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Tuesday January 12, 2010
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 11:16AM CST on January 12, 2010
I'm turning 25 later this month, and I thought it would be many more years before I wrote a "times have changed since I was young" blog. But here goes. I covered the opening of Energy, a club for 14- to 19-year-olds that reopened Saturday night in the former Quad-City Suzuki location. I saw teenagers undulating against each other in ways I didn't witness until I went to college, and many girls were wearing much more makeup and significantly less clothing than I ever would have been allowed to leave the house in. Perhaps the worst moment was when I overheard one teenage guy say to his buddies, "Let's go find some hos." Now there also were plenty of teens having good clean fun in age-appropriate clothing and makeup. And most of the teens seemed to be enjoying themselves, save one group of nice young men who, despite their best efforts and an hour of talking with the ladies, couldn't find anyone to dance with them. I think Energy has the potential to be a very fun and safe nightspot for teens to spend their Saturday nights at, and I wish I would have had a place like it to go to when I was growing up in the Chicago suburbs. In a way, I had it much easier because my television role model was "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," who didn't really have a sex life until the character was in college. Now, some girls are given sultry Bratz dolls as children, and less-than-innocent shows such as "Gossip Girl" are their examples of teenage life. It's no wonder some of the ladies showed up looking more like women than the teenagers they are and that some of the guys clearly lacked respect for them. But I'm going to risk sounding much older than someone who was in high school seven short years ago and say that we, as a society, need to provide better role models for young people so they don't think they have to grow up so fast. Wednesday April 22, 2009
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 12:48PM CST on April 22, 2009
Shelley Short, whose animal-themed album titles have gained momentum, is coming to Rock Island for a Daytrotter Presents show. Short actually likes the rain of the Pacific Northwest, where she attended art school, but now calls Chicago her home. The show begins at 7 p.m. Friday, May 1, at Huckleberry’s Pizza Parlor, 223 18th St., Rock Island. Cover is $5. For adults only The District is hosting a Chicago Cubs-themed pub crawl to celebrate the start of the baseball season. Participants have a chance to win tickets to a Cubs game or team apparel. The Spring Pub Crawl is 7-11 p.m. Friday, April 24, in The District. Participating bars are 2nd Avenue, Arena, Bennigan’s, Daiquiri Factory, Del’s, Icons, Malarkey’s and Steve’s Old Time Tap. For teens (others, too) The Quad-City Youth Symphony Orchestra will end its 51st season with a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 26, at Augustana College's Centennial Hall, 3703 7th Ave., Rock Island. The youth orchestra is comprised of 80 middle, junior high and high school students. The symphony awards more than $7,000 in scholarships. He said what? Superdrag’s frontman, John Davis, on why the band released “Industry Giants” on its own label, Superdrag Sound Laboratories, because of its previous experience with Elektra Entertainment Group. “There were some hurt feelings and we definitely walked away from there having learned some lessons. Sometimes you learn best from doing things the wrong way.” For more about Superdrag and their upcoming Daytrotter Presents show at RIBCO, click here to read the preview in this week's Go&Do. Wednesday March 18, 2009
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 5:55PM CST on March 18, 2009
Cheese Pizza will perform at RIBCO on Saturday, March 21. The retro band, which has a slight obsession with dressing in drag, is on the bill with the AC/DC tribute band High Voltage. The show begins at 10 p.m. and cover is $9. RIBCO is at 1815 2nd Ave., Rock Island. For teens Night Club Now, a traveling party for teens, will hold an event 8-11:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the Davenport RiverCenter, 136 E. 3rd St. The party is open to teens 14 to 19 years old and costs $10 to attend, which includes pizza and favors. Night Club Now also will feature the Midwest Best Dance Crew. For the family Insect Zoo is coming to the Family Museum, 2900 Learning Campus Drive, Bettendorf. The program will give children the chance to learn about, see and even touch bugs. There are two opportunities to participate in the program: 1 p.m. today and at 10 a.m. Friday, March 20. Insect Zoo is free with museum admission. She said what? To say that Mary Ellis is a regular at Dr. Gyros in Rock Island is an understatement. She eats at the restaurant so often that the owners had some advice for her. “I was told I should buy stock in Dr. Gyros. I’ve come as often as five times a week,” she said. To read about Dr. Gyros, this week’s $10 or less feature, click here. Wednesday March 11, 2009
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 2:44PM CST on March 11, 2009
Singer/songwriter Howie Day, who left Bangor, Maine, for the coffeehouse scene in Boston, is coming to the Redstone Room, 129 N. Main St., Davenport. Day is planning to release an album later this year to follow up on his 2003 release “Stop All the World Now.” Nick Zuber will open for Day at the show tonight. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., with the show beginning at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $20. For teens Parents can drop their kids off for an all-night skate from 6 p.m. Friday, March 13, to 6 a.m. Saturday, March 14, at Skate City QCA and Laser Tag Alley, 1140 Avenue of the Cities, East Moline. Playing on the theme of Friday the 13th, there will be 13-cent specials at the snack bar. The evening is $31 and includes a free skate rental, two games of laser tag, dinner and breakfast. For more information, call (309) 755-5219. For the family The YMCA is hosting a Swim the Mississippi challenge this year. Participants have the entire year to swim 2,124 laps, or 59 miles. Each lap will count for 40 river miles, and participants can use kickboards and flippers to help meet the challenge. Register for the program at any Scott County YMCA and swim any day or time. The cost to participate is $15 and includes an “I swam the Mississippi” T-shirt. She said what? Wicked Liz and the Bellyswirls kick off the evening round of local bands with a set time of 5:15 p.m. during the St. Patrick’s celebration Saturday, March 14, at Kelly’s Irish Pub in Davenport. Four bands are scheduled after them, but leader singer Liz Treiber is feeling the heat. “Although we may not seem like the headliner, all the people that are going to be there are going to be the least drunk when we play. The pressure is on.” Thursday January 29, 2009
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 3:08PM CST on January 29, 2009
No Budget TV will host a screening of “Episode Seven” on Saturday, Jan. 31, at Racers Edge, 936 15th Ave., East Moline. The screening also will feature performances by Reelfoot Rift, D’z Nutz, Speedfinger and The Pimps. The No Budget TV boys also will be doing filming for their season finale during the same event. Doors open at 7 p.m. and cover is $5 before 8 p.m., $7 thereafter. The episode screening is at midnight. Free event The Bier Stube will host a Winterfest celebration Saturday, Jan. 31, at its Moline location, 417 15th St. Winterfest will feature a Snow Queen contest, the Chili Challenge, 6-foot penguins, a Fish Toss, beer tasting, a human dog sled, the Polar Plunge and a vodka slide. Winterfest will be 3-9 p.m. and admission is free. He said what? Dierks Bentley is about to put out his fifth studio album and has recorded 10 singles that have reached the top spot on the country music charts. But despite his success, he has only one television in his house because he thinks too much TV is bad for you. “On a tour bus, there are like 10 TVs; everyone has one on their bunk. It’s all news that, God, you walk off there and you’re so depressed.” To read the Quad-City Times story on Bentley, click here. For the familyMike Granger, the Wapsi River Center naturalist, will lead a snowshoe walk at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 31. Participants will start at the Wapsi River Environmental Education Center, 3155 52nd Ave., Dixon, Iowa, and walk through the Wapsi woods on snowshoes, looking for animal tracks. Pre-registration is required and can be made by calling (563) 328-3286. Wednesday January 28, 2009
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 10:25AM CST on January 28, 2009
I realized this as I watched the Chicago rap group Animate Objects perform Friday night at RIBCO. The group featured two emcees, a DJ, a keyboard player, a drummer, and a guitar and bass player. The result was a sophisticated rap that was much more impressive sonically and visually than a guy bouncing around on stage with a microphone as a pre-recorded beat streams across the PA system. Animate Objects still rapped about ridin’ and rising above your troubles, and gave shout-outs to members of the band the in the stereotypical way that any rap group would. But the presence of backing talent seems to be what made the difference between getting booked at RIBCO and getting booked at the Chorus Line. Wednesday January 21, 2009
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 3:48PM CST on January 21, 2009
Each week I write up four briefs to highlight entertainment events that we didn't have space to write full stories on in Go&Do. We affectionately refer to the briefs as "Quads" and they never quite make it online, so I figured my blog would be a good place to publish them at. So here are your Quads for the week. Show to seeChicago hip hop and funk band Animate Objects released its EP “Dubs, Grunts and Things” earlier this month as a free download. The move to give their music away for free was so that Animate Object fans could spend the money on seeing the band live, instead of on their latest record. In addition to giving their music away for free, RIBCO is also offering anyone who knows this week’s password $1 off cover, bring the price to $4. To get the weekly passwords, sign up for RIBCO’s e-mail list at ribco.com or add them as a friend at myspace.com/ribcomusic. Iowa City band The Uniphonics will open for Animate Objects. Doors open at 9 p.m. with music starting at 10 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23. RIBCO is located at 1815 2nd Ave., Rock Island. He said what? Andy Lank, manager of Carriage Haus and Kilkenny’s in downtown Davenport on the new shuttle bus for college students the two bars are running along with Mac’s Tavern and Shenanigan’s. “It’s one of those things where I think it will take two weeks to build and then it’ll be big.” The bus transported more than 200 students to and from the bars during it’s first weekend in business. For more on the shuttle, click here. For the family The Quad-City Rollers will start off its first full season of competition with Red, White and Bruises at Beyond the Baseline, 1540 W. 12th St., Davenport. The women of the Quad-City Rollers will compete in a roller derby bout against another team from the region. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door, with a portion of the proceeds going to charity. Children 12 years old and younger are free. The bout begins at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 23. For teens The first meeting of the Young Writer’s Guild of the Quad-Cities will be at 3 p.m., Jan. 24. At the first meeting, the group plans to set a schedule of meetings which should include two Saturdays and one weeknight a month at the Midwest Writing Center, 225 E. 2nd St., Suite 303, Davenport. Saturday’s meeting will also feature an introduction goals and methods of writing with writing exercises. The meeting is free. For more information call (563) 324-1410 or visit midwestwritingcenter.org. Thursday December 18, 2008
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 5:03PM CST on December 18, 2008
Oh, the Ugly Sweater Christmas Party. It’s that time of year when you bring out the sweater your grandmother got you but you never wore because it has a three-dimensional reindeer on the front or is so busy it makes your eyes want to scream.
In other words, it’s the one occasion when you can wear all the ridiculous holiday sweaters you normally wouldn’t be caught dead in. The Bier Stube, 415 15th St., Moline, is hosting a Tacky Holiday Sweater and ‘80s Dance Party from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 20. And truly ugly sweaters and ‘80s dance music are a good fit because each really only needs to make an appearance once a year. Nan’s Piano Bar, 421 W. River Drive, Davenport is hosting an Ugly Sweater Party as part of its A Very Sexy X-Mas party from 8 p.m. to midnight Tuesday, Dec. 23. I’m not quite sure how sexy and ugly sweaters go together, but I’ll be going there to find out. I do have one problem. My grandmother has good taste, so I don’t have an ugly sweater. But I’m sure I can find one at a thrift store. Are any of you going to ugly sweater parties this holiday season and what do your sweaters look like? You can e-mail me pictures of your masterpieces at sdepasquale@qctimes.com and I’ll post them on this blog. If you go What: Tacky Holiday Sweater and ‘80s Dance Party When: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 20 Where: Bier Stube, 415 15th St., Moline How much: Free Information: bier-stube.com If you go What: A Very Sexy X-Mas, featuring an Ugly Sweater Party When: 5 p.m. to midnight Tuesday, Dec. 23, with the Ugly Sweater Party beginning at 8 p.m. Where: Nan’s Piano Bar, 421 W. River Drive, Davenport How much: $5 Information: qcfreighthouse.com Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com.
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 10:27AM CST on December 18, 2008
The District was dead in the early evening hours of Saturday except for RIBCO, which welcomed a healthy crowd to the Love Is All and Crystal Stilts performances.
Love Is All, which recently received glowing reviews from Spin and Blender magazines for its release “A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night,” did not disappoint. Josephine Olausson, on vocals and keyboard for the Swedish band, kept the crowd engaged throughout the 45-minute set and proved to be just as much fun live as she sounds like on the CD. I love her voice, which is very soft when she speaks but turns into an updated version of ‘80s pop, marked by staccato words and phrases in different pitches, when singing. The crowd surrounded the stage and was clearly having a good time, which is always easier to do when you can tell the band members are enjoying themselves, too, as Love Is All was Saturday. And while most Daytrotter shows have an intimate feel to them because they are held nearby at Huckleberry’s Pizza Parlor, the concert atmosphere that RIBCO provided only helped to enhance the show. I wasn’t as impressed with the Crystal Stilts. I enjoyed their music, but couldn’t understand a word singer Brad Hargett said. I just have a hard time connecting with a band when I can’t make out what it is they’re singing about. I’m sure my preferences regarding diction come from the vocal exercises my college choir director made us practice over and over again so that all our consonants and vowels wouldn’t get lost. Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com. Monday December 15, 2008
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 10:14AM CST on December 15, 2008
Hey all. Things got a little crazy around here on Friday and this didn't get posted so some of the info is dated, but RIBCO still offers a password each week to get a discount on shows so I figured it was still worthwhile to post.
Want to go see live music tonight but can’t afford the cover? RIBCO has a solution that means more green for the environment — and your wallet. RIBCO has begun offering a pass phrase each week that is revealed through MySpace bulletins and to members of the downtown Rock Island bar’s e-mail list. The special phrase, which changes weekly, gets those in the know a discount off the cover charge. The bar used to print coupons, but now it’s just using the phrase in order to be more environmentally friendly. Those who repeat this week’s phrase to the doorman will get $2 off the $6 cover for Minus Six, with Mer at 10 p.m. tonight or for Saturday’s Spiritual Rex, with Bumper Crop show, also beginning at 10 p.m. The pass phrase is not good for Love is All, with the Crystal Stilts since that show is taking place in conjunction with Daytrotter.com. The cover for Love Is All is $5, and the show begins at 5 p.m. This week’s pass phrase is “Bonsai.” But in order to get the phrase after this week, you’ll have to become a RIBCO friend at myspace.com/ribcomusic or sign up for RIBCO’s e-mail list at ribco.com. Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com. Comment on this column at qctimes.com. Friday December 5, 2008
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 3:20PM CST on December 5, 2008
Diesel, a nightclub for teens is opening tonight in Davenport. The alcohol-free club is open to teens ages 13 to 18 and parents can check it out tonight and tomorrow from 5 to 7 p.m. during a parents open house.
If you go What: Diesel grand opening
When: 5 to 7 p.m. parents open house, 7 to 11:30 p.m. open to teens on Friday, Dec. 5, and Saturday, Dec. 6. Regular hours are 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday Where: 4320 Brady St., Davenport How much: $10 for teens, parents open house freeInformation: myspace.com/dieselteennightclub You can check out the whole story here. Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com. Wednesday November 26, 2008
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 10:30AM CST on November 26, 2008
By Stephanie De Pasquale Icons, a new martini bar, opened in place of Copia this past Thursday, and one of the first orders of business for co-owners Phil Woodward and Dave Phillips was to lower prices. Martinis have been reduced 50 cents to $7.50 and $9. Beer is also down 50 cents to $3 for domestics, $3.50 for imports and $4 for aluminum bottles. Mixed drinks and shots have been lowered by $2 to $5, depending on the drink. While $9 can easily be perceived as pricey for one drink, Woodward is quick to point out that the $9 martinis are made with 7 1/2 ounces of pure alcohol, whereas a Captain and Coke only contains one ounce of alcohol. When you do the math, it would take more than seven mixed drinks to match the alcohol content, and that price would be easily more than $9, Woodward said. The specialty $7.50 martinis contain just a bit more than 5 1/2 ounces of alcohol, by the way. Icons also will offer selected martinis for $5 Tuesday through Thursday. Check out the whole story about Icon’s opening here. If you go What: Icons When: 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, 4 p.m. to 3 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays Where: Copia, 124 18th St., Rock Island Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com. Wednesday November 19, 2008
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 2:12PM CST on November 19, 2008
The dance club Dolce is gone and the piano bar, jazz feel of Below Brady is back.
Below Brady co-founder Matt Somers said a new group of partners repurchased the bar and Starting Line it was originally sold 14 months ago. The new ownership team has already changed management, employees and the menu at Starting Line, but reopening Below Brady was their first priority. The new owners brought back the cool blue lighting and replaced the DJ with live music that will always have a jazz feel. Somers said Below Brady will also have all new martini recipes that will be blended with each order. “We’re doing everything different than Dolce,” Somers said. “It’s not going to be that thump, thump, thump. It’s going to be the Rat Pack.” The Craig Bentley Trio performed on Friday at Below Brady for an event to celebrate the reopening. Their smooth jazz that you could still have a conversation over was a far cry from the booming loud disc jockey at Dolce, but it fit much better with the martini bar concept. It definitely would be a good place for those who still want to go out, but have outgrown the clubs. Below Brady is modeled after Chicago martini and piano bars, and while there are plans to buy a baby piano, Somers said Below Brady doesn’t plan to compete with Nan’s Piano Bar and will stick to local talent. “It’s a great place to bring a client, spouse or a significant other if you really want to impress somebody,” Somers said. “I always like to say it’s a little bit of Chicago. ... It’s not your grandfather’s speakeasy, but it has the feeling of a speakeasy bar.” Below Brady will have its grand reopening on Wednesday, Nov. 26. If you go What: Below Brady grand reopening When: 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. with live music at 8 p.m. Regular hours will be 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Wednesday through Saturday, with happy hour from 4 to 7 p.m. Where: 217 Brady St., Davenport How much: Free Information: (563) 323-5455 Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com. |
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