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As connected as we think we done on a grand scale, as every positive are at 365ink, it’s amazing every year to impact we make has a ripple effect far find so many people doing so much selfless larger that we can accurately measure. awesomeness in our community, especially Before the awards, I was told a story the ones we didn’t even know about. about a tiny kindness that I did more than It comes down to kindness, and it two years ago now, which empowered seems that the Tri-States has that com- others to share it forward, and it turned modity in vast abundance. Not that this into something truly inspiring. Through is a surprise to me, but it never hurts to Toys For Tots, I was able to provide some see so many reminders in a couple hour soccer balls to friends at Grand View time period. Okay, more like three hours. United Methodist Church in Dubuque who Apparently you can tell impassioned were traveling to Africa to provide support people to give a two minute speech but to a community there. I don’t even attend either they simply have a mental filter church nor am I religious guy, but what that removes that request from what they they were doing was a cool thing, and I read or else you just can tell a person was able to help without much effort so who is passionate about what they do I did. They packed the balls in multiple to talk about it for only two minutes. At people’s luggage to get them all there. least I got a cookie before the show this After spending some time in that African year instead of missing out by waiting community and slowly gaining some trust till the end to check the buffet table. with the locals, they saw men playing One friend mentioned, during a Face- soccer with an old ball, if you could call it book discussion that took place during the that. They inflated one of the balls I gave Oscars, if the Impact Awards were going to them and gave it to these men paying get political. My instant reaction was to say, soccer, asking for nothing in return. As “of course not,” but then I started thinking this part of the world is ruled by clan about it. And this is basically what I said chiefs and warlords, if was the chief of at the top of the awards show that night. the Muslim population in this area that A year ago, and in years previous, I never sent his warlords to talk to the group from really thought about the Impact Awards Grand View UMC and tell them that the ever being a political thing or making a chief saw what they did and because of political statement. But then there was the their selfless kindness, that anyone in the 2016 election when the world changed. village who wanted to talk with them, even Mainly in terms of what we apparently per- those who might convert to Christianity ceive as reality, but also in the terms that (same God after all), would not be hurt or things which were not previously political, killed for doing so. All because of the gift but simply common goodness, are now on of a soccer ball. Years later they have now the political chopping block. With legisla- provided uniforms to the soccer team, and tion and executive orders flying about they are the model team in the region. I affecting things that I guess I thought think I got those soccer balls through a to be common sense best practices, it wholesale distributor for about $5 each. appears that’s not the case anymore. What kind of impact do you think So I was looking at our list of winners. you can make with $5? Don’t underesti- There’s a group of Christians who traveled mate yourself. Every kindness you offer halfway around the world to bring kindness may have a value you will never know. to Muslims in Africa. Not so political a year Wouldn’t it be great if everyone acted on ago. Very politically charged now. There is a daily basis with that thought in mind? a group who is providing free assistance Kindness knows no political party. I’m in a semi-healthcare sense to mainly poor obviously a raging liberal, and I ask you, women to assist in dealing with women’s my liberal brothers and sisters, to consider reproductive health issues. Gee, no politics that even if we might have a commander there at all. And we awarded four different in chief who brilliantly exhibits all of the individuals and groups for sustainability seven deadly sins, this doesn’t mean because there is so much vital and impact- that all Republicans are like him. We are ful work being done around the Dubuque Dubuque. We are the Tri-States. We might community dealing with sustainability that lose national support for our sustain- we couldn’t pick just one. Meanwhile, on a able efforts to treat our people and our national level, it would seem that the con- earth with the compassion we’d like to cept of sustainability has almost become get in return, but we can still act locally a curse word. I’m thrilled that there are so since we still value those things, and we many examples around us that show that will be the better for it… until our nation the Tri-States simply is having none of that. comes to it senses and rejoins us. n The Impact Awards is also about award- ing different kinds of Impacts, different Events

DUBUQUE FIGHTING SAINTS HOCKEY MARCH 10 AND 24 @ 7:35 PM MARCH 11 @ 7:05 PM MYSTIQUE COMMUNITY ICE CENTER (1800 ADMIRAL SHEEHY DR) The Dubuque Fighting Saints head Individual tickets start at $10 in back to the ice for another excit- advance or an additional $1.95 at ing season of USHL Hockey at the the door. For tickets, call the box Mystique Ice Center in Dubuque. office at563-583-6880 or visit The Saints take on the Waterloo Black DubuqueFightingSaints.com. Hawks on March 10, and it’s Dupaco Saints games are a great night out Cowbell Cup Game. Next it’s Team USA with the buddies and fellow hockey lov- U-17s on March 11, and it’s DYHA Night. ers, but it’s also a fantastic fun night out Then they take on Chicago Steel on for the family. Every game features fun March 24, and it’s Autism Awareness for kids on the ice as well as watching Night. It’s a big lineup for fun for the the game, so your little ones are sure whole family with the Fighting Saints! to get an experience to remember. n

JURAS S IC QUEST FRIDAY, MARCH 17 @ 3–8 PM SATURDAY, MARCH 18 @ 9 AM–8 PM SUNDAY, MARCH 19 @ 9 AM–7 PM GRAND RIVER CENTER (500 BELL ST) Jurassic Quest brings you a dinosaur young paleontologists can uncover adventure for the whole family. The long hidden dinosaurs bones, the “Dino exhibit features more than 80 ultra- Bounce” area with several, towering, realistic, life-size dinosaurs. Experience dinosaur theme inflatable mazes, face the Jurassic, Triassic and Cretaceous painting, dino crafts and much more! periods first hand and walk among “liv- Tickets start art $15 for kids 2–12, $20 ing, breathing, even walking dinosaurs!” for adults, $18 for seniors, and kids under Interact with these huge creatures, 2 are free. Purchase your tickets online at learn about them and even ride a few! JurassicQuest.com/dubuque. Police and See realistic scenes, enormous dino- military families save $2 on each ticket. saurs, cute baby dinosaurs and lots For more information, visit of fun activities for kids of all ages. JurassicQuest.com/dubuque or call the There are even huge fossil digs where Grand River Center at 563-690-4500. n

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TURH SDAY, MARCH 9 FRIDAY, MARCH 10 Illusionist Bill Blagg An Irish Cinderella 7:30 PM @ FIVE FLAGS THEATER 11 AM & 2 PM @ HAZEL GREEN OPERA HOUSE Unhinged Rustic & Vintage For over 20 years Bill and his team have (HAZEL GREEN, WI) Shopping Event been amazing hundreds of thousands of fans March 11 and 18 at 11 a.m. and March 11–12 and 9 AM–4 PM @ SACRED HEART SCHOOL with their one-of-a-kind brand of theatrical 18–19 at 2 p.m. This marionette show is an March 10 at 9 a.m.–4 p.m. and March 11 at magic and illusions. $29–$49. 405 Main St. Emerald Isle twist to the familiar fairy tale. Col- 9 a.m.–3 p.m. The Unhinged crew brings 563-589-4254. FiveFlagsCenter.com. leen’s stepmother won’t allow her to go to the unique displays of repurposed pieces and an Irish step-dancing contest. She manages to get Measure Up Custom Shirt Trunk Show eclectic mix of found items for your home and DubuqueFest there anyway to dance with the prince, with the 10 AM @ GRAHAM’S STYLE STORE garden. Hosted 3–4 times per year. Watch 40th Birthday Party and Fundraiser help of a dancing pig and a leprechaun. Photo Design your dream dress shirt made of the for upcoming dates in 365ink, like them on 8:30 PM @ THE LIFT ops, ask questions, and see the puppets up close highest quality cotton from the finest mills in Facebook. Corner of 22nd and. Queen St T his is a ‘70s-themed party with a live DJ. Free after the show. $5 Adults; $4 children under 13. the world. Rob Jackson, master shirt fitter, will snacks and cake. Prizes for best dressed. Suggested 2130 Main St, Hazel Green, WI. 608-732-6404. be on hand. 890 Main St. 563-582-3760. Meet Author Bonnie Bebe donation $10. 180 Main St. DubuqueFest.org. grahamsdbq.com. 5:30 PM @ RIVER LIGHTS BOOKSTORE Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild C hicago novelist Bonnie Bebe will be at River Country Performer Billy Currington 7 PM @ FIVE FLAGS CENTER Lights with her most recent work, Respect, 9 PM @ FIVE FLAGS ARENA America’s beloved “zookeeper extraordi- Money, Power. Reading at 6 p.m. 1098 Main Known for his singles “People Are Crazy”, naire” and nature-loving icon visits with St. 563-556-4391. RiverLights.com. “Pretty Good at Drinkin’ Beer” and “It Don’t some of his favorite creature companions. Hurt Like It Used To”, Billy Currington is going “Jungle” Jack Hanna’s pioneering efforts in 12 Angry Jurors on the Stay Up Til the Sun Tour. $25–$70. 405 the field of wildlife education have earned 7 PM @ OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER Main St. 563-589-4254. FiveFlagsCenter.com. him a much-deserved place in the hearts of (MAQUOKETA, IA) animal lovers everywhere. $25–$50 Adults; Inspiring People Series: Bridgid M. Ruden March 10 and 11 at 7 p.m. and March 12 at SATURDAY, MARCH 11 $15 Children. FiveFlagsCenter.com. 7 PM @ INSPIRE CAFÉ 2 p.m. Twelve Angry Jurors is the grip- T hese monthly presentations are offered ping examination of twelve jurors as they Lollipops and Music for Our Preschoolers S pring Wind Ensemble Concert as informal and intimate exchanges for the deliberate after hearing the arguments 10–10:30 @ CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY 7 PM @ LORAS COLLEGE FIELDHOUSE open-hearted and curious. Author, inspirational in a seemingly open-and-shut case. The Lollipops and Music for Our Preschoolers Loras invites a local school or community speaker and traumatic brain injury survivor jury is forced to look past the show of the (L&MOP) is a free and fun monthly concert series band to join forces with the College Wind Bridgid Ruden, ARNP sustained life altering courtroom to unearth the shocking truth. that exposes children and their families to a Ensemble. Along with each band perform- experiences which emerged in lieu of her previ- $12 adv/$15 door adults; $10 adv/$12 door variety of musical styles and instruments. This ing a number of selections alone, the bands ous life’s vision in May 2008. Free. 955 Wash- students. 1215 E Platt St, Maquoketa, IA. month features the Dubuque Senior Jazz Combo. join together for the final pieces of the ington St. 563-583-8338. inspire-cafe.com. 563-652-9815. ohnwardfineartscenter.com. 360 W 11th St. 563-589-4225. dubuque.lib.ia.us. evening. Free. [email protected].

DUBUQUE365.COM Issue #286 March 9–March 22, 2017 365INK MAGAZINE Events 5 Events JOE DIFFIE SATURDAY, MARCH 18 8 PM @ GRAND OPERA HOUSE (135 W 8TH ST) The Grand Opera House and WJOD are excited to welcome country hit maker Joe Diffie. With chart-toppers like “Pickup Man,” “Third Rock From the Sun,” and “John Deere Green,” 13 albums and over 20 Top 10 singles to BOIBUN JOVI TR TE BAND his credit, Joe has little to prove at this point in his career, yet he still has a fire BAD MEDICINE in his belly to make good country music. SATURDAY, MARCH 18 A renowned songwriter in his own 7 PM @ OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER (1215 E PLATT ST, MAQUOKETA, IA) right, Joe has hits for artists like Tim Someone once said: Imitation is the the songs made popular by Bon Jovi. McGraw, Conway Twitty, and Jo Dee highest form of flattery. This is prov- They have collected a dedicated fan Messina to his credit and has cuts ing to be true in the growing popular- base of Bon Jovi music fans, as well as on upcoming projects for X Fac- romp perfect for summertime cruis- ity of tribute acts. A Bad Medicine fans of live music in general. Word of tor winner Tate Stevens, Dylan Scott, ing and returns Joe to the coun- show is always “One Wild Night”. mouth continues to spread. If you want and Tyler Farr among others. try charts where he undoubtedly Bad Medicine was formed in Octo- a faithful, accurate reproduction of the The multi-platinum-selling artist belongs. The performance features ber of 2002 when a young singer and music of Bon Jovi,look no further. who dominated the charts during a D. Thrash (Derek Thrasher) on the life-long Bon Jovi fan decided to make Tickets for adults are $22 in advance hot streak in the ‘90s may have been verses as Diffie’s signature vocals his mark on the Chicago Music Scene. or $25 the door, and students are $13 absent from the radio charts for the soar on the choruses and verses. Now with seven years of shows, Bad in advance or $15 at the door. Tickets past few years, but Joe-Joe-Joe Dif- Tickets are $52 for VIP, $39 for main Medicine has the look, sound and profes- can be purchased at The Ohnward Fine fie has never slowed down—writing, floor and balcony row a, and $32 for bal- sionalism that is second to none and is Arts Center 563-652-9815, online at touring and recording a brand new cony rows b–g. Tickets can be purchased one of the few Bon Jovi Tribute bands ohnwardfineartscenter.com, Oster- single, “Girl Ridin’ Shotgun,” which was in person at the Grand Box Office or by that has had the opportunity to meet haus Pharmacy and the Maquoketa recently released to country radio. calling 563-588-1305. Box Office hours Jon Bon Jovi and perform for him live. State Bank Main Office, Anderson The single, co-written by Diffie, are Monday through Friday from Noon The band’s song repertoire runs to Pharmacy in Preston, and the Bel- Phil O’Donnell and Derek Thrasher of until 4 p.m. Tickets can also be pur- over three hours of material covering all levue Pharmacy in Bellevue. n The Jawga Boyz is a fun, up-tempo chased at thegrandoperahouse.com. n

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Everyday Heroes of Northeast Iowa 7 AM @ HOLIDAY INN DUBUQUE Each year, the American Red Cross of Northeast Iowa honors individuals who have demonstrated courage, compassion and unselfish character, performing extraordinary acts of heroism in the eyes of their neighbors Diving the Mines of the and community. This unique program is also Baraboo Iron Range the primary fundraising event to support 7 PM @ MINING & ROLLO JAMISON MUSEUMS the mission of the Red Cross in Northeast (PLATTEVILLE, WI) Iowa. Sponsorships are available. RSVP T he Winter Lyceum Program at the Mining & by March 10. 450 Main St. 563-564-4564. Rollo Jamison Museums presents a series of [email protected]. presentations on topics relevant to the region’s RedCross.org/Iowa. history. Underwater archeologist Tamara Thomsen returns to share the story of her Kids in Nature: Busy Beavers latest underground/underwater adventure, 9 AM @ SWISS VALLEY NATURE CENTER scuba diving in the mines of the Baraboo Iron (PEOSTA, IA) Range. Free. 405 E Main St, Platteville, WI. N on-school age kids can enjoy a morning of fun 608-348-3301. Mining.Jamison.Museum. in nature. Explore a nature topic with books, games, and hands-on activities. Free. 13606 T UESDAY, MARCH 14 Swiss Valley Rd, Peosta, IA. 563-556-6745. DubuqueCounty.org. Book Discussion: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire 7 PM @ CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY T he group will discuss the fantasy novel with a murder mystery twist Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire. When Nancy suddenly returned after mysteriously disappearing, her parents thought they were overjoyed, but Nancy wasn’t the same. Nancy thought she’d found her real home in the court of the Lord S ongwriter Showcase: Medicinal of the Dead, but she can’t find her way back. Purpose and Robyn and Ted Nancy’s parents dump her at Eleanor West’s 7 PM @ GALENA CFA (GALENA, IL) Home for Wayward Children a boarding school T he Songwriters Showcase offers a live for young people who no longer fit in the real concert the third Thursday of every month. world. Nancy thinks she might be able to find The March Showcase will feature Medicinal a place among her fellow misfits, unless the Purpose (Pearl Breitbach and Scott Guthrie) darkness stalking the halls kills them before and “Robyn and Ted”. Cowgirl Pearl Breitbach she has the chance. Copies of the book are is a musical veteran who has raised an entire available at the Circulation Desk. Free. 360 W generation of gifted musicians and songwrit- 11th St. 563-589-4225. dubuque.lib.ia.us. ers. Scott Kerry Guthrie is a songwriter/singer/ guitarist who has spearheaded many projects WED NESDAY, MARCH 15 over the years. Together, they are “Medicinal Purposes” and their music is original (even the covers) and fresh. They bring a new raw energy to their performances. Robyn Davis and Ted Williams are a new to the Song- writer’s Showcase, and we’re eager to hear them sing! Birdhouse72 will be recording audio and video. 210 Summit St, Galena, IL. 779-214-0261. GalenaCenterForTheArts.com. Movie Night @ Carnegie-Stout: Manchester by the Sea FRIDAY, MARCH 17 6 PM @ CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY Written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan N ature Tales: Buzzy Bees and starring Casey Affleck and Michelle 10 AM @ HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER Williams, Manchester by the Sea is a drama (MAQUOKETA, IA) about an uncle who is forced to take care of Preschool age children and a guardian are his teenage nephew after the boy’s father invited to join a naturalist for this monthly dies. The movie received six Academy Award nature tales series and learn more about the nominations and won Best Actor and Best wildlife and the outdoors through stories, Original Screenplay. Seating is available on games, and activities. This month’s theme is a first-come, first-served basis. Free. 360 W bees and pollinators. 18670 63rd S t, Maquo- 11th St. 563-589-4225. dubuque.lib.ia.us. keta, IA. 563-652-3783. JacksonCCB.com.

DUBUQUE365.COM Issue #286 March 9–March 22, 2017 365INK MAGAZINE Events 7 Events GALE NA WINE LOVERS’ WEEKEND MARCH 24–26 GALENA, IL Now in its 11th year, Galena Wine Lovers’ Weekend is a A complimentary shuttle service will be available from community-wide celebration of good wine, good food the Old Post Office in downtown Galena to the Galena and good friends. Wine lovers of all sorts are invited Convention Center every 15 minutes during the event. to enjoy three event-filled days of fine wine, culinary After selling out three weeks before the event in delight, celebrity chefs, wine makers, pampering pack- 2009, the committee expanded to offering two Grand ages and all of the stops Galena can possibly pull out. Tastings in 2010, both of which have also sold out in Tickets are available online now—and selling the past three years. Tickets are $50 in advance and quickly—for Galena’s extremely popular Grand Tastings may be purchased online at wineloversweekend.com. on Friday, March 24 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Designated drivers can also join the fun for $15. March 25 from 3:30-6 p.m. at the Galena Conven- Galena Wine Lovers’ Weekend is a spirited way to tion Center, 900 Galena Square Drive, in Galena, IL. warm the winter and add romance—whether it be for “This year’s Grand Tasting promises to be even more vino, gourmet cuisine or the love for a town with history fun-filled, with dozens of new wines open to taste! From and charm all its own. Wine-inspired dinners, spirit tast- Albarino to Zinfandel, this tasting has it all,” said event ings, spa experiences, history tours, cooking demon- sponsor Tim Althaus, owner, Family Beer & Liquor. “We strations and shopping welcome and enchant visitors. do highly recommend early purchase for Grand Tast- Lodging specials and package deals fuel ing tickets as we have sold out quickly in past years.” the passion. From dining packages to pamper- The Grand Tastings provide epicureans of all lev- ing in luxurious accommodations and the warm- els the opportunity to choose from more than 300 est of hospitality, Galena’s finest provide a variety varieties of hand-picked wines and spirits to sample. of options to cater to every taste and budget. Admission also provides you with a keepsake wine Visit wineloversweekend.com for a detailed list- glass and an opportunity to win a weekend Getaway ing of extended-weekend activities, links to lodg- to Galena package. The wine silent auction includes ing, and an opportunity to purchase tickets online. items such as vintage wines, artwork, large format Additional area offerings may be found at Galena/ wine bottles and related items of interest. You can Jo Daviess County Convention and Visitors Bureau: VANOSDOL PHOTOGRAPHIC also enjoy complimentary cheese, bread, and fruit. galena.org and VisitGalena: visitgalena.org. n

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SATURDAY, MARCH 18 or $80 if above the income guidelines and/or a ecological disruption; spiritual grace; and, non-resident. Register in advance. 2400 Jack- ultimately, renewal in her ecological classic, Moriah the Medium son St. 563-589-4263. cityofdubuque.org. Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and 7 PM @ SHAKE RAG ALLEY Place. Free. 585 County Rd Z, Sinsinawa, WI. (MINERAL POINT, WI) Master Gardener Roadshow 608-748-4411, ext. 862. sinsinawa.org. Enjoy an evening filled with fun and spiritual 6 PM @ DBQ CO LIBRARY, EPWORTH connection. When Moriah Rhame, the “Happy Bird Banding with Dave Shealer BRANCH (EPWORTH, IA) T hornton Wilder’s “Our Town” Medium,” is on stage, the spirits check in and 1–5 PM @ EB LYONS INTERPRETIVE CENTER T he “Master Gardener Roadshow” is 7:30 PM @ UD HERITAGE CENTER Moriah translates what they have to say to C ome early for bird banding with intended to provide a platform for plant and A moving look at life in the small town of several lucky audience members. Enlightening, Dave Shealer, PhD., Loras College. This garden lovers to bring their questions to Grover’s Corners, Our Town examines what inspiring, sometimes sad, but mostly uplifting event is always a crowd-pleaser for the table and get needed answers to help it means to grow up. Through three acts— and exciting to hear conversations between all ages. 8991 Bellevue Heights Rd. keep their gardens flourishing. Free. 110 daily life, love and marriage, and death and people and the spirits who’ve chosen to talk. 563-556-0620. minesofspain.org. Bierman Rd, Epworth, IA. 563-876-3388. dying—Wilder studies the deeply personal yet This event is a fundraiser for Shake Rag Alley Extension.IAState.edu/dubuque/MGroadshow. remarkably universal lives of the Webb and Center for the Arts. $30 adv/$40 door. 411 Decades Rewind Gibbs families. This poignant American tale Commerce St, Mineral Point, WI. 3 PM @ FIVE FLAGS CENTER T UESDAY, MARCH 21 explores friendship, love, and death, but, more 608-987-3292. ShakeRagAlley.com. T ake a trip down melody lane with Decades importantly, what it truly means to live. The Rewind, featuring effortlessly blended medleys Meet Author Daniel Pearson Ernst American Shakespeare Center leaves the lights from Abba, Zeppelin, and more. This fully 6 PM @ CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY on for a type of audience contact rarely seen in live concert experience features an 8-piece A uthor Daniel Pearson Ernst, JD, will be giving modern day theatre. Free pre-show lecture at rock band and 6 brilliant rocking vocalists a talk about his book The Diplomat and His 6:30 p.m. $24–29 Adults; $20–24 UD alumni; surrounded by rock and roll stage lighting, Daughter: The U.S. Minister to Poland & Finland $10 students and children. 2255 Bennett St. poignant videos of American culture, and over 1924–1929 and His Daughter, His Diplomatic 563-585-SHOW. dbq.edu/heritagecenter 100 costume changes. $33–$43. 405 Main Hostess. The combined diaries of Alfred St. 563-589-4254. FiveFlagsCenter.com. Pearson, U.S. minister to Poland and Finland, WED NESDAY, MARCH 22 Birthday Booty Madness Drag Show and his daughter Thea Elaine, who served as 10 PM @ THE SMOKESTACK MO NDAY, MARCH 20 her father’s diplomatic hostess abroad, put a Five of your Illusions Midwest perform- personal spin on the relationship between ers have birthdays in March, so come down Poland, Finland and the U.S. in the exciting and celebrate! Doors at 9 p.m. Show is two years between the two world wars. Books will hours. 21+. $10. SmokestackDBQ.com. be available to purchase. 360 W 11th St. 563-589-4225. dubuque.lib.ia.us. S UNDAY, MARCH 19 S halom Spring Breakfast: T ri-State Saddle Club Annual Spring Clothed In The Goodness Of God Escape Tack Swap, Craft & Vendor Show Playtime for Tots 7:30 AM @ SHALOM SPIRITUALITY CENTER 9 AM–3 PM @ DBQ CO FAIRGROUNDS 12:30–2:30 PM @ COMISKEY CENTER It may still feel like winter, but it is officially T he Tri-State Saddle Club’s Annual Spring March 20–May 12. This special Neighbor- spring! Join us to welcome the season by Escape is a great opportunity for those in the hood Recreation Program is a 5-day weekday enjoying a delicious breakfast, socializing horse community to escape the “cabin fever” program for 3 and 4 year olds designed to be with friends, and reflecting with Theresa and enjoy shopping for tack for horses, pet a structured recreational program includ- Book Discussion: Refugee Jungers OSF on how spring beauty clothes items, home décor, jewelry, kitchen supplies, and ing games, stories, music and art developed 6 PM @ SINSINAWA MOUND (SINSINAWA, WI) us in hope, expectation, joy, and more. more. $1. 14569 Old Highway Rd. 563-599-6528 around a weekly theme. Free for city of March 21 and 28 and April 4. Terry Tem- RSVP by March 20. $10. 1001 Davis St. Facebook.com/TriStateSaddleClub. Dubuque residents within income guidelines pest Williams interweaves personal loss; 563-582-3592. shalomretreats.org.

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LI VE AT HERITAGE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS SERIES PAULR REISE S ATURDAY, MARCH 25 7:30 PM @ UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE HERITAGE CENTER (2255 BENNETT ST) Actor, comedian, writer, and musician Paul Reiser has Reiser will also appear spent more than 30 years acting in Oscar and Emmy in a number of films this award-winning movies and TV shows. Not to aban- year including War on don his roots in stand-up, the man once voted one of Everyone with Alexander Comedy Central’s “Top 100 Comedians of All Time,” Skarsgard and Michael tours the country to perform in between projects. Pena; The Book of Love Reiser co-created and starred in the critically with Jessica Biel and Jason LIVE AT HERITAGE FAMILY SERIES acclaimed NBC series Mad About You, which garnered Sudeikis; What’s the Point? him multiple Emmy, Golden Globe, American Comedy with Ed Helms, Amber Heard, and Mary Steenburgen; A BROWN BEAR, Award, and Screen Actors Guild nominations. He also and The Little Hours with John C. Reilly and Aubrey Plaza, co-wrote the show’s theme song with Grammy-winning which was selected for this year’s Sundance Film Festival. A CATERPILLAR AND producer Don Was. Reiser recently earned acclaim for Reiser’s book, Couplehood, has sold over two his supporting role in the Golden Globes and Academy million copies and reached the number one spot on A MOON: TREASURED Award-winning filmWhiplash . and has appeared in The New York Times bestseller list. Reiser’s other numerous films includingThe Darkness, Bye Bye Love, bestselling books are Babyhood and Familyhood. STORIES BY ERIC CARLE The Marrying Man, Aliens, and One Night At McCool’s. Prior to the show, The OK Factor will perform a free PERFORMED BY MERMAID THEATRE OF NOVA SCOTIA The NY-bred and LA-based Reiser is partnering with pre-show concert from 6 to 7 p.m. on the CyberCafé SUNDAY, MARCH 26 David Gordon Green to produce There’s…. Johnny!, Knapp Stage. Olivia Diercks and Karla Dietmeyer, cel- 2 PM @ UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE HERITAGE CENTER an eight episode series for Seeso. The duo worked list and violinist of The OK Factor, perform organic, (2255 BENNETT ST) together before, along with Steven Sodergergh, on original music best described as classical-crossover. The Very Hungry Caterpillar joins a whimsical the critically-acclaimed hit Amazon series Red Oaks, Tickets are $34–$39 for adults, $30–$34 for UD menagerie drawn from the pages of Brown Bear, which is now in its second season. Additionally, Reiser alumni, and $15 for non-UD students. Tickets can be pur- Brown Bear, What Do You See? Celebrating its 50th has joined the cast of Netflix’sStranger Things for chased at the Farber Box Office Monday through Friday anniversary, Brown Bear was written and illustrated the series’ second season playing Dr. Owens, a high- from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Heritage Center; by phone at by Carle and Bill Martin, Jr., and it has been a valu- ranking member of the Department of Energy. 563-585-SHOW; or online at dbq.edu/heritagecenter. n able tool in helping hundreds of countless tod- dlers associate colors and meanings with objects. The poignant story of a young girl’s unusual quest, Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me, is considered one of Carle’s most imaginatively-designed works. A heartwarming exploration of a father’s love for his daughter, it’s the tale of an unusual quest for a unique plaything—the moon—and offers a splendid introduction to the wonderment of the lunar cycle. Set to a beautiful musical score, the production showcases a blend of puppetry and scenic effects that has won international acclaim for the Nova Scotia-based theatre company. Jim Morrow, Mer- maid’s artistic director, adapted Carle’s stories from page to stage. Multiple narrators add a charming dimension of gentle storytelling, featuring the lyrical talents of Richard Donat and Andrea Lee Norwood as well as a vibrant chorus of elementary school students from Hantsport School in Nova Scotia. Established in 1972, Mermaid Theatre is known for unique stage adaptations of children’s liter- ary classics and has been applauded by six million young people in 19 countries on four continents. Based in Windsor, a small rural town at the gate- way to Nova Scotia’s scenic Avon Region, Mer- maid frequently travels across Canada, the United States, and abroad with shows in seven languages to perform annually for 300,000 spectators. This performance is approximately 60 minutes in length and includes an opportu- nity to meet performers and puppets in the lobby immediately following the show. Tickets are $13–$15 for adults, $11–$13 for UD alumni, $9 for students and children, and $4 lap seats for children 3 and under. Tickets can be purchased at the Farber Box Office Mon- day through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Heritage Center; by phone at 563-585-SHOW; or online at dbq.edu/heritagecenter. n

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BestFest 2016 S traight-laced Girls, Uptight 5 PM @ GRAND RIVER CENTER Ladies, & Loose Women A benefit to support Hospice of Dubuque 1 PM @ CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY is just as it sounds, a celebration of the H istorian Kathy Wilson looks at the changing best Dubuque has to offer, as voted on by role of American women from colonial times you, the people of Dubuque. Sold out! through the Victorian era, including what it means to be “straight-laced and uptight.” S pring Habitat Workshop Discover what corsets and gun clubs have in 6 PM @ SWISS VALLEY NATURE CENTER common, how the house took on new (PEOSTA, IA) importance for our female ancestors, and why S pring is a great time for private landown- a man’s home wasn’t really his castle, but ers to improve their lands for increased rather his wife’s! Free. 563-589-4225. habitat and wildlife. Learn about bee keeping, dubuque.lib.ia.us farm pond management, controlled burn- ing, and more. Register in advance. Free. 563-556-6745. DubuqueCounty.org.

T eacher Education Exploring Program 7 PM @ UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE T he University of Dubuque invites you to become a member of the Teacher Education Meet the Artists Series Exploring Program. If you have an interest in 2 PM @ DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART education, learn more about what education is Meet the newest Iowa Arts Council Fellows like from the teacher side of the desk. It is also on their five-city tour across Iowa. Photogra- a great way to build your college resume, have pher Stephanie Brunia of Oxford, multimedia fun, and meet new friends. Register in advance. artist Brent Holland of Des Moines, writer $30. ExploringDubuque.org. and poet Jennifer Knox of Nevada, perfor- mance artist Akwi Nji of Cedar Rapids, and visual artist Yun Shin of Orange City, joined by artist Heidi Draley-McFall of Dewitt, will share their work and hope to cross-pollinate ideas with local artists and art enthusiasts. A reception with the artists will immediately follow the talk. This program is presented with the Iowa Arts Council. Free. DBQArt.com.

“Black Hawk: From Frontier Terrorist to Advertising Icon” Fernando Alvarez and Rendered Heart 7 PM @ RAMADA GALENA (GALENA, IL) 7:30 PM @ UD HERITAGE CENTER Nationally acclaimed historian and collector T he passion of modern worship and the soul of Cliff Krainik has compiled collections for the gospel will come together in a powerful night Smithsonian and the White House Histori- of faith and music when University of Dubuque cal Society. A native of Illinois who frequents Campus Ministry presents Fernando Alvarez Galena and Dubuque, Krainik has a particular and Rendered Heart. Alvarez is the founder and affinity for the rich history of Black Hawk and the director of Rendered Heart International. He impact of the settlement of this area on Black travels around the world leading worship and Hawk and his people. He will discuss American teaching the word of God in churches, confer- cultural and political attitudes toward Black ences, and transformational events. Bridgett Hawk and how they evolved over time. Free. Boone, UD campus ministry staff and gospel 11383 Hwy. 20, Galena, IL. GalenaHistory.org. choir director, and Charise Miles, mother of a UD student and recorded gospel singer, open. S UNDAY, MARCH 26 This concert is part of Faith Week—March 19–24 at UD. Ticket required. Free. 2255 Bennett St. “ The War of 1812 in Wisconsin: 563-585-SHOW. dbq.edu/heritagecenter. The Battle for Prairie du Chien” 7 PM @ MINING & ROLLO JAMISON MUSEUMS FRIDAY, MARCH 24 (PLATTEVILLE, WI) n The War of 1812 in Wisconsin, author Mary Musical Menus Elise Antoine brings a little-known, strategic, 6 PM @ CLARKE WAHLERT ATRIUM corner of the war’s history to life. She details March 24–25. This Clarke tradition features the story of a years’-long fight for control of performances by students and faculty the Northern Mississippi and the “western throughout a gourmet five-course meal. It’s country,” a struggle that culminated in a been called the area’s best broadway revue. three-day siege of the area’s lynchpin fur $60–$70. Reserve your spot in advance. trade center in Prairie du Chien, WI, in July 888-825-2753. Clarke.edu/artsatclarke. of 1814. Free. Mining.Jamison.Museum.

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CAT THOLIC SIS ERS: “GET IN THE HABIT” OF KINDNESS N OW THROUGH MARCH 14 The Catholic Sisters of the Upper Mis- “Those of us in the U.S. sometimes sissippi River Valley will launched a new take water, food, shelter, clothing and campaign to encourage people to be respect for granted,” said Sister Teri kind toward one another. The message— Hadro, BVM, President of the Sisters of “Kindness: Get in the Habit”—was Charity, BVM. “Our sisters and broth- created to counter the continued divi- ers in need help us understand the siveness seen throughout the country. real meaning of the Gospel and gift It will be shared on billboards, in movie us with the opportunity to live Jesus’ theater and TV ads, through social media message today and every day.” posts and in Catholic school classrooms. The campaign will run during “We want to call attention to what the fourth annual National Catholic we should be doing for each other,” said Sisters Week, March 8-14, 2017. Sister Toni Harris, OP, Prioress of the The Catholic Sisters of the Upper Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa. “We are Mississippi River Valley represent to be feeding the hungry and welcom- 12 congregations whose collective ing the stranger. We are to be practic- mission is to spread the Gospel mes- ing compassion, as Jesus taught us. sage in the 21st century. Find The Simple acts of kindness can change the Catholic Sisters of the Upper Mis- world, one person at a time. We need sissippi River Valley on Facebook at these actions right now especially.” facebook.com/catholicsisters. n

ONGOING providing this service, making Dubuque one of first communities in the state with a year-round T oddler Tuesday Farmers’ Market. The Dubuque Winter Farmers’ FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH Market is filled with healthy, locally-grown foods, 10:30-11:30 AM @ NATIONAL RIVER MUSEUM fresh-baked goods, and hot breakfast items. $5 per child and one caregiver. You’ll always find friendly farmers and welcoming 563-557-9545. RiverMuseum.com. smiles. Parking is available in the lot along Central Ave and street parking is available on Iowa St, Galena Winter Marketplace Central Ave, as well as other downtown streets. SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH 1101 Central Ave. WinterMarketDBQ.com. THROUGH APRIL 12 4–6 PM @ TURNER HALL (GALENA, IL) S eed Lending Library 215 S Main St, Galena, IL. CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY galenamarketplace.org. C arnegie “Sprout” Seed Lending Library is available for Dubuque city residents with Dubuque Winter Farmers’ Market regular library cards in good standing. Reg- SATURDAYS THROUGH APRIL 29 istered participants can borrow up to 10 seed 9 AM–NOON @ FORMER COLTS CENTER packets per year. Once the crops are harvested, Every Saturday morning at the break of dawn, a Carnegie-Stout asks that a portion of the saved dedicated band of volunteers sets up tables and seeds be returned to the library. Carnegie chairs for the Dubuque Winter Farmers’ Market. “Sprout” Seed Lending Library is a free urban Fresh eggs and sausage sizzle on the griddle, and seed project committed to increasing the the smell of locally roasted, fresh-brewed coffee capacity of our community to feed itself whole- greets the first visitors.S ince 2007, they’ve been some food. 563-589-4225. dubuque.lib.ia.us.

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nOW sHOWInG @ MInDFRAME tHEAtERs FRIDAY, MARCH 10–tHURsDAY, MARCH 16

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (PG) THE SHACK (PG-13) thu: 7:00, 8:00, 9:45 Fri–thu: (12:15), (3:10), 6:50, 9:40 KONG: SKULL ISLAND (PG-13) GET OUT (R) Fri–Wed: (11:20 aM), (12:30), Fri–thu: (12:00), (2:20), (4:50), COMInG tO tHEAtERs (2:00), (3:30), (4:35), 7:00, 7:35, 7:25, 9:50 9:40, 10:05 Kong: skull Island (PG-13) Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” (PG) thu: (11:20 aM), (12:30), (2:00), THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE (PG) Fri–thu: (11:25 aM), (1:45), (4:10) FRIDAY, MARCH 10 FRIDAY, MARCH 17 555 JFK road (3:30), (4:35), 7:00, 9:40 Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary This live-action re-telling of the animated Behind Kennedy Mall LOGAN (R) THE SANDLOT (PG) FREE SPRING BREAK KIDS MOVIE Pictures reimagines the origin of the classic refashions the characters from mindframetheaters.com Fri–Wed: (12:45), (3:45), 7:15, 8:00, 10:00 Mon–thu: 10:00 aM mythic Kong in a compelling, origi- the tale as old as time with the original hotline: 563-582-4971 thu: (12:45), (3:45), 7:15, 10:00 nal adventure from director Jordan music and several new songs. Belle, Vogt-Roberts (The Kings of Summer). a bright, beautiful and independent In the fi lm, a diverse team of explor- young woman is taken prisoner by a ers is brought together to venture beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she deep into an uncharted island in the befriends the castle’s enchanted staff Pacifi c—as beautiful as it is treacher- and learns to look beyond the Beast’s ous—unaware that they’re crossing hideous exterior and realize the kind into the domain of the mythic Kong. heart and soul of the true Prince within.

Brimstone (R) the Belko Experiment (R) FRIDAY, MARCH 10 FRIDAY, MARCH 17 Wrongly accused of a crime she In a twisted social experiment, a group didn’t commit, a frontier woman of 80 Americans are locked in their turned fugitive is hunted by a high-rise corporate offi ce in Bogota, vengeful preacher in the menacing Colombia and ordered by an unknown inferno of the old American West. voice coming from the company’s Stars Guy Pearce, Dakots Fanning, intercom system to participate in a Emilia Jones and Kit Harrington. deadly game of kill or be killed.

MOvIE BUZZ Hacksaw Ridge producer Brian Oliver mentioned to potentially play Cable, and Filmula’s Johnny Lin are developing Marvel’s popular time-travelling soldier, in a feature-length version of the dysto- the next Deadpool fi lm, the latest actor to pian short Rise, which starred the late make the news is David Harbour, the char- Anton Yelchin. Oliver and Lin will fully acter actor who played supporting roles fi nance and produce the feature fi lm. in projects like HBO’s The Newsroom, Rise takes place in a world where man’s Black Mass, and Suicide Squad before his attempt to create artifi cial intelligence turn as Police Chief Hopper in Netfl ix’s has spun wildly out of control, leading massively popular Stranger Things. to a war between man and machine. DreamWorks’ Trolls global take, Walt Disney Pictures is now “cir- currently at $340+ million off a budget cling” Jared Leto to possibly star in a of $125 million, was apparently enough new reboot of their TRON franchise. to satisfy their new corporate own- If the project does move on, it would ers at Universal Pictures, because this be Disney’s third TRON movie. A third week, the two studios announced their movie, then called TRON: Ascension, plans for a Trolls sequel with Justin had reportedly almost started fi lm- Timberlake and Anna Kendrick return- ing in 2015, but it was scrapped soon ing and a release set for April 10, 2020. after fi lming began. Curiously, direc- Director is Travis Knight, the CEO of tor Joseph Kosinski revealed details stop-motion animation company Laika of that fi lm earlier this week, saying Pictures, who also made his directorial that it wasn’t dead after all and that it debut with Kubo and the Two Strings was sort of like an “invasion movie.” has landed the plum job of directing Following names like Stephen Lang, the Transformers spinoff about yellow Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, Kyle robot Bumblebee, scheduled for release Chandler and Michael Shannon were on May 18, 2018. No Michael Bay!

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LIvE At HERItAGE CEntER PERFORMInG ARts sERIEs tHORntOn WILDER’s “OUR tOWn” tUEsDAY, MARCH 21 12 AnGRY JURORs 7:30 PM @ UnIvERsItY OF DUBUQUE HERItAGE CEntER (2255 BEnnEtt st) MARCH 10 AnD 11 @ 7 PM American Shakespeare Center’s lights on for a type of audience contact MARCH 12 @ 2 PM 2016/17 Hungry Hearts Tour pres- rarely seen in modern day theatre. OHnWARD FInE ARts CEntER (1215 E PLAtt st, MAQUOKEtA, IA) ents this classic piece of theatrical While Wilder’s play is a classic slice of Some plays are designed to whisk As preconceptions are tested and literature. ASC explores what it is Americana, it is hardly a sentimentalized you away to a fantastical world, an evidence weighed, the entire jury like to grow up in a small town where ideal. For Our Town Director Jim Warren, alternate reality where folks sponta- is forced to look past the show everyone knows each other’s name the play “is about our lives—right here, neously break into song. And then of the courtroom to unearth the in Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. right now. It asks us to look at our own there are plays like 12 Angry Jurors. shocking truth. Faced with playing A moving look at life in the small town lives. It reminds us that each day matters.” Twelve Angry Jurors unfolds in a the hangmen, these dozen jurors of Grover’s Corners, Our Town examines A member of American Shakespeare New York City courtroom on a swelter- must fi rst face themselves. Pre- what it means to grow up. Through three Center will deliver a free pre-show ing Aug. evening as a jury fi les into a sented by the Ohnward Fine Arts acts—daily life, love and marriage, and lecture from 6:30 to 7 p.m. in Babka deliberation room. They are tasked Center and Peace Pipe Players. death and dying—Wilder studies the Theatre, adjacent to Butler Hall, off er- with determining the verdict in a Tickets for adults are $12 in advance deeply personal yet remarkably univer- ing insights and background on the murder case in which a young man is or $15 the door, and students are $10 sal lives of the Webb and Gibbs families. company, their work, and, specifi - accused of killing his father. He faces in advance or $12 at the door. Tickets This poignant American tale explores cally, their production of Our Town. the death penalty if found guilty. can be purchased at The Ohnward Fine friendship, love, and death, but, more Tickets are $24–29 for adults, What starts as an open-and-shut Arts Center 563-652-9815, Oster- importantly, what it truly means to live. $20–24 for UD alumni, and $10 for case, soon twists into an edge-of- haus Pharmacy and the Maquoketa The American Shakespeare Center students and children. Tickets can be your-seat drama as each juror begins State Bank Main Offi ce, Anderson brings a unique performance style to purchased at the Farber Box Offi ce to question how he or she should cast Pharmacy in Preston and the Bel- Heritage Center, blending Shakespeare’s Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. their vote. How can the young man levue Pharmacy in Bellevue. n stage craft with modern sensibility. to 5 p.m., by phone, or online. n not be convicted of such a heinous In Shakespeare’s day, the company crime when all of the evidence was ohnwardfi neartscenter.com couldn’t turn the lights out on the audi- dbq.edu/heritagecenter originally pointed directly at him? 563-652-9815 ence. The Hungry Hearts Tour leaves the 563-585-SHOW

MUsICAL MEnUs CALL FOR EntRIEs MARCH 24 AnD 25 DUBUQUE AREA WRItERs GUILD “GALLERY” 6 PM @ CLARKE UnIvERsItY R.C. AnD CELEstE WAHLERt AtRIUM (1550 CLARKE DR) DEADLInE: sAtURDAY, APRIL 1 One of the area’s best dinner theatre Seating begins at 6 p.m. with dinner The Dubuque Area Writers Guild’s 39th Selected writers may be invited events returns to Clarke University. served at 6:30 p.m. both Friday and edition of its Gallery book project, “Move- to read at a reception to celebrate Musical Menus is an annual Clarke Saturday evenings. Ticket prices for ment,” is an open-genre anthology show- the launch of the anthology on Fri- tradition and features a gourmet the meal and performance are $70 casing the art and writing of Dubuquers day, May 19 during DubuqueFest fi ve-course meal and musical per- for premier seating and $60 for gold and those with ties to the Dubuque area. at the Dubuque Museum of Art. formances by students and faculty. seating. Reservations are required Submissions about “movement” as a To submit your entries The evening includes solo and small and may be made until March 17 by concept are encouraged, but works of and for a full list of guide- ensemble performances, as well as calling 563-588-6575, or by visit- any theme will be considered. Writers of lines, contact Gwen or Heidi at performances by the Clarke Collegiate ing clarke.edu/artsatclarke. all ages may submit fi ction, non-fi ction, [email protected]. Singers, the Clarke Cantabile Singers Funds raised from Musical Menus creative non-fi ction, poetry and memoir n and Clarke Instrumental Ensembles. go towards a variety of Clarke Music pieces as well as black and white artwork “As audience members are treated department initiatives including (drawings, photography, digital art, etc.). [email protected] to the fabulous meal designed by private lessons, music scholarships, Miles Breed, soloists and ensembles new equipment, and travel expenses will perform musical theatre, pop for the university’s ensemble tours. n and jazz favorites,” says Jeremy Mims, assistant professor of music Clarke.edu/artsatclarke and chair of the music department. 563-588-6575

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tHE GRAnD OPERA HOUsE PREsEnts HEARtLAnD BALLEt’s PRODUCtIOn OF CInDERELLA sAtURDAYs: APRIL 1 AnD 8 @ 7:30 PM sUnDAYs: APRIL 2 AnD 9 @ 2 PM GRAnD OPERA HOUsE (135 W 8tH st) Dubuque City Youth Ballet’s pre-profes- to be one of the top 10 ballets of all time, performs annually in the spring. Bal- sional company, Heartland Ballet, brings Heartland Ballet’s exquisite production lets are from the DCYB repertoire. The this popular fairytale to life. The glorious is sure to enchant audiences of all ages. Heartland Ballet also serves as a touring music of Sergei Prokofi ev’sCinderella This Heartland Ballet production group, and for special commissions. is notable for its jubilant music, and of Cinderella is choreographed by Tickets are $20 for adults and $12 for the ballet is fi lled with lush scenery, a Megan MacLeod, Artist-in-Residence, children under 18 and can be purchased romantic story and comic stepsisters. The and principal instructor at the Acad- in person at the box offi ce Monday enduring rags-to-princess story off ers emy of Ballet, home of the Dubuque through Friday from noon until 4 p.m., the promise of “happily ever after” with City Youth Ballet organization. Artis- by calling 563-588-1305 and online a dose of humor mixed with the majesty tic Director is Marina O’Rourke. at TheGrandOperaHouse.com. n of classical ballet. Experience the beauty The Heartland Ballet is a division of of Cinderella, the Fairy Godmother, a the Dubuque City Youth Ballet. Con- TheGrandOperaHouse.com handsome prince, a gorgeous ball gown, sisting of advanced dancers, primar- 563-588-1305 and the perfect dance party. Considered ily of high school age, this company

“SUNFLOWERS” BY JEFF BREITFELDER “MOMEnts In nAtURE” PHOtO COntEst DEADLInE: MOnDAY, APRIL 3 Dubuque County Conservation, Julien’s encourage participation no matter Journal, and Everything Photography are your age or skill level. Photos must happy to announce the opening of the be taken in Dubuque County. 2017 “Moments in Nature” Photo Contest. Winners will be showcased in This contest is to encourage community a “Moments in Nature” exhibit at members to get outside and capture all Swiss Valley Nature Center and in an the beauty Dubuque County has to off er. issue of Julien’s Journal. Winners will Entry categories include: wildlife, also receive additional prizes! n plants, people in nature, and land- scapes. They are off ering two dif- dccbphotocontest.weebly.com ferent divisions for each category to 563-556-6745

FIRst FRIDAYs FRIDAY, APRIL 7 5–8 PM @ DUBUQUE MUsEUM OF ARt (701 LOCUst st) 5:30-8:30 PM @ stUDIO WORKs AnD GALLERY C (900 JACKsOn st) 6–8 PM @ InsPIRE CAFÉ (900 JACKsOn st) Friday Fridays is a monthly gallery hop The Dubuque Museum of Art’s at participating art venues throughout theme this month is fi lm. Enjoy downtown. Programming is scheduled a preview of the Julien Dubuque on the fi rst Friday of every month International Film Festival, Oscar featuring evening gallery hours, artists fi lm shorts, and movie trivia. talks, demos, open studios, music, $10 or free for members. games, art, and performance. Experi- Studio Works, Gallery C, and Inspire ence the creative spirit of our com- Café will also have free programing. n munity along with great friends, stylish appetizers and drinks, and great art. Facebook.com/DubuqueFirstFridays

DUBUQUE365.COM IssuE #286 March 9–March 22, 2017 365INK MAGAZINE arts 15 Crryove Sto MARCH MADNESS AT FIVE FLAGS CENTER It’s March Madness at the Five Flags Center with events filling the theater and arena every weekend! There’s something for everyone, so don’t miss out! Tickets can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com and Five Flags Center box office, at Ticketmaster Outlets or charge by phone 1-800-745-3000. Five Flags Center Box office hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. For more information on upcoming events, visit FiveFlagsCenter.com. n

T HE MAGIC OF BILL BLAGG LIVE! FRIDAY, MARCH 10 @ 7:30 PM The MAGIC of BILL BLAGG LIVE! comes to the Five Today, Bill is one of the nation’s top tour- Flags Theater for one show only! Critics and audiences ing illusionists. His theatrical brand of magic thrills alike rave about his incredible high-energy, grand-scale thousands of people every single year. Bill’s live per- magic & illusions that will have you rubbing your eyes formances leave people in complete disbelief as he in disbelief. Referred to as “Houdini Times Ten!” by creates the impossible in a way only he can do. NBC, Blagg’s show is packed with NEW mind-blowing Bill prides himself in performing new, never- illusions and his trademark off-the-cuff personality that before-seen illusions such as the world’s only ride- make this show a great family event! People will float in able hoverboard. He is also known for instantly mid-air, vanish in the blink of an eye and so much more! teleporting across theaters, squishing his body To say that Bill Blagg has had a magical life would from 6 feet to 6 inches tall, passing through the be no exaggeration. He received his first profes- blades of an industrial fan, and much more! This is one show you can’t afford to miss! Wit- sional magic book from his great-grandfather, Bill constantly receives standing ovations ness live over 90 minutes of interactive, action- which eventually led to building magic props with from those who experience his one-of-a-kind tal- packed magic & illusion performed by the country’s his dad. These early beginnings paved the way for ents. He looks forward to sharing his blend of most prominent magical star, Bill Blagg! what is now known as The Magic of Bill Blagg. magic, personality and performance with you! Tickets start at $29. n

BILLY CURRINGTON FRIDAY, MARCH 10 @ 8 PM Known for his singles “People Are Crazy”, “Pretty one of the first concerts I ever went to in Nashville. Good at Drinkin’ Beer” and “It Don’t Hurt Like It When I got the song and I had a choice. I could choose Used To,” Billy Currington is going on the Stay any producer out there to work this song. I thought Up Til the Sun tour in 2017. Opening act includes Dann Huff would be perfect for this song, and he was. Calynn Green and more to be announced! You hear that guitar in it. You hear the power of the Led by the fast-climbing No. 1 single “Hey Girl,” We drums. Everything about that recording—I’ll take a Are Tonight is filled with songs that evoke both wistful little credit, not much—but Dann Huff is the reason.” reflection and boisterous revelry with equal convic- In the decade since he made his debut with the top tion. Throughout the collection, Currington exudes the ten hit “Walk a Little Straighter,” the Georgia native easy going charm that has become his trademark yet has parlayed his rich, emotion-laden tenor and unerr- also possesses a maturity and confidence that comes ing song sense into some of the country format’s from a decade of churning out hits and earning acco- most memorable hits, including such No. 1s as “We lades. He won the “Hottest Video of the Year” honor Are Tonight,” “Hey Girl, “Good Directions,” “Must Be at the fan-voted CMT Music Awards for “Must Be Doin’ Doin’ Something Right” and “People Are Crazy.” Somethin’ Right” in 2006, the same year he received The Georgia born artist spent his early years on Tybee an ACM nod for Top New Male Vocalist. His hit duet Island before his family moved inland to Rincon. The sea with Shania Twain, “Party For Two,” earned nomina- is in Currington’s soul and is a constant presence in his life to sing with their band and then had to sneak the under- tions from both the CMA and ACM, and “People Are and music. He recalls his parents playing vinyl records by age singer into clubs to perform. “It just started happen- Crazy” proved to be a career-defining hit that earned Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kenny Rogers. His mom ing so fast,” he says. “The next thing you know I’m playing Grammy nominations for Male Country Vocal Perfor- took him to see Rogers in concert when he was 10 and it in a band and the preacher is taking me to Nashville.” mance and Best Country Song in addition to being proved to be a pivotal moment. “It was there that night I We Are Tonight finds Billy Currington in peak form. nominated for Single and Song of the Year from the remember thinking, ‘man I’d love to be that guy. I’d love to The songs are sometimes whimsical, often poignant and Academy of Country Music, as well as Single, Song and be doing this,’” says Currington. “It was an amazing show, always compelling. Seasoned by time and peppered with Video of the Year from the Country Music Association. the energy in there and everything about it I never forgot.” experience, his distinctive voice has never sounded bet- Currington cites “Hey Girl” as one of his favorite Like many country entertainers, Currington began sing- ter and he’s a young man who appreciates the road he’s songs he’s ever recorded. “I was drawn to that song ing in church. “I met this preacher when I was 17. I heard traveled. He’s humbled by the successes of his past yet because of the amped up energy it has,” he says. about this church and just went there. They had a rocking always looking forward. “It’s like you work so many years “It was written by a couple of friends of mine, Rhett little band,” Currington remembers. The preacher invited to get it and you finally got it,” says Currington, who once Atkins being one. I love that guy and he’s from Geor- him to sing the next week and Billy made quite an impres- again makes his home on Tybee Island. “I feel so blessed.” gia. I always wanted to record one of his songs. He’s sion. Some of his musician friends from church asked him Tickets start at $25. n

16 Cover Story 365INK MAGAZINE March 9–March 22, 2017 Issue #286 DUBUQUE365.COM Crryove Sto DECADE S REWIND S UNDAY, MARCH 19 @ 3 PM Take a trip down melody lane with Decades Rewind, featuring over 60 songs effortlessly blended into unique medleys from the most prominent decades in music history. This fully live concert experience features an 8-piece rock band and 6 brilliant rocking vocal- ists surrounded by rock and roll stage lighting, poignant videos of American JU NGLE JACK HANNA culture, and over 100 costume changes. S ATURDAY, MARCH 11 @ 7 PM From Abba to Zeppelin, Decades On March 11, America’s most beloved savannas of Australia, Jack has explored Rewind will have you singing along and animal expert, Jack Hanna, brings the corners of the globe as one of the most dancing in your seats on a magical rock his three-time Emmy Award-Win- visible and respected animal ambassadors. musical extravaganza you won’t forget. ning television series to the live You’ve seen his countless appear- If you’ve been looking for a theatrical stage with “Into the Wild LIVE!” ances on Good Morning America, The concert that will transport you back to In this awe-inspiring event, Jungle Jack Late Show with David Letterman, and so the days of your youth with the pas- will introduce you to some of the world’s many more—now you can enjoy Jungle sionate, beautiful songs of the past, most spectacular animals. Jack will also Jack’s infectious energy as he takes Decades Rewind is an incredibly memo- the ‘60s to the ‘80s), Decades Rewind share humorous stories and amazing exclu- you “into the wild!” to see some of the rable and nostalgic show that you’ve is a veritable time machine of amaz- sive footage from his worldwide adven- world’s most fascinating animals, LIVE! been dreaming of! Featuring the top ing music that will never fade away. tures. From the jungles of Rwanda to the Tickets start at $15. n hits of the golden age of music (from Tickets start at $33. n

DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENTS: MU SIC IN MOVIES S ATURDAY, MARCH 25 @ 7:30 PM SUNDAY, MARCH 26 @ 2 PM MUSIC IN MOVIES FAMILY CONCERT: SATURDAY, MARCH 25 @ 1 PM FIVE FLAGS THEATER (405 MAIN ST) The Dubuque Symphony Orchestra (DSO) presents the fourth in its 2016–17 Season of the Arts series: Music in Movies. This program combines some of the great film scores of John Williams Star( Wars and Harry Potter) with one of the most beautiful and well-loved symphonic favorites, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, a work inspired by the stories of the Arabian Nights (Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor…). Local saxophone master Allen Cordingley is fea- tured in the jazzy music from the filmCatch Me If MUO SIC IN M VIES FAMILY CONCERT You Can. Allen is a Senior Lecturer at the Univer- A special added Music in Movies FAMILY Concert sity of Wisconsin-Platteville and founding mem- will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 25. This ber of the Ensemble 135 trio, a dynamic chamber concert is approximately one hour in length and ensemble that maintains a vigorous schedule of includes songs from Star Wars, Harry Potter, Fro- recitals and concerts in the Tri-State area. zen, Pirates of the Caribbean and Scheherazade. The orchestra performed Tragedy Tomorrow by Tickets for the family concert start at only $8. Dubuque-native Michael Gilbertson in 2012, and this Audience members are encouraged to come in wonderful work, inspired by photographs of New costume to be entered into a drawing for prizes. Post York City in the 1920’s, is being “encored”. His works concert activities include photos with Star Wars and have been described as “vivid, tightly woven” by Frozen movie characters, an instrument petting zoo, the Baltimore Sun, and “genuinely moving” by the movie-theme refreshments at concessions and more. Washington Post. Gilbertson holds degrees from Follow the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra Facebook The Juilliard School and the Yale School of Music, page for updates. The family concert is made possible serves as artistic director of ChamberFest Dubuque, by the generous support of the Chad and Laura Chan- and has taught the Northeast Iowa School of Music, dlee family; and media sponsor Telegraph Herald. and a lecturer at the Yale School of Music. Music in Movies concerts will be held 7:30 p.m. on Tickets for both concerts are available at the Five Flags Saturday, March 25, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 26 at Box Office (563-589-4258), dubuquesymphony.org, Five Flags Theater, downtown Dubuque. Tickets start at and the DSO mobile app, available as a free down- $15. These concerts are made possible by the gener- load in the App store and Google Play. Discounted ous support of AY McDonald and Dupaco Community $6 student tickets will be available in the theater Credit Union; and guest artist sponsor Marilynne Field. lobby one hour prior to each performance. n

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GALEnA st. PAt’s PUB CRAWL FRIDAY, MARCH 10 6 PM @ MAIn st, GALEnA, IL st. PAtRICK’s DAY The pubs and restaurants of Main Street a drawing and enjoy drink specials kick off Galena’s St. Patrick’s weekend and live music with Garrett Hillary. with the annual St. Pat’s Pub Crawl The popular Pub Crawl Scavenger FEstIvItIEs In Friday, March 10 at 6 p.m. Led by the Hunt returns with a fun Instagram Grape Escape’s Miss Kitty along with hashtag contest that gives par- Jennifer Pickett of Gabby’s Gifts and ticipants an opportunity to win gift tHE tRI-stAtEs BriAnna Bruce of Blaum Bros. Distill- certifi cates from local merchants. Make your way to area venues this weekend and next to ing, costumed revelers will gather at Registration for the Pub Crawl is celebrate st. Patrick’s Day! We’ve got a slew of events the Green Street Tavern in the DeSoto $15 and begins at 2 p.m. at the Grape from parades to Irish dancers to live music. there are House and commence the celebra- Escape, earning participants a spe- even a few events for the wee lads and lasseis! Find tion, making stops at The Eagles Club, cial St. Pat’s Pub Crawl cup and drink something green to wear and be Irish for a day! The VFW, Elks Lodge, The Paradise specials at every stop. Proceeds of Bar & Grill, Fried Green Tomatoes, the crawl benefi t the Galena ARC. PHOTO: BOB FELDERMAN Gobbies, Galena Brewing Company, For more information, call the Grape and fi nally The Grape Escape, where Escape at 779-214-0003 or email participants could win prizes from [email protected]. n

performer, and pianist. He utilizes rock beef and cabbage on Friday, March and $1 pickle shots! Need something and roll, informed by the American 17 for lunch. MamaBird will be playing green to wear? Easy Street’s St. Songbook Tradition, jazz, and the live on Saturday, March 18 at 9 p.m. Patrick’s Day shirts are available now! blues to create soulful pop songs. His infl uences are Randy Newman, LORAs COLLEGE JUMPER’s Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, John Len- 1450 ALtA vIstA st HALF-FAst non, Leonard Cohen, Paul McCartney, FRIDAY, MARCH 10 @ 5:30 PM 600 DODGE st tHE LIFt John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats), Loras College’s 55-year tradition sAtURDAY, MARCH 11 @ 10 AM 180 MAIn st Jonathan Richman, and John Grant. of holding a St. Patrick’s Day Auc- The one, the only, the original DICKIE is the exploration of subtle tion is getting a makeover this year. O’Jumpers Express returns! Jumpers st PAt’s PARtY symphonies over creative prose, indie Loras College Spiritual Life will host will open at 10 a.m. and buses will be sAtURDAY, MARCH 11 @ 3 PM popped-out melodies, under innova- its fi rst St. Pat’s Party at The Pub heading out to all points west and Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day a bit early tive storytelling and original grooves. inside the Alumni Campus Center. As Dyersville starting at 11 a.m., parade with good food and great songs. This in the past, the event will help raise at 1:30 p.m. $5 one-way (that’s $10 kicks off a full week of entertain- funds for the college’s service trips. round-trip) gets you out there and ment including improve comedy, Irish There will be festive food, deco- back safe, secure and in style! Enjoy trad session, special Irish themed rations, children’s activities, live drink specials all day long includ- pub quiz, and some great music! music, and opportunities to hear ing Guinness, Harp and Smithwick’s from students about their service for $2.50, $1 Jello shots, $2 pudding IRIsH tRAD sEssIOn trip experiences. There will also be shots and $5 Irish Car Bombs from WEDnEsDAY, MARCH 15 @ 6 PM opportunities to participate in fund- 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and $3 aluminum Peter Fraterdeus and Andreas Transo MURPH’s tAP raising eff orts, including a donation pints of Coors Light and Bud Light all get their buddies together, playing 55 LOCUst st package created by each individual day and night! Then Half-Fast rocks jigs and reels for your entertainment! MARCH 11, 17, AnD 18 @ 11 AM service trip team. For more informa- your shillelagh off starting at 6 p.m. On March 11, 17 and 18, you are invited tion, contact Stacia McDermott at for NO COVER!! Cead mile failte— st. PADDY’s DAY W/ CHRIstOPHER to enjoy $3 pints of Guinness and $3 [email protected], a hundred thousand welcomes! tHE COnQUERED, DICKIE Car Bombs (that means dropping a visit loras.edu, or call 563-588-7100 FRIDAY, MARCH 17 @ 10 PM shot of Irish cream and whiskey into tHE BLU ROOM At BREEZER’s PUB The Lift will have food in the early a glass of stout). They will be also EAsY stREEt tHE LOnELY GOAts evening while supplies last. This be doing $2.50 16 oz. Shamrock Bud 30 MAIn st 600 CEntRAL AvE free show is part of a McGraw Hill Light Bottles and $2.50 domestics sAtURDAY, MARCH 11 @ nOOn FRIDAY, MARCH 17 @ 8 PM sponsored songwriter series. and well mixers all day and night for FRIDAY, MAtCH 17 @ 3 PM Breezer’s Pub on Central celebrates St. Christopher the Conquered is a all three days. They are, of course, Drink up $2 giant green PBR mugs, Patrick’s Day proper with a party songwriter, recording artist, singer, also featuring their homemade corned $2 Guinness, $4 Irish Car Bombs, hosted by The Lonely Goats in The Blu

18 20 FEaturE 365INK stOrY MAGAZINE365INK March MAGAZINE 9–March March 22, 2017 Issue 9–March 22, #286 2017 IssuE #286 DUDUBUQUE365.COMBUQUE365.COM FEAtURE stORY DYERsvILLE CELEBRAtIOn DUBUQUE CELEBRAtIOn GAELIC GALLOP / PARADE / LIvE MUsIC & MORE sAtURDAY, MARCH 11 sAtURDAY, MARCH 11 4:30–10 PM @ JOLIEt EvEnt CEntER (FORMERLY KC HALL, 781 LOCUst st) 9:30 AM @ DYERsvILLE, IA The Dubuque Ancient Order of Hiber- The day, as always, starts out with a nians in conjunction with the Knights traditional Mass at 10:30 a.m. in the of Columbus 510, invite you to join in Basilica, followed by the ever-popular the Celtic revelry of the Dubuque St. Dyersville St. Patrick’s Day Parade at Patrick’s Day Celebration at the Joliet 1:30 p.m. Registration form for the Event Center (K.C. Hall on Locust). parade can be found at dyersville.org. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and the Trophies and cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and Dubuque Fire Pipes and Drums play at 3rd place float and individual costume. 5 p.m. The Fire Pipes and Drums is an fantastically talented crew of musicians Build an Irish theme float and aim Irish marching band featuring a crew featuring three members of the Ott to get the 1st place travel trophy! of musicians donning either bagpipes family—Alison, Emily and Jim—along There is also a great healthy way to or drums as well as full Irish dress with Rob McCullough and Jason Kuntz. enjoy St. Patty’s Day in Dyersville… on with matching kilts and other attire. Admission is $5 per person and all your feet as part of the Annual Gaelic live from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. and then The McNulty School of Irish Dance are welcome. Some parking available Gallop! The Leprechaun Leap for ages the Drama Kings from 6:30 to 11 p.m. performs at 5:30 p.m. This team of on the Joliet Event Center Lot with 6 and under takes place at 9:30 a.m. beautifully dressed traditional Clad- nearby parking meters and parking while an 8K Road Race for adults has BREW & BREW PUB dagh Irish dancers puts on a stellar show ramps. Building is handicap accessible. a shotgun start at 10 a.m. Shortly after sAtURDAY, MARCH 11 of choreographed Irish dance while Additional upcoming Irish-flavored will be a 10:05 a.m. start for a shorter 6:30 AM @ BREW & BREW PUB decked out in long curly locks and highly entertainment in the area includes 2-Mile Run. Sign-up for the Gaelic (211 1st AvE E, DYERsvILLE, IA) detailed dresses. The Lads Irish band, the Celtic Women Concert on April Gallop at totalfitnessdyersville.com. Brew & Brew in Dyersville will hold down a popular Dubuque-based group that 29 at the Five Flags Theater. See At your leisure you can also ride the its end of the St. Patrick’s Day party features a large repertoire of tradi- FiveFlagsCenter.com for details and Shamrock Bike Ride to Farley or take atmosphere all day starting at 6:30 a.m. tional Irish pubs songs plays at 6 p.m. Ticketmaster for tickets. Later this an alternate route to Petersburg. They will have Irish drink specials all Then, the exciting new(ish) Ballyheigue summer, on Aug. 26, the Dubuque Irish Later in the day the “party” day and the band 3 Drink Minimum Lite Irish Band also from the Dubuque area Hooley Music Festival returns. The full starts in Commercial Club Park with playing from 8 to 11 p.m. Look for some plays a set of more classic Irish music band line-up will be published at the Zeigfried Underground performing great food specials TBA as well. n at 7:30 p.m. You have to check out this Dubuque St Patrick’s Day Celebration. n

Room, Breezer’s attached live music venue. Breezer’s owner Al will no doubt be offering some St. Patrick’s Day drink specials to get the party started with the Lonely Goats taking the stage at 8 p.m. to provide some festive dancing music. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with some live music! tHUMsER’s 19tH HOLE EDGE st. PAttY’s PUtt PUtt MInI-GOLF tOURnAMEnt 1625 IL-35, EAst DUBUQUE, IL sAtURDAY, MARCH 18 @ 1 PM East Dubuque Greater Events Founda- tion (EDGE) is hosting a St. Patty’s Putt Putt Mini Golf Tournament. Registration begins at 1 p.m. with a shotgun at 2 p.m. GALEnA BREWInG CO. For our money’s worth at 365ink, pos- tHE WInDY CItY DUELInG PIAnOs sibly the best BLTs and burgers to be 227 n MAIn st, GALEnA, IL had can be had at the 19th Hole. Cost is FRIDAY, MARCH 17 @ 7 PM $30 person or $100 per foursome and As if all kinds of great in-house craft the entry fee includes a t-shirt, koozie, beers were not enough, Galena Brew- burger basket (YES!), and shot glass. ing Co. celebrates St. Patrick’s Day Registration deadline is Friday, March with a special musical performance 10, but maybe if you read this late you by The Windy City Dueling Pianos. can still get in on the fun. You just The show that gets rave reviews from might not get a t-shirt or something. Chicago, Windy City Dueling Pianos For more info or to sign up contact combines high-energy music played Haley Taylor at 563-581-7199 or email on two pianos by two highly skilled [email protected]. performers with hilarious, interac- EDGE is a collection of business tive comedy! The show will no doubt owners who come together to be a sing-along good time. $5. host social and cultural events to support and raise money for the promotion of the community.

DUBUQUE365.COM IssuE #286 MarchIssue 9–March#286 March 22, 2017 9–March365INK 22, MAGAZINE 2017 365INK FE MAGAZINEaturE stOrY 21 19 PICTURE YOURSELF IN THE TRI-STATES!

Voice of the Hawkeyes, Gary Dolphin, mugs for a 4 pix (above and below) from another great night of celebrating Dubuque’s finest at the 9th Annual pic with Barrel House General Manager, Mike Bries. 365ink Impact Awards at the Mississippi Moon Bar. Photos by Steven Schleuning and Bob Felderman.

A mischievous leprechaun showed up at the McGrath Dubuque Harley Davidson. What could possibly go wrong?

WWE Wrestling returned to the Five Flags Brothers Osboure brought an Gladys Ressler is overwhelmed with birth- The Theisen’s Sno-Cross event took over the Arena (above) to the delight of fans like amazing live show to the Mississippi day cakes during the awesome open slopes of Sundown Mountain over the March young Jarod (below) with Matt, Chase, Moon Bar at the Diamond Jo Casino. mic she hosts every Wednesday at the 4th weekend with some exciting snowmobo- and Rich... 3 generations of Cornwalls! Photo by Steven Schleuning. Blu Room @ Breezer’s Pub in Dubuque. bile racing action. Photo by Denny Walker.

Mardi Gras masks made by these young artists Q Casino, formerly Mystique Casino, welcomed during the Dubuque Museum of Art’s “Young at Eric Winch’s pup, Dewey, does quality control for country singer Eric Paslay who filled the house Art” held the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month. dad’s ride at Miracle Car Wash in downtown Dubuque. to capacity. Photo by Bob Felderman.

365ink’s Bryce Parks was shopping for Sisters Lauren and Lexi Parr rock it out Toys For Tots at Theisen’s when these Girl with their Ruby Blonde Band at the Boyd Gaming Tanya Maiers and Erin Scouts saw what he was doing a gave Mississippi Moon Bar in the Diamond Hefel pose with actor Joe Manganiello him a free box of Thin Mints to take home. Jo Casino. Photo by Bob Felderman. The costume master, Paul Meyer, at the Mercy Red Dress Breakfast to raise The cookies did not make it home. doesn’t let Fat Tuesday slip by awareness for heart disease. without dressing up for Jumper’s Sports Bar’s party featuring the Lonely Goats. Above, friends walk the red carpet and below, it appears movie lovers have stolen Indiana Jones’ golden monkey idol, during the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival’s “Star Struck” fundraiser at Hotel Julien Dubuque. Photo by Ron Tigges.

The multi-talented teacher & comic book writer, Above and right: A fun-loving, art-loving Jeff Dyer, spots his own book “Boo: A Walk in crew gathers at the Dubuque Museum The Vagina Monologues was staged These lovely ladies were among the the Park” during a Scholastic book fair at his of Art for the lastest First Fridays event at the Smokestack venue in support attendees at Mindframe Theaters school, Sageville Elementary in Dubuque. featuring a Pop Art theme! of Riverview Center. Oscars Party. Photo by Ron Tigges. PICTURE YOURSELF IN THE TRI-STATES!

Voice of the Hawkeyes, Gary Dolphin, mugs for a 4 pix (above and below) from another great night of celebrating Dubuque’s finest at the 9th Annual pic with Barrel House General Manager, Mike Bries. 365ink Impact Awards at the Mississippi Moon Bar. Photos by Steven Schleuning and Bob Felderman.

A mischievous leprechaun showed up at the McGrath Dubuque Harley Davidson. What could possibly go wrong?

WWE Wrestling returned to the Five Flags Brothers Osboure brought an Gladys Ressler is overwhelmed with birth- The Theisen’s Sno-Cross event took over the Arena (above) to the delight of fans like amazing live show to the Mississippi day cakes during the awesome open slopes of Sundown Mountain over the March young Jarod (below) with Matt, Chase, Moon Bar at the Diamond Jo Casino. mic she hosts every Wednesday at the 4th weekend with some exciting snowmobo- and Rich... 3 generations of Cornwalls! Photo by Steven Schleuning. Blu Room @ Breezer’s Pub in Dubuque. bile racing action. Photo by Denny Walker.

Mardi Gras masks made by these young artists Q Casino, formerly Mystique Casino, welcomed during the Dubuque Museum of Art’s “Young at Eric Winch’s pup, Dewey, does quality control for country singer Eric Paslay who filled the house Art” held the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month. dad’s ride at Miracle Car Wash in downtown Dubuque. to capacity. Photo by Bob Felderman.

365ink’s Bryce Parks was shopping for Sisters Lauren and Lexi Parr rock it out Toys For Tots at Theisen’s when these Girl with their Ruby Blonde Band at the Boyd Gaming Tanya Maiers and Erin Scouts saw what he was doing a gave Mississippi Moon Bar in the Diamond Hefel pose with actor Joe Manganiello him a free box of Thin Mints to take home. Jo Casino. Photo by Bob Felderman. The costume master, Paul Meyer, at the Mercy Red Dress Breakfast to raise The cookies did not make it home. doesn’t let Fat Tuesday slip by awareness for heart disease. without dressing up for Jumper’s Sports Bar’s party featuring the Lonely Goats. Above, friends walk the red carpet and below, it appears movie lovers have stolen Indiana Jones’ golden monkey idol, during the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival’s “Star Struck” fundraiser at Hotel Julien Dubuque. Photo by Ron Tigges.

The multi-talented teacher & comic book writer, Above and right: A fun-loving, art-loving Jeff Dyer, spots his own book “Boo: A Walk in crew gathers at the Dubuque Museum The Vagina Monologues was staged These lovely ladies were among the the Park” during a Scholastic book fair at his of Art for the lastest First Fridays event at the Smokestack venue in support attendees at Mindframe Theaters school, Sageville Elementary in Dubuque. featuring a Pop Art theme! of Riverview Center. Oscars Party. Photo by Ron Tigges. tRI-stAtE LIvE MUsIC

THURSDAY, MARCH 9 scott Waterhouse steve cavanaugh & Buzz Berries acoustic Jam David Dyer Dope, combichrist 8 PM @ riverboat Lounge randy Droessler 8 PM @ DBQ Driving range 1 PM @ council hill station 8 PM @ Mississippi Moon Bar 6 PM @ courtside 9 PM @ spirits Billy currington Duke tumatoe & the Power trio Broken strings Flaw w/ righteous vendetta Dan Peart 8 PM @ Five Flags center SATURDAY, MARCH 11 Flatted Fifth Blues & BBQ 2 PM @ sundown Mountain & source 7 PM @ riverboat Lounge Leslie shalabi & Ken Kline 8 PM @ Potter’s Mill, Bellevue 9 PM @ the venue here comes the Mummies noon @ Inspire café Johnnie Walker Love & theft 8 PM @ Mississippi Moon Bar Mama Bird 3 PM @ stone cliff THURSDAY, MARCH 16 7 PM @ Mississippi Moon Bar st. Patrick’s Day Party 8 PM @ the cornerstone Dan Peart Duke tumatoe & the Power trio noon @ Easy street Durocks 7 PM @ riverboat Lounge 7 Bridges road 8 PM @ Q (Mystique) casino concrete slim & the sidewalks 3 PM @ northside Bar 7 PM @ Grape Escape acoustic Jam 8 PM @ Galena Brewing co. Melanie Devaney Ethan Keller 1 PM @ council hill station the Lonely Goats 7 PM @ Grape Escape Gaelynn Lea 8 PM @ the cornerstone Wheelhouse 3 PM @ Iron horse social club 8 PM @ the smokestack campfi re Kings 8:30 PM @ Grape Escape Medicinal Purposes campfi re Kings 2 PM @ Grape Escape McIntyre’s Open Mic songwriter showcase John Moran 8 PM @ Galena Brewing co. DJ Double J 3:30 PM @ the cornerstone 7 PM @ Galena cFa 8 PM @ the cornerstone Dave Minnehan 9 PM @ riverboat Lounge DubuqueFest 40th Birthday 6 PM @ Inspire café corey Jenny Brett Michaels FRIDAY, MARCH 10 Party & Fundraiser: ‘70s style Jason ray Brown 3:30 PM @ new Diggings 8 PM @ Mississippi Moon Bar 7 Bridges road 8:30 PM @ the Lift st. Patrick’s Day Party: 9 PM @ skinny Maginny’s General store 6 PM @ Inspire café half-Fast smokestack Jazz night Garret hillary 6 PM @ Jumpers the claudettes a Pirate Over 50 8 PM @ the smokestack Mark Zalaznik 8:30 PM @ Grape Escape 9 PM @ the smokestack 4 PM @ Dog house Lounge 7 PM @ stone cliff roy schroedl andy Wilberding Birthrates, La historia, arc 7 PM @ stone cliff st. Patty’s Party: Lo Marie 8 PM @ the cornerstone Jason ray Brown numbers, Erin hedley Brickyard road Band Flatted Fifth Blues & BBQ 7 PM @ Decker hotel, Maquoketa refugee children and Maria the Drama Kings 9 PM @ spirits 5 PM @ Potter’s Mill, Bellevue Dubuque Battle rap League house/teresa shelter Benefi t 7 PM @ Dyersville st. Patrick’s Party roy schroedl 9 PM @ Monk’s Kaff ee Pub commercial club renegade Miss Kitty’s Quiz show w/ casethejoint & DJ Jevity 7 PM @ Perfect Pint 9 PM @ Eichman’s 8 PM @ Grape Escape 9 PM @ the venue Bobafl ex w/ remada & John conover John conover Krashkarma 7:30 PM @ Frank O’Dowd’s Pub Zero 2 sixty another Lost Year, never say Die the hooten hallers, John till 7:30 PM @ Frank O’Dowd’s Pub 9 PM @ the venue 9 PM @ Farley Memorial hall 9 PM @ the venue 10 PM @ the Lift rubber soul: the tribute 8 PM @ Mississippi Moon Bar Brown Bottle Bandits TUESDAY, MARCH 14 ST. PATRICK’S DAY 9 PM @ 2 Gingers, cascade roy schroedl FRIDAY, MARCH 17 Electric shock: the ac/Dc show 5:30 PM @ Benvenutos, st. Patrick’s Day celebration: 8 PM @ Q (Mystique) casino Mississippi Duo Platteville Meghan Davis @ 2 PM 9 PM @ Jimi B’s Bar & Grill Katie sullivan @ 7:30 PM Oklahoma Blues hall of Fame trivia night @ Frank O’Dowd’s Pub artist: scott Ellison Band st. Patrick’s Day Party 7 PM @ riverboat Lounge 8 PM @ the Blu room, 10 PM @ the Lift st. Patrick’s Day Party Breezer’s Pub st. Paddy’s Week tuesday 3 PM @ Easy street SUNDAY, MARCH 12 trad session taste Like chicken Open Mic w/ scott rische 7 PM @ the Grape Escape Massey road 8 PM @ Knickers saloon noon @ Grape Escape 5 PM @ northside Bar WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 Irish trad session andy Wilberding 6 PM @ the Lift 6 PM @ timmerman’s

West Music showcase Becky McMahon 6 PM @ tony roma’s 7 PM @ stone cliff

acoustic Jam w/ Windy city Dueling Pianos Medicinal Purposes 7 PM @ Galena Brewing co. 6:30 PM @ the cornerstone Lenny Wayne hosey Gladdy’s Open Mic Experience 8 PM @ riverboat Lounge 6:30 PM @ the Blu room, Breezer’s Pub shamrockin’ night w/ Pop rocks 8 PM @ Mississippi Moon Bar steve McIntyre 7 PM @ riverboat Lounge

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Firehouse w/ Johnny trash tony Walker two Mile crew acoustic Jam w/ cal coohey corey Feldman & the angels Billy Joe shaver 8 PM @ Q (Mystique) casino 7 PM @ stone cliff 9 PM @ shenanigans Pub 6:30 PM @ the cornerstone w/ Group therapy w/ Mississippi string Band 8 PM @ Mississippi Moon Bar 6 PM @ rockin’ on the Lonely Goats terry Mccauly 2nd Generation Gladdy’s Open Mic Experience the river, cascade 8 PM @ the Blu room, 7 PM @ asbury Eagles club 9 PM @ Jimi B’s Bar & Grill 6:30 PM @ the Blu the Walker Brothers Breezer’s Pub room, Breezer’s Pub 8 PM @ Q (Mystique) casino John Moran Dueling Pianos Menace 7 PM @ stone cliff 7 Bridges road 8 PM @ Mississippi Moon Bar 9:15 PM @ hammerheads statue of Liberty the hector anchondo Band 8 PM @ Wigwam, hazel Green Bar & Billiards 7 PM @ riverboat Lounge 8 PM @ the Blu room, three Drink Minimum cowboy Jukebox Breezer’s Pub 7 PM @ DBQ Driving range Garrett hillary 8 PM @ Q (Mystique) casino Birthday Booty Madness Owen Benjamin 8 PM @ the cornerstone Drag show 8 PM @ Mississippi Moon Bar King neptune Paul reiser DJ Double J Illusions Midwest Flatted Fifth Blues & BBQ 7:30 PM @ uD heritage center Mojo Busted 8 PM @ riverboat Lounge 9:30 PM @ the smokestack THURSDAY, MARCH 23 8 PM @ Potter’s Mill, Bellevue 8:30 PM @ Grape Escape John Moran Joe Mcshane the Blue Dogs telekinetic Yeti (cD release), 7 PM @ riverboat Lounge Enemies of confusion 7:30 PM @ Frank O’Dowd’s Pub Jeff Weydert & Dave Pingel 8 PM @ the Blu room, Dredge, Droids attack 8 PM @ the cornerstone 9 PM @ spirits Breezer’s Pub 10 PM @ the Lift MMB Live: Wheelhouse scott Waterhouse 7 PM @ Mississippi Moon Bar Moonrocks 8 PM @ riverboat Lounge Brown Bottle Bandits renegade SUNDAY, MARCH 19 8 PM @ Galena Brewing co. 9 PM @ Dirty Ernie’s 8 PM @ riggs Open Mic w/ scott rische corey Jenny For Love & rock ‘n’ roll noon @ Grape Escape 7 PM @ Grape Escape Gin Mill hollow 8 PM @ Mississippi Moon Bar Medicinal Purposes the Jimmys 8:30 PM @ Grape Escape 9 PM @ Embe Eatery Flatted Fifth Blues & BBQ acoustic Jam smokestack Jazz night colt Ford 8 PM @ Potter’s Mill, Bellevue 1 PM @ council hill station 8 PM @ the smokestack Brown Bottle Bandits 8 PM @ Q (Mystique) casino christopher the conquered, 9 PM @ Murph’s Dickie Buzz Berries Broken strings steve McIntyre classical Blast 10 PM @ the Lift Menominee Fire Dept. 3 PM @ stone cliff 8 PM @ the cornerstone Laura McDonald & Jeff Weydert 8 PM @ the Blu room, Fundraiser 9 PM @ spirits Breezer’s Pub st. Pat’s Party: 8 PM @ taste country Open Mic w/ Lenny Wayne FRIDAY, MARCH 24 sins of seven, tete de Morte roadhouse 3:30 PM @ the cornerstone hoff man, troy, & Marceau Flash In a Pan hector anchando 10 PM @ sandy hook tavern 7 PM @ stone cliff 10 PM @ the Lift Flatted Fifth Blues & BBQ Broom street Drifters Miss Kitty’s Quiz show 8 PM @ Potter’s Mill, Bellevue SATURDAY, MARCH 18 8 PM @ the cornerstone 8 PM @ Grape Escape Medicinal Purposes SATURDAY, MARCH 25 acoustic Jam 6 PM @ Inspire café acoustic Jam Boys night Out 1 PM @ council hill station Whiskey revival TUESDAY, MARCH 21 1 PM @ council hill station 8 PM @ Weber’s Bar & Grill 8 PM @ Galena Brewing co. trivia night 7 Bridges road st. Patrick’s Day celebration: 7 PM @ riverboat Lounge 7 PM @ the smokestack campfi re Kings cranes/vultures Meghan Davis @ 2 PM the Lone canary 2 PM @ Grape Escape 8 PM @ the cornerstone Katie sullivan @ 7:30 PM 8 PM @ Grape Escape hit the Pavement tour Boots hefel & Pat Kennedy @ Frank O’Dowd’s Pub 9 PM @ the venue 7 PM @ asbury Eagles club Eugene smiles Project rotation Mississippi trio Kelly’s 50th birthday 8 PM @ Galena Brewing co. campfi re Kings 9 PM @ spirits WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 Joe Mcshane 4 PM @ new Diggings 3 PM @ Grape Escape West Music showcase 7:30 PM @ Frank O’Dowd’s Pub General store aaron Kelly Band Julien’s Bluff 6 PM @ tony roma’s 9 PM @ Grape Escape sam & the Others 9 PM @ Dog house Lounge statue of Liberty tapestry 6 PM @ Inspire café 8 PM @ riverboat Lounge 6 PM @ Inspire café

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tHURsDAY, MARCH 9 sAtURDAY, MARCH 11

Gaelynn Lea the scott Ellison Band 8 PM @ THE SMOKESTACK (62 EAST 7TH ST) 8 PM @ THE BLU ROOM (600 CENTRAL AVE) TICKETS: $8 ADV/$10 DOOR singer-songwriter and guitarist scott Ellison is Gaelynn Lea is a musician, singer, song- a tulsa-born Blues artist with hints of rock ‘n’ writer and public speaker from Duluth, Mn roll and soul wrapped into a contemporary who makes music like no one else. the 2016 shell. scott has been credited many times on winner of nPr Music’s tiny Desk concert silver screen and on stage with blues legends contest, Lea has been playing violin for more such as B.B. King and Bobby “Blue” Bland. than 20 years and actively performing for more than a decade. her music is “steeped in the deep melodies of great Irish fi ddle tunes,” yet she and her music are anything but traditional. ViolinScratches.com. FRIDAY, MARCH 10 Duke tumatoe and the Power trio 8 PM @ FLATTED FIFTH BLUES & BBQ (300 POTTER DR, BELLEVUE, IA) chicago-born Duke tumatoe is a musician and showman who has retained a fi rm career by fusing gritty r&B, rock, blues, and funk injected with equal parts humor and gut-level sincerity. he was a founding member of what would DubuqueFest become rEO speedwagon, and left that in 40th Birthday Party and Fundraiser order to pursue his roots in blues. reservations 8:30 PM @ THE LIFT (180 MAIN ST) 563-872-3838. SUGGESTED DONATION: $10 this is a ‘70s-themed party with a live DJ playing your favorite hits, so bust out your bell bottoms, platform shoes, and go fi nd a Farrah Fawcett wig if you’ve lost those luscious locks of yours. Free snacks and birthday cake provided by the festival disco divas. Prizes for best dressed. Donate online at bit.ly/2jRBssD. the Claudettes 9 PM @ THE SMOKESTACK (62 EAST 7TH ST) COVER: $5 chicago’s the claudettes are touring to promote their new recording. Pull Closer to Me: The Claudettes, Live in the Piano Room, the fi rst released document of the band’s new lineup (pianist/founder Johnny Iguana, singer Berit ulseth, drummer Matt torre and bassist/ Birthrates, La Historia, singer Zach verdoorn). this leads to a busy Erin Hedley, Arc numbers spring and summer of touring in anticipation 9 PM @ MONK’S (373 BLUFF ST) of the claudettes’ forthcoming studio album acoustic folk duo Birthrates hails from Pitts- (tentatively titled The Claudettes Left My Home burgh, Pa and brings their lo-fi mix of tunes. in Shambles!) produced by Grammy winner Just like their record collection (Wrens, super- Mark neill, due later in 2017. neill describes the chunk, archers of Loaf, Dischord), melodic band as, “David Lynch movie music crossed La historia’s sound is heavily infl uenced by with allen toussaint’s driving piano sound... ‘90s indie rock. Locals Erin hedley (golden Otis spann and Mark sandman from Morphine throated whiskey tales) and arc numbers sitting in with Keely smith...nobody sounds like (Kristina castaneda and Bob Bucko Jr) join. them...I love this new record, it’s crazy good.”

24 nIGhtLIFE 365INK MAGAZINE March 9–March 22, 2017 IssuE #286 DUBUQUE365.COM MIssIssIPPI MOOn BAR EntERtAInMEnt All shows at the Mississippi Moon Bar are 21+ only and tickets for all performances are available at the Diamond Club inside the Diamond Jo Casino or online at MoonBarRocks.com.

HERE COMEs tHE MUMMIEs FRIDAY, MARCH 10 @ 8 PM Here Come the Mummies is an eight-piece funk-rock band. Some say they were cursed after defl owering a great Pharaoh’s daughter. Others claim they are reincarnated Grammy-Winning studio musicians.

COREY FELDMAn & tHE AnGELs FRIDAY, MARCH 24 @ 8 PM Corey Feldman’s new album, Angelic 2 The Core, features his biggest song to date, “Ascension Millennium.” He is a well known actor from the ‘80s: The Goonies, Stand by Me, The Lost Boys, and more.

BLUEs tRAvELER sAtURDAY, APRIL 29 @ 8 PM Formed in New Jersey in the late 1980s, Blues Traveler’s most recent work, 2015’s Blow Up the Moon, features collaborations with contemporary artists like the Plain White T’s, Bowling for Soup, 3OH!3 and more. In 1995, theywon a Grammy Award for Best Rock Perfor- mance by a Duo or Group for their Top-10 hit, “Run-Around.”

Love And theft MMB Live: Wheelhouse THURSDAY, MARCH 9 @ 7 PM THURSDAY, MARCH 23 @ 7 PM

Here Comes the Mummies For Love and Rock ‘n’ Roll FRIDAY, MARCH 10 @ 8 PM SATURDAY, MARCH 25 @ 8 PM

Rubber soul: the tribute Laughing Moon Comedy: SATURDAY, MARCH 11 @ 3 & 7 PM Judy tenuta WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29 @ 8 PM Laughing Moon Comedy: BREt MICHAELs David Dyer MMB Live: the Molines Band sAtURDAY, MARCH 16 @ 8 PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 @ 8 PM THURSDAY, MARCH 30 @ 7 PM Bret Michaels rose to fame as part of the rock band Poison, contributing his lead vocals and leading man charisma to the band’s best-loved hits, like the #1 hit “Every shamrockin’ night with time Machine Rose Has Its Thorn.” The band achieved signifi cant success with the release of PopROCKs FRIDAY, MARCH 31 @ 8 PM eight studio albums, four live albums, and more than 30 million records sold. FRIDAY, MARCH 17 @ 8 PM Club 84 Michaels began his solo career in 1998. Since then, he’s released sev- Dueling Pianos SATURDAY, APRIL 1 @ 7 PM eral more solo eff orts and singles, including the best-of album “Rock My SATURDAY, MARCH 18 @ 8 PM World” in 2008, which included the music from his reality TV show, Rock of Laughing Moon Comedy: Love. He released Custom Built, which hit at #1 on the Billboard Hard Rock Laughing Moon Comedy: David scott AKA the swinger charts, in 2010. Michaels has found additional success on TV, with appear- Owen Benjamin WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 @ 8 PM ances and performances on America’s Got Talent, American Idol and more. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 @ 8 PM nIGHtLIFE

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sUnDAY, MARCH 12 tHURsDAY, MARCH 16 Waits, John Lennon, Leonard cohen, Paul Mccartney, John Darnielle (the Mountain Goats), Jonathan richman, and John Grant.

DIcKIE is the exploration of subtle symphonies over creative prose, indie popped-out melodies, under innova- tive storytelling and original grooves. sAtURDAY, MARCH 18 Lo Marie Jazz the Hooten Hallers 5 PM @ FLATTED FIFTH BLUES & BBQ 10 PM @ THE LIFT (180 MAIN ST) (300 POTTER DR, BELLEVUE, IA) the hooten hallers are a blues, soul, and Lo Marie started as an opera singer. soon rock n’ roll band from columbia, Missouri. recognizing her true passion and affi nity for they are: John randall (Guitar/ Electric Lap jazz music, she began jazz guitar lessons with steel/ vocals), andy rehm (standing Drums/ Jerry Kimbrough. Lo Marie studied under Falsetto vocals) and Kellie Everett (Baritone the great Billy adair, director of jazz stud- and Bass saxophones/ harmony vocals). ies at vanderbilt, and played in his profes- Known for their raucous live shows and sional big band, the Establishment. From infl uenced heavily by the canon of american the Jimmys Madison, WI. reservations 563-872-3838. roots music, this hard touring band does 8 PM @ FLATTED FIFTH BLUES & BBQ everything in their power to bring that music (300 POTTER DR, BELLEVUE, IA) to you. since forming in 2007, they have the Jimmys have been tearing up stages with produced a number of self-released albums, their blend of blues, soul, funk and r&B for but most recently released Greetings from nearly 10 years. award-winning keyboardist/ Welp City (2012), Chillicothe Fireball (2014), singer/songwriter Jimmy voegeli has and Mountain of Pain (2016) on Big Muddy assembled an all-star lineup: Perry Weber, records. With their next full length album veteran guitarist/singer/songwriter brings an due out april 21, 2017, the hooten hallers have authentic blues sound; Mauro Magellan, of the every intention of driving ‘til the wheels fall off . Georgia satellites, drives the band with some mighty drumming; John Wartenweiler ties it up FRIDAY, MARCH 17 with powerful bass lines and a deep groove. the amateur horn stars—Pete ross, saxophone; Darren sterud, trombone; and Mike Boman, trumpet—combine more than 50 years’ experience touring the world, playing with clyde stubblefi eld, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Davina and the vagabonds, Youngblood Brass Band, B.B. King and his all stars, and many others. reservations 563-872-3838.

st. Paddy’s Day w/ Christopher the Conquered, Dickie 10 PM @ THE LIFT (180 MAIN ST) COVER: FREE the Lift will have food in the early evening while supplies last. this free show is part of a McGraw hill sponsored songwriter series.

christopher the conquered is a songwriter, telekinetic Yeti (record release), recording artist, singer, performer, and pianist. Droids Attack, Dredge he partners with his instruments and other 10 PM @ THE LIFT (180 MAIN ST) musicians to tell stories through song that Dubuque’s very own stoner/doom/rock n roll carry you to a place of refl ection, where we duo telekinetic Yeti will be holding this special can see who we are individually and how show for their debut album release. Joining we fi t together as a whole. his approach them will be very special guests the almighty is directness, humor, and satire. Musically, Droids attack (rated one of the top heavy he utilizes rock and roll, informed by the rock/metal albums of 2016 by several music american songbook tradition, jazz, and the websites) from Madison, WI and the amazing blues to create soulful pop songs. Every word Dredge from Dubuque! this will be a night of he sings comes from a place of love. Infl u- full of heavy riff s that will be sure to rattle your enced by randy newman, Bob Dylan, tom bones and make you want to chug some beers.

26 nIGhtLIFE 365INK MAGAZINE March 9–March 22, 2017 IssuE #286 DUBUQUE365.COM tHE BOOK OF FORD sAYs It’s PARtY tIME At tHE Q BY CLEtE CAMPBELL “I won’t back up. I won’t back down. I’ve been raised to stand my ground.” “Answer To No One:” Chapter 1 of the Book of Colt Ford

Once upon a mean hick hop rap and a killer coun- try groove, the Legend of Colt Ford began in honkytonks smaller than a back porch. It would Ford teaming with a Who’s Who of Nashville on He’s sold millions of albums and sold out grow into a multi-platinum national move- populist tracks like “Looking for a Hand Out” clubs and arena coast to coast, but Colt Ford ment shaking arenas across the country. (with Brad Paisley), “Time Flies” (Toby Keith) and still hustles raps like a kid freestyling on Beale As Brantley Gilbert would say, Colt Ford must be “Young Americans” (Charles and Josh Kelley). Street. As the Book of Ford reminds us in “No countrywide. The former pro golfer from Athens, GA “I’m just trying to bring people together,” said Ford, Rest,” “you can kill the lights and the ampli- has become America’s ambassador of hick hop. The who toured on the Nationwide tour in his previous lifer fi ers, but dreams don’t care if you’re tired.” groundbreaking doctor of country rhymanomics brings as a pro golfer. “There’s so much confl ict out there, During these turbulent days, the unifying music his insanely catchy show to Dubuque’s hottest casino it’s hard to decide who’s right and who’s wrong.” of Colt Ford is just what the soul doctor ordered. The on Saturday, March 25 at 8 p.m. as Q Casino, formally And nothing heals the blues like sweet raps and Georgia boy has come a long way since he decided to Mystique Casino, hosts Ford in the Q Showroom. fantastic grooves. Ford (who off stage goes under “wake up with a mission, to buy that beat-up Gibson.” Nashville shooting star Tyler Hammond his real life alias of Jason Farris Brown) is a 24/7 As Taste of Country puts it, Colt Ford is a performer opens the grooviest show of the year. beat machine mashing up good ole boy country and who unifi es with “messages of life, love and fun.” In this polarizing times in America, the Book smooth hip-hop rhythms, as evidenced by his com- “I’m not a politician. I’m a musician, a per- of Ford says “sweet rhymes and times can pulsively sing-along hits “Ride Through The Coun- former,” Ford points out. “We have to get past bring people together.” As the National Country try,” “Chicken And Biscuits,” “Crank It Up,” “Driving our diff erences and fi nd a common ground.” Review notes, “there is a (national) desire and Around Song” (with superstar Jason Aldean), and his For as the Book of Ford states in “Keep- demand for country rap music and Colt Ford.” sweet old to yesterday, “Back,” featuring Jake Owen. ing It Real,” we all need to “just keep Unity is theme of Ford’s upcoming album Love And yep, you can bet your mama’s socks, Colt going … Beer is cold and life is good.” Hope Faith, which Colt says celebrates the things Ford will be taking his Q audience down a favorite For information on the Q’s scorching upcom- that bring us together: Friends, family, and our back road with his legendary hit co-written with Gil- ing calendar of must-experience entertain- faith in a better future. Love Hope Faith fi n d s bert for his good friend Aldean, “Dirt Road Anthem.” ment, visit QCasinoandHotel.com. n nIGHtLIFE

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FRIDAY, MARCH 24 named on the assumption that the band would play two shows and dissolve, the band is cur- rently in its fourth year of playing all over Iowa. these pickers and grinners bring a fun mix of folk music of many shades. With warm humor and fi ery content, this band will have you danc- ing and laughing, singing and stomping, and cherishing the moments we drink to remember! noted for their shining harmonies, provocative compositions, and heart-felt performances, 7 Bridges Road Flash in a Pan dishes out a sound that is all 7 PM @ THE SMOKESTACK (62 EAST 7TH ST) at once familiar and refreshingly diff erent. come party with the musical trio of Lisa White, Ken Kline, and Bruce Palmer—7 Bridges sAtURDAY, MARCH 25 road—hang out, relax and enjoy music of all genres featuring dynamic vocals, piano, and guitar performances.

Classical Blast 8 PM @ THE BLU ROOM (600 CENTRAL AVE) Formed in 2012, classical Blast has contin- the Hector Anchondo Band ued their journey to explore and combine 8 PM @ THE BLU ROOM (600 CENTRAL AVE) musical genres to create a new and exciting hector anchondo doesn’t just play the sound. With growing popularity throughout blues—he lives and breathes the blues. at 16 the Midwest region, the band has opened years old, the budding musician picked up his concerts for Joan Jett, ELO, Don Felder of fi rst guitar and never looked back. Born in the Eagles, Burton cummings, rik Emmet of Omaha but raised seven miles outside of triumph, stryper, and other national acts. salem, MO, anchondo was able to take advantage of the tranquil farm life and learn WEDnEsDAY, MARCH 29 guitar at a steady pace. he was drawn to those artists who played Fender stratocasters like Jimi hendrix, stevie ray vaughn and Eric clapton but also respected the country greats such as Johnny cash and hank Williams sr. his fi rst offi cial recording, Rookies of the Year, was with his fi rst band, anchondo, and featured more energetic, Latin-infl uenced grooves. recorded by the infamous a.J. Mogis of Presto! studios (and later saddle creek records), the Rorey Carroll album funded any touring for the next few 10 PM @ THE LIFT (180 MAIN ST) years. With a home base in Omaha, it made rorey carroll’s sound rolls in low and powerful traveling much easier. with the feeling of a tarantino fi lm for the ears. a new kind of “country Western Folk-n-roll.” With musical roots in the bluegrass world, she has developed her sound into something unique and bold pulling from rock/ameri- cana/folk infl uences. as an writer, carroll’s strength is showing beauty in everything, from smoky bar rooms to the littered streets. she not only seeks those places out, but paints them in gorgeous technicolor with Flash in A Pan the voice of one who has been there. her 10 PM @ THE LIFT (180 MAIN ST) songwriting delivers the honest subtlety of a collective of Iowa city musicians have living the life of a gypsy, while still longing teamed up to ramble everywhere from street for the simplicity of small town happiness. corners to red carpet events. Founded in 2012,

28 nIGhtLIFE 365INK MAGAZINE March 9–March 22, 2017 IssuE #286 DUBUQUE365.COM Nightlife TELEKINETIC YETI ALBUM RELEASE SHOW WITH DROIDS ATTACK, DREDGE SATURDAY, MARCH 18 9 PM @ THE LIFT

Telekinetic Yeti, the heaviest two- person band you’re likely to encoun- ter, will be celebrating the release of Abominable, their debut album, with a special release party and show, Sat- urday, March 18 at The Lift. Madison’s acclaimed Droids Attack and Dubuque’s own Dredge will also perform. Former band mates and friends for more than a decade, Alex Bau- mann (guitar and vocals) and Anthony Dreyer (drums) got together in an effort to reunite their previous band, loud and powerful sounding, and Lost Apparitions. When that didn’t Anthony hits his drums really hard, so work, they started jamming together the drums sound very big and full.” as a duo and quickly found com- Baumann admits it can be a chal- mon ground, creating monumen- lenge, covering the duties of bass tal riffs over thunderous drums. player and lead guitarist but has found “It’s basically very heavy rock music,” techniques to handle both. Being a duo explains Baumann. “Some would say it’s does have its advantages though. Aside a mix of stoner rock and doom metal. from simple logistics, it allows Baumann Imagine the vibe of some of the bands and Dreyer to be more focused in both from the ‘70s like Black Sabbath or writing and performing. Plus, there is Deep Purple, but make it sound thicker, an undeniable excitement in witness- fuzzier, and tuned lower. It’s thunderous, ing just two guys make so much sound. and sometimes has an almost prehis- “We've had people after shows say toric or primitive sound/feel to it.” they thought we sounded as full as a The name Telekinetic Yeti seems apt. six-person band,” reports Baumann. “We wanted a name that reflected the “We've had people say they swore they way the band sounds,” notes Baumann. heard a bass player in there until they “The music sounds huge and fuzzy. We got up front by the stage and realized starting thinking a yeti with some sort of it was just a guitarist and a drummer. I supernatural powers would be cool, we think people get excited by the dynamic eventually settled on Telekinetic Yeti. we have going on as two people.” While heavy rock and metal acts The debut album, Abominable, often feature a lineup of four, five or recorded at Luke Tweedy’s Flat Black even more musicians, Telekinetic Yeti Studios in Lone Tree, Iowa, col- somehow manages to make a mountain lects eight massive tracks that flow of sound with just two. Baumann plays sonically like an epic journey. “Lyri- a seven-string guitar, tuned down into cally, the songs all have kind of our the range between a bass and guitar. own made up mythology to them,” “And I use super thick strings, some explains Baumann. “For instance, the of the thickest strings on my guitar first song ‘Abominable’ on the album are actually bass strings,” he explains. is like a creation story of sorts.” “The thick strings really beef things up. The album will be available at the We are then splitting the guitar signal release show in both CD and vinyl into a bunch of guitar and bass amps formats. In fact, pre-orders for the and cabinets. And at certain points in Sump Pump Records vinyl release have songs I use an octave pedal that sort of necessitated a second pressing, no makes it sound like there is guitar and doubt from excitement generated by bass at the same time, even though Telekinetic Yeti’s Joe Gibbs produced there is just one person playing.” YouTube video for “Stoned and Feath- “Anthony has a vintage Fibes ered” which has over 15,000 views acrylic drum kit, similar to the one since its release in January. Check John Bonham in Led Zeppelin used,” that out for a taste of what you will Baumann continues. “They are physi- experience at the live show but know cally large drums so they are super that it will be much, much louder. n

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KALMES CLUB 528 BY RICH BELMONT

I knew the minute I sat down in the dining room of at Kalmes. Their two children are both currently SWHEAND IC S Kalmes Club 528 that I was about to enjoy some working in the restaurant with them. Russell is a Many of the regular patrons order one good eats. How did I know this? Because I saw I was cook and Natalie is a bartender and waitress. Natalie of the 12 sandwiches for dinner. surrounded by local farmers and clergymen. And is also a student at Clarke University where she is more to the point they were all digging into plates pursuing degrees in Business and Arts. She is a very Grilled Cheese – it’s only $3.29 allowing full of food while smiling and laughing a lot. talented artist. One of her paintings is hanging in the for a quick and inexpensive meal restaurant and several pieces of her pottery are on The building was constructed in 1968 and it was the home of display behind the bar. (Fun Fact: The school mascot Burgers – one third ground beef patties Club 528 right from the start. It was the bar and food hall for of Clarke University is Cutlass T. Crusader. (I have served as Hamburgers, Cheeseburgers, Bacon American Legion Post 528 located in the adjacent building. an interest in mascots since I, myself was the Purple Cheeseburgers or Mushroom & Swiss Burgers. Eagle at Niagara University many, many years ago). John and Lou Ann Kalmes purchased the building and Chicken – either grilled or fried or in a Swiss Cheese Melt restaurant and opened as Kalmes Club 528 in September, The menu is a wonderful collection of interesting 2011. They operate it in the style of a classic supper dinners. The easiest way to highlight many of your Pork Tenderloin – hand- cut, hand- breaded and grilled club. Some of the clues you are in a supper club are: choices is to list them by section. • They are only open for dinner (Fun Fact: In the Cod – deep fried on a fresh baked bun New York City area where I’m from dinner is an evening meal and supper is a late night meal) Prime Rib or Ribeye Steak – for true meat lovers • Their specialty drinks are the Old Fashioned and the Manhattan STAKE S • They serve delicious traditional comfort foods Ribeye and Sirloin – all steaks are seasoned with • The customary relish tray has been Kalmes Special Seasoning and grilled on a flat top replaced by a soup and salad bar • A tasty dessert is always on the salad bar to complete Filet – aged to bring out the true flavor and tenderness your meal of the steak. It is sprinkled with Kalmes Seasoning SOU P AND SALAD BAR and grilled. This is the most tender steak and I like The menu is extensive and Salad – the iceberg lettuce is fresh and crisp to order mine wrapped in bacon for extra flavor everything on it is and there is a nice array of add-ins plus several outstanding. How could it dressings and at least two pasta salads. Prime Rib or Ribeye Sandwich Dinners – not be? John Kalmes is the includes salad bar and choice of side fourth generation of Soup – the soups are all homemade and really good. restaurant people. The Some examples of the soup of the day are: Hamburger Chicken Fried Steak – breaded and fried steak topped lineage begins with Peter Vegetable, Cheesy Vegetable Medley, Chicken Noodle, with Cream of Mushroom Gravy and Anna Kalmes who came to this country from Chicken and Dumpling and my new favorite soup, Pork Luxembourg sometime around 1840. Peter was a skilled Dumpling. sausage maker who started a bar business in Saint Donatus, Iowa. In 1933 Theodore and Stella Kalmes built APPEI T ZERS a small bar and gas station across the street. Their son Cheese Curds and Onion Lawrence (who is called Windy) bought the business in Rings are very flavorful. 1956 and opened a dining room in 1982. Now three of their children run Kalmes Restaurant in Saint Donatus Chicken Strips – strips of and John has started his own restaurant. (Fun Fact: John chicken breasts are hand- is the 3rd son of a 3rd son). He has been in the restaurant cut and hand- breaded business his whole life. First at Kalmes and then as a and coated with a crispy cook in the Catering Department of Dick’s Supermarkets. batter before frying.

Lou Ann started working Club Combo – I in restaurants when recommend Hamburger Steak – I plan on having this the night this she was 21. She was a this assortment article is published. The menu states it is a 12 ounce cook at Royal Lanes and because you get hand- pattied ground steak. I know the Chef makes this Supper Club in Dyersville, those really good Chicken Strips along with close to a full pound of beef and it is fantastic especially prior to working Mini Tacos, Cheese Curds and Onion Rings. when ordered with sautéed mushrooms and onions.

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NI C GHTLY SPE IALS DES S ERTS There are four fabulous Nightly Specials There is always a dessert available only on certain nights of the week. on the salad bar. On recent visits I enjoyed Tuesday: Loaded Chicken Breasts – two breasts topped scrumptious Apple Sauce with onion, mushrooms and Pepperjack cheese Raisin Bars and Oatmeal Scotchies. There are also Thursday: Luxembourger Steak – Chef John hand- forms several ice cream drinks a patty from close to a pound of ground beef mixed with including Grasshopper, eggs, cracker crumbs and onions. It is grilled then Pink Squirrel, Golden Cadillac and Brandy Alexander. smothered with homemade cream of mushroom gravy. You can book your private party at Kalmes Club 528 FRIED CHICKEN, BBQ RIBS, AND FRENCH FRIES Wiener Schnitzel – I will be too. The downstairs party room has its own bar and going to Club 528 on comfortably seats 75 guests. All-You-Can-Eat Buffets Thursdays frequently for are served on Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and CHICKEN this! A hand-cut veal Thanksgiving. The Easter Buffet includes Chicken, Beef, Planks – strips are double breaded cutlet is rolled in eggs Ham, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Corn, Six Salads and in flour and a crunchy batter then in cracker meal Three Desserts. The price is very reasonable: Adults only breading and then eggs $12.99, Kids 4 to 10 $6.50 and Kids under 3 eat free! Herbed Chicken – two breasts grilled with an herb seasoning again before grilling. Finding Kalmes Club 528 is easy. From the intersection Chicken Monterey – two grilled breasts topped Friday and Saturday: of Dodge Street (Hi-Way 20) and Northwest Arterial with a sweet and tangy red sauce Prime Rib – liberally the driving time is 25 minutes and only 23 miles away. coated with homemade Simply take Hi-Way 20 West, exit at Peosta and go left Pressure Fried Chicken – hand-coated in a special seasonings then slow onto Sundown Road (County Y21 South) onto Hi-Way 151 batter and cooked in a controlled pressure fryer so roasted at 250˚ in an Alto South to Exit 77. Turn left, then right onto 1st Ave E (Hi-Way it is always juicy and never dried out. Many people Shaam cook and hold 151 Business) then right again onto Jackson Street. call for pick-up orders of Fried Chicken by the piece oven. In my opinion this is along with Buckets of French Fries and Onion Rings the only way to cook Kalmes Club 528 is a fine example of prime rib! small town Iowa dining! n PORK Tenderloin – hand- cut and tenderized in the Kalmes SI E DE DISH S kitchen. It is seasoned and grilled and is always At Kalmes Club 528 I exceedingly moist. The menu states it is grilled but urge you to choose your if you prefer you can order it breaded and fried. side dish very carefully KAMU L ES CL B 528 because they are all really 275 JACKSon ST NE, CASCADE, IA 52033 BBQ Ribs – Ah the Ribs! Margie and I love these! good and offer sensational 563-852-3531 They are Pork Back ‘Ribs, Kansas City Style, baked complimentary flavors at 400˚ for about 4 hours. The meat is so tender to any main dish. Hours: Tue–Thu: 4–8:30 pm; Fri–Sat: 4–9:30 pm; it falls off the bones. The BBQ sauce served on Sun: 4–8 pm; Mon: Closed top does not overpower the pork taste. There are seven potato sides: Dining Style: Come as You Are Noise Level: Conversational S EA FOOD There are typical Hash Browns, Baked Recommendations: Cheese Curds, Onion Rings, Cod Filets – are very popular. You can order them Potatoes and Sweet Potato Fries and Ribeye &Sirloin Steaks, Hamburger Steak, Pressurized broiled, lemon- peppered, herbed or deep fried then there are some unusual ones: Fried Chicken, BBQ Ribs, Pork Tenderloin, Cod Filets, Whole Catfish, Fried Shrimp, Ribs & Chicken Catfish – whole catfish deep fried and very popular Home Cut Fries – deep fried fresh straight cut fries. Combo, Steak & Shrimp Combo, Wiener Schnitzel & Luxembourg Steak (Thursday only), Prime Rib (Friday Shrimp – Extra Jumbo (16 to 20 per pound) shrimp. American Fries – baked potatoes cut into & Saturday only), Luxembourg Buttered Noodles, You can order them broiled, scampi style or deep fried sliced rounds and grilled on the flat top American Fries, French Fries, Sweet Potato Casserole (so technically they are not fries) Liquor Service: Full Bar, Bar Specialties: Lenten Friday Fish Fry – all-you-can- Old Fashioned, Manhattan, Margarita eat on Fridays during Lent French Fries – Colossal Crispy Coat Cut Potato Fries. Prices: $3.29–$21.49 The tasty batter coating on these fries makes them Pay Options: Cash, Debit, Checks, All Credit Cards crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. These Accessibility: Front door & Restrooms potatoes are a product of the J.R. Simplot Company Kids Policy: Menu, Booster, High Chair in Boise, Idaho. (Fun Fact: John Richard (JR) Simplot Reservations: Yes • Catering: Yes was born in Dubuque, IA in 1909. A year later his family Take Out: Yes • Delivery: No moved to Idaho to homestead in the newly irrigated Parking: Private Lot Magic Valley. JR dropped out of school in the 8th grade and began working on potato farms. As a young man he started buying his own farms. By 2005 his potato farms were supplying more than half of all the French RICH BELMONT fries purchased by McDonalds. In 2007 it was estimated DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE RESTAURANT JR Simplot was the 89th richest person in the USA!) YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE REVIEWED? PLEASE SEND YOUR REQUESTS, Sweet Potato Casserole – mashed with brown sugar SUGGESTIONS AND COMMENTS TO SHRIMP SCAMP WITH HASHBROWNS and caramelized pecans and brown sugar on top ARGOSY AT [email protected].

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A VOCADO TO ST MAKE IT YOUR WAY

MAKES 1 SERVING

All you need: • 1 slice of whole grain bread BRACKET SNACKS • ½ ripe, Avocados from Mexico, mashed BY HY-VEE NUTRITIONISTS MEGAN HORSTMAN (ASBURY), AMY CORDINGLEY (LOCUST), AND KELLY GUDENKAUF RD, LD (DODGE) T oppings: • Tropical: Mango + Coconut Flakes There is a good amount of madness in March! Chances CHOCOLA TE BREAKAWAYS • Berry Berry: Strawberries + Blueberries are you are going to munch on food while watching Skewer cubed fruit and drizzle with dark chocolate. • Chunky Monkey: Chocolate Chips + Banana those games. Did you know there are some foods that • Spicy Eggs: Fried Egg + Sriracha drizzle you could choose that would benefit your health? Below S LAM DUNK SWEET POTATO CHIPS • Miss Piggy: Honey + Bacon you will find some tasty yet healthy tips for game days. Cut the fat and calories and choose this chip instead! • Surfs Up: Smoked salmon + Tomato Typically, during game-watching parties we reach • Pom Poms: Pomegranate Arils + Pineapple for high-fat foods. Chips, dips, fried chicken wings and HALF COURT HUMMUS • Power Melons: Watermelon + Cantaloupe many other popular game eats can pack a lot of calories. Choose hummus as a healthier alternative to high-fat • Just Peachy: Peaches + Raspberries One rule of thumb to help you score a lot of points is dips. Dip vegetables of all colors for multiple health to shoot for healthy fats. Foods like nuts and avocados benefits. Most yellow and orange vegetables con- All you do: contain unsaturated fats, which have been linked to help- tain beta-carotene, which is great for eye health! 1. Lightly toast bread ing lower LDL cholesterol levels. Plus, these foods also 2. Spread mashed avocado and add your choice of toppings contain other helpful nutrients. Here are a few ideas to Sometimes we are so focused on the game that we tend help you incorporate these nutritionally-packed foods: to eat too much. One way to prevent overeating is to be mindful of what you are putting in your mouth. Try to eat FAT S BREAK TRAIL MIX away from the T.V. or try strategies to help slow down Put out bowls of dried fruit, Kashi Heart to Heart Cereal, the eating process like drinking water between bites. dark chocolate pieces and an assortment of nuts for your Another tip is to fill up with fiber. Studies show that peo- guest. Encourage guests to make their own trail mix. ple who eat more fiber in their day often consume fewer calories. Try these foods to increase your fiber score: ROCKI N’ GUAC Check out this website for an awesome guaca- “IT’S HEATIN’ UP” EDAMAME mole recipe: avocadosfrommexico.com. Serve Try sprinkling coarse salt and cayenne pepper on your with carrots or pretzel thins for a great snack. steamed edamame pods for a fun and festive spin. NTUUT IN’ B T NET ALMOND BUTTER SPREAD POT S UP PARFAIT Mix almond butter with a pinch of cinna- Fruit and granola are both loaded with fiber. Add mon for a healthy dose of protein and healthy them to Greek yogurt to make the “dream team!” fats. It’s excellent on sliced apples! BOOMCHICKAPOP™ POPCORN Another way to score is to choose foods packed Popcorn is a great source of fiber that with antioxidants. Fruits, vegetables and beans are is also naturally low in calories. all great examples. Antioxidants help prevent oxida- tion of our cells by unwanted free radicals. These For further assistance in finding healthy game day free radicals may cause damage to our cells which options, stop into your local Hy-Vee. Our dieti- may lead to increased aging, disease and/or cancer. tian would be happy to serve you. Go team! n A diet rich in antioxidants may help to prevent dam- age caused by free radicals. Here are a few ideas The information is not intended as medical advice. Please to boost antioxidant foods during the game: consult a medical professional for individual advice.

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WHERE’E S G NERAL BOB? General Bob is out and about. Do you know where he’s at?

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MY BIRTHDAY GIFT TO YOU! BYT MAT BOOTH

Today is my 46th birthday! I lead a answers you find to optimize the way crazy life. The good kind of crazy! I you spend your time. If you’re not always try to figure out what’s caus- already there, now’s the time to take ing my success (or lack thereof) so that charge of your life and direct it in such I can repeat the good stuff as much a way that “Your Why” is well aligned as possible. Here are a few points of with your activities. I can also tell you my success which I’ll share with you. the more your activities line up with The first is the need for a support “Your Why,” the more happiness and system. It is often easy to trace failure to success you’re likely to receive. a lack of a support system. My wife, Joie, If you can’t close your eyes and provides a consistent support system see “Your Why” in detail, it is impera- for me and has a unique way of keeping tive you figure it out soon. Here are me grounded. I don’t think she’ll ever some questions that should help: let my head get as big as one of those • Where are you the happiest? award-winning Halloween pumpkins. • What makes you forget your- The second is being able to fig- self for hours on end? ure out “Your Why.” Why do you get • When do you feel best about out of bed every morning? If you can yourself and your surroundings? answer that question, you’ve found • What do you talk about excitedly? “Your Why.” “Your Why” helps you live • What does success mean to you? life so you don’t waste your time. • If you can make a difference for All too often, people get caught anyone or anything, what would it be? up with the “What” and the “How.” How are we going to make budget this Get a good support system and figure out month? How will we hit the sales goals? “Your Why.” Then the “What” and “How” How are we going to implement this become a lot easier and more enjoy- new system? What are we going to do able. That’s my birthday gift to you! n about all the changes that are happen- ing? When all the attention and focus is put on the “What” and “How,” you tend to lose sight of “Your Why.” “The ‘what ifs’ in life not only What’s “Your Why?” I challenge erode your attitude, they destroy you to think it through, then use the your dreams.” —Matt Booth

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Like most people, the first thing that he is accosted by a masked man who strikes me about a book is the title. Dark asks him, “Are you happy with your Matter by Blake Crouch didn’t strike life?” The masked man then knocks him me; it hit me with a sledge hammer and unconscious. When Jason wakes up he then turned my fun dial all the way up. finds himself strapped to a gurney with For a very long time now I have had people all around him wearing radia- an endless fascination with black holes, tion suits. A strange man leans over him quantum mechanics and dark matter. and says, “Welcome back, my friend.” These are, for the most part, the big Jason has awoken to a life that he mysteries of science that astrophysi- does not recognize as his own. His wife cists have been trying to uncover for is not his wife. His son was never born. a long time. All of them, in one form He doesn’t teach at the junior college. or another, play a part in Mr. Crouch’s In fact, he’s a world-famous quantum novel. Dark matter lays the groundwork physicist with a reputation creeping for all the science that happens. Not to up on Max Planck, Nils Bohr, James worry—everything is explained in the Maxwell, and Wolfgang Pauli. One more context of the plot, no physics required. thing, his house is still there in Chi- I checked with NASA, and they cago but he doesn’t own it anymore. had this to say about dark matter, Jason is very good at using the sci- “Something must hold our solar sys- entific method to help him get through tem, galaxies and clusters of galaxies this experience with his mind intact. It together. And gravity is that “glue.” takes a while but he puts it all together. “In some clusters, the space between It has a lot to do with the quantum world galaxies is filled with gas so hot, scientists which is, beyond a doubt, the strang- cannot see it using visible light telescopes. est place in the universe. It really exists The gas only can be seen as X-rays or both in the novel and in the real world. gamma rays. Scientists look at that gas One of the conjectures in the book and measure how much there is between proves to be correct: every moment galaxies in clusters. By doing this, they of your life has an infinite number of discovered that there must be five times choices. You choose one and your more material in the clusters than we time line continues in a straight line. can detect. The invisible matter that we However, all the other infinite choices can’t detect is called “dark matter.” exist in parallel universes. These dif- The scary, wonderful, exciting, ferent time lines with you in them still mind boggling fact is that roughly exist and it is possible to visit them. 80% of the mass/energy of the entire Jason, more than anything, wants his universe is made up of dark matter wife and son back so he sets about which cannot be directly observed. trying to find the time line he was in Throw in black holes and quantum when the masked man kidnapped mechanics and you have fallen through him. This proves to be difficult but the rabbit’s hole into Wonderland. he gets some help along the way. Wonderland would be a very I am very tempted to tell you what good way to describe Mr. Crouch’s happens, especially at the end, but it book. No science fiction writer to my would ruin it for you. It will make you knowledge has ever used these ideas think that maybe you aren’t “real” in this fashion. Dark Matter is some- anymore. LOL. You will question the thing new for the genre. It is exciting, meaning of reality. It’s very possible your stunning, mind altering, dreamlike notion of reality will expand enormously. and monumentally surprising. The concept of infinity is also tweaked We follow Mr. Ordinary, Jason and that turns out to be a lot of fun. Deesen. He is a devoted father and Dark Matter is hands down the best husband, a quantum physicist teach- book I’ve read in a long time. It’s being ing at a small junior college in Chicago. turned into a movie. I cannot imagine Once he had a skyrocketing research how that will be done. I wish I could career but his girlfriend got pregnant see your face when you finally find out so he opted for a science career that who the masked man is who knocked would keep him at home, dealing with all Jason unconscious and kidnapped the responsibilities of raising a family. him way back in the beginning of the One evening he goes to the local novel. It scrambled my brains. n pub for a pint or two. Upon leaving

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“Why do I need to go to the dentist Consider these factors: every _____?” You can fill in the blank— • Do you currently have a high decay I hear that blank space filled with words rate? (For example, do you need ranging from “6 months” to “year” to fillings more than once per year?) leaving it totally blank so the response • Do you have a mouth full of old is actually, “Why do I ever need to go fillings and/or crowns? (This is a to the dentist?” I think that’s a legiti- good clue to your historic sus- mate question, and I also believe that ceptibility to dental disease.) the answer varies tremendously based • Have you had or do you currently have on the individual’s health and needs. some form of gum disease? If so, how First, let me be clear: no one “needs” severe is it, is there bone damage, to go to the dentist. There I said it, and how easily do your gums bleed? and some of my colleagues may come • What is your systemic health status? after me for that statement. BUT (and • Do you have diabetes or other you notice that word is in bold, capi- inflammatory-related dis- tal letters), almost all people benefit eases such as heart disease? from going, especially if they want to • If you have any of these diseases, keep their mouths and the rest of their how well controlled are they? bodies in good health. While there are • Has your medical doctor recommended probably a few folks who could keep you see a dentist? (This might happen their teeth and stay dentally healthy because you are going to have surgery without ever going to a dentist, the soon or because your physician sus- number of those people is very low. pects you have active dental problems.) What we really should be discuss- • Are you pregnant? (If so, you being in ing are each individual’s desires. Good good dental health is really impor- health, clean and shiny teeth, fresh tant for the health of your baby.) breath, keeping natural teeth for a lifetime, or simply the ability to eat and After all those factors are carefully enjoy a good meal? There are others weighed, what is the final answer? Most who simply don’t seem to really care people do come for a visit two times a about these things. For them, there year. That may be as much because they is a further issue—systemic health. If have a dental benefit plan that pays for good overall health is important to two visits a year as for any other reason. you, so are regular visits to the den- We have some clients in our practice that tist. Indeed, even if someone has false we plan to see about once a year, and teeth, regular visits are important to sometimes that gets stretched out to allow for early detection of possible once every 18 months. I’m comfortable cancers and other systemic diseases. with that interval when they have a very Regular visits to the dentist are now low incidence of dental problems, are in considered important enough that some good systemic health, and take consis- medical policies are paying for people tently excellent care of their mouths. On with diabetes to see their dentist four the other end of that spectrum are the times per year. Those companies do people who don’t take very good care of this because there is solid evidence their mouths, whether they are systemi- that consistent dental care reduces cally healthy or not. We want to see those the incidence of major medical prob- people every three or four months, and lems! That’s truly a case of dental care sometimes as frequently as every two potentially saving someone’s life. months. That allows us to help them So if you are one who wants to keep maintain a better dental condition than your mouth and the rest of you healthy they have been able to do for themselves. and have a bright, shiny smile, how We also have a few of our clients that often should you visit your dentist? are healthy, both dentally and systemi- As a first premise, that’s a question cally, and simply want to come in every to discuss with your regular dentist. two to three months because they want Ask your dentist how often you would stains cleaned off their teeth. Some benefit from periodic visits. Then ask people really love how their mouth for the reasoning behind that answer. feels after having their teeth cleaned. Many of us were raised with the idea So talk with your dentist and work of seeing our dentist twice a year and it out! If you don’t have a dentist, find brushing our teeth twice a day. I don’t one with whom you feel comfortable know that either of those ideas is well and trust to give you an answer that’s supported by clinical evidence. There in your best interest. Together you can are simply too many other factors. determine what is right for you! n

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wGwen Werner’s w Good Advice

DEAR GWEn, It’s been months, dude. I can’t handle I think my 15-year-old daughter has a much more of this. I tried letting him boyfriend. She’s been late for curfew a down easy, telling him I was busy. I tried handful of times, she’s constantly on her saying fl at out, “No.” I tried going out phone, and she’s obsessing over outfi ts with him for the “brewskis,” but as we and makeup. I need to know what she’s leave the bar, he makes me schedule up to! How can I make sure she’s being another “brewski” hangout. I just need safe and careful? If it was a nice boy, don’t to get rid of this dude. My wife wants me you think she would tell her parents about to be civil, but I seriously can’t stand this him? How can I be sure she is being good?! anymore. How do I give this guy a clue? —Sincerely, Papabear —Yours, NOSKIS DEAR PAPABEAR, DEAR nOsKIs, Whatever you do, don’t trust her. It’s not Go to the closest window. Look outside at as though she’s an autonomous human the great big world around you. A world being with her own moral compass. You where babies grow and dogs exist and didn’t raise her from birth to make her coff ee is brewed. A world where atoms own decisions! You’re the Papabear! become molecules become compounds You should have a weird shotgun reac- become mountains and stars and the peo- tion to her responding to her body’s ple you love. Grab your phone real quick. chemical makeup. Don’t worry, it’s not Are you holding it? Look at it real close. gross that you’re taking an aggressive Now throw the phone out of the interest in your daughter’s sexuality! damn window and don’t think about this Here’s what I’d do if I were you: Get a dummy again until Christmas, when you snapback. Not a baseball cap, a snapback. have to. Even then, I bet you could get Download the following apps on your away with dipping out before he shows phone: kik, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, up, or you could have a cold. The pos- Tumblr, Ask.fm. Make accounts on each. sibilities are endless. Post some pictures of yourself in the —xoxo Gwen snapback, throwing down peace signs. Buy yourself some cool shoes. If you can man- age to register yourself for school…perfect. You’re the new foreign exchange student. PUZZLE AnsWERs Lean against lockers and talk about cool stuff . You might think you look like a grown man in a dumb hat, but trust me, kids are too busy reblogging fanfi c on their Tumblr feeds to notice you. Maybe get a leather or jean jacket. Carry a basketball! Now follow your child around the school, just to be sure she isn’t talking to ANY boys, like a normal fi fteen-year-old girl. If you catch her chatting up some dudebros, that’s the time to shed your disguise. Once the other kids realize you’ve been a dad in disguise this whole time, they’ll be stunned! Too stunned to fl irt with your kid! Sound doable? Otherwise, you could consider minding your own beeswax, I dunno. —xoxo Gwen DEAR GWEn, My brother-in-law won’t stop asking me to hang out with him. He’s alright, but every day it’s a text that says, “Brewskis?” GENERAL BOB IS AT LOCK AND DAM #11

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