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10 Roadside beauty Artist Roger Bartlett found inspiration traveling U.S. Highway 6 . His collection of landscapes is on display through the end of August at the Waterloo Center for the Arts.
18 Get out Know when and where The Doughnut Sharks are playing? How about Lick It Ticket or PB and the Jam? You will if you turn to Pulse’s live music listings. So go. Now.
12 Underneath it all You’ll never get a better look under the hood than with the “Body Worlds Vital” at the Science Center of Iowa. See the full human form in this eye-opening exhibit.
22 The Nanny returns Fran Drescher is back with her trademark nasally whine. Oh, and her husband, Peter, has concluded he’s gay in Drescher’s new show, “Happily Divorced.”
15 By the numbers Blistering rhythms and pounding beats are the hallmark of explosive rapper Tech N9ne. Join this megastar for his All 6s and 7s Tour, which stops at Hawkeye Downs.
24 Dream machines Sneak a peek at the newest hardware announced at E — and then fantasize about buying it for the next few months until they, you know, actually come out.
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pproximately 75 artists exhibit and sell paintings, ceramics, wood, fiber, glass, sculpture, basketry, pastels, mixed media, graphics, prints, photography and jewelry. Musical entertainment, food and the Young Art Collectors Gallery add to the College Hill Arts Festival atmosphere. An estimated 12,000 visitors are expected to wander among the booths at the juried art show. Festival co-chairs Mary-Sue Bartlett and Vaughn Griffith point to the high quality of work by participating artists and the support and commitment from the community for the festival’s success. “It’s a beautiful outdoor setting and the size is small enough that the artists can interact with visitors to their booths. The community welcomes them here and supports their work,” said Bartlett. The first College Hill Arts Festival took place in 1979, founded by Hugh Pettersen, and filled the sidewalks of the College Hill business district with artists. In the following years, the festival has become one of Iowa’s signature events. For four of the past five years, CHAF has been listed among the best fine arts and design shows in Sunshine Artist magazine. The festival was named 2006 event of the year by the Cedar Valley Tourism Bureaus. The festival is deliberately kept to 75 artists to maintain the event’s high standards, chosen by a panel of three independent jurors. The smaller size allows easy access by visitors, and artists, who are drawn from nearly 20 states, appreciate the greater likelihood of selling their work in such a setting, Bartlett said. There are 20 new artists whose work will be featured. There also are returning favorites, including glass artists Lisa and Cecil McKenzie of Emporia, Kan., and sculptor Dale Merrill of Mount Vernon. Five artists will be selected by festival judges to receive awards of excellence. Internationally recognized artist Gary Kelley has designed the CHAF poster for the 27th consecutive year. Posters and T-shirts will be sold at rtists ating a particip Ceramics: Bob reiberg, indianapolis; chris & sue holmquist, northfield, Minn.; craig kitzman, Deerfield, wis.; kristin clement, springfield, Mo.; Michael Macone, spooner, wis.; nicholas DeVries, Minneapolis; paul Jeselskis, Michigan city, ind.; steve & Miky cunningham, west Des Moines; tony winchester, persia, iowa. Fiber: Jan Friedman, iowa city; Julie crabtreepfannes, cushing, wis; Mariella terBeest-schladweiler, preston, Minn.; Mary ellen christian, champlin, Minn. Glass: James connolly, Munster, ind.; Jim Vermeer, humboldt; lisa and cecil Mckenzie, emporia, kan.; retta hentschel, aurora, ill.; thomas Maras, hudson, wis. Graphics: lou Zale, Deerfield, ill.; Mel Fleck, louisville, ky.; Michael Bond, river Falls, wis.; rita orr,
the festival, and Kelley will sign posters from 5:30 to 8 p.m. July 15. Kelley’s 2009 poster won the most creative concept award from Sunshine Artist magazine. This year, his posters feature a series of chickens he calls “free-range art.” The eight original artworks will be sold individually during the event. Joining the artists will be a variety of musical groups performing on stage. There also will be a hands-on creative activity for children and the Young Art Collections Gallery, which features original work created by exhibiting artists. Prices are $10 or less in the gallery for children ages 14 and younger and encourages children to make independent choices about art. Food and beverage vendors will be on the grounds. College Hill arts Festival Friday, July 1 , noon - 8 p.m. saturday, July 16, 10 a.m. - p.m. college and 23rd streets, cedar Falls Free admission
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lvis will be in the building. Four of them, actually, as the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center presents “Elvis Lives,” the officially endorsed biography, as part of its 2011-12 season. Joining them will be such shows and performers as “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” Celtic heroes the Chieftains, Broadway’s international dance sensation “Burn the Floor,” “My Fair Lady,” a Chinese dance company, Mannheim Steamroller’s holiday show, comedians Tim Conway and Kathy Griffin and more. “Last year we were very concerned about how the economy would impact us, and it turned out to be a great season. Now it’s a resurgent season, bigger than last year,” said GBPAC Director Steve Carignan. Over the performing art center’s 11-year history, the methodology for building a season has undergone several changes, he said. “Having YouTube, we can go online and watch live shows from various performers. That makes it so much easier for us.” Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center Cedar Falls Tickets: on sale in July for Friends members, Aug. 1 for general public; www.gbpac.org
2011-12 SEASON Remembrance 9-11; 10 Years Later 7 p.m. Sept. 11 Tim Conway & Friends 7 p.m. Sept. 25 Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 “My Fair Lady” 2 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29 Hugo Wolf Quartet 3 p.m. Oct. 30 “The Nutcracker,” Minnesota Ballet 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18, 2 p.m. Nov. 19 & 20 Mannheim Steamroller 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16 Rock of Ages 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19 & 20 “The Magic Flute” with UNI School of Music 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27 Elvis Lives 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7 Wroclaw Philharmonic with Garrick Ohlsson 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 Burn the Floor 2 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 Colin Hay 7:30 p.m. March 9 Bela Fleck and the Flecktones 7:30 p.m. March 31 Flying Karamazov Brothers 3 p.m. April 15 The Midtown Men 7:30 p.m. April 20
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male and female flamenco dancer, an opera singer and a running man, among others. Each pose exposes the muscles and organs engaged in that activity. The eye-opening exhibit is a personal journey for every visitor. “There was a woman, maybe 55, who let us know afterwards that the most fascinating thing for her was seeing the organs removed during her five cancer surgeries,” Beck said. With more than 200 specimens on display, visitors will see healthy bodies and organs alongside unhealthy ones, including the lungs of a smoker versus healthy lungs. The exhibit is open through the summer and also features an IMAX movie, “The Human Body,” that explores a day in the life of the human body. “The Body Worlds Vital” Science Center of iowa, Des Moines www.sciowa.org
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“Is it too late to do it again / or should we wait another ten?” sings Glenn Mercer to open “Here Before,” the first Feelies album in a decade, and the Haledon, N.J., quintet picks up right where it left off. The Feelies began their career with two classics, 1980’s perpetually twitchy “Crazy Rhythms” and 1986’s placidly strummy “The Good Earth,” before settling somewhere in between for 1988’s “Only Life” and 1991’s “Time for a Witness.” Now we have
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“Demolished Thoughts” is soft, psychedelic chamber-folk — delicate, potent, subtle pastoral music. On “Thoughts,” Moore has brought in producer Beck, an artist with his own brand of mellowed-out, folksy complexity. Moore and Beck come up with tremulous electronic textures that waft through the shimmering strings of “Blood Never Lies” and “Illuminine” and the dark drone of “Mina Loy.” Violinist Samara Lubelski and Philadelphia
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Dubuque Chuck Bregman 6 p.m., Mystique The Impulse Band 8 p.m., Dubuque Driving Range Johnnie Walker 7 p.m., Diamond Jo Massey Road and Mississippi Band 9 p.m., Northside Shaun Cavanaugh 7 p.m., Courtside Trailer Kings, 9 p.m., Mystique Tribe of 3, 9 p.m., The Bank Cedar Rapids Gimikk 6:30 p.m., Chrome Horse Past Masters 9 p.m., Chrome Horse Perry Barton 9:30 p.m., Piano Lounge Uptown Friday Nights featuring Lonesome Road 5 p.m., Green Square Park Iowa City Best Friends Forever with Alexis Stevens, 9 p.m., The Mill Friday Night Concert Series featuring Adobanga and Dr. Z’s Experiment 6:30 p.m., Ped Mall Jazz After Five featuring Equilateral 5:30 p.m., The Mill PB and the Jam with Chloroform 9 p.m., Gabe’s Snow Demon with Bloodcow and Kentucky Belt Fight 9 p.m., Blue Moose T.U.G.G. with The Fowler Brothers 9 p.m., Iowa City Yacht Club
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STURGIS FALLS
FRIDAY, June 24 Bourbon Street Restaurant New Red Onion Jazz Babies, 7:45 p.m. Blue Street Jazz Band, 9 p.m. Clarion Inn Party Gras Classic Jazz Band, 7 p.m. Saints Dixieland Jazz Band, 8:30 p.m. Sturgis Park Saints Dixieland Jazz Band, 5 p.m. New Red Onion Jazz Babies, 6 p.m. Blue Street Jazz Band, 7 p.m. Hoodads, 8 p.m. Chris Duarte Group, 9:45 p.m.
Friday, June 24 Overman Park The Chocolate Crackers, 11 a.m. Jim Longnecker, 12:30 p.m. Cedar Valley Jazz Club, 1:45 p.m. The Wicked Andersons, 3 p.m. Fatcat, 4:30 p.m. Sturgis Falls Children’s Choir, 6 p.m. Tourist Park The Snozzberries, 5 p.m. Monsters of Mock, 8:45 p.m. Island Park Firefighters’ Dance featuring Urban Legend, 7 p.m.
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Saturday, June 25 Bourbon Street Restaurant New Red Onion Jazz Babies, noon Blue Street Jazz Band, 1:30 p.m. Party Gras Classic Jazz Band, 7:45 p.m. Saints Dixieland Jazz Band, 9 p.m. Clarion Inn New Red Onion Jazz Babies, 7 p.m. Blue Street Jazz Band, 8:30 p.m. Sturgis Park Party Gras Classic Jazz Band, noon Saints Dixieland Jazz Band, 2 p.m. New Red Onion Jazz Babies, 4 p.m. Blue Street Jazz Band, 6 p.m. Boss Grant and the Johnny Cash Revue, 8 p.m. Sunday, June 26 Bourbon Street Restaurant Saints Dixieland Jazz Band, 4 p.m. Party Gras Classic Jazz Band, 5:30 p.m. New Red Onion Jazz Babies, 7 p.m. Blue Street Jazz Band, 8:30 p.m. Clarion Inn New Red Onion Jazz Babies, 9 a.m. Saints Dixieland Jazz Band, 7 p.m. Party Gras Classic Jazz Band, 8:30 p.m. Sturgis Park Tedda Hach Gospel Set with Blue Street Jazz Band, 10:45 a.m. Saints Dixieland Jazz Band, noon Party Gras Classic Jazz Band, 2 p.m. New Red Onion Jazz Babies, 4 p.m. Blue Street Jazz Band, 6 p.m.
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Saturday, June 25 Gateway Park 50s/60s Dance featuring Richie Lee and the Fabulous 50s, 7 p.m. Overman Park Strait Up, noon The Andy Anderson Band, 1:15 p.m. Leigh Bailey, 2:45 p.m. Milk and Honey, 4 p.m. Marvin and Dino Spencer, 5:15 p.m. Parris Island Marine Band, 7 p.m. Tourist Park Lick It Ticket, noon Beaker Brothers, 1:30 p.m. Orquesta Alto Maiz, 3:30 p.m. Checker and the Bluetones, 5:45 p.m. Arch Allies, 9 p.m. Sunday, June 26 Overman Park Mick Staebell, noon Sweet Adelines, 1:15 p.m. The Ramblers, 2:30 p.m. Clarence Williams and the Rising Sons, 3:45 p.m. Cedar Falls Municipal Band, 5 p.m. Tourist Park The Mittens, 1 p.m. WAGG, 2:30 p.m. Bob Dorr and the Blue Band, 5 p.m. Hamilton Loomis, 7:30 p.m.
IOWA CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL Clinton St. and Iowa Ave.
Friday, July 1 Main Stage United Jazz Ensemble, 4:30 p.m. DePaul College Jazz Band, 6 p.m. Carmen Bradford with Iowa Jazz All Stars, 8 p.m. Side Stage Silver Swing Band, 5:30 p.m.
FILTER 25 SaturDAY Waterloo Alesha Brown and Becca D 9 p.m., Black’s Piano Bar Andrew Thoreen and Friends 7 p.m., Black’s Piano Bar Austin Taft Soundtrack with Dwellers of the Twilight Void 9 p.m., Spicoli’s The Other Band 7 p.m., Steamboat Gardens Rosetti and Wigley 8 p.m., The Isle Talon, 9 p.m., Screaming Eagle Tin Pan Alley, 8 p.m., The Hoist Cedar Falls Dave Malam 8 p.m., Cup of Joe Dubuque Chuck Bregman 6 p.m., Mystique Clovis Mann, 9 p.m., The Bank Kevin Beck and Johnnie Walker 9 p.m., Spirits Trailer Kings, 9 p.m., Mystique Cedar Rapids The Doughnut Sharks 7 p.m., Java Creek Helforstout 9 p.m., Chrome Horse Perry Barton 9:30 p.m., Piano Lounge Iowa City Amarillo, 7 p.m., Wildwood Dubstep Summit 8 p.m., Gabe’s Mos Scocious 9 p.m., Iowa City Yacht Club Ravens and Chimes with Dream Thieves and Datagun 9 p.m., The Mill Slip Silo with Tribal Momentum and Peter Odegaard 9 p.m., Blue Moose Chloroform, 6:30 p.m. Funk Stop, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 2 Main Stage North Corridor All Stars, 2 p.m. Elsie Parker and the Poor People of Paris, 4 p.m. Kneebody, 6 p.m. Josh Roseman Unit, 8 p.m. Side Stage
JUly 1 friday Waterloo Dennis Wayne Gang 8 p.m., Screaming Eagle Eben Seaman and Eddie Lawrence 9 p.m., Black’s Piano Bar Eleventh Hour, 9 p.m., Jameson’s Fat Chance 10 p.m., Kings and Queens Milk and Honey 6 p.m., Spicoli’s Route 66, 8 p.m., The Isle Dubuque Bad Fished 8 p.m., The Yardarm Chuck Bregman 6 p.m., Mystique Horsin’ Around Band 8 p.m., Catfish Charlie’s Cedar Rapids Billy Heller, 7 p.m., Java Creek Black the Sun 6:30 p.m., Chrome Horse Downward Fall 9 p.m., Chrome Horse Uptown Friday Nights featuring Loaded 5 p.m., Green Square Park Iowa City Brothers Loyalty 4 p.m., Gabe’s Firecracker 500 Festival featuring The Coathangers, HOTT, Half Rats, The Bent Scepters, Slut River, Techno Lincoln and the Technicolor Union and The Boxknifes 7 p.m., Blue Moose Haley Bonar with Holcombe Waller, 8 p.m., Englert Theatre Jazz Jam, 10 p.m., The Mill Uniphonics with Lick It Ticket, 9 p.m., Iowa City Yacht Club IC City High Combo, 1:30 p.m. Thelonious Assault, 2:30 p.m. Bermuda Report, 3:30 p.m. The Oatts Boys, 5:30 p.m. Groove Theory, 6:30 p.m. Koplant No, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 3 Main Stage Kevin Hart and the Vibe Tribe with David Hoffman, 2 p.m.
2 SaturDAY Waterloo Barflies 9 p.m., Screaming Eagle Eben Seaman and Eddie Lawrence 9 p.m., Black’s Piano Bar Rock the ’Loo featuring Green 13 6 p.m., RiverLoop Expo Rooftop Jazz and Blues featuring Kevin BF Burt and the Instigators, 6:30 p.m. Waterloo Center for the Arts Route 66 8 p.m., The Isle Soul Fusion 9 p.m., Jameson’s
6.24 AUTHORITY ZERO | 8 PM WITH POUR HABIT, KARATE LINCOLNS 6.25
6.28 XTREME TRIVIA AND BEER PONG | 9 PM 6.29 SOIL | 9 PM WITH 3 PIL MORNING 6.30 KARAOKE BY ULTIMATE ENTERTAINMENT | 9 PM
Cedar Falls Cedar Flows 2011 featuring Ill Convoy, Jon Voigt, Mumraw and Crack-a-Don 9 p.m., The Hub Dubuque Chuck Bregman 6 p.m., Mystique Massey Road, 9 p.m., Pit Stop Misbehaven 8 p.m., The Yardarm Two Bit Maniac 7 p.m., Java Creek
AUSTIN TAFT SOUNDTRACK | 9 PM WITH DWELERS OF THE TWILIGHT VOID
7.01 MILK AND HONEY | 6 PM 7.15 JESTER | 9 PM 7.16 FILTER | 8 PM
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Iowa City Dennis McMurrin and the Demolition Band 10 p.m., Iowa City Yacht Club Firecracker 500 Festival featuring The People’s Temple, Paul Cary, Solid Attitude, Terrible Twos, Blackbelts, Big Box, White Suns and Supersonic Piss 7 p.m., Blue Moose Jazz Jam, 10 p.m., The Mill Kross Kountry 7 p.m., Wildwood John Ellis and Double-Wide, 4 p.m. Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet, 6 p.m. Randy Weston, 8 p.m. Side Stage Des Moines Hoover Combo, 1:30 p.m. Lick It Ticket, 2:30 p.m. Pat Smith Group, 3:30 p.m. CR Washington Combo, 5:30 p.m. Gabe Medd Band, 6:30 p.m. The Fex, 7:30 p.m.
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7:00PM: BATTLE OF THE BANDS FINALS AUSTIN TAFT SOUNDTRACK, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ACCOUNT, THE HOST COUNTRY, ATTIC PARTY, AND COLLIN & COMPANY
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5:00PM: EQUILATERAL 7:00PM: WICKED ANDERSONS 10:00PM: THE SEQUELS
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8:00PM: CLIFFHANGER 10:00PM: PORK TORNADOES
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9:00PM: FREE KEG & KARAOKE 9:00PM: HUSH PUPPIES W/ IN DYING DAYS 9:00PM: MARY MO & HER SWEET NOTES 9:00PM: CEDAR FLOWS 2011 ILL CONVOY, JON VOIGT, MUMRAW, AND CRACK-A-DON
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CARS 2 Starring: Voices of Larry the Cable Guy, Owen Wilson, Michael Caine The plot: Lightning McQueen, pit boss Mater and the rest of Lightning’s crew enter the Race of Champions, a multi-national event taking place in Japan, Germany, Italy, France and England.
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1 JULY
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON STARRING: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tyrese Gibson THE PLOT: Against the backdrop of the space race between the U.S.S.R. and the United States, the alliance between Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) and Optimus Prime is put to the test against a common enemy.
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A BETTER LIFE
LARRY CROWNE
STARRING: Demián Bichir, José Julián THE PLOT: Carlos, a simple, decent, 40-year-old Mexican man, doesn’t ask much from life — just to keep tending the yards of L.A.’s wealthy and to give his estranged son Luis a better life than he had. But when a business opportunity that would have allowed him to take control of his destiny is stolen from under his nose, his life is thrown into chaos.
Stars: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts The Plot: Unclear on his next steps after losing his job at a bigbox retailer, Larry Crowne (Hanks) enrolls at his local college where he finds a niche among the school’s community of outcasts and a connection with a teacher (Roberts) who has lost her passion for life. PULSE
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2011
JEssICA sImPsOn JOIns nBC’s
‘FAsHIOn stAR’ Jessica Simpson is taking on the role of mentor to aspiring designers for a new NBC reality series. The network has announced that Simpson, 30, will help guide contestants in the series “Fashion Star” as they compete for a multimillion-dollar contract to launch their own brand. Elle McPherson will host the show, which NBC promises to be a “true spectacle” taped in front of a studio audience and featuring music, dancers and models along with weekly challenges for the contestants. The contestant who best combines fashion and business gets a contract to launch a line with three major retailers, which are yet to be announced. Buyers from each chain will serve as judges, keeping contestants in the competition by buying their designs. Viewers won’t have to wait to shop for what they see: Each week’s winning design in categories ranging from suits to lingerie to accessories will be available for immediate online purchase. Producers of “Fashion Star” include former NBC executive Ben Silverman, and Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz of Magical Elves, original producers of “Project Runway.” The debut date for “Fashion Star” has not yet been announced. the associated press 22
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‘Happily Divorced’ LANDS oN TV LAND
jonathan storm | the philadelphia inquirer
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t has been a while since we’ve had Fran Drescher and her lovable honk in a sitcom. “The Nanny” closed down in 1999. “Living With Fran” had a little run six years later on The WB, but hardly anybody saw it. “I love her voice,” says Fran’s date, in TV Land’s new sitcom, “Happily Divorced.” “Give it time,” says her ex-husband. It’s like a long-lost lullaby when Fran rolls over in bed at the top of the show and asks her anxious husband, “Whatsa mattah, Peetah?” What’s the matter is not that he has some new psychosomatic ailment after watching “Grey’s Anatomy” again right before bed. What’s the matter is that he has finally concluded he is gay. “Happily Divorced” will chronicle the lives of Fran and Peter, too broke to move out of their house, after this moment. There are many possible pitfalls, not the least of which is that the show could just be one agonizing gay joke. But since Drescher and her real ex-husband, Peter Marc Jacobson, who did get divorced after he realized he was gay, are the executive producers, that doesn’t happen. Drescher looks great, and she’s basically her old Fran Fine “Nanny” self. Nobody would accuse her of
being an accomplished actress. Every character she’s played on TV series in the last 18 years, in fact, has been named Fran. But she delivers a joke just fine. John Michael Higgins (“Best in Show”) is Peter. Tichina Arnold (“Everybody Hates Chris”) is Fran’s best friend. The show signals that there’s a little more going on than the usual frantic search for jokes when D.W. Moffett shows up as Fran’s first post-divorce date. Rita Moreno and Robert Walden play Fran’s parents. They figured she knew Peter was gay and didn’t say anything because they didn’t want to interfere, but mama does offer some advice when he comes out of the closet: “You go to a lingerie store. You buy something very sexy that will turn him on.” “Like what,” asks Fran, “a jock strap?” The show has some hilarious moments and perks along between them as you might expect a Drescher show to. “Happily Divorced,” full of old-fashioned laughs and cast members, completes a comedy marriage made by clever programmers that shows signs of lasting past the honeymoon. HAPPILY DIVORCED 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays | TV Land
Oscar Hijuelos pens memoir on search for identity christine armario | the associated press
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n his novels, Pulitzer Prize winner Oscar Hijuelos captures the loss and triumphs of Cuban immigrants in tales of displaced dreams, lovelorn beauties and eternal music. Now he turns the pen to his story, the inspiration for many of his characters, and a candid, often heartbreaking portrait that reveals another layer of the Cuban experience in America. Growing up in New York, Hijuelos’ identity as a Cuban seems constantly stacked against him. With his blond hair and light skin, he is commonly confused as a German or American, even among fellow compatriots — what might seem like an insignificant shortcoming, but a sort of jab to his already fragile identity each time he is mistakenly addressed in English.
under any circumstances, but what I would hear for years afterward from my mother was that something Cuban had nearly killed me and, in the process of my healing, would turn my own ‘Cubaness’ into air.” It’s an experience of displacement and a never-ending inability to reach an identity he inherits, but cannot truly grasp, that many Cubans of his generation, along with anyone who has felt divided between two homelands, will understand and relate to. It also defines much of his development as a writer, as he initially hesitates to embrace his story, and that of his family, as a source of inspiration for his fictional characters — too ashamed to put them on paper, believing the world was indifferent to his tale.
“It’s an experience of displacement and a never-ending inability to reach an identity he inherits, but cannot truly grasp, that many Cubans of his generation, along with anyone who has felt divided between two homelands, will understand and relate to.“
‘Thoughts Without Cigarettes: A Memoir’ Author: Oscar Hijuelos Gotham Books, 2011 /
After an enchanting trip with his mother to Cuba as a young child, he becomes ill with a kidney disease and is hospitalized for a year, during which he loses, and never truly recovers, his Spanish. Once released, he is limited to a strict diet of bland food and forbidden from eating Cuban staples like crispy lechon or fried plantains that his family cherishes. “For the longest time, all I would know was that I had gotten sick in Cuba, from Cuban microbios, that the illness had blossomed in the land of my forebears, the country where I had once been loved and whose language fell as music on my ears,” Hijuelos writes. “Of course, diseases happen anywhere, and children get sick
Hijuelos won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 1990 for “The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love.” Even so, Hijuelos writes of how he struggled against being labeled an “ethnic” writer, and notes that even today there are few other Latinos whose work, despite the considerable number of talented authors, has been awarded the same recognition. The stories of second-generation Cubans have seeped into Hijuelos’ work, but this memoir portrays their experience, and that of successive generations, with a candor that few others have dared. Readers who enjoyed the memoirs of Carlos Eire and others who have explored this precarious terrain will take a great interest in Hijuelos’ work.
‘Nom de Plume’ explains secret, famous pseudonyms emily fredrix | the associated press
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n the annals of literature, pen names have long created as much intrigue about the authors as the pieces they write. Carmela Ciuraru’s “Nom de Plume” deftly tells the stories of some of literature’s most famous pen names by weaving in details about these secretive, often eccentric writers’ lives and works to examine their decision to use pen names. From Lewis Carroll (born Charles Dodgson), to Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and Victoria Lucas (Sylvia Plath), one chapter is devoted to each with so much detail that the authors under discussion seem to become characters in Ciuraru’s book. Take the title of Plath’s chapter: “She found sexual satisfaction in picking her nose.” For anyone who creates — writers, artists and performers — the book will enthrall. It’s as much a meditation on the creative process as it is a tell-all about their names and the intrigue, branding or mind games that created them. Readers don’t need to be familiar with all the writers. Some of the names aren’t well-known to modern audiences, which Ciuraru acknowledges. But they’ll still be able to appreciate the stories behind the story. Ciuraru devotes pages to exploring the reasons for — and effects of — these other identities. She’s done much re-
search for this book, weaving in the authors’ personal and public writings, along with those of their contemporaries. The names can be an excuse, reason or outlet to create. The Bronte sisters, Anne, Charlotte and Emily, and Karen Blixen wouldn’t have been taken seriously — or even printed. So the male pen names of Acton, Currer and Ellis Bell and Isak Dinesen gave them a chance to be published. Others, like Carroll, author of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” were well-established in their fields and wanted a pen name to separate their various selves. Carroll, a “shy, eminent Oxford mathematician and lecturer, had created the nom de plume as a means of shelter from which he could let his imagination run wild,” Ciuraru explains. He stuck to his pen name so much that he even asked a library at Oxford to delete all cross-references between his two names. One shortcoming of “Nom de Plume” is its lack of conclusion. The book is told as a series of short works on these authors and many similarities among them pop out, beyond their pen names. Ciuraru expertly tells their stories and draws conclusions within each section, but other than the introduction, there’s no explanation to bring the examination full circle.
‘Nom de Plume’
Author: Carmela Ciuraru HarperCollins, 2011 /
For anyone who creates — writers, artists and performers — the book will enthrall. PULSE
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NEWS FROM E3
The names of the two biggest hardware announcements at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo left everyone scratching their heads. Vita? Wii U? That’s the best they could come up with? Here’s a closer look at the funny-named gadgets headed for your living room.
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Sony’s newest handheld, the successor to the ever-evolving PSP line, has a 5-inch multi multitouch OLED screen on the face and another multitouch sensor pad on the back of the pushdevice to allow for finger motions like push ing and pulling. It also features dual analog sticks in addition to front- and rear-facing cameras, a cross pad, shoulder triggers and four-button setup. The graphical improvement of the Vita will allow players to pick up games from their PS3 on the handheld device and vice versa. The $250 price tag for a Wi-Fi only model positions it directly against Nintendo’s 3DS, while a $300 model comes with 3G connectivity ex exclusively through AT&T. The Vita will be available later this year.
Wiiii U
There was a lot of confusion after Nintendo’s keynote, which ended with the unveiling of the Wii U: Is there a new console? All the images, all the chatter were about the new controller — a 6.2-inch touch screen surround by the usual bevy of but buttons, including dual analog pads. Yet lurking in the background, there it was: a console that developers claim has 50 percent more processing power than the PS3 and Xbox 360. Say hello to high-definition Mario, Zelda and Metroid games. The demos shown — there are no games officially announced yet — used the new controller to give a fifth player a different perspective from the other four players, who use standard Wii Remotes. Players can also use the touchscreen to peer inside, magnify or otherwise enhance the image on the TV using the rear-facing camera. Gameplay can also be transferred from the TV screen to the screen in the new controller, freeing up the TV for someone else to watch a show or movie. The Wii U will launch sometime in 2012. 24
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Games featured at e3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Skyrim Halo 4 Luigi’s Mansion 2 Gears of War 3 Battlefield 3 Super Mario Bioshock Infinite Assassin’s Creed Revelations Uncharted: Golden Abyss Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time Tomb Raider Mass Effect 3 Saints Row: The Third Deus Ex: Human Revelations Dead Island Final Fantasy XIII-2
‘Red Faction’ goes back for more mars fun JustIN HOeGer | McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
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wo years ago, “Red Faction: Guerilla” let players tear the Red Planet apart. “Red Faction: Armageddon” lets them tear it apart, then put it back together. Set a few decades after “Guerilla,” ‘‘Armageddon” stars the grandson of the previous game’s hero, Alec Mason. Fighting for Mars is a family tradition, and Darius Mason is a chip off the old block. As the game opens, he’s part of a mission to stop a cult from destroying Mars’ Terraformer, and with it, the planet’s breathable atmosphere. What’s more, cult leader Adam Hale has a grudge against Mason’s family. Alas, the Terraformer is destroyed and the Martian populace is forced underground. A few years later, Darius is hired to open up some centuries-old Martian ruins. What’s hidden inside turns out to be a voracious race of alien bugs, and Darius finds himself fighting
for his life once more. “Armageddon” doesn’t share the last game’s go-anywhere, destroy-anything open world. Instead it’s broken up into more linear levels, though the crucial destroy- anything aspect is more than intact. Like Alec, Darius carries a big sledgehammer that can bust through nearly any structure. But he also has a device called the Nano Forge, which can reconstruct demolished objects in an instant — bridges, platforms, destroyed cover, all sorts of things. It has a variety of other powers, as well, such as releasing a wave of concussive force or generating a shield around the wearer. His gadgets don’t stop there. The Magnet Gun is particularly neat fire it at two spots within range, and the first will be irresistibly drawn toward the second, allowing Darius to fling boulders like marbles and send buildings
Red Faction: armageddon for: PC, PS3, Xbox 360 | Price: $49.99-$59.99 | rated: Mature
tumbling. The game has its share of standard shooter weapons — assault rifles, shotguns and so on — but the more exotic stuff is where the fun is. The object-eating Nano Rifle from the last game returns and is joined by various rocket and grenade launchers, plasma
weapons and the Singularity Cannon, which fires an all-consuming black hole. “Armageddon” leaves behind the last game’s competitive modes but has a survival mode with up to four players against hordes of monsters. Ruin mode lets players destroy as much as possible.
super street Fighter iv arcade edition
Resident evil: the mercenaries
dynasty Warriors: gundam 3
Can’t get enough Ryu? The retooled version of “Super Street Fighter IV” boasts four new characters, beefedup online modes, an enhanced Replay Channel and updated character balancing. All characters from the original game are unlocked from the start. June 28; PC, Ps3, X360.
Tackle timed missions from “Resident Evil 4” and “Resident Evil 5” alone or with a friend via network play as favorite characters like Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Albert Wesker and Hunk. Includes a playable demo of the upcoming 3DS title “Resident Evil Revelations.” June 28; 3ds.
This cel-shaded fighting game includes more than 50 characters and 70 mechs from 30 years of “Mobile Suit Gundam” anime. The story mode is back with more aggressive enemy AI and a new campaign to save the universe as chaotic warfare threatens to destroy the world. June 28; Ps3, X360.
UFC personal trainer
mystery Case Files: the malgrave incident oblivion 5th anniversary edition
Learn more than 70 moves from mixed martial arts trainers to get in shape. This game was designed with input from real MMA trainers and features sparring with several popular UFC fighters. PlayStation Move and Microsoft Kinetic required for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. June 28; Ps3, X360, Wii.
The abandoned resort on Malgrave Island is home to many mysteries. Those secrets will be disturbed and revealed as players search for dust, the cure to a woman’s illness, in this hidden object game that also features three different multiplayer modes. June 27; Wii.
It’s been five years since “Oblivion” took the gaming world by storm. Now it’s back with pumped-up graphics, a new combat and magic system and challenging new adversaries. Includes the “Shivering Isles” and “Knights of the Nine” expansion packs. June 28; PC, Ps3, X360.
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ATTENTION JIMMY BUFFET FANS!
Florida’s PREMIER Jimmy Buffet Tribute band will be performing on Sunday, July 3 from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. in the Lost Island parking lot. Admission is $10, or $5 with Lost Island wristband.
PLUS - FIREWORKS after THE show! The Caribbean The Caribbean Chillers will also be playing inside the park on Monday, July 4th!
Hours: Waterpark open daily 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Golf and Go-Karts open daily 2 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Chillers
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2011-2012 Artist Series 9-11 Remembrance; 10 Years Later Sunday, September 11, 2011, 7 p.m.
Tim Conway & Friends
Sunday, September 25, 2011, 7 p.m.
Masters of the Fiddle
Thursday, October 13, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company
The Magic Flute with UNI School of Music
Friday, January 27, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Elvis Lives
Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Spirit of Uganda - A BUCK A KID! Sunday, February 19, 2012, 3 p.m.
Sunday, October 23, 2011, 3 p.m.
Wroclaw Philharmonic with Garrick Ohlsson
Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real
Burn the Floor
A BUCK A KID!
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 27, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 2 & 7:30 p.m.
My Fair Lady
The Chieftains
Saturday, October 29, 2011, 2 & 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Hugo Wolf Quartett
Colin Hay
Sunday, October 30, 2011, 3 p.m.
Friday, March 9, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
The Nutcracker - Minnesota Ballet
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
November 18-20, 2011, Friday, 7:30 p.m. Saturday & Sunday, 2 p.m.
Flying Karamazov Brothers
Kathy Griffin
Sunday, April 15, 2012, 3 p.m.
A BUCK A KID!
Sunday, December 11, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Mannheim Steamroller
Friday, December 16, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Monty Python’s Spamalot
Sunday, January 15, 2012, 2 & 7:30 p.m.
Rock of Ages
Thursday-Friday, January 19-20, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 31, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
A BUCK A KID!
The Midtown Men
Friday, April 20, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Morgenstern Trio
Thursday, April 26, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Twist and Shout
Sunday, May 6, 2012, 7:30 p.m. Dates and times subject to change
Tickets on sale to general public August 1, 2011 Join Friends of the Gallagher-Bluedorn to order early! 28
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