I’m regularly amazed by the people I meet I’m spending too much time on telling you who live here in Dubuque and have never to come downtown. My point is, go where been to a Dubuque ... and All That Jazz event. the party is, wherever that may be. There It’s like never seeing fireworks! What else are certainly some great parties on the West could you possibly be doing every Friday eve- End too this year, such as the Asbury Party in ning for a decade? That’s un-American, err, at the Park, Music in the Meadows, and a sum- least un-Dubuquer-erican. If that’s you, good, mer of events at the Arboretum. But most are sit down and listen up. downtown, and for West-Enders that can be a nuisance. I call them fun-haters. We’re more than a little spoiled around here. As we pointed out in a recent issue, there are A lot of very passionate people work very hard 50 festivals and events, or more, that we can to create diverse events that cater to just about participate in throughout the summer. Each every taste, from the wine, cheese and classi- weekend there are 15 or 20 live music ven- cal music crowd, to bikers looking for some ues to choose from. If you go to Cedar Rapids southern rock. You can find your niche. In fact, some weekend, you can likely count the live you’ll probably fit in a just about any event. bands playing on one hand. Dubuque is most You might want to experiment and try some definitely a unique epicenter for arts, music things you’ve never tried before. The Mud Lake and cultural activity. But so often, I see the Bluegrass concerts are definitely a unique, same faces at each and every event. It’s like laid-back way to enjoy to outdoors near the the same 5,000 have figured out how great river. The Symphony’s Independence Pops is a festivals are and everyone else stays home great mix. Classical music performed on a dirt and watches Survivor or American Idol or race track. If that’s not for everyone, what is? whatever is on TV on Fridays and Saturdays. I can’t say I’ve seen a lot of TV those nights. I’ve decided there is a short list of acceptable Hint: Re-runs are coming reasons for missing the all summer long, get out amazing Dubuque festival of the house. season this year. If you do not fit in one of these cat- I understand that for egories, I’d better see you many people who live out having some fun. 1. on Dubuque’s west side, You are orca fat and can’t and a great proportion fit out the door. 2. You are of our population does, incarcerated. 3. You are the activity that happens trapped under something primarily in downtown is very heavy. 4. You’re 9 somewhat out of sight, out of mind. But this is months pregnant (only valid for one month of your town too, even if you live out in Asbury. the summer). 5. You’re terminal AND conta- I grew up there too. I know it seems like a geous. (However, the terminal and non-con- whole other world from Dubuque. But, even- tagious should DEFINITELY come out and tually I found my way downtown. Now, I hap- have some fun.) 7. You have intense body pened to stay, but you could go back home odor (that one’s for our comfort, not yours). after the party if you like. On a Friday night it’s 8. You love Dubuque and festivals, but some only a ten- or fifteen-minute drive. genius sent you to Iraq. 9. You’ve missed your article deadlines for the next issue of 365ink. Like many communities, there are hotspots 10. You’re running out of time because you for different activities. People work downtown are Jack Bauer. or in the industrial parks to a great degree; people live, well, not in downtown and the This weekend, DubuqueFest is a great mix of Industrial parks, and people socialize where all things. High-quality art, great food and a the opportunities are. Those opportunities are truly diverse selection of live music and lots of heavily centered in downtown Dubuque. It it. If you’re going to dip your toe in the waters makes sense. This is where many of the night- of local festival entertainment, DubuqueFest is life spots are too. It’s the focus on the histori- the perfect choice to begin your journey. Seri- cal elements that make our city unique and ously, we have the best outdoor events around. it’s also where the city has invested in cultural Discover them, take friends. Become an active and tourism initiatives. So if you want to have member of your community this summer. The fun (not always mind you) you need to go more successful each and every summer event downtown. is, the more events we can have next year. The 365ink crew... faces you already know!

Tim Brechlin Mike Ironside Tanya Graves Ellen Goodmann Kelli Kerrigan Ralph Kluseman Jim Heckmann Matt Booth Poppy Conlon Nick Klenske L.A. Hammer Chris Wand ISSUE # 30 In This Issue of 365ink... May 17-30

Music and More: 4 Community Events: 5 - 7

Arts & Culture: 8 - 11 DubuqueFest: 9 KUNI Blues Cruise

Heartland Festival: 12 Music in the Vineyards: 13 Kickoff the Summer: 14

Pearlene: 15 Live Music Listings: 16-17 Wando’s Movie Reviews: 18

Prom at the Ryan House: 19 Mayor Roy Buol: 20

Development - Part 3: 21 Mattitude: 23

Dear Trixie, Dr. Skrap’s: 25 The A Factor: 26

Crossword / 365 Books: 27 Stranger in a Strange Land: 28

Athenian Grill Returns: 29 Comedy: 30

The Inkwell ) [email protected]) Publisher: Bryce [email protected] ( ) 563-451-9365 Tim Brechlin ( [email protected]) Editor: Kelli Kerrigan ( Advertising: [email protected] Tanya Graves ( Ad Design: : Mike Ironside, Joey Wallis, Ron TIgges, Bryce Parks Photography Mike Ironside, Tim Brechlin, Ellen Goodmann, Writers & Content: Bryce Parks, L.A. Hammer, Chris Wand, Gary Olsen, Mayor Roy Buol, Matt Booth, Robert Gelms, Bryce Angela Parks, Koppes,, Mike Megan Ironside, Gloss, Tim Nick Brechlin Klenske Graphic Design & Layout: Bob & Fran Parks, Kay Kluseman, Bob Johnson, Todd Special thank you to: Locher, Dave Blake, Everett Buckardt, Julie Steffen, Sheila Castaneda, Tom Miller, Renae Gabrielson, Christy Monk, Katy Rosko, Ron &, JenniferIA, 52001 Tigges and all the 365 friends and advertisers for all your, Dubuque support. You are all 365. West 1st Street (563) 588-4365 Dubuque365 • 210 Office Phone or Music/Events/Movie Hotline 365 @ All contents (c) 2007, Community, Incorporated. All rights reserved.

We’ve hidden 365’s WANDO somewhere in this issue of Dubuque365ink. Can you find the master of movies buried within these pages? Hint: He’s tiny and could be anywhere ! Good Luck! Win- ners get a free warm fuzzy felling in your belly! Roy Buol Ron Tigges Robert Gelms Brad Parks Angela Koppes Bryce Parks YES IT’S RHODODENDRON, NOT PHILODENDRON, I KNOW! 4 MAY 17 - 30

The Love Monkeys @ Hootie & the Blowfish Kickoff to Summer

helping with fundraisers and benefits,” “Everyone was saying that we were not explained Thomas of their work promot- going to be able to get popular touring ing charity events through the group of bands in Dubuque and we just wanted radio stations under the Cumulus ban- to prove them wrong.” The duo worked ner, “and we wanted to do something with agents and other promoters to find bigger.” That idea manifested itself the acts whose routing might bring them near following year with the first Summer’s Dubuque. “I always told everybody, ‘if Last Blast festival hosted at the Diamond we can put people in the seats we can Jo Casino in the Port of Dubuque. And get anybody,’” Thomas said. it was bigger. From that first Last Blast, Music and More earned enough to do- True to his word, Music and More has nate $15,000 to the America’s River Proj- filled seats for shows by popular -enter ect. To date, with proceeds from events tainers. Thomas reels a list off the top like Last Blast, Kickoff to Summer and of his head – Lonestar, Sugarland, Jo others, Music and More has donated a Dee Messina, Alice Cooper, REO Speed- total of $50,000 to area nonprofits like wagon, Trace Adkins, the Grass Roots, Camp Albrecht Acres, Dubuque Main The Turtles, The Association, Hootie and Street, Sertoma Club, and Boy Scouts the Blowfish, Puddle of Mudd,- War and Girl Scouts. rant, Firehouse, and all the Bob & Tom comedy shows. Now they don’t have to As successful and rewarding as those work quite as hard to get agents’ atten- efforts have been, fundraising for com- tion. “We’ve been booking concerts for munity nonprofits alone was not the 10 years,” Thomas said. “So we have es- only motivating force for the startup pro- tablished the relationships and now they moters. “At the time, nobody was doing are calling us.” any shows in the area,” notes Thomas. Continued on Page 24 by Mike Ironside history of Dubuque when our city was Photos by Bryce Parks not doing so well, and the efforts of our community leaders to turn things around Let me start by thanking you, our reader, – efforts without which we would not see for picking up this issue of 365ink. One the development boom we are now ex- of our main missions is to shine a light periencing. on some of the good stuff that is happen- ing in our growing community, and by If we take into account the way our col- picking up our paper you have shown an lective quality of life has changed in re- interest in what is going on. If you are a cent years, we have to acknowledge an regular reader of 365ink, or if you often entertainment boom as well, and while log on to our Web site, Dubuque365. there are a variety of reasons for that (in- com, you realize that there is a lot go- cluding the efforts of 365, we humbly ing in our community. Recent issues admit), a big part of it is due to the efforts of 365ink have detailed a jam-packed of the two guys on our cover this issue calendar of festivals and a long list of – Scott Thomas and Ken Peiffer, collec- economic development projects. But it tively known as Music & More Promo- wasn’t always this way. tions.

In another article in this issue, Tim Bre- Music & More Promotions started back chlin delves into some not-so-distant in the fall of 1999. “We were always

Jackyl Puddle of Mudd MY FAVORITE CORPORATE GAME IS A NERF GUN WAR... IN THE OFFICE! 5 MAY 17 - 30 A Screening of “The Hours” thor dying of AIDS. Taking place over one Corporate and day, all three stories are interconnected In recognition of Mental Health Month, with the novel mentioned before, as one Community Games NAMI Dubuque will host a screening of is writing it, one is reading it, and one is If you’re a full-grown adult and would the really very good movie The Hours living it. Very Philip K. Dick or Hitchcock like to compete in some low-impact/ at the Carnegie-Stout Public Library on or Twilight Zone, if you ask us. The movie high-stress relief relay games, then Wednesday, May 23, at 6 p.m. in the 3rd is 120 minutes long and is rated PG-13. you’re in luck! Area Residential Care floor auditorium. Admission, snacks, and dis- is hosting a Corporate and Community cussion are free. Games on June 13. Get your team to- The Hours is a 2002 drama gether! Over 400 participants will at- starring Meryl Streep, Juli- NAMI Dubuque, the local tempt to win prizes and bragging rights anne Moore, and Nicole Kid- affiliate of the National Al- to talk about around the water cooler man. The movie tells the story liance on Mental Illness, re- the next morning. Bottom line, this if of three different women: In cently used a grant from the pure fun. You simply can’t participate 1923 England, ailing novelist Dubuque Racing Association and not have a great time. You can see Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kid- to donate over 100 books and visual proof of the fun level of past man) is starting to write her DVDs related to mental health games on Dubuque365.com in the Im- novel, Mrs. Dalloway, under to Carnegie-Stout Public Li- age Vault. All proceeds will be going to the care of doctors and fam- brary. These books and DVDs Area Residential Care, an organization ily. In 1951 Los Angeles, Laura Brown will be on display and available for check that helps to empower individuals with (Julianne Moore) is a pregnant housewife out at the screening on the night of the mental disabilities. planning for her husband’s birthday, but event. For more information, please call she’s preoccupied with reading Woolf’s the Library Information Desk at 563-589- To register your team and get the full novel. In 2001 New York, Clarrisa Vaughn 4225 option 4, or visit the Library’s Adult scoop call 563-556-7560, ext 116. All (Meryl Streep) is a lesbian publisher plan- Services Programs page online at www. teams must be signed up by June 1. ning an award party for her friend, an au- dubuque.lib.ia.us/adult/programs/.

located on the grass area to the immediate How about checking out the Grand Pet Ex- west of the Grand Harbor Resort. cursion, the 14th annual pledged dog walk for the Dubuque Regional Humane Soci- Registration forms are available at the shel- ety on Sunday, June 10, right alongside all ter, veterinary clinics throughout the area, Wednesday, June 13, will feature noted the fun stuff happening at America’s Riv- sponsors’ locations and on the shelter’s Get a Clue, bookworm! Dubuque attorney and author David er Festival (June 8 - 10) down at the Port Web site at www.dbqhumane.org. Prizes That Carnegie-Stout Public Library just Hammer. Hammer has written over 20 of Dubuque. This will be the only event will be awarded based on the amounts has so much going on, from movie books, many of which deal with that scheduled for the morning of June 10, and collected by participants and money do- screenings to art exhibitions to ... well, old bad-ass detective Sherlock Holmes. it will feature a wide variety of games, nated to the Humane Society, and team a heck of a lot of books, too. You’re During his session, he will discuss some booths and contests. Participants can walk participation is encouraged. For more in- reading this magazine ... so, obviously, of his writings about Dubuque, includ- anytime between 8 a.m. and noon, with formation, contact “Humane Jane” McCall you have an interest in reading. Feel ing A Talent for Murder, a mystery set registration taking place at the walk site at 563-582-6766. And strut that mutt! like putting it to use? in Dubuque. (It was the butler with the candlestick in Washington Park.) And The Carnegie-Stout Public Library is on Wednesday, June 20, Mary Agria beginning its first-ever Summer Read- will present a book talk. Agria, who ing Program for Adults, this year with has degrees in literature and linguistics the theme of “Get a Clue!” Participants from the University of Wisconsin, has will read or listen to five books, and spent most of her career as a techni- then record the titles on a Readers’ Log. cal writer and counselor in the fields Each completed Readers’ Log will be of community development and work- It’s the 11th annual Dubuque Relay for There’ll be food, entertainment, prizes placed into a drawing for prizes. And force issues. During her presentation, Life, a fun-filled overnight event that has and more. The relay will kick off with there is no limit on the number of logs she will be talking about the creative one purpose: To celebrate survivorship the “Survivor Celebration,” commemo- you can complete! Just burn through as process and she will also give a reading and to raise money for research and rating those who have defeated cancer, many books as fast as you can (in mul- from her newest book, Vox Humana: programs sponsored by the American and then later, at dusk, everyone will tiples of 5, obviously), and you’re solid. The Human Voice. Refreshments will Cancer Society. gather to watch the lighting of the lumi- It begins on June 4, and runs through be provided at these sessions. narias. August 3. To sign up, stop at the Infor- It all begins at Dubuque Senior High mation Desk at the library. Also part of For more information about these or School at 6 p.m. Teams will gather at Sounds great, right? So jump on that! For the summer program will be a series of other Library events, visit the Web site Dalzell Field, and they’ll take turns more information, or to sign up a team, brown bag noon lectures, which will at www.dubuque.lib.ia.us, or call the walking or running laps. This is all about call the American Cancer Society office be held in the Library’s 3rd floor audi- Information Desk at 563-589-4225, family, friendship and togetherness: at 563-583-8249, option 3. torium. The first program, scheduled for option 4. THE ONLY PLACE I CARRY CLUBS IS IN A GAME OF GO FISH! 6 MAY 17 - 30

Schools in Dubuque, and one each to graduating seniors attending an ac- Golf 4 Clarke credited high school in Clayton County, Dubuque County and Jackson County Clarke has announced that this year’s in Iowa, Jo Daviess County in Illinois 19th annual golf outing will feature Jim and Grant County in Wisconsin. Ellis, the real-life swim coach portrayed

in the recently released movie, Pride. This year’s Celebrity Classic will be held on Monday, June 11, at the Dubuque Golf and Country Club. Morning and af- ternoon golf is available, as morning golf begins at a way-too-early time of 7:30 a.m. and the afternoon shotgun start hits at 1 p.m. When all’s said and done, kick back and relax with cocktails, an auction and dinner beginning at 5 p.m. Registrations are $700 per foursome or $175 per person and are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Dinner- only reservations are available for $60 per person. To make reservations, or to learn more, visit www.clarke.edu/ce- lebrityclassic. Reservations can also Ellis founded the Philadelphia Depart- be made by calling the Clarke College ment of Recreation Swim Team, based Institutional at the Marcus Foster Recreation Center Advancement in the Nicetown section of Philadelphia, 5. UW-P’s Heartland Festival is mark- Office at in 1971. Today, not only is it a nationally ing its ___th year of operation. 563-588-6405. recognized competitive swim team, it’s Answers on page 31 6. Which of these table games is NOT the nation’s top predominately African- available at the Diamond Jo? American team and has become a sub- 1. Scott Thomas of Music & More Pro- ject of much emulation for urban swim motions has some distinctive rock and A. Let It Ride programs around the country ... and roll hair. Which of these comes closest B. Texas Hold ‘em Ellis has been doing this for 36 years. to matching Scotty T in hair-ocity? C. Blackjack Which is quite a bit of time. Through D. Craps travel to various competitions, the pro- A. Roger Daltry gram exposes swimmers to other parts B. Slash 7. Which two stores now occupy the of the country and different lifestyles. C. Bruce Dickinson former Roshek’s space in Kennedy D. Mike Ironside Mall? Proceeds from the Celebrity Classic fund eight $2,500 scholarships for outstand- 2. What pair of country stars did Music A. Sears ing area high school students planning & More bring to Dubuque in 2003? B. J.C. Penney to attend Clarke College. Scholarships C. Younkers are offered to one graduating senior of A. Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins D. Borders Hempstead, Senior and Wahlert High B. Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood C. Colin Raye & Joe Diffe 8. 365’s Bryce Parks opened for what D. Ray Stevens & Raffi ‘80s music sensation at a Music and frisbee golf, low ropes courses, rugby, More event? (Take a stab) Gaelic football and racquetball. Sounds 3. What was Music & More’s first event A. Young MC & Rob Base innocent enough. Then it gets fun: Ex- in Dubuque? (Hint: Wang Chung was B. Men at Work treme sports include kayaking, paintball, the headliner.) C. Weird Al This summer, ex- water rescue, a high ropes course, Tai-Bo treme comes to and Dragon Boating. Sweet! A. Summer’s Last Blast 2000 9. Music & More brought “Weird Al” Dubuque, as B. America’s River Festival Yankovic to Dubuque. How is his last Clarke College will be the host site for Campers will stay on Clarke’s campus, C. Wingfest ‘98 name pronounced? a series of “Extreme” day and residential with two campers in a dorm room, and D. Cinco de Mayo 2002 sports camps, targeted for 8th through food will be provided by Clarke. Kids A. Yankovich 12th grade students. Campers can sign can also be day campers instead of resi- 4. Fly-By-Night is producing the play B. Yankovike up for five days of fun in a safe and con- dents. All of this is supervised by trained A Perfect Ganesh. C. Yankovick trolled environment ... hey, you can get athletic profes- What is Ganesha? D. Yankovice rid of the kids for a day or two! sionals, so you don’t need to be A. A mythical unicorn 10. Around what Virginia Woolf novel Each day, campers will experience three worrying about B. The Greek god of relaxation does the movie The Hours revolve? different sports sessions, chosen from a craziness going C. An ancient dish served in field of 12 different “traditional” sports, down. Roman times A. To the Lighthouse followed by an afternoon of “extreme” D. The elephant-headed Hindu lord B. Orlando sports. So what qualifies “traditional” There are multiple sessions and to print of beginnings C. The Waves and “extreme,” you ask? Traditional them all would take up every page of this D. Mrs. Dalloway means soccer, tennis, swimming, basket- paper! So for more information, hit up the ball, softball, volleyball, ultimate frisbee, Web site at www.myextremecamp.com. I REMEMBER THE YEAR WE LOST MY BROTHER AT FARMER’S MARKET. I MISS HIM. 7 MAY 17 - 30

grandmas who do it for a living. That’s The Downtown good eats, gar-un-teed! Farmers’ Market Farmers’ Market is open every Saturday This is just a friendly reminder that the morning, 7 a.m. to noon, through Octo- Downtown Farmers’ Market is open! ber 27. Stretching from the area around The old Saturday morning standby will City Hall at Iowa and 13th Streets down feature delicious early season produce Iowa Street to 11th Street, the market such as asparagus, lettuce, water cress has grown in recent years to over 80 and peas. There will also be a selection vendors. For more information, contact of bedding plants, hanging baskets of Dubuque Main Street at 563-588-4400. flowers and tomatoes, tulips, daffodils, house plants, arts and crafts, and oh, my the baked goods. Imagine the home baked bread and pies that grandma made. Now imagine The Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Garden has so much going on during the summer. I mean, just the Music in the Gardens series is a monster in and of itself. But there’s a great event coming up for kids, too!

Make plans for the Arboretum Children’s Spring Party! It’ll take place on Sunday, May 20 at, you guessed it, the Arbore- tum. Parents, come out with your kids and just bask in the spring beauty of the gardens! The day will be even more special with the addition of a 50th birth- day celebration of the Cat in the Hat — there’s cake. Kids can meet and greet Tickets are available for a $1 donation at their favorite storybook characters, and the Arboretum, located at 3800 Arbore- from there they can go jam at the arts tum Drive, in advance or on the day of and crafts make-and-take tables. Oh, the event. Lunch will be available from and there’s a little rumor about Earny the the Hy-Vee grill from 11:30 a.m. until 2 Eagle stopping by .... p.m. for $5. For more information, call 563-556-2100. MY BIG FAT GREEK APPETITE... AND I’M POLISH? 8 MAY 17 - 30

Have you ever been to India? The Lenore Howard is directing the show, 365ink editorial staff hasn’t, but at least featuring Jill Heizman-Carlock, Me- some of us dig Indian food. But that’s as lissa McGuire, Doug Mackie, Michele close as we’ve gotten. Fly-By-Night Pro- McKinlay, Lily McKinlay and Sunil ductions, however, is looking to take us Malapati, who not only plays a role closer than we’ve ever been before. that encompasses 15 different charac- ters but also contributed original Hindi It’s a production of A Perfect Ganesh, music and crafted the sound design of the travel drama / comedy by Terrence the show. McNally. Its plot revolves around a pair of longtime friends, Margaret and A Perfect Ganesh will be shown on Katharine, who are now in middle age. June 1, 2, 8 and 9 at 8 p.m. and June 3 They’ve always gone on vacations to- and 10 at 2 p.m. at the Bijou Room at gether, and now they’re ditching their the Dubuque Five Flags Center. Tickets husbands and heading off to India. are $13 and are available at www.tick- While there, however, they encounter etmaster.com, at the Five Flags Box Of- the playful god Ganesha, who weaves fice, or by calling 563-557-8497, or by a number of spells that wind up taking cash only at the Bijou Room Door start- Margaret and Katharine down several ing one hour prior to the performance. unexpected avenues along the way. A Perfect Ganesh features adult content They explore their differences, and they and strong language, so it’s probably express their honest opinions of one an- not a show for the kiddies. For more other, and ultimately they join together information, hit up Fly-By-Night’s Web on a search for spiritual healing. site at www.flybynightdubuque.com. WAYNE “THE TRAIN” HANCOCK? WASN’T HE A WWF WRESTLER? 9 MAY 17 - 30 DubuqueFest Music Schedule

Town Clock Stage DubuqueFest 07 Friday, May 18 May 18 –20 • Mighty Short Bus 5 p.m. Town Clock and Washington Park • David Zollo/Body Electric 8 p.m. DubuqueFest, the oldest festival in Saturday, May 19 Dubuque (this year celebrating its 29th!) is here and we have all the details. Spon- • Dubuque Dance Studio 11 a.m. sored by the Dubuque County Fine Arts • DSHS Jazz Big Band 1 p.m. Society, a not-for-profit organization, the • William Elliott Whitmore 3 p.m. event features an Art Fair in Washington • Buffalo Killers 6 p.m. Park, an entire weekend of free live mu- DubuqueFest Music • Wayne “the Train” Hancock 8 p.m. sic and entertainment at the Town Clock Sunday, May 20 and Gazebo stages, a House Tour, a po- DubuqueFest has a long tradition of pro- etry reading, and a whole list of family- • River and the Tributaries 11 a.m. viding a showcase for all kinds of music friendly activities including a kids “make • Denny Garcia & the Folk Ups 1 p.m. from folk and blues to pop, rock, and and take” art tent and inflatable rides by • Bob Dorr & the Blue Band 3 p.m. jazz. With two stages – the Town Clock LT Amusements. Oh yeah, and we have stage and the Gazebo in Washington Park the biggest grill in the world. Seriously. Gazebo Stage – the weekend festival features a range of We’ll tell you about it later. performers from local groups to touring Saturday, May 19 professionals. As always, the schedule • Dubuque Fiddlers 10 a.m. Art Fair in Washington Park is packed full of great performers. Fri- • The Dert Tones 11 a.m. Saturday, May 19, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. day night’s Town Clock concert features • ‘Round Midnight 1 p.m. Sunday, May 20, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. original rockers Mighty Short Bus open- • John Moran 3 p.m. ing for David Zollo and the Body Electric. • Nate Jenkins 5 p.m. For years DubuqueFest has been known Sunday’s program ends with perennial as Dubuque’s all-arts festival, the center- favorites Bob Dorr and the Blue Band. Sunday, May 20 piece of which has always been the Art But in-between, Saturday’s program at • 29 Cents a Pound 11 a.m. Fair in Washington Park. This year’s Art the Town Clock features some performers • Jazz Combo 1 p.m. Festival promises to be another great in- you might not be familiar with but defi- • TBA 3 p.m. stallment with approximately 65 artists nitely worth checking out. displaying a wide range of original, hand- Those are but a few of the highlights made artwork and fine craft. William Elliott Whitmore might look like in long lineup of great musicians and a punk with his tattooed arms but he performers. For a full roster, check the sounds like an old hillbilly bluesman. schedule for both the Town Clock and Armed with only a guitar or banjo and Gazebo stages. a raw, gravelly voice that defies his age, Whitmore delivers his authentic songs that draw on the deep traditions of gos- pel, folk, blues, and country with disarm- ing intensity.

As in recent years, artists working in vari- Following Whitmore and kicking off ous styles of painting, photography and Saturday evening’s show are the Buffalo pottery will be well represented. This Killers. The band features the Gabbard year’s Art Fair will feature a wide range brothers – the beating heart of their for- of work by artists who create hand-made mer group, Cincinnati band Thee Shams. jewelry, and a surprising number of artists Where Thee Shams were mining ‘60s working in blown glass. In addition, there Stones-tinged garage rock for new nug- Old House Enthusiasts will be displays of work in drawing, sculp- gets, the Buffalo Killers have evolved, ture, stained glass, wood, metal, basket- Old House Tour taking inspiration from a variety of late May 19-20, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. weaving, fabric art, and mixed-media. ‘60s and ‘70s psychedelic rock – Beatles, Stones, Hendrix, Cream, and Neil Young Each year in conjunction with DubuqueF- & Crazy Horse all in a blender pours out est, the Old House Enthusiasts host their uniquely Buffalo Killers. Annual Old House Tour – an opportunity for lovers of architecture and old homes to Rounding out the evening will be Wayne visit some of the great historic structures “The Train” Hancock, “the master of hill- for which Dubuque is known. In fact one billy swing.” Drawing on a deep love such home, that of this year’s Elisha Darlin of traditional country music, Hancock Arts Award recipients Fran and Ellen Hen- writes and performs straight-up, no-non- kels graced the cover of our last issue. Vis- sense honky-tonk. His Web site bio re- itors can tour the Henkelses’ home along ports that what most people say about with five others on the tour. This year’s Hancock is “Wayne Hancock is the real tour will be held on Saturday and Sunday, deal.” The Train will be rolling ‘round the May 19 and 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Town Clock Saturday night. Continued on page 22. NISOM GAVE ME ROCKER CHOPS, NOW I JUST NEED THE HAIR! 10 MAY 17 - 30

One of the greatest parts of Also, beginning May 14, new students summer in Dubuque is all can also register for private lessons in pi- the concerts and festivals. But y o u ano, voice, guitar, and all standard band don’t need to just listen to the music ... and orchestra instruments — flute, violin, you can make it! The Northeast Iowa cello, you know the deal. These classes School of Music (NISOM), located in will begin taking place on June 11. There Fountain Park, has options to students of is no registration deadline, and students all ages who are just starting out or who may begin at any time. And even better, want to keep their skills in tune, so to since we all know that summers are cra- speak. Students have the choice of join- zy, flexible scheduling is available. For ing a group class or taking private instruc- more information and to get a hold of tion at the school. Summer sessions! class schedules, call NISOM at 563-690- 0151, or visit www.nisom.com. Options for children’s classes feature Beginning & Advanced Beginning Piano for Ages 7-11, Singing on Stage and Piano: Keeping it Fresh. String students can rosin up their bows and hit up Summer Strings group or- chestras. Students of all ages can sign up for Musical Com- position and Cellobration Cello Choir. It’s not just for kids, ei- ther: Adults and senior citizens can also sign up for piano class- es. Classes start throughout the summer; registration is due 10 days before the first class. Class sizes are limited.

High School Graduations - May 27th Senior 1 p.m. • Hempstead 6 p.m. Fly-By-Night Productions Presents: “A Perfect Ganesh” - Bijou Room June 1, 2, 8 & 9, 8 P.M. June 3 & 10, 2 P.M.

Xtreme Dance Presents: Dance to the Xtreme June 9, 2007 - Five Flags Theater I CAME HOME TOO LATE ONE NIGHT, CRUISIN’ FOR A BLUESIN’ 11 MAY 17 - 30

Steve Miller Band • Northern Lights Theater • Milwaukee, WI • Monday, May 21 WWE Monday Night Raw • Mark of the Quad Cities • Moline, Il • Monday, May 21 America • Northern Lights Theater • Milwaukee, WI • Wednesday, May 23 Bo Diddley • Potawatomi Casino, Milwaukee, WI • Thursday, May 24 Les Claypool • The Rave, Milwaukee, WI • Sunday, May 27 Survivor • Northern Lights Theater • Milwaukee, WI • Thursday, May 31 Nanci Griffith / The Roaches • Iowa Arts Festival, Iowa City, IA• Friday, June 1 Gwen Stefani • Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN • Tuesday, June 5 Billy Joe Royal/The Buckinghams • IA St. Fairgrounds, Des Moines • Friday, June 8 Randy Travis• Port of Dubuque • Friday, June 8 The Doobie Brothers• Port of Dubuque • Saturday, June 9 Cruisin’ for bluesin’ very first paddlewheel boat that the The Fray • Target Center, Minneapolis, MN • Monday, June 11 Scully Brothers Company ever pro- Wilco • Adler Theater, Davenport, IA • Wednesday, June 13 You’re a blues fan. You know you duced. In 2004, it was renovated are, even if you don’t know it yet. with the addition of new foundations John Mayer/Ben Folds • Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines• Monday, June 16 The smooth, mellow sounds are per- for the paddlewheels, a set of new Tool • U.S. Cellular Center, Cedar Rapids, IA • Tuesday, June 19 fect for relaxing the evening away ... engines and a new hydraulic drive. Martina McBride • McLeod Center, Cedar Falls, IA • Thursday, June 21 hey, what a spectacular idea! How So it’ll be one swanky trip. You have about joining KUNI and the Spirit of the marriage of blues and boating. Blue Oyster Cult • Warerworks Park, Des Moines• Saturday, June 23 Dubuque for a three-hour tour on the That can’t possibly go wrong. Firehouse/Warrant • Hawkeye Downs, Cedar Rapids, IA • Saturday, June 23 waters of our very own Mississippi Finger Eleven • U.S. Cellular Center, Cedar Rapids, IA • Tuesday, June 26 River for the 2007 Blues Cruise with The Blues Cruise will take place Fri- Bob Dorr & the Blue Band? day, June 1. Boarding begins at 7 p.m. Summerfest (Lineup: Foreigner, Dicky Betts, Def Leppard, Styx, OK Go, The Fray, George at the 3rd Street Ice Harbor in Thorogood, Goo Goo Dolls, Roger Watters, Heart, The Family Stone, The Wailers, Ben Folds, Dubuque. The cruise departs at 7:30 p.m. and returns at 10:30 John Mayer, Weird Al, Buddy Guy, Rendy Travis, Asia, Los Lonely Boys, Bon Jovi, B.B. King, p.m. Handicap access is avail- Peter Frampton, Toby Keith, Blue October & more) • Milwaukee, WI • Thursday, June 28 - July 8 able for the gangway and the Roger Waters • Qwest Center Omaha, NE • Friday, June 29 dining area. Tickets are $15 in advance. Advance tickets can 38 Special • Freedom Festival, Cedar Rapids, IA • Sarurday, June 30 be ordered online at www.kuni- Warrant, Seven Mary Three, The Nadas • Watrerworks Park, Des Moines IA • Sarurday, June 30 radio.org in the STORE section Gordon Lightfoot • Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids, IA • Sarurday, June 30 or by calling KUNI weekdays at 319-273-6400 or 800-772- Wierd Al Yankovic • Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids, IA • Synday, July 1 2440, ext. 0. Advance tickets Alison Krauss & Union Station • U.S. Cellular Center, Cedar Rapids, IA• Friday, July 13 The Blue Band, now in its 25th year are also available at Dubuque River Rib America Festival (Buddy Guy, Marcia Ball, 38 Special, Blackfoot, Molly Hatchet, of captivating audiences, features Rides, Bob’s Guitars in Cedar Fallsand The Jimmy Van Zant Band, Blues Traveller, The Nadas Bob Dorr, who was recently given the Moondog Music in Dubuque. very, very impressive honor of induc- Event Center Parking Lot, Des Moines, IA • Friday-Sarurday-Sunday, July 13, 14, 15 tion into the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame. Monty Python’s Spamalot • Des Moines Civic Center • Saturday, July 21 The group has acquired a dedicated SHeDAISY• Dubuque Country Fairgrounds• Friday, July 27 fanbase of all ages and has become one of Iowa’s most revered and re- Keith Urban/The Wreckers • The Mark, Moline, IL • Friday, July 27 quested bands. Rush • Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI • Thursday, September 6th Rush • First Midwest Bank Amphitheater Chicago, IL • Saturday, September 8th Oh, and the venue? You know the Spirit of Dubuque, the replica of a century-old Mississippi River steam- boat with the enclosed dining salon. The vessel actually dates back to its construction in 1976, and it was the MY HEARTLAND IS MOM’S APPLE PIE 12 MAY 17 - 30

The heartland is ors to protect the people of Who-ville, who where the heart is live on a tiny speck of dust. It also features Tuesdays characters and scenarios from many other Se- ‘Round Midnight Jazz w/ Bill Encke - Isabella’s, 9 p.m. - 12 a.m. Every year now, for seven years going, the uss books, including the Butter Side Uppers Pub Quiz - The Busted Lift, 8 p.m. First 3 Tuesdays of the month. University of Wisconsin - Platteville has host- / Downers from The Butter Battle Book, Ger- Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. ed an annual summer arts festival, dubbed trude McFuzz from Gertrude McFuzz, and Karaoke - Borderline, One Flight Up, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. the Heartland Festival. Through the years of characters not in Seuss’ books. Other favorite Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. DJ Music - Double J DJ’s, Rooster’s, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. the festival, nearly 23,000 people have gone Dr. Seuss characters brought to life include through the doors — heck, just last year, the Whos of Whoville and the Cat in the Hat, Wednesdays there were nearly 175 people involved in who serves as the narrator of the story. These Open Mic - Hosted by the Dert Tones, The Busted Lift, 9 p.m. - 1a.m. the various productions (both on-stage and assorted tales are brought together by Jojo, a Mississippi Band Duo - Galleria Lounge, Fountain Park, 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. Live on Main Comedy - 2 great standups, Bricktown, 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. behind the curtain). It’s a great community young boy and “thinker of strange and won- 3100 Club Comedy - Midway Hotel, Bricktown, 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. effort, and it’s really a fantastic thing that the derful things,” who conjured up the magical Cigar Club, Bartinis, 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. university does. And it’s coming up soon. Jungle of Nool. The Wundo Band - Pizzeria Uno Annex, Platteville, WI, 9 p.m. - 12 a.m. WJOD Wild West Wed - (Country Dancing), Fairgrounds, 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. “I am very excited for this season to get Karaoke - Becky McMahon, Denny’s Lux Club 8:30 p.m. -12:30 a.m. started,” said John Hassig, Executive Direc- Karaoke - Borderline, Bricktown, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. tor of the Festival and Performing & Visual Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. Arts, Programs & Facilities at UWP. “It is an ambitious season for us with four produc- Thursdays tions, but we have assembled four amaz- Live Music - Robbie Bahr & Laura McDonald, Gobbies, Galena, 9 p.m. -1a.m. ingly talented casts.” Y-105 Party Zone - Dbq Co. Fairgrounds, 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Open Mic - Grape Harbor, 8 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Open Mic Showcase, Isabella’s 8 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. And finally, batting cleanup, the Heartland Karaoke - Rocco - Riverboat Lounge, 8:30 p.m. - 12 a.m. Festival will draw to a close in the Brodbeck Karaoke - Becky McMahon, Ground Round, 9 p.m. - 12 a.m. Karaoke - Flyin’ Hawaiian, Shannon’s Bar, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Concert Hall with the much-loved classic Karaoke - C-Sharp, A&B Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. musical The Sound of Music. The motion Karaoke - Soundwave, Bulldog Billiards, 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. picture version remains the most popular Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. movie musical of all time. You know the sto- DJ Music - DJ Brian Imbus, Jumpers, 8:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. ry: When a woman is dispatched to serve as DJ Music - Double J DJ’s, Rooster’s, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. governess for the seven children of the wid- Fridays The 2007 season of the Heartland Festival kicks owed Captain von Trapp, her growing rela- Live Comedy - Arthur House Restaurant, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. off on June 15 with Greater Tuna, a comedy tionship with the youngsters, coupled with Firewood Friday (3rd Friday’s) - Isabella’s Bar at the Ryan House, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. about Texas’ third-smallest town, where the her generosity of spirit, gradually captures Live Music - Leonardo Roldan/Romeo Bautista, Los Aztecas, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Lions Club is too liberal (liberals in Texas?) and the heart of the rather unpleasant Captain, Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. Patsy Cline never dies (well, she’s just crazy). Karaoke - Riverboat Lounge, 8:30 p.m. - 12 a.m. who leaves his betrothed and instead marries Karaoke - Flyin’ Hawaiian, Sublime, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. The entire assortment of citizens that make up the governess. After returning from their hon- Karaoke - C-Sharp, A&B Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. this town are portrayed by only two perform- eymoon, they discover that Austria has been Karaoke - C-N-T Entertainment, T.J’s Bent Prop, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. ers, depicting each and every member of Tuna invaded by the Third Reich, who demand the Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. -- men, women, children and animals. Captain’s immediate service in the Kriegsma- Karaoke - Brian Leib’s Essential Entertainment, Aragon Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. DJ Music - Main Event DJ, Gin Rickeys, 8:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. rine. The family’s escape over the mountains Following up on June 22 will be the sequel DJ Music - Sound Ideas DJ, Timmerman’s Supper Club, 8 p.m.-12 a.m. to Switzerland on the eve of World War II DJ Music - DJ Brian Imbus, Jumpers, 8:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. to the smash hit musical Nunsense ... sensi- will likely provide one of the most thrilling DJ Music - Karaoke w/DJ 007, Riverboat Lounge, 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. bly enough, it’s titled Nunsense II. The show finales ever presented in the theatre. begins approximately six weeks after the first Saturdays musical, and the same sisters are back on The Festival will continue its repertory schedule Live Comedy - Arthur House Restaurant, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. stage at Mt. Saint Helen’s School for a variety Live Music - Leonardo Roldan/Romeo Bautista, Los Aztecas, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. with productions running on a rotating basis Bluff Street Live Open Mic, Mississippi Mug, 8 p.m. - 12 a.m. show “Thank You” program for their support- through the 29th of July. Travelers have the op- Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. ers. The show is proceeding nicely until the tion of spending a weekend in Platteville and Karaoke - Riverboat Lounge, 8:30 p.m. - 12 a.m. telephone rings, because the Franciscans are being able to see four different performances Karaoke - C-Sharp, A&B Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. on their way to claim Sister Mary Paul as one in two days. To accommodate the additional Karaoke - Flyin Hawaiian, George & Dales, (East Dub.) 9p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. of their own. Those Franciscan bandits. show in the schedule, Tuesday and Sunday Karaoke - Starburst Karaoke, w/Dave Winders, Instant Replay, 9 p.m.-1a.m. evening performances have been added. DJ Music - Main Event DJ, Gin Rickeys, 8:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. Entry number three, on June 29, is the enter- DJ Music - Sound Ideas DJ, Timmerman’s Supper Club, 8 p.m.-12 a.m. taining musical Seussical, based on the work Tickets for all performances are on sale now of famed author Dr. Seussical is a fantastical, through the University Box Office at 608- Sundays magical, musical extravaganza, the plot of 342-1298, or the new online Box Office on Karaoke - Flyin’ Hawaiian, Knicker’s Saloon, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. which mirrors that of Horton Hears a Who!, the Heartland website, www.uwplatt.edu/ Karaoke - Phoenix Entertainment, The Hangout (East Dub.), 9 p.m. - 3 a.m. centering on Horton the elephant’s endeav- arts/heartland/. MY LOVE IS DEEPER THAN THE HOLLOW. 13 MAY 17 - 30

It’s summertime, and what better way to relax an evening away than with some great live mu- sic and a glass of riesling? If that sounds like your thing, and it totally should, make your way over to the Tabor Home Vine- yards and Winery for “Music in the Vineyard,” a series of live mu- sic events scheduled for the after- noons of the second and fourth Sundays from the end of May through the begin- ning of October. The series will feature a variety of players in the acoustic blues tra- dition. The whole thing kicks off on May 27, with the stylings of Andy Schneider, and notable upcoming performances in- clude Vickie & Joe Price on July 22 and David Zollo on August 12. The events are light and honor the farm’s history. De- scheduled from 3 to 6 p.m. Iowa cheese scribed as part of “a landscape right out of & grilled pork sandwiches will be avail- a Grant Wood painting,” the Tabor Home able for purchase (which sounds totally Winery offered six wines when it opened delicious), and guests are also invited in 1997. Now producing 19 wines, 1500 to bring their own picnic, though no al- of the 9000 gallons Tabor Home Winery cohol may be brought in. Why on Earth produces annually come from its own would you want to do that when you can vineyards with production increasing 40 enjoy Tabor Home wine? percent each year. For more information, visit www.taborwines.com. For those unfamiliar, Tabor Home Vine- yards and Winery is a family-owned and operated winery producing inter- Music Schedule (Sundays, 3 p.m. -6 p.m.) national award-winning estate wines in eastern Iowa near the town of Baldwin. May 27: Andy Schneider The vineyards and winery are located on June 10: Billy Lee Janey the family’s farmstead, established in the June 24: Scott & Michelle Dalziel 1860s. Winemaker and manager Dr. Paul July 8: Bryce Janey Tabor is the fifth generation in his family July 22: Vickie & Joe Price to work the farm, opening the winery in Aug. 12: David Zollo 1997. With seven Tabor families living in Aug. 26: Craig Erickson the same area, the farm has always been Sept. 9: Bryce Janey referred to as the “Home Place,” so the Sept. 23: Scott & Michelle Dalziel name Tabor Home was chosen to high- Oct. 14: David Zollo MY KICKOFF TO SUMMER IS BASEBALL OPENING DAY 14 MAY 17 - 30

Time flies when you’re drinking beer and see what this year has in store. listening to live music under the Town Clock, apparently. Not only is summer Headlining the festival will be one of the nearly here and ready to be kicked-off Midwest’s favorite party bands, the Love but this year’s Kickoff to Summer is the Monkeys. A popular festival act through- 6th annual – THE SIXTH ANNUAL! out the Midwest for more than a dozen When did that happen? Seems like it years, the Milwaukee band has drawn a was only yesterday… legion of devoted fans for its energetic and entertaining live shows. Playing a Anyway, the important thing here is that mix of popular covers and original reg- Budweiser and Music and More Pro- gae-inflected material, the band weaves motions once again present the perfect fun, upbeat songs into a non-stop mu- opener to Memorial Day weekend, the sical show, often playing medleys that weekend that serves of course as the incorporate diverse source material and opener to the summer season. Friday, alternative versions of popular songs. If May 25, is the date and the Town Clock you haven’t seen them, trust us on this is the place. The entertainment will be- one – this is music perfect for drinking gin at 5 p.m. with the Rocket Surgeons, beer under the Town Clock. Plus there featuring 365’s own Bryce Parks in the will be all kinds of food and there is no role of chief of rocket surgery. The Sur- admission fee. If that ain’t a Kickoff to geons are themselves in their thrid con- Summer, we don’t know what else is. secutive year opening the big show. This year, they add a new rocketeer to the The True Music Summer Kickoff is spon- mix as Jon Schmitz joins the circus with sored by Budweiser, Music and More flying guitar licks. The boys always bring Promotions, 365ink, KWWL-TV, the U.S. something extra and something fun to Army and Holiday Inn. For more infor- the Kickoff. You’ll have to come down to mation, visit www.Dubuque365.com. GET THE ENCHORIZADAS AT SALSA’S... AND THE CHEESE DIP... YUMMY! 15 MAY 17 - 30

quickly made a splash in their home - town of Cincinnati with their raucous shows. ”The fact that people dance and Pearlene get sweaty, sexy and crazy at our shows Saturday, May 26, The Busted Lift is the best payment,” reports Glaser in by Mike Ironside the band’s bio. “It’s a kind of soul level communication that I don’t know what When I first popped Pearlene’s new CD, I’d do without.” For Western Violence and Brief Sensual- ity, into the player at 365 world head - Pearlene took the show on tour across quarters and heard the rolling piano the States and the UK, performing with intro of the first song, “Hossanah!,” I new blues and dirty funk acts like Dead immediately thought, “It sounds like Meadow, The White Stripes, Detroit David Zollo.” Then the rest of the Cobras, the Bellrays, T-Model Ford, and band kicks in – pounding drums, a fuzz Dead Moon. Several drummers and a bass and a grinding bluesy guitar and I couple of well-received blues records thought, “It’s the Buffalo Killers … with later, the band enlisted the help of John For Dave Zollo on keys!” Which would be Curley (Afghan Whigs) to record pretty cool, but it happens to be just one Western Violence. of many shades of blues-tinged psyche- delic rock on Pearlene’s new disc. Released on the group’s own High and Dangerous Records, the new al - For Western Violence is the third CD bum features a range of material, from from the band, which has shifted lineups acoustic songs to rocking blues with a for each of its previous two releases. For psychedelic influence that variously - this recording, core players Reuben Gla- recalls Crazy Horse, Cream, and Hen ser (guitar and vocals) and Jesse Ebaugh drix with a Southern boogie swagger. - (bass and vocals) are joined by drum - Like The White Stripes or their Cincin mer Andrew Jody and newest member nati brethren Buffalo Killers, Pearlene is Andrew Higley on piano, Hammond or- mining that deep and rich vein of blues gan, Fender Rhodes, and bowed saw. rock that grew out of garage bands in the mid-sixties into the big riffs and The roots of the group were formed hook-laden melodies of seventies rock. when Glaser and Ebaugh began per - Employing his own experience and the forming together as an acoustic delta tools of his songwriting talents, Glaser blues and ragtime duo several years ago. has revealed shiny new nuggets that The duo went electric, added drums, sound both familiar and fresh. Check it and the band became Pearlene. They out at www.pearlenemusic.com. Thursday, May 17 Saturday, May 19 Saturday, May 19 Friday, May 25

Richter Scale The Thieves 365 Lunchtime Jam Grand Harbor Patio, Captain Merry, 6 PM - 9 PM Town Clock, 11:30 AM - 1 PM 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM Bill Encke & Pab Adams Dingleberries Captain Merry, 6 PM - 9 PM Jumpers, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM Tribe of Two Sunday, May 20 Leo’s Pub, DaVinci’s, 9 PM - 1 AM Captain Yonder / Buffalo Killers We’re Late And Smell Like Beer Open Mic Showcase Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM New Diggings, 3:30 - 7:30 PM Just Cuz Budweiser True Music Kickoff to Summer Corey Jenny Grand Harbor Patio, 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM Tornavalanche (All Ages) Gin Rickey’s, 9 PM - 12 AM Busted Lift, 5 - 9 PM Rocket Surgeons & Love Monkeys Artie & The Pink Catillacs Band Town Clock, 5 - 11 PM Open Mic Night 3100 Club/Midway Hotel, 8 PM - 12 AM Wednesday, May 23 Grape Harbor, 7:30 - 11:30 PM Strangers with Candy Captain Yonder Open Mic Night w/ Dert Tones Catfish Charlie’s, 8 PM - 12 AM Isabella’s, 8 PM - 1 AM Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM Friday, May 18 Rick Tittle Band Daryl and the Durocks Softtails Saloon, 9 PM - 1 AM 365 Lunchtime Jam The Busted Lift, 9 PM -1 AM The Wundo Band Town Clock, 11:30 AM - 1 PM Pizzeria Uno, 8 PM - 12 AM Blue Willow Shirley King (BB’s Daughter) The Legends Potter’s Mill, Bellevue, 8 PM - 12 AM Thursday, May 24 Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM 3100 Club/Midway Hotel, Artie & The Pink Catillac 8 PM - 12 AM John Moran Open Mic Showcase Da Vinci’s, 9 PM - 1 AM 3100 Club/Midway Hotel, 8 PM - 12 AM Ralph Kluseman Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM Crazy Moose Saloon, 8 PM - 11 PM Jabberbox Big Muddy Duo Grape Harbor, 9 PM - 12 AM Ken Wheaton Krazy Kooters, Farley, 9 PM - 1 AM Grape Escape, 9 PM - 12 AM Zero 2 Sixty Stoneheart Murph’s South End Tap, 9 PM - 1 AM White Rose in the Beer Garden Denny’s Lux Club, 9 PM - 1 AM Gooch’s Greenhouse, Kieler, WI, 8 PM -12 AM Cowboy Makeshift Band The Starlings Coe’s Bar, 9 PM - 1 AM Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM Jabberbox The Association Bronco Inn, Bellevue, 9 PM - 1 AM Betty and the Headlights Saturday, May 26 Jake’s Place - Scales Mound, IL, 9 PM - 1 AM Grand Opera House, 7:45 PM Ernie Hendrickson & The Make Believe Jan Reed The Busted Lift, 9 PM -1 AM The Mississippi Band Big Muddy Duo Mississippi Mug, 3 - 5 PM Grand Harbor Patio , 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM Da Vinci’s, 9 PM - 1 AM James Kinds & The All Night Riders Big Muddy Duo Murph’s South End Tap, 9 PM - 1 AM 50 Pound Rooster Julien’s Bluff Gin Rickeys, 9 PM - 1 AM Grape Escape, 8 PM - 12 AM The Thieves Courtside, 9 PM - 1 AM Grape Harbor, 9 PM - 12 AM Johnny Trash Open Mic Night Brian Marceau & Rick Hoffmann Da Vinci’s, 9 PM - 1 AM Blackbloom Doolittle’s, Cuba City, 9 PM - 1 AM Grape Harbor, 7:30 - 11:30 PM The Deep, 9 PM - 1 AM 2-WEST & Traverse Artie & The Pink Catillacs Menace Nate Jenkins Total Chaos, 9 PM - 1 AM Grand Opera House, 7 PM Softtails Saloon, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM Galleria Lounge @ Fountain Park, 7-11 PM Doug and Lisa Frey Nate Jenkins Artie & The Pink Catillacs Saturday, May 19 Grape Harbor, 9 PM - 12 AM Captain Merry, 6 PM - 9 PM 3100 Club/Midway Hotel, 8 PM - 12 AM Maureen Kilgore Horsin’ Around Band Loose Gravel Duet Mississippi Mug, 3 PM - 5 PM Softtails Saloon, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM Grand Harbor, 5:30 - 9:30 PM L.O.C. (Left of Center) The Yardarm, 8 PM - 12 AM

DUBUQUE365.com Saturday, May 26 Thursday, May 31 Friday, June 1

Pearlene Big Muddy Corey Jenny Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM 5:30 - 9:30 PM Red N Deb’s, 9 PM - 1 AM

John Moran Jamie Register & the Glendale The Legends Captain Merry, 6 PM - 9 PM Henry’s Pub, 8 PM - 12 AM Isabella’s, 8 PM - 1 AM Tony Walker Mixed Emotions Outta Control Gin Rickeys, 9 PM - 1 AM Sandy Hook Tavern, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM New Diggings, 9 PM - 1 AM Friday, June 1 Horsin’ Around Band Saturday, June 2 Dirty Ernie’s, 9 PM - 1 AM Julien’s Bluff TJ’s Bent Prop, 2 - 4 PM John Moran Grape Harbor, 9 PM - 12 AM The Legends 3100 Club, Midway Hotel, 8 PM - 12 AM The Rick Tittle Band Pit Stop, 9 PM - 1 AM Mixed Emotions DBQ Driving Range, 8 PM - 12 AM Maureen Kilgore Captain Merry, 6 PM - 9 PM Julien’s Bluff 365 Lunchtime Jam Dog House Lounge, 9 PM - 1 AM Perry Welsh Band Town Clock, 11:30 AM - 1 PM Murph’s South End Tap, 9 PM - 1 AM Artie & The Pink Catillacs LiviN’ Large Softtails, 9 PM - 1 AM Shot to Hell The Yardarm, 8 PM - 12 AM Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM Mr. Obvious Michael Coleman & the Backbreakers Doolittle’s, Lancaster WI, 10 PM - 2 AM Sunday, May 27 Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM Scarlet Runner Mississippi Valerie Voshell Knicker’s Saloon, 9 PM - 1 AM Murph’s South End Tap, 9 PM - 1 AM Mississippi Mug, 1 - 4 PM Tracey Beck Okham’s Razor Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM Tony Walker Perfect Pint, P-Ville, 8 - 11 PM The Yardarm, 3 - 7 PM

Outta Control New Diggings, 3:30 - 7:30 PM

Takin’ the Fifth 8 PM - 1 AM

Flyin’ Hawaiian Knicker’s Saloon, 9 PM - 1 AM

Bad Habits Potter’s Mill, 9 PM - 1 AM

Apple Dumplin’s Sandy Hook Tavern, 10 PM - 2 AM

Big Muddy Duo Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM

The Heavenly States Busted Lift, 8 PM - 12 AM Wednesday, May 30

Open Mic Night w/ Dert Tones Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM

The Wundo Band Pizzeria Uno, 8 PM - 12 AM Thursday, May 31

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

Open Mic Night Grape Harbor, 7:30 - 11:30 PM MOVIES ARE A DISH THAT IS BEST SERVED COLD ... IT IS VERY COLD IN THEATERS 18 MAY 17 - 30

Rotten Tomatoes collects the thoughts of dozens of movie reviewers across the country and averages their scores into a fresh or rotten rating. If a movie gets 60% or higher positive reviews, it is FRESH! THE BUZZ www.rottentomatoes.com - Yet another movie that didn’t need OPENING DURING THIS ISSUE to be made ... Nicolas Cage has been tapped to portray Chicago ganglord Al Shrek the Third (5/18) Buzz: FRESH Capone in The Untouchables: Capone When King Harold falls ill, Shrek the Ogre Rising, a prequel to the 1987 classic. Spider-Man 3 - A Film bySam Raimi (Spider-Man 1 now finds himself looked upon as the heir to The film will revolve around the ear- & 2, For Love of the Game) the land of Far, Far Away. But Shrek doesn’t ly dealings between Capone and Irish cop Jimmy want to leave his swampland home, so he Malone, the role that earned Sean Connery an Os- In the third Spider-Man film, Peter Parker (Tobey Ma- enlists his friends to help him install the rebellious Artie car the first time around. guire) has finally found a balance between his per- as the new king. In the meanwhile, Princess Fiona is ral- sonal life and his secret life as Spider-Man. He and lying her royal girlfriends to fight off an attempted coup - The Incredible Hulk is definitely Mary Jane have gotten closer and though his best by the left-at-the-altar Prince Charming, who has his eye shaping up to be an entirely different friend, Harry Osborn (James Franco), has turned on the kingdom. Mike Myers, Justin Timberlake. animal than the original HULK from against him, his life has settled into a good pattern. Fay Grim (5/18, Ltd.) Buzz: ROTTEN a few years back. Tim Roth has just The general public adores him in spite of the best ef- This sequel to the 1997 independent hit Hen- been cast as the villain in the film, forts of Daily Bugle editor J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Sim- ry Fool finds Fay Grim coerced by a CIA agent Emil Blonsky, who becomes the over- mons) and that adoration eventually goes to Peter’s into finding and procuring notebooks that sized Abomination after exposing himself to an even head and he begins to neglect those closest to him. once belonged to her fugitive ex-husband. higher dosage of the gamma rays that caused Bruce As his focus shifts, he is changed by a mysterious alien The notebooks contain information that could compro- Banner to mutate. Abomination is even larger and entity that falls from the sky in a meteor. It overtakes mise the national security of the United States. Fay Grim’s stronger than the Hulk himself. Peter, changing his Spider-Man suit into a foreboding first stop? Paris.Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, Liam Aken. black version of the patriotic - The Terminator franchise is set to red and blue. As the black goo Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End continue, as the rights have been takes greater control, Peter (5/25) Buzz: FRESH purchased by a private company and becomes a changed man, vir- Picking up directly from the events of the plans are underway for a new trilogy tually unrecognizable. He is second film, At World’s End takes Will Turn- of films, the first of which has already been writ- overshadowed at work by an er, Elizabeth Swann, and shocking new ally ten by the writers of Terminator 3. Terminator 4 has upstart photographer (Topher Captain Barbossa to the Far East, where they been pegged for a summer 2009 release, though no Grace) and, when he discovers must save Captain Jack Sparrow from the mysterious director has been chosen. that the man (Thomas Hayden underworld known as Davey Jones’ Locker ... all while Church) who really shot Uncle Lord Cutler Beckett, in possession of Davey Jones’ heart, - Add another name to the list of con- Ben (Cliff Robertson) is still at prepares to rule the seas and wipe out piracy once and tenders, as Ryan Gosling (The Note- large, his need for vengeance is heightened by the for all. Captain Jack and his crew must call the Pirate book) is the latest young star to have alien force. Can Spider-Man/Peter Parker pull it to- Lords from the four corners of the globe to make their his name swirling about the casting ru- gether before he loses everything? last stand against Beckett and the East India Trading mors for the role of Captain Kirk in the Company. Johnny Depp. upcoming film, Star Trek (no subtitles or numbers). The appeal of this film was the conflicted nature of Bug (5/25) Buzz: ROTTEN Gosling joins Matt Damon and James McAvoy as the main character and the potential emergence of A Gulf War veteran turned drifter winds up potential captains of the Starship Enterprise. Harry Osborn as the New Goblin. Perhaps the most shacking up with a waitress in hiding from disappointing thing about the film was that these two her violent ex-husband in her seedy motel - Super Troopers, the surprise 2001 main plot points and storylines are overshadowed by room. The drifter becomes her protector and comedy hit, is getting a sequel. “We’ve too many other storylines and villains. Sometimes eventually lover, and he begins to share his darker side decided we want to do it,” says Paul less is more and this is one of those cases. The love with her: His belief in UFOs, government conspiracy Soter, one of the creators of the film. story with Mary Jane, the conflict with Harry, the theories, cult suicides ... and the motel’s bug infestation “There more we thought about it, we realization that Uncle Ben’s killer is still at large, the program, which triggers the psychological issues of first said we should do it. They’re great competition at work, etc. create a jumbled mess. the drifter and then seemingly both people. Oddness be- characters and there’s a lot of material left over.” Then throw in the competing genres of comedy, dra- comes madness. Michael Shannon, Ashley Judd. Of course, he hasn’t written a script yet, and Fox ma, action, etc. and the film never seems to find a hasn’t approved anything ... but it’s a start. niche. The funny moments are funny, the action is exhilarating (if not difficult to follow or focus on at NOW PLAYING IN DUBUQUE times) and the drama is dramatic. Is this installment 28 Weeks Later ...... 70% Fresh as good as the other two Spider-Man films? Proba- Blades of Glory ...... 69% Fresh Millennium Cinema bly not for the reasons cited above. The script could Hot Fuzz ...... 89% Fresh 151 Millennium Drive have been tighter and some of the comedic moments Spider-Man 3...... 61% Fresh Platteville, WI could have been less hokey but it is a movie based on 1-877-280-0211 or a comic book. Spider-Man fans will enjoy the film NEXT ...... 30% Rotten 608-348-4296 but probably not as much as they would like. 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Thursday, May 31, Isabella’s filmmakers a little love and get people together to enjoy watching films in a so- Film fans unite! Or at least get together cial environment. Beauty in simplicity. Do you remember Prom? The pas- And what would and have a drink, for the Chicago Short tel dresses with the puffy sleeves, Prom be without Film Brigade will return for another Being the second quarterly installment the contrasting tux with the ruffled dancing? Well, screening, Thursday, May 31, at Isabel- of 2007, the screening will feature an shirt, the awkward moment with the it wouldn’t be la’s. Mark your calendars and set your entirely new program of short films. corsage, the embarrassing photo at Prom, would it? sports watches for 8:30 p.m., a bit later Work by filmmakers from Chicago, Seat- the front door? Who could forget? Providing the than last time, as the Brigade wants to tle, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, How about the after-party where music to fit the give everyone enough time to arrive and California, Australia, and Spain will be your buddy … never mind, we don’t theme will be join the program. But we recommend presented in genres ranging from ani- need to go there. Well, your chance Detroit soul band arriving a bit earlier to get a good seat. mation to documentary, from comedy has come to relive those wonderful Jamie Register to live action drama. Various characters memories, or if you prefer, to replace and the Glen- Other than the start time, the program include a man who cooks corndogs for them with new ones! Isabella’s is dales. Jamie is a talented soul singer will follow a similar format to the last Is- a living, an aging rock star, a layabout hosting the Ryan House Prom, Fri- and bass player and the Glendales … abella’s screening. For those that missed son, a vegetarian dog, a single father, day, June 1, from 8 p.m. to midnight are her band. Of course, no prom is the January screening, this is how it and an inconsolable hippo. What’s it at 1375 Locust Street. complete without a king and queen, goes. First, go to Isabella’s. Order your- all about? Check it out. so choose your outfits (or maybe your self a drink. Engage in friendly conver- With the extremely romantic theme date) accordingly if you think you sation. Find a seat where you can see By the way, if you are a short filmmaker “How Deep Is Your Love,” the Ryan have what it takes to be prom royalty. the screen, or stand if you prefer. Watch in search of greater exposure, submit House Prom promises to be an event the selection of short films (which will your work for consideration; the Film to remember. The Isabella’s Prom While the prom ends at midnight, be completely different from the January Brigade is always looking for new work Committee will be decorating with Isabella’s is hosting the after-party. program). Try not to talk too much dur- by local and international filmmak- the official prom colors, baby blue Unlike your high-school prom af- ing the screening, but it’s okay to laugh ers. You might be part of an upcoming and silver. Utilizing the upstairs Ryan ter-party, you don’t have to go stand at the funny parts. After the screening, screening. For more information, visit House dining rooms, Prom will fea- around in formalwear in a cornfield have another drink and engage in more filmbrigade.com. ture “prom snacks,” “prom punch,” next to a gravel road waiting for a conversation. That’s it! and an opportunity for you and your plastic cup of Milwaukee’s Best. You date to have your portrait taken by a can just order a drink from the bar! I know, it sounds surpris- real photographer (a memento you Now I know some of you are con- ingly relaxed and informal, will undoubtedly cherish for years). cerned about what goes on at these but don’t worry. There are There will also be a fortuneteller who late-night after-parties – heck, high- no hidden agenda’s. There just might be able to predict if you and school kids today are locked down will not be a roundtable your date have a future together. until they’re too tired to do anything discussion or an academic but go straight home – but come debate about any of the on, we’re adults already and rest filmmakers’ methods or assured, there will be chaperones. intentions unless you start What happens in the back seat of one. That’s not the point. your dad’s car on the way home is The Chicago Short Film between you and your date. Brigade started as an all- volunteer non-profit orga- Advance tickets for the Ryan House nization to champion short Prom are on sale now at Isabella’s film as a genre, give short for $10 per person. They will be available at the door as well, but you’d better ask your date now, be- fore somebody else does. For more information call Isabella’s at 563- 585-2049. ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER? NO, BUT I’M STONGER! 20 MAY 17 - 30

to build stronger youth programs for all youth in Dubuque County. A Communi- ty Growth Chart will show us where we are, and where we need to be by 2010.

Did you know that Dubuque County shows a 15-percent greater incidence of total juvenile arrests and juvenile vi- olent crime than average; that youth in our county report spending six or more hours per day without adult supervision; and that 8 percent of our local 6th grad- ers do not believe the adults in our com- munity care about them or would help them when they needed it?

Children are the resources of our com- County-wide community engagement conversations will be held, with a fall munity and its future! Children are our “Every Child, and education process for citizens, sup- community-wide summit where data responsibility, and they are the workforce ported by the Community Foundation from the community conversations will and citizens of tomorrow! We cannot sit Every Promise” of Greater Dubuque and the Mississippi be shared. A strategic plan will then be back and stop working for ways to make by Mayor Roy D. Buol Valley Promise, and for which I have created to identify priorities, with imple- our community an even better place for been invited to serve as a spokesperson. mentation over the next three years. our children. During the State of the City address on March 26, it was my privilege to re- The mission of “Every Child, Every Prom- Similar to the Envision 2010 process Join me on May 23 to learn how we can count the fact that just this past January, ise” is to improve the outcomes for our where over 3,000 citizen ideas were collaborate to raise community aware- Dubuque received national media atten- community’s youth by concentrating its distilled into the top ten priority projects ness about the importance of the Five tion on Good Morning America when focus on fulfillment of the Five Promises: for community focus, “Every Child, Ev- Promises for our children! Promise?! selected as one of the “100 Best Com- Caring Adults; Safe Places; Healthy Start; ery Promise” will bring citizens together munities for Young People” in the na- Effective Education; and Opportunities tion! In the nation! That was a pretty to Help Others. remarkable achievement and a well-de- served accolade to Jane Steele and the A community-wide event for all interest- Mississippi Valley Promise along with ed citizens will kick-off on Wednesday, all our organizations and agencies with May 23, at 7:30 a.m. at the Dubuque their many staff and volunteers who care Greyhound Park & Casino, and will ex- about keeping America’s Promise to plain how citizens can become involved our youth … a promise that our young and work together to focus on the needs people will be given the opportunity to of the children in our community, and become educated, to learn how to make how we can promise to deliver the things good life choices, to realize their goals they need to grow up healthy, safe, and and to contribute to society. ready to thrive in Dubuque! Taking this effort to the next level is “Ev- During the summer months community ery Child, Every Promise,” a Dubuque AS SOON AS THIS ISSUE IS OUT, LIKE 15 NEW THINGS WILL BE ANNOUNCED 21 MAY 17 - 30

non-profit Dubuque Racing Association, the Greater Dubuque Riverboat En- which completed a thorough feasibility tertainment L.C. stepped forward, and study which showed the benefits that this the Diamond Jo Casino, named after facility would bring to the city. A $7.9 Dubuque-area boatbuilder “Diamond” million bond referendum was passed eas- Joe Reynolds, opened its doors on May ily by voters in April 1984, and in June of 18, 1994. The boat at the time held 700 The Development of that same year the DRA was granted the people, and it was replaced in the fall of state’s first-ever license for a racetrack. 1995 with a new 305-foot-long ship that Dubuque Part 3: “If you had to point at one single event, it And on June 1, 1985, the Dubuque Grey- could comfortably hold 1,390 guests. would have to be the opening of the dog hound Park opened its doors. The Diamond Jo became a beacon for What Goes Around, track,” says former City Council member the Port of Dubuque, establishing itself Comes Around Dirk Voetberg, now of Shepherd Incor- “I think the key here is that this whole as a tourist destination and a hallmark porated. “And while it provided a great saga really showed a need to work to- of what was yet to come. The Jo was by Tim Brechlin economic boon to the city in terms of gether,” says former Dubuque Racing purchased by Peninsula Gaming LLC in cash flow, there’s a lot more underneath Association President James Heckmann. 1999, which promptly put $1 million In our past two issues, we’ve taken a look it that was even more meaningful, and “Let’s face it: These were pretty bleak into updating the boat and is now plan- at all the ongoing development through- that translated into a whole lot more to days, but everyone was able to come to- ning the construction of a $55 million, out our city: 5,200 jobs, $254 million come.” gether and for the first time put together 35,000-square-foot casino and entertain- in new construction over the past four a concerted and team effort because of ment complex. And, of course, there’s years ... 21 percent of Iowa’s private It began with the passing of the Pari-mu- the benefits this would ultimately bring. everything else now happening at the sector growth (with only 3 percent of tuel Wagering Act, in 1984, by the Iowa We were looking at a massive tour- Port, from the River Museum’s expansion the population) ... there’s a lot going on State Legislature; this allowed the open- ism increase, increased revenue for the to Wayne Briggs’ “New Main” mixed-use throughout Dubuque County. The Port ing of horse and greyhound race tracks in city and an influx of new jobs. This was development. of Dubuque, the West End, downtown the state. But it didn’t just automatically something that needed to happen.” restorations ... they all speak to a vibrant happen from there. A lot of work had to and rapidly growing community. But take place before Dubuque could even this didn’t happen overnight or without truly think of having a track. reason. All economic development has roots, seeds that were planted long ago “We knew that in order to make this hap- and have taken time to reach fruition. pen, it was going to have to be a concert- ed team effort, and that was something Turn the clock back to 1982: The Mid- that Dubuque had had a bit of difficulty west farm crisis of the 1980s was in full doing at the time,” Voetberg says. “We swing, with farmland values dropping by knew this was important, the City knew as much as 60 percent. And Dubuque, this was important, the county knew this having its economic feet in agriculture, was important and obviously the state was feeling it, with John Deere seeing knew it was important ... the trick was to a significant reduction in its workforce, actually execute on it.” and the Dubuque Pack shut its doors. At one point, Dubuque County had a 23 And so they went to work. People like Ar- percent unemployment rate, which was nie Honkamp, City Manager Ken Gear- the highest in the nation. These were hart, Economic Development Director the days that the now-infamous bill- Jim Burke, Mayor Jim Brady and Dave And when it happened, it was a smash. “We never really had a plan for the Ice board went up: “Would The Last Person Clemens began meeting regularly (“It Both Heckmann and Voetberg recall that Harbor and the development,” says To Leave Dubuque Please Turn Out The was almost entirely breakfast meetings,” upon the opening of the park, it was Heckmann. “We knew we had to do Lights?” Obviously, that never came to Voetberg recalls), and finally, there was a “packed,” and the track certainly was a something with it; at the time, all that pass. Obviously, we’ve turned around. coalition of leaders all solidly backing the smashing success, paying off all its debt was there was the Portside Building and But how did it happen? by 1991, 14 years ahead of schedule. the boat. It was really a largely hidden And Dubuque began a visioning process, untapped asset, but none of the current its first since the 1930s, which eventually development going on out there was became Vision 2000. planned. It’s been a marvelous surprise.”

From the success of the dog track, the But what developed out of this was a sin- city then turned its eye towards the Ice gular mission. Harbor. The Harbor had been dormant for many, many years, but in 1989, the “The council was facing some deal of state legislature passed a new bill that resistance from farmers and from busi- permitted for riverboat gambling in ad- nessmen who were in the harbor area dition to racetracks. In 1990, the DRA already, who had plots of land down once again was a pioneer in the state by there,” recalls Voetberg. “But our reac- receiving the first license for a riverboat tion was, essentially, ‘You guys have had in the state (in partnership with Robert all this time and nothing’s happening & Ruth Kehl). The Casino Belle was the down here.’” The City then instituted a name of this operation, which began in zoning overlay in the Port area, varying 1991 and closed its doors in 1993 fol- regulations to make it more favorable for lowing a change of ownership. (The boat new business development, and also be- was eventually moved down south for a gan more stringent inspections with re- Missouri gaming establishment.) gards to things like fire code compliance, all in a push to revitalize the Port. It was then that Joseph P. Zwack and Continued on page 31. THAT”S STILL A BIG HONKIN’ GRILL 22

MAY 17 - 30 the thing. In return, the Fine Arts Society Johnsonville Big Taste Grill: receives a portion of the proceeds of ev- The World’s Largest Grill Visits DubuqueFest ery brat sold. Okay, if you read through the rest of the DubuqueAmericanFest foursquare owned 07 by Bob and “People who see the Big Taste Grill for DubuqueFest features to find out more Cindy Steinhauser. the first time are awestruck because of about the world’s largest grill, we applaud its enormity and uniqueness,” said John- Tickets for the tour are $10 and may be you. Maybe more importantly, we under- sonville’s Cory Bouck. “We think it’s a purchased at any home during tour hours stand you. If you just skipped ahead to this fun and memorable way for people to try or in advance by calling 563-663-0621 part, we still understand you. It’s okay. the great taste of Johnsonville bratwurst or emailing architect@captainmerry. Yes, Johnsonville is bringing the Big Taste while supporting their favorite charities.” com. Courtesy van transportation be- Grill to DubuqueFest, and it is the world’s tween houses on the tour is included largest touring grill. You’ve got to see this If you would like to support Fine Arts in the ticket price. Free parking for the thing to believe it – an entire semi truck Society, you could sign up to work a event will be available at the Langworthy with a 65-foot grill for a trailer with the shift on the grill (did we mention it is Dental Group, at 989 Langworthy (be- dedicated purpose of grilling bratwurst. the BIGGEST IN THE WORLD?). Email tween Hill and James Streets). How cool is that? And how many brats Mike at 365 ([email protected]) can this thing handle, you ask? Only for details. Or you could just stop down Dubuque Area Writers Guild about 750 at one time with a top grill- at DubuqueFest and buy a couple of Anthology Release and Reading ing speed of about 2,500 bph (brats per brats and maybe a cold beer from the Friday, May 18, Dubuque Museum of Art hour). Powered by liquid propane the Dubuque Jaycees. Could supporting the grill can generate up to 440,000 BTUs of arts get any better? Each year in conjunction with Dubuque- sausage-searing heat. A pneumatic sys- Fest, the Dubuque Area Writers Guild For more info on particular aspects Continued from page 9 tem raises and lowers the giant lid that compiles and publishes Gallery, an an- runs the length of the grill (the “handle” of DubuqueFest follow the link from In addition to the Henkelses’ 1879 Itali- nual anthology of po- alone is eight feet long). It has hot and the front page of Dubuque365.com to anate at 890 West Third Street, this year’s etry by local writers. cold running water, a prep station DubuqueFest.com. DubuqueFest 2007 tour includes the Tanner house at 1011 To celebrate the release and its own refrigeration unit. Along is sponsored by the Dubuque Racing Melrose Terrace, a 1920 craftsman-style of the book, the Writers the side of the grill is a catwalk for Association, Mediacom, Dubuque Bank foursquare now owned by Duane and Guild will host a release the staff and volunteer “grillmasters.” and Trust, Prudential Financial, Grand Tanya Drish; the Lott house at 265 Al- reception and reading Harbor, Hartig Family, 365ink, KWWL, pine Street, a turn-of-the-century Queen during the festival at the Grillmasters, in case you were won- Holiday Inn, Flexsteel, CD’s 4 Change, Anne owned by David and Julie Lott; Dubuque Museum of Art. dering, are volunteer brat wranglers Reality Check, and Hy-Vee. the Solon Langworthy house at 264 Al- This year’s reading, sponsored by Julien’s under the direction of the pine Street, built somewhere between Journal, is scheduled for Friday, May 18, Johnsonville crew. Johnson- 1848 and 1856 with a later addition in at 7 p.m. Entertainment for the recep- ville takes this mammoth 1870, now owned by Jeremy and Keisha tion will be provided by jazz trumpeter grill on tour to promote their Wainwright; the Edwards house at 390 Jim Sherry and the reading will be hosted brats, but the best part is that Hill Street, a 1906 Queen Anne Victorian by Writers Guild coordinator Paula Neu- they partner with local non- once owned by Albert and Ella Hartig, haus. The poetry reading and reception profit organizations (in this the founding family of the Hartig Drug is open to the public. Both the Writers case, DubuqueFest spon- Store chain and now owned by Jim and Guild and DubuqueFest are affiliates of sors the Dubuque County Jo Ann Edwards; and finally, the Stein- the Dubuque County Fine Arts Society. Fine Arts Society) who pro- hauser house at 450 Alpine, a 1901 vide the volunteers to work

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the King, you will surely die.” To which The Choice is Yours Braveheart responds, “Every man dies, not every man really lives.” Everyone Although most people would have nev- dies, but not everyone really lives. The er guessed, for some time, I was in a rut. choice is yours. I was always stuck on the edge of re- ally living. The great things in life were No matter where you are in life, there just waiting around the corner. Real life will always be someone who is more was always about to begin. Regrettably, successful than you and has chosen there were always obstacles in my way, to miserable. You will also always be unfinished business and challenges to able to find someone who has less than get through first. I’d catch myself think- you but has chosen to enjoy life. Real ing life will be better next month or next life doesn’t begin next month, next year. If I could only year or when you get get in better shape, your act together. It finish my degree, get begins when you de- a different job and cide. Every morning, make more money. when you wake up, Then look out world. you have choices; I finally figured out you can choose to that those obstacles be in a good mood, and challenges in my or you can choose life were my life. This to be in a bad mood. easy but not simple Each time something change in thinking bad happens, you makes all the differ- can choose to be a ence. You can’t just victim, or you can sit around waiting for choose to learn from life to begin. If you it. Every time some- want things to change one complains, you for you, you must change. The choice can choose to accept their complain- is yours. ing, or you can find the positive. The choice is yours. Every time I talk about choice, I remi- nisce about the movie Braveheart. It’s Those obstacles and challenges in the story of William Wallace in his val- your life are your life. If you want iant struggle to free Scotland from the things to change for you, you must oppressive King Edward I of England. change. If you don’t make a choice, It’s a story filled with treachery, injus- someone will make it for you. Think tice, betrayal and courage. At the pin- the thoughts, have the emotions, and nacle of the movie, Braveheart gives feel the feelings you deserve now. Life us insight about choice. The princess is not too short, it’s just that most of us of Wales was pleading for his life and wait too long to start living. There is begging Wallace to swear allegiance to no better time to start living than now. the King, thereby avoiding a slow and There is only one guarantee. We will very painful death. She says to Wal- all die...but will you really live? The lace, “If you do not swear allegiance to choice is yours.

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Blake Shelton TRIXIE SUGESTED I TRY TO FLY. WHAT’S SHE GETTIN’ AT? 25 MAY 17 - 30

Dear Trixie; What is it about these women driving gi- ant Yukon SUVs and not even using their side mirrors? I have been cut off and nearly rammed four times this week! ARIES A creative drug cocktail of miscellaneous nasal decon- I never noticed before that women were so macho. Is gestants and cough suppressants causes you to start seeing there something about females driving a massive vehicle strange things and hear odd voices. Needless to say, you have that makes them instantly aggressive? the most prolific creative streak in the history of your career. -- A Concerned Citizen TAURUS Just because your significant other is out of town for Dear Concerned Citizen: the weekend is no excuse to belly up to the bar at 2 in the af- Yes. Did you know those SUVs are actually powered by ternoon and strap yourself in until closing time. Your significant menopausal estrogen surges? The anger comes from being other’s constant nagging about needing to clean the garage, forced as wives to drive “feminine” vehicles like little Volvo however? Perfect excuse. wagons and family oriented mini-vans. They should just GEMINI Start thinking of the inventions of the future, so that buy handguns and keep them in their Fendi bags and then you can invent them before anyone else does it. For example: it won’t matter what car they drive. Everyone seems to think that we’ll have rocket-powered objects everywhere. But instead of a rocket-propelled hobo ... what Dear Trixie: about a hobo-propelled rocket? I love girls. All girls. Old, young, fat, skinny -- makes no dif- ference to me. Every time I drive through the grocery store CANCER Pay close attention to the supply of hot sauce in your parking lot I get the best feeling looking at all the chicks. I house. Because a life without hot sauce is much like a life with- especially enjoy imagining the older gals naked at the stove out air: It’s just not possible. frying me up a steak. I’ve been out on a few dates but I can LEO Be prepared for your home life to present you with an un- never get anyone to see me a second time. Is there some- comfortable decision in the coming days. Perhaps you will be thing wrong with me? asked to do the dishes every day. Perhaps you will be asked to -- Edmund K. stop going commando. Perhaps you will be asked to stop watch- ing World Wrestling Entertainment. Where do you draw the line? Dear Edmund K: Yes. It’s too bad my friend Pamela killed herself. You’d be VIRGO The world will smack you down soon with a strange, perfect for her. Why not buy a starving Third World mail- inexplicable infection of your head, sinuses and lungs. The cure order bride? I hear they’ll put up with just about anything. is not, however, to take medication, drink orange juice and rest. The cure is to find the nearest 40 of Bud Light, chug it, wash, Dear Trixie: rinse and repeat ... until you rest. I was at a fine restaurant the other night and there was an elderly couple seated nearby. The man kept hacking and LIBRA You’re going to need a very, very good excuse to avoid coughing and the woman had no dentures. She methodi- going to the Budweiser True Music Kickoff to Summer on May cally gummed her way through the first course and much 25. In fact, there’s no excuse good enough. If you’re six feet un- of her dinner ended up on her chin and blouse. They also der, you don’t stay there. You pull a Lazarus, dig yourself out of smelled very bad-- like sewage. Finally they hobbled out the ground and get yourself over to the Town Clock. You got it? on their walkers but not before they had totally ruined our SCORPIO Make sure you conceal your inner nerd from the dining experience. My husband thinks I’m making too big woman you met at the bars last weekend. Your orchestral and a deal out of this but I just think someone should tell these Richard Cheese music collection -- OK. The autographed pho- people that they are disgusting and should stay at home. to of Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock -- not OK. The six-foot-tall -- Margaret From Barrington Lakes inflatable stand-up of Princess Leia -- oh, no.

Dear Margaret: SAGITTARIUS Gas prices are higher than Keith Richards snort- They know they’re disgusting. And they have earned the ing his dad. Hey, it’s 2007: Where are the flying cars, huh? Con- right to be old and stinky wherever they want to be old and sider strapping hundreds upon hundreds of bottle rockets to the stinky. You’re supposed to respect your elders, Margaret. I smallest car you can find. You’ll either be flying, or you’ll blow personally can’t wait to be in diapers at 80 and be seat- up a city block. Either way ... that’s awesome. ed next to someone like you. I’ll thoroughly enjoy saying CAPRICORN A new Rush album is out. You’ve bought it, right? loudly, “I’m peeing in my pants right now and there’s not a And if you haven’t bought it, why haven’t you? Don’t you know damn thing you can do about it.” that through Rush lies the path to eternal musical utopia? And don’t say Geddy Lee’s singing annoys you. You probably listen Dear Trixie: to Eminem. My left rear molar has suddenly started aching and now there is an infection at the gum line. My health insurance AQUARIUS Live a little. Take a few risks. Step into your dis- doesn’t cover any dental problems. What can I do? Is there comfort zone. Go on...it’s OK. That sunlight shining through any home remedy that you know of? your window? That feeling of being a brand-new man? “That’s -- Owww called taking a shower.”

Dear Owww: PISCES Your cat is talking to you telepathically. He’s very First off, you’ll need to immediately clean the area with al- cranky about your choice of food for him. Kitty Chow? Nega- cohol. I recommend Stolichnaya. Rinse, swallow and re- tive. Take the time to listen to your feline’s words. He’ll ap- peat until you are unaware of having teeth. preciate it when you get him the food he’s been craving all his life. Give him enchiladas. MY HIDDEN TREASURE HAS BEEN IN MY FRIDGE FOR ELEVEN YEARS 26 MAY 17 - 30

Treasures personality I cherished. Furthermore, should she decide to become a ‘neat Friendships: Based on what we give freak’ like myself I would be forced and not what we get, they are an to find a new untidy friend because important and essential cornerstone of frankly, organization is overrated. our foundation, the collection of which becomes one of life’s greatest riches. Admittedly this is an ‘opposites Motivated by love these relationships attract’ relationship, but after fourteen stay alive and grow stronger out of years of friendship, it still works. I unconditional acceptance for the adore her for exactly who she is other. Friends become the family we and she accepts me in all of my choose for ourselves. organizational glory. I’ve adapted to her chaotic approach and after Beyond socializing, friends are a visiting her home many times I now network of support, here to cheer know that locating a hairbrush in her us on when we no longer believe house doesn’t necessarily mean you we can accomplish our goal, and should start looking in the bathroom. cheer us up when we’re down, but A kitchen drawer can also be home more importantly they believe in us to a hair brush. I love watching her when we may no longer believe in run her household with this kind of ourselves. They share in our victories controlled chaos; it’s an approach or justly advise if we are living below I find oddly comforting. I’ve also our potential. They hold our hand learned it’s OK if all the soup labels in our darkest moments and love us do not face forward in the pantry. even though they know our deepest flaws. They remain when others have Having great friends is one thing; the deserted. Yes, friends are a great gift. art of keeping great friends is another. However when our goal becomes One of my cherished friends recently being a friend, unconditionally giving sent an e-mail soliciting organizational of our kindness without expecting a advice; she stated that resumes could return favor, trust is born. Lovingly be forwarded to her attention, for accepting the other’s flaws and the position of ‘let’s organize Liz.’ trusting that they will do the same for They pay was crummy, but loads of us, friends understand. Friends bring experience was promised. As an out the best in us and friends let us be. organizational aficionado I quickly Here’s to all my fabulous friends! replied to her request.

Days later I answered her phone call and received the reaction I expected. She thanked me, for yes, indeed, I was a true friend because I not only rejected her proclamation to become a diva of tidiness, but I suggested that her inability to become organized and stay that way was a facet of her THE HOT ZONE WAS THE SCARIEST BOOK I’VE EVER READ 27 MAY 17 - 30

woods, is the most difficult because as they get older, they tend to get hollow in the middle, so counting the tree rings 365 Book Reviews is, inherently, a waste of time. There are, Up The Tree Without A Paddle Sitka Spruce, and they have other smaller impossible to see the tops, so it is exceed- however, ways of arriving at fairly accu- by Robert P. Gelms trees, bushes, moss, even ground-dwell- ingly difficult to find the tallest ones. You rate age approximations, and the oldest ing plants growing in them hundreds of could be standing right next to the tallest trees are calculated at thousands, not Richard Preston’s new book The Wild Trees feet in the air. Where the configuration of tree on Earth and never know it. hundreds, of years old. It is possible to could be an episode of Star Trek if the fu- branches is ideal there is even ground soil hug a tree that started its living journey, ture were now. It’s rather bewildering to that has accumulated from the blowing uninterrupted, from before Jesus was find out that it wasn’t until the 1980s that wind. It has taken hundreds of years to born, right here in the United States. the micro-world living in the canopies of build up. Birds depositing seeds resulted very tall trees was explored. There were in flowers growing high in the sky. For a But wait…there’s more! YOU can climb discoveries left and right, or rather up and small group of botanists and amateur nat- one of them, or at least a very, very tall down. No one had bothered to look there uralists, it was very much like a vertical tree. There are a few schools in North but when a few intrepid explorers did, Disney World, filled with gut-wrenching America that will teach you the techniques what they found was wondrous. excitement, compelling beauty, and al- to spend time in these titans. It seems most completely unexplored. climbing these trees is in some ways very The explosion of life in the high forest similar to rock climbing, with the notable canopy was startling. It included birds, But wait, there’s more! These trees, giant exception being that in rock climbing you of course, but also frogs, salamanders, Redwoods and Sitka Spruce, are the tall- are primarily concerned with moving ver- spiders and a host of other animals that est plants in the world and their anatomy tically. In climbing trees, in addition to really shouldn’t be there but there they is amazingly complex. They act like little the vertical movement, you are also con- were nonetheless, including a multitude cities, directing nutrients, heating, cool- cerned with moving horizontally. of animals and plants heretofore un- ing, protective defenses against preda- known to science. tors, and they even have a way of pruning Richard Preston’s The Wild Trees is an themselves to get rid of the dead wood. amazing book that will capture your Unbelievably enough there was a second imagination and probably, like me, send forest living and propagating in the cano- The tallest trees on Earth are right here you back to your childhood when climb- pies of very tall trees. The tall trees in ques- in the USA, mostly along the northern ing that gargantuan maple tree in front of tion, by the way, are Giant Redwoods and California coast. The really gigantic trees We are talking about trees that are 350 the house was a weekly occurrence (OK, have been given names, and in a lot of to 375 feet tall and 30 to 40 feet in di- it was only 30 feet tall, but I was only 4 cases their exact locations are a well- ameter. Most of the tallest trees have feet tall at the time). THE 365 DOUBLE guarded secret to protect them from been spotted by climbing to the top of curiosity seekers and initial carvers. a nearby ridge so that you are looking NEXT TIME: David Baldacci’s latest ad- SHOT OF SUDOKU down on the grove. You look for the tall- venture involving Sean King and Mi- The trees themselves, however, do a est crowns. Then, you use a type of trian- chelle Maxwell called Simple Genius. splendid job of protecting themselves. gulation along with a GPS device to find You have heard of the saying, ‘Can’t the tree from the ground. DOWN THE ROAD: What can only be see the forest through the trees?’ Well, described as a terrifying biography of a the tallest trees tend to grow in groves But wait…there’s more! These trees are real-life Darth Vader…Andrew Cock- all clumped together. When you are also the oldest living organisms on the burn’s Rumsfeld, His Rise, Fall, And Cata- standing on the ground it is virtually planet. Dating the oldest trees, Red- strophic Legacy.

365 INSTANT GRATIFICATION CROSSWORD You have spoken and we heard you. Here you go...bigger sudokus! Here you spoken and we heard you. have You NICK, YOU’VE DONE A HELL OF A JOB. THANKS! ENJOY BELGIUM! 28 MAY 17 - 30 Stranger In a Strange Land A 365ink series by Nick Klenske

It’s graduation time again. But for once, I’ll let you in on a little secret: You don’t your world and see what you find. You I am not graduating. However, I am really need to read, the card because I’m will be surprised that foreign people are moving, which is kind of like graduating. going to tell you what it should say: far more like you than television wants And if I were to give a commencement you to believe. speech at my fictitious graduation, and ‘Some of you will go on and do great you, reader, were my fictitious audience, things. Others will go on and do bad Don’t be racist. And if you ever hear I would tell you this: things. And most of you will simply go someone proclaim, “I’m not racist, on without doing very much of anything but…,” run like hell, for they are the “Today means nothing more than yesterday. at all. Good luck.’ most dangerous kind. In fact, today would be just like any other day if it weren’t for all the mysterious That being said, no matter how you end If you graduate from college with an envelopes people are going to give you. up going on, may your path always be in entirely worthless degree like English, On the outside of these envelopes, you pursuit of finding The High Life. To help political science or philosophy, and will find your name. On the inside of these you discover this mythical utopia, let me you’re looking for something to do, be a envelopes, you will find a card. Inside of provide you with some advice to guide you teacher. But if you become a teacher and this card, you will find some money, usually along the way. I suggest you commit them find that although the ideals are worthy, in the form of a check or cash. Depending to memory under the heading, ‘Nick’s 15 the pay is crap, go to law school. And on the age of the person who gave you the Commandments to Living the High Life.’ if you become a lawyer and realize that card, the check or cash may or may not be although the money is good, the ideals For you skeptics who still insist on very much. Nonetheless, there is more to Behold: are crap, become a teacher. If you have reading between the lines, I will save this folded piece of cardboard than being When life hands you lemons, make already tried that, then simply go and be you the time by telling you the only thing a place to hold money. Written inside, lemonade. Then spike it with vodka so what you wanted to be in the first place. there, which is this: “Jesus is proof that there’s probably some cute saying about it doesn’t taste as sour. abstinence isn’t 100% safe.”* this being ‘The greatest day of your life’ or Don’t be stupid. But if you insist on ‘Congratulations’ and ‘The future is yours.’ Travel. Leave. In fact, go away. Explore being stupid, for the love of God, stay That being the case. Make love. Have out of politics! fun. And enjoy the ride. The alternative is boredom, and in the endless pursuit There’s more to life than your job. Work of The High Life you must never become is what you do to be able to live. If it bored with life.” ever goes the other way around, then really, what is the point? Good luck, thanks for reading, and keep in touch ([email protected]). Live life on your own terms. After all, it is yours. -Nick

Make sure your terms do not interfere *Example of an inappropriate time to with mine because we’re a bit tight on smile. space.

What ever you do, don’t fart in a spacesuit.

When you are young, listen to the old for they will teach you the lessons of life. When you are old, watch the young for they will show you the lessons left to learn.

Don’t settle for being content. A content life is a stagnant life and stagnant is just a fancy word for what happens when you are dead.

Smile at inappropriate times. Others may think you are crazy, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Regardless of your religion, stop trying to read between the lines. They all say the same thing, which is this: “Love.” So please, Stop the Madness! EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2 0 0 7 WHAT ABOUT LUNCHTIME JAM: THE HOME EDITION? 29 MAY 17 - 30

The Jam season got off to a roaring start with a huge crowd on May 11, and every Friday 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. until the beginning of September, weather permitting, you’ll have your chance to catch some great live music underneath “The menu is almost exactly the same.” the Town Clock, and also to chow down Athenian Grill Returns! From appetizers like spanakopita to ty- on some great food at the same time. It’s true! We’ve been there. We’ve ropita, to favorites like the classic gyros, kabobs, and salads, the menu is intact. eaten gyros. The Athenian Grill has in- Lunchtime Jams would not be possible Some might be surprised to learn that deed returned. Considering Dubuque without the generous support once Athenian Grill also makes pizza, but did not have a restaurant dedicated to again of Cottingham & Butler Insurance of course with a Greek twist. Featur- Greek food until Jimmy and Debbie and Financial Services. And, of course, some traditional American-style food ing a New York-style crust, the pizza of- Matheos opened the Athenian Grill in Carlos O’Kelly’s has been our partner options to complement the Mexican ferings include a variety of Greek-style October of 1999, you would think it from the very start six years ago. By menu that you all know and love. toppings like gyros meat, feta, kalamata has been much longer than 10 months your suggestion, new for this season of olives and tzatziki sauce. that the restaurant has been closed Lunchtime Jams will be an expansion 365 Lunchtime Jams are totally free the way fans have been pining for its of Carlos O’Kelly’s food offerings, with and open to the public, so if you work return. “We could not go out without downtown, or just have the afternoon people asking us about the restaurant free, there’s no reason for you to miss and when we might reopen,” said Deb- out on these summer concerts. bie. “That was nice to hear.” Upcoming Dates... The restaurant was closed after a July 6, May 18 (DubuqueFest) 2006, fire, which started at 3 a.m. in the Chad Witthoeft garbage and spread from the floor through May 25 - Big Muddy the attic, destroying the back third of the June 1 - Maureen Kilgore building. The rebuild, which took longer than expected, included replacing the Also returning is the fact that anything June 8 - Ralph Kluseman kitchen floor. “It was worse than opening the Athenian Grill makes can be deliv- the first time,” said Debbie. ered – not just the pizza. Delivery is available from 4:30 to 9 p.m. daily. If and the Dubuque Regional Humane So- Turning the tragedy into an opportunity you are looking for a corporate lunch ciety will be serving brats, burgers, hot to update the decor, the Matheoses or picnic, they can do that too. dogs, chips, soda, water and “adult” tiled the wall between the counter and beverages. (You know what we mean.) the kitchen with rustic stone. Jimmy’s Look for the Athenian Grill gyro stand LT Amusements will be providing free photos of Greece that formerly deco- at many of the festivals this summer, entertainment for kids with face paint- rated the walls were scanned and rec- or stop in to the reopened restaurant ing and a bounce house. (Where I came reated as part of two large photomon- at 1091 University Avenue. They’re from, we always called those things tages that decorate one wall. The other open seven days a week from 11 a.m. “moon jumps.”) And finally, raffle tickets wall features large menu banners. to 9 p.m. For more information, call You like singing and dancing, right? Or, will be on sale throughout the evening 563-556-9046 or visit their Web site at the very least, you like kicking back to for one of three dining packages, each of Fans of the restaurant will be happy to at www.gogreektoday.com where you enjoy some live music, right? (And if you which is over $300 at participating area learn their favorites are still on the menu. can sign up to get email coupons you answered ‘no’ to that, have your head restaurants. How can you skip this? “Nothing’s changed,” declares Jimmy. can use at the restaurant. Opa! examined.) Here’s a great op- portunity for you: Galena’s Music On Main 2007, set for Saturday, May 19, from 5 - 10 p.m. in Galena’s Green Street Plaza at Commerce & Green Streets.

This is an annual event pro- duced by the Galena Area Chamber of Commerce. It’ll start with the folk, country and bluegrass stylings of The Wundo Band, frequently seen performing at the Pizzeria Uno Annex up Admission to Music on Main is $5 for in Platteville. They’ll begin at 5 p.m., and adults 21 and over, $3 for teens and free they’ll be followed at 7:30 p.m. by Out- for kids 12 and under. Raffle tickets are $1 ta’ Control, which will regale the crowd each, or 6 for $5, and winners need not be with its mix of ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s rock. present to win. For more information, con- To make things even better, the chamber tact the chamber office at 815-777-9050. A DUCK WALKS INTO A BAR WITH A THREE-FOOT SALAMI UNDER ONE ARM... 30 MAY 17 - 30

Richie Holliday Mike Merryfield Wednesday, May 23, 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, 9 p.m. Live on Main Comedy @ Bricktown Live on Main Comedy @ Bricktown Richie Holliday is a standup comedi- The last few years have been busy an, writer, actor, and host, and once ones for Mike; he was the host of worked in a mall food court. He has “Playboy’s Miss Reunion Bash Beau- performed at clubs and colleges all ty Pageant.” Mike also performed at over the country and is a House Fave “Harley Davidson’s 100th Anniver- at Bricktown. He’s seen the work of sary Reunion.” He also appeared Dave Chappelle, Dane Cook, Dave at Summerfest. Over the years he Attell, Sarah Silverman, and more. has hosted three comedy morning shows. Mike added “entertaining the troops” to the list of things he has accomplished. He Dan Chopin and Bryan Cork toured Asia performing in Korea, Japan and Guam. Wednesday, May 23, 8 p.m. @ 3100 Club at the Midway Hotel Mike Veneman Comedian Dan Chopin delivers a and Chris Hegedus fast-paced mix of spot-on Stand-up Wednesday, June 6, 8 p.m. routines, clever one-liners and origi- @ 3100 Club at the Midway Hotel nal comedy songs that are as timely Mike Veneman is recommended by and relevant as they are pointless and many of the leading agents, book- silly. Dan Will make you laugh with ers, and club owners. He is a 21 his infectious sense of humor and year comedy veteran who has head- his hysterical rants about the world lined at every major comedy club in around us. Free admission the week the United States, as well as Canada of your birthday! Bring the posse and and the Caribbean. He has also per- party with the 3100 Club! formed at over 200 colleges as well as hundreds of corporate functions Kevin Williams for such companies as Gateway Wednesday, May 30, 9 p.m. 2000, General Motors, The NFL, and Live on Main Comedy @ Bricktown Frito Lay. Mike can be counted on to bring a high-energy, Kevin Williams’ comedy is smart, in- intelligent, clean, and FUNNY show to your night out. ventive and perfectly paced. All of his material is presented with his own LIVE COMEDY LISTINGS BY PHONE slant, from topics unseen to those tread upon, but rediscovered anew. From brutal personal experiences to light-hearted whimsical farce, Kev- 588-4365 in’s comedy is a true dichotomy. As soon as he hits the stage, Kevin cap- tures an audience and allows them to laugh as they view the world from his own perverse perspective.

Chrissy Burns and Fred Potter Wednesday, May 30, 8 p.m. 3100 Club at the Midway Hotel Looking at the world of comedy as The Dubuque Jaycees Power Lunch series one big buffet, this full - figured gal is back for 2007. Each month they gather helps herself to an oversized portion to hear from featured speakers with unique of laughter. Audiences delight in get- insights into business, personal growth or ting to know Chrissy as she regales our community at large. The next Power them with true-life stories of diet- Lunch will be on Thursday, June 21. The ing, dating and life on the road. A cost is $10 to attend and lunch will be sexy, rubenesque woman, Chrissy provided. This is open to the public. That Burns believes in using her comedy means YOU! This exciting program is de- to break stereotypes. As a three-time signed to better connect young profes- cancer survivor, Chrissy brings to the sionals to opportunities in our community. stage a heartfelt message about the 365 proudly supports the Power Luncheon healing power of laughter. Come early for Budweiser drink program. Find out about upcoming Power specials and stay after the show for more specials and a Lunches, including speaker schedules, at night full of fun downstairs in The DEEP! www.dubuquejaycees.org. WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE YOU, DUBUQUE; PRAISE YOU LIKE WE SHOULD 31 MAY 17 - 30

PUZZLE ANSWERS from page 27 Sudoku Answers Puzzle 1 Puzzle 2

Continued from page 21. needed a lot of faith that everything This mission, this common drive to would happen ... people needed to pull Dubuque from its bootstraps out turn away from the short-term returns of the hole, was also exemplified in at look at the much bigger picture, the expansion of Highway 20 to four and have the faith that that big picture lanes. With any kind of road construc- would pan out, and they did so.” tion project, you’re obviously going to have some heavy machinery and some 365 Instant Gratification loud noises that come from that ma- That’s what the roots of our economic Crossword Answers From page 27 chinery, right? rebirth have been: Not gaming, not tourism, not tax revenues ... but soli- “There’s an ordinance on the books darity and faith. somewhere that specifies that you can’t be creating loud noises before a cer- “We weren’t waiting for an angel, we tain time of the morning in residential weren’t resting on our laurels,” says areas, 7 a.m. or something like that,” Heckmann. “All of this was created by says Heckmann. “But there were some the community itself. That makes us residents surrounding Highway 20 who unique in the state, it certainly makes were complaining that the workers us unique in the Midwest, and I think were going at 5:30 or 6 in the morn- it makes us unique in the country. We ing, and they took it to the council.” could have easily become a ghost The council, however, turned down town, but we didn’t. We chose not the requests, citing the urgent need to.” for completion of Highway 20. “It was easily the biggest mis-read of the coun- “We’ve come a long way from those cil I ever had,” laughs Heckmann, who ‘Would the last person to leave expected the vote to go the other way. Dubuque’ billboard days, they’re in the past,” Greater Dubuque Develop- ment Corporation Executive Director Rick Dickinson said to 365ink in a recent interview. “But it’s important to look back occasionally and see where THE ANSWERS we used to be.” QUESTIONS ON PAGE 5

It’s a concept that is not lost on Heck- 1. Daltry was impressive in The Who’s hey- mann. “It’s easy to pull together when day, but c’mon: Mike Ironside for the win. you’re desperate,” he says. “But once you taste that success, once you get 2. A; Adkins and Shelton came to town. See back on your feet, the challenge is the pictures on 365! maintaining that organizational matu- “The mayor of Waterloo asked me rity. And the city of Dubuque has done 3. A; Summer’s Last Blast was the first-ever once, ‘How are you guys doing all of a very, very good job of showcasing event staged by Music & More Promotions. this?’ at a conference just after Nord- that maturity.” strom and CIGNA moved out here,” 4. D; Ganesha is the Hindu lord of begin- says Voetberg. “It was simple: We sim- Voetberg has an interesting idea along nings. ply said that we had gotten everybody those lines. “I think the Book of Job to work together; groups that might not got it backwards,” he says, and my in- 5. UW-P’s Heartland Festival is now in its normally be in agreement at the bar- terest is piqued. “Job kept his faith all 7th year. Congratulations! gaining table were at this point seeing through the darkest times and never the need for cooperation to engender cursed God. And at the end he was 6. None of the above; All of those games growth. He shook his head and said, rewarded. But wouldn’t it be so much are at the Jo! ‘We could never do that.’” more interesting if he were made the richest and most powerful man in the 7. A C; Sears and Younkers occupy the space Says Heckmann, “We really became world, and then seeing if he still held in the mall that was formerly Roshek’s. the model and the envy of the state of onto his faith?” Iowa, and that’s because the entire city 8. A & B; That lucky dog was privileged to understood and continues to under- Well, we can safely say that we’ve open for both Men At Work and Young MC stand that you need patience.” held onto that faith, and it’s paid off (Bust a Move!) & Rob Base. in hundreds of millions of dollars in Voetberg agrees. “Anybody and every- new construction, hundreds of new 9. C; “Yankovick.” Not “Yankovich.” Be body bought into these projects, but jobs, and a simply stupendous rate of educated, now. just because people believed in it, that growth throughout the city. Dubuque, didn’t mean that everything was go- you’ve come a long, long way, baby … 10. D; Mrs. Dalloway. Go see it at the Carn- ing to go as planned,” he recalls. “We through the hard times, and the good. egie-Stout Library!