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Thursday September 24, 2009

Calling all funny people

Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 9:43AM CST on September 24, 2009

ComedySportz Quad-Cities is holding auditions for improvisers to join their ranks.

ComedySportz is an improvisational theater where two teams of actors compete for laughs by acting out scenarios created by the audience. The family-friendly show has been running since 1990.

Applicants must be at least 16 years old. Headshots and resumes are not required, but will be accepted. Auditions will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5. There is no cost to audition, but an improv workshop will be held prior to auditions at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4. Workshop admission is $10 and both events will be held at ComedySportz, 1818 3rd Ave., Rock Island.

For more information visit www.comedysportzqc.com or call (309) 798-7526.

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Tuesday May 5, 2009

David Sedaris tickets to go on sale

Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 9:29AM CST on May 5, 2009

Author of “Me Talk Pretty One Day,” and NPR humorist, David Sedaris will perform at the Adler Theatre at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15.

Tickets for the show go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, May 8, and are $34.50 to $39.50. They can be purchased at Ticketmaster or select Hy-Vee, Younkers and Mailboxes and Parcel Depots.

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Wednesday April 1, 2009

The Quads

Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 3:31PM CST on April 1, 2009

For teens

It’s time to start gearing up for the fourth annual Teen Battle of the Bands. The Davenport Public Library will begin accepting applications May 1, giving teens time to get their bands and set lists together before the contest.

Show to see

The Tallest Man on Earth, a Swedish songwriter whose Dylanesque sounds have captured the attention of Pitchfork, is coming to the Quad-Cities for a Daytrotter Presents show.

Kristian Matsson, the lanky fellow behind the name, toured with Bon Iver late last year and will perform at Huckleberry’s Pizza Parlor, 223 18th St., Rock Island, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 3. Cover is $6.

She said what?

Actress-comedian Aisha Tyler, a former host of “Talk Soup” on the cable channel E!, says fans of that program — where talk-show clips were played for laughs — should be familiar with her style of stand-up comedy.

“It’s exactly who I was on ‘Talk Soup.’ We called it stinky-smart. It’s the intellectual joke and the (passing gas) joke all rolled into one.”

For more information on Tyler and her upcoming performances at Penguin’s, click here to read the story in this week's Go&Do.

For the family

The Davenport Public Library will host its weekly Preschool Story Time for children and their caregivers at the Fairmount Street branch.

The free event is held at 10 a.m. every Monday. For more information, you can contact Samantha Wikstrom either by calling (563) 326-7900 or through e-mail at swikstrom@davenportlibrary.com.

The Fairmount branch is at 300 N. Fairmount St.

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Thursday January 8, 2009

Willey answers questions, causes mom to blush

Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 6:51PM CST on January 8, 2009

Walt Willey made my mom’s day today.

Knowing that everyone in my family is a fan of “All My Children,” the soap opera star offered to call my mother after I interviewed him and Kim “Howard” Johnson, an author and improvisational comedian who is Willey’s childhood friend.

My mom, who had already called during the morning to see whether I was nervous and to ask what I was wearing, excitedly answered the phone and asked how my interview went. Then she got quite the surprise when I handed the phone over to Willey.

Mom later said she was tongue-tied and glad that Willey couldn’t see her blushing over the phone. But she did manage to ask whether his Jackson Montgomery and Erica Kane characters will ever get back together on the show.

(Now here’s where that age-old of adage of “like mother, like daughter” comes into play. I had just finished asking Willey the same question. And, to be honest, interviewing him and Johnson was easily the highlight of my week, too.)

“I think we will. It’s what people want to see and they keep it in their back pocket and trot it out every so often,” Willey said of the writers’ handling of the on-again, off-again relationship between the two characters. “I think they’ll do it, even if it’s an exit story for me. I think they’ll do it at least one more time.”

Willey added that of all the actors Susan Lucci has been paired with on the show, her real-life husband likes him the most.

To read the story about Willey and Johnson’s upcoming comedy ventures, click here and make sure to check out the video above to see Willey’s answers to readers’ questions.

Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com.

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