,” he said. “Get that stuff out of the basement and share it on Facebook and blogs. That’s what makes it fun.”

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Peter Cetera, Chicago, 1979, UNI-Dome, Cedar Falls

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Paul and Linda McCartney, (top), Paul McCartney and Hamish Stuart (bottom), 19??, Jack Trice Stadium, Ames

Willie Nelson, 1986, McElroy Auditorium, Waterloo

The Beach Boys, 1978, UNI-Dome, Cedar Falls

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s a Nashville artist in the ’60s, Willie Nelson penned more than a few tunes that have arguably become American classics, including Crazy, Night Life and Funny How Time Slips Away. Nelson was labeled the outlaw of country music, but he was more visionary than rebel. His chart toppers include To All the Girls I Loved Before, Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, Always on My Mind and My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys.

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ountry superstar Alan Jackson is one of the most successful and respected singer-songwriters in music. Jackson has sold nearly 60 million albums worldwide, topped the country singles charts 35 times and scored more than 50 Top 10 hits. His current single, You Go Your Way, is from his chart-topping album Thirty Miles West, which was released in June. Gloriana and Greg Bates will open for Jackson. Gloriana’s smash hit (Kissed You) Goodnight has been burning up the charts, while up-and-coming artist Bates is promoting his single Did It for the Girl. Saturday, Feb. 9 @ 7 PM McLeod Center, Cedar Falls $37.50 - $60 | unitix.uni.edu

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ittle River Band was the first Australian band to successfully conquer foreign markets from an Australian base. They immediately claimed their place as one of the great vocal bands of the ’70s and ’80s. Between 1976 and 1983, chart success in America included It’s a Long Way There, Help Is on Its Way, Happy Anniversary, Reminiscing, Lady, Cool Change, Lonesome Loser, The Night Owls, Take It Easy on Me, Man on Your Mind, We Two and The Other Guy. Saturday, Jan. 26 @ 8:30 PM Diamond Jo Casino, Dubuque $30 - $40 | diamondjo.com

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ike Holmes has a great memory for details, especially the embarrassing ones. The Los Angeles-based comedian loves riffing about growing up in Waterloo, including his stage debut as a first-grader singing along to Bon Jovi’s Living on a Prayer. Except the tape broke and he ended up singing a cappella, panicked and forgot the words except “Oh, we’re halfway there! Oh, oh! Livin’ on a prayer!” which he sang over and over until his teacher escorted him from the stage. He’s come a long way. This fall, Holmes released two slim books, My Waterloo Days, short stories from an Iowa childhood, and Mis Quoted, a collection of witticisms. In November, he made his comedic acting debut on Comedy Central’s Mash Up. “Initially, I envisioned My Waterloo Days as a one-man show. I set out writing it and had a hard time fitting it all together. A friend finally told me it was really a collection of short stories, so that’s the direction I took,” Holmes said. “As for the book of quotations, Jimmy Fallon wrote a book full of jokes, so why couldn’t I write a book of quotations?” Holmes, a 1998 West High School graduate and the son of John and Joanie Holmes, started writing and performing stand-up comedy while attending the University of Iowa. He moved to Chicago in 2003 and was a founding member of the Chicago Underground Comedy and the comedy website blerds.com. New City Magazine chose him as one of Chicago’s top 10 comedians in 2007, describing his act as “equal parts observation and frustrated cynicism, and it’s funny every time.” “Chicago is a great town for comedy, and it’s a magnet for comedians. It’s a wonderful environment, no pressure, and I was able to develop my comedy with a good group of comedians. We pushed each other to be creative and develop our individual voices. Storytelling, over time, became my voice instead of jokes,” Holmes recalls. He performed at Chicago Underground Comedy, The Elevated, The Three-Ring Comedy Circus and The Lincoln Lodge, and he continued to blog and write at blerds.com. Five years ago, some of his comedian pals began migrating west, and he made the leap to Los Angeles. “It was a big adjustment — you fight for stage time, and everyone wants to be ‘discovered’ and get into TV and movies. I anticipated that, but it was still eye-opening.” Holmes is breaking through. He’s performed at such venues as the Hollywood Improv Comedy Store — following Drew Carey (“and he was pretty filthy”) — and has a regular show at the 1642 Bar. With his friend Mike Bridenstine, Holmes teamed up on YouTube videos to “dilute the essence of Every Song Ever,” condensing songs by such artists as Eminem, Beastie Boys, Beyonce, Green Day and Red Hot Chili Peppers into one song because “all their songs sound the same.” They’ve also recorded an EP available on iTunes. In addition to his comedy act, Holmes has been attending book shows and signings and performing new material at 1642 Bar. The book idea came from his dad’s development of an e-publishing website, holmespuncontent.com.

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There’s nothing quite like a little blue collar humor. Especially a double dose of it. Comedians Larry the Cable Guy and Bill Engvall will bring their tour to the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls in April. Larry the Cable Guy, just off the Them Idiots World Tour and best known for “git ’er done,” is a multiplatinum recording artist, Grammy nominee, Billboard award winner and one of the top comedians in the country. He’s currently the host of Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy for The History Channel. Engvall, of “Here’s your sign” fame, was part of the enormously successful Blue Collar Comedy Tour and has had several solo specials on Comedy Central. Opening for the funny twosome are comedians Gary Brightwell and Reno Collier.

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10 MOVIES WE’RE EXCITED A Good Day to Die Hard

The Great Gatsby

Bruce Willis locks and loads for the fifth time as wisecracking cop John McClane, this time traveling to Moscow to fight evil alongside his adult son. One can’t help but long for the sort of explosive action, humor and character work that made the series a standard for shoot ’em ups.

Aussie director Baz Luhrmann reunites with Romeo + Juliet star Leonard DiCaprio for an adaptation of perhaps the finest piece of American literature. Will this 3-D film send dazzled audiences to the bookstore? Let’s hope so.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire The Hunger Games proved that not only can a popular young adult novel adaptation be a riveting, intelligent action film. We’ll see if this series can continue to live up to the hype.

Inside Llewyn Davis The newest film from the Coen Brothers concerns a folk singer in 1960s New York. Not much is known about the film, but with Hollywood’s greatest working collaborators in charge, how can you not be excited?

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Summer means at least one Marvel superhero film, and 2013 is lucky enough to get the Avengers’ best character. Robert Downey Jr. dons the metal suit again, this time re-teaming with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang director Shane Black.

The melancholy trailers make this look like Superman as envisioned by Terrance Malick. Seeing as the last film was atrocious, this offers a fresh start, with keen-eyed director Zach Snyder working with producer Christopher Nolan.

Looking like a cross between Mission: Impossible and WALL·E, Oblivion stars Tom Cruise as a soldier carrying out a mission on a post-apocalyptic Earth. That it’s directed by Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski promises some breathtaking visuals, at least.

10 GAMES WE’RE EXCITED Fire Emblem: Awakening

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Fire Emblem games are turn-based tactical RPGs — you move your troops and attack, then the enemies go. The hook: When your characters die, they are perma-dead. Awakening adds joint attacks and looks visually amazing.

1313 is set in the bounty hunter’s underworld of Coruscant, eschewing Force and lightsaber battles for a grittier, darker struggle around a conspiracy in a world full of paid backstabbers.

BioShock Infinite This first-person shooter/RPG hybrid series has a lot of fans, and hopes are high for the third installment. While this isn’t a direct prequel to the first two games, it takes place in the same society and will use the same gameplay elements.

SimCity This is the sort of game that everyone’s played at some point, but probably not since the halcyon days of SimCity 2000. EA’s relaunching the series, and the new game looks fantastic, with a deep level of customization and control.

Grand Theft Auto V The world of GTA V, based on real-life Los Angeles, is supposed to be bigger than those of GTA IV, GTA: San Andreas and Red Dead Redemption. Combined. I guess there needs to be lots of room for three playable protagonists to run around in.

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LEGO City Undercover This original story, about a cop going undercover to take down a criminal, is jokingly called Grand Theft LEGO. It looks like it might live up to that title, with the series’ trademark humor and an open world to assemble and break down as you please.

God of War: Ascension The God of War series is one of the bloodiest takes on ancient Greek mythology in the video game world. Ascension is a prequel to the series so far, telling the tale of Kratos’ attempt to slay the three Furies in order to sever his bond with Ares. Better combat and smoother minigames are among the promised improvements.

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FOR IN 2013 Pacific Rim

Star Trek Into Darkness

Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming sci-fi monster film features an Earth ravaged by the sort of beasts one normally sees in old Japanese movies. Here, the citizens of Earth construct giant robots to enact pest control on a massive scale.

The 2009 reboot of Star Trek somehow made the nerdiest intellectual property something sleek and cool. Can the sequel keep mainstream audiences interested?

World War Z Despite a troubled production, World War Z promises to be the biggest, most expensive zombie film ever. Based on the book by Max Brooks, the film stars Brad Pitt as a U.N. employee traveling a world infested with the undead.

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Ana Popovic

Ana’s career has been meteoric, and shows no signs of slowing down! The 4x Blues Music Awards nominee blends smoking electric funk slide guitar, jazzy instrumentals and tight blues groove with soulful feminine vocals.

FOR IN 2013 South Park: The Stick of Truth

Licensed games have a mostly sketchy history. Look no further than the recent Family Guy: Return to the Multiverse, which took a critical beating. Yet this South Park RPG looks promising, especially if Obsidian can deliver a bug-free launch.

Tomb Raider The umpteenth Tomb Raider title, a reboot of the series, sounds more like a survival tale than a relics expedition after Lara is shipwrecked on a tropical island. Think Lost without all the mumbo-jumbo.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII So FFXIII was a boring, patronizing trainwreck. FFXIII-2 was better. I’m hoping that trajectory continues with the final chapter of Lightning’s saga, which will put the baddest-ass heroine the series has ever seen back on center stage.

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by Rage Against the Machine Genre: rap metal, alternative metal Sounds like: Tool, Queens of the Stone Age

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Unorthodox Jukebox BRUNO MARS His debut Doo-Wops & Hooligans showed that he would catch a grenade for ya, jump in front of a train for ya and, eventually, he wants to marry you. But all that genrejumping smoothness does make you wonder where his musical heart really lies. Mars’ new album Unorthodox Jukebox won’t answer that question. In the space of 10 songs, Mars hops from pop to doo-wop to reggae to funk and back again — creating a jukebox of styles in his own image. He plays the part of a lovelorn Sting in the sweaty rock ode to The Police, Locked Out of Heaven. He savvily channels Michael Jackson in the rock-R&B hybrid Moonshine. And he captures a No Doubt-ish reggae lilt on Show Me. However, it’s the touching piano ballad When I Was Your Man that shows how effective Mars can be as a straightforward singer, when he lets himself be a little vulnerable. — Glenn Gamboa, Newsday

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utside of perhaps Nirvana’s Nevermind and Pearl Jam’s Ten, no ’90s album can match the sonic power and cultural aftershock left behind by Rage Against the Machine’s self-titled debut album. Simply put, it is a white-hot volcano of a record, a lightning-in-a-bottle fusion of rap and metal, erupting with groove-heavy funk, violent energy and political discord. It’s political disharmony that still rings true today, which makes it all the more shocking that Rage’s opening salvo was released two decades ago. In pulling out all the stops for this 20-year anniversary edition, Epic has effectively canonized the masterful debut. Featuring two CDs ripe with B-sides, demo material and remastered tracks, XX is exhaustive. Better yet, two DVDs chronicle the 2010 concert in Finsbury Park as well as various concert clips from 1991-1994.

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Perpetually angry vocalist Zack de la Rocha’s farleft views and compulsion for social and racially charged justice may run the risk of alienating those without a similar political bent, but the lyrically dexterous frontman always compounds his viewpoints with catchy rhymes to ground the experience. For those misguided individuals who believe Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page monopolized all the good guitar riffs, meet Tom Morello. Morello’s turntable emulating and borderline anti-guitar sound is virtuosic, colossal and, most importantly, loud. Bombtrack, Know Your Enemy and Wake Up remain showcases for his talent.

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Killing in the Name remains the most vital track on board, with its immortalized and profanity-laced “I won’t do what you tell me” chant becoming an anthem for our ages. While the original demo album remains a raw, unrefined sister to the studio release, it has that trademark audible immediacy that marks all of Rage’s material. Freedom is bathed in liquid guitar echo, and Take the Power Back features bassist Tim Commerford in full bass slap mode. While the rap-rock marriage may no longer be a novel concept, we can’t really blame Rage for Linkin Park and Fred Durst. If anything, XX proves that Rage is the only band that ever truly got it right.

Rage Against the Machine’s debut has aged masterfully. It remains and always will be a politically-tinged musical manifesto for the ages.

Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors BIG BOI Big Boi is artistic throughout his sophomore solo album, taking risks by meshing electro sounds with his raps and singing. But this collection doesn’t sound like Flo Rida or Pitbull. This is classic. The 14-track set is full of gems, and flows from the intro Ascending to the closing track Descending, with Little Dragon. And what’s in between is just as great, including Raspberries, Thom Pettie and The Thickets. Another treasure is CPU, featuring Phantogram, an indie pop group that consists of singer Sarah Barthel and vocalist-guitarist Josh Carter. It’s a sonically upbeat song with Big Boi rapping about the new age of technology, while Barthel sings her airy vocals. Big Boi, T.I. and Ludacris each go on a verbal assault, boasting their achievements while paying homage to their hometown, Atlanta, on the hard-hitting In the A. — Jonathan Landrum Jr., The Associated Press

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The Game returns with a heavy dose of guest appearances on his fifth offering, including Lil Wayne and Chris Brown. With his hoarse delivery, Game’s words are full of bravado and his rhymes are easy to digest on these well-produced tracks. That’s certainly evident on Pray, featuring J. Cole and JMSN, where the Game tells a compelling story about being a “guardian angel” for a woman struggling with drug abuse. On Can’t Get Right, featuring K. Roosevelt, Game is in confession mode. He raps about his struggles to avoid the fast life and envisions through a nightmare that his mentor, Dr. Dre, was shot. But the album takes a wrong turn on Hallelujah, where Game opens the song praising God with the use of profanity, rapping about the struggle to overcome his worldly desires during church services. Some have said the song is offensive, but don’t let this particular track overshadow the rest of this quality album. — Jonathan Landrum Jr., The Associated Press

American Drive may be a new name on the bluegrass scene, but its members aren’t. When legendary banjo master J.D. Crowe decided to retire from the road, his band, The New South, decided to stick together and become American Drive. Rickey Wasson, Dwight McCall, Matt DeSpain and Kyle Perkins are carrying on the tradition. Justin Jenkins fills the banjo slot on this album, but he’s since been replaced by Josh Hymer in the band. The first single, Long Haul Trucking Man, an uptempo ode to a man addicted to the road, was written by McCall. Willow Creek Dam is the story of a dam that will soon flood the singer’s home. War Is Hell tells the story of a man who can’t shake the memories of war. They’ve cost him his wife and kids, but not his whiskey. Cowboys Still Act Like Cowboys is a countryesque ballad about cowboys and honky tonks. Resting Place and From Where I Stand are gospel songs. Good solid bluegrass from a band that learned it from a master. — Keith Lawrence, McClatchy News Service

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Stand Up by Sugarland My kids love singing it at the top of their lungs and I love watching them perform. — Emily C., writer

One More Night by Maroon 5 I loved Maroon 5 in college. Hearing this makes me feel just a little bit young again. — Emily C., writer

Hold On by Phillip Phillips I’ve been on a Phil Phil kick since his first American Idol audition. — Meta H., editor

Get Up Get Down by Phillip Phillips What can I say? This kid is hot sauce.

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Bad Body Double by Imogen Heap I love her velvety voice, and many of her songs have unique, neverending layers. — Emily S., designer

And the World Turned by The Gabe Dixon Band This heartfelt song combines Gabe’s amazing musicianship with impactful lyrics. — Emily S., designer

Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) by The Backstreet Boys If you don’t love The Backstreet Boys, then I guess you don’t love boy bands. — David H., designer

Blow Me (One Last Kiss) by P!nk One hour on the exercise bike can be brutal, but this song really helps get me over the hills. — David H., designer

When Can I See You Again? by Owl City This song plays over the credits of Wreck-It Ralph, and it perfectly captures a sense of feel-good excitement. — Alan, associate editor

Midnight City by M83 A good song to chill to. The electronic beats and the saxophone spiral together into a flurry of cool. — Alan, associate editor

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parker Is it just us, or could Jason Statham be next in line to the James Bond throne? His role in Parker is a nice warmup. Here, he’s a thief with a unique code of professional ethics who’s double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew’s latest heist. Stars: Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Nick Nolte

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MAMA Annabel and Lucas are faced with the challenge of raising his young nieces who were left alone in the forest for five years. But how alone were they? We don’t know, but we’ve seen the trailers and this flick looks scary enough to have us calling for our mama. Stars: Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nélisse

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hansel & gretel In this dark spin on the fairy tale, siblings Hansel and Gretel are a formidable team of bounty hunters who track and kill witches all over the world. The cult following of NBC’s Grimm tells us there’s an audience for this film. Stars: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Peter Stormare, Famke Janssen

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broken city

After being struck and killed by lightning, a young man recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine. Unless Glee’s Chris Colfer brings us some serious singing and dancing, count us bored.

Um, love love LOVE Mark Wahlberg. (Did you SEE those abs in The Fighter? O, holy night!) Anyway, in Broken City he stars as private investigator Billy Taggart, who risks everything — possibly even his freedom — as he tries to uncover big city corruption.

Stars: Chris Colfer, Rebel Wilson, Christina Hendricks, Dermot Mulroney

Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Kyle Chandler

the last stand

Gangster Squad From the guy who gave us “Rule #1: Cardio” (Ruben Fleisher, Zombieland) we get this chronicle of the Los Angeles Police Department’s fight to take back their city from East Coast Mafia types in the 1940s and ’50s. We predict a win from this stellar cast and Mad Men setting. Stars: Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Nick Nolte, Josh Brolin, Emma Stone

JAN 11

Ah-nold, get to the choppahs! You’re long past your prime! Nonetheless, the aging action hero plays Sheriff Ray Owens, who’s trying to stop the leader of a drug cartel who has busted out of the courthouse and a speeding toward the Mexican border. We can only hope this truly is Ah-nold’s last stand. Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eduardo Noriega, Forest Whitaker, John Patrick Amedori, Johnny Knoxville

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Shootmania Storm With 60 players per server as well as access to a map and script editor, the combinations for confrontations are endless in this firstperson shooter. Join a tournament or just hang out and pick up tips. PC; Jan. 23.

The Sims 3: 70s, 80s & 90s Stuff It’s the eighth — yes, eighth — expansion pack for the game that never ends. Sims never die, they just grow old and fade away. Unless you forget to feed them.

You know all the tricks of regular witches: potions, brooms, warts, frogs. It’s the white witches you really have to watch out for. Oliver’s trying to become a master magician for a very good reason: to bring his dead mother back from the parallel world of Ni no Kuni. He’ll travel between the two worlds, meeting different versions of the same people in each.

Jan 22 For: PS3

Mac, PC; Jan. 22.

Anarchy Reigns Humans and cyborgs live side by side in the future. And by live, I mean try to kill each other in a postapocalyptic hellhole. PS3, X360; Jan. 8.

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 Work with your spotter to hone in on a target, then check the wind speed and direction, your breathing rate and the distance from the target, all of which will affect your shot. PC, PS3, X360; Jan. 15.

Mega Man In honor of the series’ 25th anniversary, the original six titles will head to the Nintendo eShop in the coming year, starting with the crazyhard original. 3DS; Dec. 27.

Dante’s the child of an angel and a demon, so neither the human world nor the dark world have any use for him. But The Order, a mysterious group fighting the demons, may need his powers. Join Dante on his missions through Limbo and learn all about his complicated backstory.

Jan 15 For: PC, PS3, X360

Nintendo Land shows off Wii U Alan Simmer | Pulse Writer

ii Sports was designed to show off the Wii’s motion controls. Anyone could pick up the controller, swing it at a tennis ball and know exactly what the Wii was offering. The equivalent for the Wii U is Nintendo Land, which comes bundled with the premium kit. Since the tablet-like GamePad isn’t quite as grok-able, this is all the more necessary. Fortunately, Nintendo Land aces its assignment. It’s a collection of 12 minigames ganged together in the titular amusement park, each styled after one of Nintendo’s more prominent properties and showing off a way to play with the new controller. Luigi’s Ghost Mansion pits one GamePadwielding player as a ghost attempting to scare the living daylights out of up to four others with regular remotes. The ghost is only visible on the GamePad screen, so the other players can only guess at his location based on the vibration of their controllers. Everyone works together in the The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest, with up to three players armed with swords and the fourth using the GamePad as an archer.

Nintendo Land For: Wii U | Price: $59.99 Rated: Everyone 10+ PROS: Great collection of games; easy controls but good depth of strategy. CONS: No online play; changing remotes and Nunchuks can be a pain.

Solo games include the tilt-controlled Donkey Kong’s Crash Course — one of the most frustrating and rewarding things I’ve played all year — and Takamaru’s Ninja Castle, where ninja stars are flicked from the GamePad screen at the TV. Some of the attractions are so jampacked with levels and content that minigame seems a misnomer. The Zelda, Metroid and Pikmin events have a satisfying number of levels, and the in-game achievement stickers prolong the experience if you’re a perfectionist like that. Multiplayer is really the name of the game for Nintendo Land. Yes, a lot of the games are fun solo, but they’re better taking turns to compete against each other or playing

together when you can. Games like Mario Chase can get raucous as the four players with Wii remotes call out when they catch a glimpse of the player dressed as Mario, who has a bird’s-eye view of the proceedings on the smaller screen. The Miiverse integration, which populates the amusement park hub with Miis from other players, adds a great finishing touch. It’s reassuring to see messages from other people hitting the same obstacles, — and it’s fun to respond and lend a hand to a problem you’ve already solved. If you didn’t spring for the premium Wii U, make Nintendo Land one of the first titles you buy. And if you’re on the fence about the whole console, try this out. It’s a great showcase for the type of games the Wii U will offer.

James Frazier | Pulse writer

Picking up soon after Hitman: Blood Money, Absolution follows 47 as he travels across the U.S., visiting interesting places, meeting interesting people and killing them. The plot, which sees 47 become the protector of a teenage girl, receives much more attention than one might expect, playing out a macabre combination of action, crime and sci-fi, all dashed with dark, irreverent humor. Breaking from precedent,

Absolution mostly features an array of smaller levels with more focused objectives, in contrast to the often massive, complex stages of previous installments. They’re inhabited by an array of people, from armed guards to innocent civilians, each of which can represent potential points, a problem or a solution. Players are awarded points based on performance, with the higher scores only attainable through stealth. Players with less inclination to sneak around can often complete their mission with brute force, spraying areas with gunfire. A new and crucial addition to the series is Instinct, an expendable but replenishable power that provides great insight into 47’s surroundings and opponents. By turning on Instinct, players get a form of x-ray vision throughout the map, revealing the locations of other characters and objectives, though it can take the challenge out of some areas. The series’ combat system, one that ideally should be utilized as rarely as possible, has been overhauled and

PROS: Classic platforming; paint/thinner mechanic still works well. CONS: Repetitive tracing required; can’t quit levels midstream after beating them.

Epic Mickey goes back to series’ roots ALan SImmer | Pulse writer

swald the Lucky Rabbit contacts Mickey Mouse with an urgent message: The evil witch Mizrabel and her castle of illusions have appeared in Wasteland, and Minnie Mouse has been spotted inside its vile walls. So our brave mouse sets off, paintbrush in hand, to help those trapped in Mizrabel’s evil clutches.

Hitman: Absolution is stylish and stealthy itman: Absolution is the fifth entry in the game series tailor-made for those for whom Call of Duty doesn’t offer enough strategy and senseless violence. It’s a stylish, morbidly violent adventure, one in which players continue the assassination antics of Agent 47, a genetically engineered hit man who specializes in trickery and strangulation. It’s a sincerely entertaining effort, sporting a number of slick changes that should please hardcore and casual fans.

For: 3DS | Price: $39.99 | Rated: Everyone

Hitman: Absolution For: PC, PS3, X360 | Price: $59.99 Rated: Mature PROS: Improved combat; exciting play; lengthy single-player experience. CONS: Less creativity in assassination methods. strengthened. Additionally, Absolution adopts the increasingly popular technique wherein the player can slow down time to target multiple antagonists. Those seeking more of a challenge won’t be let down, courtesy of the game’s Contracts mode. This part of Absolution allows players to create, share and play missions created by other gamers. These scenarios, using the campaign’s maps and models but with absurdly difficult goals, should keep those thirsting for a challenge wallowing in virtual blood. Just don’t enjoy the killing too much.

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Mickey can use paint to make objects appear in certain places — platforms, cannons, other Disney characters in need of rescue — and he can wield thinner to remove some of those items. This action is done on the touchscreen by tracing or coloring items. This pops up at least a dozen times per stage, so it would be nicer if the animation were a little faster or skippable. But it is a neat mechanic that creates some logic puzzles in certain levels. Mickey also gains some extra pep from perfect ratings while painting an object, which allows him to jump farther and run faster. After that wears off, though, the mouse’s movements feel sluggish. The platforming is fun — and brings to mind Disney adventures of yore, like Mickey Mousecapade — and the quests from the other Disney characters are a nice addition, though they require completing old stages more often than I’d like. Illusion can be quite tricky, which was a welcome surprise. It’s a solid game that ticks off enough boxes to be worth a spin.

BREAKING BAD It’s notable not only for how twisted, funny and shocking it is, but also for how it keeps on upping the ante. This summer’s satisfying miniseason ended in a most unlikely fashion, hinting that Walter White might actually break free from his life of spiraling disaster. But then, in the last scene, Walter’s drug-enforcement-agent brother-in-law made the connection: the drug lord he’s been chasing all this time is Walter!

Best TV of 2012 FOX & FRIENDS Co-hosts Steve Doocy, Gretchen Carlson and Brian Kilmeade offer up a unique brand of jovially partisan delivery. Theirs is a seamless, finish-one-another’ssentence knack for issuing the network-designated messages as news. Contrary viewpoints are admissible only to be mocked. But mostly cheerful unity prevails, a tidy single-minded package of riffs as predictable as the tides — but as amusing as any deliberate caricature.

GIRLS Girls was a series that couldn’t be ignored — at least, by pop-culture cognoscenti. It will surely be welcomed back in January with even more attention, if possible (with always the threat of a backlash), as viewers resume arguing: Does the series measure up to all the hype? Nuff said. Up to now, indisputably, “Girls” has been monumental. And a gas.

KILLER KARAOKE Killer Karaoke invited contestants to sing their hearts out while being zapped with electricity or dunked in a vat of snakes. In a TV universe swamped with reality shows, this one stands apart as groundbreaking, inspired and dismaying — if for no other reason than it serves as a reminder that it’s merely a way station en route to the next extreme in outrageous crassness.

HOMELAND In its second season, this series remained suspenseful, disturbing and riddled with surprises. It mined drama from possibly the most damaged pair of protagonists, opponents and star-crossed lovers in TV history — Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody, a former POW in Afghanistan, soon-to-be-elected U.S. Congressman and, covertly, a terrorist turncoat; and Carrie Mathison a former CIA agent obsessed with bringing him down.

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s with every year, TV in 2012 was a mix of the ridiculous and the sublime, the sacred and the profane. It’s not easy to narrow down a Top 10 anything for TV. Still, once this year’s thousands of hours are assessed, 10 notable achievements emerge, for better or worse. photos courtesy of AMC, fox news channel, hbo, trutv, showtime, comedy central, NBC, FX

SONS OF ANARCHY Tough guys on motorcycles selling guns and drugs. Tough women keeping them in line, or trying. Rival gangs, corrupt cops and a club membership in turmoil. Jax, his mother, Gemmai, and her husband, Clay, were the core of a series that, in its fifth season, raged wilder than ever. A family drama set in a hard-hitting workplace, “Sons” was bloodthirsty and brilliant like nothing else on TV.

SMASH Embedding songs and dance into the story of how a Broadway musical comes to life, “Smash” took knocks for unbelievable plotlines, cardboard characters and trite show tunes. With a show-must-go-on defiance emblematic of Broadway, “Smash” never flagged in its unique charm and meticulous artistry. As “Smash” knows and demonstrated proudly, nothing is too wacky for Broadway.

DONALD TRUMP LUCK This drama set at a California racetrack boasted the rich density of David Milch’s writing and a king’s ransom of a cast: Dustin Hoffman, Nick Nolte, Dennis Farina, Jill Hennessy and Richard Kind for starters. It explored a strange and fascinating world while capturing the horse races with breathtaking footage. But three horses died during production of the series, which helped lead to its cancellation.

KEY & PEELE The biracial status of comedy partners Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele (black fathers, white mothers) is notable only because it gives them unique insight sizing up the human condition. And they made the most of that insight, without ever preaching, on their sketch-and-standup halfhour series. Whatever they did, the humor of Key and Peele proved fresh and smart.

Never before has this list bestowed a personal commendation. But then, The Donald is an exceptional TV presence. Whether a game-show host, a commentator-at-large, a beauty contest impresario, a former almost-candidate for president or a free-floating billionaire attention junkie, Trump leverages the media with enviable shrewdness.

Money to blow

hen it comes to saving money for retirement, personal finance expert Casey Bond says Generation Y suffers from “Lil Wayne Syndrome.” “Maybe it’s because our generation’s role models make blowing cash left and right so glamorous,” said Bond, editor of gobankingrates.com. “I remember when Lil Wayne made headlines over Memorial Day weekend when he and Drake dropped a stack of singles worth $250,000 on ‘entertainment.’ ... It’s no way to build a retirement fund.” A 2012 survey by Scottrade found that only 63 percent of Gen Y-ers are currently taking advantage of a tax-deferred account — the smallest percentage of any generation. Christine Fahlund, vice president of T. Rowe Price investment services, said in a Reuters story that Gen Y needs to save 15 to 20 percent of their annual incomes — starting at age 25 — to maintain their same standard of living in retirement. Bond said the goal is easier to reach than some young adults think. The economy is still weak, which means investments are cheap, often undervalued and easier to buy into. Additionally, while workers in their 40s, 50s and 60s are desperately trying to recoup the retirement savings they lost during the financial crisis, Gen Y has the next several decades to ride out market ups and downs. n Start small: A lot of numbers get thrown around regarding how much young workers should be putting aside for retirement. Bond said that those who are intimidated by these guidelines ignore them and simply contribute what feels reasonable, as there will always be the opportunity to increase contributions in the future. n Take advantage of employer matches: Most organizations don’t force employees to go at saving for retirement alone. Workers should ensure they’re receiving an employer match — usually a percentage of salary or a percentage of contributions — so they can take advantage of free money and grow savings that much faster. n Automate: Having retirement contributions automatically withdrawn from pay and deposited in a 401(k), IRA or other tax-deferred account will remove the worry over seeing money that can’t be spent and make saving psychologically easier.

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Waterloo Black Hawks January home game schedule Saturday, Jan. 5 @ 7 PM v. Cedar Rapids Friday, Jan. 11 @ 7 PM v. Team USA Saturday, Jan. 11 @ 7 PM v. Muskegon Saturday, Jan. 19 @ 7 PM v. Dubuque

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Upcoming shows at

The HuB

27 DEC

7PM: KUNI HOLIDAY SHOW W/ MUSIC BY: RALDO SCHNEIDER, RAMBLERS, ADOBANGA AND MARY MO

28 DEC

6PM: CHECKER & THE BLUETONES 10PM : ELEVENTH HOUR

29 DEC

9PM: JOURNEY/REO/STYX BY ARCH ALLIES

30 DEC

8PM: OPEN JAM AND BRAD MYERS TRIO

31 DEC

NEW YEARS EVE EXTRAVAGANZA 7PM : THE RAMBLERS 10PM : PORK TORNADOES

1 JAN

9PM: FREE KEG & KARAOKE

4 JAN

6PM: THE ENABLERS 10PM: BRAZILIAN 2WINS

5 JAN

6PM: A DOG FOR LILLIAN BENEFIT W/ THE WICKED ANDERSONS 10PM : TBA

6 JAN

8PM: OPEN JAM

11 JAN

6PM: BOB DORR & THE BLUE BAND 10PM : THE SEQUELS

Grant Wallace Band is a project of Chicago composer-performers Ben Hjertmann (voice), Chris Fisher-Lochhead (viola) and Luke Gullickson (piano). Named for an esoteric California artist who practiced interstellar telepathic communication in an isolated cabin, Grant Wallace Band is weaving a fresh sound from threads of indie rock, experimental jazz, folk and bluegrass. Sprung from Chicago’s new music scene, these conservatory-trained musicians banded together to blend their diverse musical interests and create songs based on folk and jazz streams that maintained both the compositional integrity and eclectic palette they learned in their studies of classical and contemporary music. The group’s first album is currently in production.

Saturday, Jan. 5 @ 8 PM CSPS, Cedar Rapids $12 advance, $15 door | legionarts.org

You might say Keith Lynch is a one-man band.

12 JAN

7PM: DENNIS WAYNE GANG 10PM: GOOD COP / RAD COP

17 JAN

9PM: SUBFIX TAKEOVER W/ DEFENDER VS DARKGREY

18 JAN

6PM: THE SNOZZBERRIES 10PM: JOHN JUNE YEAR & DYLAN SIRES AND NEIGHBORS

19 JAN

7PM: THE RAMBLERS 10PM : PORK TORNADOES

24 JAN

LOGAN MIZE

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On his music project, Unknown Component, he’s featured on guitars, vocals, piano and drums. Oh, and he records and mixes all of his albums in his own independent studio. Like we said, a one-man band. At 16, he taught himself how to play guitar after discovering an old acoustic guitar in the attic of his home in Tipton.

Unknown Component

After graduating high school, Lynch moved to Iowa City and began writing and recording songs on a four-track tape recorder, marking the beginning of Unknown Component. Lynch’s most recent album, Blood v. Electricity, dropped in October.

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Thursday, Jan. 24 @ 7 PM Java Creek Cafe, Cedar Rapids

A GOOD CAUSE

MUG NIGHT SPECIALS WEDNESDAYS $3 MICRO & CRAFT BREW / MUG REFILLS *HIGH ABV=$5 REFILLS

THURSDAYS $2 MACRO (DOMESTIC) / MUG REFILLS $2 BEEF TACOS $2.50 CHICKEN OR FISH TACOS

SPECIALTY PIZZAS THE ORIGINAL - $10, $16

Who: The Wicked Andersons with Mars and Seth from Good Cop/Rad Cop When: Saturday, Jan. 5 @ 6 PM Where: The Hub, Cedar Falls Why: Fundraiser for 7-year-old Lillian Luensmann, who has pervasive development disorder. Every penny of the cover charge will go toward securing a service dog for Lillian. More info: thehublivemusic.com

Get your cluck on Outside the Lines Art Gallery owners Connie Twining & Stormy Mochal chose a theme of chickens and threw out the idea to area and regional artists to see what artists would come up with. Out of 32 artists and 60 submissions, 45 pieces by 22 artists were selected for the show. A single Best of Show cash prize of $400 will be announced at the opening reception. The artists selected for this exhibit are Sue Becker, Beth Bird, Lori Biwer-Stewart, Christina Bolgren, Aaron Butcher, Gail Chavenelle, Roseann Derks-Noel, Bridget Donahue, Ronna Duckwitz, Adam Eikamp, JoAnne Hauser Warren, Marcia Henderson-Blocker, Ellen Henkels, Annick Ibsen, Alda Kaufman, Gordon Kellenberger, Nancy Lindsay, Paul Monska, Cori Pitcher, Doug Reynolds, John Soukup and Hana Velde.

Tomato sauce, pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, onion, green pepper and Mozzarella.

BBQ CHICKEN - $10, $16

PESTO PROSCIUTTO - $11, $17

BBQ sauce, Mozzarella, BBQ chicken, red onion and fresh cilantro.

CHEESY MEATBALL - $10, $16

Olive oil, Basil Pesto, Roma Tomato, Prosciutto, and melted FRESH Mozzarella. Finished with fresh Basil and Oregano Leaves.

Red Sauce, our Homemade Meatballs, Mozzarella, Smoked Provolone, Parmesan & Romano. Finished with fresh Basil and Oregano leaves.

CHICKEN ALFREDO - $11, $17

CHICKEN ARTICHOKE TOMATO - $10, $16

BUFFALO CHICKEN - $10, $16

Olive oil, Garlic Oregano chicken breast, Roma tomato, artichoke heart, FRESH Mozzarella and grated Romano.

THREE CHEESE, TOMATO & BASIL - $9, $15

Garlic Oregano Chicken, alfredo sauce, roasted red pepper, Mozzarella, Parmesan and fresh basil leaves. Grilled chicken, buffalo sauce, mozzarella, onion and fresh Blue cheese crumbles.

PIZZA MARGHERITA - $9, $15

Tomato sauce, Mozzarella, smoked Provolone, Parmesan, sliced Roma tomato, and fresh basil.

The classic Italian pizza. Our original white crust brushed with olive oil and topped with Roma tomatoes, Mozzarella, fresh basil and Parmesan.

SOUTHWESTERN CHICKEN - $10, $16 Caramelized onions, grilled lime

ROASTED GARLIC POTATO AND PROSCIUTTO - $10, $16

chicken, Mozzarella, fresh tomato salsa and cilantro. Served with lime, sour cream and guacamole.

TOSTADA - $10, $16

Seasoned ground beef, taco sauce, Cheddar and Monterey Jack topped with chilled chopped lettuce, fresh tomato salsa, green onions and crushed white corn tortilla chips. • Also available with grilled cilantro-lime chicken.

THAI CHICKEN -$10, $16

Thai peanut sauce, marinated chicken, Mozzarella, green onion, chopped roasted peanuts, shredded carrot, and fresh cilantro.

CARNE ASADA - $11, $17 Opening reception: Friday, Jan. 4 @ 7 PM Gallery show through Feb. 28: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Outside the Lines Art Gallery, Dubuque otlag.com

THE MULLIGAN - $11, $17

Olive oil, basil pesto, Italian sausage, pepperoni and Mozzarella.

Grilled Cilantro-Lime steak, onion, cilantro pesto, Monterey Jack, and Mozzarella cheese. Taken from the oven and topped with fresh tomato salsa, sour cream,

guacamole and a lime wedge.

Roasted Garlic & Oregano Butter brushed crust, topped with a layer of twice baked potatoes, thinly sliced prosciutto, green onion and chopped Roma tomato.

KONA COAST - $10, $16

Prosciutto, pineapple and Mozzarella.

THE 18TH STREET PIE - $11, $17

This Classic starts with our Ricotta-RomanoHerb cheese blend. It is then layered with Italian Sausage, Pepperoni, Prosciutto, and Mozzarella and finished with our traditional tomato sauce. Garnished with freshly chopped basil and oregano.

WHAT THE FAROK? - $10, $16

At first look this pizza may look like a bad decision. Give it a shot and and you will see it is well worth every one of the sweet $16 it costs for the Regular. Spicy garlic sauce, Mozzarella, Italian sausage, green pepper and red onion.

205 East 18th St. • Cedar Falls • 319-277-3671 • 11am–2am • 7 days a week www.mulligansbrickoven.com PULSE 27

Do you have the fever? Did it get a little hotter in here, or is it just Justin Bieber’s summer show in Des Moines? If you’ve ever screamed yourself hoarse over the singer of Baby, Boyfriend and Believe — someone sure likes his B’s — then you’d better call for tickets now. Until the show, catch up with The Biebs on Twitter. He’s only got 31 million followers, after all.

Sunday, July 7 @ 7 PM Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines $39.50 - $95 | iowaeventscenter.com

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A Chorus Line Drama, grit, inspiration. A Chorus Line, the story of Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line, brings it home for anyone who’s ever had a dream and put it all on the line. The Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning musical comes to the Adler Theatre in January. This show for the ages will be directed and restaged by Baayork Lee. Lee has performed in a dozen Broadway shows and created the role of Connie in A Chorus Line.

Tuesday, Jan. 22 @ 7:30 PM Adler Theatre, Davenport Ticketmaster.com | 800.745.3000

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CEDAR FALLS Banditos Seriously Badass Burritos |  Mexican 2208 College St. Cedar Falls 319-266-6637 Hours: Open daily at 11am www.barmuda.com Burritos, tacos, quesadillas, salads and more made to order using fresh ingredients. Home of the Big Juan Burrito weighing over a pound! Beck’s Sports Grill |  American, Sports bar 2210 College Hill Cedar Falls 319-277-2646 Hours: Open daily at 11am www.barmuda.com

Ferrari’s Ristorante |  American and Italian 1521 Technology Pkwy. Cedar Falls 319-277-1385 Hours: Monday-Friday 11am-10pm, Saturday 4pm-10pm www.barmuda.com Ferrari's features only the finest steaks, freshest seafood and authentic Italian fare. Offering light, quick lunch options along with an extensive dinner menu and wine list. Soho Sushi Bar & Deli The Stuffed Olive |  Deli, Sushi, Tapas, Martinis 119 Main St. Cedar Falls 319-266-9995 Hours: Monday-Saturday at 11am www.barmuda.com

Featuring Beck's homemade microbrews, voted best burger, locally owned restaurant, sports bar and place to play pool in the Cedar Valley.

Fresh made sushi and deli sandwiches, salads and paninis combined with globally inspired tapas dishes and over 100 different martinis. Homemade cookies made from scratch daily!

Bourbon Street |  American, Cajun and Creole 119 Main St. Cedar Falls 319-266-5285 Hours: Monday-Saturday 4pm-10pm www.barmuda.com Bourbon Street is a step off of Main Street into the French Quarter featuring Certified Black Angus steaks and delicious seafood complimented by an extensive wine list.

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Beck’s Sports Brewery |  American, Microbrewery 7777 Isle of Capri Blvd. Waterloo 319-833-2241 Hours: Open daily at 11am www.barmuda.com One of the areas only microbreweries! Voted best burger, locally owned restaurant and sports bar in the Cedar Valley. Featuring steaks, pastas, seafood, sandwiches and our famous chicken tortilla soup. Guerilla Brewing/Lava Lounge |  Microbrewery and Bar 2401 Falls Ave. Waterloo 319-234-5686 Hours: Monday-Saturday 11am–9pm A double brown ale and an imperial American pale ale were the first two to debut, other varieties will follow depending on the season. None of the brews will be less than 7% alcohol. The Lone Wolf |  Bar, Restaurant 7777 Isle of Capri Blvd. Waterloo 319-833-2241 Hours: Open daily 11am – 2am, Kitchen open all hours. www.waterloo.isleofcapricasinos.com Whether you feel like getting food to-go or plan to stay a while, The Lone Wolf is sure to please. We have mouth-watering food, thirstquenching drinks with an atmosphere unlike any other.

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The Holy or the Broken | Alan Light

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Leonard Cohen has written many excellent songs. But Hallelujah has achieved escape velocity. As Alan Light chronicles in his richly detailed study of the song’s long, strange trip to prominence, it has become a pop standard, a soundtrack staple and a vehicle for vocal pyrotechnics — pretty amusing when you consider how limited (if effective) a singer Cohen himself is. Light credits performances by John Cale and especially the late Jeff Buckley with resurrecting the song and making it the fixture it is today. With its intricate braiding of the sacred and the erotic, Hallelujah is open-ended enough for many interpretations. Singer k.d. lang’s mother told her that her octogenarian friends loved the song, to lang’s astonishment: Did the women listen to the lyrics about orgasm and being tied to a chair? Her mom replied that they just listen to the refrain. — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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The nature-challenged reader will discover many new and startling facts in Jim Sterba’s new book. Among them all one stands out: Not only are America’s Eastern forests roaring back to life, they’ve been doing so for more than a century. Sterba’s book is a much more sweeping and thoughtful work than its unwieldy and tabloid-sounding title would suggest. At its best, Nature Wars isn’t really a book about the conflict between man and nature. Nor is it about the clashes between those who defend nature and those who seek to manage it. Instead, it’s best read as a history of Americans’ widespread and enduring ignorance of the natural world and how that ignorance has created new and strange ecosystems — especially in our sprawling suburbs and exurbs. — Hector Tobar, Los Angeles Times

Round About the Earth | Joyce E. Chaplin A trip on a 140-foot sailboat helped inspire Harvard professor Joyce E. Chaplin to write this book, and that may explain the enthusiasm she brings to the many-stranded narrative. At the very least, it underlies her sympathy for sailors on small boats heading into rough, unknown seas. This history, the first of its kind, is a lively charge through 500 years of worldwide exploration (and beyond). Chaplin sets to the task by carving that time span into three parts. Chaplin enters this enormous subject via the first-person narratives of the travelers, from Antonio Pigafetta, who sailed with Magellan, to astronauts who have spent time in the International Space Station. Chaplin’s greatest feat is demonstrating that circumnavigation is not just a series of dates, death tallies and speed records. — Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times

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The spy novel continues to thrive because authors continue to find new and very contemporary ways of exploring the intrigue and subterfuge that keeps countries on edge with each other. Screenwriter and novelist Derek Haas brings the same sense of non-stop action, high drama and character studies that he brings to the hit NBC series Chicago Fire, for which he is a scriptwriter, and to the 2007 Russell Crowe film 3:10 to Yuma. The Right Hand is Austin Clay, an undercover agent in the CIA whose missions are so secret that even his bosses don’t acknowledge them. In Clay, Haas has created a credible action hero whose flaws show he still has a conscience, despite the often unsavory situations in which he’s involved. The Right Hand should just be the beginning of Austin’s adventures. — Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel

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Political Suicide | Michael Palmer Michael Palmer brings back his doctor-hero, Lou Welcome, from Oath of Office, to help a friend involved in a huge scandal in his new novel, Political Suicide. Palmer writes terrific medical suspense, and he has thrown political intrigue into the mix with his last few books. While Political Suicide relies more on the thrills and the mystery, it still resonates. Palmer’s novels also examine particular issues and causes, but to mention the subplot that discusses a decidedly moral dilemma would be criminal — and would give away a huge chunk of the surprises that follow. Fans won’t be disappointed, and Palmer can add another best-seller to his list. — Jeff Ayers, The Associated Press

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CHUCK SHEPHERD q Attorney Thomas Corea of Palmer, Texas, was indicted in August for four felonies related to misuse of clients’ trust accounts, and in October a panel of the State Bar of Texas voted to revoke his license. He apparently did not take the news well. On Oct. 31, according to a judge’s later findings, Corea vandalized his rented law office, resulting, said the landlord’s representative, in “complete destruction,” with “penis graffiti on every single wall throughout the building,” with the representative’s name written next to several of the drawings. q The Wolong Panda Training Base in Sichuan, China, released a series of photos to China Daily in October to mark the graduation from captivity, and into the wild, of the 2-year-old Tao Tao. Sure enough, Tao Tao and his mother, Cao Cao, were shown frolicking in the woods, accompanied by trainers each dressed in full-length panda suits, including panda heads, as they appeared to demonstrate climbing trees and searching for food.

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More than fifty years ago one musical changed theater forever. Now it’s back and mesmerizing audiences once again. From the first note to the final breath, West Side Story soars as the greatest love story of all time. This revival, based on Tony Award-winning librettist Arthur Laurents’ Broadway direction, remains as powerful, poignant and timely as ever. The Bernstein and Sondheim score is considered to be one of Broadway’s finest and features such classics of the American musical theatre as “Something’s Coming,” “Tonight,” “America,” “I Feel Pretty” and “Somewhere.” As the Associated Press says, “West Side Story remains Broadway’s best dance-driven musical. Five decades have not dimmed the extraordinary choreography or the score that pulsates throughout.”