March 11th, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
DIRECT FROM CHICAGO – It’s PIMPROV! The Speakeasy in downtown Rock Island welcomes back PIMPROV… one of the most popular adult improv shows in Chicago on March 11! You’ve seen the flashy suits and jewelry so bright that a blind man can see it shining. So ask yourself who is more entertaining than a Pimp?? […]
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March 11th, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
The Speakeasy in downtown Rock Island hosts a stand up comedy show with headliner Marz Timms from Chicago TONIGHT. It will also feature fellow Chicago comedian Matty Robinson and two local comics, Luke Swanson and Austin Ingels. Doors open at 6 and the show begins at 7 pm. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 […]
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March 10th, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
Joe Gatto will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, March 10 at Davenport’s Adler Theatre. Tickets are on sale at the Adler box office and all Ticketmaster outlets. Joe Gatto, a well-known comedian, actor, and producer, is best known for the hit TV shows “Impractical Jokers” and “The Misery Index.” He is one of the founding members […]
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March 10th, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
Of course, everybody knows the important facts about entertainment today — we’ve got so many terrific magazines to tell us about them — but little is known about the pop culture tales of yesteryear. However, recently I sought to rectify that. I put on my Indiana Jones hat, searched for aged scrolls, dug into dusty tomes […]
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March 9th, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
The Speakeasy in downtown Rock Island is set to present two comedy shows this Saturday. The first will be a stand up comedy show with headliner Marz Timms from Chicago. It will also feature fellow Chicago comedian Matty Robinson and two local comics, Luke Swanson and Austin Ingels. Doors open at 6 and the show […]
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March 5th, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
Whether you’re a fan of Gene Tenace at the plate, Ron Burgundy’s musk, or chicken of the cave, you’ll want to check out David Koechner, the comedian who played Champ Kind in the “Anchorman” movies, and “The Office’s” Todd Packer, for shows at 5 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 5 at Rhythm City Casino Rhythm […]
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March 3rd, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
Words really can’t express how disappointed I am in lawmakers — on both sides of the aisle — in BOTH Illinois and Iowa. I’m just tired of the empty promises, the delaying, the obfuscation, the laziness in putting off one of the biggest and most profound issues of the day that, again, BOTH parties from […]
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February 28th, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
Joe Gatto will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, March 10 at Davenport’s Adler Theatre. Tickets are on sale at the Adler box office and all Ticketmaster outlets. Joe Gatto, a well-known comedian, actor, and producer, is best known for the hit TV shows “Impractical Jokers” and “The Misery Index.” He is one of the founding members […]
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February 25th, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
Whammy! Whether you’re a fan of Gene Tenace at the plate, Ron Burgundy’s musk, or chicken of the cave, you’ll want to check out David Koechner, the comedian who played Champ Kind in the “Anchorman” movies, and “The Office’s” Todd Packer, for shows at 5 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 5 at Rhythm City Casino […]
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February 24th, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
Welcome to the column for all carbon-based life-forms. If you breathe oxygen, this is for you. And if you live on a planet, especially Earth, well, then, you’ve come to the right place. Sorry, but I’m just following the new trend in advertising: casting as absurdly wide a net as possible. Products used to be […]
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