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ADVeRtIsInGSheila Kerns
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cReAtIVe cReWEmily Smesrud Angela DarkBeth Keeney Alan Simmer
David Hemenway
MAsteRs oF tHe InteRWeBsChristopher KoopAndrew Holland
BLUe RIBBon tIMeThere’s a reason Iowa is synony-mous with state fairs: more great
acts and more foods on a stick than you can shake a … stick at?
8 Purple and blueThe Blue Man Group and “The Color Purple” are part of the Adler Theatre’s �011-1� season. Not your colors? Then try “My Fair Lady.” She’s bound to look good on you.
12 Smooth as cornsilkIowa. Corn. Whiskey. In that order. Two guys have found a way to make authentic cowboy whiskey from Iowa’s cornfields. Find out where to get yourself a shot.
14 Born in a barnKick up your heels at Barnfest, featuring the indie roots and Americana sounds of The Pines, Romantica, Dave Moore and others. Be sure to leave the door open.
17 Stuck in the middleFair to Midland is about to release its new album, and critics are calling it sadder and meaner than its predecessors. But we think you can take it. Go see ’em live.
22 Bark and biteIs he the neighbor’s dog or a crazy guy in a dog suit? Maybe he’s the figment of a troubled man’s imagination? Puzzle it out yourself by watching FX’s new series, “Wilfred.”
24 2012 kickoffGet a jump start on the college football season with “NCAA Football 1�.” Good thing there’s no lockout at the amateur level — or on your gaming console.
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The entertainment lineup for this year’s Iowa State Fair reads like a who’s who of the music biz — past, present and future. Maroon 5. Jason Aldean. Janet Jackson. Def Leppard. Sugarland. The Band Perry. Lynyrd Skynyrd. “We always have a wish list, and this year it might even be better than what we wished for,” said Lori Chappell, state fair marketing director. “Nothing Compares” is this year’s theme, and music fans concur. The Jason Aldean concert is already a sell-out, and tickets are getting increasingly scarce for Def Leppard, Sugarland and Reba. “I would encourage people to get those tickets now,” Chappell said. In spite of a down economy, the Iowa State Fair hit a record 1.1 million in attendance in 2008, with numbers just under that in 2009 and 2010. Chappell credits the steady attendance to family tradition and bang for your buck. “It’s a lot of value for your money,” she said. “Advance tickets are just $7, and our free stage lineup rivals the grandstands of other fairs. We’ve been fortunate to be on the
vacation list for most families; we’re in the backyard of many folks.”
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train and maroon 5 with gavin degrawfriday, august 19 @ 8 pm
lynyrd skynyrd and doobie brotherstuesday, august 16 @ 8 pm
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ronnie dunn withsteel magnoliathursday, august 18 @ 8 pm
def leppard with heartand evan watsonsaturday, august 13 @ 8 pm
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janet jackson: up close and personalsunday, august 21 @ 8 pm
casting crowns with sanctus realthursday, august 11 @ 8 pm
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jason aldean with chris young and thompson squarefriday, august 12 @ 8 pm
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reba mcintire with jerrod niemannsaturday, august 20 @ 8 pm
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casting crowns with sanctus realTickets: $30
jason aldean with chris young and thompson squareTickets: $45
def leppard with heart and evan watsonTickets: $49
the incredible machine tour featuring sugarland and sara bareillesTickets: $46
lynyrd skynyrd and doobie brothersTickets: $46
ronnie dunn with steel magnoliaTickets: $35
train and maroon 5 with gavin degrawTickets: $47
reba mcintire with jerrod niemannTickets: $45
janet jackson: up close and personalTickets: $55, $65
The Nadas 8/11-13, 7 & 9 PMMartin Sexton 8/14, 8 PMJosh Kelley 8/15, 8 PMSarah Darling 8/16, 8 PMYing Yang Twins 8/17, 8 PMBrother Trucker 8/18, 7 & 9 PMThe Blue Band 8/19–20, 7 & 9 PMHere Come the Mummies 8/21, 7:30 PM
Tonic Sol-fa 8/11-12, 7 & 9 PMThe Johnny Holm Band 8/14, 7 & 9 PMAllstar Weekend 8/15, 8 PMRon Diamond 8/16-20, 7 & 9 PMTenth Avenue North 8/21, 8 PM
Jay and the Americans 8/11-13, 8 PMConfederate Railroad 8/14-15, 7:30 & 9:30 PMThe Georgia Satellites 8/16-17, 7:30 & 9:30 PMThe Lovin’ Spoonful 8/18-19, 7:30 & 9:30 PMPaul Revere and the Raiders 8/20-21, 8 PM
The Oak Ridge Boys 8/11, 8 PMJason Brown 8/12-13, 7:30 & 9:30 PMJason Michael Carroll 8/14, 8 PMHairball 8/15-16, 7:30 & 9:30 PMThe Band Perry 8/17, 8 PMStealing Angels 8/18, 8 PMCountry Gold 8/19, 6 & 8:30 PMBlaine Larsen 8/20, 8 PMLee Brice 8/21, 7 PM
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Stick itThe Iowa State Fair is as known for its food-on-a-stick of-ferings as it is the famous butter cow. And since this year marks the 100th year of the butter cow, what better way to celebrate than with — yep — deep fried butter on a stick. Also new this year are chocolate-covered fried ice cream on a stick and red velvet funnel cakes with cream cheese glaze. Here’s a partial list of goodies you’ll find at the 2011 Iowa State Fair.
Chocolate-covered tiramisu on-a-stickTurtle mousse bar on-a-stickStrawberry cream bar on-a-stickTwinkie log on-a-stickOctodog (hotdog in the shape of an octopus)Frozen s’more on-a-stickChocolate-dipped cake on-a-stickChicken club on-a-stickBuffalo chicken on-a-stickChocolate-covered peanut butter round on-a-stickChocolate-covered key lime round on-a-stickCarmellows on-a-stickPretzel rods dipped in caramel or chocolatePickle on-a-stickPork chop on-a-stickCheese on-a-stickCajun chicken on-a-stickSesame chicken on-a-stickGerman sausage on-a-stickTeriyaki beef on-a-stickCorn on the cob on-a-stickVeggie dog on-a-stickNutty bar on-a-stickFried pickle on-a-stickHot bologna on-a-stickShrimp on-a-stickChicken on-a-stickMonkey Tails (chocolate covered banana on-a-stick)Taffy on-a-stickHoney on-a-stickDeep-fried Snickers bar on-a-stickDeep-fried Milky Way bar on-a-stickDeep-fried Twinkie on-a-stickLamb on-a-stickMeatballs on-a-stickDeep-fried Ho Ho on-a-stickChili dog on-a-stickFuntastick pork on-a-stickDutch letters on-a-stickTurkey tenders on-a-stickDeep-fried hot dog on-a-stickChocolate-covered cheesecake on-a-stickPotato lollipop (russet potato deep-fried on-a-stick)Pineapple on-a-stick (deep-fried pineapple on-a-stick)Chicken lips on-a-stick (breaded chicken breast with
hot sauce and bleu cheese dressing)Cornbrat on-a-stick (bratwurst dipped in corndog batter)Chocolate-covered ice cream sandwich on-a-stickRock candy on-a-stickSalad on-a-stickHard-boiled egg on-a-stick
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Young FrankensteinDon’t miss a sensational cast delivering favorite mo-ments from the classic film, plus brand-new show-stop-ping numbers for the stage, including “Transylvania Mania,” “He Vas My Boyfriend” and “Puttin’ on the Ritz.”
Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011 | 7 p.m.
The Midtown MenThe titular men are Tony Award winner Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard and Tony nominee J. Robert Spencer. The group’s jump-to-your-feet show features top hits from a who’s who of the 1960s.
Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011 | 7:30 p.m. Straight No ChaserOriginally formed over a dozen years ago while stu-dents together at Indiana University, this male a capella group has emerged as a phenomenon with a massive fan base, more than 20 million views on YouTube and numerous national TV appearances.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 23, 2012 | 7:30 p.m.
Blue Man GroupThis show is wildly popular for the group’s combination of comedy, music and technology. Although it is impos-sible to describe, this unique rhythmic experience is guaranteed to be an outing you will never forget.
Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011 | 7:30 p.m.
My Fair LadyWith “The Rain in Spain,” “With a Little Bit of Luck,” “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “On the Street Where You Live,” “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?” and “I’ve Grown Ac-customed to Her Face,” it’s no wonder everyone falls in love with Eliza Doolittle.
Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011 | 7 p.m.
The Christmas Music of Mannheim SteamrollerMannheim Steamroller’s signature sound is where classical and modern-day rock, acoustic and electronic music meet. Celebrate the spirit of the holiday season with the “1�th-century rock band.”
Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 | 7:30 p.m.
The Color PurpleA soul-stirring musical based on the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the moving film by Steven Spielberg. It is the unforgettable and inspiring story of a woman named Celie who finds her unique voice in the world.
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 | 7:30 p.m.
Faust, fly balls and devilishly good fun all meet at the home plate of this Tony Award-winning Broadway musi-cal. Filled with hit songs like “Whatever Lola Wants” and “You Gotta Have Heart,” this show is a musical comedy home run.
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PAT BENETAR AUG 18
HARD ROCKGreat White hits include “Once Bitten, Twice Shy” and “Rock Me.” Steven Adler of Adler’s Appetite, is the former drummer of Guns N’ Roses.
GREAT WHITE & STEVEN ADLERformerly of Guns N’ Roses
ROCK AND COUNTRYS ING ING STARSuccessful songwriter with hits like “When The Sun Goes Down,” “Follow Me,” “Drift Away,” and “A Little While.”
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A solo exhibition of 11 digital photographs from a new body of work by Jiawei Gong will open Tuesday, July 19, in the Dubuque Museum of Art’s McNamer Gallery.
Gong taught at Loras College in 2007 and is currently in charge of the digital media program in the fine arts department at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. He uses digital media, such as digital video, sound, digital photography, and interactive web art in practicing his creative ideas. He is currently focused on themes of the fundamental human experience and contemporary social commentary.
The exhibition will have a free opening reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 22.
Dubuque Museum of Art563.557.1851 | dbqart.com
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Get ready for a magical evening of The Classics at Brucemore with a produc-tion of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” Performances are at 8 p.m. July 14-16 and 21-23 in the natural amphitheater near the pond on the Brucemore estate.
Prospero, a sorcerer and the rightful Duke of Milan, dwells on an enchanted isle with his daughter, Miranda. Twelve years earlier, the duke’s brother, Anto-nio, and the King of Naples, Alonso, conspired to usurp his throne by exiling Prospero and Miranda to the island.
When magic reveals a ship bearing his old enemies is sailing nearby, Prospero summons a storm to wreck their ship and seek revenge using magic and illu-sion.
Audiences are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets, picnics and bever-ages for pre-show revelry.
Brucemore, Cedar RapidsTickets: $18 | 319.362.7375 | brucemore.org
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W ho says nothing is free? The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art is of-fering free admission through Sept. 4. Don’t pay one thin dime to see these exhibits:
Shout Freedom! The Photo League (1936-1951) was a non-profit organization of photog-
raphers based in New York City and committed to the transformative pow-er of photography to effect social change. Its members included Berenice Abbott, Lewis Hine, Lisette Model, Aaron Siskind, W. Eugene Smith, Paul Strand and Weegee, some of the most important American artists of the 20th century. In 2001, the Columbus Museum of Art acquired a major col-lection of work by 70 members of the Photo League, which served as the basis for the 55 black-and-white vintage photographs in this exhibition.
Like Mother, Like SonThis exhibition explores how each of these artists, both mother and son,
approaches nature. While nature is a lesser-known aspect of Joan Liffring-
Zug Bourret’s oeuvre, son David B. Heusinkveld has focused almost exclu-sively on it. They tackle the same subject in entirely different ways.
A Show of HandsThis exhibit celebrates the growing section of decorative arts in the
CRMA’s collection and shares with the public for the first time the extraor-dinary art produced by these artists. While individual pieces have been in-cluded in group exhibitions in the past, a separate, dedicated exhibition of ceramics from the collection has never happened at the CRMA.
The American CenturyIn this new installation of the permanent collection, the many move-
ments of 20th-century American art will be highlighted.
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art319.362.7375 | crma.org
Free SummerAT THE CEDAR RAPIDS MUSEUM OF ART
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W e thought it was high time we produced a true American corn mash whiskey,” said Jeff Quint. And an Iowa original, new Griff’s Cowboy Whiskey, was born.
Quint, the master distiller at Cedar Ridge Vineyards, and Scott Grif-fin, a vice president at TrueNorth, were sharing a beverage, reflecting on an Iowa corn field, when Griffin said, “Jeff, make me some cowboy whiskey.”
Rising to the challenge, Quint researched authentic cowboy whis-keys and the logistics of getting whiskey to frontier saloons.
It started with three distinct components: clean water, abundant grain and wood for barrels. The whiskey would be distilled in small batches, barreled, put on wagons and aged as it traveled slowly to the frontier.
Quint tried various formulations until he produced a unique, smooth, easy-drinking dark spirit. Griff’s Cowboy Whiskey is a micro-distilled American whiskey crafted to be a shooting drink in the spirit of the Old West.
“One sip and you’ll understand why fine corn whiskey was the drink of choice for generations,” Quint said.
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Also at the Grout Museum“Forever Yours, Your Own: Tales of Love from the
Civil War” is on display through Dec. 30.The exhibit captures stories of two couples torn
apart by war. How they lived, loved and survived the ordeal is revealed in their own words. Original letters, photographs, artifacts and dioramas will help visitors learn about the day-to-day life of the Civil War soldier and the women and children left behind on the Iowa prairie.
Visitors will experience the honesty and emotions expressed in the couples’ letters and learn what life was like both at war and on the home front during America’s Civil War.
www.groutmuseumdistrict.org
Imaginarium exhibit explores electricity
T he Bluedorn Science Imaginarium in Wa-terloo is featuring a
traveling exhibit, “Electricity,” from The Franklin Institute through Nov. 28.
The Electricity exhibit fea-tures 16 hands-on displays to teach visitors about the prop-erties of electricity. Displays in-clude an electrostatic generator, triboelectricity, a reciprocating motor, resistance in wires, a tan-gent galvanometer, basic bat-teries, how a telegraph works, Morse code and more.
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BarnstormersT wo Iowa acts will take their talents
to Red Wing, Minn., for the third annual Red House Barnfest on Sat-
urday, Aug. 6.Running from 1 to 7:30 p.m., Barnfest
will feature a whole day of the finest folk, Americana, acoustic blues and old-timey string band music with performances by Iowa natives The Pines and Dave Moore.
Dave Moore is one of the great songwrit-ers to come out of the state of Iowa and has been a frequent guest on public radio’s “A Prairie Home Companion.”
The Pines — Iowa natives David Huck-felt and Benson Ramsey — are an in-die-roots duo mixing old folk and blues styles with hip indie-rock and Americana sounds.
Other performing artists include Pat Donohue, Meg Hutchinson, Romantica, Claudia Schmidt and The Roe Family Sing-ers.
This year also will feature a children’s area with special activities that include performances by the O’Shea Irish Dance School and The Roe Family Singers; an in-
teractive music class for kids and parents; yoga; crafts with Pied Piper Crafts Studios and Simply Jane; and a water play area.
Saturday, auguSt 6 @ 1 PMHobgoblin Music Outdoor Amphitheater, Red Wing, Minn.Tickets: $25 in advance, $30 at the gate 651.644.4161 | redhouserecords.com
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What’s your favorite summer song? The one you want to turn up really loud? Silly lyrics mandatory.
Lately, I’m partial to the obscure little ditty “Bang!” by the Raveonettes with the chorus: “Kids want to bop/Out in the streets/...All summer long.”
You probably won’t hear it on the radio. Then again, you might not know if you did, since the practice of front- and back-announcing song titles has gone the way of turntables.
Case in point: I was at a friend’s house when the topic of Cee Lo Green’s expletive-titled song came up. I said I had never heard it, so she put it on. And of course I had heard it. I just never connected what I had been hearing with the song’s infamous title.
In radio’s zeal to give listeners less reason to change the channel, many announcers no longer take the time to tell you what you are hearing. And the culprit is PPM — portable people meters, the radio ratings technology that records what people actually listen to in real time.
Nothing triggers channel-changing more than extra-neous chatter. And at some stations, this can include an-nouncing song titles. Of course, some car and satellite or HD radios digitally display the song and artist, and most stations post their playlists on their websites. And if you point a smartphone app like Shazam at your radio, it will tell you what is playing. But anymore, listeners are hard-pressed to hear it on the air.
Part of the problem, said Tom Taylor of the radio in-dustry website Radio-Info.com, is that announcers “as-sume that because they know something is new, the lis-tener is also familiar with it, when the truth is it takes weeks and months for a new song to make an impres-sion on people.”
Complicating the issue, said Taylor, are announcers “who haven’t had a lot of coaching necessarily to talk about music.”
Announcers will talk about “The Apprentice,” ‘‘American Idol“ and the NFL instead of the new Lady Gaga song or Cee Lo. Knowing what to say in the brief time allotted between songs comes down to preplan-ning a show, which Taylor described as “a lost art.” And the truth is that the combination of a good song on the radio and an announcer enthusiastic about it “can be magical,” said Taylor.
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The party line is that this is a step down from 2007’s watershed “Mirrored,” because band members already used everything up their sleeve. But them’s the breaks when a show-off act goes subtle. The first single, “Ice Cream,” pummels the harmonic intro from St. Vincent’s “Now, Now” into squeaky submission. It’s not a grand novelty like the piercing munchkin that now-departed vocalist Tyondai Braxton portrayed on “Mirrored’s” breakthrough sin-
gle, “Atlas.” But it’s easier to play in the back-ground, which is where “Gloss Drop” defeats the last album’s, well, gloss. The Latinized “Fu-tura,” the pulsating tropicalia of “Inchworm” and the Gary Numan-assisted “My Machines” groan and sputter their way through their own Tinkertoy logic without disrupting the pursuit of interesting sound with technique. Live gad-getry at its least demanding.
— Dan Weiss, Philadelphia Inquirer
By getting lost inside his own head, Justin Vernon gains the world. Back in 2007, the man who is Bon Iver retreated to his cabin in the Wisconsin woods to make his beautiful beardy record “For Emma, Forever Ago.” With gauzy production and a falsetto from another time, Vernon came off like a mystic soul man. It paid off in a swelling indie audience and some work with Kanye West, who used Vernon’s voice on “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” and primed this self-titled sopho-
more release for crossover potential. It might happen, because the music on “Bon Iver” is so unabashedly pretty, and because in the closing “Beth/Rest,” Vernon embraces his inner Bruce Hornsby in a possible av-enue to soft-rock stardom. And it might not, because on “Bon Iver,” Vernon prefers to construct gorgeously sung poems that are more about getting lost in a me-lodic dreamland than making linear sense.
— Dan DeLuca, Philadelphia Inquirer
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YACHT comes with lots of tangential information: the duo of Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans issues manifestos riddled with sci-fi concepts and proclama-tions about “our particular eco-sociopolitical land-scape.” But none of that claptrap matters when you hear their sunny, nostalgic fifth album, “Shangri-La.” What does matter is the secondhand joy of the allu-sions to dance-pop classics, whether overt, as in “Dys-topia (The Earth Is on Fire),” which appropriates the
chant from “The Roof is on Fire” from Rockmaster Scott & the Dynamic Three; blatantly derivative, as in “Paradise Engineering,” which could be a castoff from labelmates LCD Soundsystem; or subtly adapted (lis-ten throughout for Talking Heads, the Tom Tom Club and Kraftwerk). There’s a sci-fi utopian narrative with-in “Shangri-La,” but it’s secondary to the perky plea-sures of the individual electropop tunes.
— Steve Klinge, Philadelphia Inquirer
It’s about time Ledisi got the credit she deserves. Since her day as an indie-label princess, the modern R&B songstress with a jazzbo’s emotional nuances has used a voice as sizable as Mary J. Blige’s and as bruised as Amy Winehouse’s to tell her often-co-penned stories of woe, want and triumph. The confident, stormy title track embraces empowerment at its most urgent, a 21st-century “I’m Every Woman” with its subtly uplift-ing chord passages and mission statement of complex-
ity over calm. That vibe continues with the coolly driv-en “BGTY,” the rollicking blues of “Hate Me” and the flirty “Coffee,” each of which allow Ledisi to toy with coy seduction. While she’s not above a good argument (“I Miss You Now,” co-written by John Legend), Ledisi is more about making up than breaking up, what with the sound of her duet with Jaheim “Stay Together” and the sultry “Shine.”
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D ark, heavy, moving, cryptic, progressive art-rock collides with flour-ishes of old-school country, Americana and Delta Blues in the sound of Fair to Midland.
The group’s new album, “Arrows & Anchors,” is meaner, sadder and altogeth-er more desperate of an affair than its predecessors. “It’s a very bitter album,” said vocalist Darroh Sudderth. “The last album had some light at the end of the tun-nel in some of the subject matter. This one doesn’t have that quite so much.”
With a killer live show and intensive roadwork as a headliner at prestigious fes-tivals like Coachella, the band’s skillful and adept approach to art-rock-infused prog-metal has found international attention.
“Arrows & Anchors,” will be in stores July 12.
monday, July 18 @ 7 PmThe Wheel House, Cedar FallsTickets: $10 | ftmband.com
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WaterlooBill Chrastil, 8 p.m., The IsleChecker and the Bluetones 9 p.m., Jameson’searnest t, 9 p.m., Screaming EagleJester, 9 p.m., Spicoli’sMick Staebell 7 p.m., Black’s Piano BarPerry Barton and Charlie Bauman 9 p.m., Black’s Piano Bar
Cedar FallSorquesta alto Maiz 8 p.m., The Hub
duBuqueChuck Bregman, 6 p.m., Mystiqueokham’s razor Noon, Town Clock Plaza
Cedar raPidSJasmine, 7 p.m., Java CreekJeff Bruner, 9 p.m, Chrome Horseo’Connell Brothers 6:30 p.m., Chrome HorseUptown Friday Nights featuring Well lit 5 p.m., Green Square Park
ioWa Citydaphne Willis with Katie quick 7 p.m., Blue Moosedelicate Steve with dream thieves, 9 p.m., Gabe’sFriday Night Concert Series featuring Burlington Street Bluegrass Band 6:30 p.m., Ped MallJolie Holland with Sallie Ford and the Sound outside 8 p.m., Englert Theatre
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Waterlooeleventh Hour 9 p.m., Screaming EagleFriday’loo featuring talon 5:30 p.m., Lincoln ParkMick Staebell 7 p.m., Black’s Piano BarNucorp, 8 p.m., The IsleSteve Mancuso and Michael english 9 p.m., Black’s Piano BarWicked andersons 9 p.m., Jameson’s
Cedar FallSChecker and the Bluetones 7 p.m., The HubCVAGA Summer Concert Series featuring Comfort Kings String Band, Zach Messerschmidt, Kim Nicholson, adrian Miller, Cody Grimes and Karla ruth 6:30 p.m., Overman Parklick it ticket, 10 p.m., The HubLive to 9 featuring Soul Fusion 5:30 p.m., Sturgis Parklo Cash Cowboys with Greenbrier 8 p.m., Wheelhouse
duBuqueChuck Bregman, 6 p.m., Mystiquetaste like Chicken 8 p.m., The Yardarm
Cedar raPidSJake McVey 9 p.m., Chrome HorseJosh Kelly, 7 p.m., Java CreekSuper Size 7 6:30 p.m., Chrome HorseUptown Friday Nights featuring large Midgets 5 p.m., Green Square Park
ioWa CityeverGreen Grass Band with tallgrass 9 p.m., Iowa City Yacht ClubFriday Night Concert Series featuring Bambu 6:30 p.m., Ped Mallthe Get up Kids with the Globes 8 p.m., Blue MooseJazz After Five featuring equilateral, 5:30 p.m., The MillSleepy Kitty with Cowboy indian Bear 9 p.m., The Mill
WaterlooBlu Simon 9 p.m., Screaming Eagledakota 9 p.m., The JetMick Staebell 7 p.m., Black’s Piano BarNucorp, 8 p.m., The IsleSteve Mancuso and Michael english 9 p.m., Black’s Piano Barthree dog Night 7:30 p.m., The Isle grounds
duBuquethe Boy’s Night out 9 p.m., Pit StopBryan Popp and Corey Jenny 8 p.m., SpiritsChuck Bregman, 6 p.m., MystiqueMisbehaven 9 p.m., Diamond JoPashNBrew, 9 p.m., Northside
Cedar raPidSBad Girl No Biscuit 7 p.m., Java CreekFlock of Funk 9 p.m., Chrome Horse
ioWa CityJB Morrison Band 7 p.m., WildwoodMilk and eggs with Sam Knutson and Jane thatcher 8 p.m., Blue Moosethe recliners, 7 p.m., The Milltasty trigger with rage against the Machine tribute 9 p.m., Iowa City Yacht Club
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Friday, July 15Scott Cawelti and deb Nierman, noondave Malam, 1:30 p.m.Karla ruth, 3:30 p.m.the ramblers, 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 15String trio, 10 a.m.orquesta alto Maiz, noonComfort Kings String Band, 2:30 p.m.rick Vanderwall, 4:15 p.m.
BBQ’Loo and BLUes tooLincoLn park, waterLoo
Friday, July 15Matt Woods and the thunderbolts, 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 15Howard and the White Boys, 5:30 p.m.
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WaterlooMarshall Charloff and dan Satterberg 9 p.m., Black’s Piano BarMissbehavin 8 p.m., The IsleScarlet runner 9 p.m., Spicoli’sWildCard 9 p.m., Screaming Eagle
duBuqueChuck Bregman 6 p.m., MystiqueKevin Beck and Johnny Walker 9 p.m., SpiritsPearls 7 p.m., Stone Cliffthe rukus Band 9 p.m., Northside
Cedar raPidSally Marie 7 p.m., Java Creekreddoor 9 p.m., Chrome Horse
ioWa Cityamarillo 7 p.m., Wildwoodthe Blow 9 p.m., The Millthe Gglitch’d with Pre-apocalyptic Junkyard orchestra 9 p.m., Iowa City Yacht Club
WaterlooBill Chrastil 8 p.m., The IsleFilter with anew revolution 8 p.m., Spicoli’sMick Staebell 7 p.m., Black’s Piano BarNever the less 9 p.m., Screaming EaglePerry Barton and Charlie Bauman 9 p.m., Black’s Piano BarStandard Groove 9 p.m., Jameson’stalon 8 p.m., The Hoist
Cedar FallSBoogie rx 9 p.m., The Hub
duBuquethe Boy’s Night out 8 p.m., Dubuque Driving RangeChuck Bregman 6 p.m., MystiqueCrude But effective 9 p.m., Pit Stoplaura and the long Hairs 9 p.m., Northside
Cedar raPidSMcPhisto 9 p.m., Chrome HorseSteve Kristopher 7 p.m., Java Creek
ioWa CityMidnight rambles 7 p.m., Wildwood
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Waterlooelev8 9 p.m., Screaming EagleFriday’loo featuring Jake McVey 5:30 p.m., Lincoln ParkFull Metal Friday featuring Senseless Beauty and Cur 6 p.m., NCC PavilionMarshall Charloff and dan Satterberg 9 p.m., Black’s Piano BarMissbehavin 8 p.m., The Islethe Snozzberries 8 p.m., Spicoli’sWaGG 9 p.m., Jameson’s
Cedar FallSCVAGA Summer Concert Series featuring Greg Kerr, al and Caroline, Jon Simpson, Perry Miller, roger Bernard and Scott Cawelti 6:30 p.m., Overman ParkLive to 9 featuring Cliffhanger 5:30 p.m., Sturgis Park
duBuqueChuck Bregman 6 p.m., MystiqueShaun Cavanaugh 7 p.m., CourtsideSunshine 9 p.m., MystiqueZero 2 Sixty 8 p.m., The Yardarm
Cedar raPidSFunk daddies 6:30 p.m., Chrome HorseHelforstout 9 p.m., Chrome HorseShawn Ster 7 p.m., Java CreekUptown Friday Nights featuring Swing Crew 5 p.m., Green Square Park
ioWa CityFriday Night Concert Series featuring Shame train and the Gglitch’d 6:30 p.m., Ped MallKim and Jim lansford 8 p.m., The MillShame train with Shipbuilding Co. 9:30 p.m., Iowa City Yacht Club
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8 JulyZookeeper
Starring: Kevin James, Rosario Dawson, Leslie Bibb
the plot: A group of zoo animals decide to break their code of silence to help their lovable zookeeper (James) find love so he won’t leave his current job for something more illustrious.
horriBle BoSSeS
Starring: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis
the plot: Three friends (Bateman, Day and Sudeikis) make a pact to rid the world of their respective bosses.
8 July
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I t seems like such a quaint notion: Folks would go to the movie theater, buy their tickets at the box office, then sit down, shut up and pay attention
for two hours to what was on the screen.Now, the piercing glow of cellphones lights up the
darkness like so many pesky fireflies, and people talk to each other in a packed auditorium as if they were sit-ting in the privacy of their own living rooms.
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas, did something about this trend recently by kicking out a patron who refused to adhere to the theater’s rule against talking or texting, then turned the ranting, profane voice message she left into a hilarious public service announcement. It’s gotten more than 1.75 mil-lion hits on YouTube.
— The Associated Press
15 July
harry potter and the deathly hallowS: part 2
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
the plot: The end begins as Harry (Radcliffe), Ron (Grint) and Hermione (Watson) return to Hogwarts to find and destroy the final horcruxes. But when Volde-mort finds out about their mission, the battle we’ve all known is coming — Harry vs. Voldemort — looms large on the horizon.
winnie the pooh
Starring: Voices of Jim Cummings, Craig Ferguson, Peter Cullen
the plot: While out looking for some honey, Winnie the Pooh is pulled into a quest to save Christopher Robin from an imaginary culprit.
15 July
Silence is golden
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6. Use the restroom before the movie starts.
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I t’s all about perception,” Wilfred (Jason Gann) tells Ryan (Elijah Wood) in the FX comedy “Wil-
fred.” ‘‘You’ve got to change the way you’re seeing things.”
Oh, but Ryan has already changed the way he’s seeing things. While the world views Wilfred as a hairy, mixed-breed mutt, Ryan — and only Ryan — sees him as a man in a dog suit.
Classic-film buffs will think of “Har-vey,” the comedy with James Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd, whose best friend is a giant rabbit invisible to everyone else. But even though Harvey enjoyed an occasional prank, the rabbit never led Dowd to the dark side.
Not so for Wilfred, whose relation-ship with Ryan is far more destructive.
As for Ryan, he’s so depressed and dysfunctional when we first meet him, on the day he’s supposed to start a new job, he’s making a suicidal smoothie out of anti-anxiety pills. No wonder he thinks he’s hallucinating when his neighbor’s dog strolls into the house on two legs and plops down to chat.
So — is Wilfred a figment of Ryan’s fevered imagination? Before we delve too deeply into that pivotal question, here’s some back story on the whole “Wilfred” phenomenon, as explained by Gann, who co-created “Wilfred” as a short film in 2002, followed it with a series for Australia’s SBS and has played the dog-man in all versions.
“It began as a conversation about a dog who terrorized his owner’s boy-friends, and I just started improvising as this dog,” Gann says. “It wasn’t a con-cept. It was just funny.”
He and co-creator Adam Zwar “wrote down a seven-minute short and, a week later, we shot it. Within a year, it was at Sundance, and it’s just a bad joke that’s gone too far.”
The series followed. Eight episodes of the Australian “Wilfred” aired in 2007, and eight more in 2010. But although Gann is clearly comfortable in the dog
suit by now, it wasn’t his idea to remake “Wilfred” for America. He credits ex-ecutive producer and show runner Da-vid Zuckerman, who was a writer on “Family Guy” and “American Dad.”
Zuckerman said he wanted the American series “to be a new vehicle for a character that he loved,” Gann told TV critics in January. FX’s “Wilfred” ‘‘is faster,” Gann says. “It can be darker. It’s slicker. It’s the show that I wanted to make” all along.
In fact, he says, “I wouldn’t have done a new version of ‘Wilfred’ had I not thought that it could be better. We’ve got a lot of really great, diehard fans and they’re really passionate about that character.”
Gann, however, “wanted it to reach a bigger audience,” he says, and the new version is no compromise. “I really think that this show maintains its artis-tic and comedic edge.”
Bringing a show to the United States that is darker and edgier than the origi-nal is unusual, but FX is the cable net-work most known for pushing bound-aries. (Airing at 9 p.m. and paired with “Louie,” ‘‘Wilfred” is for mature audi-ences.)
FX got the idea right away, produc-ers say. But will viewers?
In the disorienting first episode, it’s hard to know whether Ryan, shaky and red-eyed after a sleepless night and two possible suicide attempts, is hallucinating when his pretty neighbor Jenna (Fiona Gubelmann) asks him to keep her dog for a few hours. When Wilfred, cigarette butt hanging from his lips, takes over Ryan’s house, trouble ensues, including an in-cident of breaking and entering that Ryan is seemingly powerless to resist.
The point isn’t to figure out what’s really happening, producers say, or whether Ryan is mentally ill. The point is to feel as disoriented as he feels and to experience the same discomfort.
As Wilfred puts it: “I’m not going to bite you. Biting’s the easy way out.”
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A memoir of poverty leaves readers hungry for more
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books
2011
The Glass CastleJeannette WallsScribner, 2005288 pages
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I t’s hard to not love a book that mirrors one’s own life. “She is me!” I’d gasp, time and again, turning the pages of Jeanette Walls’ best-selling
memoir, “The Glass Castle.”Poverty and its accoutrements — hunger, school-
yard bullies, shame. Check.Absent, alcoholic father. Check.Multiple siblings to help look after. Check.Holy smokes, even our parents’ names are alike!
Rex vs. Max. Rose Mary vs. Rose. But while Jeanette’s mother is a self-absorbed, kooky artist whose four children are left to fend for themselves, I have noth-ing but love for my hands-on mom who struggled to give her brood stability.
The Walls kids, however, had no such luck, strung along by their father’s irresponsibility. Readers get their first glimpse of the misguided Rex when 3-year-old Jeanette is badly burned while cooking a hot dog. She undergoes skin grafting and spends six weeks in the hospital before Rex shows up and argues with doctors. “Burns need to breathe. ... To hell with in-fection.” A few days later he checks Jeanette out of the hospital “Rex Walls-style,” scuttling her away while nurses make chase to stop him.
Throughout Jeanette’s childhood he continues to check out Rex Walls-style, disappearing frequently for days, sometimes weeks. The family travels aim-lessly on the whims of a pipe dreamer plagued by al-
coholism. They stay a few months here and there before packing up in the middle of the night for a quick “skedaddle,” as Rex calls it.
Early on, Jeanette’s father is her hero, a playmate who dubs her “Moun-tain Goat” and shares dreams of a someday glass castle he’ll build where the family will live happily ever after. But as the years pass and hunger grows, Jeanette’s picture of her father becomes clear.
“’Have I ever let you down?’ Dad asked.”“I’d heard that question at least two hundred times, and ... I was about to
tell him the truth for the first time, about to let him know that he’d let us all down plenty.”
As teenagers, Jeanette and her siblings move to New York, sans parents, to start anew. Jeanette becomes a journalist (!), gets married and moves into a Park Avenue apartment, hob-knobbing with New York’s well-to-do’s.
The phoenix rise is glossed over, taking up just the last 40-some pages of the book. I would have liked more story there. Surely there were critical social gaffes along the way? How did the author’s upbringing affect her per-spective when money and food became plentiful? Yes, the book is about the arriving, not the arrival. But with a story so deftly told, I want more. And at just under 300 pages, there’s room for it. Give me epic Wally Lamb.
Still, “The Glass Castle” goes down as one of my all-time favorites. Jea-nette is an inspiration to every kid born with the deck stacked against her, living proof that tenacity is an ace in the hole.
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College football diehards have their pre-orders placed for the next installment of the “NCAA Foot-ball” series.
For those who need a little more convincing, there are plenty of great features in the 2012 edition.
Create your own conferences, set the schedules and decide who gets bids to the BCS bowls.
Celebrate tradition with new gameday rituals like the Sooner Schooner.
Experience a new momentum-based tackling system that allows control up to the moment of impact.
Start in high school and earn a scholarship to the college of your dreams — or as a coach who works his way up the pro-fessional ladder.
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For: PS3, X360
July 12
It’s going to take more than a can of bug spray or a pair of big boots to squish these nasty bugs. Good thing there are more than 300 weapons available in “Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon,” including assault
rifles, rocket launchers and energy weapons.Players will use that arsenal to defend the
city of New Detroit against an alien invasion of insects and robots. The city landscape is fully destructible — if taking out a group of bad-
dies means leveling an entire city block, well, do what you have to do.
Additional features in-clude local splitscreen and online multiplayer.
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T here’s a reason “The Leg-end of Zelda: Ocarina of Time” is an all-time classic
game that has routinely appeared on best-of lists in the 13 years since it was first released for the Ninten-do 64 in 1998.
“Ocarina” has a wealth of dun-geons and side quests, as well as many mechanics and themes that are still carried through the series today. Oh, and there’s the whole 3-D graphics aspect — that is, the fact that Link can move in three dimensions.
The problem with the original game and all games from that era, really, is that while they are fun to play, the graphics have not held up well over time.
But the 3DS version of “Oca-rina” isn’t just a re-release, like the Wii or Gamecube versions; it’s been rebuilt from the ground up to brilliant effect.
The game looks so good that it’s hard to notice that it looks so good. It feels exactly right, and it takes active comparison with the N64 version to realize just how far Link and company have come.
For instance, Castle Town’s
market has gone from a drab, dull place to a charming, bustling square. It’s actually sad to see it look like a war zone in the game’s second act.
The 3-D visuals on the 3DS are amazing, too. The added depth can make tasks like bouncing Ganon’s blasts back at him easier, since it’s
easier to track their movement.The game looks just as good in
2-D, however, for those who get headaches or plain don’t like the 3-D effect.
The visuals aren’t the only thing overhauled. The controls now take advantage of the 3DS’ gyroscope and touchscreen.
Moving the 3DS to aim a sling-shot or bow and arrow is more re-sponsive than using the circle pad, though it’s important to keep in line with the screen if the 3-D is on.
The easily embarrassed may wish to switch that option off, however. It can get pretty ridicu-lous swiveling around trying to find a gold skulltula after hearing that telltale skritching noise.
The two screens on the 3DS make item switching much easi-er, especially in the bowels of the dreaded Water Temple. Items can be keyed to the X and Y buttons, but two others can be set on the touch screen — like, say, the iron boots — for quick access. And the ocarina has a button of its own, which is perfect, given its ubiqui-tous use through the game.
The touchscreen also serves as the place for most of the items on the original HUD, like the number of rupees and the life and magic meters. This allows for a less-clut-tered visual experience as Link moves about Hyrule.
“Ocarina of Time 3D” also in-cludes the Master Quest, a re-worked version of the game with more challenging dungeons. This iteration also features double damage and a mirror effect, where the whole landscape is essentially backward.
While swapping left turns for right may not sound particu-larly difficult, it is. After running around the normal Hyrule for so long, it’s strangely disconcerting to turn everything on its ear like that.
The inclusion of the Master Quest really makes this the defini-tive “Ocarina.” This is the vision the developers had in 1998; the technology has finally caught up to allow it to be realized.
Not every game needs a splashy remake, of course. But there would be a lot of happy fans if “Majora’s Mask” got the same treatment.
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better graphics, second quest enhance ‘Ocarina of time 3d’
the legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time 3d
For: Nintendo 3DS | Price: $39.99 rated: Everyone 10+
harry Potter and the deathly hallows Part 2The film and game series based on the best-selling novels finally comes to a close with the second half of “Deathly Hallows.” Play as Harry, Hermione, ron and other characters like Professor McGonagall dur-ing the Battle of Hogwarts, the final showdown with Voldemort.DS, PC, PS3, X360, Wii; July 12.
mystery Quest: Curse of the Ancient spiritsVirginia and her father stumble upon a myste-rious ship that appears to be Christopher Columbus’ missing vessel. Yet everything on the centuries-old boat appears pristine, and when Virginia’s father mysteriously dies, it’s up to her to figure out what’s really going on in this ghost story.DS; July 5.
storm: Frontline NationScarce natural resources and economic strife have plunged half the world into poverty. As alliances form, war breaks out across the globe. Choose your al-legiance from 45 countries and take to battle in more than 500 regions and 100 cities in classic hexfield strategic combat.PC; July 11.
AstroslugsThe mighty AstroSlugs are ready to take over the universe — but first they have to get their spaceship off the ground. rotate, mirror and flip shapes to unlock the power of the ancient slugballs through 44 challenging levels to blast off and achieve world domination.PC; July 12.
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ACROSS1. Nintendo competitor5. Philanthropist Yale10. It may be rigged14. Port of Algeria15. Successes for Mariano Rivera16. Like unwashed hair17. V-8 juice ingredient19. Utter bore20. Ship or shop figure21. Theatrical pro23. Alcott's "__Boys"24. Tuxedoed wedding figure25. Horse laugh29. Japan's largest island32. It may be assumed33. Kim of "Vertigo"34. Not yet on the sched.37. "Results may __"38. Like Cheerios39. Old phone's lack40. Ending with ethyl or methyl41. Gem State product, informally42. Spy in Canaan43. Former Israeli prime minister Levi45. $2 window action46. Basil-based sauce48. Orienteering aid49. 33's and 45's52. Overdue debts57. Like some vaccines58. 1955 Penguins hit60. Popeye's tooter61. Popeye's archrival62. Wine's partner63. Caught in the act64. Romance novelist Danielle65. Pre-cable problemDOWN1. Mother porkers2. QED part3. Scandal suffix4. From the top
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event calendar, and much more!
IT’S A
PARTYAT THE PARK!
ATTENTION JIMMY BUFFET FANS!Florida’s PREMIER Jimmy Buffet Tribute band will be performing on Sunday, July 3 from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.in the Lost Island parking lot. Admission is $10, or $5 with Lost Island wristband.
PLUS - FIREWORKS after THE show! The Caribbean Chillers
The Caribbean Chillers will also be playing inside the park on Monday, July 4th!
Hours:Waterpark open daily 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.Golf and Go-Karts open daily 2 p.m. - 10 p.m.
28 • PULSE
9-11 Remembrance; 10 Years LaterSunday, September 11, 2011, 7 p.m.
Tim Conway & FriendsSunday, September 25, 2011, 7 p.m.
Masters of the FiddleThursday, October 13, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Lily Cai Chinese Dance CompanyA BUCK A KID!Sunday, October 23, 2011, 3 p.m.
Lukas Nelson and Promise of the RealThursday, October 27, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
My Fair LadySaturday, October 29, 2011, 2 & 7:30 p.m.
Hugo Wolf QuartettSunday, October 30, 2011, 3 p.m.
The Nutcracker - Minnesota BalletA BUCK A KID!November 18-20, 2011, Friday, 7:30 p.m. Saturday & Sunday, 2 p.m.
Kathy GriffinSunday, December 11, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Mannheim SteamrollerFriday, December 16, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Monty Python’s SpamalotSunday, January 15, 2012, 2 & 7:30 p.m.
Rock of AgesThursday-Friday, January 19-20, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
The Magic Flute with UNI School of MusicFriday, January 27, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Elvis LivesTuesday, February 7, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Spirit of Uganda - A BUCK A KID!Sunday, February 19, 2012, 3 p.m.
Wroclaw Philharmonic with Garrick OhlssonTuesday, February 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Burn the FloorSaturday, February 25, 2012, 2 & 7:30 p.m.
The ChieftainsSaturday, March 3, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Colin HayFriday, March 9, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Béla Fleck and the FlecktonesSaturday, March 31, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Flying Karamazov BrothersA BUCK A KID!Sunday, April 15, 2012, 3 p.m.
The Midtown MenFriday, April 20, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Morgenstern TrioThursday, April 26, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Twist and ShoutSunday, May 6, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Dates and times subject to change
Tickets on sale to general public August 1, 2011Join Friends of the Gallagher-Bluedorn to order early!
2011-2012 Artist Series