In the past 24 hours, a review on this site of Countryside Community Theater’s “The Music Man” written by Tristan Tapscott has become embroiled in controversy. So much so that it prompted a guest column from local actor Lou Hare, and my invitation, still open, for any other interested parties to send me rebuttals to […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Western Illinois University-Macomb COVID-19 summer test clinics will be held from 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, through Thursday, Aug. 12, in the University Union Sandburg Lounge. Fall 2021 test clinic times and days will be announced prior to the start of the fall semester, which is set to begin Monday, […]
Pinegrove is coming to Codfish Hollow! The venue announced the following on their social media just a few moments ago: Excited to announce Pinegrove LIVE in the barn on August 31st, 2021 with @miloemusic and Grumpy! Tickets will go on sale for this show as follows: ARTIST PRESALE: Tomorrow, Tuesday June 29th at 11AM until […]
Ani DiFranco is playing at Codfish Hollow! The venue posted the following on its social media just a few moments ago: SUPER EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE: Ani DiFranco LIVE in our barn for our GRAND RE-OPENING on August 19th! HECK YES! Tickets for this show will go on sale as follows : ARTIST PRESALE :TOMORROW Tuesday, […]
Author’s Note: The reactions noted below should not be attributed to the cast and crew of CCT’s production of “The Music Man.” These reactions existed mostly in the form of online responses from people not associated with the show. By Lou Hare Recently, a review of Countryside Community Theatre’s recent production of “The Music Man,” […]
The Starlight Revue Concert Series in Rock Island is offering free concerts and this Tuesday, Josh Duffee Orchestra is in the spotlight, or, rather, the starlight! The Tuesday night free Starlight Revue series starts at 5 p.m. Hy-Vee Grille and Rock Island Parks and Recreation will sell food and drink, with the concerts starting at […]
BREAKING NEWS: Davenport’s Adler Theatre on Monday announced its planned 2021-22 Broadway at the Adler season, which will feature the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Rent,” the concert-style theatrical event “The Simon & Garfunkel Story,” the newly-staged production of the Tony-winning “Fiddler on the Roof,” the record-breaking musical spectacular “Cats,” and the Tony- and Grammy- winning “Beautiful: The Carole […]
Teens (11-19) are invited to join Miss Amber and special guest, Emiko, on Zoom to learn how to be a Vtuber and create their own virtual avatar on Wednesday, June 30th at 2:00 pm! To get the best experience out of the workshop, attendees will want to download the free software called Vroid Studio: vroid.com/en/studio. […]
Mondays can be rough. And so, every Monday, we give you a music video. A fun, funny music video. Something that’ll make you smile, make you laugh, make you reminisce, and make you realize that back in the day, music video creators were probably either insane or heavily intoxicated. But were also incredibly entertaining. We […]
There’s a moment when Countryside’s The Music Man sparks and crackles to life and it’s courtesy of tiny Grace Shinn (played by the sweet Mary Murphy). She single handedly puts the show in her pocket and runs away with it three different times. It’s heart-warming, downright adorable and makes you so happy theatre is back […]
