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It’s JUst A FLesH WoUnD“Spamalot,” featuring brave, brave Sir Robin, is just one of the shows headed to the Gallagher-Bluedorn
Performing Arts Center next season.
10 Roadside beautyArtist Roger Bartlett found inspira-tion traveling U.S. Highway 6�. His collection of landscapes is on dis-play through the end of August at the Waterloo Center for the Arts.
12 Underneath it allYou’ll never get a better look under the hood than with the “Body Worlds Vital” at the Science Center of Iowa. See the full human form in this eye-opening exhibit.
15 By the numbersBlistering rhythms and pounding beats are the hallmark of explosive rapper Tech N9ne. Join this mega-star for his All 6s and 7s Tour, which stops at Hawkeye Downs.
18 Get outKnow when and where The Dough-nut Sharks are playing? How about Lick It Ticket or PB and the Jam? You will if you turn to Pulse’s live music listings. So go. Now.
22 The Nanny returnsFran Drescher is back with her trademark nasally whine. Oh, and her husband, Peter, has concluded he’s gay in Drescher’s new show, “Happily Divorced.”
24 Dream machinesSneak a peek at the newest hardware announced at E� — and then fantasize about buying it for the next few months until they, you know, actually come out.
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W ith a tree canopy offering respite from the warm July sunshine and a grass carpet underfoot, art goes al fresco at the 33rd annual College Hill Arts Fes-
tival. One of the summer’s most anticipated events, this year’s gallery without walls will open July 15 and 16.
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A pproximately 75 artists exhibit and sell paintings, ceramics, wood, fiber, glass, sculpture, basketry, pastels, mixed media, graphics, prints, photography and jewelry. Musical entertain-
ment, food and the Young Art Collectors Gallery add to the College Hill Arts Festival atmosphere.
An estimated 12,000 visitors are expected to wander among the booths at the juried art show. Festival co-chairs Mary-Sue Bartlett and Vaughn Griffith point to the high quality of work by participating art-ists and the support and commitment from the community for the festival’s success.
“It’s a beautiful outdoor setting and the size is small enough that the artists can interact with visitors to their booths. The community wel-comes them here and supports their work,” said Bartlett.
The first College Hill Arts Festival took place in 1979, founded by Hugh Pettersen, and filled the sidewalks of the College Hill business district with artists. In the following years, the festival has become one of Iowa’s signature events. For four of the past five years, CHAF has been listed among the best fine arts and design shows in Sunshine Art-ist magazine. The festival was named 2006 event of the year by the Ce-dar Valley Tourism Bureaus.
The festival is deliberately kept to 75 artists to maintain the event’s high standards, chosen by a panel of three independent jurors. The smaller size allows easy access by visitors, and artists, who are drawn from nearly 20 states, appreciate the greater likelihood of selling their work in such a setting, Bartlett said.
There are 20 new artists whose work will be featured. There also are returning favorites, including glass artists Lisa and Cecil McKenzie of Emporia, Kan., and sculptor Dale Merrill of Mount Vernon. Five artists will be selected by festival judges to receive awards of excellence.
Internationally recognized artist Gary Kelley has designed the CHAF poster for the 27th consecutive year. Posters and T-shirts will be sold at
the festival, and Kelley will sign posters from 5:30 to 8 p.m. July 15.Kelley’s 2009 poster won the most creative concept award from
Sunshine Artist magazine. This year, his posters feature a series of chick-ens he calls “free-range art.” The eight original artworks will be sold individually during the event.
Joining the artists will be a variety of musical groups performing on stage. There also will be a hands-on creative activity for children and the Young Art Collections Gallery, which features original work creat-ed by exhibiting artists. Prices are $10 or less in the gallery for children ages 14 and younger and encourages children to make independent choices about art.
Food and beverage vendors will be on the grounds.
College Hill arts Festival Friday, July 1�, noon - 8 p.m. saturday, July 16, 10 a.m. - � p.m. college and 23rd streets, cedar Falls Free admission
Ceramics: Bob reiberg, indianapolis; chris & sue holmquist, northfield, Minn.; craig kitzman, Deerfield, wis.; kristin clement, springfield, Mo.; Michael Macone, spooner, wis.; nicholas DeVries, Minneapolis; paul Jeselskis, Michigan city, ind.; steve & Miky cunningham, west Des Moines; tony winchester, persia, iowa.
Fiber: Jan Friedman, iowa city; Julie crabtree-pfannes, cushing, wis; Mariella terBeest-schladwei-ler, preston, Minn.; Mary ellen christian, champlin, Minn.
Glass: James connolly, Munster, ind.; Jim Vermeer, humboldt; lisa and cecil Mckenzie, emporia, kan.; retta hentschel, aurora, ill.; thomas Maras, hudson, wis.
Graphics: lou Zale, Deerfield, ill.; Mel Fleck, lou-isville, ky.; Michael Bond, river Falls, wis.; rita orr,
osage Beach, Mo.; steve nowatzki, Minneapolis.
Jewelry: carrie hoffnagle, Minneapolis; cathy ev-ans, Marshfield, Mo.; cheri schloerke, ames; Debra Dembowski, pewaukee, wis.; Jay nielsen, Min-neapolis; Jennifer lawler, Des Moines; John strobel, Middleton, wis.; nichole collins, yates center, kan.; peter Brenner, west Dundee, ill.; rafael Martin, pompano Beach, Fla.; ryan rathje, Jasper, ark.
mixed media: amy and Jeff Dallas, grafton, wis.; carole osburn, urbandale; cliff Matyszczyk, wales, wis.; Dewey James, Minneapolis; Janet ahrens, grin-nell; Mindy rhoads, Marquette, kan.; ralph parker, salida, colo.; scot schmidt, oshkosh, wis.; shawn wolter, urbandale; ynon Mabat, longwood, Fla.
painting and pastels: andy Van schyndle, algoma, wis.; anne Von ehr, aurora, ill.; Bekah ash, iowa city; Brian Jensen, waconia, Minn.; charlene Marsh,
nashville, ind.; hans olson, iowa city; kathleen willer, Milwaukee; keri ippolito, elk grove Village, ill.; klaus kuntscher, shawnee, kan.; sean Miller, washington, iowa; tom christopher, eldora.
photography: Janet parrish, Brooklyn, n.y.; Marty hulsebos, phoenix, ariz.; Michael stipek, Denver, colo.; nancy hendrickson, Minneapolis; tracy sadlo, Motley, Minn.
Sculpture: alice calhoun, hermann, wis.; Dale Mer-rill, Mount Vernon; Donald Marquardt, glasgow, Mo.; Jimmy langford, cumming, ga.; kerry christian, champlin, Minn.; lisa regan, rick Martin, engle-wood, colo.
Wood: craig lossing, lino lakes, Minn.; craig richardson, oakdale Minn.; Daniel Dunbar, superior, wis.; geoffry Johnson, Johnston, colo.; william close, new hartford.
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July 1610 to 11:30 a.m. string trio (cara keidel-schmidt, Michaela gransen and Jesse luke)noon to 2 p.m. orquesta alto Maiz2:30 to � p.m. comfort kings string Band�:1� to � p.m. rick Vanderwall
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Bob Reiberg Tony Winchester Paul Jeselskis Nicholas DeVries Michael Macone
Jan Friedman Julie Crabtree-Pfannes Mariella TerBeest-Schladweiler Mary Ellen Christian
James Connolly Lisa & Cecil McKenzie Jim Vermeer Thomas Maras
Lou Zale Steve Nowatzki Michael Bond Rita Orr
Carrie Hoffnagle Debra Dembowski John Strobel Peter Brenner Ryan Rathje
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Janet Ahrens Amy & Jeff Dallas Cliff Matyszczyk Dewey James Ralph Parker
Bekah Ash Hans Olson Kathleen Willer Keri Ippolito Sean Miller
Tracy Sadlo Janet Parrish Marty Hulsebos Michael Stipek Nancy Hendrickson
Lisa Regan Dale Merrill Donald Marquardt Jimmy Langford Kerry Christian
Craig Lossing Craig Richardson Daniel Dunbar William Close
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E lvis will be in the build-ing.
Four of them, actu-ally, as the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center presents “Elvis Lives,” the officially en-dorsed biography, as part of its 2011-12 season.
Joining them will be such shows and performers as “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” Celtic heroes the Chieftains, Broadway’s inter-national dance sensation “Burn the Floor,” “My Fair Lady,” a Chi-nese dance company, Mannheim Steamroller’s holiday show, co-medians Tim Conway and Kathy Griffin and more.
“Last year we were very con-cerned about how the economy would impact us, and it turned out to be a great season. Now it’s a resurgent season, bigger than last year,” said GBPAC Director Steve Carignan.
Over the performing art cen-ter’s 11-year history, the meth-odology for building a season has undergone several changes, he said. “Having YouTube, we can go online and watch live shows from various performers. That makes it so much easier for us.”
Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center Cedar Falls Tickets: on sale in July for Friends members, Aug. 1 for general public; www.gbpac.org
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“Monty Python’s Spamalot”2 and 7:30 p.m.
remembrance 9-11; 10 years later7 p.m. Sept. 11
Tim Conway & Friends7 p.m. Sept. 25
lukas nelson and Promise of the real7:30 p.m. Oct. 27
“My Fair lady”2 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29
Hugo Wolf Quartet3 p.m. Oct. 30
“The nutcracker,” Minnesota Ballet7:30 p.m. Nov. 1�, 2 p.m. Nov. 19 & 20
Mannheim Steamroller7:30 p.m. Dec. 16
rock of Ages7:30 p.m. Jan. 19 & 20
“The Magic Flute” with unI School of Music7:30 p.m. Jan. 27
elvis lives7:30 p.m. Feb. 7
Wroclaw Philharmonic with Garrick ohlsson7:30 p.m. Feb. 21
Burn the Floor2 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25
Colin Hay7:30 p.m. March 9
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones7:30 p.m. March 31
Flying karamazov Brothers3 p.m. April 15
The Midtown Men7:30 p.m. April 20
Morgenstern Trio7:30 p.m. April 26
Twist & Shout7:30 p.m. May 6
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A rtist Roger Bartlett didn’t need a map to find his muse.
He’s traveled U.S. Highway 63 for most of his adult life and discovered a country-side along that road inspiring enough to create a collection of landscapes. “Series 63,” featuring acrylic, pencil, colored pencil and mixed media works, is on display now through Aug. 31 in the Forsberg Riverside Galleries at Waterloo Center for the Arts.
“It’s a literal highway and a figurative thread that stretches between and connects my life from my hometown in Ellsworth, Wis., to the place I’ve chosen to live, Waterloo, Iowa. Exploring the rural scenery along that highway has given me a legitimate and clear understanding of what this land means,” the artist said.
Bartlett spent his entire teaching career — 44 years — in the Waterloo Community Schools. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Riv-er Falls in 1966, he immediately accepted a post teaching art, including a 25-year stint at Expo High School. He retired in 2009.
Throughout those years, he has worked as a studio artist in a variety of media, including wood carving. His work has been sold and displayed in group and solo exhibitions.
“In the simplest terms, I love to see how the horizon separates the Earth from the sky. I see the land as a sculptural form, full of patterns, shapes, textures and colors that change with each sea-son,” Bartlett said. “You can find beauty in fence rows, fields and pastures, streams, even ditches. I don’t mind seeing man’s hand on the land. There is a certain harmony between the land and man. Farmers cultivate the earth but still listen to na-ture.”
The artist does the same with his drawings and paintings. “I come to the canvas with an idea. I state my position, but I’ve learned to listen to where the work is taking me. Sometimes there are surprises in the work, something I didn’t ex-pect to see.”
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T he Cedar Valley Acoustic Guitar Association will put on free per-formances during its 10th annual summer concert series at the Overman Park band shell. Concerts are scheduled for July 8, July
22, Aug. 12 and Aug. 26.Performances begin at 6:30 p.m. At dusk, Cedar Falls Community Main
Street presents Movies Under the Moon, a free movie shown on a big screen. Maid-Rites, homemade pies, popcorn and beverages are available for purchase.
ALL-STAR PERFORMANCE
T he River Music Experience will welcome two-time Grammy nom-inees the North Mississippi Allstars Duo on July 1 at Davenport’s Redstone Room.
The North Mississippi Allstars were founded in 1996, when brothers Lu-ther and Cody Dickinson soaked up the music of their father, Jim Dick-inson, and absorbed the North Mississippi Blues legacy while playing and shaking it down at the juke joints with their blues ancestors. Luther (gui-tar and vocals) and Cody (drums and vocals) joined up with bassist Chris Chew to form the core of their own band. Through the filter of genera-tions of Mississippi Blues men, the Allstars pioneered their own blues-in-fused rock and roll.
Friday, July 1 @ 9 PM The Redstone Room, DavenportTickets: $20 | www.midwestix.com
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A human body can do wondrous things — fight off infection, battle disease and be trained to perform
extraordinary feats. The Science Center of Iowa in Des Moines is offering a chance to get an up-close, in-depth look under the hood in its new “Body Worlds Vital” ex-hibit.
“The science center has been perusing this for some time now,” said Chris Beck, director of marketing. “Following the suc-cess of Da Vinci the Genius we proved we could host world-class exhibits.”
“The Body Worlds Vital” is an exhibit like none other because of a process called plastination, which stops the decomposi-tion of bodies and preserves them. The process was invented by Dr. Gun-ther von Hagens in 1977. Von Ha-gens’ creation was made possible through the generous donations of individuals who contributed to education in life and after death.
The “Body Worlds” exhibit features 12 full bodies, each in a different pose. There’s a
male and female flamenco dancer, an opera singer and a running man, among others. Each pose exposes the muscles and organs engaged in that activity.
The eye-opening exhibit is a personal journey for every visitor.
“There was a woman, maybe 55, who let us know afterwards that the most fasci-nating thing for her was seeing the organs removed during her five cancer surgeries,” Beck said.
With more than 200 specimens on dis-play, visitors will see healthy bodies and organs alongside unhealthy ones, includ-ing the lungs of a smoker versus healthy
lungs.The exhibit is open through
the summer and also fea-tures an IMAX movie, “The Human Body,” that ex-plores a day in the life of the
human body.
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july 13TenTh avenue norThCOMING TO THE DELAWARE COUNTY FAIR JULY 13
M arnie Stern is one of the most intrigu-ing guitarists around. Her guitar-tap-ping heroics are the stuff of legend. Her
new self-titled album is a compendium of life stories both bitter and sweet. From ballads to her signature pop guitar-tapping style, Stern and long-time co-conspirator Zach Hill have churned out an enor-mous album that will further cement Stern as a ris-ing star in today’s progressive music landscape.
Stern also enlists the bass talents of psych-rock Canadian musician Matthew Flegel and up-and-coming mixer Lars Stalfors to reveal a mature and more focused side of herself.
Monday, July 4 @ 8 PMThe MillIowa CityTickets: $8 - $10 | www.icmill.com
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T he Friends of the Art Center will ring in the Fourth of July with music by Kevin BF Burt and the Instigators at the Waterloo Center
for the Arts’ Rooftop Jazz & Blues event. The event will feature hot dogs, brats, burgers, beer, wine, soda, popcorn and Lou’s Barbeque. To end the night, en-joy the view of the Waterloo Jaycee’s fireworks dis-play from the rooftop.
Kevin BF Burt and the Instigators’ unique blend
of blues and R&B with a twist of funk has pleased thousands of crowds across the U.S. and Canada. The Instigators have been together for more than 14 years and create blues music with drums, bass, guitar, harmonica and vocals.
Saturday, July 2 @ 6:30 PMWaterloo Center for the ArtsTickets: $10 | www.waterloocenterforthearts.org
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C hristian hitmakers Tenth Avenue North will perform at the Delaware County Fair in Manchester in July.
The band released three independent albums and an EP before its major label debut, “Over and Un-derneath,” in 2008. The song “Love Is Here” hit the Top 20 on the U.S. Contemporary Christian Music chart, peaking at No. 3. The band’s next al-bum, “The Light Meets the Dark,” dropped in
May last year, featuring the hit single “Healing Be-gins.”
Tenth Avenue North has toured with the David Crowder Band and Mercy Me and won the New Artist of the Year award at the 2009 Dove Awards.
Wednesday, July 13 @ 7 PMDelaware County Fair, Manchester
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T he numbers add up to a lineup full of blistering lyrics and pounding beats. The Tech N9ne All 6s and 7s tour will stop in
Cedar Rapids July 12 on its cross-country trek. The explosive lineup covers five states and fea-tures hip-hop’s hardest-hitting and most prolific live performers, including special guests Mayday, Stevie Stone, Kutt Calhoun, Krizz Kaliko and Jay Rock.
Tech N9ne will bring his memorable hits to the masses — “I’m a Playa,” “Caribou Lou,” “Riot
Maker,” “Like Yeah” and “Everybody Move.” His fervent delivery and brash lyrics landed him an MTV Woodie Award, and 6s and 7s promises to add to the ways Tech N9ne’s legacy will be his pas-sion-fueled commitment to hip-hop.
Tuesday, July 12 @ 8 PMHawkeye Downs, Cedar RapidsTickets: $26 advance, $28 day of show; Cigarette Outlets in Cedar Rapids and Marion, Hawkeye Downs, (800) 514-3849, www.jadepresents.com.
TECH N9NE TOUR WILL MAKE A STOP AT HAWKEYE DOWNS JULY 12
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The Brooklyn duo of Madeline Follin and Brian O’Blivion — good name, that — first got attention with a three-song EP early in 2010. So it’s taken an eternity in Internet time for the band’s self-titled debut, which is the first release on Lily Allen’s In the Name Of label, a partner-ship with Sony Music. So what’s the buzz about? For starters, it was the single “Go Outside,” which cleverly upped the intriguing factor of
a super-catchy, Supremes-flavored, girl-group throwback song by dressing it up with the sam-pled voice of People’s Temple doomsday cult leader Jim Jones. The rest of “Cults” isn’t quite so entrancing, but it’s easy to be smitten with Follin’s lovelorn teenage-dreamer vocals as she and O’Blivion update ’60s pop truisms that are still pretty difficult to resist.
— Dan DeLuca, Philadelphia Inquirer
“Is it too late to do it again / or should we wait another ten?” sings Glenn Mercer to open “Here Before,” the first Feelies album in a decade, and the Haledon, N.J., quintet picks up right where it left off. The Feelies began their ca-reer with two classics, 1980’s perpetually twitchy “Crazy Rhythms” and 1986’s placidly strummy “The Good Earth,” before settling somewhere in between for 1988’s “Only Life” and 1991’s “Time for a Witness.” Now we have
“Here Before.” It’s great to hear the interplay between Bill Million’s rapid acoustic strumming and Mercer’s judi-cious electric leads on “Later On” and “Should Be Gone.” While some of Mercer’s garage-psych songs never quite gel, “Here Before” is a worthy addition to an undervalued legacy. In a concert set list, its best songs will sound great among the classics. This band shouldn’t wait another 10.
— Steve Klinge, Philadelphia Inquirer
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“Demolished Thoughts” is soft, psychedelic cham-ber-folk — delicate, potent, subtle pastoral music. On “Thoughts,” Moore has brought in producer Beck, an art-ist with his own brand of mellowed-out, folksy complex-ity. Moore and Beck come up with tremulous electronic textures that waft through the shimmering strings of “Blood Never Lies” and “Illuminine” and the dark drone of “Mina Loy.” Violinist Samara Lubelski and Philadelphia
harpist Mary Lattimore provide the strings. Along with the ruminative “Benediction” and Moore’s Fahey-like plucking throughout, “Demolished Thought’s” finest moments include the crinkly tone poem “Circulation” and the verbal riffs on the New York he loves on “Orchard Street.” The whole thing is so lustrous and comfortable, you feel as if you’re intruding on something private.
— A.D. Amorosi, Philadelphia Inquirer
“Standing on the Rooftop” has two big advantages over Madeleine Peyroux’s last couple of albums. First, her songwriting skills come closer than ever to equaling her considerable interpretive talents. Second, she has drafted guitarist Marc Ribot, with whom she worked on her 1996 debut “Dreamland,” to provide unexpected twists to the spacious and atmospheric arrangements. Peyroux covers some classic tunes here: A light, understated “Martha,
My Dear”; a shuffling “I Threw It All Away”; a somber, tense “Love in Vain.” And it’s to Peyroux’s credit that her own compositions don’t seem overwhelmed by the Beatles’, Dylan’s or Robert Johnson’s. She can be jaunty on “Don’t Pick a Fight With a Poet,” sassy on “The Kind You Can’t Afford” and introspective on “Ophelia,” all the while maintaining her jazzy, light, smoldering touch.
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An intimate performanceA founding member of the Be Good Tanyas, Jolie Holland will per-
form at the Englert Theatre in Iowa City in July. Holland’s mu-sic combines elements of folk, traditional country and blues. Her
unique approach yields incredibly poetic and organic songs. Holland is tour-ing in support of her fourth studio album, “Pint of Blood,” which drops June 28. Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside will open the evening. The charming, Portland-based band recently released its debut album, “Dirty Radio.”
friday, July 15 @ 8 pmthe Englert theatre, Iowa citytickets: $16 | 319.688.2653 | englert.org
Three Dog night 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 9Performing hits “Joy to the World,” “Mama told Me Not to come,” “black and White” and more.
creedence clearwater revisited7:30 p.m. thursday, Aug. 25
tribute band performing ccR hits like “Proud Mary,” “Down on the
corner” and “fortunate Son.”
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WATERLOOAlesha Brown and Becca D 9 p.m., Black’s Piano BarAndrew Thoreen and Friends 7 p.m., Black’s Piano BarAuthority Zero with Pour Habit and Karate Lincolns 8 p.m., Spicoli’sFatcat, 9 p.m., Jameson’sFire Hazzard, 9 p.m., Spicoli’sRosetti and Wigley 8 p.m., The Isle
CEDAR FALLsElev8, 10 p.m., VoodooThe sequels, 9 p.m., The Hub
DuBuquEChuck Bregman 6 p.m., MystiqueThe Impulse Band 8 p.m., Dubuque Driving RangeJohnnie Walker 7 p.m., Diamond JoMassey Road and Mississippi Band 9 p.m., Northsideshaun Cavanaugh 7 p.m., CourtsideTrailer Kings, 9 p.m., MystiqueTribe of 3, 9 p.m., The Bank
CEDAR RAPIDsGimikk 6:30 p.m., Chrome HorsePast Masters 9 p.m., Chrome HorsePerry Barton 9:30 p.m., Piano Loungeuptown Friday Nights featuring Lonesome Road 5 p.m., Green Square Park
IOWA CITyBest Friends Forever with Alexis stevens, 9 p.m., The MillFriday Night Concert Series featuring Adobanga and Dr. Z’s Experiment 6:30 p.m., Ped MallJazz After Five featuring Equilateral 5:30 p.m., The MillPB and the Jam with Chloroform 9 p.m., Gabe’ssnow Demon with Bloodcow and Kentucky Belt Fight 9 p.m., Blue MooseT.u.G.G. with The Fowler Brothers 9 p.m., Iowa City Yacht Club
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FRIDAy, JuNE 24Bourbon Street RestaurantNew Red Onion Jazz Babies, 7:45 p.m.Blue street Jazz Band, 9 p.m.
Clarion InnParty Gras Classic Jazz Band, 7 p.m.saints Dixieland Jazz Band, 8:30 p.m.
Sturgis Parksaints Dixieland Jazz Band, 5 p.m.New Red Onion Jazz Babies, 6 p.m.Blue street Jazz Band, 7 p.m.Hoodads, 8 p.m.Chris Duarte Group, 9:45 p.m.
sATuRDAy, JuNE 25Bourbon Street RestaurantNew Red Onion Jazz Babies, noonBlue street Jazz Band, 1:30 p.m.Party Gras Classic Jazz Band, 7:45 p.m.saints Dixieland Jazz Band, 9 p.m.
Clarion InnNew Red Onion Jazz Babies, 7 p.m.Blue street Jazz Band, 8:30 p.m.
Sturgis ParkParty Gras Classic Jazz Band, noonsaints Dixieland Jazz Band, 2 p.m.New Red Onion Jazz Babies, 4 p.m.Blue street Jazz Band, 6 p.m.Boss Grant and the Johnny Cash Revue, 8 p.m.
suNDAy, JuNE 26Bourbon Street Restaurantsaints Dixieland Jazz Band, 4 p.m.Party Gras Classic Jazz Band, 5:30 p.m.New Red Onion Jazz Babies, 7 p.m.Blue street Jazz Band, 8:30 p.m.
Clarion InnNew Red Onion Jazz Babies, 9 a.m.saints Dixieland Jazz Band, 7 p.m.Party Gras Classic Jazz Band, 8:30 p.m.
Sturgis ParkTedda Hach Gospel set with Blue street Jazz Band, 10:45 a.m.saints Dixieland Jazz Band, noonParty Gras Classic Jazz Band, 2 p.m.New Red Onion Jazz Babies, 4 p.m.Blue street Jazz Band, 6 p.m.
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FRIDAy, JuNE 24Overman ParkThe Chocolate Crackers, 11 a.m.Jim Longnecker, 12:30 p.m.Cedar Valley Jazz Club, 1:45 p.m.The Wicked Andersons, 3 p.m.Fatcat, 4:30 p.m.sturgis Falls Children’s Choir, 6 p.m.
Tourist ParkThe snozzberries, 5 p.m.Monsters of Mock, 8:45 p.m.
Island ParkFirefighters’ Dance featuring urban Legend, 7 p.m.
sATuRDAy, JuNE 25Gateway Park50s/60s Dance featuring Richie Lee and the Fabulous 50s, 7 p.m.
Overman Parkstrait up, noonThe Andy Anderson Band, 1:15 p.m.Leigh Bailey, 2:45 p.m.Milk and Honey, 4 p.m.Marvin and Dino spencer, 5:15 p.m.Parris Island Marine Band, 7 p.m.
Tourist ParkLick It Ticket, noonBeaker Brothers, 1:30 p.m.Orquesta Alto Maiz, 3:30 p.m.Checker and the Bluetones, 5:45 p.m.Arch Allies, 9 p.m.
suNDAy, JuNE 26Overman ParkMick staebell, noonsweet Adelines, 1:15 p.m.The Ramblers, 2:30 p.m.Clarence Williams and the Rising sons, 3:45 p.m.Cedar Falls Municipal Band, 5 p.m.
Tourist ParkThe Mittens, 1 p.m.WAGG, 2:30 p.m.Bob Dorr and the Blue Band, 5 p.m.Hamilton Loomis, 7:30 p.m.
iOWa citY Jazz fEstivalCLINTON sT. AND IOWA AVE.
FRIDAy, JuLy 1Main Stageunited Jazz Ensemble, 4:30 p.m.DePaul College Jazz Band, 6 p.m.Carmen Bradford with Iowa Jazz All stars, 8 p.m.
Side Stagesilver swing Band, 5:30 p.m.
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WATERLOOBarflies 9 p.m., Screaming EagleEben seaman and Eddie Lawrence 9 p.m., Black’s Piano BarRock the ’Loo featuring Green 13 6 p.m., RiverLoop ExpoRooftop Jazz and Blues featuring Kevin BF Burt and the Instigators, 6:30 p.m. Waterloo Center for the ArtsRoute 66 8 p.m., The Islesoul Fusion 9 p.m., Jameson’s
CEDAR FALLsCedar Flows 2011 featuring Ill Convoy, Jon Voigt, Mumraw and Crack-a-Don 9 p.m., The Hub
DuBuquEChuck Bregman 6 p.m., MystiqueMassey Road, 9 p.m., Pit StopMisbehaven 8 p.m., The YardarmTwo Bit Maniac 7 p.m., Java Creek
CEDAR RAPIDsLoaded, 9 p.m., Chrome Horse
IOWA CITyDennis McMurrin and the Demolition Band 10 p.m., Iowa City Yacht ClubFirecracker 500 Festival featuring The People’s Temple, Paul Cary, solid Attitude, Terrible Twos, Blackbelts, Big Box, White suns and supersonic Piss 7 p.m., Blue MooseJazz Jam, 10 p.m., The MillKross Kountry 7 p.m., Wildwood
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6.29 SOIL | 9 PMWITH 3 PIL MORNING
6.30 KARAOKE BY ULTIMATE ENTERTAINMENT | 9 PM
7.01 MILK AND HONEY | 6 PM
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WATERLOOAlesha Brown and Becca D 9 p.m., Black’s Piano BarAndrew Thoreen and Friends 7 p.m., Black’s Piano BarAustin Taft soundtrack with Dwellers of the Twilight Void 9 p.m., Spicoli’sThe Other Band 7 p.m., Steamboat GardensRosetti and Wigley 8 p.m., The IsleTalon, 9 p.m., Screaming EagleTin Pan Alley, 8 p.m., The Hoist
CEDAR FALLsDave Malam 8 p.m., Cup of Joe
DuBuquEChuck Bregman 6 p.m., MystiqueClovis Mann, 9 p.m., The BankKevin Beck and Johnnie Walker 9 p.m., SpiritsTrailer Kings, 9 p.m., Mystique
CEDAR RAPIDsThe Doughnut sharks 7 p.m., Java CreekHelforstout 9 p.m., Chrome HorsePerry Barton 9:30 p.m., Piano Lounge
IOWA CITyAmarillo, 7 p.m., WildwoodDubstep summit 8 p.m., Gabe’sMos scocious 9 p.m., Iowa City Yacht ClubRavens and Chimes with Dream Thieves and Datagun 9 p.m., The Millslip silo with Tribal Momentum and Peter Odegaard 9 p.m., Blue Moose
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WATERLOODennis Wayne Gang 8 p.m., Screaming EagleEben seaman and Eddie Lawrence 9 p.m., Black’s Piano BarEleventh Hour, 9 p.m., Jameson’sFat Chance 10 p.m., Kings and QueensMilk and Honey 6 p.m., Spicoli’sRoute 66, 8 p.m., The Isle
DuBuquEBad Fished 8 p.m., The YardarmChuck Bregman 6 p.m., MystiqueHorsin’ Around Band 8 p.m., Catfish Charlie’s
CEDAR RAPIDsBilly Heller, 7 p.m., Java CreekBlack the sun 6:30 p.m., Chrome HorseDownward Fall 9 p.m., Chrome HorseUptown Friday Nights featuring Loaded 5 p.m., Green Square Park
IOWA CITyBrothers Loyalty 4 p.m., Gabe’sFirecracker 500 Festival featuring The Coathangers, HOTT, Half Rats, The Bent scepters, slut River, Techno Lincoln and the Technicolor union and The Boxknifes 7 p.m., Blue MooseHaley Bonar with Holcombe Waller, 8 p.m., Englert TheatreJazz Jam, 10 p.m., The Milluniphonics with Lick It Ticket, 9 p.m., Iowa City Yacht Club
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Chloroform, 6:30 p.m.Funk stop, 7:30 p.m.
sATuRDAy, JuLy 2Main StageNorth Corridor All stars, 2 p.m.Elsie Parker and the Poor People of Paris, 4 p.m.Kneebody, 6 p.m.Josh Roseman unit, 8 p.m.
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IC City High Combo, 1:30 p.m.Thelonious Assault, 2:30 p.m.Bermuda Report, 3:30 p.m.The Oatts Boys, 5:30 p.m.Groove Theory, 6:30 p.m.Koplant No, 7:30 p.m.
suNDAy, JuLy 3Main StageKevin Hart and the Vibe Tribe with David Hoffman, 2 p.m.
John Ellis and Double-Wide, 4 p.m.Ambrose Akinmusire quintet, 6 p.m.Randy Weston, 8 p.m.
Side StageDes Moines Hoover Combo, 1:30 p.m.Lick It Ticket, 2:30 p.m.Pat smith Group, 3:30 p.m.CR Washington Combo, 5:30 p.m.Gabe Medd Band, 6:30 p.m.The Fex, 7:30 p.m.
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CARS 2StARRing: Voices of Larry the Cable Guy, Owen Wilson, Michael Cainethe plot: Lightning McQueen, pit boss Mater and the rest of Lightning’s crew enter the Race of Champions, a multi-national event taking place in Japan, Germany, Italy, France and England.
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A BetteR liFeStARRing: Demián Bichir, José Juliánthe plot: Carlos, a simple, decent, 40-year-old Mexican man, doesn’t ask much from life — just to keep tending the yards of L.A.’s wealthy and to give his estranged son Luis a better life than he had. But when a business opportunity that would have allowed him to take control of his destiny is stolen from under his nose, his life is thrown into chaos.
lARRY CRoWneStARS: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts the plot: Unclear on his next steps after losing his job at a big-box retailer, Larry Crowne (Hanks) enrolls at his local college where he finds a niche among the school’s community of outcasts and a con-nection with a teacher (Roberts) who has lost her passion for life.
tRAnSFoRMeRS: DARK oF the MoonStARRing: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tyrese Gibson the plot: Against the backdrop of the space race between the U.S.S.R. and the United States, the alliance between Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) and Optimus Prime is put to the test against a common enemy.
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I t has been a while since we’ve had Fran Dre-scher and her lovable honk in a sitcom. “The Nanny” closed down in 1999. “Living With
Fran” had a little run six years later on The WB, but hardly anybody saw it.
“I love her voice,” says Fran’s date, in TV Land’s new sitcom, “Happily Divorced.”
“Give it time,” says her ex-husband.It’s like a long-lost lullaby when Fran rolls over in
bed at the top of the show and asks her anxious hus-band, “Whatsa mattah, Peetah?”
What’s the matter is not that he has some new psychosomatic ailment after watching “Grey’s Anat-omy” again right before bed. What’s the matter is that he has finally concluded he is gay.
“Happily Divorced” will chronicle the lives of Fran and Peter, too broke to move out of their house, af-ter this moment. There are many possible pitfalls, not the least of which is that the show could just be one agonizing gay joke. But since Drescher and her real ex-husband, Peter Marc Jacobson, who did get di-vorced after he realized he was gay, are the executive producers, that doesn’t happen.
Drescher looks great, and she’s basically her old Fran Fine “Nanny” self. Nobody would accuse her of
being an accomplished actress. Every character she’s played on TV series in the last 18 years, in fact, has been named Fran. But she delivers a joke just fine.
John Michael Higgins (“Best in Show”) is Peter. Ti-china Arnold (“Everybody Hates Chris”) is Fran’s best friend. The show signals that there’s a little more go-ing on than the usual frantic search for jokes when D.W. Moffett shows up as Fran’s first post-divorce date. Rita Moreno and Robert Walden play Fran’s parents. They figured she knew Peter was gay and didn’t say anything because they didn’t want to in-terfere, but mama does offer some advice when he comes out of the closet:
“You go to a lingerie store. You buy something very sexy that will turn him on.”
“Like what,” asks Fran, “a jock strap?”The show has some hilarious moments and perks
along between them as you might expect a Drescher show to. “Happily Divorced,” full of old-fashioned laughs and cast members, completes a comedy mar-riage made by clever programmers that shows signs of lasting past the honeymoon.
HAPPILY DIVORCED9:30 p.m. Wednesdays | TV Land
jonathan storm | the philadelphia inquirer
the associated press
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Jessica Simpson is taking on the role of mentor to aspiring designers for a new NBC reality series.
The network has announced that Simp-son, 30, will help guide contestants in the series “Fashion Star” as they compete for a multimillion-dollar contract to launch their own brand.
Elle McPherson will host the show, which NBC promises to be a “true spectacle” taped in front of a studio audience and featuring music, dancers and models along with weekly challenges for the contestants.
The contestant who best combines fashion and business gets a contract to launch a line with three major retailers, which are yet to be announced. Buyers from each chain will serve as judges, keeping contestants in the competition by buying their designs.
Viewers won’t have to wait to shop for what they see: Each week’s winning design in categories ranging from suits to lingerie to accessories will be available for immediate online purchase.
Producers of “Fashion Star” include for-mer NBC executive Ben Silverman, and Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz of Magical Elves, original producers of “Project Runway.”
The debut date for “Fashion Star” has not yet been announced.
jonathan storm | the philadelphia inquirer
Jessica Simpson is taking on the role of mentor to aspiring designers for a new NBC
The network has announced that Simp-son, 30, will help guide contestants in the series “Fashion Star” as they compete for a
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WHAT’S THE Word?
books
2011
I n his novels, Pulitzer Prize winner oscar Hijue-los captures the loss and triumphs of Cuban im-migrants in tales of displaced dreams, lovelorn
beauties and eternal music. Now he turns the pen to his story, the inspiration for many of his characters, and a candid, often heartbreaking portrait that reveals an-other layer of the Cuban experience in America.
Growing up in New York, Hijuelos’ identity as a Cu-ban seems constantly stacked against him. With his blond hair and light skin, he is commonly confused as a German or American, even among fellow compatriots — what might seem like an insignificant shortcoming, but a sort of jab to his already fragile identity each time he is mistakenly addressed in English.
After an enchanting trip with his mother to Cuba as a young child, he becomes ill with a kidney disease and is hospitalized for a year, during which he loses, and never truly recovers, his Spanish. once released, he is limited to a strict diet of bland food and forbidden from eating Cuban staples like crispy lechon or fried plantains that his family cherishes.
“For the longest time, all I would know was that I had gotten sick in Cuba, from Cuban microbios, that the illness had blossomed in the land of my forebears, the country where I had once been loved and whose language fell as music on my ears,” Hijuelos writes. “of course, diseases happen anywhere, and children get sick
under any circumstances, but what I would hear for years afterward from my mother was that something Cuban had nearly killed me and, in the process of my healing, would turn my own ‘Cubaness’ into air.”
It’s an experience of displacement and a never-ending inability to reach an identity he inherits, but cannot truly grasp, that many Cubans of his generation, along with anyone who has felt divided between two homelands, will understand and relate to. It also defines much of his development as a writer, as he initially hesitates to em-brace his story, and that of his family, as a source of in-spiration for his fictional characters — too ashamed to put them on paper, believing the world was indifferent to his tale.
Hijuelos won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 1990 for “The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love.” Even so, Hijuelos writes of how he struggled against being labeled an “ethnic” writ-er, and notes that even today there are few other Latinos whose work, despite the considerable number of talented authors, has been awarded the same recognition.
The stories of second-generation Cubans have seeped into Hijuelos’ work, but this memoir portrays their ex-perience, and that of successive generations, with a can-dor that few others have dared. Readers who enjoyed the memoirs of Carlos Eire and others who have ex-plored this precarious terrain will take a great interest in Hijuelos’ work.
christine armario | the associated press
‘thoughts Without Cigarettes: A memoir’ Author: Oscar HijuelosGotham Books, 2011
Oscar Hijuelos pens memoir on search for identity
I n the annals of literature, pen names have long created as much intrigue about the authors as the pieces they write.
Carmela Ciuraru’s “Nom de Plume” deftly tells the stories of some of literature’s most famous pen names by weaving in details about these secretive, often eccen-tric writers’ lives and works to examine their decision to use pen names. From Lewis Carroll (born Charles Dodg-son), to Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and Victoria Lu-cas (Sylvia Plath), one chapter is devoted to each with so much detail that the authors under discussion seem to become characters in Ciuraru’s book.
Take the title of Plath’s chapter: “She found sexual sat-isfaction in picking her nose.”
For anyone who creates — writers, artists and perform-ers — the book will enthrall. It’s as much a meditation on the creative process as it is a tell-all about their names and the intrigue, branding or mind games that created them. Readers don’t need to be familiar with all the writers. Some of the names aren’t well-known to modern audi-ences, which Ciuraru acknowledges. But they’ll still be able to appreciate the stories behind the story.
Ciuraru devotes pages to exploring the reasons for — and effects of — these other identities. She’s done much re-
search for this book, weaving in the authors’ personal and public writings, along with those of their contemporaries.
The names can be an excuse, reason or outlet to create. The Bronte sisters, Anne, Charlotte and Emily, and Kar-en Blixen wouldn’t have been taken seriously — or even printed. So the male pen names of Acton, Currer and Ellis Bell and Isak Dinesen gave them a chance to be published.
others, like Carroll, author of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” were well-established in their fields and wanted a pen name to separate their various selves.
Carroll, a “shy, eminent oxford mathematician and lecturer, had created the nom de plume as a means of shelter from which he could let his imagination run wild,” Ciuraru explains.
He stuck to his pen name so much that he even asked a library at oxford to delete all cross-references between his two names.
one shortcoming of “Nom de Plume” is its lack of conclusion. The book is told as a series of short works on these authors and many similarities among them pop out, beyond their pen names. Ciuraru expertly tells their stories and draws conclusions within each section, but other than the introduction, there’s no explanation to bring the examination full circle.
‘nom de Plume’Author: Carmela CiuraruHarperCollins, 2011
emily fredrix | the associated press
‘nom de Plume’ explains secret, famous pseudonyms
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“It’s an experience of displacement and a never-ending inability to reach an identity he inherits, but cannot truly grasp, that many Cubans of his gen-eration, along with anyone who has felt divided between two homelands, will understand and relate to.“
For anyone who cre-ates — writers, artists and performers — the book will enthrall.
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NEWS FROM E3
There was a lot of confusion after Nintendo’s keynote, which ended with the unveiling of the Wii U: Is there a new console?
All the images, all the chatter were about the new controller — a 6.2-inch touch screen surround by the usual bevy of but-tons, including dual analog pads.
Yet lurking in the back-ground, there it was: a console that developers claim has 50 percent more processing power than the PS3 and Xbox 360. Say hello to high-definition Mario, Zelda and Metroid games.
The demos shown — there are no games officially announced yet — used the new controller to give a fifth player a different perspective from the other four players, who use standard Wii Remotes. Players can also use the touchscreen to peer inside, magnify or otherwise enhance the image on the TV using the rear-facing camera. Gameplay can also be transferred from the TV screen to the screen in the new controller, freeing up the TV for someone else to watch a show or movie.
The Wii U will launch sometime in 2012.
video games
2011 playstation vitaSony’s newest handheld, the successor to the ever-evolving PSP line, has a 5-inch multi-touch OLED screen on the face and another multitouch sensor pad on the back of the device to allow for finger motions like push-ing and pulling. It also features dual analog sticks in addition to front- and rear-facing cameras, a cross pad, shoulder triggers and four-button setup.The graphical improvement of the Vita will
allow players to pick up games from their PS3 on the handheld device and vice versa.The $250 price tag for a Wi-Fi only model
positions it directly against Nintendo’s 3DS, while a $300 model comes with 3G connectivity ex-clusively through AT&T. The Vita will be available later this year.
The names of the two biggest hardware announcements at this year’s Electronic Entertain-ment Expo left everyone scratching their heads. Vita? Wii U? That’s the best they could come up with? Here’s a closer look at the funny-named gadgets headed for your living room.
playstation vitaSony’s newest handheld, the successor to
2011
a $300 model comes with 3G connectivity exclusively through AT&T. The Vita will be available
playstation vitaSony’s newest handheld, the successor to the ever-evolving PSP line, has a 5-inch multitouch OLED screen on the face and another multitouch sensor pad on the back of the device to allow for finger motions like pushing and pulling. It also features dual analog sticks in addition to front- and rear-facing cameras, a cross pad, shoulder triggers and four-button setup.The graphical improvement of the Vita will
allow players to pick up games from their PS3 on the handheld device and vice versa.The $250 price tag for a Wi-Fi only model
positions it directly against Nintendo’s 3DS, while a $300 model comes with 3G connectivity ex
playstation vitaSony’s newest handheld, the successor to the ever-evolving PSP line, has a 5-inch multitouch OLED screen on the face and another multitouch sensor pad on the back of the
allow players to pick up games from their PS3 on the handheld device and vice versa.The $250 price tag for a Wi-Fi only model
positions it directly against Nintendo’s 3DS, while a $300 model comes with 3G connectivity ex
processing power than the PS3 and Xbox 360. Say hello to high-definition Mario, Zelda and
The demos shown — there are no games officially announced yet — used the new controller to give a fifth player a different perspective from the other four players, who use standard Wii Remotes. Players can also use the touchscreen to peer inside, magnify or otherwise enhance the image on the TV using the rear-facing camera. Gameplay can also be transferred from the TV screen to the screen in the new controller, freeing up the TV for someone else to watch a show or movie.
The Wii U will launch sometime in
touchscreen to peer inside, magnify
Wii UThere was a lot of confusion after Nintendo’s keynote,
which ended with the unveiling of the Wii U: Is there a
All the images, all the chatter were about the new controller — a 6.2-inch touch screen surround by the usual bevy of buttons, including dual analog pads.
clusively through AT&T. The Vita will be available later this year.clusively through AT&T. The Vita will be available later this year.
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U Games featured at e3Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
SkyrimHalo 4
Luigi’s Mansion 2Gears of War 3
Battlefield 3Super Mario
Bioshock InfiniteAssassin’s Creed Revelations
Uncharted: Golden AbyssSly Cooper: Thieves in Time
Tomb RaiderMass Effect 3
Saints Row: The ThirdDeus Ex: Human Revelations
Dead IslandFinal Fantasy XIII-2
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NEWS FROM E3JustIN HOeGer | McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
‘Red Faction’ goes back for more mars fun
super street Fighter iv arcade editionCan’t get enough Ryu? The retooled version of “Super Street Fighter IV” boasts four new characters, beefed-up online modes, an enhanced Replay Channel and updated character balancing. All characters from the original game are unlocked from the start.June 28; PC, Ps3, X360.
UFC personal trainerLearn more than 70 moves from mixed martial arts trainers to get in shape. This game was designed with input from real MMA trainers and features spar-ring with several popular UFC fighters. PlayStation Move and Microsoft Kinetic required for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions.June 28; Ps3, X360, Wii.
Resident evil: the mercenariesTackle timed missions from “Resident Evil 4” and “Resident Evil 5” alone or with a friend via network play as favorite characters like Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Albert Wesker and Hunk. Includes a playable demo of the upcoming 3DS title “Resident Evil Revelations.”June 28; 3ds.
mystery Case Files: the malgrave incidentThe abandoned resort on Malgrave Island is home to many mysteries. Those secrets will be disturbed and revealed as players search for dust, the cure to a woman’s illness, in this hidden object game that also features three different multiplayer modes.June 27; Wii.
dynasty Warriors: gundam 3This cel-shaded fighting game includes more than 50 characters and 70 mechs from 30 years of “Mobile Suit Gundam” anime. The story mode is back with more ag-gressive enemy AI and a new campaign to save the universe as chaotic warfare threatens to destroy the world.June 28; Ps3, X360.
oblivion 5th anniversary editionIt’s been five years since “Oblivion” took the gaming world by storm. Now it’s back with pumped-up graphics, a new combat and magic system and challenging new adversar-ies. Includes the “Shiver-ing Isles” and “Knights of the Nine” expansion packs.June 28; PC, Ps3, X360.
NINTENDO, SONY, THQ, SHUTTERSTOCK PHOTOS
T wo years ago, “Red Fac-tion: Guerilla” let players tear the Red Planet apart.
“Red Faction: Armageddon” lets them tear it apart, then put it back together.
Set a few decades after “Gue-rilla,” ‘‘Armageddon” stars the grandson of the previous game’s hero, Alec Mason.
Fighting for Mars is a family tradition, and Darius Mason is a chip off the old block. As the game opens, he’s part of a mission to stop a cult from destroying Mars’ Terraformer, and with it, the plan-et’s breathable atmosphere. What’s more, cult leader Adam Hale has a grudge against Mason’s family.
Alas, the Terraformer is de-stroyed and the Martian populace is forced underground. A few years later, Darius is hired to open up some centuries-old Martian ruins. What’s hidden inside turns out to be a voracious race of alien bugs, and Darius finds himself fighting
for his life once more. “Armageddon” doesn’t share
the last game’s go-anywhere, de-stroy-anything open world. In-stead it’s broken up into more linear levels, though the crucial destroy- anything aspect is more than intact.
Like Alec, Darius carries a big sledgehammer that can bust through nearly any structure. But he also has a device called the Nano Forge, which can recon-struct demolished objects in an instant — bridges, platforms, de-stroyed cover, all sorts of things. It has a variety of other powers, as well, such as releasing a wave of concussive force or generating a shield around the wearer.
His gadgets don’t stop there. The Magnet Gun is particularly neat fire it at two spots within range, and the first will be irre-sistibly drawn toward the second, allowing Darius to fling boulders like marbles and send buildings
tumbling. The game has its share of stan-
dard shooter weapons — assault rifles, shotguns and so on — but the more exotic stuff is where the fun is. The object-eating Nano Rifle from the last game returns and is joined by various rocket and grenade launchers, plasma
weapons and the Singularity Can-non, which fires an all-consuming black hole.
“Armageddon” leaves behind the last game’s competitive modes but has a survival mode with up to four players against hordes of monsters. Ruin mode lets players destroy as much as possible.
Red Faction: armageddonfor: PC, PS3, Xbox 360 | Price: $49.99-$59.99 | rated: Mature
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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.
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Hours:Waterpark open daily 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.Golf and Go-Karts open daily 2 p.m. - 10 p.m.
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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