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The College Hill arts festival moved from July to June, but the annual event is steadfast in its mission to bring you fine art.
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WATER WORLD CSPS’ new exhibit, Trouble the Waters, features 16 artists whose work revolves around water. Think swimming polar bears.
Hip-hop duo Maxilla Blue, with some bumpin’ special guests, will lay down their lyrical brilliance at Spicoli’s in Waterloo.
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A scheming Kevin Spacey takes dirty politics to a whole other level in the Netflix-exclusive hit series House of Cards.
RIVER COUNTRY Nashville recording artist and all-around good-lookin’ dude Easton Corbin hits Waterloo’s RiverLoop Amphitheatre in June.
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THE DATE HAS CHANGED.THE LOCATION HAS NOT.
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t was 35 years ago that the College Hill Arts Festival transformed the shady corner of College and 23rd streets in Cedar Falls into an art gallery without walls. The annual July festival has become a signature event for Iowa and has been listed as one of the top 100 best fine arts and design shows in the U.S. by Sunshine Artist magazine for seven out of the past eight years. Traditionally scheduled in July, CHAF will take place June 14 and 15 this year. Mary-Sue Bartlett, who co-chairs the event with Vaughn Griffin, says the date switch is because “we listened to the artists. Each year we have the artists complete a survey, and while the results are overwhelmingly positive, what they don’t like is the weather.” In recent years, the festival has been somewhat marred by July’s excessive heat or torrential rainstorms. “We have no control over the weather, so we decided to move the festival to a different weekend,” Bartlett explains. “Sometimes it’s nice to shake things up.” The date falls between My Waterloo Days and the Sturgis Falls Celebration and Cedar Basin Jazz Festival. They also managed to dodge major festivals popular with artists in Omaha and Des Moines. Artists will exhibit and sell paintings, ceramics, wood, fiber, glass, sculptures, basketry, pastels, mixed media, graphics, prints, photography and jewelry. Sixteen states PULSE
are represented: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. Changing dates has made CHAF even more appealing to artists, Bartlett says. “It’s broadened our appeal. Artists typically get into a cycle of when and where they exhibit on a weekend, and by appealing to a different weekend, we’ve been able to land several nationally known artists.” Those artists include raku artist Richard Gruchalla of Duluth, Minn.; Delores Fortuna, who creates utilitarian forms for the table from porcelain and her own handcrafted glazes in a Galena, Ill., studio; Paul Eshelman, an Illinois-based potter who makes functional red stoneware pottery; and glass artist Angelo Fico from Wilmot, Wis. CHAF is kept deliberately small and intimate at 75 artists to allow interaction between artists and patrons. Gary Kelley will design the festival poster. There also will be activities for children and the Young Art Collectors Gallery, which features original artwork created by exhibiting artists. Prices are $10 or less, and the gallery is open to children ages 14 and younger. The gallery encourages children to make independent choices about art. Musical entertainment is planned, and there will be food and beverage vendors.
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COLLEGE HILL ARTS FESTIVAL ARTISTS Ceramics: Paul Jeselskis, Nicholas DeVries, Tony Winchester, Nate & Hallie Evans, Anthony Huonder, Richard Gru, Robert Briscoe, Ryan Myers, Delores Fortuna
Fiber: Mary Ellen Christian, Julie Crabtree, Mariella terBeest Schladweiler, Jan Friedman, Jeff Seemayer, Kimberly C. Anderson
Glass: Scott Simmons, Jean Murphy, Doug Sigwarth, Karen Naylor, Angelo Fico Graphics: Michael Bond, Steve Nowatzki, Mel Fleck, Rita Troller, Lou Zale Jewelry: Brenna Klassen-Glanzer, Ryan Rathje, John Strobel, Randi Chervitz, Candy McFall, Mary Gohman, Sandra Freeman, Paula Sparks, Amy & Matt Palmer, Thomas Birchard, Pam Kehoe-Peterson, Wes Honeycutt
Mixed media: Cliff Matyszczyk, Amy & Jeff Dallas, Shawn Wolter, Juan Barrenche, Elle Heiligenstein, Rick Martin, Carole Osborn, Hill & Nicole Brin, Scot Schmidt, Babs Schnabel, Nuch Ryan
Painting/pastel: Andy Van Schyndle, Bekah Ash, Tom Christopher, Keri Ippolito, Charlene Marsh, Brian Keller, Jeremy Hansen, Smithfield, Hans Olson, Brian Jensen
Photography: Marty Hulsebos, Jon Walton, Michael Stipek, Judith Eastburn, Don Ament Sculpture: Alice Calhoun, Kerry M. Christian, Dale Merrill, Lisa Regan, Ralph Parker Wood: Paul Lambrecht, Craig Lossing, Mark Schlabaugh, Craig Richardson, Robert Myrvall, Jim Anderson
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Orquesta Alto Maize, 1 p.m.
Uncle Chuck & His Imaginary Band, 3:45 p.m. Third Street Band, 5 p.m.
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Hilton Garden Grille and Bar 7213 Nordic Drive Cedar Falls, IA 50613 319.266.6611 www.hiltongardeninncedarfalls.com Monday - Friday hours Breakfast: 6:30 AM - 10 AM Lunch: 11 AM - 2 PM Dinner: 5 PM - 10 PM Saturday & Sunday hours Breakfast: 7 AM - 11 AM Not open for lunch Dinner: 5 PM - 10 PM
appealing to all appetites JAMES FRAZIER | Pulse Writer
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he Garden Grille and Bar at the Hilton Garden Inn brings to the Cedar Valley an inclusive dining experience with much to offer everyone, from the T-shirt and jeans crowd to suit-and-tie businesspeople. “My goal here is to have this place available to everyone,” said Chef Matt Hoecker. “All cultures, all classes. Bridge the gap. Everyone deserves to come in here and have a great meal, and they should.” As the newly appointed executive chef, Hoecker brings to The Garden not only passion for the culinary arts, but for the establishment itself, which he literally helped build last year well before its doors opened to the public. With that passion comes a commitment to making The Garden not just match the high quality associated with the Hilton name, but exceed it. Hoecker’s contributions to the menu are best described as an eclectic mix of delectable items, a selection that’s rustic but refined. Featuring classic selections from France, Italy and the American South, there’s something to satiate an array of appetites. Diners might care to start their evening with a crisp Bibb lettuce salad topped with shaved fennel and mac PULSE
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Chef Matt Hoecker with Lisa Donnenworth, food and beverage manager.
erated onion, or enjoy a bowl of carrot-ginger soup. They might then take pleasure in a generous meal of shrimp and grits, with bacon cream cheese grits, brown butter shrimp and blackberry ancho gastrique. Or perhaps they’d prefer to luxuriate with a perfect New York strip served with blackened baby red potato-and-bacon hash, confit cherry tomatoes, cilantro chimichurri and marrow butter. In the morning, guests can take heart in a sumptuous breakfast, one that can include omelets prepared before your eyes. For lunch, there’s a number of appealing items. A good start would be the classic turkey sandwich with herbed cream cheese and applewood smoked bacon and served on wheatberry bread. Another wise choice is the house burger made from free-range beef, topped with truffle aioli, balsamic onion jam and applewood smoked bacon, served on a delicious brioche bun. The selections also change with the season, ensuring that returning customers can look forward to items that are as fresh in spirit as they are in ingredients. With a name like The Garden Grille and Bar, it’s expected that dishes be made with the freshest ingredients. The Garden orders its supplies from a number of local and regional vendors. Free-range meat is purchased from Niman Ranch, with fresh fish flown in and delivered daily.
“The Hilton Garden Inn was built with the premise of bringing the outside in and the inside out,” said Lisa Donnenwerth, the hotel’s food & beverage manager. It’s an idea that pays off with an open layout that’s pleasing to the eye and soothing to the soul. Diners will notice an atmosphere that’s pleasurably comfortable, an ideal spot for purposes ranging from an intimate dinner to productive business meetings. Whether patrons desire an after-work imported beer, a cocktail while discussing business logistics or simply a fine glass of red wine with a flawless New York strip, The Garden’s bar has guests covered. The bar features 10 beers on tap, a diverse wine selection and tasty cocktails made from scratch, such as their Bloody Mary, assembled with individual ingredients without a mix in sight. The bar itself serves as a fine spot to enjoy food also, be it a snack like hand-cut fried pickles, poutine fries with cheese curds from Hansen’s Diary or a delectable crispy Korean beef taco served with dipping sauce and sesame peanut salad. As word of mouth spreads, The Garden’s staff hope to see the whole community pass through their doors. “This is a restaurant that can stand on its own,” said Carlson. “We welcome people from all over, be they from the area or far away, to come and have a wonderful time.”
Beer me! You like a good brew? Then join the River Music Experience for its fifth annual beer tasting event, BeeRME for Music. BeeRME will feature a wide range of beer samples from Great River Brewery, Bent River Brewing Company, Blue Cat Brew Pub, MUGZ Homebrewers Club, Millstream Brewing Company, Dimitri Wine & Spirits, Vanguard Distributing and Mississippi River Distillery Company.
BeeRME for Music Saturday, June 1 @ 5 PM River Music Experience, Davenport $25 advance, $30 door rivermusicexperience.org
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Ginger Thai Cuisine | Authentic Thai Food 111 W. 2nd Street, Cedar Falls 319-266-2150 Hours: Monday - Saturday 11 am - 3 pm, 5 - 9 pm; Sunday 10 am - 4 pm facebook.com/ginger-thai-cuisine Authentic thai cuisine offering lunch and dinner options. Appetizers, entrees, desserts and express menu for a quick lunch. A variety of flavors from coconut, fresh lemongrass, ginger, tofu and vegetables. Take-out and delivery available.
Ferrari’s Ristorante | American and Italian 1521 Technology Pkwy., Cedar Falls 319-277-1385 Hours: Monday - Friday 11 am - 10 pm, Saturday 4 - 10 pm 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.
Beck’s Sports Grill | American, Sports Bar 2210 College St., Cedar Falls 319-277-2646 Hours: Open daily at 11 am www.barmuda.com
Soho Sushi Bar & Deli The Stuffed Olive | Deli, Sushi, Tapas, Martinis 119 Main St., Cedar Falls 319-266-9995 Hours: Monday - Saturday at 11 am 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 4 - 10 pm www.barmuda.com
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Beck’s Sports Brewery | American, Microbrewery 3295 University Ave., Waterloo 319-234-4333 Hours: Open daily at 11 am www.barmuda.com One of the area’s 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 11 am - 9 pm 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 11 am - 2 am 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 and thirst-quenching drinks with an atmosphere unlike any other.
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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The night will also feature live music by Jason Carl & The Whole Damn Band and hors d’oeuvres samplings from Barrel House, Hungry Hobo, Sippi’s Restaurant, Antonella’s Pizzeria and more. A complimentary tasting glass is included in the ticket price.
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Otis and Henry’s® Bar and Grill | Bar and Grill 7777 Isle of Capri Blvd., Waterloo 319-833-2241 Hours: Sunday - Thursday 5 - 10 pm Friday - Saturday 5 pm - 11 pm www.waterloo.isleofcapricasinos.com Combines the comfort of a neighborhood bar and grill with the favorites of a steakhouse. Choose from the delicious pastas, sandwiches, salads, steaks, fish and more. Rudy’s Tacos | Mexican 2401 Falls Ave., Waterloo 319-234-5686 Hours: Monday - Saturday 11 am - 9 pm www.rudystacos.com Rudy’s uses local ingredients through the Northern Iowa Food and Farm Partnership’s Buy Fresh/Buy Local program. Southtown Bar & Restaurant | American 2026 Bopp St., Waterloo 319-236-9112 Hours: 7 am - 10:30 pm, bar open later www.southtownwaterloo.com Located next to Witham Ford behind Golf Headquarters. Stop in for the great broasted chicken or fresh-made pork tenderloin.
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Bash on the Farm More than 50 artists will rock at Bash on the Farm 2013, a free, family-friendly Christian music festival set for June 21-22 at Heritage Park in Forest City. All the cool kids will be there. In fact, Bash on the Farm drew 3,300 people last year. This year’s headliners are Jason Gray on Friday night, with metal/rock band Disciple on Saturday evening. Jason Gray, who hails from Minnesota, currently has a top 10 single on Christian radio charts, Good To Be Alive. Disciple, a Dove Award-winning rock band, has been featured on ESPN, NFL, WWE, Speed TV, CBS’ CSI Miami and Criminal Minds and has performed at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Bash on the Farm June 21-22 Heritage Park, Forest City bashonthefarm.com
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Maxilla Blue is something to be experienced, not something to be explained. See the Des Moines hip-hop artists at Spicoli’s in Waterloo during A Night of Hip-Hop with Maxilla Blue. These homegrown homies are fresh off a tour through Germany, and it’s the first time they’ve performed in the Cedar Valley. Maxilla Blue features producer Aeon Grey, word-pusher Asphate Woodhavet and DJ TouchNice. Joining Blue are locals Ace, prosmoke & Haze and Gadema feat. Richie Daggers with Chris Diskus10. A Night of Hip-Hop with Maxilla Blue Saturday, June 8 @ 9 PM Spicoli’s, Waterloo Admission: $5 thereverb.net
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Casting Crowns
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Happy Together Tour 2013
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Fans responded by returning Lady A to No.1 on the country charts with lead single Downtown after a rare misfire by the final Own the Night single. Golden comes as Lady A pushes past the 10 million mark in U.S. album sales and lands at an interesting crossroads with Scott expecting her first child, a daughter, in July. Scott doesn’t mind telling you the baby came as a complete surprise to her and husband Chris Tyrrell and led to quite a bit of schedule rejiggering. The album release was pushed up by months and several summer shows had to be pushed back. She initially feared the news might upset Kelley and Haywood, and sought them out separately to give them the news. “This is just a new chapter,” Scott said. “If you don’t stop long enough to have a real life off the road, you don’t have anything to write about that people can relate to.”
ady Antebellum’s last album Own the Night opened on top of the charts, spawned two No. 1 hits and has sold more than 1.8 million copies. By any measure the Grammy-winning trio’s follow-up to its life-changing hit Need You Now was a success — except one: how the trio feels about it looking back. The difference between that record and Lady A’s new release, Golden, is profound and reflects a new self-awareness for Hillary Scott, Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley. “We’re happier with this record,” Kelley said. “I think we’re a lot more proud of it. We had more time. We had an album to separate us from ... ” “The craziness,” Scott said, “the craziness and pressure that Need You Now kind of put on us going into that third record. It was there and now we feel just a little more confident about where we are.”
Enter Golden, a laidback album that feels like a ride in a convertible on a sunny day. If Own the Night was Lady A trying to recapture the magic of Need You Now — the song that spurred worldwide fame and five Grammy Awards — Golden is the band purposefully not. Gone are the strings and the heavy arrangements. They’re replaced with simple songs built around the acoustic guitar, a forward-leaning groove and a ’70s singer-songwriter feel. Lady A said there was no group meeting about changing the approach, but it was in everyone’s minds from the start. When they sat down to write the title track with Eric Paslay, Kelley said it felt like those early days again when things weren’t quite so pressure-packed. Haywood said they tried to recapture that feeling in the studio. “We would go in and try to get it in two takes and just go on because I think a lot of times you can overproduce and overdo
More Than Just A Dream FITZ & THE TANTRUMS
Spirit in the Room TOM JONES
Life On a Rock KENNY CHESNEY
Annie Up PISTOL ANNIES
From Sharon Jones to J.C. Brooks to Mayer Hawthorne to Charles Bradley to Eli “Paperboy” Reed, indie labels and rock clubs are chock-full of retro-soul and R&B acts these days, offering varying degrees of stylish nostalgia and earnest emotionalism in an age when both can seem lacking. Until now, you would have counted Fitz & the Tantrums, the L.A. sextet fronted by Michael Fitzpatrick with the assistance of singer Noelle Scaggs, among them. But on its second release, the band has chosen to leave the past behind. Or rather, it has chosen to exchange its former obsession, the Motown 1960s, for an ’80s template that incorporates synth-pop and Hall & Oatesstyle blue-eyed soul. The impulse to separate themselves from the pack is a good one, and F&TT’s songs are still catchy, but for every experiment that works, like the opener, Out of My League, there’s another, such as Break the Walls, in which the human element is swallowed up in a blaring wall of production. — Dan DeLuca, Philadelphia Inquirer
Since Rick Rubin started building a fresh audience for Johnny Cash with his American Recordings series 20 years ago, the resuscitation of the careers of senior citizen “legends” by decades-younger producers has become a commonplace pop music narrative. Spirit in the Room, which was helmed by Ethan Johns, known for his work with Kings of Leon and Ryan Adams, is the second such recent effort by Tom Jones, 71 and still robust of voice. With Spirit in the Room, Johns turns the volume down on a series of covers, written mostly by contemporaries of the white-goateed Welshman, such as Leonard Cohen, Richard Thompson and Tom Waits. The latter’s Bad as Me is hammy and strained, and the collection is a bit hit-or-miss. Not Odetta’s finger-snapping Hit or Miss, though, which allows the otherwise contemplative Jones to strut a bit. The best tracks here, like Bob Dylan’s When the Deal Goes Down, and especially Blind Willie Johnson’s Soul of a Man, search for meaning in the face of mortality in a most moving way. — Dan DeLuca, Philadelphia Inquirer
Critics assailed Brad Paisley and LL Cool J for the song Accidental Racist, an astonishingly simple-minded meditation on American race relations. Now Kenny Chesney is raising hackles with Lindy, from his new album, Life on a Rock. The song sketches its title character, who strolls around town “pick(ing) up pennies,”“tak(ing) cigarettes from strangers” and “play(ing) piano at the church when nobody’s watching.” Lindy appears to be a homeless man. But the song doesn’t actually say anything substantive about Lindy; its take-away has to do with Chesney and his exceptional sensitivity. As with Paisley, Chesney’s tone-deafness here seems especially egregious because it’s surrounded by smarter material. Chesney wrote or co-wrote eight of the 10 songs on the album. including the reflective It’s That Time of Day and Must Be Something I Missed. Even Coconut Tree, a dopey duet with Willie Nelson, offers the charming picture of Nelson “shimmy(ing) up and shak(ing) the good ones down.” Too bad he didn’t persuade Chesney to shake off Lindy. — Mikael Wood, McClatchy News Service
The sophomore outing from country bad-gal pals Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley picks up where their spunky 2011 debut, Hell on Heels, left off, with a dozen new tunes happily blending don’t-get-madget-even attitude and country piety. Their switchblade-sharp vision incorporates acute observational powers about the human condition and savvy compositional skills that come together in songs that are piercingly honest, funny and sometimes both. Annie Up opens with I Feel a Sin Comin’ On, which operates as the trio’s mission statement. These three women are only too ready to go wherever their heads or hearts lead them. The great thing here is the dimension they bring, showing they’re anything but one-note Annies. They may protest about the strictures of societal conventions in Unhappily Married, but they also are honest enough to elucidate the damage done by self-destructive solutions in Dear Sobriety. Mostly it feels like eavesdropping on one helluva lively girls night out. — Randy Lewis, McClatchy News Service
Golden by Lady Antebellum this and try to add all these things and overdubs,” Haywood said. “And we really wanted to just pick the best songs and if it’s a great song it’s going to sound good when you play it. You shouldn’t have to do a bunch to it.”
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The weather’s gone all warm on us — finally. Here’s a list of Pulse staff’s favorite summer, drive-with-the-windows-open tracks. Pirate Flag by Kenny Chesney It sounds like every other Kenny Chesney summer anthem, but that’s what makes it the perfect roll-down-your-windows-and-drive song. — Emily C., writer
MULLIGAN’S FAT TIRE RIDES June 15: Saturday Series Kick Off- Cruise and Time Trial July 13: Ragbrai Warm Up Ride August 10: Cedar Trails Dirty Ride- Cruiser Giveaway
That’s All She Wrote by T.I. feat. Eminem A smooth, solid beat fronted by two of my favorite artists. It’s magic, really. — Meta H., editor
More Than a Feeling by Boston My go-to song since high school.
— Holly H., writer
Get Lucky by Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams By the time you read this, Daft Punk will have already released a new album, which will most likely be full of perfect anthems for the hot summer months ahead. — Chris E., online
Ride Wit Me by Nelly Yeah, it’s an oldie but a goodie. And don’t lie. You know you shouted, “Hey! Must be da monaaaay” out the passenger side. — Meta H., editor
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Here I Am (Come and Take Me) by UB40 Nothing says summer like the reggae/pop sounds of UB40. — David H., designer
Umbrella Beach by Owl City A sand-and-surf story that go-go-goes from the first sizzling beat to the last. — Alan S., assoc. editor
Slow Ride by Foghat One of the best songs to blast.
— Holly H., writer
Under the Boardwalk by The Drifters Young and old alike can get behind The Drifters on this timeless classic. Wow, I’m so cheesy. — David H., designer
Life in Technicolor II by Coldplay This song starts off small and gradually builds into a fury of sound. — Alan S., assoc. editor
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Zombies and Brad Pitt. Superman. Terror at the White House. Funny ladies Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock. Sounds like a blockbuster summer to us. If the movie is anything close to the book (we highly recommend you read it!), we’re expecting box office magic with World War Z, and the trailers for Man of Steel look promising as well. And don’t forget White House Down, which stars Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx — big names, big returns, people! Big, big, big! Like we said, a blockbuster summer. So grab your popcorn. It’s gonna be one heckuva big-screen ride. META HEMENWAY-FORBES | Pulse Editor
The Heat
Much ado about nothing
Stars: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy Uptight FBI special agent Sarah Ashburn is paired with testy Boston cop Shannon Mullins to take down a ruthless drug lord. The hitch: neither woman has ever had a partner — or a friend, for that matter.
Stars: Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Fran Kranz, Jillian Morgese A modern retelling of Shakespeare’s classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
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Monsters University Stars: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Nathan Fillion, Steve Buscemi A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren’t necessarily the best of friends.
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World War Z
June 21
Stars: Brad Pitt, James Badge Dale, Mireille Enos, David Morse United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself. 14 PULSE
White House Down
This Is the End
Stars: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Richard Jenkins
Stars: James Franco, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel
While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.
June 28
While attending a party at Franco’s house, Rogen, Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.
June 14
Byzantium
Man of Steel
Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Caleb Landry Jones
Stars: Henry Cavill, Michael Shannon, Amy Adams, Russell Crowe
Residents of a coastal town learn, with deadly consequences, the secret shared by two mysterious women staying at a local resort.
A young journalist is forced to confront his secret extraterrestrial heritage when Earth is invaded by members of his race.
June 28
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REVIEW
Ace in the hole James Frazier | Pulse Writer
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ouse of Cards begins as Congressman Frank Underwood (D-SC), standing over his neighbor’s dying dog, bends over and euthanizes the animal with his bare hands. Looking into the camera and speaking directly to the viewer, as he will do regularly throughout the series, he explains: “Moments like this require someone who will act. Who will do the unpleasant thing. The necessary thing.” That’s the sort of philosophizing one will come to expect from Underwood, the House Majority Whip with a grudge to settle against the incoming president of the United States. Played by Kevin Spacey with a syrupy Southern drawl, he’s not a case study in evil, but in amorality, the sort of person who considers guilt a ves16 PULSE
tigial sensation. It’s easy not to see him as a bad guy because, from his perspective, there really aren’t any good ones. The show is a game changer, not so much because it’s high-quality and really good (and it is), but because it’s the first series starring a household name, filmed with a good budget and marketed as a serious TV contender that’s exclusive to Netflix. It’s now clear that a series released through the Web can compete with those on any broadcast or cable network, a sign of things to come that should terrify any TV executive with a shred of sense. Created by auteur David Fincher (Fight Club, The Social Network) and developed by Beau Willimon, a former Howard Dean staffer, House of Cards deftly navigates American federal politics. The plot is set
in motion shortly before the new president’s inauguration when his chief of staff (Sakina Jaffrey) informs Underwood, one of the president-elect’s key supporters, that he won’t be given the secretary of state position he was promised in exchange for his help. Underwood, ever the schemer, only shows a flicker of anger before pledging his support. That’s feigned, of course, as he returns to home to Claire (Robin Wright), his semi-loyal partner in duplicity, to plan an elaborate revenge designed to sink those who crossed him while expanding his own power. “He chose money over power,” he says contemptuously of a lobbyist. “A mistake nearly everyone in this town makes.” Concepts like these are critical in House
of Cards, as they’re the characters’ true currency. This is demonstrated most aptly through Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara), an ambitious journalist whose career experiences a meteoric rise upon partnering with Underwood for their mutual benefit. Much of the series’ plots revolve in one way or another around information, whose acquisition and usage proves to be the best resource in politics. The victims in this show tend to be the politicians who harbor an Achilles heel of integrity, which Underwood will slash unflinchingly. The show’s myriad political power plays, which usually see Underwood manipulating his opponents into ruining themselves, are oft outlandish, but are kept suspenseful through steady pacing
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and believable performances. Spacey is especially delightful here, clearly enjoying himself as an unflappable Machiavellian mastermind. As his victories mount and his enemies fall, his message becomes increasingly convincing. House of Cards might be fiction, but it’s convincing in its cynical premise that politics are best suited to the snakes.
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The infected are here. But they’re not the only ones Joel will have to fight as he tries to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie out of the quarantine zone. There’s the military — and then there are the other scavengers who are just trying to survive. As the lines blur between good guys and bad, and resources grow ever more scarce, your choices in the game will affect the outcome of the story. ALAN SIMMER | Pulse Writer
Dark Some company has taken over the world or whatever, but the cool part of this is the vampire abilities you can use to jump out of the dark and terrify people. And by terrify I mean murder. PC, X360; June 11.
Project X Zone Characters from Namco, Sega and Capcom duke it out. Think Mega Man’s X, Dead Rising’s Frank and Tekken’s Jin in an epic rumble. (It’s pronounced “Cross Zone,” by the way.) 3DS; June 25.
DeadPool One of the lesser-known X-Men gets his day in the sun with a starring role in this combo-heavy action game. Didn’t Ryan Reynolds play him in a movie once, now that I think about it? PS3, X360; June 25.
Minecraft
June 9
This game has sold approximately a bajillion copies. If you haven’t gotten it, and for some reason you want a physical copy, here’s your chance? Or grab it on PC, iOS, Android or XBLA.
For: 3DS Become the mayor of your town in the latest chapter or the Animal Crossing sim and then catch up with all your favorite animal buddies, like Tom Nook and K.K. Slider. Once you’ve shaped your town, share it with others and see what they’re doing using StreetPass.
X360; June 4.
The Sims 3 Island Paradise The Sims 4 was finally announced, FYI, so you may want to start saving your Simoleans for that. But if you can’t get enough expansion packs, here’s something about islands or whatever. PC; June 25. 18Mac, PULSE
Welcome to Neo-Paris, 2084. The progression of social networks has led to a dark place: Memories are now digital commodities. (And you thought oversharing was bad nowadays.) Nilin has the power to hack people’s minds, so hers was wiped. Now she wants it back, and she’ll do anything to get it.
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Quirky Blood Dragon a great spinoff james frazier | Pulse Writer
F
ar Cry 3: Blood Dragon is perhaps undersold by the first part of its title, which suggests that it is a mere expansion. It’s more of an adaptation, one that uses the engine of Far Cry 3 to deliver a wickedly clever and amusing romp that takes the familiar and infuses it with gorgeously bleak colors and irreverent tributes to an era of entertainment now past. The game takes place in an alternate 2007, one clearly inspired by some of the zanier elements of ’80s pop culture. The player takes on the role of Mark IV Cyber Commando Sergeant Rex Power Colt, a near-invincible cyborg on an island populated by mutant monsters, robotic enemies and hapless scientists. Rex proves to be an engaging protagonist, a quip-making hero whose killing skills are only surpassed by his love of country. As in Far Cry 3, the player navigates the island, accomplishing missions in pursuit of weapons and character upgrades, tackling the story quests that move the plot along. The shooter mechanics are topnotch, as they manage the tricky balance of making the gun battles
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon For: PC, PS3, X360 | Price: $14.99 Rated: Mature PROS: Enthralling graphics; great shooting gameplay. CONS: Short; small weapon selection.
suspenseful while also showcasing the Rex’s powers. Though it’s always an option to go in guns blazing, approaching the bad guys stealthily is an equally viable choice, as it allows for the player to perform lethal ninja attacks. The island is populated with enemy strongholds that the player liberates, which then grant new missions. Experience points are granted for killing enemies, completing tasks and c o l lecting special
items, points that then translate into character upgrades such as additional health and special attacks. Upgrades are automatic, and the order in which skills are granted is ideal. Of note are the blood dragons, which are colossal, brightly glowing lizards looking for their next (cyber)human meal. Not only are their jaws lethal, they shoot powerful laser beams. Using the blood dragons to your advantage becomes a major part of the gameplay, as players can manipulate the creatures into attacking enemy garrisons. The designers take the island template of Far Cry 3 and turn a lush jungle into a neon-lit, post-apocalyptic nightmare. The references to movies and games are almost too numerous to count, from a sidearm that mimics Robocop to the casting of Michael Biehn of Terminator fame as Rex’s voice. Blood Dragon doesn’t require Far Cry 3 to play, and though ’80s nostalgia certainly helps, anyone searching for an upper-tier shooter should be satisfied.
Metro Last Light makes some concessions David Wilcox | The Citizen
M
etro 2033 distinguished itself in the overpopulated shooter space by being just a little
It does. And most times, the lean toward mainstream shooter language doesn’t harm Last Light. But it does suffer a few concessions seemingly made to curry favor with the Call of Duty audience.
Black Rock hits its target Alan Simmer | Pulse writer
P
oor Earth. It’s always getting destroyed in games. And in Black Rock Shooter, things are so bad that the number of surviving humans is down to about a dozen. Humanity’s last hope is the titular heroine, who wakes up just in time to help save the world. She’s got a gun, she’s got a sword and one of her eyes burns with a blue fire, so maybe don’t mess with her. Combat has three basic moves: shoot, block and dodge. Extra skills, like power shots and regeneration, are unlocked through challenges or found in chests strewn about the demolished landscape. Each skill adds to the heat meter, which paralyzes BRS when it hits 100 percent. Shots become less effective as the meter rises, so you can’t just spam your attack button until the 98 percent level. Well, fine, you can, but it’s not usually a very good idea. The analog stick is used to freely move the targeting reticle; fortunately, this is paired with a generous lock-on zone, but it adds a little bit of extra challenge to already-tense real-time battles. Each enemy has a distinct attack pattern, so figuring those out is key to knowing when there are openings to attack and when to get the heck out of the way. Things get more complicated when more than one enemy type shows up at once, as BRS has to thread multiple needles at the same time to survive.
different.
It had an air motif, which suited the game, being such a fresh breath of it. In Last Light, 4A Games’ sequel, the more dominant theme is, of course, illumination — not just the fading hope for humanity’s survival, nor the lanterns you shatter to move covertly through the game, but the cultish praise that’s been heaped on 4A since 2033, and whether that weighs on its follow-up.
For: PSP / Vita | Price: $19.99 | Rated: Teen
For: PC, PS3, X360 | Price: $59.99 Rated: Mature spectrum. Almost to the extent Rapture was in BioShock, the Metro is the most memorable, haunting presence in Last Light.
None concern the game’s complicated story, which requires finishing 2033 to grasp in any but the most superficial way.
The sequel is the clear superior to 2033 in terms of aesthetics and atmosphere, but game play is somewhat of another story. Radial menus and remapped buttons are the more immediately obvious changes made to broaden the appeal. Much as the conformity may grieve you, these changes do make the game better.
But if the story loses you, Last Light keeps your attention locked on a world expertly painted with every scorched shade of post-apocalyptic color on the
The problem is, you take these sharper reflexes into an arena where the challenge has been blunted. Protagonist Artyom can absorb about twice as much damage
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as he could in 2033, unless you’re playing on the Ranger Mode DLC (making a harder difficulty available for an extra $5 is another diatribe). When the bullets fly, the AI of Red Line and Fourth Reich soldiers makes them fairly formidable enemies, but before entering the fray they’re oblivious to everything short of you jumping right in front of their face.
And the boss fights — the true boss fights against aliens, not the screen-clearing lowerlevel monsters — are wicked. Be to sure to save and prepare to die until you learn all the patterns, even then relying heavily on items to restore health. The missions in the game are typically short, so it’s a good title to pick up when you’ve got a few minutes, though it holds up to longer play sessions as well. When the battles in Black Rock are frustrating, it’s always the fault of your own fingers. And getting better feels like a great accomplishment.
Thankfully the game doesn’t include multiplayer. It’s just exhilarating to be alone, soaking in ghostly moods as you creep through pitch-black tunnels. This deathly post-nuclear atmosphere is the one area where Last Light outright destroys its predecessor.
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Acclaimed American folk singer Jewel will lay down some gems June 20 at Dubuque’s Diamond Jo Casino. Her debut album, Pieces of You, featured hits You Were Meant for Me, Foolish Games and Who Will Save Your Soul. With more than 27 million albums sold, Jewel returned to her roots with the release of her debut country album Perfectly Clear in 2008, which garnered a No. 1 spot on the Billboard country album charts. Her follow-up country album, Sweet and Wild, produced her insightful love ballad Satisfied, which received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. Jewel Thursday, June 20 @ 8 PM Diamond Jo Casino, Dubuque $45-$75 | diamondjo.com 21 and older show
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The man the legend Merle Haggard. Yes, THE Merle Haggard. The country music legend and poet of the common man is coming to the Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids. Studying, analyzing and observing the details of life around him, Haggard relays what he sees, hears and feels through his songs. His lyrics are deceptively simple and his music exceptionally listenable. As a result, Haggard found his songs at the top of the charts on a regular basis Haggard has won just about every music award imaginable, both as a performer and as a songwriter, and in 1994 was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Merle Haggard Tuesday, June 25 @ 8 PM Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids $35-$55 | 319.366.8203 paramounttheatrecr.com
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Water. It’s ubiquitous, underestimated and utterly indispensable. And Legion Arts has a new exhibition, Trouble the Water, featuring that fluid goodness. The show features 16 contemporary artists. Works vary from a video of swimming polar bears to an installation of umbrellas made from the flags of Japanese fishing boats.
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Sturgis Falls Celebration There’s a ton of stuff happening at this annual festival. Music, food, kids’ stuff, a car show, a parade, carnival rides. The folks in Cedar Falls do it up right!
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The River of no Return | Bee Ridgway Bee Ridgway proposes an elegantly simple method of time travel. At a moment of extreme peril, a person with the talent may “jump” — vanish and reappear at a later time. An organization has grown up to regulate the jumping. The Guild’s stated mission is to preserve the orderly flow of history, but the reader soon suspects there is more to the mission than meets the eye. Wrenched from the Battle of Salamanca in 1812, Lord Nicholas Falcott finds himself in a Guild hospital in 2003. After a period of adjustment to modern life, Nick is recruited for a secret mission and sent back, breaking the cardinal rule of the Guild: “There Is No Return.” Ridgway’s concern is not whether the ends justify the means but instead whether your choices make you the kind of person you can live with forever, come what may. — Sonia Bolle , Newsday
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Lucky Bastard | Deborah Coonts Mysteries that feature large swaths of humor must balance the line between the comic and the thoughtful nature of crime fiction. Deborah Coonts has no trouble brewing a fine mix of wit and seriousness in her highly entertaining Lucky Bastard, the fourth in her Lucky O’Toole series. Coonts finds plenty of laughs in the artificial city of Las Vegas, which may have invented the phrase “over the top,” and in her heroine, who is the acerbic head of customer relations at the gaudy Babylon Hotel, a mega casino-resort on the Vegas strip. Although she often “drowns … in a romantic tsunami,” Lucky proves to be a resourceful, bright heroine who knows how to maneuver the wild world of Las Vegas while keeping her sanity. The energetic Lucky Bastard, and Coonts’ other novels in her series, may be the only sure bet that Las Vegas can offer. — Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel
A Delicate Truth | John le Carre John le Carre has been churning out spy novels for more than 50 years. His latest, the characteristically clever A Delicate Truth, suggests that in an era of stateless terrorists, politically powerful defense contractors and war by remote control, his job is more complicated than ever. This is a novel in which soldiers of fortune, equipped with all the latest espionage tools, try to carry out a thoroughly modern military operation. But it also happens to be a book that harbors great affection for the timeworn trappings of another era. While others who write about spies are more interested in the technical specs of instruments of death, le Carre’s heroes still prefer the subtlety of the hidden microphone. Their reasoning is sound: If you catch somebody spilling their guts, you won’t have to spill their blood. — Kevin Canfield, The Kansas City Star
The Woman Upstairs | Claire Messud Midway through The Woman Upstairs, Claire Messud’s spellbinding, psychologically acute and deliberately claustrophobic new novel, a character explains to the first-person protagonist how our view of a story is framed by the way it begins. There’s no forgetting how 42-year-old Nora Eldridge begins her account of life as the woman upstairs — that characteristically “quiet woman at the end of the third-floor hallway” who never makes a sound but is still unspeakably angry. Even as Nora pointedly tells us that she is the woman upstairs rather than the mad woman in the attic, her own art commemorates suicidal women. But the clear-eyed Messud also makes clear that if Nora is living her life upstairs rather than down on the main floor, she has even more reason to be angry with herself. — Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Alteration | Kingsley Amis
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In some other parallel world, Kingsley Amis’ alternate-history novel The Alteration (1976) may already have the wide readership it deserves, a book for book lovers. The Alteration imagines a world dominated by the Roman Catholic Church. It’s a repressive, totalitarian society, but also a decaying one, with plenty of men in holy orders scheming either for a rise in rank or a chance to get laid. In his introduction, William Gibson wraps up by pointing out it contains “the single finest steampunk set piece I know of: a seven-hour luxe train journey between London and Rome, via Sopwith’s magnificent Channel Bridge. Amis accomplishes this with seemingly effortless panache, and in that moment, within the novel, the counterfactual, for all its horror, becomes deeply and gloriously seductive.” — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Mannheim Steamroller December 21......................................8:00 p.m.
Roy Clark September 21 .................................... 7:30 p.m.
Hello Dolly, Starring Sally Struthers January 24 ......................................... 7:30 p.m. January 25 .........................................2:00 p.m.
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy October 11.......................................... 7:30 p.m. Josh Thompson October 18.......................................... 7:30 p.m. Bonnie Raitt October 21 ......................................... 7:30 p.m. Memphis The Musical October 22 ......................................... 7:30 p.m. October 23 ......................................... 7:30 p.m. Kristallnacht: The Night Of Broken Glass November 10...................................... 3:00 p.m. The Nutcracker By Minnesota Ballet November 22 ..................................... 7:30 p.m. November 23 .....................................2:00 p.m. November 24......................................2:00 p.m.
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