First, let me thank everyone for reading the heck and women here. We are a river town built on out of our last issue. We ran out of papers and millworking, meatpacking and building tractors. were robbing from Peter to pay Paul (and usu- Yes, we write software now and manage retire- ally Peter was out of papers too). It looks like the ment benefits, but just as we hold on to our ar- largest-circulation cultural publication in the Tri- chitectural past, I think we are all proud of our States needs to up the print order. Thank you! industial past as well. What I really wanted to ramble on about this I miss Diamond Jack’s. I remember a few years issue is Dubuque Night in Des Moines. What back, someone asking the 365 guys if we’d intro- is that? Well, each year a huge delegation of duce a guy around the room. We’ve been going Dubuque business people, from government rep- to Dubuque Night for a decade, I figure. Nobody resentatives and labor unions, to restauranteurs knew who he was, but he was apparently a gov- and civic organizations, descend upon the State ernor from the east coast and he was running Capital to ... well, to throw a party. It’s hosted for president. He was wearing a brown suit and by the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce. had not yet been “groomed” for TV, but Howard There’s always great food and music. Dubuque Dean soon proved much more than anyone ex- businesses display the pride of our community pected. That’s the kind of low-key power moves and celebrate the success of Dubuque. So who that happen under the wagon wheel lights with is the party for? Legislators. You know, senators, the Main Street Jazz band whipping out Dixie- state house representatives, governors and state land tunes from the balcony. Do you think there government personnel. Politicos from across the are any guys running for president in 2008 that entire state are invited to party with Dubuque. are interested in wooing a room full of legisla- Do they? Yeah! Wouldn’t you? tors and power brokers? Like I said, I miss Diamond Jack’s. Dubuque was the first city to do And based on the continuously this in Iowa and many have cop- dwindling number of legisla- ied the practice, but Dubuque’s tors at Dubuque Night in recent has long been the legendary years, so do they. granddaddy of them all. The one legislators look forward to Chamber of Commerce attending. It’s the fun one. 365 Guys with Asst. City Manager Cindy Steinhauser & Iowa Lt. Gover- to the rescue. nor Sally Pederson in 2003. For what seems like the history It has been announced that the of time, the party was held at Diamond Jack’s, event is moving back to Diamond Jack’s this year, an Old West saloon style structure on the Iowa on March 14, 6 p.m. (Yes, you are invited. Group State Fairgrounds campus. It was the perfect set- transportation available, call 563.557.9200) If ting for a relaxing, no-pressure mixer. A place this was Brendan Houlihan, the new Chamber where people could network and dialogue Gov. Affairs Dir.’s first official policy decision, without feeling like they were being lobbied. then they’ve picked the right man for the job. Because, for the most part, they weren’t. I can’t wait for the old energy to return and I think A bout three or four years ago, Dubuque de- it will. Senators loosening their neckties. House cided we were growing up and abandoned the pages and college interns loading up on free hot- Fairgrounds for much fancier fare at the Hilton dogs and talking politics. And the great people of ballroom. The food got upgraded. People were Dubuque being unabashed Dubuquers. drinking wine and the beer was actually in a glass made of glass. There were more profes- This party is not for us. It is for the decision-mak- sional display booths and everyone dressed up. ers across the rest of the state. It for them to meet A lot of work went into it and we looked top- us. And going home to Diamond Jack’s is the notch. The Chamber really did do a stellar job of smartest thing we can do to make them feel wel- making us look classy. But for me, it just didn’t come. I know some people disagree and think work. It was a bad idea. I’ve always said so. we’ve worked too hard to shed our old skin. But I’m pretty sure the state of Iowa has discovered We are Dubuque. We have incredible art and from Dubuque, as we continue to lead and theater and the best live music scene in the amaze other towns with our progress, that you whole state. But even with our beautiful wine can’t judge a book by its affinity for tap beer. bars and Starbucks coffee, I think we (mostly) all feel that we’re still a brats and beer town. Oh, yeah, and remember the code of the road: Er, should I say turkey and dressing and Busch What happens at Dubuque Night stays at Light. There’s a lot of blue-collar working men Dubuque Night.

The 365ink crew... faces you already know!

Tim Brechlin Mike Ironside Tanya Graves Ellen Goodmann Megan Gloss Ralph Kluseman Jim Heckmann Matt Booth Megan Dalsing Nick Klenske L.A. Hammer Chris Wand ISSUE # 24 In This Issue of 365ink... February 22 - March 7, 2007

Joe Sent Me: 4 Community Events: 5 - 6

Arts & Culture: Defending the Caveman:7 D.A.W.G.: 9

Salsa’s Re-Opens: 10 Entertainment: 12-15 Budweiser Nightlife: 16& 17

18: Wando’s Movie Reviews Mayor Roy Buol: 20

365 Classifieds: 22 Classifieds Cookin’ Something Up: 22

Mattitude: 23 Two By Two Animal Campus: 24

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

Crossword / 365 Books: 27 Nick Klenske / Forbidden: 28

OTLAG Gallery Opening: 29 Comedy: 30 Life @ 365: 31

The Inkwell ) [email protected]) Publisher: Bryce [email protected] ( ) 563-451-9365 Tim Brechlin ( [email protected] ) 563-451-8365 Editor: Kelli Kerrigan ( Advertising: [email protected]) Poppy [email protected] ( Tanya Graves ( Ad Design: : Mike Ironside, Joey Wallis, Ron TIgges, Bryce Parks Photography Mike Ironside, Tim Brechlin, Ellen Goodmann, Writers & Content: Bryce Parks, L.A. Hammer, Chris Wand, Gary Olsen, Mayor Roy Buol, Matt Booth, Robert Gelms, Bryce Angela Parks, Koppes,, Mike Megan Ironside, Gloss, Tim Nick Brechlin Klenske Graphic Design & Layout: Bob & Fran Parks, Kay Kluseman, Bob Johnson, Todd Special thank you to: Locher, Dave Blake, Everett Buckardt, Julie Steffen, Sheila Castaneda, Tom Miller, Renae Gabrielson, Christy Monk, Katy Rosko, Ron &, JenniferIA, 52001 Tigges and all the 365 friends and advertisers for all your, Dubuque support. You are all 365. West 1st Street (563) 588-4365 Dubuque365 • 210 Office Phone or Music/Events/Movie Hotline 365 @ All contents (c) 2007, Community, Incorporated. All rights reserved.

We’ve hidden 365’s WANDO somewhere in this issue of Dubuque365ink. Can you find the master of movies buried within these pages? Hint: He’s tiny and could be anywhere ! Good Luck! Win- ners get a free warm fuzzy felling in your belly! Roy Buol Gary Olsen Robert Gelms Brad Parks Angela Koppes Joey Wallis DON’T MAKE ME PUMP YOU FULL OF LEAD YELLOWBELLY! 4 FEB 22 - MARCH 7 Joe Sent Me ... Again here for the new one.” by Tim Brechlin The musical has a healthy blend of styles, with a lot of color and a lot of humor. “For the price of a ticket What else would you expect from a musi- if you’re in the know, cal with songs like “A Broad and a Fraud” you just knock three times and “Mr. C,” the story of Al Capone? and ask for Joe.” “C’s sentimental, that’s for sure. Just ask Bugs Moran. Believe it or not, there was a time, many C sent a message on Valentine’s Day moons ago, when even Dubuque was free that’s known throughout the land. of alcoholic concoctions, and it occurred even a few years before federal Prohibi- Bugs didn’t take delivery. Seven other tion began. Dubuque without booze ... fellas did. who’d have thunk it? Well, I guess no one Line up and reach your hands to the really did thunk it, since there were of ceiling: C sends his greetings!” course speakeasies and the like for peo- ple to consume that sinful liquid. It was “I believe that in a musical, the songs are a pretty interesting time, actually, with there to either drive the plot or further gangsters, outlaws, bootleggers and the develop the characters,” says Hemmer, like. So interesting, in fact, that back in espousing a belief that this writer agrees 1978, Paul Hemmer and Don and Lauret- with. (You hear that, Andrew Lloyd Web- ta Stribling got together and wrote a mu- ber?) “And as a result, with a show like sical about it, called Joe Sent Me. What’s this, you’re going to have a wide variety of the deal, you ask? It’s coming back. styles of songs.” These include such spec- tacles as the Gin Mill Jamboree, a Charles- “Wayne Norman had been doing a lot Hemmer, usually means umpteen differ- Joe Sent Me, an original musical comedy, ton-style number with costumes designed of research into the Prohibition era of ent things at once). In 1979, Hemmer will be playing at the Grand Opera House by Barak Stribling (son of Don and Lauret- the area,” says Hemmer, “and he called joined forces with 365ink contributor from March 1 - 11, and it promises to be a ta), a New York-based designer who’s also me one afternoon and said, ‘Paul, you Gary Olsen for the Key City Comedy great time, if the reactions from the origi- worked on such projects as Starship Troop- should write a musical about Prohibition- Company, a Saturday Night Live-esque nal show are any indication. (“Bright, ers, Almost Famous, American Gangster era Dubuque, with some gangsters, and comedy show at Five Flags which ran brassy, tuneful” was the headline on the and Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom. it should be about a speakeasy, and you for 2 1/2 years. Then, two years ago, the Des Moines Register for the premiere of “That’s a number that you have to see to should call it Joe Sent Me.’ I thought for a Dubuque Arts Council held a retrospec- the show. It was kind of a big deal.) believe it,” muses Hemmer. Other high- few moments and I just said, ‘Okay.’ And tive of various projects that had been lights include “Attitude,” the end of Act 1 that’s really how the whole thing started.” done over the past years ... including Joe The genesis of the show dates back to the that Hemmer describes as “just a ridicu- Sent Me. Hemmer went back to his ma- ‘70s, when that crazy radio mogul Paul lous amount of fun,” and “River Town,” “a Hemmer got together with area theater de- terial and put together a small revue of Hemmer had already written a couple of love note to Dubuque that sums up what ities Don and Lauretta Stribling, and they the show, and as he puts it, “It took about musicals, Get the Lead Out and Dr. Gray everyone loves about this city.” Other odes began doing research into what was going 30 seconds for all of us to say, ‘Why don’t Matter’s Dilemma, the latter being a kids’ to Dubuque within the show include set on around here back in Prohibition. They we do this again?’” And so they did. show. Then he received some new inspi- pieces that are blow-ups of era postcards, spoke to actual bootleggers and some old- ration ... or more specifically, featuring areas like Main Street and Union er musicians who had been around back Hemmer went about getting the band back a directive. Park (the latter of which opens up Act 2, then, and decided based on their find- together, so to speak, calling up Don and at a picnic), and the headquarters of the ings to make the front of their speakeasy Lauretta Stribling to get together and fresh- gangsters being at the Tick-Tock in East a movie theater. “Everything in this show en up the musical, and afterwards, he ap- Dubuque. is based in some measure on reality,” says proached the Grand Opera House with the Hemmer. The show ultimately evolved to idea of hosting the musical, an idea that revolve around an undercover FBI agent, the Grand eagerly embraced. And then TICKET INFORMATION trying to bust this particular speakeasy, came the task of putting it all together. Show dates: March 1-4 and 8 -11. with the owner trying to sell it off. Add Weekday performances are at 7:30 in a healthy dose of gangsters, beautiful Hemmer re-visited the score, changed a p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. women and booze, and you’ve got fun. few things here and there, wrote some and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $17, new songs and dropped some old ones, and available at the Grand Opera This was back in the summer of 1978. and put together a 9-piece orchestra: Three House box office @ (563) 588-1305. The show was cast and it was a huge hit. saxophones, three brass and three rhythm It was submitted to a Southern California players. And the original scene drops were The cast comprises old and new faces from theatre competition and it played in Los painted by the Goodman Theatre in Chi- around the area, including Bob Burke, a Angeles in 1979. “That was really cool,” cago, and the theatre was only too happy Sageville principal, and one of those old says Hemmer. “How many times can you to provide them for the revival ... except faces is one of the great little stories of this say that a play conceived in Dubuque, for one of them, “At the Bijou Picture production. In 1978, a young 19-year-old Iowa, is actually staged in Los Angeles?” Show.” The Goodman didn’t have it. woman by the name of Judy Clark played Flo, one of the main roles in the cast. “Long before the autumn and long be- “We got really worried for a while,” says In 2007, a woman by the name of Judy fore the snow, I loved that girl, just a Hemmer. “But a few of us had some Nemmers is playing Flo. Judy Nemmers is dream ago.” memories of ‘At the Bijou’ hanging over Judy Clark, just slightly more married and at Five Flags, so we called them up, and The photos featured here and on the cover are less young (but just slightly!). all from the 1978 production of “Joe Sent Me,” Years went by, and everyone went back there it was! It’s great to be able to have courtesy of Paul Hemmer. to doing their usual stuff (which, for Paul everything from the original production Continued on page 19 SEMINOLE WIND... IS THAT WHEN A NATIVE AMERICAN HAS GAS? 5 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

Fresh on the heels of the new car show, a bunch of various expos will be rolling into the Dubuque area over the next few weeks. Looks like a great place to spend your tax return.

Boat Show (February 23,24,25) The Dubuque Yacht Basin / Boat Show will take over the Grand River Center from Febru- ary 23 - 25. With brands like Tracker and Four Winns on display, this will be a great opportu- nity to check out a bunch of new aquamarine The U.S. Navy does a lot of stuff, be- a variety of popular standards and clas- gear for the summer. The show will be open tween, you know, those big nuclear- sical favorites. In addition, members of from noon until 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23, 10 powered carriers, and all those fighter local high school bands will join the a.m. - 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24, and 10 a.m. - 6 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25. For jets, and those cruise missiles that can Navy Band to perform the Washington more information, contact Bob Runberg at 563-588-9564. flush out a terrorist from a cave in like Post March, composed by John Phillip two seconds flat. That’s bad-ass. But did Sousa. And that’s pretty cool. you know the Navy also has a band? Sertome Home Show While admission is free, tickets are re- (February 23, 24, 25) The Dubuque Arts Council will be pre- quired, and they’re available exclusively The Sertoma Club, a service organization dedi- senting the U.S. Navy Band, all the way at all Dutrac Community Credit Union of- cated to assisting the more than 50 million peo- from Washington, D.C., for the perfor- fices, or by sending a SASE to Navy Band ple with speech, hearing and language disor- mance of a free concert at the Grand Concert / Dubuque Arts Council, 2728 As- ders, will sponsor a home show at the Dubuque River Center on Sunday, March 4, at 7 bury Road, Dubuque IA 52001. For more County Fairgrounds Grand Ballroom and 4H p.m. Conducted by USN Captain Ralph information, contact Paul Hemmer at dbq- Community Center, also to take place from Feb- M. Gambone, the concert will feature [email protected], or at 563-690-0830. ruary 23 - 25. Fun for the whole family, the show will have a wide variety of products and tradesmen available for goers. Admission is $1. Proceeds from Sertoma Club projects go directly to the club’s service efforts, so this is a good cause. Open Friday The concert events will feature the works from 5 - 9 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. of 60 composers representing 23 states, and all the composers will on campus Jackson Expo Home Show during the performances, and they’ll (March, 9, 10, 11) also be available to meet with the pub- The Jackson Expo Group will be presenting lic. To ensure a distinct Tri-State feel to a Tri-State home and builders show at the the proceedings, faculty soloists and Grand River Center from March 9 -11. Admis- ensembles from Clarke, Loras College, sion is $3 for adults, with children under 12 the University of Dubuque, U.W. - Plat- getting in for free. Hours will be 5 - 9 p.m. on teville, and Wartburg Seminary, as well Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. on Saturday and noon Clarke College as the Dubuque Trumpet Ensemble, the - 5 p.m. on Sunday. There will be a number of seminars in addition to the exhibits, Dubuque Symphony Orchestra Cham- covering topics like home decorating, mixing colors, patterns and textures, geo- February 22 - 24 ber Players, and the Julien Dubuque thermal heating and modular construction. For more information, contact William Chamber Singers will be performing. Jackson at 712-336-0040. Clarke College has a pretty impres- sive music program. We know that The big kahuna will be on Friday, Feb. much. But the learning isn’t just limit- 23, from 4-6:30 p.m., for that conduct- ed to students living in the dorms, you ing symposium you read about above. know. Musicians and composers from DeRusha, who’s conducted through- around the entire country are going to out the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia and be converging upon the Clarke cam- South America, will select six conduc- pus for a three-day Region V Society of tors who will then conduct the Clarke John Anderson, the singer of such Composers conference, from February College New Music Ensemble and classic country tunes as “Seminole 22 - 24. receive instruction and critical com- Wind,” “Straight Tequila Night” and ments from him. One of the selected “Let Go of the Stone,” not to men- We’re talking eight (count ‘em, eight) conductors is William Rowley, the tion one of 365ink editor public concerts, five paper and- re band director at Dubuque Senior High Tim’s favorite country sing- search presentations (if you’re into that School. The public is invited to attend ers, will be coming to the Five Flags sort of thing) and a conducting sympo- the symposium and admission is free. Center on March 30 at 7:30 p.m. sium hosted by Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra conductor Stanley DeRusha. For more information, contact the Ticket prices are $40 and $35, and Admission to all these events, with the Clarke College Public Relations of- they are on sale now at the Five Flags exception of the Dubuque Symphony fice at 563-588-6318. A complete box office. Stay tuned to 365ink Orchestra Chamber Ensemble perfor- schedule and listing of performers can for more details in our next issue... mance, is free and the public is invited be found at www.clarke.edu/sci. The but get your tickets now, while to attend. The symphony’s performance event is sponsored in part by a grant you still can! is $25 for adults and $10 for students. from the good people at Mediacom. I WROTE A BALLET TO THE SOUNDS OF POLICE SIRENS ONCE 6 FEB 8 - 21

It’s safe to say that Swan Lake is one of takes pity on her and begins to fall in love those quintessential ballets. In fact, it’s ... but just as he’s about to declare is love often called “the ballet of ballets.” for her, which would break the curse, Von Rothbart appears. The prince leaves the Originally based on a libretto by Vladi- scene and returns to his birthday party, mir Begichev and scored by Tchaikovksy, and the sorcerer arrives in disguise with it was first presented as The Lake of the his own daughter Odile, who’s been made Swans in 1877 in Moscow. It was later re- to look identical to Odette. The prince vived in early 1895 by Marius Petipa and mistakes Odile for Odette (confused yet?), Lev Ivanov, who staged it for the Imperial and proclaims to the royal court that he 5. What important event happened in Ballet and had Tchaikovsky’s score revised intends to make this impostor his wife ... Dubuque on May 25, 1872? by Russian composer Riccardo Drigo. when he realizes the mistake he has made. At this point, various versions of the bal- Swan Lake A) The first Town Clock collapsed was the first of its kind: The let exist, some with happy endings, some Answers on page 31 B) The Five Flags Theater was opened first ballet set to the original score ofa with ... not so happy endings. Which one C) The Shot Tower ceased operations symphonic composer. It tells the story of will this performance be? You’ll just have 1. The Grand Opera House was built D) Marine Bob Parks was born Prince Siegfried, the heir to the kingdom, to find out. in 1889 and 1890. When did it begin who must take a wife at his birthday cele- showing movies? 6. Premier Bank was opened in the bration. But because he’s so distraught that Swan Lake, presented by the Five Flags he must marry for show and not for love, Center, will be staking a spot in the The- A) 1915 1990s after moving into property va- cated by which auto dealer? he runs into a forest, where he encounters ater on February 24-25 and March 3-4, B) 1922 a beautiful swan maiden, Odette. Odette with 8 p.m. showings on February 24 and C) 1908 A) Dan Kruse has fallen victim to a spell from the evil March 3, and 2 p.m. showings on Febru- D) 1934 B) Richardson sorcerer Von Rothbart, who has sentenced ary 25 and March 4. Tickets are $27 for C) Riley’s Auto Sales her to live as a swan by day and woman box seats, $22 for the main floor and front 2. Eventually, the Grand was sold and D) Mike Finnin by night. As Siegfried learns her story, he balcony, and $17 for the rear balcony. its days as a movie theater ended. In 1986, the first live production in many 7. What makes Mercy Medical Center years was shown. What was it? distinct among Iowa hospitals? A 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner A) Carmen A) It is a Diamond Level Center and 1960 Tony Award for Best Play, J.B. B) Ben-Hur B) It has acheived Magnet status is a play in verse based on the biblical C) Tintypes C) It’s 35% more merciful story of Job. As a modern interpretation D) The Best Christmas Pageant Ever D) They cured gout with a month old of the bible story, the character of Job, orange and a roll of duct tape. J.B., a twentieth-century banker, strug- 3. Two of these Dubuque landmarks are gles with his faith in God as he is forced National Historic Landmarks. Which 8. True or false: Traditional Mexican to deal with the death of his children, are they? cuisine is more heavily starch-based the destruction of his home and busi- ness, separation from his wife Sarah, A) Dubuque County Courthouse than Tex-Mex cuisine. and finally disease. B) Julien Dubuque Bridge 9. Which of these is not a Tex-Mex C) Dubuque Arboretum Father Bob Beck will lead a public dis- D) Shot Tower invention? cussion sponsored by members of Cam- A) Chili con queso pus Ministry about themes presented in 4. Paul Hemmer has been a Dubuque B) Chili con carne the play following the opening night radio personality for years. At which C) Crispy chalupas performance on February 23. station did he first become a popular D) Chiles rellenos Production dates for J.B. are February morning host? J.B., by Archibald MacLeish February 23,24,25 23 and 24 at 8:00 p.m., and February A) KDTH AM 1370 10. Asbury Plaza is the __th-largest 25 at 7 p.m. in St. Joseph Auditorium in B) KGRR FM 97.3 shopping center in Iowa. The Loras Players, under the direction Hoffmann Hall (under the clock tower). C) WDBQ AM 1490 A) 2nd B) 4th of Associate Professor Doug Donald, Admission for the general public is $10. D) KATF FM 92.9 C) 8th D) Chili con queso present J.B., a play by Archibald Ma- Admission is free for all Loras students, cLeish February 23, 24, and 25. faculty, and staff. LADIES, WE’RE NOT BEING INCONSIDERATE, WE’RE JUST CAVEMEN! 7 FEB 8 - 21

Being a caveman must have through myriad situations that totally rocked. Think about it. skewer the differences (and You wandered around with similarities) of men and wom- a club all day, and if you en in relationships. “If men encountered something that and women would spend as even mildly aggravated you, much time trying to under- like an animal or a door-to- stand each other as we do door salesman, you simply trying to change each other,” beat it six ways from Sunday Becker says, “we would get along and brought it home. Then you had the a lot better and laugh a lot more.” woman make some sammiches and you sat in your rockliner (HA! I made a fun- Chris Sullivan moved to Chicago 2 years ny!) until it was time to hit the hay. Then ago to perform Defending the Caveman you woke up and did it all over after touring for two years with the pro- again. That’s the life right there. duction. When not performing this particular show, he works Defending the Caveman, a as a voice over artist for radio glorification and exploration and television. He also recently of the differences between completed an independent fea- men and women and also the ture film called North Starr. longest running solo play in Broadway history, is now Defending the Caveman will have a worldwide sensation (30 Dubuque audiences roaring with countries, 15 different languages, mil- laughter and recognition as it lions of attendees) and it’s coming right “probes the male mystique with a well- here to Dubuque. Tickets at the Five aimed spear,” in the words of the San Fran- Flags Theater go on sale Friday, February cisco Chronicle. With insights on contem- 23, for 2 performances set for Saturday, porary feminism, masculine sensitivity and March 31, and Sunday, April 1. Actor the erogenous zone, Defending the Cave- Chris Sullivan will star as the Caveman. man mines the common themes in rela- tionships that go straight Rob Becker, an accom- to the funny bone. plished comedian and a father of three, wrote Tickets are $35, $38 and Defending the Caveman $42 for box seats, and over the course of three can be purchased at the years while exploring Five Flags Center Box the fields of anthropol- Office, by calling 563- ogy, prehistory, psychol- 557-8497, or online at ogy, sociology and mythology. The show ticketmaster.com and at all Ticketmaster delighted audiences on Broadway for outlets. Group discounts are available, two years as the Caveman guided them but act fast and get tickets now. IF I BORROWED LUMBER FROM HIM, WOULD GRANT WOOD GRANT WOOD 8 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

Art@Your Library™ March Exhibit: creates an intimate moment between lov- Cynthia Nelms-Byrne ers or parent and child.” Artists Big & Small! & Gail Chavenelle Throughout March, the Library will spon- @ your library sor a series of special family-friendly Opening Reception, Friday, March 2 events in coordination with the exhibit. A family-friendly series of Art @ your library, the Carnegie-Stout Artists Big and Small! @your library, a interactive events Public Library program featuring the art program of the Library’s Youth Services of local artists, continues with a new Department will feature free interactive Offered in conjunction with the Art @your exhibit for the month of March. Part of classes and tours led by Gail Chavenelle. library exhibit, this series of free events at “A year of Art@your library,” the March Call the Youth Services Dept. for more info the library promises to be both fun and show, Memories and New Thoughts, or to register for the program at 563-589- educational. Registration for events is re- will feature the artwork of painter Cyn- 4225, extension 2228. quired and begins on February 12. Call thia Nelms-Byrne and sculptor Gail the Youth Services Department for more Art @your library™ is a program of the Chavenelle. An opening reception for information or to register for the program Carnegie-Stout Public Library in partner- the exhibit, providing an opportunity at 563-589-4225, extension 2228. ship with twenty local artists. Monthly to meet the artists, will be held in the exhibits through 2007 will feature a Library’s historic Rotunda, Friday, March variety of artwork, ranging from water- Saturday, March 10 2, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The opening colors, sculpture and oil paintings, to reception is free and open to the public. Abstract/Minimalist Sculpture quilting and pottery. In addition to Cyn- 1 - 4 p.m. (depending on age) From her background is in commercial thia Nelms-Byrne and Gail Chavenelle, Artist Gail Chavenelle will help children illustration, Cynthia Nelms-Byrne has ex- exhibiting artists include Aaron Butch- explore examples of these modern art panded on her experience, painting in a er, John Bissell, Odra Erberhardt, Tom styles before participants create their variety of media and modes of expression. Gibbs, Donna Gibson, Sharon Krapfl, own masterpiece to keep. The program Alternately working in both acrylic and Ada Kauffman, Dave Kettering, Ioana will run three times, each for children of oil paints, she creates paintings ranging Mamali, Stormy Mochal, Teri Mozena, different ages. Children in grades K-2, 1 from realistic and impressionistic depic- Tim Olson, Abigail Robertson, Elizabeth - 1:45 p.m.; grades 3-5, 2 - 2:45 p.m.; Robertson, Rich Robertson, Gene Tully, tions of Iowa landscapes and figure stud- tion as a member of The Art Studio group. and grades 6-8, 3 - 4 p.m. John Tully, and Rosanne Wilgenbush. ies to more expressionistic work. “I find The painters circle works from a studio myself bored with doing at Fountain Park and exhibits at the com- Wednesday, March 14 just one thing in only plex’s Galleria exhibition space. one style,” she notes Art and Your ABCs in her artist’s state- Metal sculptor Gail Chavenelle began her 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. ment. “I love the love of three-dimensional forms crafted This program for children ages 3-6 (ac- Iowa landscape in from two-dimensional materials as a child. companied by an adult) will explore the all its variations, Working with paper, she created paper alphabet and art along with artist Gail and have looked dolls, chains pop-out books, and greeting Chavenelle. Children will complete an to rendering it in cards, “but wanted the works to be more art project to take home. all these styles permanent.” Now working with metal, and media. The Chavenelle cuts, folds and bends 20-gauge Saturday, March 24 colors and the steel into her three-dimensional sculptural light on the hills forms. Some are polished to a metallic Dubuque Art Tour and fields around sheen, some are powder-coat painted in 10:30 a.m. - 2:45 p.m. the tri-state area bright primary colors, and some are al- Gail Chavenelle will be your tour guide constantly draw lowed to rust over time. Exploring the ki- through many artworks on display at the me into differ- netic potential of steel, Chavenelle creates Library, the Art on the River public art in- ent interpreta- forms that can bend, sway or turn with the stallation at the Port of Dubuque, and the tions.” Primarily wind. Though her sculptures have been Dubuque Museum of Art. The group will self-taught, Nelms- exhibited at numerous shows and are on also enjoy the ballet at the Saturday Family Byrne continues her display in private homes, gardens and cor- The Library’s gallery area on the second Matinee at the Museum of Art. A free pro- practice and educa- porate collections, Chavenelle is down-to- floor will serve as the exhibition space. gram for kids in grades 2 to 5, it includes a earth in her approach to her work. “I Guests are encouraged to enter the li- complimentary box lunch and trolley ride, remain a committed craft artist,” she brary through the library’s historic front courtesy of the Friends of the Library. says. “I love the curl as strips of metal doors. For more information, call the become wild hair or a horse’s mane. I Carnegie-Stout Public Library at 589- Thursday, March 29 am awed as a turn of a metal head 4225, option 7. Artists and Influence: Where Do the Ideas Come From? 1 - 3:30 p.m. (depending on age) Gail Chavenelle will discuss where ideas for her creative sculptures come from and which artists have influenced her work. Participants will create their own piece of art to take home. The program will run at two times, for children in grades K-3 from 1 - 2 p.m., and for children in grades 4-8 from 2:15 - 3:30 p.m. SIT, UBOO, SIT! GOOD DAWG 9 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

thor’s name, address, e-mail and telephone number, must appear on each submitted page. Writ- ers should also include a brief biography (50 words or less) with information about writing experience and any previous publication his- tory. All materials should be mailed to Dubuque Area Writ- ers Guild, c/o Paula Neuhaus, 378 Main St., Dubuque, Iowa 52001. The deadline for submis- sions is March 17, 2007.

As in recent years, the Writers Guild is asking area artists to submit artwork to illustrate the front and back cover of the an- thology. Drawings may be submitted by mail or scanned and submitted via Dubuque Area Writers Guild email. As with submissions of poetry, “Gallery” Poetry Anthology artists should should include name, ad- dress, e-mail, telephone number, and Call for submissions brief biographical information. Submis- sions should be mailed to the above ad- The Dubuque Area Writers Guild wants dress prior to March 17. your poetry. The non-profit, volunteer- driven organization that hosts monthly The Writers Guild will host a reading open readings is soliciting area writers of work published in the anthology at to submit work for Gallery 2007, the DubuqueFest on Friday, May 18, at 7 Writers Guild’s annual anthology of p.m. Sponsored by Julien’s Journal at local poetry. Published in coordina- the Dubuque Museum of Art, the read- tion with DubuqueFest, the anthology ing acts as an anthology release re- compiles a range of work from both ception with writers published in the experienced and unpublished Tri-State collection reading their poetry aloud. area poets. Winning artists will also be honored at the reception. Each published poet A true representation of the community, will receive a complimentary copy of the Writers Guild will publish at least the Gallery 2007 anthology. The poetry one poem by each person who submits. reading and reception is open to the Poets may submit as many as three po- public. Copies of the anthology will be ems, with the possibility of two being available for purchase at the Museum published. In an ongoing partnership of Art and at River Lights Bookstore in with Julien’s Journal, all entries submit- Dubuque. ted will be considered for republication by the Dubuque area magazine. For more information, contact Writer’s Guild coordinator Paula Neuhaus, at Submitted poems must not exceed 30 [email protected]. Please use lines and should be typed or printed the subject line “Gallery.” Or visit the on standard paper, one poem per page. Dubuque Area Writer’s Guild online at Contact information, including the au- Dubuque365.com, keyword “DAWG.”

SWAN LAKE “The Ballet of Ballets” Feb. 24 & Mar. 3, 8 p.m., Feb. 25 & Mar. 4, 2p.m. Tickets $27 / $22 / $17 NCAA 34th Annual Div. III National Wrestling Championships March 2 & 3: All sessions ticket: Adults, $40, Students, $30 Single session ticket: Adults, $12, Students, $10 Dubuque Symphony Orchestra Classics IV “INNOCENCE & EXPERIENCE” March 10, 8 p.m., March 11, 2 p.m. Country Music Star John Anderson March 30, Tickets : $40 & $35 ON SALE FEB. 21ST AT 10 AM! HOLY CATS, SALSA’S IS BACK AND IT ROCKS! 10 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

’ the coffee house feature we ran in these pages for several months have probably detected that I’m a creature of habit: Whenever I go to a coffee shop, it’s a by Tim Brechlin vanilla cappuccino. Whenever I go to a Mexican restaurant, it’s cheese enchi- You may recall, somewhere in the dark ladas, rice and beans. Every restaurant, “We pretty much gutted the whole floor is entirely new, as are all the- ap recesses of your mind (not THAT dark, every day. But not this day. place,” says owner Emiliano Ramirez, pliances, fixtures, so on and so forth. A though; we can’t print those recesses), a looking fondly at his handiwork. But new soundproofed ceiling protects the I discovered on the menu something just because everything tenants upstairs from the noise if things quaint little establishment at the corner of called “enchorizadas,” and 11th and Main that opened in the spring old is new again, that get a bit too rowdy. The brick walls, the I was curious. I love spicy, doesn’t mean that it’s same ones that have always stood in this of 2004. It was a little piece of heaven, zesty food, and enchoriza- another jewel in a downtown area that lost the core of what building, were tuckpointed by Ramirez das tantalized me with three made it special in the himself. The basement has been re-done was beginning once again to experience enchiladas stuffed with cho- life and revitalization ... a renaissance, if first place. and completely opened up, and it will rizo (a spicy sausage, for the be available to host live music, private you will. It was called Salsa’s, an authen- unaware). I decided that as “We’re in downtown, parties and banquets. Four inches of con- tic Mexican restaurant with a welcoming, I was dining at a new res- and there was never crete were poured to create a new floor cozy atmosphere ... and I had a religious taurant, I must change my any question of leav- down there, and the stairs offer easy ac- experience there. Seriously. routine, and so I took the ing downtown,” says cess to both sides of the restaurant. plunge ... and sweet sassy Ramirez. “The West End Rewind to September of 2005. I had just molassey, I was in heaven. is the West End, and “I really extended my resume during begun working here at 365 and I was Between the service and the businesses out there this project,” the father of two laughs as slowly becoming acclimated to the cul- the food, Salsa’s had just can do their thing. But he begins to recall all the different jobs ture that composes this band of lunatics changed my life, forever. (myself included). As yet another work- this is downtown ... this that faced him and his large team as they tackled the proposition of making a new day drew to a close, and Bryce Parks and And so it was with much sadness and is where the city of Dubuque started, this Salsa’s. “There was a lot of work and there I found ourselves with a bit of an appe- grief that I learned of Salsa’s closing on is where the heart is.” were a lot of people who put so much en- tite. You might even say we were “hun- June 15 of last year. That noble building ergy and effort into this. I told my wife, gry.” (For two pleasantly plump men, are fell silent, and I was without my deli- And there’s a lot of heart here. The family- ‘Now I have the knowledge to start build- you surprised?) After battling over what cious enchorizadas. I was lost, aimless, owned restaurant now boasts an expand- ing things at home.’ She just looked at me sort of cuisine would provide sustenance spinning out of control in a world that ed, luxuriously spaced dining room and and said, ‘Oh, no, you’re not.’” for our roly-poly selves, we settled upon had abandoned me. a mammoth-sized, well-aged bar pro- Mexican food. Bryce suggested, nay, de- cured from those collecting fiends over manded that we go to Salsa’s, of which I am aimless no more. Salsa’s is back. at the Restoration Warehouse. You can OK, so, it looks nice … but that’s only part I had never even heard by this point in And as you can see from these photos, even see the burns from patrons of days of the equation, as every restaurant-goer time. I didn’t know much of downtown it’s better than ever. New and improved, gone by stubbing out their cigarettes in knows. It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got back then. So off we went. Readers of you might say. its mahogany textures. The maple wood that swing, right? Salsa’s has the swing. DOESN’T THE TEQUILA LOOK YUMMY? 11 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

The second method makes a lot of sense from a financial and value standpoint, because it’s so much cheaper to buy things like vegetables in massive quanti- ties and to hold onto them for a while. But we’re going to be buying fresh ingre- dients, because we really want to push quality over value.”

And at the end of the day, as it is with all establishments of this nature, it’ll be the people and the personality that make it work. “We’ve come this far and we’re still alive,” Ramirez says as he looks back on everything that’s been done to make his dream possible … and possibly looking at something more. “The Gronens, our landlords, “One of the things that I think really The menu, available for both lunch and have been just fantastic to us. And this sets us apart is that when we say we’re dinner, will boast not only traditional is a great location. We have the apart- an authentic restaurant, we really are, Mexican and New-Mex items like bur- ments, we have Hardin Phelps, we in terms of our menu,” says Ramirez. ritos, tacos and chimichangas (though I have Jamie’s Wine Studio, we have the Salsa’s boasts a selection of between 15 never knew that a burrito is not a tra- coffee shop … there are a lot of busi- and 20 tequilas, ranging from decent ditional Mexican dish but an American nesses that have set up shop here.” tequilas to premium, top-shelf spirits. creation), but also Central American Ramirez says he hopes that perhaps “When you order one of our top-shelf dishes (Ramirez is from Guatemala). the businesses in the 1000 Block can tequilas,” Ramirez says, “you’re go- And rather than the flour tortillas that get together for monthly owner meet- ing to notice the difference, from the have become so prevalent in the United ings to discuss the developments and taste to how you feel in the morning.” States, Salsa’s proudly uses corn torti- the goings-on of the area. Of course, no Dubuquers would ever llas. One final touch? Ingredients that consume enough alcohol to feel some- are fresher than fresh. “We have great neighbors, so I think we thing in the morning … right? The bar can all become part of a great destination will also start off with five draft beers “You kind of have two options when for good food, good fun, good times,” he (including the always-wonderful Bud you’re dealing with food ingredients,” says. Light!) and several more bottled variet- says Ramirez. “You can buy them fresh, ies, and then build from there. or you can buy them in bulk and put “It’s been a long ride, but it’s almost over.” them in the freezer to keep them usable. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN EXPERIENCED? 12 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

by Megan Gloss ful deliverance. It is introspective and light and will really move the audience.” Tuesdays Dubuque Symphony Orchestra audiences ‘Round Midnight Jazz w/ Bill Encke - Isabella’s, 9 p.m. - 12 a.m. can expect a breathtaking variety for its Selections from Swan Lake will be a famil- Pub Quiz - The Busted Lift, 8 p.m. First 3 Tuesdays of the month. Loose Gravel Duo - Riverwalk Cafe, Grand Harbor, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. upcoming classical concert. “Innocence iar piece for symphony audiences and will Karaoke - Becky McMahon - Jumpers, 9 p.m. - 12 a.m. & Experience” will be presented at 8 p.m. primarily feature the orchestra. Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. March 10 and 2 p.m. March 11 at the Five Karaoke - Borderline, One Flight Up, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Flags Theater, in Dubuque. “Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. 61,” featuring Curtis, will be another high- DJ Music - Double J DJ’s, Rooster’s, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. The concerts will feature the Dubuque Cho- light on the program. Wednesdays rale and vocal soloists performing Faure’s Open Mic - Hosted by the Dert Tones, The Busted Lift, 9 p.m. - 1a.m. beautiful and haunting “Requiem, Op. “Caroline (Curtis) will do a bang-up job,” Live on Main Comedy - 2 great standups, Bricktown, 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. 48” alongside the DSO. The program also said Intriligator. “It’s always wonderful to 3100 Club Comedy - Midway Hotel, Bricktown, 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. Cigar Club, Bartinis, 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. will include selections from Swan Lake, by be able to feature one of our very own The Wundo Band - Pizzeria Uno Annex, Platteville, WI, 9 p.m. - 12 a.m. Tchaikovsky, and Saint-Saëns “Violin Con- players.” WJOD Wild West Wed - (Country Dancing), Fairgrounds, 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. certo No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61,” featuring Karaoke - Becky McMahon, Denny’s Lux Club 8:30 p.m. -12:30 a.m. DSO concertmaster Caroline Curtis. Karaoke - Borderline, Bricktown, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke - C Sharp Karaoke, A&B Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. “I’m very excited about this program,” Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. said DSO director William Intriligator. “There will be a lot of variety for the audi- Thursdays ence, featuring the chorus, a soloist and of Live Music - Robbie Bahr & Laura McDonald, Gobbies, Galena, 9 p.m. -1a.m. course the symphony – a little something Y-105 Party Zone - Dbq Co. Fairgrounds, 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Open Mic - Grape Harbor, 8 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. for everyone.” Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. Karaoke - Rocco - Riverboat Lounge, 8:30 p.m. - 12 a.m. Dubuque Chorale director Fran Vogt de- Karaoke - Becky McMahon, Ground Round, 9 p.m. - 12 a.m. scribed the Faure “Requiem” as a challeng- Karaoke - Flyin’ Hawaiian, Shannon’s Bar, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. ing piece for the chorus, but a standard fa- Karaoke - C-Sharp, A&B Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke - Soundwave, Bulldog Billiards, 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. vorite amongst choral music lovers and a Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. staple for chorus and orchestra repertoire. DJ Music - DJ Brian Imbus, Jumpers, 8:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. DJ Music - Double J DJ’s, Rooster’s, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. “There are those requiems that are hall- marks – Mozart, Verdi – but Faure is unique Fridays Live Comedy - Arthur House Restaurant, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. in that it shys away from big outbursts. It is Firewood Friday (3rd Friday’s) - Isabella’s Bar at the Ryan House, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. a piece that was originally written for a fu- Live Music - Riverwalk Cafe, Grand Harbor 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. neral mass, not only for a concert setting, Live Music - Leonardo Roldan/Romeo Bautista, Los Aztecas, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. and it is more of a personalized piece. It is Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. very introspective and pictures how grief Karaoke - Riverboat Lounge, 8:30 p.m. - 12 a.m. Karaoke - Flyin’ Hawaiian, Sublime, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. appears in the eyes of the grieving. There Karaoke - C-Sharp, A&B Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. also are parts of it that are very uplifting, Tickets for “Innocence & Experience” are Karaoke - C-N-T Entertainment, T.J’s Bent Prop, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. peaceful and comforting.” available at the Dubuque Symphony Or- Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. chestra office at Fountain Park, 2728 As- Karaoke - Brian Leib’s Essential Entertainment, Aragon Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Intriligator added, “It is a very challenging bury Road; by phone at 563-557-1677; or DJ Music - Main Event DJ, Gin Rickeys, 8:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. DJ Music - Sound Ideas DJ, Timmerman’s Supper Club, 8 p.m.-12 a.m. piece in that the chorus is very exposed on the Web at www.dubuquesymphony. DJ Music - DJ Brian Imbus, Jumpers, 8:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. musically. The piece makes a lot out of its org, where information about the sympho- DJ Music - Karaoke w/DJ 007, Riverboat Lounge, 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. dynamic contrasts, but it all assists to what ny’s additional upcoming events is also the piece is expressing – death as a peace- available. Saturdays Live Comedy - Arthur House Restaurant, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Live Music - Leonardo Roldan/Romeo Bautista, Los Aztecas, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Bluff Street Live Open Mic, Mississippi Mug, 8 p.m. - 12 a.m. Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. Karaoke - Riverboat Lounge, 8:30 p.m. - 12 a.m. Karaoke - C-Sharp, A&B Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke - Flyin Hawaiian, George & Dales, (East Dub.) 9p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. Karaoke - Starburst Karaoke, w/Dave Winders, Instant Replay, 9 p.m.-1a.m. DJ Music - Main Event DJ, Gin Rickeys, 8:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. DJ Music - Sound Ideas DJ, Timmerman’s Supper Club, 8 p.m.-12 a.m. Sundays Karaoke - Flyin’ Hawaiian, Knicker’s Saloon, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Karaoke - Phoenix Entertainment, The Hangout (East Dub.), 9 p.m. - 3 a.m. LOOK! FRAN GOT INTO THE PAINTING! 13 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

Blues singer Ernie Peniston brings his no-nonsense blues band to the Busted Lift, Saturday, March 3. An Iowa native, Peniston has been in- volved in the world of music for over 30 years. He’s worked in a va- riety of bands in Iowa, Minneapo- lis, and Chicago and has toured the United States and Europe. A young Morris Day played drums in one of Peniston’s Minneapolis bands be- fore Day went on to form The Time. Through his long career, Peniston has opened for notable acts like Prince, The Time, The Temptations, Koko Taylor, Lonnie Brooks, James Brown, and Albert Collins.

Peniston spent four years as front Funny picture and bad pun by Gene Tully. Gene picture and bad pun by Funny man and lead singer for Blind Pig re- Elisha Darlin Arts Award Gene Tully notes, “When it comes to art cording artists, the Chicago Rhythm Francis and Ellen Henkels auctions, Fran is the man. Not only does & Blues Kings, performing under Friday, March 9 Fran know the art and artists, he also knows Dubuque’s Town Clock on a number the people doing the bidding.” Fran uses of occasions. His was no small role Each year the Dubuque County Fine Arts his community connections along with to fill, considering he was stepping Society honors a person or persons for some good-natured humor and cajoling in to fill the shoes of the late Big their contribution to the area arts scene. to elicit some serious bidding, making the Twist, the charismatic leader of the Named the Elisha Darlin Arts Award, for Art Auction not only a major fundraiser band The Mellow Fellows who later one of the founding members of the or- for the Museum but also one of the most became the Rhythm & Blues Kings. ganization, this year’s award - the 29th entertaining events of the arts calendar. annual - goes to two of our community’s Fran’s natural ease in front of a crowd has Now back in Iowa, Peniston has greatest supporters of the arts, Francis lead him to his newest creative endeavor his own blues band. “Music-wise and Ellen Henkels. An awards banquet as an actor in live theatre. we throw it down real hard,” said in their honor will be held Friday, March Peniston. “It’s straight ahead, in- 9, at the Clarke College Atrium. A cock- In addition to their individual involve- your-face music.” Ernie Peniston tail hour will begin at 6 p.m. with the ments in the arts, together Fran and Ellen was inducted into the Iowa Blues awards dinner at 7 p.m. support and inspire the art community Hall of Fame in 2004. in a variety of ways. Avid art collectors, As individuals, the Henkelses are each their Victorian home is decorated with involved in the arts in their own ways. art from both local and international art- Together, they are a unified team in sup- ists - from the original Frank Licciardi port of the arts. From their own creative oil portrait of Ellen which Fran commis- endeavors to their shared enthusiasm for sioned as a wedding gift, to paintings by the arts, the Henkelses embody the spirit African artist Muamba. In fact, the Hen- of the Elisha Darlin Arts Award. kelses co-sponsored a Muamba exhibi- Ellen Henkels is both an artist and teacher tion with their friends the Mozenas at the of art. Creating her own work in water- Dubuque Museum of Art. color, oil pastel and mixed media, she has The Henkelses’ love of art extends to the contributed to auctions and other fund- culinary. Doing their part to make the raisers for non-profit organizations. Her term “starving artist” an antiquated stereo- involvement with the Dubuque Museum type, Fran and Ellen have used their own of Art dates back to the initial cleaning out formidable cooking and entertaining skills of the Old Jail Gallery that became the to make art openings and events a feast for first home to the museum. Now a mem- all the senses. They provided an incredible ber of the City of Dubuque’s Cultural Af- selection of hors d’oeuvres for 600 people fairs Commission and the Art on the River at the opening of last September’s Voices committee, Ellen’s continuing contribu- From the Warehouse District art exhibition tions help to beautify our city and build a and the dinner for eight they regularly do- strong and vibrant arts community. As a nate to the Museum of Art Annual Art Auc- teacher, she shares her creativity with her tion is always one of the most popular. junior high school students, inspiring our next generation of artists and advocates. Though they won’t be doing the cooking, the Elisha Darlin Arts Award does feature While Fran Henkels supports the arts in a banquet. To make your reservation (by many ways, probably his most high-pro- March 2) send a check payable to DC- file contribution is as the auctioneer at FAS for $25 per person to Jane Tully, 448 the Dubuque Museum of Art’s Annual Art Summit Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001. Auction. As artist, friend and last year’s For more information contact Gene or recipient of the Elisha Darlin Arts Award Jane Tully at 563-583-1052. BATTLE OF THE BANDS DOES NOT MEAN MORTAL COMBAT 14 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

band wins a big Budweiser-sponsored par- ty at Easy Street. Winners are determined by the audience vote with each member receiving a ballot upon entry. Winter stresses that the competition is open to any genre of music and already he is seeing more diversity in the styles represented. “As far as the really heavy acts go, they’re down from in the past,” he noted. Fridays from March 2 Not only a chance for bands to show their Easy Street’s Battle of the Bands returns! stuff, the Battle provides an opportu- Now in its fourth year, the Battle of the nity for Winter and Schmitt to check out Bands has made the friendly neighbor- emerging bands and support original mu- hood bar at 431 Rhomberg a destination sic. “Really, we do this to try to get more for both emerging and experienced bands original music out in this town,” explains and their fans alike. The Battle of the Winter. “We think it’s flooded by cover Bands is scheduled for Friday nights be- bands and we want to give original music tween March 2 and April 20. a chance. In the past we found a lot of original bands you had never heard of.” Though Easy Street co-owners Jason Win- ter and Dave Schmitt are still signing up Doors open at 8 p.m., with the first bands bands for the Battle, they expect approxi- starting at 9 p.m. As of press time, Easy mately 20 bands to compete for the top Street still had openings in the Battle. If prizes and this year the stakes are high. your band would like to compete, con- With a first place prize of $2,000 cash, ex- tact Jason Winter or Dave Schmitt at Easy pect the competition to be fierce. Second Street. Stop in, call 563-556-2409, or place will be $500 cash and third place email [email protected].

the Covenant. Some might further recall a show at Isabella’s last year under the Dog on Wheels name Hard Core-tet that featured the Arp Friday, March 9 - Isabella’s of the Covenant members in a somewhat by Mike Ironside more traditional jazz incarnation with a special guest sax player - the very same Continuing to push the envelope of new Dan Bennett. It’s all starting to make music in Dubuque, Isabella’s, the intimate sense now. Spicy salsa! congas and drums (including Leo and cabaret-styled bar in the basement of the Elkin from ochOsol), this is a Dubuque- historic Ryan House, will feature the ex- For Dog on Wheels, Bennett, now based Dubuque’s got its own salsa band. Who based band that brings nothing but origi- perimental avant jazz of Dog on Wheels in Brooklyn, New York, has hand-picked knew? It’s Lucho Rey y su salsera, which I nal, pure salsa to the table. No fusions or Friday, March 9. The group is described by “the finest improvisors, composers, and believe translates roughly to “Lucho Rey blends of styles here. Grupo Niche, Tito band leader and saxophonist Dan Bennett multifaceted musicians he could have and his salsa band.” Led by director and Puentes, Celia Cruz ... that’s how they as an “ecstatic septet from Brooklyn, Ann hoped to put in the same room,” he ex- plained in a press release. Drawing on arranger Lucho Rey, and featuring the styl- roll. Their first concert will be at Bartinis Arbor, and Minneapolis.” musical experience and a pool of col- ings of trumpets, percussion, piano, bass, on February 23 at 9:30 p.m. Ay! Starting out as a sextet a few laborators from his time in Ann Arbor, years back in Ann Arbor, Michi- Bennett has created “a group gan, Dog on Wheels began by made up of the musicians and playing somewhat more struc- friends he feels he shares the tured material with written ar- most musical ground and per- rangements for three horns and sonal similarity with.” a varying rhythm section. Now stretching out into more impro- The list of other bands, groups, visational territory, the current and side-projects of the play- touring version of the band still ers involved could fill a small includes many of those original volume and could possibly members. In addition to Ben- serve as a DNA map of the nett, who plays all varieties of future of improvisational saxophone, clarinet and contra- music in America. Suffice it alto clarinet, the band features to say the Dog on Wheels col- Ben Polcer on trumpet, keyboards, lective creates an experimental and electronics; Ryan Mackstaller kind of music based in jazz “with on guitar and electronics; Ian Wolff on a definite overall hue of the - elec guitar, lap-steel, keytar, and electronics; tronic/dance/and rock feelings that any Josef Deas on bass, keyboards, electron- group of people growing up and learn- ics; Dan Piccolo on tabla, and percussion; ing to play together in the Detroit area and Nick Zielinski on drums. would bring to the table.” What does that mean? Listening to some select live tracks Those who are paying attention might on the band’s MySpace page (myspace. recognize that last name. Zielinski is best com/smellthedog), I can tell you that Dog known in these parts as the drummer for on Wheels makes some weirdly beautiful, experimental electronic jazz trio Arp of compelling and at times, hypnotic music. WHEN ARE MY FINGER PAINTINGS GOING TO BE AT THE DMA? 15 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

Ingrid Lilligren, an Iowa State University art and design associate professor for 10 years will exhibit her abstract ceramic sculpture at the Museum in a show Dubuque Museum of Art titled “Ingrid Lilligren, A Certain Consistency. Works 1996-2006.” Spring 2007 Exhibitions Her work is distinguished by its “strong Opening Reception Friday, March 2 colors, whimsical shapes and bold sym- The Dubuque Museum of Art cele- bolism.” The exhibition will display 18 of brates the opening of three new exhibi- Lilligren’s sculptures ranging in size from tions for Spring 2007 with a reception small to life-size works. Friday, March 2, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Lilligren says the title of the show is Featured exhibitions are the 2007 Bien- derived from an essay “Self Reliance” nial Juried Invitational, an exhibit of ce- by Ralph Waldo Emerson in which the ramic work by Iowa State professor In- author writes, “A foolish consistency is grid Lilligren, and illustrations by Kent the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by Shankle for his upcoming children’s little statesmen and philosophers and di- book Nomi’s Rainbow Family. vines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do...Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak what tomor- row thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said today.” “It’s about having the courage to speak what you think no matter how hard it sounds, then to have the courage to Friends and fans of the Museum might change and say that you have changed. remember the last juried invitational ex- This is often regarded as inconsistency, but hibition, at the time slated as a tri-annu- it is really deep courage,” said Lilligren. “I al event. Recasting the event as the Bi- find it inspiring as an artist to think about ennial Juried Invitational was designed persisting in the face of one’s doubts.” to “maximize exhibition opportunities for regional artists,” by organizing and hosting the show every other year. For this year’s show, artists within a 200- mile radius of Dubuque were invited to submit their work for consideration. Alan Z. Aiches, an art museum profes- sional and design consultant based in Washington, D.C., served as guest juror for the exhibition. In addition to serving as a former senior curator at the Nation- In coordination with the exhibit, Lilligren al Building Museum, Aiches was chief will give a public lecture on Saturday, curator of Miami’s Bass Museum of Art March 3, at 1 p.m. and will work with and director of the St. John Museum of the Museum’s after-school class of high Art in Wilmington, North Carolina. school students from the Dubuque area. Both the Biennial Invitational and the Lil- From those artists submitting work for ligren exhibitions will be on display from the show, 57 were picked to exhibit art- February 27 through May 27, 2007. work including local favorites like John Anderson-Bricker, Ken Bichell, Tom A third exhibit will present a selection of Jewell-Vitale, Louise Kames, Stormy illustrations by Iowa artist “Kettle” (a.k.a. Mochal, Cynthia Nelms-Byrne, Tim John Soukup) for Nomi’s Rainbow Family, Olson, Joey Wallis, and RoseAnn Wil- a children’s book written by Ken Shankle. genbusch of Dubuque, Beth Bird, Sarah Kettle, a graduate of the University of Ehrler, Delores Fortuna, and Carl John- Northern Iowa with an art degree with son of Galena, and a variety of other a special emphasis on graphic design, is artists from the Tri-State area, includ- a member of ERASOUL, an online col- ing Arthur Geisert, Tatiana Ivaschenko- lective of artists. His work is represented Jackson and Doug Schlesier. by galleries in Utah and Virginia and his paintings are part of collections through- out the United States as well as Thailand, Germany, Brazil and England. For more information, visit www.dbqa- rt.com, or call the Museum of Art at (563) 557-1851. Thursday, February 22nd Saturday, February 24th Saturday, February 24th Thursday, March 1st

Joe Price The Rocket Surgeons Johnnie Walker Open Mic Showcase Dunleith Club @ Captain Merry, 7 PM The Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM Dog House Lounge, 9 PM - 1 AM Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM

Mike and Amy Finders Open Mic Night Dunleith Club/Captain Merry, 7 - 10 PM Grape Harbor, 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Steve Didato Friday, March 2nd Mississippi Mug, 3 PM - 5 PM Loose Gravel Duo Shitz & Giggles Riverwalk Lounge, Grand Harbor Resort, Kelsie’s Fisherman’s Wharf, 8 PM - 12 AM DeToKs 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM Dubuque Jaycees - Mardi Gras Party Sublime, 9 PM - 1 AM Fat Tuesday’s, 7 PM Bluff Street Live Chris Utley Ken Wheaton Mississippi Mug, 8 PM - 11:30 PM Grape Harbor, 8 PM - 11 PM Isabella’s Open Mic Showcase Dagwood’s, Cascade, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM The Legends, Massey Road Across The Road Henry’s Pub, Platteville, 8 PM - 12 AM Murph’s South End Tap, 9 PM - 1 AM Open Mic Night Pop A Top, Epworth, 9 PM - 1 AM Grape Harbor, 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM Melanie Sue Mausser w/Chris Doherty Madhouse Andreas Trans and Randy Lee Grape Escape, 8 PM - 11 PM Coe’s Bar, Bernard, 9 PM -1 AM Grape Escape, 9 PM - 1 AM Denny Garcia Murph’s South End Tap, 9 PM -1 AM Okhams Razor Horsin’ Around Band The Do Overs Grape Harbor, 9 PM - 10 PM Chestnut Mtn., Galena, 9 PM - 1 AM Sandy Hook Tavern, 10 PM - 2 AM John Moran Grape Harbor, 9 PM - 1 AM Sunday, February 25th Saturday, March 3rd Friday, February 23rd Mississippi Band Trio Ann DuVal Dirty Ernie’s, Farley, 3 PM - 7 PM Mississippi Mug, 3 PM - 5 PM Scarlet Runner Zico The Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM A Pirate Over 50 Dog House Lounge, 4 PM - 8 PM Gamehenge, P-Ville, 5:30 PM - 9 PM

Denny Troy & Rick Hoffman The Ernie Peniston Band River Walk Restaurant, Grand Harbor James Kinds & the All Night Riders Tuesday, February, 27 The Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM Resort, 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM Gobbies, Galena, 9 PM - 1 AM Loose Gravel Duo (John & Dean) David Zollo Joe Price Zero to Sixty Riverwalk Lounge, Grand Harbor Re- Isabella’s, 9 PM - 1 AM Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM Total Chaos, 9 PM - 1 AM sort, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM The Horsin’ Around Band Jabberbox 50 Pound Rooster Readings Under the Influence Jumpers, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM Jumpers, 9 PM - 1 AM Mooney Hollow Barn, 8 PM - 12 AM The Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM Rocket Surgeons The Dert Tones The Do Overs Noonan’s North, 9 PM - 1 AM Sandy Hook Tavern, 10 PM - 2 AM Denny’s Lux Club, 9 PM - 1 AM Wednesday, February 28th The Mississippi Band Tantrym Artie and the Pink Catillacs Deuling Pianos - Pianos Gone Wild Galleria Lounge/Fountain Park, 5:30 PM Doolittle’s, Cuba City, 10 PM 3100 Club/Midway Hotel, 8 PM - 12 AM Bricktown, 9 PM until 11 PM Wundo Band The Legends Mixed Emotions Mississippi Band Pizzeria Uno Annex, P-ville, 8 PM 3100 Club/Midway Hotel, Dubuque Driving Range, 8 PM - 12 AM 3100 Club, 8 PM - 12 AM 8 PM - 12 AM Open Mic Night w/ the Dert Tones Massey Road Band LiviN’ Large The Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM Shitz & Giggles Kelsie’s Fisherman’s Wharf, 9 PM - 1 AM Noonan’s North, Holy Cross, Kelsie’s Fisherman’s Wharf, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM Denny and the Folk Ups 8 PM - 12 AM Justin Morrissey and Friends Chestnut Mtn. Resort, 7 PM - 10:30 PM Grape Escape, 9 PM - 1 AM Ken Wheaton Grape Escape, 8 PM - 11 PM

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Mr. Obvious The Rick Tittle Band Rocket Surgeons Doolittle’s, Lancaster, 10 PM - 2 AM 3100 Club/Midway Hotel, 8 PM - 12 AM Denny’s Lux Club, 9 PM - 1 AM Loose Gravel Duo Blue Willow Zero 2 Sixty Riverwalk Lounge, Grand Harbor Potter’s Mill, Bellevue, 8 PM - 12 AM Woodbine Bend Golf, 9 PM - 1 AM Resort, 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Bluff Street Live Dan Bennett - Dog On Wheels The Cowboy Makeshift Band Saturday, March 3rd 8 PM - 11:30 PM Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM Coe’s Bar, 9 PM - 1 AM

James Kinds & the All-Night Riders Big Muddy Murph’s South End, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM Grape Harbor, 9 PM - 1 AM

Horsin’ Around Band Saturday, March 10th Ace’s Place, 9 PM - 1 AM Kevin Whiteman Mississippi Mug, 3 PM - 5 PM LiviN’ Large Courtside, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM Artie & The Pink Catillacs The Stellanovas Ace’s Place, Epworth, 8:30 PM - 12:30 AM Isabella’s, 8 PM - 11 PM Mixed Emotions Eichman’s Tap, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM Betty and the Headlights Littie Marsh Overflow New Diggings General Store, 9 PM - 1 AM The Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM

Perimeter Burn, Strych 9, Memory Obscura The Rick Tittle Band Sublime, 9 PM - 1:45 AM 3100 Club/Midway Hotel, 8 PM - 12 AM Country Tradition Jabherbox DBQ County Fairgrounds, 8 PM - 12 AM Eichman’s Granada Tap, 9 PM - 1 AM S&S Acoustica The Surf Report Seth Wright & Randy Johnson Kelsie’s Fisherman’s Wharf, 9 PM - 1 AM The Busted Lift, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM Coe’s Bar, Bernard, 9 PM - 1 AM

Sunday, March 4

Mighty Short Bus New Diggings General Store & Inn, 3:30 PM - 7:30 PM

A Pirate Over 50 @ Dog House Lounge, 4 PM - 8 PM

Tuesday, March 6

Loose Gravel Duo (John & Dean) Riverwalk Lounge, Grand Harbor Resort, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Wednesday, March 7

The Wundo Band Pizzeria Uno, 9 PM - 12 AM

The Dert Tones The Busted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM

Thursday, March 8th

Open Mic Showcase Isabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM

Open Mic Night Grape Harbor, 8:30 - 10:30 PM

Horsin’ Around Band @ BESTFEST 2007! DBQ Co. Fairgrounds, 6:30 PM THESE AREN’T THE MOVIES YOU’RE LOOKING FOR, MOVE ALONG 18 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

Rotten Tomatoes collects the thoughts of dozens of movie reviewers across the country and averages their scores into a fresh or rotten rating. If a movie gets 60% or higher positive reviews, it is FRESH! THE BUZZ www.rottentomatoes.com - Aaron Eckhart, the star of such mov- ies as Paycheck and Thank You for Smok- OPENING DURING THIS ISSUE ing, has been cast in the upcoming se- quel to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Number 23 20% Rotten as District Attorney Harvey Dent. The A man becomes obsessed with a book that movie will revolve around Dent, Bat- appears to be based on his life but ends with man (Christian Bale) and Lieutenant Gordon (Gary a murder that has yet to happen in real life. Oldman) as they join forces to take down The Joker (Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen) Bridge to Terabithia (Heath Ledger). Harvey Dent, of course, is known for A Film by Gabor Csupo (Directorial debut) becoming the insane crime boss Two-Face after half Reno 911: Miami his face is disfigured by acid. Jess Aarons (Josh Hutch- A rag-tag team of Comedy Central’s Reno cops erson) is an outsider both are called in to save the day after a terrorist - Australian actresses Nicole Kidman and at home and school. His attack disrupts a national police convention father (Robert Patrick) con- Naomi Watts, who haven’t appeared in a in Miami Beach during spring break. stantly barks orders at him film together since 1991 despite a two-de- to do his chores and get his cade-long friendship, are teaming up with head out of the clouds. The The Astronaut Farmer: 64% Fresh Nip / Tuck creator Ryan Murphy for the bullies at school push him An astronaut of NASA is forced to retire so thriller Need, scheduled for filming this around and make fun of he could save his family farm. But he can’t fall. Watts will be playing a psychiatrist, and Kidman is his clothing. 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A horror flick about an adopted woman made a deal with Universal to craft a In Terabithia, Jess and Leslie escape from their everyday who returns to her home country to the movie about ... wait for it ... the rise and lives to fight the Dark Master and plot against the bullies family home that she never knew and must fall of infamous lip-synching duo Milli at school. With the imagery in Jess’ drawings and the face to mystery that lies there. Vanilli, which had its Grammy stripped. Nathanson stories in Leslie’s head, the two friends rule the kingdom will write and direct. whenever they cross over into Terabithia. 300 - God, please, let it die ... director Mi- Based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel about Based on the Newbery Award-winning novel of the chael Bay (The Rock, Armageddon) was the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. A no- same name, Bridge to Terabithia is a combination of asked during a recent interview about name cast but a high concept movie. 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Grand at the end of last year. “Then, out of That seems to be a recurring theme with has been revisited for the 2007 revival, the blue, Paul Hemmer called me, and he the participants in the production of Joe with the help of Gary Olsen (who also saaid to me, ‘Judy, we’ve had some ideas, Sent Me. “It’s really just a fun show and designed the logo for the show), but he we’re doing Joe Sent Me again, we’ve fresh- it’s been a great experience to put it all refuses to reveal in what fashion. “It’ll be ened it up and revised it, and you abso- together for the second time around,” amusing, it’ll be humorous, it’ll be sur- lutely have to play Flo again.’ I didn’t says Hemmer. “I’m delighted with the prising,” Hemmer says, “and in that way, really have a choice!” she laughs. cast, I’ve had so much fun writing new it’ll be like the rest of the show, and by songs, Don and Lauretta have had a blast that I mean it’s a lot of fun with a lot of But this time, she made it a family going back to the book of the show and smiles.” affair. Her husband is in the cast as a addressing things that worked in the first gangster (“He hasn’t been on stage in place, but work so much better now.” “It delivers, and then some.” years, and now here he is singing and dancing with a tommy gun,” Nem- And there’s one little secret that Hemmer “Jazzy music, happy dancing feet, hand- mers says with delight), the couple’s would only hint towards on the phone some guys and girls you want to meet; 10-year-old daughter, Sarah, is a young ... and believe me, getting it out of him it’s the place you ought to be. Knock townsperson, and Judy’s 80-year-young fa- was like pulling teeth, which is very odd three times - say ‘Joe Sent Me.’” ther is playing Mr. C. And they’re all loving for a man as loquacious as Paul Hemmer. it. “It’s a big commitment,” says Judy, “but In the original production, during the it’s worth every minute of it. It’s proven to show there was a 10-minute short film me that you really can go back home.” that was projected onto the screen, with the camera going into different rooms Joe Sent Me ... Again! “River town, river town, it’s the only life in a hotel and discovering a dead body for me; You can have your big towns in every room. The hook? Every single Continued from page 3 with skyscraper gowns, but I’ll be happy body was that of a famous Dubuquer. “I auditioned back in 1978 for this show living in a River Town.” Hemmer promises that this gimmick after a friend of mine suggested that I do it, and it was a blast, it was one of the best experiences of my life,” says Nem- mers, a Wahlert grad who went on to get a master’s degree in social work from the University of Iowa and then moved to Des Moines, where she had little involve- ment in the community theatre scene. “It’s really not there in Des Moines,” she says. Booyah, Dubuque!

After marrying her husband, Joe, who hails from Bellevue, the couple moved back to the area in March of 2006 to be closer to family. She appeared in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, a play that was staged at the CAN I GET A TAX INCENTIVE IF I EAT FOR TWO? 20 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

2. Look for ENERGY STAR labeled products When buying new products, such as appliances for your home, get the features and performance you want AND help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Look for ENERGY STAR-qualified products in more than 40 product categories, including light- ing, home electronics, heating and McCain went on to say that reduction “Global Warming… cooling equipment and appliances. of global emissions was a national se- The Debate is Over… curity issue, and that voluntary ef- 3. Heat and cool smartly forts will not change the status Now What?” Simple steps like cleaning quo. He and Democratic air filters regularly and hav- By Mayor Roy D. Buol Senator Joe Lieberman ing your heating and cooling are pushing legislation Like many of you, I re- equipment tuned annually by to set limits on emis- alize there are many a licensed contractor can save energy sions, and allow those ways to get involved in and increase comfort at home, and at that exceed to trade creating a better future the same time reduce greenhouse gas with others that are for our city. But when emissions. When it’s time to replace under the limit, a plan it comes to the topic of your old equipment, choose a high- known as “cap and trade.” global warming and cli- efficiency model, and make sure it is In fact, at Sunday’s gathering mate change and what can we properly sized and installed. at the Grand River Center, Senator do about it in our homes, businesses, John Edwards also spoke to the ben- schools, and city government … the 4. Seal up your home with better efits of this “cap and trade” dialogue. starting point is basically about get- insulation and duct-work ting educated, assessing what we are Close up any visible cracks Global warming and its solutions are already doing well, and then planning and gaps in your house, non partisan, so it is significant that for a future that takes us to the next install adequate insula- this dialogue has finally begun to cross level of awareness and performance. tion, check that ducts are party lines. We are pushing forward in sealed and choose EN- our cities across America to lead to- It’s official: Just last ERGY STAR qualified windows when ward a sensible national policy. week, the United replacing old windows. Not sure Nations (UN) panel What You Can Do! where the cracks and gaps are? A which consists of home energy auditor can also help to the most authorita- You release greenhouse gases as a identify areas with poor insulation and tive scientists on the subject of global result of using energy to drive, using evaluate the energy efficiency of your warming released their report ‘Cli- electricity to light and heat your home, home. By taking these steps, you can mate Change 2007’ in Paris, France. and through other activities that sup- eliminate drafts, keep your home more The Intergovernmental Panel on Cli- port our quality of life like growing comfortable year-round, save energy mate Change (IPCC) which includes food, raising livestock and throwing that would otherwise be wasted, and 2,500 scientific expert reviewers away garbage. Greenhouse gas emis- reduce greenhouse gas emissions. from 130 countries concludes that sions can be reduced through simple global warming is 90 percent likely measures like changing light bulbs 5. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle caused from humans. and properly inflating your tires. Fol- If there is a recycling pro- lowing are easy steps you can take to gram in your community, re- Following that announcement, the not only reduce your greenhouse gas cycle your newspapers, bev- growing momentum for U.S. action, emissions but also reduce air pollu- erage containers, paper and after many years of denial and inac- tion, increase the nation’s energy in- other goods. Use products in contain- tion, was notable. Corporate moguls, dependence and save money!! ers that can be recycled and items that policy experts, and U.S. Senators can be repaired or reused. In addition, spoke in Washington with one voice Actions You Can Take at Home: support recycling markets by buying about global warming … telling a products made from recycled materi- world forum that the U.S. MUST take 1. Change 5 lights als. Reducing, reusing, and recycling a lead role in cutting greenhouse gas- Change a light, and in your home helps conserve energy es if it wants to encourage China and you help change and reduces pollution and greenhouse India to do the same. the world. Replace gases from resource extraction, manu- your 5 most fre- facturing, and disposal. At this Capitol Hill meeting, Republi- quently used light can Senator John McCain put it blunt- fixtures with bulbs ly. “The debate is over, my friends. that have the EN- Now the question is what do we do? ERGY STAR label Do we act, do we care enough about and you will help the environment the young people of the next genera- while saving money on energy bills. tion to act seriously and meaningful- If every household in the U.S. took ly, or are we going to just continue to this one simple action we would pre- debate and discuss?” vent more than 1 trillion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions. I’LL TUNE MY RIDE IF I GET SOMEONE TO PIMP IT 21 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

6. Be green in your yard 2. Tune your ride Use a push mower, A well-maintained car is which, unlike a gas or more fuel-efficient, pro- electric mower, con- duces fewer greenhouse sumes no fossil fuels and gas emissions and is more emits no greenhouse gas- reliable and safer! Keep es. If you do use a power mower, make your car well tuned, follow the manu- sure it is a mulching mower to reduce facturer’s maintenance schedule and use grass clippings. Composting your food the recommended grade of motor oil. and yard waste reduces the amount of More details, including potential savings garbage that you send to landfills and from these actions, are available on the reduces greenhouse gas emissions. See Fuel Economy Guide Web site. EPA’s GreenScapes program for tips on how to improve your lawn or garden 3. Check your tires while also benefiting the environment. Check your tire pressure Smart Landscaping can save energy, save regularly. Under-inflation you money and reduce your household’s increases tire wear, reduces greenhouse gas emissions. your fuel economy by up to 3 percent and leads to high- 7. Use water efficiently er greenhouse gas emis- Everyone can save water sions. If you don’t know the through simple actions. correct tire pressure for your vehicle, Municipal water systems you can find it listed on the door to the require a lot of energy to glove compartment or on the driver’s- purify and distribute wa- side door pillar. More details on the Fuel ter to households, and saving Economy Guide Web site. water, especially hot water, can lower greenhouse gas emissions. 4. Give your car a break Do not let the water run while shaving Use public transporta- or brushing teeth. Do not use your toi- tion, carpool or walk or let as a waste basket for toiletry items bike whenever possi- - water is wasted with each flush. And ble to avoid using your did you know a leaky toilet can waste car. Leaving your car at 200 gallons of water per day? Repair all home just two days a toilet and faucet leaks right away. See week will reduce greenhouse gas emis- the EPA’s WaterSense site for more water sions by an average of 1,590 pounds per saving tips. year. The American Public Transportation Association’s Public Transportation Web 8. Spread the Word site provides links to information about Tell family and friends public transportation in your state. that energy efficiency is good for their homes and 5. Combine your trips good for the environment When running errands, because it lowers green- combine trips. Several house gas emissions and short trips taken while air pollution. Tell five people and togeth- your car’s engine is cold er we can help our homes help us all. can use twice as much fuel and produce twice the amount of Actions You Can Take on the Road greenhouse gas emissions as a longer multipurpose trip covering the same dis- tance when the engine is warm. More 1. Drive smart information and ideas are available on Many factors af- the Fuel Economy Guide Web site. fect the fuel econ- omy of your car. 6. Telecommute To improve fuel Check out the Best Work- economy and re- places for Commuters duce greenhouse Web site to learn about gas emissions, go easy on the brakes commuting choices that and gas pedal, avoid hard accelera- can benefit the environ- tions, reduce time spent idling and un- ment, reduce the stress of commuting, load unnecessary items in your trunk to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce weight. If you have a removable save money. Also consider options to roof rack and you are not using it, take it work from home via phone or over the off to improve your fuel economy by as Internet instead of holding face-to-face much as 5 percent. Use overdrive and meetings that involve travel. cruise control on your car if you have those features. For more tips to improve “When we tug on a single thing your gas mileage, visit the Fuel Economy in nature, we find it connected to Guide Web site. everything else!” John Muir HEY GOOD LOOKIN’, HOW ‘BOUT COOKIN’ SUMPTHIN’ UP WITH CHEESE ! 365 Classifieds 22 To place classified ads simply call 563-588-4365.

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Call Matt at Booth Properties, All real estate advertising in this newspaper is ple who have difficulty making off-brand will feature a sesame seed-encrusted yel- 563-557-1000, for worry-free living today. subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or macaroni and cheese, problems with TV low-fin tuna soy citrus and wasabi sauce, discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, dinners, unerring failures with frozen piz- crab and shrimp bisque, salmon en pa- Items For Sale handicap, familial status or national origin or an in- zas. (Yes, there are people who have trou- pillote (a julienne of veggies and salmon, tention to make any such prefences, limitations or ble judging frozen pizzas.) There are those then wrapped in a parchment paper), and La Z Boy wall-away reclining sofa and love- discrimination.” This newspaper will not knowingly seat. Excellent condition. Multi-color on light accept any advertising for real estate which is in vio- of us who do know what they’re doing, of a flourless chocolate cake, with Sauce An- backround. $350/pair. 563-556-7378. lation of the law. Dwellings advertised in this news- course, and we call them “cooks.” There gleise and caramel walnut sauce. Open paper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To are some of these cooks who opened up only to adults, registration is $35. report discrimination, call HUD at 800-669-9777. a little establishment over on 1640 JFK Road (near Jimmy John’s yummy sand- A little bit later in the month, you can wiches of love), and they’re sharing their look forward to a “Slightly Sinful, Splen- knowledge of the culinary arts with those did Spread,” on Tuesday, March 20. of us who are less adept with the tools of Guests will prepare (or watch the chef the trade of the kitchen. (I swear, it’s not prepare) sauteed sea scallops, which will my fault that the cat disappeared.) then be doused in a saffron cream sauce and served over angel-hair pasta (al den- Cookin’ Something Up will be hosting te, naturally). There will also be a cream cooking classes all through the month of broccoli asparagus soup en croute, a of March, and they’ll be covering a wide grilled pork tenderloin with a gingered range of subjects. The month kicks off with jezebel sauce, and sides of au gratin pota- a kids’ pizza party on Saturday, March 3, toes and brussels sprouts with carrots and from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Open to kids cashews. Dessert, that wonderful course ages 5 - 10 (3 - 5 with an adult), this event in which we annihilate our calorie limit will allow parents to drop off their kids, for the day, will feature a pecan torte a la check out the Cookin’ Something Up mode with caramel sauce and whipped store and maybe enjoy just a skoche of cream. Think about it! You can learn how relaxation time, while the little kiddlings to prepare all those dishes, and then you will be learning how to make and roll can come home and surprise your signifi- out a pizza crust, prepare a sauce, add cant other after she returns from a week- ingredients, then baking that sucker up. long trip. She’ll be expecting peanut but- After that’s all finished, they then get to ter and jelly sandwiches, and she’ll get decorate their own cookies. Participants scallops in cream sauce! will receive a take-home pizza kit, which will include 4 non-stick pans, crust mix, Reservations for all these classes, which sauce, 4 seasonings, and a set of 4 dessert are required one week in advance, can be sprinkle accents. Registration is $30. made either by stopping in at the Cookin’ Something Up location, or by calling For those of us with a bit of a religious 563-583-3761. For more information, log swing, Lent is upon us, now (as we all onto www.cookinsomethingup.com or e- feel the after-effects of Mardi Gras and Fat mail [email protected]. I ONLY WORRY ABOUT MY CALORIC INTAKE 23 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

No one is without problems; they are a Worry or Solutions part of living. Worry is a bad habit. The good news is like any habit, it can be The modern world provides many op- broken. Recognizing when you begin portunities for worry. It’s not unusual to to worry is the beginning. Most people feel stressed out and overwhelmed. You are unaware when they’ve even started worry about your family, your job, your to worry. By being conscious of worry, health, your friends and your commu- you can switch it off before it has the nity. Worry is a lasting preoccupation opportunity to affect your emotions with past or future bad events. There and thoughts. You can eliminate or re- isn’t one situation that is made better duce worry by distracting your mind. by worry. Worry serves only one pur- Try thinking about something positive, pose: It makes matters worse. If you going for a walk, splashing cold water constantly worry, you’ll never be able on your face, calling a friend or listen- to focus on solutions. ing to your favorite music.

Thinking through problems and chal- Stanley Allyn said, “There is no use wor- lenges is a healthy response to life pres- rying about things over which you have sures and helps you to find solutions. no control, and if you have control, Often, instead of logically thinking you can do something about it instead through problems, you get caught up of worrying.” Don’t get stressed out or with unresolved concerns and begin to overwhelmed. Worry solves nothing worry. If not managed, worry quickly and only makes matters worse. If the becomes an obstacle and you obsess cause of your worry is something you over situations you can only partly can change, then channel control or are powerless to that worry into solu- change. Worry will disrupt tions. Don’t focus your life, hamper your on worry, focus ability to focus, and on solutions. keep you from falling asleep at night. SPORTS @ FIVE FLAGS As you may or may not have noticed over the years, the Five Flags Arena tends to attract a lot of fans to a lot of sport- ing events. (And Daniel O’Donnell. But that’s another story.) Between the Thun- derbirds and all the other stuff that comes to the arena, from WWE to bull-riding, Dubuquers have a lot of options when it comes to sports-related activities. A few more are coming up!

1% Mattitude Improvement Tip wrestling, with Luther, Coe and Loras Low Cost Health is low and the benefits are many. Taking also making appearances in the Top 20. Insurance Policy a multivitamin helps you get the proper Single-session tickets will be available amounts of vitamins and minerals at the door for $13 for adults and $11 needed for good health and should be for students and seniors, with all-session Everyone knows vitamins are essential part of your daily diet. in the maintenance of health and in passes available now through Ticketmas- the prevention of illness. A single ter and the Five Flags box office for $40 for adults and $30 for students. deficiency of any vitamin or mineral Improving your life just a little each day can endanger the whole body. Studies makes all the difference! What tips do show that very few people truly eat a Coming to the arena will be the 34th an- And hockey fans, keep an eye out! Playoff you use to improve your life? If you have nual NCAA Division III National Wres- hockey is almost upon us, and being sec- balanced diet. The multivitamin is listed a useful tip, I encourage you to send it as the single most important nutritional tling Championships, hosted by Loras ond place in the division, our hometown to me so others can benefit. Simply send College, on March 2 & 3. These are the Dubuque Thunderbirds are guaranteed to supplement. Taking a multivitamin is tips to: [email protected]. your low cost insurance policy. The cost championships, you know, the end-all be in the playoffs! Keep an eye on FiveFlag- and be-all, so we know there’ll be some sCenter.com, DubuqueThunderbirds.com Does your business or organization need Mattitude? Contact good action going on. Currently, Wart- and Dubuque365.com for information on Matt today at 563-590-9693 or e-mail [email protected]. burg College is ranked second in D-3 playoff schedules and tickets! I WANT A PUPPY BIG ENOUGH TO RIDE TO THE FRIDGE. 24 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

in the eyes of Woodward, Two by Two’s home-like environment until their adop- ’ Board of Directors and in the eyes of the tion. The campus will have museum ex- Whats Your Story? school district. In fact, they were so im- hibits, interactive learning environments “animal sanctuary.” After visiting differ- pressed with the program that Kindhearted and adoption counselors to help families ent animal shelters from San Diego to Kids will be taught in every second grade and owners find the perfect pet match. It Bloomfield, Conn., Woodward began classroom next year. Woodward is thrilled its entirty, the campus master plan is a 10 connecting the different visions and mis- -- and on a mission to train great staff. year, multi-phased project with the goal sions of animal campuses with her own of completing Phase I in 2009. See the passion: Teaching. “I saw an opportunity, Two by Two’s slogan is “Teaching People master plan, including landscape render- through humane education to introduce ... Teaching Animals … Changing Lives.” ings and fully detailed descriptions at Two children to caring and responsible be- Already, Woodward’s mission has cre- by Two’s super cool web site: haviors for something outside their own ated a mini-revolution in education in www.twobytwoanimalcampus.org. ego and its needs.” Dubuque. To donate to the project or for more in- “Quite simply, as a teacher and parent, I Next up: Developing the 200 incredibly formation, contact Kristin@twobytwoani- Kristin Woodward saw a need to help form good character beautiful acres of land in Potosi, Wis., to malcampus.org or call 563-451-6202. As by Ellen Goodmann within our future generations,” she said. create a safe haven for abused and aban- Gandhi said, and as Woodward often cites: “In addition, as a pet owner, I saw a need doned companion animals where they “The greatness of a nation can be judged When Kristin Woodward speaks about her to help save the lives of many adoptable will live and are trained in a stress-free, by the way its animals are treated.” passions -- pets and teaching, she radiates companion animals. The two needs were positive energy. “Through my life, my pets like two pieces of a puzzle that fit togeth- have always been there for me, through er perfectly, as caring for animals teaches good and bad times. They are always hap- people to be responsible, compassionate py to see you, they smile at you when you citizens. Thus, Two by Two was founded need a friend … they just have a way of in 2005 with a strong educational mis- giving so much to our family,” she said. sion to develop responsible and respect- ful citizens of strong character who help Woodward, founder of Two-by-Two Ani- end pet abuse and overpopulation.” mal Campus, found a way to unite her passions and deliver a unique, participa- And this is just the beginning. Woodward tory educational program to Dubuque is fully immersed in Phase 1 of Two by and Tri-state-area schools. Two’s incredible master plan. It’s called the Kindhearted Kids Humane Educa- tion Program and it just wrapped up its hands-on pilot program in 16 Tri-State area schools. Here’s how it works:

Throughout a five-day simulation, second grade students become Foster Pet Parents where they receive and care for a stuffed dog or cat. After each lesson, students The University of Wisconsin-Platteville transport their pet from school to home in knows you remember those carefree an adoption pet carrier, which also con- days of youth, and celebrate it with tains their daily Kindhearted Kids Pet Jour- a family-friendly show, titled A nal. The daily journal serves as a learning Kid’s Life!, will be performed at tool to accomplish many cross-curricular UW-P’s Center for the Arts on objectives including writing, vocabulary, March 6 at 7 p.m. Here’s the background: learning empathy and respect, even incor- Nearly seven years ago, Woodward re- porating math to calculate costs of medi- A Kid’s Life! is a musical, originally turned from a visit to Kanab, Utah, with cal, spaying and neutering, and food. Par- created for children ranging in ages new eyes. She had just checked out Best ents are involved in discussion too. 2 - 8. The one-hour show begins with Friends, the largest animal society in the Zack, a 5-year-old boy, and his golden U.S. -- credited with creating a revo- “Adding animals, especially pets, into retriever, Starsky. Together they em- lutionary and innovative environment the educational mix provides a natural bark on an adventure (as all 5-year-olds for abused and homeless pets. The dif- attraction to learning for many children,” should do) and meet a host of other ference? All animals lived in humane, Woodward said. “With the help of ani- characters, including a gigantic tree natural settings - absolutely no cages. “I mals, we are working to develop and in- and a talking alarm clock. smiled through the whole visit,” Wood- still character concepts - like kindness, ward said. “I was face to face with a respect, and responsibility - in children. “What excites me about this show,” said wonderful way of helping animals.” It has been proven time after time that CFA director John Hassig, “is that the people who treat animals properly are company doing this show has created From indoor-outdoor runs, to animals kinder and more compassionate citi- activities related to the show that par- living with companions to cubbies for zens. As we fine-tune our message and ents can do with their children before cats, Woodward fell in love with the its delivery here locally, we will take it to and after the performance.” a broader market, teaching the curricu- concept of Best Friends’ environment Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for kids and returned several times to volunteer lum to educators nationwide so they can present it in their classrooms.” under 12. For more information or to and to attend a course about creating an look up pre-show activities, check out The program also meets the national aca- the UW-P Web site at uwplatt.edu/arts/ demic standards - which is a huge plus cfa/series/shows/kids.html. LISTEN TO THE GOOD DOCTOR, HE SPEAKETH TRUTHINESS 25 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

Dear Trixie: I have been reading the personal ads for a week now. It’s like they are written in some kind of code. I know that SWM is short for single white male and SWF is ARIES You’re wanting sympathy because you’re going to miss the single white female, but what about these descriptive big Oscars party while you are vacationing in Cancun. You’d have terms? If someone advertises as “free-spirited buccaneer” a better chance if you wished for a beating. That can be arranged. what does that really mean? --New At This TAURUS You’re passing gas that’s so foul that your eyes are burn- Dear New At This: ing, co-workers are leaving the room and even skunks are looking You need help cracking the dating code. “Family Man” at you as though to say, “Holy crap, dude.” No, your colon has not means he lives with his mother. “Outdoorsy” means he’s been possessed by Beelzebub. Lay off the bean and egg burritos at homeless and “Free-Spirited Buccaneer” means he’s un- 4 in the morning. employed and wanted by the FBI. GEMINI Claiming to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby seems to be a popular way, at the moment, to get some much- Dear Trixie: needed attention. But keep in mind that A) You’ve never met her, My husband has been collecting Hot Wheels cars for a de- B) Even if she were still alive and had lived to be as old as that cade or so. In the last year however, he’s bought 63 cars billionaire second husband, you’d never meet her, and C) Why not on eBay and spent more than $2000. I love my husband wait for the next celebrity to crash and burn? Lohan’s due. but I’m worried that this hobby might be getting out of control. What do you think? --Wife CANCER Your spurious claim of having Tourette’s Syndrome is no excuse for blurting out outrageous and extremely inappropriate Dear Wife: sexual comments to women at the bar. If you’re that desperate to It could be worse. He could be collecting toenail clippings meet someone, just go for broke: Can I buy you a car? or under-age girlfriends. LEO You may be intrigued by the recent news stories that sug- gest that playing the Nintendo Wii, where you wave your arms Dear Trixie: around to play tennis and the like, can be an effective path to los- My boyfriend has the worst taste! His apartment is jam- ing weight. Remember two things, however: You’re going to look packed with sports paraphernalia and beer signs. The pri- like an idiot ... and you have to ask your friends if they want to mary colors are green and yellow. Packers colors. He’s come over to your house to play your Wii. been asking me to move in with him and I want to but I hate his things. Is there a polite way to ask him to get rid VIRGO Accomplishing a significant milestone in your career is of everything he owns? How can I get rid of the stuff and not an excuse for going out and getting hammered in celebration. keep the guy? --No Names Please Your significant other being out of town for a while, however, is. What happens when you’re flying solo stays there. Unless you Dear No Names: make the police beat. A successful relationship requires the delicate dance of LIBRA Your enemy has stood against you long enough; it is time to giving and taking. You take his things and give them to crush the opposition. Make ready your ship, general, for it is time Goodwill. A carelessly dropped cigarette smoldering in to show the world what you are made of. Be resolute in the face that plaid sofa would also work. of opposition, for one day soon, you shall be free. Embrace the freedom. Say no to underwear. Dear Trixie: I am trying to be good and stay on my low calorie diet but SCORPIO The next time someone asks you “Do you believe?” it seems to be the hardest thing I’ve ever done. There is a you’ll be faced with a bit of a quandary. Are they referring to aliens, bank of candy machines in my apartment building’s lobby like little green men? Or are they referring to deities? Nuts to that; and I am constantly being drawn to Ho-Hos and Clark bars. make the best of both worlds. Answer that you believe in alien dei- Yesterday I ate a bag of chips, a bag of Cheetos, a box of ties, and then say that tacos travel at the speed of delicious. JuJuBes, four chocolate candy bars, two sandwiches, nine SAGITTARIUS Paula Abdul says she’s never been drunk in her life, bottles of soda, five doughnuts and a can of SlimFast. Oh, nor has she ever taken recreational drugs. Uh-huh. Just like you and three packages of Oreos cookies. Help! What’s the love your job, Bill Clinton did not have relations with that woman, best diet aid to keep me from snacking between meals? “read my lips: no new taxes,” and you’re not morbidly overweight, --Big As A House you’re just convex. Dear Big: CAPRICORN Harry Reid says that the war in Iraq is the worst for- Xanax. You can’t chew if you’re unconscious. eign policy mistake in the entire history of the United States. Come on, now, you know that’s not true. That ill-advised summer fling Dear Trixie: you had last year in Venice? The one that gave you clamyphilis? I am a lifelong smoker (Camel lights) and I think it is wrong That one’s totally the winner. Tainted love, indeed. to raise cigarettes a dollar a pack under the guise of de- AQUARIUS If Reddi-Whip were really a good idea for use as a fraying medical costs associated with cancer. I have health “Marital Aid,” don’t you think the’d have put those instructions on insurance and my smoking is a burden to no one but me. I the can too? Stick to Hershey’s syrup. Or, if you like adventurous don’t think it’s fair to gouge smokers. Do you? --Joe outdoor winter whoopee, the Magic Shell. Dear Joe: PISCES You may have a toxic love for her music because it drives You are right! They should be taxing yogurt and running you crazy, but shaving your head and then buying a ridiculous shoes. Besides, joggers live longer and I don’t like them. blonde bob wig doesn’t make you a Britney Spears superfan. It makes you a complete moron. Child services will be calling soon. I LOVE CHILDREN ... CAN I LEASE BEFORE I BUY ? 26 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

miliar with my “mom” hat, I often get Confessions comments like, “You don’t look like you have children,” or “You don’t look I have a confession, actually two; I’m like a mom.” Should I have rollers in madly in love with not one but two my hair and wear an apron? Not of the most handsome, smart, blonde sure if I should be offended or com- haired, blue eyed babes. How could plimented, I confess that I am indeed I not be? They are always excited to a mom and offer sufficient proof for see me, hold my hand in public and the non-believers. After walking away they give the best back rubs. Oh, from these encounters, I’m generally and did I mention, they’re both crazy perplexed because when I wake up about me? and look in the mirror in the morning ... “mom” is all I see and hear. There are a couple of downsides. Nei- ther one has a job or a driver’s license, so whenever we go out, I have to drive … and pay! Carving enough time out of my day to spend equal time with each has been challenging, but they both understand.

Yet they are equally different in per- sonality. One is a patriotic, earth- loving artist who fills my home with OK, so I opted for a Jeep vs. the mini- elaborate creations. The other is a van and forego cable for a “Y” mem- make-you-laugh-out-loud, free-spirit- bership, but this doesn’t make me any ed sports fan known to spontaneously less mom-like. In fact, setting healthy break into dance. examples like working out and read- ing are very admirable mom traits. So how does a girl choose? Fortu- We bake cookies, go sleigh riding nately, I don’t have to. These two and bike along the river just like other characters are my children. moms and kids. Disagreements arise, knees get scraped and tears flow, I Yes, for all of you who don’t know, I’m just happen to have on lipstick when I a mom. And for anyone who doubt- kiss away the worries; whether or not ed their existence, well, a picture is I look like a mom while being a mom worth a thousand words. is immaterial to my kids. Did I men- tion how smart they are? My days are spent driving to and from school, Boy Scout meetings and birth- For anyone still doubting my mom day parties. Yet other than kids’ events abilities, I can say from personal ex- and the grocery store, we make few perience that you can hula hoop public appearances, leaving many of and dodge flying Legos in three inch my friends and acquaintances wonder- heels. Warning: This should only be ing, where are these mystery children? attempted by a seasoned professional, When I run into acquaintances unfa- apron and hair rollers optional. ANSWERS TO ALL PUZZLES ARE ON PAGE 31 ... YOU BIG CHEATER! 27 FEB 22 - MARCH 7 365 Book Reviews 365 DOUBLES YOUR SUDOKU FIX! smallest infractions. Most ships’ captains sub- AARRRGGGG! scribed to the “management by fear” method to control the crew. It wouldn’t have been to Mister Christian! unusual to hear, “The floggings will continue by Robert P. Gelms until moral improves.” Bligh, however, by most accounts, preferred a happy crew. Floggings If your only exposure to the story of the mutiny were almost nonexistent. on the Bounty is the novel by Nordhoff & Hall or the Hollywood movie starring Clark Gable Fletcher Christian came from a moderately and Charles Laughton, then Caroline Alexan- wealthy, politically connected family. After the der’s new book, The Bounty: The True Story of Bounty voyage he was on track to command his the Mutiny on the Bounty, will keelhaul every- own ship with a promotion to lieutenant. Chris- thing you thought you knew about the incident tian went to school with and was a childhood and, surely, discombobulate your poop deck. friend of William Wordsworth, who would later become one of England’s greatest poets. Both Ms. Alexander has done a remarkable job families were close. Fletcher Christian’s brother piecing together the Bounty story from a wide married Wordsworth’s cousin. Around the piv- ot point of this friendship revolves one of the variety of sources. Consequently, she has as- 365 INSTANT GRATIFICATION Answers on page 31 sembled a picture of the mu- most startling, unsolved mysteries tiny on the Bounty that flies in of the Bounty story, but more on the face of everything we have that later. come to believe. After all, this is the most famous mutiny of According to Alexander the mu- all time. As I read the book I tiny itself was almost capricious. was surprised to discover that It wasn’t planned or organized in Bligh was not the embodiment any deliberate way. It was reported of cruelty and evilness he that Christian was so drunk at the was made out to be and that time he barely remembered any- Fletcher Christian was far from thing at all. Mutiny they did, cast- the hero compelled to mutiny ing Bligh and some, but not all, of by Captain Sadist. the loyalists adrift. Christian then sailed back to Tahiti and made plans settle on William Bligh held a pivotal position with Cap- an uncharted island. tain James Cook’s expedition. Bligh was consid- ered a crack sailor and an extraordinarily talented The story now takes two different tacks. The dia- navigator. Those skills were in short supply and ries of the dead mutineers and the testimony of in high demand in the Royal Navy at the time. the lone survivor, when the outside world discov- ered them some 30 years after the mutiny, say they Those were the days before an accurate naval picked up provisions at Tahiti and rekindled their chronometer was invented, allowing a navigator romantic attachments to a number of women who to precisely plot the longitude of a ship’s posi- went with them to Pitcairn. The women’s relatives tion. The latitude was a lot easier to plot by using on Tahiti and the testimony of the native survivors a sextant which measured the sun’s angle above on Pitcairn tell a much different tale. The women the horizon at a fixed time each day. So it was easy were kidnapped and transported to Pitcairn against to determine where you were North or South of their will. They continually tried to escape. After the Equator but very difficult to determine your two years on Pitcairn they banded together and position relative to an East/West axis. This was attacked the mutineers, killing almost all of them, done by sailors of the times using an element of including, as the story goes, Fletcher Christian. navigation called Dead Reckoning. It was Bligh’s mastery of this technique that not only called at- Christian’s family is mostly responsible for keep- tention to himself relative to getting a job with ing his memory somewhat heroic and that of Captain Cook but also would later save his life Bligh as a sadistic, cruel monster who deserved and the lives of his men when the Bounty muti- to be tossed off the Bounty. For 200 years, there neers cast them adrift in the middle of the Pacific has been a persistent rumor that Fletcher Chris- Ocean. That 4000-mile journey in an open boat tian survived, escaped Pitcairn, made his way is considered one of the most spectacular feats of back to England, renewed his friendship with sailing expertise in all of naval history. Wordsworth and died an old man, incognito, in the Lake district of England. There is a rumor in Humane is not a word anyone would use to de- literary circles that Wordsworth actually wrote scribe a Royal Navy ship’s captain in the 18th an epic poem about Christian’s life. The manu- century. By all accounts, Captain Bligh was script has never surfaced. better than most. The rations on his ship were meager, to say the least, but better than almost The story about Christian returning to England all of the other ships of the time. Flogging was and the whole Wordsworth connection is the a brutal punishment meted out by ship’s Cap- subject of a novel called The Grave Tattoo by tains at the drop of a hat … almost literally, if Val McDermid and I’ll take up that book in the you dropped your hat. It was used for even the next issue. HECK, JUST THE PAPERWORK I HAVE TO DO FOR TAXES IS CRAZY 28 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

Trying to figure out how to file one’s budge. Peering out the frost-coated Stranger In a Strange Land taxes is absolutely maddening. I have a window, I see a ten-foot snowbank that A 365ink series by Nick Klenske box full of receipts and no clue what to the city plows have so thoughtfully filled do. I try using a computer-based program all the parking spaces with blocking me. Driving up University Avenue I pass the I pick up the paper and see a large color but it asks me big, complicated math Instead I crawl across the front seat, Kingdom Carwash. If you have ever photo of a soldier crouching behind a car based questions and I quickly become become temporarily impotent thanks driven past the Kingdom Carwash you and armed with a very frustrated. Instead I just grab my to the obtrusively protruding shift stick, will notice that their symbol is a fish. big gun. I think he is a box of soon-to-be-pleas to the IRS and roll out onto the street via the Not just any fish, but a Jesus Fish. FYI: soldier because he is and head for the hills. On my way passenger side door. I then manage to A Jesus Fish is a small doodle of a single dressed in camouflage, I pass a man dressed up as a lady, shuffle up and over the mountain of line somewhat resembling a fish that combat boots and a Lady Liberty to be exact, waving snow, only to sink up to my knees in it. Darwinists like to put little feet on and bulletproof helmet. to me from the corner of Asbury All of this in order to reach the parking stick to the back of their cars. The Jesus But when I read the and J.F.K. Anyone standing out meter that I am required to feed with Fish has not evolved to the feet stage caption I discover I in freezing temperatures dressed quarters in exchange for the use of a yet, but then again, what fish has? The have been fooled. He like that cannot be completely snow filled parking space. My shoes reason these fish are called Jesus Fish isn’t a soldier after sane, so I expect to see Mr. Lady and pants’ legs are soaking wet and I is because early Christians thought it all – he’s a Dubuque Liberty wearing a sandwich am quickly turning blue. This gets me would someday look cool when carved Police Officer. This board stating “The End of the thinking, “Why I am paying to use a into bricks and used to build a Catholic makes me think, World is Nigh.” Imagine my spot filled with frozen water?” Shouldn’t high school in Dubuque. All this begs “What is the function pleasant surprise when I find that the city be paying me for opting to stay the question, however, of what Jesus and of a camouflage uniform in the situation he, or she, is in fact offering to do my here as opposed to taking my spending Fish have to do with shiny cars? Did the depicted in the photograph?” If I recall taxes. What luck! The symbol that for money and moving to where the water second coming of Christ happen and correctly, the purpose of camouflage generations has stood as a beacon to the is still warm, like Miami, or Mexico, or nobody noticed because His heavenly is to blend in with your surroundings American Dream is now a cross-dressing Belgium, or something? Kingdom was built in the guise of a and not be seen. Yet here is a large, tax advisor willing to either help take my corner-lot, self-serve carwash? This being front-page photo of a man in dark money from the government or help the To borrow a favorite quote of a friend the case, when I get my car washed at green camouflage hiding in a winter government take money from me (it’s by the name of Jen, “This is crazy. This His Kingdom, will it be doused in Holy wonderland of bright, white snow. In really only a matter of perspective). Call is crazy. This is crazy.” … This is cabin Water and scrubbed by a team of suds- the background, carloads of spectators me crazy, but God bless the U.S.A… fever. covered angels resembling the heavenly are watching the camouflaged-police- creatures found on the pages of Victoria’s officer-pretending-to-be-a-soldier trying Downtown, I pull my car up to the (Publisher’s Note: Please don’t shoot Secret? The Lord moves in mysterious not to be seen. You’re it. Ollie Ollie curb and put it in park. When I attempt the messenger ... send your letters to ways, my friends. Crazy, crazy ways… Oxen Free. Crazy, I tell you… to open the door I discover it will not [email protected]).

Broadway: 20th Anniversary Edition, MOVIES Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof @ YOUR LIBRARY Odyssey, and the current incarnation, - Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Salesman, a classic 1969 documen Unit. It’s this version that will be hitting tary, will be shown on Wednesday, the University of Wisconsin - Platteville’s February 28, at 6 p.m. in the 3rd Floor- Center for the Arts on Sunday, March 4, Auditorium at the Carnegie Stout Pub with performances at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. lic Library. is a black-and-white, unrated With parodies of Thoroughly Modern Salesman - Millie, Hairspray, Wicked, Avenue Q and documentary that follows four relent Little Shop of Horrors, this should be a less door-to-door salesmen, as they wildly entertaining show. Tickets are $30 traverse the country selling expensive for general admission, $28 for UW-P bibles to low-income Catholic families- faculty and staff and senior citizens, $15 and face incessant rejection, homesick for UW-P students with current ID and ness and, eventually, burnout. Think of- $22 for those under 18. For more infor- it as Death of a Salesman meets Glen mation, check out the CFA’s Web site at garry Glen Ross. It’s a powerful film, so- So here’s a story for you: An unemployed formances. Not bad, huh? In fact, it’s so www.uwplatt.edu/arts/cfa. much of a landmark that it was select actor by the name of Gerard Alessandrini popular that most of its victims (stars and ed to the National Film Registry of the wants an outlet for his creative and mu- casts) make a point of stopping by to see Library of Congress in 1992. sical talents. And hey, who doesn’t? He what Alessandrini has done to them, with Admission and snacks are free and - then channels his energies into crafting a famous parodies targeting big names like post-film discussion will be encour musical that spoofs the showtunes, char- Patti LuPone, Ann Miller, Mandy Patinkin, aged. With generous donations from the acters and plots of Broadway musicals ... Stephen Sondheim, Barbra Streisand and Friends of the Carnegie-Stout Library, after all, he’d been writing such parodies Andrew Lloyd Webber. the Library has been able to purchase since he was a small a popcorn machine and a performance- child. The show, Updated regularly, Forbidden Broadway rights license that allows for the projec which he dubbed has had several editions, countless revi- tion of major motion pictures. Forbidden Broadway, sions, three New York City performance premiered on Janu- spaces, several national and interna- For more information, please call the ary 15, 1982, at Pal- tional tours, and thousands of special Library Information Desk at 563-589- sson’s Supper Club in performances. Iterations include Forbid- 4225 option 4, or visit the Library’s New York City, and den Broadway Strikes Back, Forbidden Adult Services Programs page onlinegrams at it ran for 2,332 per- Broadway Cleans Up Its Act, Forbidden www.dubuque.lib.ia.us/ adult/pro MY BOOT WILL LEAVE A TEXTURED IMPRESSION ON YOUR FOREHEAD! 29 FEB 22 - MARCH 7

Outside the Lines Art Gallery A potter for over 40 years, Ron Hahlen works from his Art Design 583 studio, Opening Reception, named for the Mississippi River mile Friday March 2 marker at Lock and Dam 11. Taking New for the month of March, Outside inspiration from the world around him the Lines Art Gallery presents Textured including the river, Hahlen creates ves- Impressions, an exhibit of paintings by sels with embossed surface textures, of- Cedar Rapids artist Nancy Lindsay in ten using unusual tools in the process. the impressionist style and high-fire ce- Also an art teacher at Hempstead High ramics of Dubuque artist Ron Hahlen. School (where he shaped some young The exhibit opens on Friday, March 2, 365 designers’ minds) Hahlen is set with an artist’s reception beginning at to retire this year after teaching for 41 7 p.m. Beverages and hors d’ oeuvres years. will be served.

The Textured Impressions exhibit will A collection of new paintings, the re- be on display through April 2007. Out- cent work of Nancy Lindsay focuses on side the Lines Art Gallery is located at area landscapes. While forced to paint the corner of 4th and Bluff Streets, in in her studio during the cold months historic Cable Car Square. For more of winter, Lindsay prefers to paint out- information, call 563-583-9343, or doors on location “to capture the true visit www.otlag.com. quality of the moment.”

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Fri. & Sat., Feb. 23 & 24, 9 PM Fri. & Sat., March 2 & 3, 9 PM Bob Jay The Fryman Arthur House Restaurant Arthur House Restaurant 9315 Hwy 80 N Platteville, WI 9315 Hwy 80 N Platteville, WI A master at voices and impressions, Originally from Keflavik, Iceland, The Bob’s show is full of energy and will Fryman now chills in St. Louis, MO. keep you at the edge of your seat as he 2003’s Comic of the Year, The Fryman brings dozens of celebrities and car- is one of the few white comedians to toon characters to life. His sound effects appear regularly on BET. He wrapped range from a jet plane to a train crashing up the millennium with a ten-city U.S. through the walls of the comedy club. military European Comedy Tour.

Wednesday, March 7, 9 PM Comedy Bricktown, Live on Main Comedy At 6’4” and 180 pounds Todd is a red-headed, walking, talking car- toon. Moving in and out of two or three characters within seconds will make anyone think they’re watch- ing multiple performers. Todd’s high energy, non-stop act has blended stand-up, improv, and music.

Saturday, Feb. 24, 9 PM Wednesday, March 7th, 8 PM Dueling Pianos Floyd J. Phillips Bricktown, Live on Main Comedy & Mike Brody Look out ... it’s the return of the Dueling Pianos! “Cra- 3100 Club Comedy, Midway Hotel zy Keys” comes home to Bricktown’s Live on Main Comedy has taken Floyd J. Phillips Stage Saturday, February 24. It’s an adult (very adult) from the ghetto of Chicago to win- pub-style sing along show. Tickets are on sale right ning the Seattle Comedy Competi- now at Bricktown, Moondog Music and ETIX.com. tion in 2000 and being a finalist in the 2001 San Francisco Comedy Wednesday, Feb. 28, 9 PM Competition. Floyd’s tough back- ground gives him the courage to talk Brett Erickson about the topics other people avoid Bricktown, Live on Main Comedy like abortion, pedophilia, date rape, This may be the first you’ve heard of death penalty, gun control, the mentally challenged this young contender, but it won’t be and racism. Mike Brody opens up with a crack set of the last! Brett has beenknocking out great material. audiences all over the country, mixing his razor sharp wit with deadly social commentary. He’s a regular in Vegas, Saturday, March 10th, and performed with Mitch Hedburg, 2 SHOWS! 6 PM & 8:30 PM Howie Mandel, Brett Butler, and Louie Anderson. Windy City Laughs Bell Tower Theater, 2728 Asbury Road Wednesday, Feb. 28th 8 PM Windy City Laughs features Chica- go’s finest stand-up comedians and Pat Godwin & Mark Poolos entertainers. Bob Jay is a master 3100 Club Comedy, Midway Hotel impressionist that brings the voices The next installment of the Jaycees’ popular Pow- The Bob and Tom favorite Pat Godwin of Hollywood’s biggest stars and er Lunch series is March 8 at noon, taking place is best known for his hilarious musical an array of sound effects to each of on the third floor of Bricktown. The speaker is comedy including such oft-requested his performances. Mike Holmes is Dan Block, president of TeamBuilding Blocks and radio play for tunes like “Gangsta Folk”, originally from Iowa and regularly instructor at the Four Mounds Ropes Course. The “First Date”, and Nobody Speaks English performs at the IMPROV. Dave Odd has performed with cost is $10 to attend and lunch will be provided. Anymore.” Don’t miss the edgy comic the likes of Dave Chappelle and Mitch Hedberg. Han- This is open to the public. This an exciting pro- with the boyish smile. He’s joined to- nibal was recently chosen to perform at the prestigious gram designed to better connect young profes- night by Mark Poolos. Free admission Montreal Comedy Festival. Tickets at 588-3377 or on- sionals to opportunities in their community. 365 on your birthday week! line at www.belltowertheater.net. proudly supports the Power Luncheon program. EVERYWHERE YOU TURN, THERE WE ARE! 31 FEB 22 - MARCH 7 Come celebrate Puzzle Answers from page 27 with 365! 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