Santa Bruce Geron Photographed at the Hotel Julien by Jeff Mcmullen of Jmstudios the 365 Inkwell

Santa Bruce Geron photographed at the Hotel Julien by Jeff McMullen of JMstudios the 365 inkwell

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Where’s Wando We’ve hidden Wando somewhere in this issue of 365ink. Can you find him?

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Just in time for Christmas, we’ve put lights display, Reflections in the Park. together a fun little website that will help We will even be loading all of the park’s you enjoy the festive lights of the holiday displays into the voting system, so season a little easier and, hopefully, companies who sponsor displays can go give some support to a couple of great online and vote for their display. charitable organizations in Dubuque. The site may or may not be ready when Based on the sheer size and lavish details this issue hits the street, but it’s very close, that so many Dubuquers put into their so if it’s not active today, check back amazing Christmas lighting displays on tomorrow. Submit your house. VOTE for their homes, it’s quite likely that they also your house. Tell your friends, family and love the idea of sharing their creation with co-workers to vote for your house. All others. Well we’ve made that possible. donations stay local for two great causes. LightsForHope.org is a website built by And, of course, you could win! But what? Dubuque365.com to allow anyone in Well, we’re still pulling together the Dubuque to submit photos and video of prize packages, but rest assured, first their light displays to the site and make second and third place vote getters will them available to other visitors to browse be enjoying a generous combination of online, but also see them on a local map local concert and movie tickets, dining so they can drive by and enjoy the lights gift certificates and much more. The prize in person. You can even use the live map packages and values will be published to create a planned route to visit many online asap. We expect the values to great displays in one trip around the range from $50 for third place to $250 community. or more for first place. Just for going out

But that’s not all. We’re making it and taking a picture of all that work you more interesting. As an incentive to already did. Heck, you probably already put your lights on the site, there is a have a picture on your phone of you contest element to the site. Visitors to lights. You can probably register on the LightsForHope.org can vote for their site and load the photo directly from your favorite light displays with a donation to phone right now. the site tied to a specific light display. That donation will be split equally between We’re using Dubuque as a beta test site the Marine Corps Toys For Tots program for the program this year to prepare and in Dubuque and Hillcrest Family Sevices, test the software to be used nationwide already famous for their magnificent next season, hopefully in support of the Marine Corps Toys For Tots Foundation and local sites nationwide. Wouldn’t that be a cool thing, helping millions of kids across the country with some web technology developed right here in Dubuque. So please participate and help us make this a big success locally so we can make it a big success nationally for one of our favorite charities.

Merry Christmas and happy voting!

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provided by the fireplace from 6 to 8 Keynote luncheon speaker, Ted Childs, activities, games, and snacks, orga- p.m. on December 16 by Andrew Houy, former IBM Vice President of Global nized around a different theme each and on December 30 by Andy Wilberd- Workforce Diversity, will present an day. Parents can register any time up ing. $15 cover for two guests includes interactive session with Q & A. Called to the deadline of December 16. For 2 glasses of wine and a cheesy bread “perhaps the most effective diversity more information including Winter appetizer from the Wood-Fire Pizza executive on the planet,” by Hewitt Break Day Camp details and pricing, visit Kitchen, which will be open for pizza Magazine, he helps companies, organi- www.mississippirivermuseum.com. orders. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and zations, and communities understand groups over 4 need to call in advance the importance of diversity education to for seating at (563) 557.3727. Park Farm succeed in today’s global environment. Winery is located in the rolling hills The Polar Express two miles east of Bankston, Iowa. Find The Diversity Summit will be held at 4D Experience out more online at www.parkfarm- the Hotel Julien, at 200 Main Street in Through January 29 winery.com or at www.facebook.com/ Dubuque, Iowa on Wednesday, Decem- National Mississippi ParkFarmWinery. ber 14. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., River Museum & Aquarium with welcome and opening session at A magical 15-minute 3D/4D version of 8:00 a.m. The cost is $99 for members or The Polar Express movie starring Tom $150 for nonmembers. For more infor- Hanks, The Polar Express 4-D Experience mation, contact the Dubuque Chamber is now playing at the National Mississippi of Commerce at (563) 557-9200. Deer Season River Museum & Aquarium. It will run December 10-18 daily through January 29, 2012 — with Nature Crafts for the Birds Mines of Spain the exception of December 25, when the Sat. Dec. 17, 1 p.m. Regular visitors to the Mines of Spain 10-18 Museum & Aquarium is closed for the Swiss Valley Nature Center DEC Recreation Area are reminded that Christmas holiday. Journey along with a Families are invited to explore December is Shotgun Deer Season in Iowa. 17 doubting young boy who gets aboard DEC nature during a craft program at While the December 3-7 season will have a magical train ride to the North Pole in Swiss Valley Nature Center. Decorate ended, the second shotgun season contin- this classic tale of wonder and hope. The for the Birds will be held on Saturday, ues December 10-18. While the deer hunt- custom special effects of the Museum & December 17 at 1:00 p.m. All ages are ing season is in progress all other users are Aquarium’s 4-D theater technology will welcome to make crafty edible decora- allowed in the park. Hiking, cross-country give viewers an unforgettable multi-sen- tions to adorn an outdoor tree or shep- skiing, bird watching and other activities sory adventure. When the Polar Express Diversity Summit herd’s hook with treats for the birds will bring visitors to the park. Hunters are train arrives in front of the young boy’s Wed. Dec. 14 during the cold, harsh winter months. required to wear orange outer clothing that house, the theater will emit steam and Hotel Julien Dubuque You must preregister by calling (563) allows them to be seen from all directions. rattle your seats. When the “Hot Choco- 14 The Dubuque Area Chamber of 556-6745. It is encouraged and recommended that late” song and dance begins, the delight- DEC Commerce has identified diversity all users of the park wear the same type of ful aroma of hot cocoa will fill the air. The and inclusivity as a strategic priority. In Winter Break Day Camp clothing so that they are visible to hunters Polar Express 4-D Experience will show today’s global economy, diversity is a busi- December 27-29 during the shotgun deer season. Hunting seven times daily, tickets are $6, and ness imperative. The Chamber will host National Mississippi River is permitted in the Mines of Spain except museum admission is not required. its first Diversity Summit: The Business of Museum & Aquarium for the following areas: 1. The EB Lyons Diversity, on Wednesday, December 14. Not sure what to do with the kids Interpretive Center and foot trails down to 27-29 Acoustic Music Nights DEC during the winter break from Granger Creek, 2. All areas north of Cat- Dec. 16 & 30, 6-8 p.m. This day-long event will bring together school? Let the education staff at the fish Creek, and 3. The area near the Olde Park Farm Winery leaders in our community to listen, learn National Mississippi River Museum & Massey Road entrance and between the If you’re looking for a chance to and discuss how diversity plays an ever- Aquarium keep them busy for part of it first two gravel parking lots and then about 16,30 DEC enjoy wine and music by the fire- increasing role in the business world during Winter Break Day Camp. Sched- one eighth of a mile wide. A map of the place, head out to Park Farm Winery and why inclusivity is the key to growth uled for the days of December 27-29, park showing where hunting is permitted every other Friday night during their and productivity. The day’s activities will kids (from kindergarten age through can be obtained by going on line at www. new Acoustic Music Nights. Get away include breakout sessions, interactive 5th grade) can be registered for any minesofspain.org or by calling the park from the craziness of December with discussions, a networking reception and one or all three days with full and half- office at 563-556-0620. The archery season appetizers and great music in a relaxed more. Registration includes continental day options available as well. Each day will commence in the park on December 19 atmosphere. Acoustic music will be breakfast, lunch and hors d’oeuvres. will be filled with a variety of hands-on and conclude on January 10, 2012.

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Register Your Business for the game show theme. Expect to see game Dubuque Main Street show inspired booths and costumes refer- Downtown Business PM encing a range of classic TV game shows. Tuesday, February 21 Prizes, free food and beverages add to the Dubuque Main Street invites every- fun, including prize packages for “Best 21 FEB one to “Come On Down” to the 2012 Dressed” Female, Male and Booth. Booth Downtown Business PM, this year with a sponsors will be giving away door prizes game show theme. The annual downtown as well so don’t forget your business cards! business and organization tradeshow co-hosted by Dubuque Main Street and Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce will be held Tuesday, February 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Hotel Julien Dubuque. Main Street is now accepting registration from participating vendors with an “early bird” discounted price which will increase after January 6.

Of course the Downtown Business PM offers guests an opportunity to learn about a variety of downtown businesses and conversely, an excellent networking opportunity for businesses to showcase their goods or services, make new contacts in the community, and strengthen existing relationships. Always well-attended by Chamber members, the Downtown The Downtown Business PM always proves Business PM gives participating busi- to be one of the best-attended and most nesses direct access to some of the area’s fun events on the Chamber calendar, due top professional decision-makers in a fun, in part to the wacky booth decorations relaxed atmosphere. To reserve one of and costumes inspired by a new theme the available booth spaces, or for more each year. Recent years have witnessed information, call Dubuque Main Street at several hundred attendees and the 2012 563-588-4400 or register online at www. event promises to be no different with the dubuquemainstreet.org.

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Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 service. The public is invited to join in this p.m.; Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and celebration of Advent with the Wartburg Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. To learn more, Seminary community. visit mining.jamison.museum. Admission is free, donations welcomed.

Special music performances: • Platteville High School Blue Notes December 10, 7:30 p.m. in the Roshek Building in downtown • Children’s Choir Cantabile Dubuque. The exhibit is currently on dis- December 12, 7:30 p.m. play and will remain through January 1, • Children’s Choir Apprentices 2012. Some of the holiday displays are December 13, 7:30 p.m. reflective of the green re-development of • Platteville Chorale 7th Annual Diggs the Roshek Building, including a solar tree December 18, 3 p.m. Christmas Charity Auction and wreathes made from recycled mate- New Diggings General Store & Inn rials. In addition, an International Tree Silent Auction begins Sat., Dec. 10 Our cover this issue features none other invites one and all to hang an ornament Live Auction, Sunday, Dec. 11, 3 p.m. than that “jolly old elf” himself – Santa reflective of the different areas and holi- The New Diggings General Store 26 Claus. Our good friend and 365 contrib- day traditions of the world. A military tree NOV and Inn will hold their 7th Annual uting photographer Jeff McMullen caught will pay tribute to our armed forces; and a Christmas Charity Auction on Saturday and Santa (looking pretty badass, we must special “letters to the military” area (with Sunday, December 10 and 11. The Silent say) at the Hotel Julien for the Festival materials provided) allows you to extend Auction begins Saturday, with the Live of Trees. We hope you’ve earned a spot your holiday greetings to the brave men Auction at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Last year’s on his “nice” list this year, ‘cause Santa’s and women who so graciously serve our auction raised a total of $6,500 and ben- stance seems to indicate that if you’ve not country. Throughout the holiday-season, efited area food pantries, Tri-States Toys for made the cut, you are sorry out o’ luck. area performers will be on hand to lend Tots, and funded several college scholar- to the sounds of the season, with special ships. To help support the New Diggings In any case, whether you celebrate Christ- events. Be sure to stop by the Roshek Build- General Store and Inn’s 7th Annual Christ- mas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, or Festivus, this is ing this holiday season and see what’s in mas Charity Auction, you can donate a the time of year to get together with your store. Open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. gift by Saturday, December 10, or you can family and friends and well, celebrate. So simply show up for the Auction on Decem- we’ve gathered a variety of Tri-State area The Songs of Christmas ber 11 and join in all the fun! The New Dig- holiday events you might want to enjoy Mining Museum Advent at the Castle gings General Store & Inn is located at 2944 either as a way to take a break from Christ- and Rollo Jamison Museum Sunday, Dec. 11, 4:00 p.m. County Road W, Benton, Wisconsin. Learn mas shopping or just for the fun of it. “The Songs of Christmas,” a special holi- Wartburg Seminary more at www.newdiggs.com. Okay, we admit we don’t have any events day exhibit highlighting five well-known 28 To commemorate the season of to celebrate Festivus, so somebody get on Christmas songs, will be open until Decem- NOV Advent, Wartburg Theological Sem- Heartland Ballet presents that … you know, for the rest of us. ber 23 and December 26-30 at the Min- inary will host “Advent at the Castle” on The Nutcracker ing Museum and Rollo Jamison Museum, Sunday, December 11, beginning at 4:00 Dec. 10, 11, 16, 17, & 18 Peace On Earth located at 405 E. Main St. in Platteville, Wis- p.m. Advent at the Castle is a service of Grand Opera House Through January 1 consin. Experience nostalgic room settings lessons and carols which will be held in The Heartland Ballet will 10-11 16-18 Roshek Building from the 1850s to 1940s, a 14-foot Victo- the Loehe Chapel at Wartburg Theologi- DEC DEC feature 25 dancers from the Dubuque Initiatives inaugural Peace On rian Christmas tree, electric toy trains and cal Seminary. A reception and caroling Earth is an exhibit and series of events children’s activities. The museum is open ‘round the Christmas tree will follow the Continued on Page 8

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No event this size could run without strong leadership and community support. Each year, about 500 volunteers carry out the necessary work to make Reflections in the Park a memorable experience. Volunteers do everything, from setting up the displays, to being on hand to see to it that it runs smoothly every evening to taking down the lights at the end of the Christmas and New Year’s holiday.

currently open every evening from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. and runs through New Year’s Day.

Each year there are new lighting displays and just as in past years, dozens of colorful displays with many of the displays animated delight children and adults of all ages. Carloads of visitors tune their radio to 95.5 to enjoy holiday music as they move through the wonderland of lights depicting the season. The cost to enjoy Reflections in the Park is $8 per car. Spe- cial pricing is available for vans and buses. Funds raised through the event provide support to Hillcrest Family Services, a health and education agency that provides a wide variety of programs that serve the needs of children and adults. Hillcrest offices are at 2005 Asbury Road in Dubuque.

The 80-acre Louis Murphy Park is located at the south- Reflections in the Park: ern end of Dubuque, at 1700 South Grandview Ave., one A Hillcrest Lights Fstival block east of Highways 151-61-52 South. Louis Murphy parks, 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. Daily Through January 1st. Holiday lights are glistening at Louis Murphy Park in One of the displays is a juggling Santa Claus, but that’s Dubuque as the holiday tradition for the past 17 years not the only participation of the jolly gentleman. Santa known as Reflections in the Park has opened for the Claus makes personal appearances at Reflections every month of December and closes on New Year’s Day. A great Monday night. Santa comes to the park those nights from experienced not to be missed for anyone who enjoys the 5 to 8 p.m. to welcome children of all ages. He personally spirit of the Christmas season. This year Reflections in greet visitors and hands out candy canes. the park is sponsored by Dubuque Bank and Trust and proceeds benefit Hillcrest Family Services. Reflections A true community-wide event, the show draws about is a spectacular outdoor holiday lighting display that is 40,000 people to the park every year.

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Opera House box office, or online at www. Madrigal Carolers, DSHS Chamber Choir, thegrandoperahouse.com. and the Madrigal Singers. For more information, please contact Chris Marple, dinner coordinator at (563) 552-5605.

Santa Visits Dubuque Harley-Davidson Saturday, December 10 Continued from Page 6. Motorcycle enthusiasts and well, 10 DEC anyone who loves Santa are advanced ranks of the Dubuque City encouraged to bring their kids out to Youth Ballet to present the annual holiday Senior High Madrigal Dinner Dubuque Harley-Davidson the afternoon classic, The Nutcracker. Performances are Dec. 10 & 11, 6:00 p.m. of Saturday, December 10 for a chance scheduled for December 10, 11, 16, 17, and Masonic Temple, 12th & Locust Santa Saturdays to meet Santa. Also Dubuque Harley- 18 at the Grand Opera House, with Sunday 10-11 Dubuque Senior High School Depart- Saturday Dec. 10 & 17, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Davidson’s customer appreciation day, performances at 2:00, and evening per- DEC ment of Music will presents its 33rd Mississippi River Museum the event will feature food, door prizes formances starting at 7:30 p.m. This year’s annual Madrigal Christmas Dinner to Santa Saturdays on December 10 and an appearance by Santa from 1-3 p.m. 10&17 production, under the direction of Marina be held at the Masonic Temple at 12th DEC and 17 at the National Mississippi If you’ve been an especially good boy O’Rourke and Megan MacLeod, will fea- and Locust Streets on December 10 and River Museum & Aquarium will include lots or girl, you might ask him for that 2012 ture a sparkling new Snow Scene with 11. Tickets to this Renaissance themed of fun activities and, of course, visits with Sportster! never-before-seen costumes, a startling dinner are $25, and are available by call- Santa! The Dubuque Senior High Madrigal new Battle Scene, and a glorious new-cos- ing the school at (563) 552-5500. Catering Singers will perform at 11 a.m. on Satur- Santa Claws tumed Land of the Flowers. Also featured will be provided by Life’s A Feast. Hors day, December 10. Visit live reindeer in the December 10 & 17 will be eight of the youngest members of d’oeuvres begin at 6 p.m. with dinner seat- Boatyard Plaza from noon to 3:00 p.m. on PetSmart 3 the DCYB in the dance of the Toy Soldiers. ing at 6:30. Entertainment will be provided Saturday, December 17. Bring the tykes for DEC PetSmart (1300 John F Kennedy Tickets are $18, or $12 for ages 21 and by the Madrigal Flute Ensemble, Madrigal cookies and milk, crafts, and story time. Road) is hosting a series of Santa Claws under. Tickets are available at the Grand Brass Ensemble, Madrigal String Ensemble, Regular museum admission prices apply. photo events on Saturday, December 10

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From noon to about 2 p.m. on Decem- concert celebrating the Christmas season, ber 10, 11, 17, 18, and 24, Santa will make on Saturday and Sunday, December 10 the rounds at Benjamin’s, visiting each and 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Emmaus Marble table and greeting all visiting children by Chapel. Saturday evening’s program will name. Santa will have a small gift for each feature the Irving School All-Star Choir. child. Admission is free, though Benja- Admission is free. min’s is of course a great place in Galena to have lunch. For more information, visit www.benjaminsgalena.com or call 815-777-0467. and Saturday, December 17 from 11 a.m. “For a Blessed Christmas” or $4 at the door. Tickets are available at to 4 p.m. This annual event gives pet December 10-11 Molo Big 10 Marts, Jumpin’ Janes, or from parents the opportunity to commemo- Clarke University the St. Mark Community Center. rate the season by having a photo of their The Clarke University Arts at Clarke Series pet (dogs, cats, ferrets, hamsters, etc.) and the Clarke music department will pres- Team Pape Sisters taken with Santa and placed in a collect- ent “For a Blessed Christmas’ on Saturday, “Baking for Babies” able holiday frame ($9.95 with a PetPerks® December 10, and Sunday, December 11, Sunday, December 11 card; $10.95 without card). A great oppor- in Sacred Heart Chapel on the Clarke cam- Jingle Bell Hop Kennedy Mall tunity for animal lovers, $5 from every pus. The Saturday performance will begin Sun. Dec. 11, 1-4 p.m. Team Pape Sisters is holding a bake 4 photo package will be donated to Jackson at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday performance Dubuque County Fairgrounds DEC sale “Baking for Babies” Sunday, County Humane Society to help save the will begin at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 and The Jingle Bell Hop to benefit St. December 11 inside the Kennedy Mall 11 lives of homeless dogs and cats. can be reserved by calling (563) 584-8642 DEC Mark Community Center programs at the Community Booth (just outside weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. will be held at the Dubuque County Fair- Bishop’s) 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The group, in Lunch with Santa grounds on Sunday December 11 from support of March of Dimes will have all 3 December 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 DEC Starlight Carols 1:00 to 4 p.m. This family event will offer homemade goods including pies, cakes, Benjamin’s, Galena December 10-11 dancing, a bounce house, arts and crafts, cookies, brownies, breads, bars, muffins, Santa will also be making appearances Emmaus Bible College face painting, prizes and pictures with and more. All proceeds go towards the around lunch time on successive Satur- The Emmaus Bible College Music Depart- Santa, as well as raffles and a bike give- March of Dimes. days and Sundays at Benjamin’s in Galena. ment will present Starlight Carols, a choral away. Cost is $2 per person in advance

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Performances are Thursday evenings at were good, St. Nicholas would leave fruits, 7:30 pm, Friday and Saturday evenings sweets, and toys in their shoes. If they at 8 p.m., and Sunday afternoons at 3 were naughty, however, depending on p.m. until December 18. Tickets are $18. the severity of the infractions, the Kram- Receive a free glass of wine on Thursday, pus would leave switches for their parents which is Girls’ Night Out. To order tickets, to beat them with, spank them himself, or call (563) 588-3377, or visit www.belltow- he would shackle them, put them in his ertheater.net. wooden basket, and take them to hell.

Hempstead Winter Concert In addition to these darker depictions of Sat. Dec. 18, 7 p.m. the holiday, there are also unique images of Marble Chapel, Emmaus Bible College Santa and other Christmas figures among The Hempstead choirs and the the postcards. Some of the highlights 18 DEC Hempstead chamber orchestra include: Santa in his sleigh being pulled will perform a winter concert on Sunday, by turkeys and polar bears; Santa enjoy- Night of Luminaria December 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Marble ing a beer with a newborn on New Year’s; Sat. Dec. 17 at dusk the real meaning of Christmas, along with Chapel at Emmaus Bible College, 2570 Santa being held up by children with guns; Downtown Galena, Illinois live animals, amidst the glow of luminaries. Asbury Road. Hempstead choir alumni are Santa in a frozen biplane; Santa flirting with Victorian-era women; Santa shoving a (pre- 17 The most romantic evening of the invited to join in singing Handel’s “Halle- DEC winter season, Galena’s Night of “That Time of the Year,” lujah Chorus” from “Messiah.” MP3 study sumably naughty) child into his pack; and a Luminaria will happen at dusk on Saturday, Through Dec. 18 tracks of each voice part as well as the small child being hauled off by teddy bears December 17. Charming and historic Galena Bell Tower Theater, 2728 Asbury Rd. printed music can be downloaded from with forks and knives bearing the message will come alive with the glow of over 5,000 18 A holiday musical comedy, That the music department’s website at sites. “A Merry Christmas.” luminaria candles lining its streets and DEC Time of the Year, will be performed google.com/site/hempsteadmusic/choir. walkways, up and down hillsides, along at the Bell Tower Theater now through the river, and over the bridge to Grant Park. December 18. Holiday movie at the Local businesses will offer extended hours This joyous musi- Dubuque County Library during this evening of enchantment, so cal revue includes Thursday, Dec. 22, 2-4 p.m. you can do some holiday shopping before more than twenty NICC Peosta campus warming up over a romantic dinner. For all-original Christ- 22 Families are invited to enjoy a holi- more details, see visitgalena.org. mas, Hanukkah DEC day movie and treat at the beautiful and New Year’s new Dubuque County Library on the Peo- Live Nativity Scene songs that cap- sta campus of Northeast Iowa Community Dec. 17, 6-9 p.m. ture the warmth and humor of the holi- College. Call ahead for details and the film St. Peter Lutheran Church day season. The variety of numbers runs title: (563) 556-5110 ext. 224. Holiday Art @ Your Library® Exhibit A live nativity will be performed the gamut from rock to jazz to blues and Through January 20 17 DEC outside St. Peter Lutheran Church at show tunes. So, have a “Calypso Christ- Antique Christmas Postcards Carnegie-Stout Public Library 3200 Asbury Road on Saturday December mas” and a “Rock-n-Roll Hanukkah” at the On display till Jan. 31 The Carnegie-Stout Public Library celebrates 17 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Church members Bell Tower Theater. Loras College Library the holidays with a special Holiday Art 20 will dress in biblical costume to celebrate The Loras Library is exhibiting a rare JAN @ your library® exhibit and art sale. 31 JAN and valuable collection of antique The exhibit features artwork by a range of Christmas postcards. Gathered from local artists providing holiday shoppers with around the world, these postcards repre- an opportunity to purchase one-of-a-kind sent a small sampling of the impressive pieces of art, directly from the artists. There collection built up by former Loras English are 21 talented local artists that are partici- Professor, Father Roseliep. The exhibit is pating in this holiday show: John Ander- located on the second floor of the Loras son-Bricker, Janell Cannavo, Cindy Caraway, College Academic Resource Center, just Gail Chavenelle, Odra Eberhardt, Stephanie inside the main entrance, and is open to the Failmezger, Michael Garside, Donna Gibson, public now through Jan. 3, 2012. Susan Hoppenworth, Alda Kaufmann, Sha- ron Krapfl, Ali Levasseur, Iona Mamali, Dawn The cards include many rare depictions of Pregler, Rosemarie McCauley, Terry Mozena, Santa, as well as St. Nicholas and his close Mike Reiss, Beth Roberts, Tracy Rush and companion, the Krampus – a hairy, horned, Brooke Vance. Each artist will be exhibit- demon-like figure with one hooved and ing and selling their special artworks. The one clawed foot, and a long red tongue Library is decorated for the holidays with an that extends down his chest. Each year, 18-foot Christmas tree decorated in full Vic- according to a German tradition, children torian splendor. The exhibit and sale goes would set out their shoes in the hopes that through January 20, 2012. For more info, they would be visited by St. Nicholas. The visit http://www.dubuque.lib.ia.us. legend then follows that if the children

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Dubuque Santa Rampage event is inspired by San Francisco’s Holiday Pub Crawl SantaCon and other gatherings of Santas starting at Fat Tuesdays in cities around the world. Saturday, December 10 Just when we finally cleaned Because Santa is known for giv- 10 DEC the streets of brain eating gifts (not just drinking ing, beer-swilling zombies, beer) Santa Rampagers are another fun pub crawl encouraged to bring a event arrives just in time new, unwrapped toy to for the holidaze. Orga- donate to Toys For Tots. nizer and Santa enthusi- If you’re truly the giving ast Bob Duff invites other type, bring small gifts to Santa loving pub crawl- hand out to unsuspecting ers to join in the inaugural strangers. You might want to Dubuque Santa Rampage, learn some bawdy Christmas Saturday, December 10, carols as well. There are from 6 p.m. until well, even more suggestions whenever Mrs. Claus on attire and typical expects Santa to be Santa pack behav- home, starting at Fat ior on the Dubuque Tuesdays. Santa Rampage Facebook event page What is the Dubuque (Santa doesn’t whine, Santa Rampage, you Santa may get drunk but might ask? Participants does not puke in the alley, gather dressed as etc.). Santa or in other Santa-inspired or Again, the fun holiday-themed starts at Fat clothing, park Tuesdays on Uni- the sleigh and versity Avenue, roam from pub heading to lower to pub down- main hitting the town drinking Hub, the Lift and beer and spread- other fine establishing holiday cheer. The ments downtown.!

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Marella joins other anchor businesses in the Roshek Building lobby including Body & Soul Spa and Salon and Manna Java World Café – a seemingly perfect fit for the gift boutique. “We loved and heard so many stories about the Roshek building and the legacy of the Roshek Department Store,” said Ungs. “We couldn’t have thought of a better spot to be. There was nowhere else that we were really considering other than this. With Body & Soul and Manna Java, the demographic seemed right. The traffic is good here. Downtown is starting to re-gentrify. It just seemed like the right place.”

Marella The Joy of Gift Giving Roshek Building Looking for a unique gift for that special someone on your list? Look no further. Marella, a stylish gift boutique opens just in time for the holidays in the beau- tifully restored lobby of the historic Roshek Building. Marella partners Kelly Ungs and Randy Lengeling will celebrate the opening Thursday, December 8 with a ribbon cutting at 4:30 p.m. and a holiday reception Ungs and Lengeling have been working to develop from 5 to 7 p.m. Marella’s unique range of gift items for about nine months. The store will offer a variety of distinctive giftware lines including metalware from Michael Aram, Mariposa, and Nambe; holiday items such as ornaments from Christopher Radko and whimsical carolers from Byers Choice; plus napkins, tableware, and other holiday décor.

“We also carry a lot personal items like slippers and The name of the new business seems to fit equally as pretty cosmetic bags, blankets and throws,” notes well. “Actually I just came upon it,” reports Ungs. “I was Ungs, “a beautiful, luxurious line of bath and perfume googling and looking in the thesaurus trying to find products from Lollia, which is an Oprah favorite this something that meant ‘avant garde’ and something year. I try to tune into a little bit of that too – what’s bright and shiny and new and unique and came across going on, what bigger markets are doing, and bring it this name online and it just so happens it means ‘shin- here to our own Tri-State area.” “We were thinking for a long time that there was a void ing star of the sea’ in Celtic. I’m Irish. I didn’t choose in the marketplace for finer gifts, mid- to finer distinc- it because of that, it just happened to be. When I got tive giftware,” explained Ungs of the inspiration for thinking of all the merchandise I was going to have in Marella. “We were also in Paris over the summer and here – bright, shiny jewelry, vases, glassware, metal- noticed how wonderfully displayed and beautiful the ware – it seemed like the appropriate name.” merchandise was. The windows were pristine and they took a lot of time and attention with their goods.”

While Lengeling is a full-time physician with some prior experience in being an entrepreneur, Ungs is embark- ing on a new career. “I was in corporate America for 16 years and decided it’s time for something new, completely new, and that’s how it came about,” she said. Ungs draws on experience as an advertising sales representative, during which she became familiar with some of the classic shops on Bluff Street and Cable Car Square, learning what merchandise was popular and how merchants promoted their business.

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make you feel good about what you give or something you’d like to receive too.”

In addition to the out-of-the-ordinary, Marella will offer everyday items like quick snacks and candies, including Betty Jane’s and Trappist Caramels, as well as magazines, best-selling titles from the New York Times list of books, and corporate gifts. Marella is located in the lobby of Marella also offers a free gift-wrapping the Roshek Building at 700 Locust Street service and personal shopper service to in downtown Dubuque. Hours through help out busy professionals during the the holidays are Monday through Friday, holidays or when that birthday or anni- 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 versary pops up unexpectedly. In addi- p.m.; and Sundays, 12 to 4 p.m. tion to great holiday gifts, Marella will have a bridal and baby registry. Ungs also has resources to find other unique items customers might have in mind to order merchandise the retail store might not keep in stock. “Unique, distinctive, something you’re not going to see coming and going,” Ungs says of Marella’s mechandise, “something that’s going to

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Mistletones present Snowbiz Mystique Casino Friday, December 16, 8 p.m. Saturday, December 17 at 8 pm.

The Mistletones will present Snowbiz for two performances at Mystique Casino. The shows will take place on Friday, December 16 and Saturday, December 17 at 8 pm.

Snowbiz will spread the holiday cheer with a variety show for all audiences. The Mistletones is comprised of six excep- tional vocalists and a seven piece orchestra. Snowbiz celebrates the sounds of the holiday season with a variety of favorite Christmas songs.

The Mistletones will perform one show on Friday, December 16, 2011 at 8 PM and one show on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 8 pm. Tickets are $10. Tickets are on sale at the Allure Club. Must be 21 or older to attend the show.

Eastern Iowa Outlaws Roller Derby bouts, punk rockers the Bucket House Hoo- ‘Twas the Fight Before Christmas ligans will perform. The Dubuque-based Saturday, December 10 group has recently been putting the fin- Five Flags Arena ishing touches on a new album of original Just in time for the holidays, the punk rock and should be in fine form. 10 DEC Eastern Iowa Outlaws Roller Derby team hosts another bout on the home The Outlaws will be back at Five Flags Janu- track at Dubuque’s Five Flags Arena. The ary 7, 2012 with a double header featuring Outlaws present ‘Twas the Fight before the Outlaws versus the Farm Fresh Roller Christmas, Saturday, December 10, a Girls and the Key City Krushers versus Hum- derby double-header featuring the Out- boldt DC/DC. laws and the Key City Krushers. As charity of choice for this bout is Toys For Tots, the Tickets for ‘Twas the Fight before Christ- Outlaws are asking derby fans to bring mas roller derby are $10 in advance and a new, unwrapped toy to make a child’s are available at the Five Flags box office (or Christmas brighter. (Great idea!!) from your favorite roller girl), and $13 the day of the event with kids five and under Doors for the double-header bout open free. For more info about the Eastern Iowa at 5 p.m. with the Eastern Iowa Outlaws Outlaws, including the bout schedule, all-star squad taking on the Des Moines bios and photos of the team, visit www. Derby Dames at 6 p.m. The second bout easterniowaoutlaws.com. Follow the team will follow, pitting the the Key City Krushers on Facebook to keep up with other roller against the Crash Test Dolls. In between derby news like local Outlaws appearances.

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Jim Wand were given a spin-off show entitled Saturday, December 10th, 7 & 9:30 p.m. WILDBOYZ, which aired on MTV and 10 It’s Master Hypnotist Jim Wand in MTV2 and lasted four seasons. In 2009 he DEC a rare hometown show! Dr. Wand competed on ABC’s hit show, DANCING has worked with such greats as Larry The WITH THE STARS, and lasted six weeks, Cable Guy, Carrot Top, despite an injury and having virtually no Jay Leno, the Chicago dancing ability whatsoever. Bears and many more. This show includes Arch Allies adult content.The Saturday December 17th, 8 p.m. 7:00pm show is “PG- Why settle for one tribute band 16 13”. The 9:30pm show DEC when you can see the classic three! is rated “R”. Journey, Styx & REO. Be part of an epic night of rock with the greatest hits of these Hairball three high-demand bands. If you close Thursday Dec 15, 8 p.m. your eyes you’ll A Tribute to 80’s Rock Legends swear it’s the real 15 Hairball is the world’s ultimate thing! Don’t miss DEC “80’s Rock” impersonation act, this great tribute recreating the act to Reo, Styx good-time party and Journey... atmosphere of the decadent decade Air Supply with unmatched Friday February 3rd, 8 p.m. authenticity. 3 “Lost In Love”, “Every Woman In The Hairball’s unique dual frontman assault FEB World”, and “All Out Of Love” were be sets them apart from all other “80’s” the first of eight Top tributes. You’re not going to find Guns ‘n #5 chart hits for Air Roses, Whitesnake, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Supply. America still Motley Crue, Ozzy, AC/DC, Journey, Poison can’t get enough and more on the same bill anywhere else! of the ‘Australian Tickets: $10, $15, $20. Boys.’ Tickets: $30, $50, $60

Collin Raye Thursday February 9th, 8 p.m. 16 Collin Raye is nothing if not DEC passionate. His fiery delivery has made country standards of such searing “Steve-O: The entirely too much ballads as “Love, information tour. - 2 SHOWS ! Me,” “In This Life,” Friday, December 16th , 7 & 9:30 p.m. “Not That Different” Steve-O (a.k.a. Stephen Glover) has and “Little Rock.” 16 DEC become a household name and Tickets: $30, $40 it all started when he snatched a video camera from his father’s closet when he Little River Band was fifteen years old. The rest is history. Rescheduled to Thursday Feb. 23, 8 p.m. MTV aired the first season of JACKASS in The Anniversary Tour will feature all their 2000. In 2001, Steve-O launched his own hits. By 1982 they became the only act – from “Steve-O Don’t Try This At Home Tour”, anywhere – to have a top ten US single for establishing himself as an accomplished six consecutive stage performer, at venues throughout years. 25 million the U.S. and in a dozen countries. When records. 16 hit the JACKASS TV series ended in 2002, singles say it all. the team moved on to JACKASS: THE Tickets $35-$55. MOVIES one, two and three, released by Paramount . Shortly thereafter, Steve-O You must be 21 to attend all shows at the and fellow JACKASS alum, Chris Pontius, Diamond Jo Casino. Visit diamondjo.com.

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555 JFK Road, Behind Kennedy Mall coming to theaters : www.mindframetheaters.com Movie Hotline: 563-582-4971

Hugo (PG) In 2D Now Showing @ MINDFRAME Fri - Thu: (12:15), (3:00), 6:55, 9:30 Friday, Dec. 9 - Thursday, Dec. 15 The Muppets (PG) (Matinees in parentheses) Fri - Thu: (11:30 AM), (1:45), (4:10), 6:45, 9:05 New Year’s Eve (PG-13) DEC 9 celebrates death and destruction-all part of a greater New Year’s Eve (PG-13) No Passes love, hope, forgiveness, second chances plan that, if he succeeds, will change the Fri - Thu: (11:40 AM), (2:10), (4:45), 7:20, 9:50 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (PG-13) and fresh starts, in the intertwining stories course of history. Mission Impossible: told amidst the pulse and promise of The Sitter (R) No Passes Allowed Fri - Thu: (11:25 AM), (1:55), (4:30), 7:10, 9:40 Ghost Protocol (PG-13) DEC 16 This is New York City on the most dazzling night Fri - Thu: (11:35 AM), (1:25), (3:20), (5:10), 7:30, 9:25 not just another mission. The IMF is shut of the year. The Sitter (R) DEC 9 When down when it’s implicated in a global Jack and Jill (PG) Arthur Christmas (PG) the world’s most irresponsible babysitter terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is Fri - Thu: 8:50 PM Fri - Thu: (11:20 AM), (1:40), (4:00), 6:40 takes three of the world’s worst kids on initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new an unforgettable overnight adventure team must go undercover to clear their through the streets of New York City, it’s organization’s name. No help, no contact, anyone’s guess who’s going to make it off the grid. You have never seen a mission home in one piece. Sherlock Holmes: grittier and more intense than this. Alvin A Game of Shadows (PG-13) DEC 16 and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) The cunning Moriarty is always one step DEC 16 Brace yourself... their shipwrecked ahead of Holmes as he spins a web of on a not-so-uninhabited island.

THE BUZZ... Sony Pictures and Sandler’s Happy Up director Pete Docter is taking a Madison Productions are now in talks Pixar film “inside the human mind,” and to start to develop a sequel to 2010’s Disney/Pixar chief creative officer John abysmal Bad Boys of SNL reunion (plus Lasseter appeared on Charlie Rose Friday Paul Blart), Grown Ups. So... whatever. to tell us it will be a girl’s mind and this girl’s emotions are individual characters. Though Michael Bay officially denied a previous report that he was in talks Les Misérables will not be in 3D, and John with Paramount to direct Transformers Cater From Mars is now just john Carter, 4, Vulture claims those talks did happen both in a effort to appeal to a broader and have advanced to the final stages of audience of vanilla loving Americans. negotiations, assuring us Bay’s unified vision of staring into a malfunctioning RoboCop and Buckaroo Banzai star Peter blender will continue into another film Weller is expected to expand his sci-fi in the franchise. legend and join the cast of J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek sequel. Sweet! In a partnership that could create a powerful near-monopoly in the thin- Like Total Recall and RoboCop before hot-action-lady business, Angelina Jolie it, Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 film Starship and Luc Besson may be teaming up on Troopers was a social and political a thriller in the near future. The project satire disguised as violent sci-fi film for is reportedly a “big-scale” film closer in the masses. And also like those films, tone to Besson’s earlier work--more La Starship Troopers is now going to get an Femme Nikita and it’s described as a updated remake that will almost surely “dramatic thriller that is rooted in true trade in the original film’s message for a scientific elements.” larger CGI budget and the presence of one “Olivia” actress or another.

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and following the second period, chuck that sucker out onto the ice. Last year excatly 1000 stuffed animaly took flight and it was quite a scene to behold Lets try yo break the record this year! Queen B Toys For Tots Final Days Radio and the big man himself will be on We’re entering our critical last days of toys col- remote supercast by Radio Dubuque. Join the hand as the team celebrates Here Comes lecting for the 2011 Holiday season, so right Coca-Cola polar bear as Santa Claus arrives to Santa Claus night! now it’s all about filling in where donations take photos with kids, and make a donation have not covered fully and this year, as with to Toys For Tots! Fighting Saints Teddy Bear Toss every year, that seems to be older girls. We Saturday, December 17, 7 p.m. serve kids to 18 years of age for some agen- Mystique Community Ice Center cies and when you hit that 14-15 age range, it Flnally, the second annual Teddy 17 gets so hard to fulfill the wish lists. This area DEC Bear Toss for Toys For Tots will take gets outside of toys to beauty products, jew- place at the Dubuque FIghting Saints elry, electronics, etc. but people often don’t home game on December 17th, 7 p.m. think of those items when they think Toys For vs. the Waterloo Balckhawks. Bring a new Tots. So while we would love any toys donated plush toy (or any toy). Put the toy in a bag, and will use every one, if I could ask for a tar- like a grovery bad to ensure it stays clean, geted donation, I would say go shop for a 15 $5 in free Slot play for year old girl and forget the term “toy”. This filling Santa’s Sleigh is the best way right now to see that we hit Sunday, December 11, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. our goals and serve Diamond Jo Casino every child equally Adults are encouraged to bring a 11 and with the things DEC new, unwrapped toy to Diamond Jo they’d really like to Casino’s Diamond Club between 10 a.m. and have for Christmas. 8 p.m. on Sunday, December 11, 2011. Dia- Suggested Items: mond Jo Casino will give each donor $5 in Beauty kits with soaps, make-up, hair prod- Diamond Dollars (free slot play). How great ucts, brushes, etc. Hair dryers and curlers, jew- is that? You can also give a cash donation elry boxes, watches, mp3 players, handbags, instead in case you forget to bring a toys. “We teen decor items like lava lamps and funky are happy to partner with Tri-States Toys for clocks and radios, as well as art supplies. Tots to help provide the magic of Christmas for local children,” Todd Moyer, Diamond Stuff the Truck at Fareway Foods Jo Casino’s general manager said. “Toys for Saturday, December 10, 10 a.m. - Noon. Tots’ long history of helping families in their Fareway Food Store and Coca-Cola are time of need has become a Tri-State holiday 10 DEC joing the Stuff the Truck movement tradition.” The sleigh will remain parked with a very special event Saturday, Decem- at Diamond Jo Casino, 301 Bell Street, until ber 10th from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. featuring a live Monday morning.

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Comedian Joel Lindley Adam Beck & Dan Anderson Boys Night Out Laughing Moon Comedy Club/ Mystique Casino, 9:30 PM Bronco Inn, 9 PM Diamond Jo Casino, 8 p.m. Brown Bottle Bandits Bryce Reeg “Controlled Chaos” Open Mic Sandy Hook Tavern, 10 PM Keil’s Tavern, 9 PM Monk’s Kaffee Pub, 9 PM Thursday, December 17 Adam Beck & Dan Anderson Open Mic with Jeff & Jimmy Andrew Houy Mystique Casino, 9:30 PM R Bar, 9 PM The Cornerstone, 1 PM Black Water Gin Thursday, December 15 Okham’s Razor Sandy Hook Tavern, 10 PM TRI-STATE LIVE MUSIC Rosalie Morgan Grape Escape, 2 PM Asbury Eagles Club, 7 PM Sunday, December 18 Thursday, December 8 12 Car Pile Up Boys Night Out Blue Willow Fever River String Band Dueling Pianos Sandy Hook Tavern, 10 PM Spirits, 9 PM Hairball Stone Cliff Wine Bar, 7 PM Council Hill Station, 1 PM Mississippi Moon Bar @ Mississippi Moon Bar, 8 PM the Diamond Jo Casino, 8 p.m. Comedian Tim Sullivan Half-Fast Country Tradition Christmas Dance Open Mic Bonkers Comedy Club Jumpers, 9 PM Saints Anyway Mooney Hollow Barn, 7 PM Galena Brewing Co., 3 PM Campfire Kings Myatique Casino, 10 p.m. The Bank Bar & Grille, 9 PM The Cornerstone, 9 PM Johnny Trash Jake Bender Larry Michael Satursday, December 10 Hammerhead’s, 9 PM Molly Gene “One Whoa-Man Band” Crust, 7 p.m. Wheel Inn, 3:30 PM Open Mic with Cal Okham’s Razor Monk’s Kaffee Pub, 9 PM Sandy Hook Tavern, 9 PM Grape Escape, 2 PM Jabberbox Charity Rouse Sun Green Denny’s Lux Club, 9 PM 29 Cents a Pound Galena Brewing Co., 7 PM Iron Horse Social Club Friday, December 9 The Wundo Band The Cornerstone, 9 PM Rosalie Morgan Massey Road Katie Sullivan Corey Jenny & Mojo Busted Asbury Eagles Club, 7 PM Honest John’s Trading Co., Georgie’s Skyline, 9 PM Open Mic with Cal Frank O’Dowd’s Pub, 7:30 PM Sandy Hook Tavern, 8 PM Galena, 4 PM Sandy Hook Tavern, 9 PM Jake Bender The Fast Clydes Arch Allies Tuesday, December 20 Crust, 7 p.m. Andrew Houy Kalmes Hilltop, 9 PM Friday, December 16 Mississippi Moon Bar, 8 PM New Voices: Open Mic Galena Brewing Co., 7 PM Just Cuz Rendezvous Coffee & Tea, 6:30 PM Ian Gould The Safes Courtside, 7 PM The Mistletones Snowbiz Frank O’Dowd’s Pub, 7:30 PM Hypnotist Jim Wand Grape Escape, 9 PM Mystique Casino, 8 PM Rosalie Morgan Mississippi Moon Bar/ Jake Bender Riverboat Lounge, 7 PM Crude But Effective Diamond Jo Casino, Enemies of Confusion Crust, 7 p.m. Roy Schroedl Galena Brewing Co., 7:30 PM 7 PM (PG) 9:30 (R) Embe Eatery & Lounge, 9 PM The Cornerstone, 8 PM Former Thieves, Wretches Jordan Danielson James Leg, Kerosene Circuit Steve Cavanaugh & The Wundo Band Corey Jenny & Mojo Busted Galena Brewing Co., 7 PM The Resistors Off Minor, 9 PM Randy Droessler Fried Green Tomatoes, 7 PM Mystique Casino, 9:30 PM Shark’s Roadhouse, 8 PM Spirits Bar & Grille, 8 PM Katie Sullivan Open Mic with Cal Ian Gould Renegade Frank O’Dowd’s Pub, 7:30 PM Friction Brothers Sandy Hook Tavern, 9 PM Misbehavin’ Frank O’Dowd’s Pub, 7:30 PM Eichman’s, 9:30 PM Off Minor, 9 PM Dubuque Driving Range, 8 PM The Mistletones Snowbiz Wednesday, December 21 Boys Night Out Aaron Williams & the Hoodoo Mystique Casino, 8 PM Bad Habits Acoustic Jam Andrew Houy Spirits Bar & Grille, 8 PM Sandy Hook Tavern, 10 PM Northside Bar, 9 PM Cornerstone, 6:30 PM The Cornerstone, 8:30 PM Comedian Steve-O of “Jackass” Boots Hefel Band Comedian Tim Sullivan Laughing Moon Comedy Club/ Pash N Brew Comedian Johnny Beehner Boogie Nights Dubuque Driving Range, 8 PM Bonkers Comedy Club Diamond Jo Casino, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Shenanigan’s Pub, 9 PM Laughing Moon Comedy Club/ Mississippi Moon Bar/ Myatique Casino, 10 p.m. Diamond Jo Casino, 8 p.m. Diamond Jo Casino, 9 p.m. Laura & the Longhaired Goats Boys Night Out 98 in the Shade The Barn, 8 PM Sunsday, December 11 Dubuque Driving Range, 8 PM Dubuque Driving Range, 9 PM “Controlled Chaos” Open Mic The Uniphonics Fever River String Band Monk’s Kaffee Pub, 9 PM The Lift, 9 PM Michael Breitbach Council Hill Station, 1 PM Ken Wheaton Black the Sun The Cornerstone, 8 PM The Cornerstone, 8:30 PM Jumpers, 9 PM Open Mic with Dave, Cricket, & Tim Dredge, Aseethe, Acoustic Open Mic The Lift, 9 PM Guillotine, Bologna Lips Awesome Sauce Galena Brewing Co., 3 PM Adobanga Hard Salami Off Minor, 9 PM Shark’s Roadhouse, 8:30 PM The Lift, 9 PM Denny’s Lux Club, 9 PM Thursday, December 22 The Lonely Goats Dueling Pianos The Lonely Goats Briar Rabbit Sandy Hook Tavern, 8 PM Kodiak Flats Half-Fast Mississippi Moon Bar @ Jumpers, 9 PM Monk’s Kaffee Pub, 9 PM The Bank Bar & Grille, 9 PM Budde’s, 9 PM the Diamond Jo Casino, 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 13 Pash N Brew Clovis Mann Positively 4th Street Kevin Beck & Johnnie Walker Buzz Berries The Lonely Goats Northside Bar, 9 PM The Lift, 9 PM Riverboat Lounge, 6 PM Spirits Bar & Grille, 9 PM Dagwood’s, 9 PM The Cornerstone, 9 PM

Big Foot’s Brother Taste Like Chicken New Voices: Open Mic Stumble Brothers Menace Menace Embe Eatery & Lounge, 9 PM The Hub, 9 PM Rendezvous Coffee & Tea, 6:30 PM Northside Bar, 9 PM Dirty Ernie’s, 9 PM Sandy Hook Tavern, 9 PM

Denny Garcia Bad Fished Open Mic with Cal Briana Lynn Hardyman Johnny Trash Friday, December 23 Keil’s Tavern, 9 PM R Bar, 9 PM Sandy Hook Tavern, 9 PM Grape Escape, 9 PM Doolittle’s, Cuba City, 9 PM Denny Garcia Lulu’s Seldom Scene, 7 PM Corey Jenny & Mojo Busted Christmas Drag Show Wednesday, December 14 Matt McPherson Apple Dumplin’s Mystique Casino, 9:30 PM Off Minor, 9 PM Acoustic Jam Keil’s, 9 PM Wheel Inn, 9 PM Rosalie Morgan Cornerstone, 6:30 PM Asbury Eagles Club, 7 PM

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Andreas Transo Tony Leonard Frank O’Dowd’s Pub, 7:30 PM Frank O’Dowd’s Pub, 7:30 PM

Randy Rogers Dave Panico Keil’s Tavern, 7:30 PM Galena Brewing Co., 7:30 PM

Tami & the Bachelor Comedian Dobie Maxwell Mystique Casino, 8 PM Laughing Moon Comedy Club/ Diamond Jo Casino, 8 p.m. Laura McDonald & Jeff Weydert Spirits, 8 PM “Controlled Chaos” Open Mic Monk’s Kaffee Pub, 9 PM Untamed Dubuque Driving Range, 8 PM Open Mic with Jeff & Jimmy R Bar, 9 PM Broom Street Drifters The Cornerstone, 8:30 PM Thursday, December 29 Tony Leonard Broken Rubber Band Frank O’Dowd’s Pub, 7:30 PM The Lift, 9 PM Dueling Pianos Boogie Nights Mississippi Moon Bar @ Mississippi Moon Bar/ the Diamond Jo Casino, 8 p.m. Diamond Jo Casino, 9 p.m. Open Mic with Jeff & Jimmy Pat Smith & Richard Wagor The Cornerstone, 8:30 PM The Lads Dubuque Driving Range, 8 PM Kevin Beck & Johnnie Walker’s Jason Brown The One Man Band Monk’s Kaffee Pub, 9 PM Crust, 3 - 6:30 PM Finger Lickin’ Good Band Grape Escape, 9 PM Open Mic with Cal Statue of Liberty Mystique Casino, 9 PM Mississippi Sandy Hook Tavern, 9 PM Country Tradition The Cornerstone, 8 PM Live Music TBA Northside Bar, 9 PM New Year’s Dance Tantrym Embe Eatery & Lounge, 9 PM Friday, December 30 Mooney Hollow Barn, 6 PM The Brews Brothers Knicker’s, 9 PM Bad Fished L.A. Suess Galena Brewing Co., 8 PM Buzz Berries Budde’s, 9 PM Galena Brewing Co., 7 PM A Neil Diamond Tribute Taste Like Chicken Budde’s, 9 PM Ohnward Fine Arts Center, 7 p.m. Fever River String Band Northside Bar, 9 PM Johnny Rocker Tony Leonard Anton’s Saloon, 8 PM Bad Fished Grape Escape, 9 PM Frank O’Dowd’s Pub, 7:30 PM Tony Leonard Pash N Brew The Bronco Inn, 9 PM Frank O’Dowd’s Pub, 7:30 PM The Legends Shenanigans, 9 PM Taste Like Chicken Marty Koppes Dubuque Knights of Columbus, Cheap Skates Cascade Bowling Alley, 9:30 PM Spirits, 8 PM New Year’s Eve Party 8:30 PM Reddoor Keil’s Tavern, 9 PM with Dueling Pianos Jumpers, 9 PM Eugene Smiles Project Kevin Beck & Johnnie Walker Mississippi Moon Bar/ The Fast Clydes Awesome Sauce Sandy Hook Tavern, 10 PM Mystique Casino, 8 PM Diamond Jo Casino, 8 p.m. The Bank Bar & Grille, 9 PM Jabberbox Dagwood’s, 9 PM Denny’s Lux Club, 9 PM Saturday, December 24 TKO Jake Bender Live Music TBA Black Water Gin Andrew Houy Dubuque Driving Range, 8 PM Crust, 7 p.m. Monk’s Kaffee Pub, 9 PM Zero 2 Sixty New Diggings General Store, The Cornerstone, 1 PM Steve Cavanaugh & Randy Droessler Courtside, 9 PM 10 PM Okham’s Razor Spirits Bar & Grille, 8 PM Live Music TBA Okham’s Razor Steve’s Pizza, 8 PM The Lift, 9 PM Crude But Effective Stumble Brothers Grape Escape, 2 PM Impulse Asbury Eagles Club, 9 PM Sandy Hook Tavern, 11 PM Boogie Nights Ace’s Place Dirty Ernie’s Handle Bar Noonan’s North Dertones Mississippi Moon Bar/ 107 Main St W • Epworth, IA • 563-876-9068 201 1st St NE • Farley, IA • 563-744-4653 736 Burtons Furnace Rd., Durango, IA • 563- 552-2291 917 Main St • Holy Cross, IA • 563-870-2235 The Cornerstone, 8 PM Diamond Jo Casino, 9 p.m. Asbury Eagles Club Doolittle’s Cuba City The Hub Northside Bar 5900 Saratoga • Asbury, IA • 563-588-4458 112 S Main • Cuba City, WI • 608-744-2404 253 Main • 563-556-5782 2776 Jackson • 563-583-3039 Six Nights Alone Fizgig The Bank Bar & Grille Doolittle’s Lancaster Irish Cottage (Frank O’Dowd’s Pub) Perfect Pint /Steve’s Pizza 342 Main • 563-584-1729 • bankdbq.com 135 S Jefferson St • Lancaster, WI • 608-723-7676 9853 Hwy 20 • Galena, IL • 815-776-0707 • 15 E Main St • Platteville, WI • 608-348-3136 Sandy Hook Tavern, 9 PM Northside Bar, 9 PM theirishcottageboutiquehotel.com Budde’s Dubuque County Fairgrounds Pit Stop 10638 Key West Dr • Key West, IA • 563-582-0069 Jumpers Bar & Grill Sunday, December 25 Five & Dimers 14569 Old Highway Road, 563-588-1406 17522 S John Deere Rd • 563-582-0221 Champps Americana 2600 Dodge • 563-556-6100 Merry Christmas! Keil’s Tavern, 9 PM 3100 Dodge St. 563-690-2040 Dubuque Driving Range (Highway 52) Knicker’s Saloon Sandy Hook Tavern John Deere Road • 563-556-5420 2186 Central Ave • 563-583-5044 3868 Badger Rd • Hazel Green, WI • 608-748-4728 Club Rondezvous Tuesday, December 27 Sunshine 1850 Central Eagles Club The Lift Spirits Bar &Grill (inside Days Inn)

VENUE VENUE FINDER 1175 Century Drive • 563-582-6498 180 Main • 563-584-1702 1111 Dodge • 563-583-3297 New Voices: Open Mic WigWam Bar, 9:30 PM Cornerstone 125 N. Main • Galena • 815-776-0700 Eichman’s Grenada Tap Mississippi Moon Bar ( Diamond Jo Casino) Stone Cliff Winery Rendezvous Coffee & Tea, 6:30 PM 11941 Route 52 N • 563-552-2494 Port of Dubuque • 563-690-2100 • diamondjo.com Port of Dubuque • 563-583-6100 Crystal Leather Catfish Charlie’s River Club stonecliffwinery.com 1630 East 16th Street 563-582-8600 Embe Eatery & Lounge Monk’s Kaffee Pub Tony Leonard Sandy Hook Tavern, 10 PM 233 S. Main St. • Galena, IL • embegalena.com 373 Bluff St • 563-585-0919 Thums Up Pub & Grill Frank O’Dowd’s Pub, 7:30 PM Courtside 3670 County Road HHH • Kieler, WI • 608-568-3118 2095 Holliday Dr • 563-583-0574 Five Flags Civic Center Mooney Hollow Barn Saturday, December 31 405 Main • 563-589-4254 • Tix: 563-557-8497 12471 Hwy 52 • Green Island, IA • 563-580-9494 Tony Roma’s (inside Grand Harbor Resort) Open Mic with Cal Dagwood’s Port of Dubuque • 563-690-4000 • NEW YEAR’S EVE 231 First Ave. W • Cascade, IA • 563-852-3378 Galena Brewing Co. Murph’s South End grandharborresort.com Sandy Hook Tavern, 9 PM 227 N. Main Street, Galena 815-776-9917 55 Locust • 563-556-9896 Denny’s Lux Club The Yardarm Andrew Houy 3050 Asbury Rd • 563-557-0880 Gobbie’s Mystique Casino Dubuque Marina • Near Hawthorne • 563-582-3653 The Cornerstone, 12:30 PM 219 N Main St • Galena, IL • 815-777-0243 1855 Greyhound Park Rd • 563-582-3647 Wednrsday, December 28 Diamond Jo Casino mystiquedbq.com If you have live entertainment and would Acoustic Jam 400 E. 3rd St. 563-690-2100 Grape Escape like to be included in our listing, contact us: 233 S Main • Galena, IL • 815-776-WINE • New Diggings General Store Cornerstone, 6:30 PM Okham’s Razor Dino’s Backside (The Other Side) grapeescapegalena.com 2944 County Rd W • New Diggings, WI [email protected] or 563-588-4365.

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Uncle Ike’s Music & Sound Stretches out in a new location think as far as it could go. So maybe about four years feel real bad about this but I think I’m a little bit of a ago I started going out and seeing what was out in the hoarder,” said Hedley. “I just kept everything. I kept by Mike Ironside market.” old displays, and broken things … we’d rob parts off of stuff and we do a lot of used gear, so things will come Area musicians: Have you been naughty or nice this But with a well-established location, any new space in that aren’t quite working right and I was always like, year? If you’re thinking, “Yeah … let’s not go there,” had to be worth the move. “I just had a checklist of ‘I’ll get to it later, I’ll get it fixed.’ Sometimes that never you might shopping for that new guitar on your Christ- things I wanted in the next building and one of them happens. We had pieces in the store that had been in mas wish list on your own. In that case, you’ve got to was I wanted to stay put for another 20 years or so,” there probably 15 or 20 years. So all that was there.” check out Uncle Ike’s Music & Sound at their brand Hedley said laughing. “I wanted it big enough and the spankin’ new location at 4989 Radford Court (just off access was obviously important, and I wanted people The flip side is that having stuff around for spare parts Radford Road across from Eleanor Roosevelt Middle to be able to get in and out, and the parking to be right. did occasionally prove useful and eventually, old gear School). I was a little worried about location, but not as much. becomes “vintage.” “It would make sense at some We’re kind of a destination business. Most of the time point to fix it and make it work,” said Hedley with a Uncle Ike’s new store is an expansive 9,000 square feet people will seek us out. They know where we’re at and chuckle, “it got old enough to be valuable again. I see – more than double and nearly three times the space they come back to visit. We have a nice return clientele things in a different light now. Some of those early gui- of the old store in the lower level at 2300 JFK Road. So so it’s not like we’re out there looking for a whole lot tars that were kind of marginal when they were out are we stopped by the new space to get the scoop from of new people. So it wasn’t that so much, it’s just the now cool, weird guitars.” Uncle Ike’s owner Kevin Hedley. changes in the way we function now, growth on the internet, the fact that we’re stocking more quantity of “I still kept way too much stuff,” he admits. “But we “Actually I’ve been out looking for a long time,” things – all of that really squeezed us out of the last had all kinds of nooks and crannies at that last place explains Hedley of the move. “If you’ve been in the location.” so I would chuck ‘em full of everything. You know old store, you know we were cramped. It was tight. those long steps that you came down – all of that But we were making it work. I think a lot of it was that Still after nearly 20 years, that’s not any easy transition underneath was storage. You couldn’t get to the we started doing a lot more business on the internet, to make. “I liked it there,” admits Hedley. “It had a cool front of those steps in probably the last 8 or 10 years we were buying in bigger quantities and having a real vibe. It had a real feel to it that I’d like to get here again, because it was so jammed with things. I did find hard time making that function. Where do you store but it will take time to get there.” stuff in there that I had forgotten about. I’m still over it? How do you ship it? Where do you box it? All of there cleaning up.” that just wasn’t working in that location. We almost Of course the other part about moving is finding got 20 years out of that JFK spot so we had taken it I all that stuff you didn’t even know that you had. “I

Along with his staff, Hedley had a number of volunteers to help with the move, about 20 people in all to move his massive inventory to the new store. Once moved, Uncle Ike’s staff had a couple days to try to create some kind of order out of the chaos of merchandise in time to reopen.

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Now organized and open for business, Uncle Ike’s is bigger and better than ever with an expansive main show room floor, a dedicated amplifier room, and an acoustic guitar room.

“That was a big thing for us,” said Hedley of the acoustic room. “Acoustic guitars have done really well and we added Martin to our lineup about a year ago. So with Martin, Taylor, Guild, Ovation, Takamine, and Washburn, we’ve got a great lineup of acoustic guitars. We had one at the other store but that acoustic room was so small it was really tight and hard to dem- onstrate or hear anything, so we invested a lot. This new acoustic room is 800 square feet. It sounds good. It’s sound-proofed so you can go in there and try out guitars. I like that room a lot.”

We asked him how that compares to his first Uncle Ike’s store on Central Avenue, which he started 25 years ago this summer. “We probably had maybe four or five- hundred square feet in the first store so I’ll go in (the acoustic guitar room) and I’ll think, ‘I could’ve set up shop in this at one point.’ Everything that we did could have been done right here.” program going strong. It’s been full force; we had real nice attendance at the last store, almost always had a waiting list, so I looked at that and thought, ‘We’re doing okay with lessons so why not take it a little bit further?’”

With plenty of parking, a comfy waiting area for parents, and the proximity to Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School, expanding capacity for music lessons just makes sense.

The Radford location also has a dedicated amplifier room so guitar and bass players can “test drive” an amp at stage volume so they can really hear what it will sound like. “With the new store we put in an amp room so now we’re able to take a lot of the high-end amps – we carry Vox, and Orange, and Mesa Boogie, and we do a lot of used and vintage stuff – so we’ve got all that in a room where we can open it up and let people really hear it,” Hedley explained. “We double insulated the walls so they can go in and really crank it. It’s nice because in our last store, people would try out an amp and it stopped conversation. You couldn’t take a call, if somebody was at the counter trying to buy something you had to yell at one another. Now With space to spare, Uncle Ike’s is adding G&L guitars it’s nice. We can converse in the store with that door to the already full line of brands that include Peavy, closed.” Ibanez, ESP, Music Man, the afore-mentioned Vox, Orange, Mesa Boogie, and Marshall amps, Pearl and The new store also gave Uncle Ike’s an opportunity Tama drums, Zildjian and Sabian cymbals, and a vari- to expand music lesson capacity with more lesson ety of other percussion, hand drums, keyboards, PA studios. “We try to be full service and we did expand gear, lighting, and even horns. the lessons program quite a bit,” said Hedley. “We had three lessons studios at the old store and I put in seven The extra room also allows Uncle Ike’s to expand the here so we have an intention of keeping the lesson range of strings, sticks, and other music accessories. “I

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want to take on I can jump into it.”

Uncle Ike’s Music & Sound is located at 4989 Radford Court on Dubuque’s West End. For more information or to shop online, visit www.uncleikes.com.

While he definitely has the space to do so, Hedley doesn’t expect to expand sold something because they didn’t his line of merchandise immediately, want it, but it might be exactly what but rather take his time to find those someone else needs.” few things that might complement the existing inventory. “We’ve got a great Ike’s will work with musicians on trade- lineup of manufacturers so I’m sure we’ll in gear toward new purchases as well, start to explore their catalogs a little explained Hedley, “It works for that guy deeper now because we’ve got more dig the hardware store thing,” said Hed- that wants to buy that $2,000 amp and room to expand,” he said. “Our trade ley. “I like the ability to go in and find doesn’t have $2,000. So he brings in his show is coming up in January so I can go all that little stuff that helps keep the old amp and we’ll work a trade on it.” there with a different eye now. I’ve got gig going. Accessories I’m always real room now so if I see something I really big on.” Uncle Ike’s also carries rental equipment – PA and lighting gear for that band that Ike’s also will continue to buy and sell is starting out or suddenly books a gig used gear of all types. “We do a lot in in a room bigger than those little PA used gear and always have,” said Hedley. speakers can handle. Now with easy pull “I dig it. I like walking into a store with up access, there’s no more hauling gear used gear, again, you see those weird, up and down the long front steps! “You funky things; so you might see some- can drive up behind the building. It’s thing you haven’t seen in a while. Plus got double doors!” said Hedley. “So that there’s some value there. Somebody will be nice.” \

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Dubuque Museum of Art Winter Exhibits Opening Reception, December 16 The holiday season is suddenly 16 DEC upon us. To celebrate, the Dubuque Museum of Art presents three new exhibits: Urban Landscapes by Mary Phelan, David Plowden’s Iowa, and Fire Department by Brent Houzenga. An opening reception for the exhibits is scheduled for Friday, Decem- ber 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Admission free and open to the public. the artist’s oeuvre. He has traveled the state for decades photographing the landscapes, towns, and people that crossed his path. The exhibition consists of over 60 black and white prints and was organized in partnership with Humanities Iowa as a traveling exhibition that will debut in Dubuque and then go on to several other venues across Iowa.

Fire Department Urban Landscapes Brent Houzenga Mary Phelan December 9, 2011 – April 1, 2012 December 9, 2011 – March 25, 2012 The Museum also hosts a new amuse Sponsored by Cottingham & Butler bouche exhibition in the museum’s bal- Scenes of Chicago neighborhoods cel- cony gallery features an installation of ebrate the artist’s hometown and bring to painted window panes by Des Moines- mind the civic pride found in 17th century based artist, Brent Houzenga. Fire Depart- Dutch cityscapes. Mary Phelan is inspired ment by Brent Houzenga showcases the by feng shui in her compositions, which artist’s signature punk rock style com- together with soft lighting and a subdued bined with antique portraiture. color palette take these everyday scenes to a higher level. Phelan has a gift for seeing the poetry of the ordinary in the city environment and she seeks to connect the viewer with what is often overlooked. This exhibition features 13 oil on linen paint- ings. Phelan’s artwork was included in the Museum’s last Biennial exhibition.

David Plowden’s Iowa Photographs from a nostalgic journey The Dubuque Museum of Art is open Tues- December 9, 2011 – March 25, 2012 day through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., American photographer David Plowden was Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. born in Massachusetts in 1932. He studied Regular admission is free through the year with Minor White and Nathan Lyons and was of 2009, thanks to a generous sponsorship awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1968. by the local office of Prudential Finan- He is best known for his photographs of cial. The Museum is located at 701 Locust industrial scenes, steam trains, Midwest farm- Street in Dubuque. For more information, lands, and small towns, although the places visit www.dbqart.com, or call the Museum and people of Iowa hold a special place in of Art at (563) 557-1851.

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at Martini’s Grill when he was only 14. At age 19 he was appointed Executive Chef of the Dockside in Cedar Rapids. He went on to study at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute in Scottsdale, AZ. After graduating Ryan enhanced his career through associations with Chef Stefano Mazzi at the Blue Fig and Chef Mark Tarbell’s Barmouche in Scottsdale and The Oven in Denver. Chef Boughton then moved to Galena and was soon awarded the Executive One Eleven Main Chef’s position at Oscar Pike’s which was subsequently closed and reopened down the street as One Eleven Main. by Rich Belmont Ryan’s Sous Chef is Joe Berg. Joe is one of the original cooks from Vinny Vanucchi’s Galena location. He is the resident butcher as well as Assistant Chef.

One Eleven Main is a great place to visit. When you go you should take some time to explore the entire restaurant. There are dining rooms on three floors. The bar is on the second floor and was hand made by local craftsman Mike Harris. The detail in the bar is exquisite. There are wooden panels that replicate the designs in the ceiling. Look at some of the large black and white When you enter the lobby you might want to look to your photos adorning the walls of the main dining room. They left at the first stair landing. There hangs a photograph taken by Chef Boughton. It’s a picture of the outside of One Eleven Main the building and Ryan says when he took it he did not 111 N. Main Street, Galena, IL 61036 see anything unusual. However, when the picture was 815-777-8030 * www.OneElevenMain.com developed an image appeared suggesting there might HOURS: Mon – Thu, 4 -9 p.m., Fri – Sat ,11 a.m. – 10 p.m., be spirits lurking in the area. You see the building was Sun, 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. originally the home of Samuel Allerton and then after a One Eleven Main gets its name from its address in Galena, DINING STYLE: Casual NOISE LEVEL: Conversational time it was used as a funeral home. Some say mysterious IL. If you are not sure where it is you can get directions RECOMMENDATIONS: BBQ Pork with White Cheddar, things happen when no one is looking like objects from any locavore in the Tri-States. You might not be Smoked Brisket, House Pulled Mozzarella, Grilled getting moved from one place to another. Perhaps there aware of them; nonetheless locavores are all around Portobello, Stuffed Pork Loin, Grilled NY Strip Steak, Beef is a resident ghost! us. They are people who enjoy good food that is locally Stroganoff, Pecan-Encrusted Salmon, All Daily Features produced and preferably trucked less than 100 miles LIQUOR SERVICE: Full Bar, Liquors are from regional You will also notice two signs by the hostess stand. One small batch distilleries between grower and consumer. indicates the nightly specials and the other announces PRICES: $9 to $27 RESERVATIONS: Recommended the new arrivals of meat, fish and vegetables. Locavores love One Eleven Main. The restaurant PAYMENT: Cash, Debit, Credit Cards (No Visa Gift Cards) specializes in creating artful and unusual dinners ACCESSIBILITY: Front Door and First Floor Restrooms showcasing the products, talents and knowledge of KIDS POLICY: Welcome! Children’s Menu, local farmers, bakers, artisans, food purveyors, brewers High Chairs & Booster Seats and vintners. The menu is ingredient-centric and totally CATERING: Yes TAKE OUT: Yes dependent on locally supplied meats and vegetables DELIVERY: No PARKING: On Street available or in season. are depictions of many of the local suppliers including One Eleven Main is owned by Jack and Deb Coulter, who are Arnold’s Farm, Cynthia’s Extra Batch, Jamie’s Wine Studio Since everything in this restaurant is made from scratch also the proprietors of Vinny Vanucci’s Sicilian Restaurant, and Kaladi’s 925 Coffee Bar. and only fresh ingredients are used it is a good idea to the Irish Cottage Boutique Hotel and Frank O’Dowd’s sample all of the courses. The appetizers are all meant Irish Pub and Grill. You could say when Jack created One to be shared. The Rushing Waters Smoked Trout is a Eleven Main he came full circle from his original business in horseradish dill cheese spread made with Wisconsin Dublin, Ireland. Back there he purchased fresh vegetables smoked trout. The Grilled Portobello mushrooms are from local farmers and took them directly to consumer’s served with house mozzarella and roasted tomatoes. homes selling them door to door. The Cheese Board has a collection of delicious cheeses supplied by Galena River Wine and Cheese, and then One Eleven Main opened in November, 2007. The first there is my favorite: House-Pulled Mozzarella. This is not dinner served was Crown Roast of Pork. Ryan Boughton, your typical pizza cheese. When you place your order the Executive Chef, remembers it well. He was a little chef hand pulls cheese curds into a mozzarella ball and nervous because he prepared a banquet for a room full sends it out with a fresh tomato basil salsa. of local dignitaries. He need not have worried, though, because Ryan was already a skilled and experienced (From Left: Michael Winkens, Jack Coulter, Joe Berg, Ryan Only fresh picked greens are used in the salads. My Chef. Originally from Burlington, IA, he began cooking Boughton, Nate Darlington) favorite is the One Eleven Signature Salad sprinkled with

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The Pork Ragu is as unusual as it is tasty. Farm sausage, bacon, caramelized onions, roasted peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes and smoked provolone are stirred together and poured over pasta. bleu cheese, apples, toasted almonds and Door County dried cherries. Stuffed Pork Loin is my favorite dinner. The pork loins are loaded with spinach By far the most popular dinner entrée is and mushroom stuffing at time of order. Beef Stroganoff. Strips of sirloin steak and They are coated with a homemade demi- ribeye caps are braised and mixed into glaze and browned so they are crispy on a creamy stroganoff mushroom sauce, the outside and tender on the inside. The served over egg noodles. demi-glaze is interesting. The kitchen

whatever ingredients are currently available. to 6 week period. Each course is carefully I was surprised at how much preparation is designed to build upon the previous course’s accomplished by Chef Boughton’s talented flavor and texture. There are also suggestions kitchen staff. Sous Chef Joe Berg does it all for pairings with specially made cocktails. with just 4 line cooks, 2 prep cooks and 2 dishwashers. Speaking of cocktails I must not forget to mention even the drinks are part of the “buy Obviously, the kitchen depends on the local” program. The liquors are all produced reliability of its suppliers. There are by handcrafted, small batch distilleries close associations established with many like North Shore, New Holland and Koval. purveyors. Just to name a few: Lange The wine and beer is mostly provided by Farm Meats, Platteville, WI, provides the Midwest regional wineries and breweries. beef, certified organic by the Oregon Tilth The seafood choices are all really good organization. This means there are no and the Pecan Encrusted Salmon is a added hormones, antibodies or growth standout. Maple syrup from Hogback additives. The pork comes from the Tom Haven Maple Farm is enhanced with Jack & Jessica Arnold Farm in Elizabeth, IL. The Daniels Bourbon and pecans and liberally Arnolds raise beef, pork, lamb, chickens and applied to fresh salmon. turkeys without chemicals and antibiotics. Rushing Waters Fisheries, Palmyra, WI, supplies organic trout raised in artesian spring fed ponds. Produce is contributed by many farms including Badger Hill Farm, staff takes forty gallons of veal stock and Shullsburg, WI; Two Onion Farm, Belmont, reduces it until there is only one gallon left! WI, and Bluebell Orchard, Dubuque, IA.

When I visited the kitchen I learned all of Starting in April or May Chef Boughton will So check out One Eleven Main. If you are the stocks, sauces and dressings are made continue his Chef’s Menu Series. These are not already a locavore chances are you will in house. The meat is all hand cut and the set course prix fixe dinners determined be soon. One Eleven Main is the place for menu is always changing to accommodate by whatever is being harvested during a 4 honestly fresh, genuinely delicious cuisine!

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sandwiches, as they will be available during the event with all proceeds going to Toys For Tots. Easy Street will also be col- lecting toys and cash donations for Toys For Tots through December 17. Bring in a new, unwrapped toy or donate $10 or more in cash and get a free drink! How’s that for Christmas cheer!

Easy Street Holiday Events:

Easy Street celebrates the holidays with a couple of unique events.

Turkey & Dressing Eating Contest Saturday, December 17 Unforgivable Records holiday record share (bring your favor- Easy Street teams up with Cremer’s Ugly Christmas Sweater Party 17 Christmas Party ite and Jon will spin it!); and a crappy DEC Grocery, masters of the turkey and Friday, December 23 Saturday, December 17 gift exchange. Bring a crappy gift to put dressing sandwich, to present the inau- Now here’s a reason to celebrate: 23 Hey there vinyl enthusiasts! (That’s under the tree and it will get redistributed gural Turkey & Dressing Eating Contest. DEC Easy Street hosts what will undoubt- 17 DEC vinyl records, before you get any kinky Santa-style. If you’re a vinyl collector (or On Saturday, December 17, contestants edly become an annual tradition – an Ugly ideas.) Unforgivable Records is hosting a shopping for one), be sure to wear an ugly will gather at noon with the contest Christmas Sweater Party Friday, Decem- rock-n-roll Christmas Party Saturday, Decem- Christmas sweater and get 15% off a used beginning at 1 p.m. with the winner tak- ber 23, from 8:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. Get ber 17 from 6 to 9 p.m. in the record store vinyl purchase. To keep up on what else is ing home $500 in cash. (Entry free for the digging into the deepest recesses of your above Monk’s Kaffee Pub. Even you weirdos going on at Unforgivable Records find the competition is $20. Competitors must closet, as this is not only a celebration of who still listen to music on CDs are welcome. store on Facebook. Happy holidays! sign up by December 14.) Of course you those over-the-top Christmas sweaters need not be in the competition to enjoy and other holiday-themed costumes, but Unforgivable owner Jon Eagle and friends Cremer’s famous turkey and dressing a contest as well. Easy Street will be giv- will provide some food, eggnog and hot ing out prizes of $100 each for Best Cos- apple cider, though you’re welcome to tume, Best Sweater, and Sexiest Costume. brink another dish to share. Of course To help you get in the “spirit” of the sea- Monk’s downstairs has plenty of son, Easy Street will have a stocking-full beer and liquor for sale as well. of Christmas drink specials with $1 cans of beer, $1 test tube shots, $2 Shot List The party will also feature live shots, and free Christmas cookies! Sounds music by The Fast Clydes, Bob Bucko like a merry way to kick off the Christmas Jr., and Drew Bissell from Aseethe; a weekend.

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from the door at a particular funding dinner exceed $750, a Runner Up will be awarded the remaining funds.

Art Gumbo will also implement a small fee to submit an application on a sliding scale of $5-$20. The application fees will go toward the costs of sustaining the Art Gumbo proj- Art Gumbo ect (printing copies, posters, handbills, Grant Application Due: December 22 etc.). Thanks to a grant from Mediacom, Art Soup Dinner: Thursday, December 29 Gumbo will also commission local potters Location TBA to create Art Gumbo soup bowls that will Art Gumbo, the quarterly soup be sold at the soup dinners. Patrons will be 22 29 DEC DEC dinner that supports local art encouraged to purchase a bowl and bring projects with community-supported micro- it to Art Gumbo events, reducing waste funding, is now accepting applications from and volunteer time, and at the same time individual artists or creatives for the winter employing local potters and creating a rev- funding cycle. Applications for Art Gumbo enue source for the program. mini grants for the fall funding cycle are available now through Thursday, December 22. Hosted by local arts activists Paula Neu- haus and Megan Starr, the next soup dinner and grant funding event will be held Thurs- day, December 29 at a location yet to be announced. The dinner serves as both the fundraiser and grant review session for this quarter’s Art Gumbo mini grant.

Art Gumbo is an independent community- based initiative that funds local arts projects using money collected at quarterly soup dinners. During each Art Gumbo funding cycle, artists or arts organizations are invited to submit a brief project proposal that dem- onstrates an impact on the Dubuque community. The public is invited to attend and Celebrating the first full year of operation vote for their favorite proposal. A $10 dona- this September, Art Gumbo has imple- tion at the door entitles the attendee to a mented a few small changes to the grant locally prepared soup dinner and the oppor- program. First and foremost, the program tunity to review all submitted proposals and has split the application process for indi- to vote for their favorite. The Art Gumbo vidual artists and organizations or groups fund’s nightly proceeds will be awarded to into separate grant funding cycles. As this the proposal that gets the most votes. Win- month’s event is for individual artists, arts ners are invited to return to a subsequent groups or organizations are not eligible to Art Gumbo dinner to report on progress of apply. The first seven eligible applications the community art project. received by 11:59 p.m. on December 22 will qualify to compete for funding. Art Gumbo sessions will be hosted at new locations each quarter featuring soup by a Other “tweaks” in the program include the regional food source. The next Art Gumbo policy that applicants must be present to Soup Dinner is scheduled for Thursday, win, and that voters must attend the din- December 29, 6-8 p.m. at a location yet to be ner to vote and will only be allowed to vote announced. The evening will feature soup after all presentations have been made (no and bread by Trusted Earth Farm & Forage more sneaking in, voting, and sneaking out CSA & Catering. early). The good news for both applicants and readers is that he application narrative For more information or to apply, visit art- has been reduced to 500 words. Appli- gumbodubuque.blogspot.com or contact cants will also offer a short verbal pitch for Paula Neuhaus or Megan Starr at art.gumbo. their proposal after dinner. If the proceeds [email protected].

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explores her native Iowa landscape for Big Time Secrets…Really Big! inspiration for the illustrations. The Jug- gler’s pages are filled with the colorful by Bob Gelms research continues to this day but it is still simple pleasures of starry skies, coun- very, very difficult to get inside. The research try sides, farmhouses, and birds. Stormy There is an old joke that goes something is exacerbated by the fact that a huge chunk Mochal received her degree in painting like this. What is the first thing you will see from Loras College, has taught at North- if you opened the Secret Archives of the east Iowa Community College, and is the Vatican? The answer is, the bill from the co-owner of Outside The Lines Art Gallery Last Supper. That might be a little silly but in Dubuque. The Juggler, published by it’s not far from wrong. Maria Luisa Ambro- Ice Cube Press is her first children’s book. sini and Mary Willis have written The Secret Archives of the Vatican. I. for one, couldn’t resist because I happen to know some of “The Juggler: the contents; Henry the VIII letter to the An Illustration Exhibit” Pope requesting an annulment which didn’t by Iowa Artist Stormy Mochal turn out so well for Henry, it also includes December 10-January 16 the document excommunicating him; the Opening Reception & Book Signing proceedings and verdict of the trial against on Friday, December 16, 6-8p.m. Galileo which didn’t turn out so well for Maquoketa Art Experience welcomes Galileo; the proclamations on the Immacu- Iowa artist Stormy Mochal this December late Conception, Papal Infallibility and Birth for an exhibition of the original drawings Control; there also exists a treasure trove of the Archives isn’t catalogued, especially from her recently published storybook, Maquoketa Art Experience will host an of letters between the Pope and Michel- the manuscripts. The oldest versions of the written by Jeanette Hopkins, entitled opening reception and book signing angelo among other notables; documents new and old testament are in there as are The Juggler. In her illustrations, Stormy for Stormy Mochal on Friday, December surrounding the Blessed Virgin’s appear- the writings of St Patrick, St Thomas Moore 16 from 6-8 p.m. at 124 S. Main Street in ances at Lourdes, Fatima, and Medjugorje; and all the church theologians like Justinian, Maquoketa. The exhibit will run through documents surrounding the canonization of St Robert Bellermine and St Augustine. January 16, 2012. every saint in the Catholic Church including the ones that didn’t make it. None of those In case you think that once you get in you Maquoketa Art Experience is dedicated things, however, represent the most desired can peruse till your heart’s content, you can to bringing accomplished artists to aspects of the Archives that have historians only look at documents that you specifi- Maquoketa for short- and long-term resi- salivating like Pavlov’s dog. cally request…no generalization here. Oh dencies, workshops, and exhibitions. For yes, I forget to tell you, everything is written more information contact Director Paula in Latin or an ancient form of Greek called Neuhaus at [email protected] or Koines that the New Testament is written by calling 563.652.9925. in and you have to deal with the way copy- ists wrote in cursive which can be excep- tionally difficult to read. So, even if you do Humane Society until that forever home comes along. get in, it ain’t no cakewalk. If, on the other Home for the Holidays The best part is that your gift provides hand, you have all your ducks in order, The ... or should that be Howlidays? this not just during the holidays, but all Secret Achieves is one of the most fascinat- year long. ing places on Earth and the closest we will Now through January 1st, Dubuque ever come is Ambrosini and Willis’ book The Regional Humane Society is conducting Next year, you’ll receive a special holi- The Archives contain all the reports, corre- Secret Archives of the Vatican. its Home for the Holidays appeal. day card from DRHS. You’ll know that spondences, and state papers made to the the story featured in that card was Vatican by every archdiocese in the Catholic One final word about the word “secret,” Wiki- Tens of thousands of animals made possible because you cared, Church for almost a thousand years. There is pedia has this to say, “The use of the word have been adopted through and that you played a very important also a section that contains all of the Papal “secret” in the title “Vatican Secret Archives” Dubuque Regional Humane role not just in the life of one animal, Account books. You might say the check does not denote the modern meaning of Society. Those happy endings but in the lives of thousands. registers of Il Papa. That part of the Archive confidentiality. Instead, it indicates that the would not have been pos- is historically valuable beyond evaluation. archives are the Pope’s personal property, sible without the support of To make a gift, go online to There is somewhere near 50 miles of shelv- not belonging to those of any particular people like you. www.dbqhumane.org and ing in the Archives. The Archives are the department of the Roman Curia or the Holy click “Give Now”, or send personal property of whoever is Pope. They See. The word “secret” was generally used in Please, make DRHS your your check to our main were formerly part of the Vatican Library this sense as also reflected in phrases such as “pet” charity this holiday shelter at 175 N Crescent but in the early 17th century Pope Paul V “secret servants”, “secret cupbearer”, “secret season. Your gift will pro- Rdg, Dubuque, IA 52003. separated the Archives from the Library carver”, much like an esteemed position of vide a refuge for homeless If you have any questions and no one and I mean NO ONE got inside honor and regard comparable to a VIP.” So and unwanted animals, or would like additional until 1881 when Pope Leo XIII opened up maybe it’s not a secret as we think but it still medical care and vaccina- information, please call the Archives for scholarly research. That makes for a riveting read. tions, and a safe place to stay (563) 582-6766.

28 { december 8 -21, 2011 } 365ink Magazine | issue #149 www.Dubuque365.com { pam kress-dunn } i think a house with a gift wrapping room should go to the toys for tots guy!

A Place for Everything and - Oh, You Know by pam kress-dunn

Has this ever happened to you? There ever see a celebrity chef measuring have already minced and dropped into circled and put in order – a mise en place you are, clad in apron and hot mitts, sugar from a bag. Oh, no; her elves a bowl with the sliced shallots. It assures for shopping. running between the stove and the have already done all that work, and you the chicken will fit in the pot. Here is sink, trying to put together a meal for put the precise amounts of everything your dinner, deconstructed. I’m not saying everything has to be your family or company – something needed to make a cranberry clafouti planned and executed perfectly. (Feel complicated, something you’ve never or beef bourguignon into bowls, Once a meal is cooked, all the ingredients free to read the “Martha Stewart Living” tried before, unlike the usual meals you large or small. (Custard cups come in – the meat, the veggies, the bay leaves December issue for that.) Some things, could probably cook in your sleep. It’s very handy for small bits of food and and salt – have been combined like like the handing out and tearing into time to add the carrots to the stew, but spices.) magic into something altogether gifts on Christmas morning, take much they first have to be cut up. Now you different. E pluribus unum – out of many, of their pleasure from the feeling of need to stir in three tablespoons of flour, To make a proper mise en place, one. And you can eat it! Since you’ve throwing caution to the winds. But for but the flour’s in the cupboard under you must first read the recipe all been so careful about planning your those chores that must precede that the sugar, and the only tablespoon the way through. While this may concoction, you might actually be able joyous time, if it’s going to happen at you’ve got is still sticky with the oil you seem obvious, listen to Julia Child’s to partake of the meal yourself. all, a little bit of planning and organizing measured earlier. Even though you warning in the foreword to “Mastering never hurt. have all the ingredients – somewhere – the Art of French Cooking:” “Too Immersed as we are – ready or not – none of them is ready to go, and you’re often, a debutant cook will start in once again in this holiday season, I’ve And when it’s all ready – the gifts beginning to sweat, and not just because enthusiastically on a new dish without decided to see how many ways I can purchased, wrapped, and placed under the front burner is turned up to High. ever reading the recipe first. Suddenly simplify the Holiday Enforced Cheer the tree, you can set out a tray of cheese, an ingredient, or a process, or a time Machine by creating one mise en place crackers, and the summer sausage Uncle There is a way out of this chaos, and sequence will turn up, and there is after another. I foresee a dining table Albie sent, as well as a piping hot mug I’m happy to tell you about astonishment, frustration, cleared off to hold the wrapping paper, of chai, and enjoy your mise en place for, it. It even has a cool and even disaster.” the ribbon, the tape, the bows – my well, what do we call it? Oh, that’s right. name: “mise mise en place for gift disguising. Before Enjoying, for once, The Most Wonderful en place,” that, I can make one in my car, placing Time of the Year. my purse, my reusable bags, my list, and the ads from the Sunday paper, carefully [email protected]

I can relate. I’ve learned pronounce d the hard way MEEZ ahn plahs. never to assume You just know that there is enough flour on if it’s French, it has to hand, or brown sugar, or be good, especially if you’re any of those staples we think talking about cooking. It’s no will never run out. Spices are the wonder Julia Child found her calling worst. Should a cake recipe require after she moved to Paris. a half-teaspoon of cinnamon, how many of us simply assume that we have some, The term’s literal meaning is “to put right there in the cupboard? We forget in place.” What it really means is that even the most basic foodstuffs are having all your ingredients prepared eventually used up. So I force myself and ready to go before beginning to to check the pantry for even the most cook. If the recipe calls for two stalks mundane things – salt? butter? – before of celery, chopped, you do that first, heading off to the store. before browning the meat, even if the vegetables are added an hour later. There is also the matter of having the If there are also onions and potatoes right equipment. Cooking fresh cherries? to be added at the same time as the I hope you’ve got a cherry pitter. Craving celery, they can all be cut up and put popovers? I hate to break it to you, but together into a big bowl. But if the you’ll need a popover pan, and those are onions are first to be stir-fried in the hard to come by at Wal-Mart or Target. oil left over after browning the meat, you’ll want to keep them separate. A well-done mise en place is a sight to behold. It tells you that Yes, the peppers If you watch any cooking shows, are diced. It shows you that, No problem, you may have seen evidence of this there’s enough oil left to brown the method in action. Not that you will chicken, plus garlic cloves which you

www.Dubuque365.com 365ink Magazine | issue #149 { december 8 - 21, 2011 } 29 { carnegie-stout / mattitude } it’s not about willpower when mom makes christmas cookies.

Willpower by matt booth How many times have you started something, only to quit after a short while? Have you ever said something like, “I just don’t have enough willpower to finish”? Well, guess what…you Graphic Content: Batman: The Long Halloween do have enough willpower to finish. You just A Graphic Novel Discussion Group have to figure out how willpower works. Will- one has. Willpower is a limited resource and if 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 13 power is making a plan to change a behavior you throw a little willpower here and a little Mezzanine, 2nd Floor. and then executing that plan. willpower there, you won’t change anything. Using willpower to attack many behaviors at The library’s graphic novel discussion group meets every Everyone has behaviors they wish they could the same time is futile. It’s best to pick one other month on the second floor mezzanine. On Tuesday, change, such as smoking, drinking, over eat- behavior and focus your efforts on it for 30- December 13, we’ll meet from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. to discuss ing, or procrastination. People make a list of 60 days until your new behavior becomes a Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb. behaviors they want to change and then mis- habit. When something becomes a habit, it’s takenly think they can accomplish every item often done automatically like brushing your Discussions are open to anyone 18 or older and no reg- on the list in a couple of weeks. Willpower is teeth before bed or changing your oil every istration is required. Copies of the selected book will be a limited resource which is why most New 3,000 miles. Once you’ve established your available at the Circulation Desk one month prior to each Year’s resolutions are all but forgotten by the new habit, then you can move onto the next meeting. For more information call the Library at 589- middle of February. behavior you’d like to change. 4225 and ask for the Reference Desk at extension 2224. Suppose your goal is to improve your health. I’ve learned that I only have so much willpow- Free Movie: Poetry You decide that starting tomorrow, you’re go- er. When I try to change many behaviors at Carnegie-Stout Public Library in Dubuque will ing to wake up early, begin exercising, stop the same time, I fail. If I want to change, I must show the movie Poetry on Thursday, Decem- drinking beer, avoid fast food, quit smoking, focus and direct all of my willpower toward ber 29, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. in Aigler Auditorium give up soda and go gluten free. Do you think that one behavior long enough for it to be- on the Library’s 3rd Floor. Admission and you have enough willpower to do all of this come a habit. Habit puts action on autopilot. snacks are free, and open discussion will be tomorrow? Come on, you’ll be out of will- encouraged after the show. power by 10:00 am and totally stop trying How about you? Do you find yourself out to improve your health by Tuesday. Heck, by of willpower three days into your new live A highly acclaimed Korean drama (100% Fresh Thursday, you’ll feel like such a loser when healthy program? Is it too hard and over- on Rotten Tomatoes), Poetry (2010) is an “ach- you wake up at the butt crack of noon that whelming to change your behaviors? Will- ingly exquisite portrait” of a woman’s brave you’ll drive your car 1 block to the store to power is your ability to set a course of action fight against her illness and her guilt over a get a case of Bud Light, a cheese burger and and stay the course. It runs out quickly, but if relative’s brutal crime. This movie is in Korean some smokes and then tell your friends that directed intelligently, it can provide the mo- with English subtitles, is 2 hours and 20 min- you “just don’t have enough willpower”. mentum to change your behavior. My chal- utes long, and is not rated. lenge for you is to pick one existing behavior Attempting to change more than one behav- you’d like to change and direct all of your will- For more information, please call the Library ior at once requires more willpower than any- power towards it until it becomes a habit. Reference Desk at 563-589-4225 extension 2224, or visit us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/carnegiestout. Mattitude Improvement Tip Approve of yourself.

“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” Mark Twain Sony E-Reader If you don’t approve of yourself, of your behaviour and actions then you’ll probably FREE Checkout! walk around most of the day with an undesirable attitude. If you, on the other hand, approve of yourself then it is very likely you are a positive person to be around. Fo- Stop at the Reference Desk on the second floor cus the rest of this year on doing things that you approve of. Not what someone else of the library to check out a Sony e-Reader for thinks you should do. Give yourself approval and allow yourself to do what you want two weeks. Select your books from the library’s to do and be who you want to be. Be yourself and improve yourself. e-Book collection and we’ll load the book on the Sony e-Reader for you to enjoy! Matt Booth, attitude expert, works with organizations who want to improve people’s attitudes so they can do what they do better. To find out if one of Matt’s programs would make sense for your organization, call 563-590-9693 or email [email protected].

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to make it easier to water. Once you have planted your bulbs, place them in a cool (ideally 35-48 degrees) dark place like a cellar or even your home refrigerator for about 12 weeks, watering them as they With each passing day, less and become dry. After the cold period, slowly less green grass has been visible in the tri move the pots into a bright sunny location states and most of the trees have lost their in your home and in a few weeks, you will colorful fall foliage. One easy way to help have gorgeous blooms. overcome winter depression is by forcing bulbs and growing colorful plants, such as Forcing Bulbs in water: Similar to forcing poinsettias throughout the winter. Here in soil, certain bulbs like Hyacinths, Crocus are some easy to grow plants that can help and Daffodils can also be grown directly in you through those winter blues… water. Using a glass bulb grower or a shal- low dish lined with gravel, place your bulbs Diabetes: Are you at risk? contact your health care provider or ask Amaryllis: Plant your amaryllis bulb using a so the basal plate at the bottom of the bulb with nutritionists pat fisher your local Hy-Vee dietitian. light weight soil mixture in a container just is in contact with the water. Place in cool & megan horstman slightly larger than the bulb itself. Allow the dark area for about 4 to 8 weeks and then Diabetes is not going away. Approximately • Watch portions. One of the keys to good top 1/4- 2/3 of the bulb to remain exposed place in a bright sunny location. Within 26 million adults and children in America blood sugar control is watching how above the soil and water it as the soil dries a very short time, you will have beautiful live with diabetes and another 79 million much you eat. Refer to serving size on out. Since amaryllis do not require cold blooming bulbs. are at high risk for developing type 2 the Nutrition Facts panel and measure or treatment, you will be amazed at just how diabetes. Recent estimates project that weigh food to become familiar with the quickly the bulb will begin to show growth. Growing Poinsettias: These traditional col- as many as one in three American adults amount in one serving. Place it in a warm location and then move it orful blooming plants are easy to care for. will have diabetes in 2050 unless proper out of the direct sun once the color begins Simply place them in a bright location, away preventative steps are taken. • Focus on fiber. Eating high-fiber foods to develop. After its bloom, remove the from any heat vents or drafty windows. can help keep blood sugar from rising too spent blossom and you can treat it like you Water when the soil becomes dry. Yellow- high and fast after you eat. Good sources would a house plant. If you want to get it ing and browning leaves simply mean one of fiber include whole-grain cereals and to rebloom, stop watering it and move it of two things: the plant is being overwa- breads, flax and chia seeds, fruits and into a dark location for eight weeks. Then tered or underwatered. vegetables and beans. move it out into a bright warm spot and it will quickly begin to grow again. Long lasting cut flowers like Star of Bethle- • Skim the fat. People with diabetes have hem can also be a great choice during the an increased risk for heart disease. Watch Forcing Bulbs in soil: Many bulbs you pur- winter. These beautiful, bright white star the amount of saturated fat and trans- chase in the fall can be forced to bloom shaped flowers can last in a vase easily 6-8 fat you consume. Choose low-fat dairy indoors in the early spring like hyacinths, weeks. Stop by the Flower Shoppe at Steve’s The American Diabetes Association has products and lean cuts of meat, limiting tulips, daffodils and others. Simply start Ace Home & Garden to see them in person deemed November “American Diabetes meat portions to three ounces twice daily. with a clean container. Using a mix of or select a gorgeous arrangement to have Month” to help promote diabetes Use monounsaturated fats found in olive lightweight soil, plant your bulbs in group- delivered to someone to brighten their day. awareness. It is important for those with oil and nuts in place of saturated fats. ings, allowing the tops of the bulbs to be diabetes to keep blood sugar levels near exposed. Also, make sure you allow for Have any questions about forcing bulbs? normal in order to avoid additional health • Maintain a healthy weight. If you are about ¼” of space at the top of the container Email me at [email protected]. problems like heart or kidney diseases. overweight, even losing just 5-10% of Here are some basic eating guidelines your weight can make a big difference in that can be followed by those with or helping bring down blood sugar levels. without diabetes to help maintain normal blood sugar levels. • Use NuVal as your guide. NuVal is a nutrition scoring system used at Hy-Vee • Be consistent. Try to eat the same that rates foods on a scale of 1-100; amount of carbohydrates for meals and the higher the score, the better the snacks at regular times throughout the nutrition. When choosing foods at Hy-Vee day. remember to compare NuVal scores of your favorite products and try to “trade • Carbohydrates are key. Carbohydrates up” to better nutrition by choosing in food will raise blood sugar. Know the higher-scored products. amount of carbohydrates in the foods you eat by looking at the food label for total Your Hy-Vee registered dietitian can talk grams of carbohydrates for the serving with you more about blood sugar control, size of food. Most adults need around NuVal and the foods recommended for 60 grams of carbohydrates at each meal. those with diabetes. Ask your Hy-Vee If you do not know how many grams of dietitian about in-store blood sugar carbohydrates you should be eating, screening.

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Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each small 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine. Answer on page 35.

Spot the Difference Can you spot 10 differences between the two versions of this photo from the Jingle Bell Hop in Dubuque. - Answers on page 35.

Answer on page 39

32 { december 8 -21, 2011 } 365ink Magazine | issue #149 www.Dubuque365.com { mayor buol on dubuque } only nixon... and buol, can go to china.

2012 City of Dubuque State Legislative Issues jobs to our economy, not including the by mayor roy d. buol construction jobs to complete the large projects. These 1,997 people would There are many assessment and valuation procedure, 2) equate to an $85 million annual payroll. issues impacting the changes to city and county budgeting effectiveness of city processes, 3) developing an alternative Requested Action: Maintain the government to improve community to current property tax limitations, and state historic tax credit program at the life, improve the fiscal future and 4) elimination of the rollback formula current level with a goal of removing service delivery of city government, and homestead exemption. resources in communities, codified in the cap on the historic preservation and improve the local economy. Our Section 404A.4. Rehabilitation of these tax incentives. Work to ensure that the governmental system needs to allow Requested Action: Work with the resources contributes to the economic administrative rules support private flexibility and authority for cities to Iowa League of Cities, the Metropolitan viability as well as the strength of sector development and best practices. meet the challenges of governing Coalition and ISAC to approve our communities. The secondary and providing citizens with services, legislation to design a tax structure that impacts of this historic tax credit on Notably, maintaining frequent while at the same time protecting our provides tax equity and policies that are our communities are countless. The communication with our State City from unfunded or underfunded consistent with an overall direction for program provides a tax credit of 25% legislators about the importance of mandates, liability or other financial risk, state and local government taxation. of the qualified rehabilitation expenses fiscal support for local government and restrictions on local control. Due for qualified projects. Thus, each and the key role Dubuque is playing as to the significant number of important credit represents an investment in an economic engine for the State is of issues, I will highlight a few in this and our community of at least four times primary importance. subsequent articles to keep citizens the amount of the credit. Additional abreast of the State Legislative Issues for revenues are generated through I invite the 365Ink readers to join me the 2012 Session: increased property taxes, income taxes, and all your local elected officials and and sales taxes. Dubuque has benefited community leaders by communicating from 20 state historic tax credit projects, the importance of the City’s requested more than any other city in the State of actions to our 2012 Legislature! Iowa, which has added far more to our financial system than a simple single “Those who say it cannot be done Homestead Tax Credit storefront project. These projects should not interrupt the person doing it.” Each year the City of Dubuque tries to have added well over 1,997 permanent - Proverb minimize the tax asking for the average State Mandates homeowner by not increasing, and Cities are often faced with implementing in some years, decreasing the City’s mandates from the state and federal property tax rate. The State of Iowa has governments without receiving the created a partially unfunded mandate necessary funds for implementation. through the establishment of the Homestead Tax Credit. The cost for the Requested Action: Enact legislation lack of full funding of this credit is passed that exempts local government from on to taxpayers and diminishes the City providing any new service or engaging of Dubuque’s efforts to keep property in any new activities mandated by the tax rates low. The credit was funded by state if the state does not provide full the State at 85% in 2003-2004, 81% in funding. 2004-2005, 78% in 2005-2006 and 2007- 2008, and 73% in 2007-2008.

Homestead Credit - State should fund 100% of these credits. MFPRSI - State should fund more of their obligated percentage for their share (3.79%) MFPRSI Employee contribution - change legislation to lift the cap from 9.4% (City Property Tax contribution will rise to 30% in 3 years, The current tax structure for state and employees should help with this cost). local governments is a mix of tax laws, rates and policies that do not provide Requested Action: Reinstate full for a fair and consistent tax system. funding for the Homestead Tax Credit. The Iowa League of Cities and the Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) State Historic Tax Credits have identified key areas needing The Iowa Historic Preservation Tax revision for a comprehensive tax reform Credit was passed in May 2000 to in Iowa. They include: 1) changes to promote investment in our historic

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Dear Trixie, gave me. I dodged the question I know next to nothing about wine, but because I didn’t want to tell her the at a recent dinner for six the host asked truth: it was ugly and I gave it to my me to choose the wine. There were eight cleaning lady. I just know she’ll ask different bottles of all brands of wine me again. What should I do? and I had no idea what to do. I picked - Prada Girl red wine—not knowing what we were being served for dinner. It turned out Dear Prada Girl, to be chicken and I was mortified. What Lie, lie and keep on lying. Studies have should I have done differently? shown the bigger the lie the more - Carl on Caledonia believable it will be. Tell her you were driving down the street and suddenly Dear Carl, the car in front of you burst into flames. How dare they serve chicken when As the driver staggered from the you’re drinking red wine! I’ve discovered burning vehicle you leaped from your in situations like yours it’s best to pick the car and beat the flames into submission one with the highest alcohol content. It with your new sweater. This story will may not go with the meal but after 2 or 3 only work if you live in a large city or if glasses you won’t really care. your sister-in-law lives in another state. She may not believe you but it will most • • • likely be the last time she gives you anything. Gaelic Storm number one on the Billboard World Chart. Dear Trixie, Concert Announced I recently had a married couple visit • • • Tuesday, February 14, 2012 On tour over 200 days a year, the quintet from out of town. We had a wonderful Five Flags Theater has seen a few members pass through its weekend! On Monday I received Dear Trixie Tickets on sale Monday, December 19 ranks over its 12 years together. Neverthe- a bouquet of flowers. Do I have to 14 The popular Irish rock band and less, the center holds firm with main singer, thank her for her thank-you gift? I just received an invitation to a good FEB Hooley favorite will perform a special accordion player and resident Irishman Pat- - Wendy on Westridge friend’s wedding. How do I know if it’s Valentine’s Day concert at Five Flags The- rick Murphy along with guitarist, vocalist, okay to bring my girlfriend? ater, Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Tickets for and primary songwriter Steve Twigger. With Dear Wendy on Westridge, - Mac on McCormick the performance will go on sale Monday, a solid lineup over the last two CD releases, Yes, you do. And then she must send December 19 at 10 a.m. Gaelic Storm is a live act to be reckoned with. a thank-you card thanking you for Dear Mac, your thank-you card for her thank-you There are two ways to determine the Known for their spirited and engaging live Reserved tickets for the Five Flags Theater flowers. This is how true friendships are answer to your question. First, did your performances, Gaelic Storm is on tour pro- performance are $33 for box seats, $26 for properly maintained. girlfriend ever sleep with any member of moting their most recent album “Cabbage,” first floor and front balcony seats, and $23 the wedding party—and that includes which held the number one position on the for balcony seats. Tickets are available at • • • both bride and groom and their parents. Billboard World Music Album Chart for three Five Flags Box Office, Ticketmaster Outlets, If the answer is no then look on the front consecutive weeks in 2010. The CD is the or by calling 1-800-745-3000, or on ticket- Dear Trixie, of the envelope you received and see if follow up to their 2008 independent release, master.com. Note that prices do not include My sister-in-law just asked me why it says, “... and guest.” You may bring her. “What’s The Rumpus?” which debuted at possible facility or service fees. I haven’t worn the sweater she

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Aries 3/21-4/19 Libra 9/23-10/22 You are infuriated by the “War You’re worried that you might on Christmas.” You’re really be addicted to Chex mix. But starting to hate all these politically correct that’s impossible, right? I mean, it’s not a types. No conflict there. drug. It’s just crunchy, salty, savory little bits of wonderful, tasty … yeah, you’re Taurus 4/20-5/20 addicted. You’re freaking out because there are only two shopping Scorpio 10/23-11/21 weeks until Christmas, you still have loads Finally … early fourth quarter of stuff on your list to buy, and your credit earning reports indicate that the card is getting too hot to hold onto. Just economy just might be starting to make a remember you are not too big to fail. comeback, which means your stock port- folio might start to regain some of those Gemini 5/21-6/21 ’08 losses. There’s that Christmas spirit! Now that the “lamestream PUZZLE ANSWERS (From page 32) media” has derailed the Her- Sagittarius 11/22-12/21 Spot the Difference man Cain train, you can’t decide whether Your conspiracy theory suscep- to support the serial divorcer or the flip- tible friend is convinced that flopper with the fake laugh. Good luck “Santa” is just an anagram for “Satan.” with that. True, they both wear red but that’s just crazy. Cancer 6/22-7/22 It’s almost mid-December, Capricorn 12/22-1/19 there’s still no snow and you Just because your “Christmas really want a White Christmas. If you get cheer” comes in a bottle does your wish, no complaints when you’re out not mean you’re an alcoholic. But throw- there shoveling! ing up before dinner at the in-laws might indicate you have a problem. Leo 7/23-8/22 You’re worried that the upcom- Aquarius 1/20-2/18 ing GOP debate moderated by You’re offended by all these Donald Trump is going to diminish the “Ugly Christmas Sweater Par- seriousness of the presidential campaign. ties.” You like your Christmas sweater! Don’t worry, this is going to be the big- Plus, somebody took a lot of time to Sudoku Crossword gest, finest debate ever … like it’s solid 24 embroider and bedazzle all those snow- karat gold…. On second thought, you’re flakes and Christmas trees and ornaments right. It’s crap. and presents. People just don’t get it.

Virgo 8/23-9/22 Pisces 2/19-3/20 You can’t believe all the com- You keep telling yourself despite mercialism and greed that has the holidays, you will not over- tainted the Christmas holiday. If you didn’t eat this year. You will not gain weight. It want to participate in the gift exchange, seems that pie over there that keeps calling you could have said so. your name did not get the memo.

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