steve geisz

Steve Geisz,General Manager of theGrand Harbor Resort, is smoking up ribs... and chicken... and brisket... and live music with a few thousand friends.

Wanna come?

Tim Brechlin Mike Ironside Tanya Graves Ellen Goodmann Kelli Kerrigan Ralph Kluseman Gary Olsen Matt Booth L.A. Hammer Chris Wand Pam Kress-Dunn Joey Wallis

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

Get out! An issue dedicated to smoked meat? SMOKED MEAT! Where do I start? I think I wrote about this before. I don’t care ... I’m go-ing to need a bigger page! Perhaps a sonnet would do this moment justice. Maybe I could go through and rub a little smoked pork flavor on my Inkubator article in every copy of this issue. Sniff yours now ... did I get to it? Oh man, I’m so freakin’ excited for the Throw-down, you have no idea. When the Grand Har-bor’s general Manager Steve Geisz started to ask me about partnering to make it happen, he said the words “smoked meat” and I just said yes. The rest of what he said was garbled like Charlie Brown’s teacher: Wonk! Wonk wonk wonk! Who cares? He could have asked for anything at that point. You had me at “smoked meat,” Jerry Maguire.

My real passion for smoked meat began when, unbeknownst to me, I was taken to the place considered by many to be the single best BBQ in the world, Smitty’s BBQ in Lockhart, Texas. We entered this dark glorious room lined on two sides with massive brick grills covered by hinged metal lids. Wood burned in piles at the ends of the L-shaped oven and a single pipe sent smoke up at the elbow of the oven. I was given a piece of butcher paper loaded with brisket, ribs, and sausage, plus a stack of plain Wonder Bread, how cool! In the next room I got a monster slab of cheddar cheese and a grape Nehi (no Sh!%)! The massively long ta-bles were adorned with paper food boats filled with a special seasoned-salt mixture (available on their Web site). This is for dipping your meat into. Let me say that again: This boat of salt was for dipping my carcinogen-charred, fatty beef brisket into. Oh my God, have I died and gone to heaven? No, that likely comes shortly after eating this food. Needless to say, it may have been the first time I ever cried while eating food. It was so good I don’t have words for it. I’ve since heard the place mentioned on TV by both Robert Duvall and George Bush (Hey, he got somethin’ right!). By the way, Dubuque’s getting a Bandana’s BBQ in the old Ponderosa building soon. It looks like genuine BBQ. Oh, baby ... It must be my birthday! I’ve had amazing smoked meat since. Ron Tigges would have to be my local smoked meat Medici. The man’s got a skill. Still, I had never tried it myself. Early this summer when clean-ing out his garage, my dad gave me his smoker. I think we gave it to him for a gift like 20 years ago. After a few uses, I think it went into that corner until I inherited it not too long ago. It has been used twice a week ever since.

Now, I don’t want to brag, but I believe I may be some kind of smoked meat savant. I took to this like a duck to water. I’ve smoked ribs, chicken, pork loin, chops, and, of course, beef jerky. I’ve tried a slew of different dry rubs (I don’t do sauce, I decided that’s for failures who can’t smoke a flavorful piece of meat on it’s own.). They’re all good, but I’ve got favorites. My favorite meats to smoke are ribs (duh!) and dark meat chicken, like leg quarters. I just had them again last night. The pros who will be coming to the Throwdown on Labor Day week-end will have you think there is a meticulous art and science to smoking meat, but they’re full of crapola. It’s like the husband who tries to convince his wife he’s spending 6 hours a day at the golf course because he’s working out kinks in his backswing. Maybe the backswing on his gin gimlet! The secret to smoking meat is to get a great rub on it, put it on the smoker, and go do something else for 5 hours. Period! Come back then with a plate and try not to drool on the meat like Homer Simpson as you transport it to the dinner table.

I have a problem though. All summer I’ve been us-ing the apple wood my dad gave me with the smoker to cook my food. It’s almost gone. So I got some hickory at the store. It was good, but it wasn’t

the same. Uh oh! What happens when I run out of dad’s apple wood? Where do I get more? Will new apple wood be like dad’s? Maybe it’s magic apple wood like you see in movies. That green mesh sack of twigs dad gave me might have been his magic smokin’ bag of mojo, like Willie Brown gave to Ralph Macchio in Cross-roads so he could play cut-heads with Steve Vai. (Rent it!) Or like the special vial of blue water Adam Sandler was given in The Waterboy to re-vive him on the field. Is this the end of the line for my own personal smoking dynasty? Maybe Czipers will give me a few branches from the orchard if I’m real nice and buy some cider. As it stands now, I have just enough of that Asbury voodoo charm apple wood to get me through the big competition at the Grand Harbor if I don’t use any until then. Will it be able to work its magic one more time? Can this novice kid hold his own with the big boys of the Throw-down? Who cares! I’m going to be standing at ground-zero surrounded by the Dumbledores of the meat smokin’ world. I shall absorb their knowledge. I shall learn the ways of the Force. I shall breathe in their smoky effervescence. I SHALL BEG THEM FOR SAMPLES!

Throwdown on the River: 4Community Events: 5 - 7

Arts & Culture: 8 - 11Voices III & Arts Galore!

:Platteville Dairy Days 13 Last Blast / Irish Hooley: 14

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

Art @ Your Library TM: 19Mayor Roy Buol: 20

Eating Healthy: 25The A Factor: 26Crossword / Sudoku: 27

Trixie Kitch: 28Dr. Skrap’s Horoscopes: 28

ISSUE # 37AUGUST 23 - SEPTEMBER 5In This Issue of 365ink...

Giving Voice: Pam Kress-Dunn: 21 Bob’s Book Reviews: 22Mattitude: 23

Comedy: 30The 365Advantage: 31

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We’ve hidden 365’s WANDO somewhere in this issue of Dubuque365ink. Can you find the master of movies buried within these pages? Hint: He’s tiny and could be anywhere ! Good Luck! Win-ners get a free warm fuzzy felling in your belly!

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4AUGUST 23 - SEPT 5

by Tim Brechlin

An Iowa State Championship. A KCBS-sanctioned cook-off. Two days of barbecue and live music at the Grand Harbor Resort and Water Park. We’re not quite sure how to put this, but the First Annual Throwdown on the River, sponsored by the Diamond Jo Casino, is kind of a big deal.

Scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Sep-tember 1 and 2 (Labor Day Weekend), the Throwdown on the River promises to be a one-of-a-kind event, one that will hope-fully continue on for many years to come.

It began as the brainchild of Platinum Hospitality chief Jim Rix, and it’s been spearheaded by Steve Geisz, now the Grand Harbor’s general manager and a longtime barbeque aficionado (seriously, you need to see this guy’s smoker), and Grand Har-bor Food & Beverage Di-rector Craig Joos.

So what exactly does it mean to have a KCBS-sanctioned cook-off? We’re talking about the Kansas City Barbeque Society, the world’s largest organization of barbe-cue and grilling enthusiasts dedicated to promoting barbeque across the world. To put matters in perspective, the KCBS has about 6,500 members, and it draws more than 10 million fans to its 260-plus sanc-tioned events every year. The Throwdown on the River will feature competition in four

categories: Chicken, pork ribs (loin or spare), pork (Boston butt / picnic / whole shoulder), and beef brisket. These guys don’t mess around. There are specific rules for everything, from the types of meat used to cooking times to turn-in times. If you don’t make the turn-in time on the button, you’re out. It’s as simple as that. What this means is that any KCBS event is guaranteed to have a turnout of qualified meat-smoking specialists who know what they’re doing ... and that includes the Grand Harbor. The meats will be judged by a highly qualified panel ... and the grand prize winner will win $5,000.

But it doesn’t stop there! Think about it: Not all of us are world-class judges of smoked meat. And thanks to the Grand Harbor,

that’s okay! In addition to the standard KCBS compe-tition, there will also be a secondary People’s Choice competition, open to all registered Throwdown competitors. Normal peo-ple like you and me can pay just $5 for a Tasting Wristband, sponsored by Hormel, where tasters can check out pork shoulder and pork loin samplings from the contestants. After

that, you vote for your favorite!

So, how did all of this come about?

“We were looking at event calendars, try-ing to find a good time for Jim’s Throw-down idea before the summer really ran out, and Steve and I both realized that, oddly enough, there was absolutely noth-ing going on Labor Day weekend,” says Joos. “It was natural.”

Presented with such a great opportunity, an easy tar-get you might say, some

might be persuaded to just book a band or two and try

to drive a crowd to the hotel for the weekend. Not these cats.

“Obviously this is the first one of these that we’re doing, and we decided

right from the beginning that we needed to do things right,” says Geisz. “You hear people say, ‘Go

big or go home,’ and we decided to go big and really make this an event.”

Indeed they did. A whole weekend of fun has been planned, beginning

with a lineup of live music that’ll make any music fan drool with anticipation. At 5:30 p.m. on September 1, the Just Cuz Band, an audience favorite from the Grand Harbor’s live riverwalk music on Thursday and Saturday nights, will play, followed by a three-hour gig from area favorites Betty and the Headlights, wrapping up at 11 p.m., with a beer garden and delectable food available all night long.

Even more fun begins on Sunday, Sep-tember 2. Competitors will begin cook-ing early in the morning, with an 11 a.m. turn-in time. No exceptions, you’re ei-ther in or you’re out. Judging will go on through the early afternoon, and awards will be announced at 3:30 p.m. After that ... hey, let’s party! The Apple Dumplin’s, the greatest old-school country-rock band in the area, will play from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., followed by the southern-fried stylings of 50-Pound Rooster.

“Right away, these bands were right behind us,” says Geisz. “Their enthusiasm for the event was clear from the start, and they were really excited to be part of this first at-

tempt. It was really cool to know that they supported us and truly wanted to be here.”

Booking the bands early was just one step in the process for Geisz and Joos, who quickly found a mounting list of tasks in front of them, from securing sponsorships and handling insurance to health inspec-tions to food supplies and everything in-between. Geisz laughs, “Gosh, at the start, we weren’t even sure what size of a stage we were going to need for the bands!”

The sponsorships came quickly. The Dia-mond Jo Casino eagerly hopped onboard as the flagship sponsor, and community support came out of the woodwork, with help from such area luminaries as Radio Dubuque, KWWL, Dubuque Data Servic-es, Kirchhoff Distributing, Hy-Vee, Ameri-can Trust, Sam’s Club, ServiceMaster and your favorite bi-weekly magazine, 365ink.

“We’ve never done anything like this be-fore,” says Geisz. “To have this kind of support from the community was really refreshing and exciting, like an affirmation that we actually know what we’re doing!”

In the middle of a transition to a new menu and an entirely new point-of-sale system for the hotel’s restaurant, Joos somehow was able to corral the meat supplies for the contestants and ensure adequate numbers for the People’s Choice part of the competition. And Geisz decided that the Grand Harbor was going to go the extra mile and cover the costs of health inspection for competitors’ meats.

Continued on page 29.

Iowa State Irish Feis Dance CompetitionThe art and grace of Irish Heri-

tage comes alive once again at the Five Flags Arena on Saturday September 8th. The Iowa State Feis is an all-day celebration of Claddage Irish dancing and Irish culture where individuals and groups compete for awards. The doors open at 8 a.m. and the event runs

through the day. Call the Five Flags box of-fice for more informa-tion at Five FlagsCen-ter.com or by phone 563-589-4258.

There’s still time to catch Suds at the Bell Tower! Suds is a ‘60s musical / soap opera, and it’ll appeal to any fan of music from that day and age. The story centers on Cindy, just your regular everyday lady working in a laundromat. On her birthday, she’s having the time of her life ... until the postman arrives and delivers some terrible news. Cindy finds herself down in the dumps until she is greeted by two guardian angels. These angels were sent to cheer her up and teach her about finding true love. Yeah, it’s a simple story, but that doesn’t make it any less fun! This show is packed with energy and more than 50 chart-topping singles from the ‘60s, including “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’,” “Are You Lonesome Tonight?,” “Please Mr. Postman,” “Chapel of Love” and many, many more. Suds will provide fun for the whole family. Running until August 31, Suds is shown on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sun-days at 3 p.m. Tickets are $17, or $37 for dinner and the show. Discounts are available for groups. For more information, call 563-588-3377, or point your Web browser to www.belltowertheater.net.

My Little Pony LIVE!Vee Corporation Presents My Little Pony LIVE! for two big nights at the Five Flags Arena. On October 3 and 4 at 7 p.m., see the venerable children’s fantasy world come to life in

“The World’s Biggest Tea Party.” Pinkie Pie and her seven charming Ponyville friends each have an extra-special talent and skill to help with the party! The Po-nies use their colorful imaginations and work together to host the biggest party of the year. Plan ahead to get your tickets when they go on sale August 20 at 10 a.m. Ticket prices are $12 and $15. There are a lim-ited number of $18 and $23 seats available. More information at FiveFlags-Center.com or by phone Phone: 563-589-4258, toll free: 888-412-9758.

Return of the T-Birds!Do not miss out on the best hockey action in the Tri-States area as the 2007-2008 season kicks off with a home game vs. the Peoria Mustangs on August 31 at 7:05 p.m. Fresh off their Hunter Cup victory, the T-Birds are also sporting a new look with a fresh logo pictured here. Ticket prices are $7 (reserved adults), $5 (reserved student with ID), $5 Reserved children 12 & Under. All GA Bleachers are $5 per person. Groups of 10 or more - $5. And don’t forget that season tickets are available at great dis-count prices. Visit Dubu-queThunderbirds.com.

AVON Fashion ShowCheck out the AVON fashion show ... not only because it’ll be a great time, but because it’ll go to help a good cause. Bring yourself, your mother, your daughter, your friends to Camp Albrecht Acres on Sunday, August 26, at 11 a.m. Enjoy tea and sandwiches at noon, and the fashion show comes after that, followed by shopping. For tickets, call Reta Hefel at 563-543-2295.

The Lovin’ Spoonful

Music & More Promotions and Oldies 107.5 welcome the Lovin’ Spoonful, members of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, to Dubuque’s Grand Opera House on Thurs-day, August 30! The Lovin’ Spoonful were responsible for hits like “Do You Believe in Magic,” “Daydream,” “Nash-ville Cats” and “Summer in the City.” They were inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Tickets for the show are $36.75 ($49.75 for VIP), and on sale now at the Grand Opera House Box Office or by phone at 563-588-1305.

Danny Glover & Felix JusticeThe 10th Annual Mackin-Mailander Lecture Series at Clarke College will feature “A Conversation with Danny Glover, Moderated by Felix Justice” on Tues-day, Oct. 9, in the Robert and Ruth Kehl Center on the Clarke campus. It’s a ways off yet, but as it was just an-nounced, we wanted to let you know right away so you can save the date. More information about ticket sales for the lecture will be available in the coming weeks. In discussing the importance of arts in education, Glover and Justice examine the intersections of art, culture and activism. Using examples from their lives and some of the great works of litera-ture, both men bring to life their devotion to the education of young people and the inspiration of the next generation of leaders in the world.

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AUGUST 23 - SEPT 5

UPCOMING EVENT SUMMARY

SUDSThursdays - Sundays thru Aug. 31 (Detials on this page)

365 Lunchtime JamFridays, August, 24, 31, Sept. 7 (Details on page 6)

Summer’s Last Blast, Port of Dubuque - Museum LotFriday & Saturday, August 24 & 25 (Details: Page 14)

Dubuqueland Irish Hooly, Alliant AmphitheaterSaturday, August 25 (Details: Page 14)

New Diggings Music FestivalSaturday & Sunday, August 24-25 (Details: Page 12)

Tour de DubuqueSaturday, August 25, Kirchhoff Distributing (Page 6)

BRIO Gallery Grand OpeningSaturday, August 25 (Details on page 11)

Readings Under the InfluenceTuesday, August 28 (Details on page 7)

The Lovin’ Spoonful, Grand Opera House Thursday, August 30 (Details on this page.)

DMA Fall Exhibits Opening ReceptionThursday, August 30 (Details: Page 10)

Dubuque Film Society presents “Breach”Thursday, August 30 (Details on page 6)

Dubuque Thunderbirds Hockey vs. PeoriaFriday. August 31 (Details on this page)

Throwdown on the River BBQ Cookoff, Grand HarborSat. & Sun., Sept. 1st & 2nd (Details on page 4)

Outsie the Line Exhibi OpeningFriday, September 4 (Details on page 24)

Movie Time @ the Library “The Passenger”Thursday, September 6 (Details on page 12)

Stage Wright: Jan Lavacek: Stone House GalleryFriday, Sept. 7 (Details on page 10)

Platteville Dairy DaysSeptember 7 -9 (Details on page 13)

Iowa State Irish FeisSaturday, September 8 (Details on this page)

U.W. Platteville CFA Perofrmance SeasonBegins Thursday, September 13, (See ad on page 9)

Legends of New York City (Lennon, John, Joel)September 21 (See ad on page 20)

Leading the Way to Global Climate SolutionsSeptember 26, Grand River Center (Details to come.)

My Little Pony LiveWed & Thu Oct 3 & 4, Five Flags (details on this page)

A Conversation with Danny Glover & Felix JusticeOctober 9, Clarke College (Details on this page)

Who needs France? We’ve got Dubuque!The 9th Annual Tour de Dubuque rides again for Hospice of Dubuque. Open to anyone with a motorcycle, bicycle or classic car, the day is sure to present a lot of fun on Saturday, August 25.

The Tour de Dubuque will begin at Kirchhoff Distributing, 5035 Cha-vanelle Dr., right around noon. This year’s ride for motorcycles and classic cars will head south and be approxi-mately 150 miles total, with a rendez-vous point midway with the bicycles in LaMotte. Bicyclists will ride a 31-mile route to LaMotte, and a bus will be available to anyone interested in a ride back to Dubuque. The ride will also include stops along the way with all groups meeting at 5:30 p.m. at Knick-er’s Saloon on Cen-tral Avenue for an awards presentation and prize giveaway. In addition to the great pub grub at Knicker’s, Brian Leib will be hosting a karaoke night from 7 - 11 p.m.

All riders are encouraged to collect pledge money, as all proceeds go to Hospice of Dubuque. For anyone who wishes to ride and has not collected pledges, there will be a $10 entry fee. And anyone who collects $50 or more in pledges will receive a free Tour de Dubuque T-shirt. Route information and pledge sheets are available at Hospice of Dubuque at 2255 Asbury Square, or by logging onto the Web site at www.hospiceofdubuque.org.

For more information, contact Kevin Pike from Custom Riders at 563-582-7952, Mike Heiring from the Dubuque Bicycle Club at 563-587-1850, or Hos-pice of Dubuque at 563-582-1220.

The 365 Lunchtime Jam series con-tinues entertaining huge luntime crowds each and every Friday from 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.under the Town Clock in downtown Dubuque. Lunchtime Jams would not be pos-sible without the generous support of Cottingham & Butler Insurance and Financial Services. And, of course, Carlos O’Kelly’s offers an expanded

menu featuring traditional American-style food options to complement the Mexican menu that you all know and love. 365 Lunchtime Jams are totally free and open to the public. Jams continue through early September.

Upcoming Jam Dates...August 24 - Maureen KilgoreAugust 31 - Big Muddy DuoSept. 7 - Melanie MausserSept. 14 - Megan Roeth

Sept. 21 - Bill Encke & Pab Adams

Answers on page 31

1. What is the name of the BBQ res-taurant soon to inhabit the former Ponderosa / Los Arcos property?A. Bandana’s BBQB. PonderosaC. Hickory ParkD. Sugar Ray’s

2. To what internal temperature should you cook pork?A. 140º B. 160ºC. 180º D. 200º

3. What Sugar Ray’s sandwich is a fan favorite for people like C.J. Chenier and, well, EVERYONE?A. Rib tip B. Pulled PorkC. Brisket D. Grilled Chicken

4. What TV chef challenges award-win-ning BBQ artists to THROWDOWN against him?A. Emeril Legasse B. Justin WilsonC. Wolfgang Puck D. Bobby Flay

5. What is the most popular grill used today?A. The charcoal grill. B. The gas grill.C. The electric grill. D. Smoker

6. Where did the term “barbecue” originate?A.) From Jacque de Barbecuet, the French-born inventor of the BBQ grill.B.) In colonial times, when the grilled dinners were often served at local bars.C.) From the Mayas who cooked over a “barbacoa,” meaning a lattice of thin green sticks hung over an open fire. 7. What’s Bryce’s favorite kind of wood to smoke meat with? (Have you been reading the Inkubator?)A. Hickory B. AppleC. Mesquite D. Hickory

8. Though all are rarer smoking woods, which is a wood NOT to use at all when smoking meat?A. Alder B. OakC. Maple D. Cedar

9. What should you not include in any meat rub (unless you’re making jerky)?A. Brown Sugar B. GarlicC. Salt D. Fresh Herbs

10. What is key to choosing flavorful cuts of meat?A. Getting to the store first B. Lean cuts C. Thickness D. Fat marbling

6MMM, WINGS. 365 CANNOT BE DEFEATED BY CONVENTIONAL HOT SAUCE

AUGUST 23 - SEPT 5

The Library has been Breached!Metaphorically speaking, any-way. The Dubuque Film Society is back again with yet another great film for Dubuque audienc-e s to enjoy. The next

installment in the Society’s series

is 2007’s Breach, starring Ryan Phil-

lippe and Academy Award-winner Chris

Cooper. The film will be shown at 6 p.m. on Thursday, August 30, in the 3rd-floor auditorium

at the Carnegie-Stout Public Library.

Breach revolves around the true story of FBI agent Robert Hanssen (Cooper) and former IT clerk Eric O’Neill (Philippe), as O’Neill is as-signed as Hans-sen’s assistant ... but with an ul-terior motive, to keep tracks on Hanssen’s activi-ties. As it turns

out, Hanssen spent more than 20 years selling top-secret classified informa-tion to Russian intelligence, despite his seemingly innocuous exterior and his party-line conservative nature. Indeed, Hanssen was the most prolific enemy spy in the history of the United States.

Breach is rated PG-13 and runs 111 minutes. The Dubuque Film Soci-ety will donate refreshments, but at-tendees are encouraged to bring their own snacks as well. For more information about the Dubuque Film Society, visit the Web site at dubuquefilmsociety.blogspot.com.

7WE COLLECT ALL THE FUN STUFF IN ONE PAPER SO LAZY PEOPLE DON”T HAVE TO!

AUGUST 23 - SEPT 5

LUI 2 RUIThat’s “Listen under the influence to Readings Under the Influence,” okay? The next installment of the monthly anti-open mic night is due up at the Busted Lift on Tuesday, August 28, and this month’s episode will have some-thing of a ... masculine perspective.

Masculine as in the verbal stylings of four Dubuque artisans, all of whom vary just a bit from the standard XY-chromosome pairing. We’re looking at the poetry of David Stone, the hip-hop weavings of Case the Joint, the words of Bill Jackson, and the audio attitude of Aaron Hefel. As always, the possibility

for theme-driven trivia exists ... on the other hand, the RUI crew also threatens you with the possibility of a blindfolded physical challenge. This ain’t your Fam-ily Double Dare, kids.

Readings Under the Influence takes place on the last Tuesday of every month at the Busted Lift, in the basement of 180 Main. For further information on this crew, check out their MySpace page at www.myspace.com/ruidubuque.

Stage Wright: Design Work of Jan LavacekStone House Pottery & GalleryOpening Reception Friday, Sept. 7

Stone House Pottery & Gallery hosts an exhibit of scenic design by designer and artist Jan Lavacek for the Galena gallery’s Autumn Art Show. Stage Wright: Design Work of Jan Lavacek is set to open with an artist’s reception Friday, September 7, from 6 to 9 p.m. The exhibit will be on display through November 4.

A set designer for 17 years, Lavacek will show examples of his scenic design work through an exhibit of models, drawings and photographs. Originally form Yon-kers, New York, Lavacek met his wife and theater partner, Carole Sullivan, in 1973 while working at Timberlake Play-house in Mt. Carroll, Illinois. The duo married in 1975 and settled on a farm

outside Galena. In 1986, Lavacek co-founded the Main Street Players Theatre Company serving as the group’s resident scenic and lighting designer. He has also worked on productions for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, the University of Dubuque, Evanston’s Light Opera Works, and the Grand Opera House.

Stone House Pottery & Gallery is located at 418 Spring Street (US Highway 20) in Ga-lena. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday through Wednesday by appointment. For more information, call 815-777-0354.

8IT’S A NEWSPAPER... AND A DESSERT TOPPING!

AUGUST 23 - SEPT 5

Voices From the Warehouse District 3Opening Reception, Saturday, Sept. 8

Voices From the Warehouse District is right around the corner and the antici-pation in the Dubuque art community is palpable. The third installment of the Dubuque Museum of Art off-site exhibi-tion is set to open Saturday, September 8, from 7 to 11 p.m.

Anyone who experienced the first two warehouse exhibits and associated cul-tural events understands and no doubt shares in the excitement and anticipation this year’s show is generating. Voices 3 (V.3) promises to be yet another land-mark exhibition and series of events in the Dubuque area cultural landscape.

Once again the exhibit will be hosted by the Wilmac Property Company Ware-house at 1000 Jackson Street in the 10,000-square-foot space afforded by

the second floor warehouse space. Elev-en local and regional artists will display a diverse array of work including paint-ing, drawing, sculpture, photography, ce-ramics, and printmaking. V.3 exhibiting artists include Bruce Howdle of Mineral Point, Wisconsin; Yen-Hua Lee, formerly of De Kalb, Illinois; John Kabot of Spring Green, Wisonsin, Joey Wallis and Abby Butcher of Dubuque; Christian Narkie-wicz-Laine and John Martinson of Gale-na, Illinois; Doug Schlesier of Bellevue, Iowa; Anita Jung of Iowa City, Iowa; and Tom Newport of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

With most of the artists in attendance, the September 8 opening provides a great opportunity to view the installation and meet the artists. There is an admis-sion charge of $10 that includes food and refreshments.

In addition to the opening, the Voices warehouse gallery will host a number of special events though the month of September and into October including a City of Dubuque presentation, The Mak-ing of an All-American City; a screen-ing of short films by the Chicago Short Film Brigade along with a performance by Chicago-based afro-pop band the Occidental Brothers; a CD release party for Dubuque-based band The Wild Ani-mals (formerly known as the Worn Out Shoes); a birthday party for the Dubuque Arts Council; an Art After Hours event; and a closing party featuring Iowa City reggae band Broke Out Steppers. As an added feature, Loras College and Fly By Night Theater Troupe will be provid-ing short theatrical performances on opening night and during select special events. See the schedule on page 9 for dates, times and details.

The Voices warehouse gallery will also be open for viewing free to the public Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. through October 7. Voices From the Warehouse District 3 is presented by the Dubuque Museum of Art and sponsored by Premier Bank, The Iowa Arts Coun-cil, Wilmac Property Company, Mission Creative and Francis Henkels Attorney. The seemingly tireless Gene Tully is once again the exhibition’s Guest Curator.

Look for more information in the Sep-tember 6 issue of 365ink or check out www.voiceswarehousegallery.com.

9BILL GATES WILL GIVE YOU $768 IF YOU FORWARD THIS PAPER TO A FRIEND!

AUGUST 23 - SEPT 5

VOICESSchedule of Events Saturday, September 8Opening and Artist Reception7 - 11 p.m. $10 donation at the door. Sponsored by Premier Bank. Sunday, September 9Gallery Hours 1 - 5 p.m. Wednesday, September 12The City of Dubuque presents:The Making Of an All-America City Produced by The City of Dubuque, Dubuque Racing Association, Gary Olsen and Jim Bare-

foot. Free and open to the public, children and adults welcome. Refreshments provided. Doors open at 6:30, Screening at 7 p.m. Saturday, September 15Gallery Hours 1 - 5 p.m.Chicago Short Film Brigade Screening for ages 15 and up. Doors open

at 7, screening at 7:30 p.m. Special musical guest Occidental Brothers. Sponsored by Prudential Financial. Donation at the door. Sunday, September 16Gallery Hours 1 - 5 p.m. Saturday, September 22Gallery Hours 1 - 5 p.m.Special Event: 8 p.m., The Wild Animals CD Release Party. Donation at the door. Sunday, September 23Gallery Hours 1 - 5 p.m. Friday, September 28Birthday Party for DBQ Arts Council. Details TBA.

Saturday, September 29Gallery Hours 1 - 5 p.m.Art After Hours, 7 - 11 p.m.Sponsored by Captain Merry Bistro and Spa.Donation at the door. Sunday September 30Gallery Hours 1 - 5 p.m.

Saturday, October 6Gallery Hours 1 - 5 p.m.Special Event: 7 - 11 p.m. Closing Party with musical guests Broke Out Steppers. Donation at the Door. Sunday, October 7Gallery Hours 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Photos by Ron Tigges / DigitalDubuque.com

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AUGUST 23 - SEPT 5

Autumn ExhibitsOpening Reception, August 30

While the Dubuque Museum of Art-sponsored Voices exhibit is set to open September 8 in the Wilmac warehouse, the Locust Street facility is also redeco-rating for autumn. The Museum will cel-ebrate the opening of three new exhibits with an opening reception scheduled for Thursday, August 30, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The shows include Hands: Beth Shadur and Petronella Ytsma, Nikolaus Miesing: the Art of Stone, and Regional-ist Prints from the Needles Collection.

Hands: Beth Shadur and Petronella YtsmaAugust 21 – November 4

For the exhibit Hands: Beth Shadur and Petro-nella Ytsma, the two artists each created a series of works based on the theme of the hu-man hand. Using different media, each has their own interpretation of a familiar and intrinsically human subject.

Illinois resident Beth Shadur works in water-color, collage and mixed media. For Shadur, the hand is an expression of healing that transcends cultural dif-ferences. In her colorful work, the hand can be a symbol for protection, prayer, unity, giving, and creating.

Petronella Ytsma has called the human hand “the original and ultimate tool.” In a se-ries of black and white photographs titled Treuren, she presents

the weathered hands of ordinary work-ing people, sometimes contrasted by the small, flawless hands of infants underlin-ing the hard work people endure to sur-vive. The world may shape their hands while their hands shape their world.

Nikolaus Miesing: The Art of Stone: Aug 28 - Nov. 4

German-born sculptor Nikolaus Miesing, who now lives and works in

Galena, Illinois, work was featured in the Museum’s recent Biennial exhibition. Noted for his Brancusi-inspired style, his stone sculpture employs simplified shapes and organic curves that high-light the contrast between light and shadow.

Regionalist Prints from the Needles Collection: Aug 28-Nov. 4

Presented by Loras College as part of its 2007-2008 Arts and Culture Series, Learning Through the Arts, the Mu-seum hosts Regionalist Prints from the Needles Collection, August 28 through November 4.

Focusing on Regionalism of the 1930s, the exhibit presents prints of the major artists of the movement, including major

lithographs by Thomas Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry, along with other Regionalist artists. The ex-hibit will display over 50 works in the style created primarily by Midwestern

American artists interested in work re-flective of their heartland roots outside the modernist influence of Europe.

In addition to the August 30 open-ing reception, a panel discussion featuring Belverd Needles Jr., Ph.D., CPA; Randy Lengeling, M.D. of Dubuque; Jim Hayes of Iowa City; and Rachel Stevens, who has writ-

ten a publication on the exhibition, also of Iowa City, will be held at the Museum Saturday, October 20, at 1:30 p.m.

The opening recep-tion for all three exhibitions is sched-uled for Thursday, August 30, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The museum is open Tuesday through Fri-day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. During the summer through September, the mu-seum is open until 7 p.m. on Thursdays. Thursdays are also free. Regular admis-sion is $5 for adults and $3 for students and seniors. The museum is located at 701 Locust Street in Dubuque. For more information, visit www.dbqart.com, or call the Museum of Art at 563-557-1851.

11THERE”S SOMEONE STANDING BEHIND YOU!

Dave Matthews Band •Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI •Sunday, August 26Joan Osborne • Potawatomi Bingo Casino, Milwaukee, WI • Monday, August 27Velvet Revolver • First Midwest Bank Amphitheater, Tinley Park, Chicago • Tuesday, August 28The Allman Btothers Band • Rosemont Theater, Il • Wednesday, August 29Alice in Chains • The Rave/Eagle’s Club, Milwaukee • Friday, August 31Rush • Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI • Thursday, September 6thBen Harper and the Innocent Criminals • Chicago Theater • Thursday, September 6Rush • First Midwest Bank Amphitheater, Chicago, IL • Saturday, September 8thAerosmith • Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL • Monday, September 10Buddy Guy • Potawatami Casino • Friday, September 14Powerman 5000 • The Pearl Room, Mokena, IL • Saturday, September 15Ani Difranco • Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City, IA Tuesday, September 18 Gordon Lightfoot • Weill Center, Sheboygan, WI • Thursday, September 20Michael W. Smith • Adler Theatre, Davenport, IA •Friday, September 21Steve Vai • House of Blues, Chicago, IL • Friday, September 21Alan Parsons Live Project •Potawatomi Bingo Casino, Milwaukee, WI • Friday, September 28George Clinton • Potawatami Casino • Wednesday, October 5REO Speedwagon • The Meadows, Altoona, IA • Friday, October 5Mannheim Steamroller • Stephens Auditorium, Ames, IA • Friday, October 5Bad Religion • The Rave/Eagles Club, Milwaukee, WI • Sunday, October 7Genesis • United Center, Chicago, IL • Tuesday, Oct. 2 • Wednesday, October 3 Widesopread Panic • Stephens Auditorium, Ames, IA • Wednesday, October 17Blue Man Group • LaCrosse Center, LaCrosse, WI • Thursday, October 18Blue Man Group • i Wireless Center (The Mark), Moline, IL • Friday, October 19Carlos Mencia Live • Adler Theatre, Davenport, IA • Saturday, November 10Switchfoot & Reliant K • i Wireless Center (The mark), Moline, IL • Sunday, November 11Brian Setzer Orchestra X-Mas Show • Potawatami Casino • Tuesday, December 4

AUGUST 23 - SEPT 5

Iowa State Irish Feis Dance CompetitionSeptember 8, 2007 All Day Event. Doors at 8:00 a.m.

Neil Berg’s 100 Years of BroadwayMon., Oct. 1, 2007

My Little Pony LIVE! Oct. 3 & 4, 2007 @ 7pmFive Flags Arena

Broadway’s Peter Pan Musical!October 28, 2007 at 7:30pm Five Flags Theater -Tix Sept. 10

BRIO Studio & GalleryGRAND OPENINGGalena celebrates the opening of a new gallery at 120 North Main Street with the Grand Opening of BRIO Studio & Gallery on Saturday, August 25. Dubuque artist Cynthia Nelms-Byrne will host a “Meet-the-Artist” reception from 1 to 3 p.m. As the gallery’s featured artist, Nelms-Byrne will exhibit her work through Sun-day, September 23.

The new gallery opened this spring in downtown Galena under the steward-ship of owner Mar-sha Rinetti. Spe-cializing in original

artwork, BRIO represents ten area artists working in a variety of media including drawing, painting, ceram-ics, blown glass, and photograpy. In addition to Nelms-Byrne, the gallery carries work by Dwain Naragon, Ge-rard Erley, James Rousonelos, Sandra Principe, Susan Palmer, Abdul Sinno, Nancy Beresford, and Josh Dewall, along with the original work of Mar-sha Rinetti.

The Italian word for life, energy and warmth, “BRIO” is the name Rinetti chose for the gallery as she believes “that is what art is all about.” The gal-lery grew out of Rinetti’s love for art, in part inspired by her mother Viola. A self-taught artist, Viola sold paintings and taught art classes in the family dining room to pay for her daughter’s college tuition. Using the dining room as a studio, Viola’s easel was always set up “except for holiday dinners.”

Rinetti, a certified public accountant and certified managerial accountant with an M.B.A. has no formal train-ing in art. In addition to experience in corporate training and public accounting, she formerly served as Vice President of BroMenn Health-care in Normal, Illinois where she was responsible for fundraising and operations of the BroMenn Founda-tion. Most recently, she was an As-sistant Professor of Accounting and Business Administration at Clarke College until her retirement. In addition to painting and managing BRIO, Rinetti also writes a monthly column, “The Accidental Artist.”

Nelms-Byrne formerly operated the Main Gallery and Studio in Dubuque and now works with a group of art-ists at The Art Studio in Fountain Park. Her exhibit at BRIO will include new abstract paintings inspired by land-scapes, poetry and music using a contrasting palette of warm and cool tones. “In all of my paintings, I am concerned with color, composition, light, and the emotions evoked by those elements,” explained Nelms-Byrne, “It’s amazing how different each viewer’s emotions are to a spe-cific piece.” Primarily self-taught, she works in a variety of media in-cluding acrylic, oil, pastel, water-color, graphite, digital, mixed media and colored pencil in styles ranging from realism to abstraction.

BRIO is located at 120 N. Main Street, Galena on the upper lev-el. The gallery is open from noon

to 5 p.m. daily, except Tuesday and Wednesday, and by appointment. For more information, call 815-776-1010, or visit BRIO’s web site at www.briogalena.com for a full list of events and examples of artwork.

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Tuesdays‘Round Midnight Jazz w/ Bill Encke - Isabella’s, 9 p.m. - 12 a.m. Pub Quiz - The Busted Lift, 8 p.m. First 3 Tuesdays of the month.Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m.Karaoke - Borderline, One Flight Up, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.DJ Music - Double J DJ’s, Rooster’s, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m.

WednesdaysOpen Mic - Hosted by the Dert Tones, The Busted Lift, 9 p.m. - 1a.m.Mississippi Band Duo - Galleria Lounge, Fountain Park, 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.Live on Main Comedy - 2 great standups, Bricktown, 9 p.m. - 11 p.m.3100 Club Comedy - Midway Hotel, Bricktown, 9 p.m. - 11 p.m.Cigar Club, Bartinis, 7 p.m. - 11 p.m.The Wundo Band - Pizzeria Uno Annex, Platteville, WI, 9 p.m. - 12 a.m.WJOD Wild West Wed - (Country Dancing), Fairgrounds, 7 p.m. - 11 p.m.Karaoke - Becky McMahon, Denny’s Lux Club 8:30 p.m. -12:30 a.m.Karaoke - Borderline, Bricktown, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m.Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

ThursdaysLive Music - Robbie Bahr & Laura McDonald, Gobbies, Galena, 9 p.m. -1a.m.Y-105 Party Zone - Dbq Co. Fairgrounds, 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.Open Mic - Grape Harbor, 8 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.Open Mic Showcase, Isabella’s 8 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m.Karaoke - Rocco - Riverboat Lounge, 8:30 p.m. - 12 a.m.Karaoke - Becky McMahon, Ground Round, 9 p.m. - 12 a.m.Karaoke - Flyin’ Hawaiian, Shannon’s Bar, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.Karaoke - C-Sharp, A&B Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.Karaoke - Soundwave, Bulldog Billiards, 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.DJ Music - DJ Brian Imbus, Jumpers, 8:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.DJ Music - Double J DJ’s, Rooster’s, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m.

FridaysLive Comedy - Arthur House Restaurant, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.Firewood Friday (3rd Friday’s) - Isabella’s Bar at the Ryan House, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.Live Music - Leonardo Roldan/Romeo Bautista, Los Aztecas, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m.Karaoke - Riverboat Lounge, 8:30 p.m. - 12 a.m.Karaoke - Flyin’ Hawaiian, Sublime, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.Karaoke, Becky McMahon, 3rd Fridays, Kuepers - Dickeyville, WI, 9p.mKaraoke - C-Sharp, A&B Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.Karaoke - C-N-T Entertainment, T.J’s Bent Prop, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.Karaoke - Brian Leib’s Essential Entertainment, Aragon Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.DJ Music - Main Event DJ, Gin Rickeys, 8:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.DJ Music - Sound Ideas DJ, Timmerman’s Supper Club, 8 p.m.-12 a.m.DJ Music - DJ Brian Imbus, Jumpers, 8:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.DJ Music - Karaoke w/DJ 007, Riverboat Lounge, 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.

SaturdaysLive Comedy - Arthur House Restaurant, Platteville, 9 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.Live Music - Leonardo Roldan/Romeo Bautista, Los Aztecas, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Bluff Street Live Open Mic, Mississippi Mug, 8 p.m. - 12 a.m.Karaoke - Rainbow Lounge, Canfield Hotel, 7:30 p.m. - 2 a.m.Karaoke - Riverboat Lounge, 8:30 p.m. - 12 a.m.Karaoke - C-Sharp, A&B Tap, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.Karaoke - Flyin Hawaiian, George & Dales, (East Dub.) 9p.m. - 1 a.m.Karaoke - Dave Lorenz, Player’s Sports Bar, 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.Karaoke - Starburst Karaoke, w/Dave Winders, Instant Replay, 9 p.m.-1a.m.DJ Music - Main Event DJ, Gin Rickeys, 8:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.DJ Music - Sound Ideas DJ, Timmerman’s Supper Club, 8 p.m.-12 a.m.

SundaysKaraoke - Flyin’ Hawaiian, Knicker’s Saloon, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.Karaoke - Phoenix Entertainment, The Hangout (East Dub.), 9 p.m. - 3 a.m.

AUGUST 23 - SEPT 5

August 25 and 26 will mark the 2nd Annual New Diggings Music Festival, brought to you by the New Diggings General Store & Inn and Anton’s Saloon. The two days will feature a boatload of live music, beginning at noon on Satur-day, August 25, with Julien’s Bluff play-ing until 4 p.m., followed by the Barstool Bob Blues Band (featuring members of Ernie and the Poor Boys). At 9 p.m.dance to the music of Zero 2 Sixty at the Diggs and at Anton’s, you can catch the Fever River String Band.

Sunday will offer Laura and the Longhairs (Laura McDonald with Jimmy Berg and Andy Steil) playing from noon to 4 p.m., and the always rockin’ Mighty Short Bus will perform from 3:30 - 7:30 p.m. En-joy burgers, brats, smoked sausage, beef sandwiches, barbecue pork sandwiches, root beer floats, cold beer ... don’t worry,

all your needs are covered. Just bring a lawn chair!

Admission to the music festival is free, and campgrounds are freely available as well. The festival is sponsored by the Sandy Hook Tavern, Doolittle’s in Cuba City, Robbin’s Motor Sports, Will Farms and Trucking, Gangsters and H&M Dis-tributing. For more information, contact the New Diggings General Store at 608-965-3231, or e-mail [email protected]. Familes are welcome to join in on a weekend full of fun.

Movie Time @ the Library!If you’re looking for a way to pass a quiet Thursday evening, the Carnegie-Stout Public Library has your answer. The li-brary will be showing the classic 1975 film The Passenger on Thursday, Septem-ber 6, at 6 p.m. in the 3rd Floor Audi-torium. Admission and snacks (what’s a

movie without popcorn?) are free, and discussion will be encouraged.

The Passenger is a drama starring Acad-emy Award-winner Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider. Nicholson stars as David Locke, a television reporter on assignment in the Sahara Desert, report-ing on the guerilla fighting taking place in the ravaged area. After getting lost in the desert, feeling desolate, he returns to hotel room and discovers that the man staying in the room next to his has died. Realizing that he shares a very similar appearance with the dead man and not wanting to deal with the burdens of his own life anymore, he decides to abandon his identity and assume the life of the de-ceased. He takes the man’s passport, his luggage and his appointment schedule, and he leaves Africa. The struggles he faces while trying to shift himself into this new personality will haunt him as he encounters a young woman (Schneider) who both puzzles and intrigues him.

The Passenger is rated PG-13 and runs 119 minutes.For more information, call the Library Information Desk at 563-589-4225, option 4, or visit the Library’s Adult Services Programs page online at www.dubuque.lib.ia.us/adult/programs/.

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AUGUST 23 - SEPT 5

The cow says ... moo!And so can you, if you make plans to at-tend Platteville Dairy Days 2007, set to be held September 7 - 9 at Legion Field in Platteville.

Dairy Days is an annual cultural celebra-tion held in Platteville, now known as the “Udder Fair” for 60 years running. This year promises to be no exception to the consistent offerings of family fun, with carnival rides from Christian Amusements, an antique / craft and flea market, conces-sions, a beer tent, and a whole lot more.

On Friday, visitors can check out a fan-tasy truck pull at 7 p.m., a horseshoe tournament at the same time, and then

some classic rock fun from Mama’s Pud-din’ at 8 p.m.

Saturday will be packed! A Badger Camp bike ride will take off at 8 a.m. from Smith Park, and a Dairy Days Parade will roll down Main Street at 9:30 a.m. (It does pay to get up early.) 4-H exhibits will be on dis-play in the Art Hall from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., and local artist Kevin Wilder will be drawing caricatures from noon - 4 p.m. A dairy show will be held at 12:30 p.m., followed by a bean bag tournament at 1 p.m.

Also on Saturday, there will be a host of entertainment on the Main Stage and the East Stage. On the Main Stage, attend-

ees can see performances from hypnotist Sami Dare at 1 and 4 p.m., with 365’s very own Ralph Kluseman strumming his guitar at 2:45 p.m. There will be a Dilly Bar eating contest at 2:15, as well. Over on the East Stage, Ralph will play at 1 p.m., and a hometown tal-

ent showcase will happen at 2 p.m., fol-lowed by the beautiful music of Melanie Sue Mausser at 3:30 p.m. The University of Wisconsin - Platteville’s Jazz Ensemble will take the stage at 5 p.m., with a hot dog eating contest at 5:15 p.m. and a “balanced man” service auction at 6 p.m. Melanie returns to the stage at 7 p.m., and the Nob Hill Boys will close out the night, beginning at 8 p.m.

Dairy Days will draw to a close on Sun-day, beginning with the Southwest Auto Club Show from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., and a Mound City S.C. horse shot at 9 a.m. Lyle Foley and Jokers Wild will be on at 1 p.m., alongside a dairyland antique trac-tor pull at the same time. Bingo will be held from 1 - 3 p.m., and fire department water fights will be fought at 2 p.m.

Three days of good, family-friendly fun, including a historic encampment all three days at Mound View Park. Go ahead, embrace the milk and the cheese! For more information on Dairy Days, check out 365’s Platteville endeavor, www.Plat-tevilleLife.com.

14PENTIUM SCHMENTIUM!

AUGUST 23 - SEPT 5

The summer months are wrap- p i n g up, and soon we will have that dastard-ly villain known as autumn confront-ing us. But that doesn’t mean we have to lie down and take it! No, sir, we are going to end this summer with a bang, an explosion ... a blast, if you will! Two great festivals are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, August 24 and 25, in the Port of Dubuque ... and they’re going to rock the waters. First up is a two-day celebration known as Summer’s Last Blast, and on that Saturday, audiences can enjoy the entire daylong celebra-tion known as the Irish Hooley.

Now in its 8th year, Summer’s Last Blast has been a long-standing pro-duction of Music & More Promotions, which, as detailed in a previous issue of 365ink, actually kicked off with the very first Summer’s Last Blast. The event has long been a source of fund-raising for community nonprofits and it also draws a huge crowd to the park-ing lot of the 3rd Street Ice Harbor museum parking lot. This year is set to be no exception.

Friday night will feature the party rock of the Rock-et Surgeons, with the cute and cuddly Bryce Parks (Tim’s fired!) rocking out with his Paul Reed Smith, followed by a reunion of the band Middletown, and then area favorites The LoveMonkeys will be closing out the night. The Surgeons and the LoveMonkeys kicked off the summer at the Budweiser Kickoff to Summer, and if the amount of people who packed the streets back then are any indication, the crowd will be huge. Summer’s Last Blast is also known for its headline acts year after year, and the Saturday show will bring fans of heavy rock to their feet, with Jabherbox, John-ny Trash ... and Kip Winger. Yes, that Kip Winger.

For the first time ever, Summer’s Last Blast is a free event. And it wouldn’t be Summer’s Last Blast without charitable drives, this year going towards Hospice of Dubuque and the National Mississip-pi River Museum & Aquarium. A clas-sic car and motorcycle ride, the Tour de Dubuque, is the primary fundraiser this year, with 250 - 300 classic cars and bikes expected. As always, all your fa-vorite food vendors will be showing off some food down at the Port ... so mark your calendars for some hard rockin’ good times with more than 3,000 peo-ple down at the Ice Harbor parking lot.

So, how does one go about hooley-ing, exactly? Simple! With only a $5 admission, one goes down to the Alli-ant Amphitheater and does so by 1:30 p.m. in order to catch Pat Reidy and the Lads, playing until 3 p.m. The Lads have carved out for themselves a well-deserved reputation around the Tri-State area as one of the premier Irish party bands in all the land, playing a great mix of both Irish ballads and folk songs

as well as American folk clas-sics. You haven’t partied Irish-style until you’ve done the al-ligator song with these guys. After the Lads have finished their set, Dubuque’s own Claddagh Irish Dancers will take the stage at 3 p.m. for the first of two performances dur-ing the day. Both hard- and soft-shoe dance numbers will be on tap. Sean McRactagan,

a 20-year recon Marine veteran who has traded in his binoculars for a guitar, will play from 3:30 - 5 p.m. Hailing from Minnesota, McRactagan tours for most of the year, playing both 6- and 12-string guitars, the banjo and the bodhran, with a repertoire spanning ballads, Scottish and Australian folk music, and sea chan-ties. The Irish Dancers will perform one more time after McRactagan’s set, from 5 - 5:30 p.m. From then it’s all music, all night long.

The nightlife begins at 5:30 p.m. with Wylde Nept, an Irish band from the Cedar Rapids area. Their lineup in-cludes both traditional Irish songs (including a killer rendition of “John-ny Jump Up”) as well as some truly inspiring originals, and the band’s ability to instantly con-nect and interact with

a crowd is astounding. And finally, from 8 - 10 p.m., headlining band Gaelic Storm will close out the night with a rock-ing performance. Gaelic Storm first got its big burst of fame as the deck band in Titanic, and from there it’s been no-where but straight up, up and away. There will

be a host of other offerings at the Irish Hooley, including Irish and American food offerings, a wine tasting brought to you by Stone Cliff Winery, children’s games and events, cultural exhibits and foreign travel information, merchandise vendors and a silent auction. There will also be a raffle for a 1-week self-drive vacation for two to Ireland! Tickets will be $1 each, or $7 for 5. Thanks to those folks at Shamrock Imports, rest assured that no aspect of Irish culture will go overlooked at the Hooley. For any ques-tions or more information, call Sham-rock Imports at 563-583-5000. Again, the admission to the Hooley is only $5 for all those great offerings. Slainte!

Between all the party rock and roll that you could ever ask for,

and a perfect celebration of Irish music, dance

and culture, the Port of Dubuque is the place to be on Au-gust 24 and 25. Two great festivals in the Port of Dubuque on the same week-

end. How can you possibly say no?

The Wild Animals with the Scarring PartySaturday, August 25, Isabella’s

By Mike Ironside

On Saturday, August 25, the laidback lounge known as Isabella’s will be transformed into a curious cabaret of vaudevillian spectacle and sonic mayhem as the Scarring Party share the stage with The Wild Animals.

The Wild Animals, released from their cages and fresh from their tour of parts east and south, return home to crank up the vintage amps and regale us with new tunes and tales

of the road. Billed as “the heaviest rock duo on earth” on their new and engagingly bizarre web site, one wonders if it could be true. But hearing their tracks online, or es-pecially if you have the opportunity to see them live, with Donny Moon bringing the thick, fuzz-tone guitar riffs and man-on-fire (in love) vocals and Jon Eagle pounding out the funky backwoods drum grooves, they just might be right.

The duo used to go by the name Worn Out Shoes, and re-cently tried on a series of temporary names until they finally arrived, realizing their true natures and accepting their new name: The Wild Animals. Newly monikered, they escaped to an undisclosed location – some sort of disused farmhouse near the river – where they recorded their new EP with a variety of vintage gear. Gear which included some mics they say they “happened upon strangely” as the sound engineer from the Royal Albert Hall in London “had just recently passed away.” Oh really? Regardless of how they “found” them, having been around since the 1950s, these mics have probably recorded some interesting and legendary sessions. Anyway, it doesn’t matter because the mics apparently work perfectly to record The Wild Animals going apeshit in a farm-house, and if you think you might like that sort of thing you should go see them live, because you probably will.

Also performing will be Milwaukee quintet the Scarring Par-ty. An extremely unique band (file under vaudeville-core?), one can image the Scarring Party sharing a room in a shabby hotel next to the Squirrel Nut Zippers and just down the hall from Tom Waits and Murray Head. Over instrumentation that includes tuba, accordion, banjo, and on occasion, toy pia-nos and typewriters, singer Daniel Bullock croons through a hand-built copper microphone that sounds like he’s broad-casting from a 1920s music hall over a 1930s radio set. I just might put on my spats and gloves and get to Isabella’s early for a champagne cocktail at one of the tables down front.

15365INk: MORE FUN THAN YOU’VE HAD IN MINUTES!

AUGUST 23 - SEPT 5

Pearlene with Lions, Old Panther, PaleoSaturday, September 1, Busted Lift

by Aaron HefelRock and roll will live again Saturday, September 1, at 9 p.m. at The Busted Lift. After a quiet, engaging set by Brooklyn, New York’s Paleo, the stage will be set and volume levels raised. Local rockers Old Panther play first, looking to debut new material in between songs they’ve been perfecting for the last year. The band cites influences such as Elvis Costello, Husker Du, mid-period Wilco, and ‘70s guitar rock. We’ll see if they even come close. Third on the bill is Lions, an Austin, Texas, glam rock and roll band. The band capitalizes on a sound mixing ‘70s punk, psychedelia, arena rock swagger and southern sensibility. Headlin-ing will be Cincinnati, Ohio’s Pearlene. Pearlene has graced the stage of The Busted Lift twice in the past and is looking to make the third a shakin’ dance party. Rough soul grooves provide an ample backdrop to Ruben Glaser’s wailing howl. From rave-ups to break-ups, the band is what rock and roll should sound like. The band is for fans of The Rolling Stones, Dave Zollo, Led Zeppelin, Thee Shams, and mid-’60s soul.

Sunday, August 26

New Diggings Music FestivalNew Diggings, 12 - 8 PM

Wednesday, August 29

The Wundo BandPizzeria Uno, 8 PM - 12 AM

The Dert TonesBusted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM

Thursday, August 30

SearsonIrish Cottage, 6 - 10 PM

Live JazzTimbers, P-ville, 7 - 10:30 PM

The Lovin’ SpoonfulGrand Opera House, 7 - 10 PM

Open Mic NightGrape Harbor, 7:30 - 11:30 PM

Nick StrikaGrand Harbor, 5:30 - 9:30 PM

‘Round MidnightCaptain Merry, 6 - 9 PM

A Pirate Over 50Gin Rickeys, 9 PM - 12 AM

Friday, August 31

365 Lunchtime JamTown Clock, 11:30 AM - 1 PM

Big MuddyIsabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM

Thursday, August 23Ken WheatonGrand Harbor, 5:30 - 9:30 PM

Live JazzTimbers, P-ville, 7 - 10:30 PM

Paul McHughIrish Cottage, 8 PM - 12 AM

The ThievesCaptain Merry, 6 - 9 PM

Mr. ObviousMusic in the Park, 7 - 8:30 PM

Open Mic NightIsabella’s, 7:30 - 11:30 PM

Thursday, August 23

Tony WalkerDirty Ernie’s, 9 PM - 1 AM


Friday, August 24


Summer’s Last BlastRocket Sugeons, Middletown, Love Monkeys, Port of DBQ, 5 - 11 PM

Big MuddyIsabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM

Friday, August 24

A Pirate Over 50Mid-Town Marina, 7 - 11 PM

Okham’s RazorGrape Escape, 8 - 11 PM

Ken WheatonGrape Harbor, 9 PM - 12 AM

Billy Lee JaneyBusted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM

Apple Dumplin’sSandy Hook, 10 PM - 2 AM

Saturday, August 25

New Diggings Music FestivalNew Diggings, 12 PM - 12 AM

Irish Hooley - Gaelic StormAlliant Amphitheater, 1 - 10 PM

Summer’s Last BlastJabherbox, Johnny Trash, Kip Winger Port of DBQ, 5 - 11 PM

Ralph KlusemanGrand Harbor, 5:30 - 9:30 PM

Melanie MausserCaptain Merry, 6 - 9 PM

The Wild AnimalsIsabella’s, 8 PM - 12 AM

Artie & the Pink Catillacs3100 Club, 8 PM - 12 AM

Blue WillowPotter’s Mille, 8 PM - 12 AM

The LegendHenry’s Pub, 8 PM - 12 AM

Paul McHughIrish Cottage, 8 PM - 12 AM

The ThievesGrape Harbor, 9 PM - 12 AM

Live MusicStone Cliff Winery @ Star-Brewery 9 PM - 12 AM

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Sunday, Sept. 2

Betty & the HeadlightsNew Diggings, 3:30 - 7:30 PM

Peter YeatesIrish Cottage, 6 - 9 PM

Throwdown BBQ CookoffGrand Harbor ResortApple Dumplin’s, 4:30 - 6:30 PM50-Pound Rooster, 7 - 11 PM

Jabberbox / L.O.C.Farley Labor Day Bash, 8 PM - 12 AM

Tony WalkerSandy Hook, 8 PM - 12 AM

Wednesday, Sept. 5

Live on Main ComedyBricktown, 9 - 11 PM




Thursday, Sept. 6

Okham’s RazorCaptain Merry, 6 - 9 PM

Live Riverwalk MusicGrand Harbor, 5:30 - 9:30 PM

Live JazzTimbers, P-ville, 7:30 - 10:30 PM


Danny SantosIsabella’s, 7:30 - 11:30 PM

Friday, Sept. 7


Dubuque ... and All That Jazz!feat. Baaro, Town Clock, 5 - 9 PM

Paul Mayasich Blues BandBusted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM

Friday, August 31

Lil’ Brian & the Zydeco TravelersBusted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM

The LegendsHenry’s Pub, 6 - 10 PM

Okham’s RazorEagle Ridge, 6 - 9 PM

A Pirate Over 50Mid-Town Marina, 7 - 11 PM


John MoranGrape Harbor, 8 PM - 12 AM

The Dert TonesMurph’s South End Tap, 9 PM - 1 AM

Saturday, Sept. 1

Bill Encke & Pab AdamsCaptain Merry, 6 - 9 PM

The LegendsSummer Blast, Dickeyville, 7 - 11 PM

Country TraditionMooney Hollow Barn, 8 PM - 12 AM


L.O.C. (Left of Center)Yardarm, 8 PM - 12 AM

Okham’s RazorGrape Escape, 8:30 - 11:30 PM

The Do-OversPit Stop, 9 PM - 1 AM

Richter ScaleDog House Lounge, 9 PM - 1 AM

PearleneBusted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM

Throwdown BBQ CookoffGrand Harbor ResortJust Cuz 5:30-7:30 PMBetty & the Headlights, 8 - 11 PM

Fall Music on MainMain St., Galena, 5 - 10 PM

Live MusicStone Cliff Winery @ Star-Brewery, 9 PM - 12 AM

Friday, Sept. 7

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

BadfishMunicipal Lot, Bellevue, 6 - 9 PM

Saturday, Sept. 8

Sid V & the Human ResourcesGrand Harbor, 5:30 - 9:30 PM

Dick SturmanCaptain Merry, 6 - 9 PM

Mixed EmotionsDBQ Driving Range, 8 PM - 12 AM

MotorhomeBusted Lift, 9 PM - 1 AM

Julien’s BluffDog House Lounge, 9 PM - 1 AM

Zero 2 SixtyDenny’s Lux Club, 9 PM - 1 AM

Corey JennyDa Vinci’s, 9 PM - 1 AM

Steven ShepardIsabella’s, 9 PM - 1 AM

Johnny TrashDBQ Fairgrounds, 9 PM - 1 AM

LiviN’ LargeJumpers, 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM


Sunday, Sept. 9

Mississippi BandNew Diggings, 3 - 7 PM

Wednesday, Sept. 12




Thursday, Sept. 13John MoranCaptain Merry, 6 - 9 PM

Live Riverwalk MusicGrand Harbor, 5:30 - 9:30 PM

Isabella’s Open MicIsabella’s, 7:30 - 11:30 PM


JAYCEE EVENT CALENDARSaturday August 25, Haunted Forest Setup. It starts today, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the YMCA Union Park Camp, 15976 JFK Road.

Sunday, August 26, Summer Appreciation Picnic. Join us at noon for the big shindig at Eagle Point Park as the group thanks all who volunteered at Jaycee events this summer.

Friday, Sept. 7, Dubuque...and All That JazzServe some cold beverages with the Jaycees at the last Jazz of the season. Have some fun, meet some new people and raise money for some great community projects.

Thursday September 13, Jaycee Power Lunch Series. Noon - 1 pm at Da Vinci’s, 395 W 9th St. Guest speaker is Mayor Roy Buol. Open to the public. $10 (Buy 1, bring a guest for free!) Thursday September 13, Financial Planning 101 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. at J.C. Clubhouse 515 W. 8th. How do I get where want to be on a budget?

Sunday September 16, Baseball Bus Trip. Brewers vs. Cincinnati Reds. Tailgating before the game. All Jaycees and friends are wel-come. $25 includes your ticket, bus fare and all the food and beverages. RSVP to [email protected] by August 31.

Thursday, September, 20, General Member-ship Meeting. 7 p.m. at the clubroom 815 W. 8th Street. All are welcome. Come dis-cover the Jaycees. Bring a friend!

NOW PLAYING IN DUBUQUEHairspray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93% Fresh The Simpsons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89% Fresh Harry Potter 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77% FreshHot Rod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57% RottenUnderdog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15% RottenTransformers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47% RottenThe Bourne Ultimatum . . . . . . 94% FreshRatatouille . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96% FreshNo Reservations . . . . . . . . . . . 43% RottenLicense to Wed . . . . . . . . . . . . 8% Rotten

Fresh off producing hits like The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up, Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen continue to roll with the teen sex-comedy / coming of age romp, Superbad. Yes, I used the word “romp.” Move over, Gene Shalit. In Superbad, two best friends are about to finish high school and head in different directions for college. Before they go, they have one very important goal to achieve: To score with the girls of their dreams. But in order to go to a party at one of the girls’ houses, they have to first score the alcohol. Enter their friend with the fake I.D. which has a single name on it: “McLovin’.” Enter two crazy cops. It’s pretty crazy. But in the process, they come to terms with themselves and what’s really important in life.

The buzz has been high on this movie for some time and we had been look-ing forward to it. Certainly we were not looking for or expecting Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin, but were were looking to laugh our heads off and we did. There was a little lull in the middle when the movie went in kind of a Harold & Kumar direction before saving itself in the end. The slapstick was not nearly as funny as the genuine interactions between the

friends. The writers of the film started working on it in high school and years later, as fame has already begun to shine on them, they have unleashed their ode to growing up in the modern era. It seems like a completely over-the-top look at what boys think in high school, but it’s really not too far off the mark. The biggest thing is that it stays at a perverted fever pitch the whole time, showing us clearly that the guys who talk the most smack about sex and objectify women are clearly the ones with the least personal experience in the field. So after finding it, at first, uncommonly up-front and in your face hilari-ous, it becomes a little emotionally sad as it wears on, to discover that this blind view of relationships might be someone’s reality. In the end, this potty-mouthed trip through adolescence is a perfect mixture of sweetness and raunch. It’s not for everyone, to be sure (leave Mom at home), but it’s most definitely for us. Get ready for a whole new round of catchphrases to replace Napoleon Dynamite. I have to think that this will stick as a defining film for today’s adolescent generation.

- Dinosaurs ... with guns? That’s the buzz surrounding the latest script for Jurassic Park 4. Supposedly, the plot will center on dinosaurs that have been trained by the military to carry weapons and go into field combat.

Naturally, the dinos get a bit ornery and then it’s up to the humans to save the day. Supposedly, Steven Spielberg has had this idea ever since JP2!

- Satirist / comedian Bill Maher has announced his next project, a docu-mentary titled Religulous (a portman-teau of “religious” and “ridiculous”). The movie will follow Maher’s take on the current state of world religion,

traveling to such exotic locations as Jerusalem, Vati-can City and Salt Lake City. Other locations include the Wailing Wall, inside the Vatican and the dome of the rock. The movie will be released next Easter.

- Director Martin Scorsese has bailed from his current project, throwing its entire status into limbo. He had been set to reunite with star Robert De Niro for the Mafia drama The Win-ter of Frankie Machine, a story about

the twilight days of a retired hitman for the mob. The script was developed by Brian Koppelman and David Levine in conjunction with De Niro prior to Scorsese’s involvement. The project is on hold.

- The first one was almost amusing and the second one was just downright painful ... so what’s the logical step? Make a third one, naturally! Better Off Dead director Steve Holland has been hired to direct another entry in the Le-

gally Blonde franchise. Titled Legally Blondes, the film will likely feature Reese Witherspoon.

- Warner Bros. is moving ahead on a long-anticipated adaptation of Justice League. A script has been approved, featuring The Flash, Wonder Woman, The Green Lantern, Aquaman, Super-man and Batman. Production is on the

fast track, scheduled to begin as soon as January 2008, to head off a pending writers’ strike.

BUZZTHE

War (8/24) Buzz: FRESHAfter an FBI agent’s family and his partner are apparently killed by an infamous and elusive Chinese assassin, he becomes ob-sessed with revenge and seeks vengeance

upon those who took his loved ones. When he finally comes face-to-face with the assassin, they both discover shocking truths about their pasts. Jet Li, Jason Statham.

Mr. Bean’s Holiday (8/24) NO BUZZ YETA sequel to the 1997 film Bean. Rowan At-kinson reprises his role as the well-meaning, bumbling fool Mr. Bean, who finds himself the winner of a church raffle, with a train

journey to Cannes, a brand-new video camera, and 200 euros. Through the many trials and tribulations that one can expect in any adventure with Bean, after a series of mishaps with a commercial producer, his video diaries somehow wind up as a world-premiere feature at the Cannes Film Festival.

Halloween (8/31) Buzz: ROTTENAs if offending the entire horror genre with The Devil’s Rejects wasn’t bad enough, di-rector Rob Zombie returns with a remake of John Carpenter’s classic. You know the premise: After being committed for years af-

ter murdering his sister, psychotic Michael Myers is mis-takenly released from the mental institution and returns home to wreak havoc.

Balls of Fury (8/31) Buzz: ROTTENRandy Daytona, a star in the underground world of table tennis competition, has seen his fame decrease and luck turn sour. He at-tempts to recapture his former glory but is soon confronted by the FBI and asked to go

undercover to smoke out a notorious criminal and ping-pong lord called Feng. He teams up with a blind ping-pong sage to complete his secret mission.

Death Sentence (8/17) NO BUZZ YETWhen a man’s son is killed by gangbangers, he seeks justice. It comes to him in the form of violence, which simultaneously gives him the relief he’s looking for and puts his family on a path towards death, as the rest of the

gang comes looking for revenge.

Rotten Tomatoes collects the thoughts of dozens of movie reviewers across the country and averages their scores into a fresh or rotten rating. If a movie gets 60% or higher positive reviews, it is FRESH!

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Art@your libraryTM

September Exhibit: Tim Olsen and Jim EhlingerOpening Reception, Friday, Sept. 7

The September exhibit in the Carnegie-Stout Public Library’s continuing Art@your libraryTM series will feature the paintings of Tim Olsen and sculpture of Jim Ehlinger. The exhibit is part of the year-long celebration of the arts known as “A year of Art@your library.” An open-ing reception for the exhibit, held in the Library’s historic Rotunda on Friday, September 7, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. will provide an opportunity to meet the artists. The opening reception is free and open to the public.

Painter Tim Olsen worked in a variety of roles before he found his niche – grounds-keeper, bookstore clerk, factory worker, a printer of obscene valentine photographs and what he describes as “other glamor-ous jobs.” Born in Marathon, he grew up in Iowa but lived for twenty years in Los Angeles and Chicago before returning to Iowa in 2002, moving to Dubuque with his wife, Chris, and son, Dean.

Olsen attended Loras College, receiving his BA in 2004, and since has become an active and success-ful painter, mounting three solo shows in the Tri-State area and exhibiting work in group shows in Brooklyn; New York; Bethesda and Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago and Chicago Heights, Illinois; Marshfield, Wisconsin; Lexington, Ken-tucky; Sioux City and Dubuque, Iowa. 2007 might be his best year yet. Not only was he honored with Second Place Juror Awards at the Dubuque Museum of Art and Augustana College Art Mu-seum, Rock Island, Illinois for his paint-ings, but his daughter Lena was born.

Jim Ehlinger has in many ways been a life-long artist. During his thirty-seven year career as a maintenance welder at the John Deere factory in Dubuque, he created “many imaginative tools, ves-sels, carts and myriad other accoutre-ments for manufacturing” but also dab-bled in other media honoring requests from friends for paintings, drawings,

cartoons, and hand-lettered signs. His growing interest in art led him to classes at Clarke and Loras College, where he received a BA in art in 1996.

His experience with metal seemed to lead him naturally to sculpture. His work is crafted from thin sheets of steel and

copper which he bends and shapes by hand into both representational and ab-stract forms. He uses an acetylene torch to bring out colors in the metal, finishing the work with a urethane or clear pow-der coat. Ehlinger has shown work at a number of local galleries, including the Dubuque Museum of Art. Currently, his sculpture can be seen at Upstart Crow Fine Art and Steve’s Ace Garden Center in Dubuque, and at the Pegasus Gallery in West Des Moines.

Ehlinger is a strong believer in the pow-er and importance of art. “The human need to remember, imagine and record, which gave rise to writing and numbers, was first expressed through art,” he ex-pains in his artist statement. “Prehistoric cave drawings existed before alphabets and ciphers were invented. Art was no mere invention, but the spontaneous expression of our need to remember and imagine. Artists express and record emotion, imagination and ideas; make visible that which is invisible.”

Art @your library™ is a program of the Carnegie-Stout Public Library in partner-ship with twenty local artists. Monthly exhibits through 2007 will feature a vari-ety of artwork, ranging from watercolors, sculpture and oil paintings, to quilting and pottery. In addition to Tim Olson and Jim Ehlinger, exhibiting artists include John Anderson-Bricker, John Bissell, Aar-on Butcher, Gail Chavenelle, Odra Eb-erhardt, Tom Gibbs, Donna Gibson, Ada Kauffman, Dave Kettering, Sharon Krap-fl, Ioana Mamali, Stormy Mochal, Teri Mozena, Cynthia Nelms-Byrne, Abigail Robertson-Butcher, Elizabeth Robertson, Rich Robertson, Gene Tully, Joan DuBay Tully, and Rosanne Wilgenbush.

The Library’s gallery area on the second floor will serve as the exhibition space. Guests are encouraged to enter the library through the library’s historic front doors. Call the Carnegie-Stout Public Library at 589-4225, option 7 for more info.

Cool Schools: Kids for Climate Protectionby Mayor Roy D. Buol

This past June, during a meeting at the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Redmond, Wash-ington’s Mayor Rosemarie Ives called upon mayors “to bust the paradigm” and get schools and kids more engaged in cli-mate protection awareness and activities. I am pleased to report that in Dubuque, through the oversight of the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency, we DO have such an initiative underway in our elementary schools called “Green Vision Education!”

Bev Wagner, the DMASWA Education and Communication Coordinator, shared that a pilot program was begun last year which invites our area schools to be-come Green Vision Education Schools, and help to impact our commu-nity by setting the standard for environmental awareness, pollution pre-vention and waste reduction in the area.

The program is designed so “our school age children can learn that caring about our environment can be fun and educa-tional.” Most of all, it means protecting our valuable natural resources and help-ing our families and others improve their environmental practices. Green Vision Education Schools practice pollution pre-vention, recycling, energy efficiency, and waste / toxins reduction!

The program has received tremendous sup-port from both the Dubuque Community School District and the Holy Family Catho-lic School District. Bev shared that, cur-rently, Marshall Elementary, Washington Middle School, Resurrection Elementary and Table Mound Elementary are in the program. Schools that have made commit-ments to join the program this fall include Wahlert High School, St. Columbkille El-ementary and Mazzuchelli Middle School.

The Green Vision Education Award is

given to schools that demonstrate a strong environmental ethic, e.g. steward-ship throughout the school building and grounds, as well as education and out-reach. Any school interested in partici-pating in the program should contact the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency’s Education Office to arrange a meeting with school staff.

Maintaining the award recognition involves working toward one project patch each year (after receiving their initial award) which is focused on a specific topic area. Progress Patches are sponsored by various community partners. The Durrant Group, for example, reviews efforts on pollution

prevention and energy conservation incorporated in green building

design to award a progress patch. The Dubuque County Conservation Board and Iowa Department of Natural Re-sources review sustainability and resource conservation inclusion in the curriculum and the school community.

Every day we read, hear or expe-rience the impact of global warm-

ing. Just this past Saturday in the Tele-graph Herald, there was a report from the Associated Press entitled, “Arctic Sea Ice at Record Low.” The National Snow and Ice Data Center reported Friday that there is less Arctic sea ice than ever on record, and the melting is continuing. The article goes on to say, “The polar regions have been of concern to climate specialists studying global warming because those regions are expected to feel the impact of climate change sooner.”

Programs that challenge schools and ed-ucate students on how to reduce green-house gas emissions can and will make a difference because education is the most cost effective form of mitigation. Students will educate their parents, will learn there are solutions to global warming, and will embrace the fact that addressing global warming provides an economic opportu-nity for their generation.

Global climate change is the “silent spring” of this generation. Students want to be a part of the solution. Let’s not ignore them.

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21365INK: I JUST READ IT FOR THE ARTICLES!

AUGUST 23 - SEPT 5

Mainlining MagazinesMagazines are my weakness. When I have too many magazines, I despair I’ll never get through them. But when I’ve finished reading all the ones in the house, I can hardly think what to do with myself.

Weekly Reader was my gate-way drug, and oh, what a treat t h a t w a s . As I recall, itcame out only in the summer, and certainly helped pass those long days when I was probably missing school, though I never would have admitted it. Soon enough, I grew up enough to fall in love with the Beatles and to need that bible of fandom, 16 Mag-azine. News on John’s baby! Photos of Paul’s girlfriend! I couldn’t get enough.

Seventeen, though, was a dif-ferent breed, my first beauty and fashion periodical. It meant to change me with per-suasive advice on my hair, my makeup, all the improvable parts of my body. I loved send-ing away for the free samples offered in the back pages – a new shampoo for 10 cents, a pamphlet on hairstyles for a self-addressed stamped en-velope. I’d send my orders off before I left for Girl Scout camp and delight in the booty that awaited my return.

Granted, I was all of twelve when I began walking to the drug store for my monthly fix, and back then, it was a very differ-ent publication. Seventeen, along with a lot of others, used to con-tain astonishing amounts of fiction and poetry. Good Housekeeping, be-lieve it or not, included a short novel at the end of every issue, and the writ-ing wasn’t half bad. I miss that golden age, when you could find a beautifully crafted story alongside a beautifully coifed model.

Soon enough, I graduated to Glamour

and Mademoiselle, slightly older ver-sions of Seventeen with a bit more fo-cus on careers and “young men.” On school days, my mother would put my mail on my bed, and I loved coming home to find both of these had arrived on the same day. Yet I didn’t give up one for the others. I simply added on.

Reading these magazines had an-other, unexpected, conse-

quence. With offices situated almost

exclusively in New

York,

I began to yearn to be there

myself, though the farthest I had traveled until college was a small lake in northern Minne-sota. I decided I belonged in New York, strolling past the offices of Condé Nast (still one of the big-gest publishers of popular magazines) with my up-to-the minute mini-dress and patterned tights and boots. I belonged behind a desk there, pounding out copy on deadline, or spouting opinions á la Dorothy Parker at some upscale hotel bar. Alas, it was not to be.

But I kept reading maga-zines. As I grew older and my life expanded, I added Rolling Stone, Harpers, Esquire, even Cosmopolitan for a re-grettable few months. When I married, I started subscribing to most of

the magazines my mother had taught me a housewife should read: Good House-keeping (bereft of their no-

vellas, unfortunately), Better Homes and Gardens, Redbook,

Ladies Home Journal. I would pick up Family Circle and Woman’s Day at the grocery store every other week just as she had.

I even ordered Bon Appetit and Gour-met and spent inordinate hours clip-ping and filing and even, occasionally,

trying out recipes for my husband and children. I might have been the only woman in my small Colorado town who subscribed to both Vogue and the New York Times Book Review. Hav-ing children only gave me an excuse to order more magazines. I got them Sesame Street and the Electric Com-pany, while adding Parents to my own groaning list. I knew who I was – sort of – even if I confused the mailman.

I don’t know when it started to seem like more of a burden than a delight to have all this reading material in the house. (You have to understand, this was all just the magazines. I also had a sizable, and growing, library of actual books.) Maybe it was when some of the fashion magazines began to grow as large as the Sears catalog. Maybe it was when my collection of recipes yielded twelve versions of Boston Crème Pie and just as many of Boston Baked Beans, and I couldn’t find any of them when I wanted to. Maybe it was when the garbage got so heavy I was embarrassed to haul it out. (These were the days before recycling.)

Now I’m cut back somewhat, or maybe I’ve just become more picky. I still get Vogue and Elle because some of today’s best writers – like Daphne Merkin and Meghan Daum – publish

there. I get Newsweek and the Sunday New York Times, which has its own magazine. I get The New Yorker, which is arguably the best magazine I’ve ever read and without which I could not live. I get journals for writers, and one devoted to the high mesa country of Colorado and Arizona, because I used to live there. I think it’s perfectly okay to pay for a magazine just because you love the pictures, though I’m more inclined to read them for free at Bor-ders or Barnes & Noble. (Believe me, I spend enough at those places to do this guilt-free.) I don’t know what it is that makes me decide to just look at Atomic Ranch, but to purchase Sel-vedge, each issue which costs as much as a paperback for just one issue. Some you want to look at awhile, others you need to take home and own.

Once I went to visit an old friend in New Mexico. By the time I’d been there three days, I had created a stack of mag-azines – some I had brought along on the plane, others I had acquired after arriving there. My friend declared, with a smile on her face, “I know Pam is here when I see the magazines.” That’s what makes me feel at home, I guess. Can you pass me that copy of Vanity Fair when you’re done with it?

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F5? F This! Or, Let’s Not Play Twisterby Robert P. Gelms As I write this there is a hurricane bear-ing down on Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Just days ago there was a huge earthquake in Peru and here in the Mid-west tornado season is well underway. We have all heard the old saw, “Every-body talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.” Well, there is a good reason for that. The quantifiable el-ements that go into the construction of an earthquake or a tornado are so vari-able as to make their prediction almost impossible. A hurricane is a little differ-ent but not by much. We have scientific devices in place to permit us to see a hurricane long before it makes landfall thereby allowing the authorities to evac-uate people and prepare property before the hurricane becomes a threat. We have absolutely no control over the forces that go into the creation of these events. All we can do is watch them as they unfold and watching Mother Na-ture’s fury unleash itself on the puny little humans who, all too often, seem to just get in way is a matter of local pride. I’ll visit Florida and the Caribbean, but not in hurricane season, and I am very reluctant to vacation on the West Coast because I’m absolutely certain that the minute I step off the plane, the earth-quake that will send California into the Pacific Ocean will hit .

On the other hand, I have no problem with tornados. I have a sister who lives in South Florida and, although she’s not fond of them, hurricanes, to her, are scary but they are just like a really big Midwestern thunder-storm … with just a bit more rain and a bit more wind. My uncle and three of my cousins have lived on the west coast for their entire lives. Hey, so the ground shakes a little … big deal. They have never come to the Midwest in the summer because they are terrified of tornados. What if you were faced with 148 torna-dos all on the same day and all in the span of a few hours? That is what Mark Levine’s new book F5 is about. Among weather freaks and meteorologists, April 3, 1974, is a day with monumental sig-nificance, just like November 22, 1963, is for conspiracy theorists. On the afternoon of April 3, 1973, and

lasting into the night, 148 tornados broke out along the full length of what is called Tornado Alley, extending from Mississippi all the way north to Michigan. Hundreds of people died, thousands were injured and it has become known as the deadliest outbreak of tornados in the 20th Century. A Japanese physicist by the name of Tat-suya Fujita, “Mr. Tor-nado,” is just one of the myriad of interest-ing people you will meet in F5. Mr. Fujita is the man who com-piled reams of data on tornados and devised the scale by which they are rated to this day. “The Fujita Scale Classification of Tor-nado Wind Intensity” starts with F0 and goes to F5. The “F,” by the way, stands for Fujita. An F5 occurs about once in every thou-sand tornados. F5 winds can blow in excess of 300 miles an hour. An F5 can hurl an automobile for a hundred yards or more. In an F5, well-built houses can be lifted off their foundations and carried a considerable distance in the air to be disintegrated. Perhaps you were one of those people who thought the tornado in the Wizard of Oz was a flight of fancy. Nope! It was just an F5. On April 3, 1974 there were six F5s re-corded in the 148 tornados that ravaged Tornado Alley that day.

It’s interesting how Mr. Levine organizes the story. Instead of following certain peo-ple through the events of that day, he tells the story of a number of the tornados as if they were characters effecting changes in all the people they touch. Rising out of this maelstrom of ferocious wind are stories of villainy and heroism. This book is as mesmerizing as seeing for yourself a tornado scouring a cornfield right down to the bedrock. I have, but if you haven’t,

then read F5. Mr. Levine will give you the same experience in an environment that’s a damned sight safer than the one I was in, looking at that funnel from a window in my house. Luckily, it was moving away from me Mark Levine’s F5 is spellbinding. It’s a sto-ry of devastation, sci-ence, and survival. Told against the background of the tumultuous 70’s a tornado is the perfect metaphor for the social

turmoil of the day. In some elemental way Mr. Levine managed to frighten me even though I have no problem with tornados. Well, I guess I do now … a little. After reading F5 I’ll never again respond to a tornado warning with the bored annoy-ance that I used to greet the shrieking si-ren from Bunker Hill Golf Course. If you have relatives you don’t like, who don’t live in the Midwest, send them this book. They will never visit you again, at least not in the summertime.

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Puppy Dog CloseI recently bought a new puppy. Although I was pretty sure I was making the right decision, the owner used the “Puppy Dog Close.” He said that I could take the puppy home for a couple of days and if I didn’t like her, I could bring her back for a complete refund. What do you think happened when I got her home? Yep, there was no way she was going back. This close says - you let people take the puppy home for a

couple of days and they will fall in love with and keep it. Now, you may not be selling puppies, but I’ll bet there is a way for your business or organization to use the “Puppy Dog Close.”

Everything is either living or dying a little bit each day. You either live a little more or die a little more every day. If you learn something and improve yourself, you must be living. If you’d like to share one of your tips, please send them to [email protected].

Does your business or organization need Mattitude? ContactMatt today at 563-590-9693 or e-mail [email protected].

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23CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

Mattitude, uh, Attitude is Everything!You have the ability to live up to your fullest unique potential. The critical fac-tor is your attitude. A positive attitude is an asset; a negative attitude is a liability. Unlike anything else in the world, you control whether your attitude is an as-set or liability. The attitude that you have right now, at this very moment, is the one you have chosen. Understanding you are fully responsible for your attitude is the basics of happiness and success.

Very few people understand the concept that attitude is a choice. If they did un-derstand, they would choose a positive attitude more often. For most, attitude depends upon other people and circum-stances. If someone is mean to them, then they take on a negative attitude. If circumstances are unfavorable, a nega-tive attitude develops. It is easy to blame the actions of others and circumstances for a negative attitude. No one controls your attitude unless you surrender con-trol. Your attitude is your choice.

Your attitude is put to the test many times everyday. No one was born with a bad attitude. When was the last time you had a great attitude and a terrible day? How successful you are, how you feel, how you look, what you say and what you do is a result of the attitude you choose. Attitude is your statement about life to the world. How you do on that test determines your happiness and success in life. If you have a negative attitude, then you have failed the test.

Success comes to people not because they are smarter or more talented than you, but because they have a positive attitude. Every facet of your personal and professional life is determined by your attitude. Attitude is more impor-tant than skills, talent, experience, ed-ucation or intelligence. Your attitude determines how high you will rise. Exercise the most important choice given to us as members of the human race and take responsibility for your attitude. Your attitude is the key to happiness and success. Mattitude, er, attitude Matters!

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MY SON IS A TALENTED ARTIST AND PIZZA DELIVERY MAN.

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Tatiana Ivaschenko and Kyle KreighOutside the Lines Art GalleryOpening Reception, Friday Sept. 4

Outside the Lines Art Gallery presents a new exhibit featuring the oil painting of Tatiana Iveschenko and the pottery of Kyle Kreigh. Gallery owners Stormy Mo-chal and Connie Twining will host an artist’s reception for the opening of the exhibit on Friday, September 4, from 7 to 9 p.m. Beverages and hors d’ oeuvres will be served.

Born in the Ukraine, Tatiana Ivaschen-ko began her artistic career painting portraits and landscapes in the streets of Krasnodar in Southern Russia.

In her artist’s statement, Iveschenko re-lates how her experience in American art contrasts her earlier education in Russia where she “was instructed in the traditional school of academic painting, drilled in the fundamental techniques of drawing, composition, and painting.” In America, “free of traditional expecta-tions” she was able to experiment with a variety of styles and techniques even flirting with modern, avant-garde work.

Instead of turning to abstraction as she thought the experi-ence might move her, she gained a freedom of approach in color

choices and technique. Sometimes de-scribed as “Russian Impressionism” her paintings – portraits, figure studies, still life, and landscapes – are built with thick strokes of buttery paint applied with pal-ette knife and brush. The result is a lush surface that when viewed as a whole sug-gests but does not literally describe the subject represented, expressing beauty on multiple levels. “(In America) I found I was better able to discover my creative inner-self and express it in my works,” she states, “Here I have become an artist.”

Originally from the river bluff country of Central Missouri, Kyle Kreigh attended the University of Chicago, graduating in 1972. With graduate degrees in engineering and geophysics from the University of Florida and Colorado School of Mines, Kreigh worked in the environmental engineering industry for 25 years, including many years on offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

In 1998, Kreigh left his profession be-hind to work full time in ceramics, first specializing in hand-thrown bathroom sinks, tile, and mosaic countertops. His admiration of the simple, pure forms of clas-sic oriental pottery traditions, as well as the celadon and copper red glazes have influenced his thrown vessels. Most employ his signature crystalline glazes that “form patterns in the firing in much the same way frost gathers on a window,” he describes in his artist’s statement.

Variations in the color are achieved through the addition of miniscule amounts of metal. “The glaze will froth, spatter, and flow like water in the fir-ing,” Kreigh explains, “and each piece must have a separate dish and pedestal perfectly fitted to protect it from the pool of molten glaze that gathers around the foot of the piece. For me it has been a

late and last love, and I hope there is to be found in these pieces a certain degree of affirmation.”

The Iveschenko and Kreigh exhibit will be on display through October 2007. Outside the Lines Art Gallery is located

at 409 Bluff Street (at the corner of 4th and Bluff Streets) in historic Cable Car Square. For more information, call 563-583-9343, or visit www.otlag.com.

Cancel Cataracts with Corn You can eat your way to healthier vision! Just focus your taste buds on a variety of sun-shine-ripened fresh fruits and vegetables. Green and gold foods are loaded with two important antioxidants naturally designed to maintain eye health. Recent studies have shown that eating a diet rich in the antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin may slow down the progression - and possi-bly improve the condition of - age-related macular degeneration and the develop-ment of cataracts. In fact, studies show people who eat foods rich in lutein can cut the risk of cataracts by 20%. All you need to do is simply include dark green vegetables in your diet every day. Be-gin by enjoying a fresh summertime spin-ach salad. Add slices of zucchini, broccoli and green bell peppers to your salad for an added boost of lutein. Other great green sources of lutein include romaine lettuce, kale, honeydew melon, green beans and cooked collard and turnip greens. Go for the gold! One of the best sources of vision-enhancing food is the wonder-ful summertime favorite, corn-on-the-cob. Sweet corn prepared in any way – includ-ing homemade cornbread - is good for your vision. So are peaches and nectarines. Surprisingly, carrots are not on the list. Al-though rich in vitamin A (beta-carotene) and good for vision in other ways, carrots contain

just small amounts of zeaxanthin and lutein. As a side note, golden-colored egg yolks are also rich in lutein. Looking for a few vision-enhanc-ing foods? Just go to Hy-VeeHealth.Com and search for your favorite green and gold produce recipes.

Soy Sauce-Sprinkled Corn-on-the-CobSkip the butter and try soy sauce instead.

All you need6 ears Olathe sweet cornLite soy sauce All you doRemove husks and silk from each ear of corn. Place corn in a large saucepan and cover with water. Boil for 7 to 10 minutes or until tender.

Drain. Serve sprinkled with soy sauce. Nutrition facts: 160 calories, 1g fat, 6 g pro, 36 g carbs, 420 mg sodium and plen-ty of sight-saving lutein.

Sight-Saving Spinach SaladServe as a summer meal with a whole-grain roll

All you need1 tbsp Hy-Vee vegetable oilJuice of 1 lemon1/2 tsp Hy-Vee granulated sugar1/4 tsp Hy-Vee salt3 c. fresh spinach1 c. cubed cantaloupe1/2 c. halved red grapes2 tbsp Hy-Vee pecan pieces All you doWhisk together oil, lemon juice, sugar and salt. In a large bowl, toss spinach, cantaloupe, grapes and lemon juice mix-ture. Top with pecan pieces before serv-ing. Serves 4. Nutrition facts: 90 calories, 10g carbs, 6g fat, 1g protein, 2g fiber, 180mg sodium. Excellent source of vitamin A and vitamin C and lutein.

The Goodness of Grapes Tangy greens, sweet ruby reds, exotic blue-blacks, fragrant Italias – fresh grapes are good for you. A cluster of 100 grape berries has plenty of vitamin C, heart-healthy oils, cancer-preventing phytochemicals and an abun-dance of good taste. Read on to find out more grape goodness:

The skin: Grape skin is loaded with the phytonutrient resveratrol. This powerful an-tioxidant has been shown in more recent studies to help fight breast, liver and colon cancers. Resveratrol is also believed to play a role in the reduction of heart disease and exhibit anti-inflammatory properties. Just juice: Just like a fine red wine, grape juice offers many of the same heart-pro-tective benefits. The antioxidants in grape juice help to improve blood flow. The flavo-noids help keep the arteries more flexible. Grape seed oil: Offering a clean, light, slightly nutty flavor, grape seed oil is rich in the heart-healthy vitamin E. This special oil may improve HDL (good cholesterol) while reducing the bad LDL.

Orange-Laced GrapesImpress your guest with this sweet treat

All you need4 cups red seedless grapes1/4 cup orange-flavored liqueur or orange juice2 tbsp sugar1 tsp grated orange peel1 cup whipped topping, thawed All you doIn a medium bowl, stir together grapes, li-queur, sugar and peel. Marinate 3 hours in the refrigerator. Serve with whipped topping. Nutrition facts: 120 calories, 2 g fat, 26 g carbs, 1 g protein, 0 mg sodium, 1 g fiber. Extra rich in vitamin C. Serves 6. Source: California Table Grape Commission.

Fruit Kabobs with Honey-Peach Dipping SauceServe with grilled chicken or tilapia

All you need1/4 cup light sour cream1 (6 oz.) container fat-free peach yogurt2 tbsp Hy-Vee honey2 peaches, cut into chunks, divided12 strawberries, stems removed, divided 24 red grapes, divided4 kiwi, peel and slice into 1/2-inch slices All you doIn a medium bowl, whisk together sour cream, peach yogurt and honey until smooth. Set aside. On each of 6 wooden skewers, alternately thread peach chunks, strawberries, grapes and kiwi slices. Serve kabobs with peach mixture.

Nutrition facts: 130 calories, 30 g carbs, 3 g protein, 1 g fat, 25 mg sodium, 5 g fiber, rich in vitamin A and vitamin C. Serves 6.

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Mission: CooperationWe all understand cooperation and the camaraderie that develops as it relates to teamwork such as sports or our work environment. We voluntarily participate in the activity with other like-minded individuals as we work toward a defined goal. In an effort to keep us on course, the goal is often clarified through a mission statement to further reinforce the objective. Whether motivated by financial reward or personal satisfaction, the success of these events requires that we cooperate with one another. In trying to reach our goal, however, conflicts arise, egos bruise and emotions flare. As we are held responsible to one another, we manage to work through these problems which encourage compromise and creative problem solving, realizing that our way is just one way but not the only way. And so, with our goal achieved, the hardships we faced dissolve and our bond with our ‘team’ is strengthened

Yet beyond our personal and professional lives, what, if any, responsibility do we have to the larger ‘team’?

Sure, most of us strive to be lawful, productive citizens. We go to work, provide for our families and possibly volunteer our talent from time to

time. When a major catastrophe strikes, we willingly set aside our differences to help our fellow man; coming together, if only briefly to address a common concern. We’re courteous in public, smile at babies and hold the door for the elderly. Yet, for the most part, beyond these obligations it’s an every man for himself, get through the day, race to the finish.

What may not be obvious through the blur of daily life is that as part of the larger ‘team’, we already share a common alliance. Frankly, the fact that we’re all spinning around together on the same planet means we’re all in this together. Like it or not. So, we can either grin and bear it, or set aside our differences from time to time.

Regardless of our personal aspirations, or lack thereof, cooperation is a necessary tool to reach any objective. Since we can’t budge in line at the grocery store when we’re running late, we all cooperate in the process

as we’re forced to bond with the strangers both ahead and behind us. Is this really so bad? Well, only if the woman in front of you can keep control of her

children. Or maybe, we could jump outside our own comfort zone and ask if she could use some extra help.

So unless we are underground hermits, we’re politely encouraged to deal with each other in the form of cooperation. When our mission is to seek out the similarities in one another rather than apparent differences, we feel more in tune and less isolated. Besides we are clearly more alike than dissimilar. By creating this bond through camaraderie, it makes the task of cooperation easier and therefore propels us toward our end result with greater ease.

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ARIES You don’t have cancer or blood clots or any life threaten-ing ailments. It’s just your body’s natural adverse reaction to foot-ball season and the disappearance of your man’s attention span.

TAURUS The American ideal is to take something normal, then enlarge it to ridiculous proportions, to the point that to use it could cost life and limb. You know that steep hill in your backyard? Su-per-Size it. Turn it into the world’s biggest Slip ‘n’ Slide. Just make sure you get insurance waivers signed before anyone goes down.

GEMINI Try changing your workplace environment. Convince your co-workers that management has just handed down a ri-diculously strange edict. Tell them that management has banned dihydrous monoxide in the workplace, for example. Don’t tell them that clothes were banned, though. That’s a lawsuit.

CANCER It’s comforting when you realize that no matter how much you accomplish in life, you will never be as awesome as the mental image of Darth Vader playing a Gibson SG. Even Joe Satriani would tremble in the face of that much awesome. And so should you.

LEO If your significant other is lazy and careless, forgetting about his obligations and ignoring you far too much, withholding sex is not the way to get things to change. Now, if you threaten to take away the beer ... that’s a whole other story. Things’ll be different.

VIRGO Your co-workers are making fun of the Transformers on your desk. The next time this happens, remind them that some people are pedophiles, some people are murderers, some people listen to John Tesh. You like having plastic trans-forming robots on your desk. That’s not so bad, really.

LIBRA Your repeated attempts to unclog the bathroom toilet are being foiled by your repeated missions to clog the bath-room toilet. For heaven’s sake, lay off the Mexican.

SCORPIO You may be feeling the urge to jump over to the Dark Side, but for the love of God, your family and yourself, don’t do it. No matter how good it tastes on the crust, chugging an entire tub of Papa John’s garlic butter dipping sauce cannot possibly end in any way other than destruction and death.

SAGITTARIUS Surround yourself with beagles. Forty or more of them. They’ll be cute, cuddly and you’ll become everyone’s favorite person because of cuteness by association. Why? Be-cause they’re beagles. You need no other explanation.

CAPRICORN You might think you have it rough, going to your 8-to-5 job five days a week, going through the motions, work-ing for the weekend. But you have it easy. The Easter Bunny delivers eggs one day a year. Do you know what he’s doing the other 364 days of the year? He’s kicking criminal ass. He hates criminals. He hates you, too.

AQUARIUS If you’re thinking of proposing to your girlfriend during your trip to the ballpark, hoping you’ll get seen on the Jumbotron in your moment of romance, think twice. She might break into tears, sob out “yes,” and jump into your arms ... or she might say “no.” That’ll make the last three innings pretty awkward. Remember, they cut beer sales off after the seventh.

PISCES The next time your boss threatens to fire you for wast-ing too much time on the job, threaten to block all his online dating Web sites from the network. You will then have reached a common understanding. Or you’ll still be fired

MARTHA STEWART DIDN’T SELL OFF OUR STOCK, BUT SHE DID USE IT AS THE BASE OF A NICE SOUP.

Dear Trixie: I have been married twice to two of the biggest jerks on earth. My father left us when I was 2 and it destroyed my mother. Both my sisters are gay and happily coupled off. As a single mother who has been abandoned emotionally and financially by every man I ever trusted, I am asking you, Trixie, are men even necessary?--Lovely Rita

Dear Rita:Well, yeah. Who would kill the spiders?

Dear Trixie:I am really bad at remembering names. It is so embarrass-ing when I’m at a cocktail party and somebody that I know comes over and I cannot, for the life of me, remember this person’s name. What should I do?--Kathy in Key West

Dear Kathy:Fake a seizure. And the next party you go to where that happens you can say, “Sorry, I can’t remember your name. I have a seizure disorder.”

Dear Trixie:I used to drink about nine 8 oz. cups of coffee a day. Some on ice, some hot in a mug. I started worrying that so much coffee might be bad for my health so I cut back by 90 per-cent. Now I’m having terrible migraine-like headaches that just won’t go away. It’s a terrible throbbing on one side of my head and it seems centralized behind one eye. Do you think it’s caffeine-related?--Joanie W/O Health Care

Dear Joanie: No, I don’t. Studies have shown that 80% of women who thought they had caffeine headaches actually had inoper-able brain tumors. Good luck, dear.

Dear Trixie:Last spring I met the greatest guy. I was on vacation and we met at the hotel pool. We spent a lot of time together and I could really feel there was something special between us. He told me that he loved me and I know it was true. It was incredible. When I got home we talked on the phone and sent e-mails back and forth. He told me he would send me a plane ticket but he never did. I’ve left 162 messages but he never calls me back! Why won’t he call?--Just Heartsick

Dear Sick:Maybe he’s in the hospital with amnesia! Maybe he was kidnapped by foreigners! He’s not calling because he doesn’t want to talk to you. EVER. He’s never going to call, so give it up and move on to your next loser.

AVAILABILITYGet Your Fingers Inky at these

great Tri-State hotspots!This is not a complere distribution list, we got tired.

3100 Club32nd St. Oky Doky32nd St. Sinclair station365 Offices (1st & Main)66 Station Arterial/Penn American TrustAmirageArena / ColiseumBadger Brothers CoffeeBartini’s Basket ExpressionsEuropa Haus / Bier StubeBike ShackBody and SoulBorders BooksBowling and BeyondBricktownBusted LiftCafé Manna JavaCapriCaptain MerryCarlos O’Kelly’s Carnegie-Stout LibraryCatfish Charlie’sChamber of CommerceChestnut Mtn. ResortCici’s PizzaClarke CollegeColdStone CreameryContempoCountry Inn HotelCountry KitchenCourtsideCremer’sCulver’sDa Vinci’sDairy QueenDB&T Asbury RoadDB&T on JFKDB&T on CentralDelhi Medical CenterDesignworksDiamond Jo CasinoDoghouseDubuque Building LobbyDubuque Schools Admin.DBQ County CourthouseDubuque DentalDBQ Discount Gas (US 20)Dubuque Family PracticeDubuque Main StreetDubuque MattressDubuque Museum of ArtDubuque OptometricDupacoEagle Country MarketEasy StreetEcumenical TowersEDSBEnvision SportsFairfield InnFalbo Bros. Pizza (Yum!)Family BeerFinley Hospital1st nat. Bank/PlattevilleFive FlagsFive Point MartFour Seasons BuffetFrame of Mind Gift ShopFried Green TomatoesGalena CellarsGovernor Dodge HotelGraham’s Store for MenGrand Harbor HotelGrand Opera HouseGrand River CenterGrape HarborGroomingdalesHampton InnHartig’s on Central

Hartigs on LocustHC & Co.Heartland InnHilton GardenHoliday Inn DubuqueHudson’sHyVee @ AsburyHyVee @ Wacker PlazaHy-Vee on LocustInk ExchangeInstant ReplayIowa Welcome CenterIsabella’sJimmy John’sJulien Inn /Alta GlockeKaladisKephart’sKirchhoff DistributingKnickers Los AztecasLot OneMaid Rite Mario’sMedical AssociatesMercy HospitalMidas Muffler Midway HotelMiguel’s Coffee BarMinatori’sMining Museumthe MissionMississippi MugMississippi River MuseumMojo SalonMont RestMoondog MusicMurph’s South End TapNeighbor’s TapNew Diggings StoreNoonan’sOky Dokey 1st & LocustOky Doky on KerperOutside the Lines GalleryPancherosPaneraPaul’s Big Game TapPenalty BoxPeosta Gas and SnackPepper SproutPhoenix FitnessPickerman’sDick’s SupermarketPlayersThe Point Restaurant PrudentialQuiznos at ArterialRadio DubuqueRemaxRestoration WarehouseRiver LightsRondinelliShamrock JewelersSids BeverageSteve’s Ace Home & GardenSteve’s PizzaStumble InnSublimeSubwaySuper 8 MotelSupreme SubsTaikoTheisen’sTracksideUncle IkePizzeria Uno’s UW-Platteville CampusVans Liquor StoreVarsity SportsYardarm

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“I think it’s been clear to us from the start that in order to make this work, we need-ed to make sure that not only did we have a lot to offer visitors, but we needed to make sure it was a good deal for competi-tors, as well,” Geisz says. “I mean, there are great prizes set to be awarded, but if we take care of our competitors here and now, they’re going to remember that in the future and that’ll help make this only big-ger and bigger down the road.”

The Throwdown on the River also marks an entirely new twist in Geisz’s career. Jim Rix was going to use the Throwdown as the opportunity to make the big announce-ment of Steve as the new general manager of the Grand Harbor, but when Rix real-ized that Geisz was a hot commodity for other GM spots around the country, he decided to speed things up.

“Mr. Rix called me one day and asked if we could meet,” says Geisz. “We sat down together, and he said to me, ‘Steve, we were waiting for the weekend of the

Throwdown to announce this, but there’s no reason to wait. All the staff here loves you, and you’re doing a fantastic job with the waterpark and with putting together the Throwdown. We want you to be our new general manager.’”

Geisz and his fiancee were thrilled, and the reaction of the staff to having one of their own take the reigns was one of ex-citement.

Geisz was stunned. “People had said they thought I’d be ideal for the position here at the Grand Harbor, but I never thought it would actually happen,” he says. “It was just a great, great surprise.”

He called up his fiancee, told her the great news, and he hit the ground running. 365ink caught up with Geisz just a scant few days after his promotion in July.

“The team here, it’s very much like a fam-ily,” he says. “And I’m very, very lucky, because the people who run the depart-ments here are so qualified and so good at what they do that I’m able to let them run their operations on their own, while I can feel confident in knowing that everything is being handled properly.”

Between smooth operations at the facil-ity and a pair of capable guys at the helm, the First Annual Throwdown on the River looks to become a perennial favorite event down in the Port of Dubuque. You don’t need to take the kids out on Lake Michi-gan for Labor Day Weekend ... you need to take them to the River so they can-THROWDOWN!

For more information on the Throwdown on the River, visit www.throwdownon-theriver.com, or contact Steve Geisz at 563-690-3226 / [email protected].

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The Cheesehead MonologuesSaturday, August 25, 9 PMThe Arthur House, PlattevilleThree Wisconsin headliners (Roger Radley, Mike Mercury, and Mike Mar-vell) perform solo and ensemble in this one-of-a-kind comedy show that is not to be missed!

Michael ThorneWednesday, August 29, 9 PMLive on Main Comedy, BricktownMichael Thorne has a fast-paced com-edy style that almost leaves audience flinching with laughter. Non-stop and rapid fire, Michael hits all the topics that have made him a comedy club favorite. Relationships are his specialty, but don’t expect Dr. Phil or Oprah...it’s more like Judge Judy meets Jerry Springer. Thorne will take you on a wild and hysterical tour of the minefield that is his life.

Nathan Timmel & George LaFleurWednesday, August 29, 8 PM3100 Club Comedy, Midway HotelSomewhere around 1975, Nathan Timmel saw George Carlin picking his nose on his Class Clown album. It solidified Nathan’s desire to make people chuckle. It also made him the only six-year-old able to fire off ‘The Seven Dirty Words You Can’t Say On Television,” Since that day Nathan has gone on to perform at numerous comedy clubs across the nation; he even did a De-partment of Defense comedy tour overseas

for American troops. Today Nathan resides in Los Angeles, where he enjoys the smog, traffic and sitting around writing idiotic Bi-ographies of himself in the third person. Is he as funny as all hell? You better get down to the club and see for yourself…

Scott DerengerWednesday, September 5, 9 PMLive on Main Comedy, BricktownScott will tell it like it is in a way all too unique. From having a mother with a junk collection on the front porch including a handicapped toilet and a half-dozen high chairs to a dad who sold Tupperware, you’ll have a look into Scott’s world. And then thank God you’re not there. Oh and one more thing ... “Just Shave It.“ Witty, daring and, at times, charming and pathetic. All in one show. Enjoy great Bud drink specials when you arrive early!

Nick Gaza and Spark MannWednesday, September 5, 8 PM3100 Club Comedy, Midway HotelNick Gaza is a Funny, Sick, Twisted bastard . His act is a mixture of hysteri-cal true stories and things we can only hope are’nt true. Nick makes fun of everyone, the audience, himself and anyone else that gets in his sights. His comedy knows no boundries so be warned! As a comic with univer-sal appeal, Spark Mann has enjoyed a successful career playing to sellout crowds at clubs and colleges through-out the Midwest.

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GARY OLSEN’S

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THE ANSWERSQUESTIONS ON PAGE 6

1. A) Bandana’s BBQ just announced its in-tention to build in Dubuque. If the pictures on its Web site are any hint, it’s gonna be Gooooooood!

2. B) Cook pork to 160º (Ham can be slight-ly lower).

3. B) Pulled Pork, though Ray can do it all!

4. D) Bobby Flay is the Throwdown king.

5. B) The Gas Grill wins. But the smoker rules. Once you go smoke...

6. B) Colonial Times, of course. Like the French could appreciate BBQ... PLEASE!

7. B) Apple, especially dad’s voodoo mojo apple wood from a magical tree.

8. D) Cedar is a resinous wood. All resinous woods like pine give meat an unpleasant taste. Use fruit and nut tree woods.

9. C) Salt is fine for quick grilling a steak, but will dry out meats cooked over time.

10. D) It’s all about the fat, baby!

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365Advantage combines cutting-edge technology, the science of human be-havior and proven strategies in com-munity development into one easy-to-follow action plan for organizational success.

365Advantage was created to help dispersed communities of people com-municate easily and instantly using an attractive and simple to use internet platform.

365Advantage is empowered commu-nication.

Control Your Message “Does anyone know who actually wrote our Web site text?” 365Advantage lets your most talented people and the value of your content drive the creation of your message. You no longer need a Webmaster or an IT person to manage your information. As a powerful self- publishing tool, 365Advantage gives you control over your story, connects your users, and empowers your organization to maximize your information flow.

Impressive Web Presence “I paid for a site two years ago and it’s already outdated!” 365Advantage allows you to separate the content creation of your site from the design elements of the platform. In other words, you can have the most cutting-edge design in the market and next year, if you change your mind, you can change your site design without having to rebuild all of the content. Keeping “cool” was never so easy.

Ease of Use “Our Web designer is too busy to change the site!” 365Ad-vantage was created to let users expe-rience the platform with simple-to-use tools and very little training. In fact, a new user can log in, post an article or event including uploading photos and documents, in just minutes.

IT Freedom “IT says they don’t have enough people or time to change my Web page!” 365Advantage‘s great-est advantage may be that it allows all users and administrators to upload, download and share information with-out any special software knowledge or computer skills. It gives you the power to decide what and where information is posted to your system and lets your community of users focus on their core talents. It also frees up the IT depart-ment so it can focus on critical opera-tional projects rather than on content oversight.

Flexibility “We have too many sys-tems that already don’t work togeth-er!” 365Advantage is designed to serve as a connection, not just between people, but also between platforms. It can serve as a stand-alone information platform or can easily lay on top of ex-isting legacy software such as existing intranets, Web sites or content man-agement tools.

Security from Without & Within “My kid just hacked our whole system. She’s 10!” 365Advantage provides for password protected sites and members only use. It is also Google and Spider search-protected if the nature of your business model demands military-grade security protection. In addition to protecting you from outside threats the multiple level administration capabili-ties of 365Advantage also allow for ad-vanced compliance and due diligence security within your organization.

Speed “Is this page ever going to load?” 365Advantage is built for speed. The power of information is a function of how quickly and accurately it can be passed from one team member to the next. With real-time discussion boards, instant post and search tools, docu-ment management and active search directories your team will be in touch

24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

OK, it sounds to good to be true… but what exactly is 365Advantage?

FIRST 365Advantage is a set of strate-gies about how people connect to the web and how the W eb can connect communities of people to each other.

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