Talk of the Town

Wednesday May 16 11:00 am- 12:30

Effigy Mounds by Park Rangers Larry & Patti Roelandt

Learn what Effigy Mounds National Monument is and about the Woodland culture of American Indians who built the burial and ceremonial mounds. Free Pizza Lunch. Make your reservations now! 563-386-7477 Members Free Non-Members $2.00

Dates: 05/16
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Center for Active Seniors (CASI), Davenport, IA 52806
Call 563-386-7477 for more information.

Wisenheimer - Locally Brewed Comedy
Uncensored, Long Form Improv

• Wednesday nights @ 8 p.m.
• $5 admission, 18 admitted
• Full bar & Huckleberry's Pizza available

Join us at The Establishment Theatre for an evening of uncensored, long form improv comedy with Wisenheimer.

Featuring performers trained in Chicago and current members of ComedySportz Quad Cities, Wisenheimer takes one suggestion at the beginning of the show that influences all the following scenes for the next 30-40 minutes.

Take part in our random draw for the chance to join the performers on stage during 'The Lottery, ' then wrap up your evening with the audience favorite game, 'Honest Dick.'

Be sure to "Like" the Wisenheimer Facebook page and visit WisenheimerQC.com for more show information.

Dates: 05/16; 05/23
Time: 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: The Establishment Theatre, Rock Island, IL 61201
Call 309-786-1111 for more information.

Are you a talented teen artist or are stick figures more your speed? Either way the Davenport Public Library wants you to join “The Great Design.” This unique, FREE program gives teens the opportunity to create large-scale art by themselves or in groups using pencils, pens, and other media to design worlds. Every Wednesday, January through May, The Great Design is being held at 3:00 p.m. at the Eastern Avenue Branch (6000 Eastern Avenue).

Participants can drop in for one session or attend every session and hang out, listen to unusual music, and create art. For more information, visit www.davenportlibrary.com or call 563-326-7832.

Dates: 05/16; 05/23; 05/30
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Davenport Library - Eastern Avenue Branch, Davenport, IA 52807
Call 563-326-7832 for more information.

The Farmers Market will take place every Wednesday & Saturday through October.  Visit

http://www.mvgrowers.com/davenport_farmers.html for additional details.

Dates: 05/16; 05/19; 05/23; 05/26; 05/30; 06/02; 06/06; 06/09; 06/13; 06/16; 06/20; 06/23; 06/27; 06/30; 07/07; 07/11; 07/14
Time: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: NorthPark Mall, Davenport, IA 52806
Call 563-391-4500 for more information.

JAZZ JAM WITH THE NORTH SCOTT JAZZ COMBO

Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:00 PM
RME Community Stage

Free Admission

Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Age Restriction: All Ages

Join us for our Jazz Jam session on the RME Community stage with The North Scott Jazz Combo on Thursday from 7-9pm. The jam session that is open to the public and will feature the North Scott Jazz Combos and anyone who would like to "sit in".

Dates: 05/17
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: River Music Experience, Davenport, IA 52801
Call 563-326-1333 for more information.

THE RIGHT NOW AND DAPHNE WILLIS

Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:00 PM
Performance Hall

Tickets: $8

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Doors: 8:00 p.m. / Show: 9:00 p.m.
Age Restriction: 19
Genre: Soul / Pop

THE RIGHT NOW

There are only so many times you can take back that cheating lover or accept excuses from a lazy scrub. It’s easier said than done, but one soul band is taking a stand. The Right Now isn’t going to take it anymore. The Right Now is fed up. And on their second record, The Right Now Gets Over You.

The challenging title is a reality check, but delivered with a smile from singer Stefanie Berecz. “It’s just a representation of the stories in the songs. Nearly every track has a cheating character, or someone who’s had enough of their lover. It’s a mixed bag of empowerment and regret.” Gets Over You continues the “it’s complicated” theme of 2010′s Carry Me Home, although this outing shows Berecz in a darker, seedier role

Recorded in a cathartic, week-long session in Los Angeles with producer Sergio Rios (Orgone), Gets Over You takes the Chicago septet’s soulful sound to the warm, crackling world of analog tape and vintage instruments. Berecz’s voice, often compared to those of Chaka Kahn and Joss Stone, takes center stage. The band shines with raw, gritty performances and elegant arrangements that are the result of countless hours of performing, rehearsing, and traveling together.

Berecz’s emotionally-charged vocal performance has been the band’s calling card at over 200 shows in the past two years. The Right Now’s electrifying live show — matching suits, choreographed horn section, and all — has earned them a reputation as “dynamic, complex, hip and just downright fun” (Gapers Block).

The past two years saw immense growth for The Right Now, including a sold-out release party at Chicago’s Lincoln Hall; tour dates throughout the Midwest, East, and South; festival appearances at SXSW, North Coast Festival, and Summerfest; and opening stints for Fitz & The Tantrums, George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Bettye Lavette, Otis Clay, Orgone, Kings Go Forth, Jamie Lidell, and Tortured Soul. USA Today and mp3.com featured the band as a favorite, and live TV appearances (WGN) put the Chicago act on the national stage. Placements in a 2011 episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and promos for Gilly Hicks and other national retailers also broadened the band’s appeal.



DAPHNE WILLIS

Daphne Willis is Nashville-based singer/songwriter with a soulful vocal style and songs that walk a fine line between contemporary folk and classic R&B. Everything Daphne Willis has done up to now in both her music and her life has led to this moment—her recent album, Because I Can, marks the 24-year-old writer/singer/guitarist’s artistic coming of age in thrilling—and at times heart-wrenching—fashion. This captivating LP represents an exponential leap, as she grows into her enormous talent and puts it to powerful and relatable use via her singular sensibility.

Willis’ self-assurance and level of engagement these days make her seem quite different from the introspective 21-year-old who signed with Vanguard in 2008 and recorded the digital EP Exhibit A. “For a while,” she acknowledges, “I felt like I wanted more support from other people, and I depended on approval from my family and my significant other. I started getting frustrated creatively. And then I realized that I needed to break out, do my own thing and be more independent. Stepping up and pushing things myself definitely changed my frame of mind in the last year.”



*Ticket Disclaimer*

All tickets for RME events are sold via MidwesTIX and all carry applicable transaction fees, except advance tickets purchased at the RME Box Office with cash. Day-of-event tickets purchased with cash are available at the gates only. Day-of-event tickets purchased with credit cards are available online or at the RME Box office until 5 p.m. All tickets purchased with credit cards will be subject to all applicable service fees whether the purchase takes place online, over the phone, or at the RME box office.

TICKETS MAY BE PURCHASED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

River Music Experience
129. N. Main Street
Davenport, IA 52801
M-F: 7am-9pm 
Sat: 10am-10pm
Sun: 12pm-5pm

MidwesTIX
Online: www.midwestix.com
Phone: 515.244.2771

Dates: 05/17
Time: 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Location: River Music Experience, Davenport, IA 52801
Call 563-326-1333 for more information.

Parents, come experience the excitement of sign language for your baby at the Fairmount Branch Library (3000 N. Fairmount Street) on Thursday, May 17 at 7:00 p.m.  This introduction to Baby Sign provides a great opportunity for parents to see why sign language is important to the development of baby’s social and cognitive skills. This presentation also highlights the research behind teaching babies American Sign Language. 

Angie Hammond, Library Assistant presenting Parent Sign, states, “parents often want to sign but aren’t sure how to incorporate it into their everyday life.  This class will help build their confidence as well as their skill level while giving them ideas on how to fit one more thing into their already busy, baby day life.”

For more information about this event or any of the library’s hundreds of programs, visit www.davenportlibrary.com.

Dates: 05/17
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Davenport Library - Fairmount Branch, Davenport, IA 52803
Call 563-326-7893 for more information.

West Music in Moline is proud to announce they will be hosting a drum clinic with acclaimed drummer Mike Mangini.  Mangini is a Grammy nominated artist host and current drummer for progressive-metal band, Dream Theater.  The drum clinic starts at 7pm with doors opening at 6pm.  The clinic will take place in the Redstone Room at River Music Experience in Davenport, Iowa.  River Music Experience is located at 129 North Main Street in Davenport.  Tickets are $10 per person and are available for purchase at all West Music locations and at River Music Experience. For more information, contact Leif Rehnberg, West Music Store Manager at 309-764-9300 or lrehnberg@westmusic.com.

Dates: 05/17
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Redstone Room, Davenport, IA 52801
Call 309-764-9300 for more information.

Shaken or stirred? The choice is yours!

Join us at our 2012 Martinis, where we have a perfect mix of nightlife experiences! Martinis offers a great combination of drinks, food and movies! Doors open at 5 p.m. when you can start your night off with a cocktail and a selection of appetizers. View the movie of the night at your convenience, 6 or 7 p.m. The bar closes at 8:30 p.m.

Just $18 for members! ($23 Nonmembers)

Martinis requires pre-paid reservations by 5 p.m. the Tuesday prior to ensure the best Martinis experience.

contact Katie Merritt at 563-324-1054 ext. 219

May Giant Screen Film : Wild Ocean 3D

Dates: 05/17
Time: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Putnam Museum, Davenport, IA 52804
Call 563-324-1054 ext. 219 for more information.

DRUM CLINIC WITH MIKE MANGINI PRESENTED BY WEST MUSIC

Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:00 PM
Redstone Room

Tickets: $10

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Tickets are also available at West Music in Moline. 
Doors: 6:00 p.m. / Show: 7:00 p.m.
Age Restriction: All Ages
Web: mikemangini.com

Join Mike Mangini for a special drum clinic presented by West Music where he will demonstrate techniques, solo, share stories, and take questions from the audience. 

Mike Mangini has successfully applied his Rhythm Knowledge learning method to all styles of music, from classical & jazz to speed metal. He has consistently developed both the melodic and rhythmic sides of his musical personality. He has documented his command of these styles on recordings, with Internationally Renown and Multi Platinum Selling bands, as a multi-time Grammy nominee, as the featured clinician at most every drum festival in the world, and as a full-time faculty member at Berklee College of Music along with being named to their Educational Committee and as Adviser to the Percussion students. Mike's latest achievement was his successful audition to become the new, official drummer for progressive-metal’s reigning kings, Dream Theater.

He is both teacher and student. He has been performing since the age of 4 and studying music since age 5. He studied percussion privately with Walter Tokarczyk (Public School System, Waltham, MA), from age 10 through 18. Since 1987 he has given private instruction to drummers, guitarists, and pianists. Michael completed his first drum clinic tour in 1996, and since then he has traveled the world as a clinician selling out venues in over 40 countries. The principles on which he based his extraordinary style can be found in his publications entitled Rhythm Knowledge Volumes I and II. 

His numerous awards include: Official Multi Category W.F.D. World’s Fastest Drummer, Boston's Best Drummer/Rhythm Section; NAJE All Eastern United States Percussionist - First Chair; All Massachusetts Jazz Band Drummer - First Chair; All Massachusetts Concert Band Percussionist - First Chair; All Massachusetts (N.E. District) Jazz Band Drummer - First Chair; Concert Band Percussionist (N.E. District) First Chair., and he appears in Drum Magazine Reader’s Polls yearly. 

He has spent time in the recording studios. His more celebrated Rock credits include his 6 records in 4 years with Steve Vai, Waiting for the Punchline by Extreme, Set the World on Fire, Metal & All for You by Annihilator, (Mullmuzzler 1, 2, and Elements of Persuasion) with Dream Theater’s James LaBrie, Tourist by Pop Artist Chris Emerson, and now Dream Theater. 

When Mike speaks of the importance of being able to relate to others "in and out of the limelight", he is talking from experience. He has performed in over 40 countries numerous times, led his High School band mates to State, or National 1st place victories in Classical, Jazz, Percussion Ensemble and Marching Band, as well as, won Outstanding Musician Honors 7 times at mulit-school events, and is an active clinician with close multi year relationships to his endorsement companies and to the bulk of his drumming peers. He has also earned the respect of his students on a personal and professional level with the highest student response rate percentage (in three consecutive years,) for all college professors in the national OCE online evaluations.


*Ticket Disclaimer*

All tickets for RME events are sold via MidwesTIX and all carry applicable transaction fees, except advance tickets purchased at the RME Box Office with cash. Day-of-event tickets purchased with cash are available at the gates only. Day-of-event tickets purchased with credit cards are available online or at the RME Box office until 5 p.m. All tickets purchased with credit cards will be subject to all applicable service fees whether the purchase takes place online, over the phone, or at the RME box office.

TICKETS MAY BE PURCHASED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

River Music Experience
129. N. Main Street
Davenport, IA 52801
M-F: 7am-9pm 
Sat: 10am-10pm
Sun: 12pm-5pm

MidwesTIX
Online: www.midwestix.com
Phone: 515.244.2771

Dates: 05/17
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: River Music Experience, Davenport, IA 52801
Call 563-326-1333 for more information.