holidays in the tri-states

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Santa Bruce Geron
photographed at the Hotel Julien
by Jeff McMullen of JMstudios
the 365 inkwell
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6 • holidays in the
tri-states
12 • marella gift shop
20 • uncle ike’s music
24 • 111 main restaurant
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main street business p.m.
holidays in the tri-states
reflections in the park
santa rampage
marella gift shop
roller derby
moon bar entertainment
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toys for tots events
bud nightlife listings
uncle ike’s music
dubuque museum of art
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library / mattitude
sara @ steve’s ace
eating healthy with hy-vee
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Where’s Wando
We’ve hidden Wando somewhere in this issue
of 365ink. Can you find him?
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365ink Magazine | issue #149
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Just in time for Christmas, we’ve put
together a fun little website that will help
you enjoy the festive lights of the holiday
season a little easier and, hopefully,
give some support to a couple of great
charitable organizations in Dubuque.
Based on the sheer size and lavish details
that so many Dubuquers put into their
amazing Christmas lighting displays on
their homes, it’s quite likely that they also
love the idea of sharing their creation with
others. Well we’ve made that possible.
LightsForHope.org is a website built by
Dubuque365.com to allow anyone in
Dubuque to submit photos and video of
their light displays to the site and make
them available to other visitors to browse
online, but also see them on a local map
so they can drive by and enjoy the lights
in person. You can even use the live map
to create a planned route to visit many
great displays in one trip around the
community.
But that’s not all. We’re making it
more interesting. As an incentive to
put your lights on the site, there is a
contest element to the site. Visitors to
LightsForHope.org can vote for their
favorite light displays with a donation to
the site tied to a specific light display. That
donation will be split equally between
the Marine Corps Toys For Tots program
in Dubuque and Hillcrest Family Sevices,
already famous for their magnificent
light up... for kids!
lights display, Reflections in the Park.
We will even be loading all of the park’s
displays into the voting system, so
companies who sponsor displays can go
online and vote for their display.
The site may or may not be ready when
this issue hits the street, but it’s very close,
so if it’s not active today, check back
tomorrow. Submit your house. VOTE for
your house. Tell your friends, family and
co-workers to vote for your house. All
donations stay local for two great causes.
And, of course, you could win! But what?
Well, we’re still pulling together the
prize packages, but rest assured, first
second and third place vote getters will
be enjoying a generous combination of
local concert and movie tickets, dining
gift certificates and much more. The prize
packages and values will be published
online asap. We expect the values to
range from $50 for third place to $250
or more for first place. Just for going out
and taking a picture of all that work you
already did. Heck, you probably already
have a picture on your phone of you
lights. You can probably register on the
site and load the photo directly from your
phone right now.
We’re using Dubuque as a beta test site
for the program this year to prepare and
test the software to be used nationwide
next season, hopefully in support of
the Marine Corps Toys For Tots
Foundation and local sites
nationwide. Wouldn’t that be
a cool thing, helping millions
of kids across the country with
some web technology developed
right here in Dubuque. So please
participate and help us make this
a big success locally so we can
make it a big success nationally
for one of our favorite charities.
Merry Christmas
and happy voting!
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provided by the fireplace from 6 to 8
p.m. on December 16 by Andrew Houy,
and on December 30 by Andy Wilberding. $15 cover for two guests includes
2 glasses of wine and a cheesy bread
appetizer from the Wood-Fire Pizza
Kitchen, which will be open for pizza
orders. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and
groups over 4 need to call in advance
for seating at (563) 557.3727. Park Farm
Winery is located in the rolling hills
two miles east of Bankston, Iowa. Find
out more online at www.parkfarmwinery.com or at www.facebook.com/
ParkFarmWinery.
The Polar Express
4D Experience
Through January 29
National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
A magical 15-minute 3D/4D version of
The Polar Express movie starring Tom
Hanks, The Polar Express 4-D Experience
is now playing at the National Mississippi
River Museum & Aquarium. It will run
daily through January 29, 2012 — with
the exception of December 25, when the
Museum & Aquarium is closed for the
Christmas holiday. Journey along with a
doubting young boy who gets aboard
a magical train ride to the North Pole in
this classic tale of wonder and hope. The
custom special effects of the Museum &
Aquarium’s 4-D theater technology will
give viewers an unforgettable multi-sensory adventure. When the Polar Express
train arrives in front of the young boy’s
house, the theater will emit steam and
rattle your seats. When the “Hot Chocolate” song and dance begins, the delightful aroma of hot cocoa will fill the air. The
Polar Express 4-D Experience will show
seven times daily, tickets are $6, and
museum admission is not required.
Acoustic Music Nights
If you’re looking for a chance to
enjoy wine and music by the fireplace, head out to Park Farm Winery
every other Friday night during their
new Acoustic Music Nights. Get away
from the craziness of December with
appetizers and great music in a relaxed
atmosphere. Acoustic music will be
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Keynote luncheon speaker, Ted Childs,
former IBM Vice President of Global
Workforce Diversity, will present an
interactive session with Q & A. Called
“perhaps the most effective diversity
executive on the planet,” by Hewitt
Magazine, he helps companies, organizations, and communities understand
the importance of diversity education to
succeed in today’s global environment.
The Diversity Summit will be held at
the Hotel Julien, at 200 Main Street in
Dubuque, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m.,
with welcome and opening session at
8:00 a.m. The cost is $99 for members or
$150 for nonmembers. For more information, contact the Dubuque Chamber
of Commerce at (563) 557-9200.
Nature Crafts for the Birds
Sat. Dec. 17, 1 p.m.
Swiss Valley Nature Center Families are invited to explore
nature during a craft program at
Swiss Valley Nature Center. Decorate
for the Birds will be held on Saturday,
December 17 at 1:00 p.m. All ages are
welcome to make crafty edible decorations to adorn an outdoor tree or shepherd’s hook with treats for the birds
during the cold, harsh winter months.
You must preregister by calling (563)
556-6745.
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Diversity Summit
Wed. Dec. 14
Hotel Julien Dubuque
The Dubuque Area Chamber of
Commerce has identified diversity
and inclusivity as a strategic priority. In
today’s global economy, diversity is a business imperative. The Chamber will host
its first Diversity Summit: The Business of
Diversity, on Wednesday, December 14.
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Winter Break Day Camp
December 27-29
National Mississippi River
Museum & Aquarium
Not sure what to do with the kids
during the winter break from
school? Let the education staff at the
National Mississippi River Museum &
Aquarium keep them busy for part of it
during Winter Break Day Camp. Scheduled for the days of December 27-29,
kids (from kindergarten age through
5th grade) can be registered for any
one or all three days with full and halfday options available as well. Each day
will be filled with a variety of hands-on
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Dec. 16 & 30, 6-8 p.m. Park Farm Winery
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venison... get in my belly!
This day-long event will bring together
leaders in our community to listen, learn
and discuss how diversity plays an everincreasing role in the business world
and why inclusivity is the key to growth
and productivity. The day’s activities will
include breakout sessions, interactive
discussions, a networking reception and
more. Registration includes continental
breakfast, lunch and hors d’oeuvres.
activities, games, and snacks, organized around a different theme each
day. Parents can register any time up
to the deadline of December 16. For
more information including Winter
Break Day Camp details and pricing, visit
www.mississippirivermuseum.com.
Deer Season
December 10-18
Mines of Spain
Regular visitors to the Mines of Spain
Recreation Area are reminded that
December is Shotgun Deer Season in Iowa.
While the December 3-7 season will have
ended, the second shotgun season continues December 10-18. While the deer hunting season is in progress all other users are
allowed in the park. Hiking, cross-country
skiing, bird watching and other activities
will bring visitors to the park. Hunters are
required to wear orange outer clothing that
allows them to be seen from all directions.
It is encouraged and recommended that
all users of the park wear the same type of
clothing so that they are visible to hunters
during the shotgun deer season. Hunting
is permitted in the Mines of Spain except
for the following areas: 1. The EB Lyons
Interpretive Center and foot trails down to
Granger Creek, 2. All areas north of Catfish Creek, and 3. The area near the Olde
Massey Road entrance and between the
first two gravel parking lots and then about
one eighth of a mile wide. A map of the
park showing where hunting is permitted
can be obtained by going on line at www.
minesofspain.org or by calling the park
office at 563-556-0620. The archery season
will commence in the park on December 19
and conclude on January 10, 2012.
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Register Your Business for the
Dubuque Main Street
Downtown Business PM Tuesday, February 21
Dubuque Main Street invites everyone to “Come On Down” to the 2012
Downtown Business PM, this year with a
game show theme. The annual downtown
business and organization tradeshow
co-hosted by Dubuque Main Street and
Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce will
be held Tuesday, February 21 from 5 to 7
p.m. at the Hotel Julien Dubuque. Main
Street is now accepting registration from
participating vendors with an “early bird”
discounted price which will increase after
January 6.
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The Downtown Business PM always proves
to be one of the best-attended and most
fun events on the Chamber calendar, due
in part to the wacky booth decorations
and costumes inspired by a new theme
each year. Recent years have witnessed
several hundred attendees and the 2012
event promises to be no different with the
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chocolate should count as a meal.
game show theme. Expect to see game
show inspired booths and costumes referencing a range of classic TV game shows.
Prizes, free food and beverages add to the
fun, including prize packages for “Best
Dressed” Female, Male and Booth. Booth
sponsors will be giving away door prizes
as well so don’t forget your business cards!
Of course the Downtown Business PM
offers guests an opportunity to learn
about a variety of downtown businesses
and conversely, an excellent networking
opportunity for businesses to showcase
their goods or services, make new contacts
in the community, and strengthen existing relationships. Always well-attended
by Chamber members, the Downtown
Business PM gives participating businesses direct access to some of the area’s
top professional decision-makers in a fun,
relaxed atmosphere. To reserve one of
the available booth spaces, or for more
information, call Dubuque Main Street at
563-588-4400 or register online at www.
dubuquemainstreet.org.
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now that’s a good santa!
Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.; Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and
Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. To learn more,
visit mining.jamison.museum. Admission is
free, donations welcomed.
service. The public is invited to join in this
celebration of Advent with the Wartburg
Seminary community.
Special music performances:
• Platteville High School Blue Notes
December 10, 7:30 p.m.
Our cover this issue features none other
than that “jolly old elf” himself – Santa
Claus. Our good friend and 365 contributing photographer Jeff McMullen caught
Santa (looking pretty badass, we must
say) at the Hotel Julien for the Festival
of Trees. We hope you’ve earned a spot
on his “nice” list this year, ‘cause Santa’s
stance seems to indicate that if you’ve not
made the cut, you are sorry out o’ luck.
In any case, whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, or Festivus, this is
the time of year to get together with your
family and friends and well, celebrate. So
we’ve gathered a variety of Tri-State area
holiday events you might want to enjoy
either as a way to take a break from Christmas shopping or just for the fun of it.
Okay, we admit we don’t have any events
to celebrate Festivus, so somebody get on
that … you know, for the rest of us.
Peace On Earth
Through January 1
Roshek Building
Dubuque Initiatives inaugural Peace On
Earth is an exhibit and series of events
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in the Roshek Building in downtown
Dubuque. The exhibit is currently on display and will remain through January 1,
2012. Some of the holiday displays are
reflective of the green re-development of
the Roshek Building, including a solar tree
and wreathes made from recycled materials. In addition, an International Tree
invites one and all to hang an ornament
reflective of the different areas and holiday traditions of the world. A military tree
will pay tribute to our armed forces; and a
special “letters to the military” area (with
materials provided) allows you to extend
your holiday greetings to the brave men
and women who so graciously serve our
country. Throughout the holiday-season,
area performers will be on hand to lend
to the sounds of the season, with special
events. Be sure to stop by the Roshek Building this holiday season and see what’s in
store. Open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The Songs of Christmas
Mining Museum and Rollo Jamison Museum “The Songs of Christmas,” a special holiday exhibit highlighting five well-known
Christmas songs, will be open until December 23 and December 26-30 at the Mining Museum and Rollo Jamison Museum,
located at 405 E. Main St. in Platteville, Wisconsin. Experience nostalgic room settings
from the 1850s to 1940s, a 14-foot Victorian Christmas tree, electric toy trains and
children’s activities. The museum is open
• Children’s Choir Cantabile December 12, 7:30 p.m.
• Children’s Choir Apprentices December 13, 7:30 p.m.
• Platteville Chorale December 18, 3 p.m.
7th Annual Diggs Christmas Charity Auction
New Diggings General Store & Inn
Silent Auction begins Sat., Dec. 10
Live Auction, Sunday, Dec. 11, 3 p.m.
The New Diggings General Store
and Inn will hold their 7th Annual
Christmas Charity Auction on Saturday and
Sunday, December 10 and 11. The Silent
Auction begins Saturday, with the Live
Auction at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Last year’s
auction raised a total of $6,500 and benefited area food pantries, Tri-States Toys for
Tots, and funded several college scholarships. To help support the New Diggings
General Store and Inn’s 7th Annual Christmas Charity Auction, you can donate a
gift by Saturday, December 10, or you can
simply show up for the Auction on December 11 and join in all the fun! The New Diggings General Store & Inn is located at 2944
County Road W, Benton, Wisconsin. Learn
more at www.newdiggs.com.
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Advent at the Castle
Sunday, Dec. 11, 4:00 p.m.
Wartburg Seminary
To commemorate the season of
Advent, Wartburg Theological Seminary will host “Advent at the Castle” on
Sunday, December 11, beginning at 4:00
p.m. Advent at the Castle is a service of
lessons and carols which will be held in
the Loehe Chapel at Wartburg Theological Seminary. A reception and caroling
‘round the Christmas tree will follow the
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Heartland Ballet presents The Nutcracker
Dec. 10, 11, 16, 17, & 18
Grand Opera House
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DEC
The Heartland Ballet will
feature 25 dancers from the
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I can do reflections in the park in 38 seconds if there’s no one in front of me!
No event this size could run without strong leadership
and community support. Each year, about 500 volunteers
carry out the necessary work to make Reflections in the
Park a memorable experience. Volunteers do everything,
from setting up the displays, to being on hand to see to
it that it runs smoothly every evening to taking down the
lights at the end of the Christmas and New Year’s holiday.
currently open every evening from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m.
and runs through New Year’s Day.
Each year there are new lighting displays and just as in
past years, dozens of colorful displays with many of the
displays animated delight children and adults of all ages.
Carloads of visitors tune their radio to 95.5 to enjoy holiday music as they move through the wonderland of lights
depicting the season.
The cost to enjoy Reflections in the Park is $8 per car. Special pricing is available for vans and buses. Funds raised
through the event provide support to Hillcrest Family
Services, a health and education agency that provides a
wide variety of programs that serve the needs of children
and adults. Hillcrest offices are at 2005 Asbury Road in
Dubuque.
The 80-acre Louis Murphy Park is located at the southern end of Dubuque, at 1700 South Grandview Ave., one
block east of Highways 151-61-52 South.
Reflections in the Park:
A Hillcrest Lights Fstival
Louis Murphy parks, 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. Daily
Through January 1st.
Holiday lights are glistening at Louis Murphy Park in
Dubuque as the holiday tradition for the past 17 years
known as Reflections in the Park has opened for the
month of December and closes on New Year’s Day. A great
experienced not to be missed for anyone who enjoys the
spirit of the Christmas season. This year Reflections in
the park is sponsored by Dubuque Bank and Trust and
proceeds benefit Hillcrest Family Services. Reflections
is a spectacular outdoor holiday lighting display that is
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One of the displays is a juggling Santa Claus, but that’s
not the only participation of the jolly gentleman. Santa
Claus makes personal appearances at Reflections every
Monday night. Santa comes to the park those nights from
5 to 8 p.m. to welcome children of all ages. He personally
greet visitors and hands out candy canes.
A true community-wide event, the show draws about
40,000 people to the park every year.
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Opera House box office, or online at www.
thegrandoperahouse.com.
santa’s got him fat boy!
Madrigal Carolers, DSHS Chamber Choir,
and the Madrigal Singers. For more information, please contact Chris Marple, dinner coordinator at (563) 552-5605.
Santa Visits
Dubuque Harley-Davidson
Saturday, December 10
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Motorcycle enthusiasts and well,
anyone who loves Santa are
encouraged to bring their kids out to
Dubuque Harley-Davidson the afternoon
of Saturday, December 10 for a chance
to meet Santa. Also Dubuque HarleyDavidson’s customer appreciation day,
the event will feature food, door prizes
and an appearance by Santa from 1-3 p.m.
If you’ve been an especially good boy
or girl, you might ask him for that 2012
Sportster!
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advanced ranks of the Dubuque City
Youth Ballet to present the annual holiday
classic, The Nutcracker. Performances are
scheduled for December 10, 11, 16, 17, and
18 at the Grand Opera House, with Sunday
performances at 2:00, and evening performances starting at 7:30 p.m. This year’s
production, under the direction of Marina
O’Rourke and Megan MacLeod, will feature a sparkling new Snow Scene with
never-before-seen costumes, a startling
new Battle Scene, and a glorious new-costumed Land of the Flowers. Also featured
will be eight of the youngest members of
the DCYB in the dance of the Toy Soldiers.
Tickets are $18, or $12 for ages 21 and
under. Tickets are available at the Grand
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Senior High Madrigal Dinner
Dec. 10 & 11, 6:00 p.m.
Masonic Temple, 12th & Locust
10-11 Dubuque Senior High School Depart-
ment of Music will presents its 33rd
annual Madrigal Christmas Dinner to
be held at the Masonic Temple at 12th
and Locust Streets on December 10 and
11. Tickets to this Renaissance themed
dinner are $25, and are available by calling the school at (563) 552-5500. Catering
will be provided by Life’s A Feast. Hors
d’oeuvres begin at 6 p.m. with dinner seating at 6:30. Entertainment will be provided
by the Madrigal Flute Ensemble, Madrigal
Brass Ensemble, Madrigal String Ensemble,
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Santa Saturdays Saturday Dec. 10 & 17, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Mississippi River Museum
Santa Saturdays on December 10
and 17 at the National Mississippi
River Museum & Aquarium will include lots
of fun activities and, of course, visits with
Santa! The Dubuque Senior High Madrigal
Singers will perform at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 10. Visit live reindeer in the
Boatyard Plaza from noon to 3:00 p.m. on
Saturday, December 17. Bring the tykes for
cookies and milk, crafts, and story time.
Regular museum admission prices apply.
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Santa Claws
December 10 & 17
PetSmart
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PetSmart (1300 John F Kennedy
Road) is hosting a series of Santa Claws
photo events on Saturday, December 10
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From noon to about 2 p.m. on December 10, 11, 17, 18, and 24, Santa will make
the rounds at Benjamin’s, visiting each
table and greeting all visiting children by
name. Santa will have a small gift for each
child. Admission is free, though Benjamin’s is of course a great place in Galena
to have lunch. For more information,
visit www.benjaminsgalena.com or call
815-777-0467.
and Saturday, December 17 from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. This annual event gives pet
parents the opportunity to commemorate the season by having a photo of their
pet (dogs, cats, ferrets, hamsters, etc.)
taken with Santa and placed in a collectable holiday frame ($9.95 with a PetPerks®
card; $10.95 without card). A great opportunity for animal lovers, $5 from every
photo package will be donated to Jackson
County Humane Society to help save the
lives of homeless dogs and cats.
Lunch with Santa
December 10, 11, 17, 18, 24
Benjamin’s, Galena
Santa will also be making appearances
around lunch time on successive Saturdays and Sundays at Benjamin’s in Galena.
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santa pix with your dog... no comment.
concert celebrating the Christmas season,
on Saturday and Sunday, December 10
and 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Emmaus Marble
Chapel. Saturday evening’s program will
feature the Irving School All-Star Choir.
Admission is free.
“For a Blessed Christmas”
or $4 at the door. Tickets are available at
Molo Big 10 Marts, Jumpin’ Janes, or from
the St. Mark Community Center.
December 10-11
Clarke University
The Clarke University Arts at Clarke Series
and the Clarke music department will present “For a Blessed Christmas’ on Saturday,
December 10, and Sunday, December 11,
in Sacred Heart Chapel on the Clarke campus. The Saturday performance will begin
at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday performance
will begin at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 and
can be reserved by calling (563) 584-8642
weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
3 Starlight Carols
DEC
December 10-11
Emmaus Bible College
The Emmaus Bible College Music Department will present Starlight Carols, a choral
Jingle Bell Hop
Sun. Dec. 11, 1-4 p.m.
Dubuque County Fairgrounds
The Jingle Bell Hop to benefit St.
Mark Community Center programs
will be held at the Dubuque County Fairgrounds on Sunday December 11 from
1:00 to 4 p.m. This family event will offer
dancing, a bounce house, arts and crafts,
face painting, prizes and pictures with
Santa, as well as raffles and a bike giveaway. Cost is $2 per person in advance
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Team Pape Sisters
“Baking for Babies”
Sunday, December 11
Kennedy Mall
Team Pape Sisters is holding a bake
sale “Baking for Babies” Sunday,
December 11 inside the Kennedy Mall
at the Community Booth (just outside
Bishop’s) 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The group, in
support of March of Dimes will have all
homemade goods including pies, cakes,
cookies, brownies, breads, bars, muffins,
and more. All proceeds go towards the
March of Dimes.
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the one light a year you can light random fires on main street!
Performances are Thursday evenings at
7:30 pm, Friday and Saturday evenings
at 8 p.m., and Sunday afternoons at 3
p.m. until December 18. Tickets are $18.
Receive a free glass of wine on Thursday,
which is Girls’ Night Out. To order tickets,
call (563) 588-3377, or visit www.belltowertheater.net.
were good, St. Nicholas would leave fruits,
sweets, and toys in their shoes. If they
were naughty, however, depending on
the severity of the infractions, the Krampus would leave switches for their parents
to beat them with, spank them himself, or
he would shackle them, put them in his
wooden basket, and take them to hell.
Hempstead Winter Concert
In addition to these darker depictions of
the holiday, there are also unique images of
Santa and other Christmas figures among
the postcards. Some of the highlights
include: Santa in his sleigh being pulled
by turkeys and polar bears; Santa enjoying a beer with a newborn on New Year’s;
Santa being held up by children with guns;
Santa in a frozen biplane; Santa flirting with
Victorian-era women; Santa shoving a (presumably naughty) child into his pack; and a
small child being hauled off by teddy bears
with forks and knives bearing the message
“A Merry Christmas.”
Sat. Dec. 18, 7 p.m.
Marble Chapel, Emmaus Bible College
The Hempstead choirs and the
Hempstead chamber orchestra
will perform a winter concert on Sunday,
December 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Marble
Chapel at Emmaus Bible College, 2570
Asbury Road. Hempstead choir alumni are
invited to join in singing Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” from “Messiah.” MP3 study
tracks of each voice part as well as the
printed music can be downloaded from
the music department’s website at sites.
google.com/site/hempsteadmusic/choir.
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Night of Luminaria
Sat. Dec. 17 at dusk
Downtown Galena, Illinois
the real meaning of Christmas, along with
live animals, amidst the glow of luminaries.
The most romantic evening of the
winter season, Galena’s Night of
Luminaria will happen at dusk on Saturday,
December 17. Charming and historic Galena
will come alive with the glow of over 5,000
luminaria candles lining its streets and
walkways, up and down hillsides, along
the river, and over the bridge to Grant Park.
Local businesses will offer extended hours
during this evening of enchantment, so
you can do some holiday shopping before
warming up over a romantic dinner. For
more details, see visitgalena.org.
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Live Nativity Scene
Dec. 17, 6-9 p.m.
St. Peter Lutheran Church
A live nativity will be performed
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3200 Asbury Road on Saturday December
17 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Church members
will dress in biblical costume to celebrate
“That Time of the Year,”
Through Dec. 18
Bell Tower Theater, 2728 Asbury Rd.
A holiday musical comedy, That
Time of the Year, will be performed
at the Bell Tower Theater now through
December
18.
This joyous musical revue includes
more than twenty
all-original Christmas,
Hanukkah
and New Year’s
songs that capture the warmth and humor of the holiday season. The variety of numbers runs
the gamut from rock to jazz to blues and
show tunes. So, have a “Calypso Christmas” and a “Rock-n-Roll Hanukkah” at the
Bell Tower Theater.
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Holiday movie at the
Dubuque County Library
Thursday, Dec. 22, 2-4 p.m.
NICC Peosta campus
Families are invited to enjoy a holiday movie and treat at the beautiful
new Dubuque County Library on the Peosta campus of Northeast Iowa Community
College. Call ahead for details and the film
title: (563) 556-5110 ext. 224.
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Antique Christmas Postcards
On display till Jan. 31
Loras College Library
The Loras Library is exhibiting a rare
and valuable collection of antique
Christmas postcards. Gathered from
around the world, these postcards represent a small sampling of the impressive
collection built up by former Loras English
Professor, Father Roseliep. The exhibit is
located on the second floor of the Loras
College Academic Resource Center, just
inside the main entrance, and is open to the
public now through Jan. 3, 2012.
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The cards include many rare depictions of
Santa, as well as St. Nicholas and his close
companion, the Krampus – a hairy, horned,
demon-like figure with one hooved and
one clawed foot, and a long red tongue
that extends down his chest. Each year,
according to a German tradition, children
would set out their shoes in the hopes that
they would be visited by St. Nicholas. The
legend then follows that if the children
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Holiday Art @ Your Library® Exhibit
Through January 20
Carnegie-Stout Public Library
The Carnegie-Stout Public Library celebrates
the holidays with a special Holiday Art
20 @ your library® exhibit and art sale.
JAN
The exhibit features artwork by a range of
local artists providing holiday shoppers with
an opportunity to purchase one-of-a-kind
pieces of art, directly from the artists. There
are 21 talented local artists that are participating in this holiday show: John Anderson-Bricker, Janell Cannavo, Cindy Caraway,
Gail Chavenelle, Odra Eberhardt, Stephanie
Failmezger, Michael Garside, Donna Gibson,
Susan Hoppenworth, Alda Kaufmann, Sharon Krapfl, Ali Levasseur, Iona Mamali, Dawn
Pregler, Rosemarie McCauley, Terry Mozena,
Mike Reiss, Beth Roberts, Tracy Rush and
Brooke Vance. Each artist will be exhibiting and selling their special artworks. The
Library is decorated for the holidays with an
18-foot Christmas tree decorated in full Victorian splendor. The exhibit and sale goes
through January 20, 2012. For more info,
visit http://www.dubuque.lib.ia.us.
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Dubuque Santa Rampage
Holiday Pub Crawl
starting at Fat Tuesdays
Just when we finally cleaned
the streets of brain eating, beer-swilling zombies,
another fun pub crawl
event arrives just in time
for the holidaze. Organizer and Santa enthusiast Bob Duff invites other
Santa loving pub crawlers to join in the inaugural
Dubuque Santa Rampage,
Saturday, December 10,
from 6 p.m. until well,
whenever Mrs. Claus
expects Santa to be
home, starting at Fat
Tuesdays.
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What is the Dubuque
Santa Rampage, you
might ask? Participants
gather dressed as
Santa or in other
Santa-inspired or
holiday-themed
clothing, park
the sleigh and
roam from pub
to pub downtown
drinking
beer and spreading holiday cheer. The
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so much more fun that the elf slaughter.
event is inspired by San Francisco’s
SantaCon and other gatherings of Santas
in cities around the world.
Because Santa is known for giving gifts (not just drinking
beer) Santa Rampagers are
encouraged to bring a
new, unwrapped toy to
donate to Toys For Tots.
If you’re truly the giving
type, bring small gifts to
hand out to unsuspecting
strangers. You might want to
learn some bawdy Christmas
carols as well. There are
even more suggestions
on attire and typical
Santa pack behavior on the Dubuque
Santa
Rampage
Facebook event page
(Santa doesn’t whine,
Santa may get drunk but
does not puke in the alley,
etc.).
Again, the fun
starts at Fat
Tuesdays on University Avenue,
heading to lower
main hitting the
Hub, the Lift and
other fine establishments downtown.!
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sounds lik a dessert!
Marella joins other anchor businesses in the Roshek
Building lobby including Body & Soul Spa and Salon
and Manna Java World Café – a seemingly perfect fit
for the gift boutique. “We loved and heard so many
stories about the Roshek building and the legacy
of the Roshek Department Store,” said Ungs. “We
couldn’t have thought of a better spot to be. There
was nowhere else that we were really considering
other than this. With Body & Soul and Manna Java, the
demographic seemed right. The traffic is good here.
Downtown is starting to re-gentrify. It just seemed like
the right place.”
Marella
The Joy of Gift Giving
Roshek Building
Looking for a unique gift for that special someone on
your list? Look no further. Marella, a stylish gift boutique opens just in time for the holidays in the beautifully restored lobby of the historic Roshek Building.
Marella partners Kelly Ungs and Randy Lengeling will
celebrate the opening Thursday, December 8 with a
ribbon cutting at 4:30 p.m. and a holiday reception
from 5 to 7 p.m.
“We were thinking for a long time that there was a void
in the marketplace for finer gifts, mid- to finer distinctive giftware,” explained Ungs of the inspiration for
Marella. “We were also in Paris over the summer and
noticed how wonderfully displayed and beautiful the
merchandise was. The windows were pristine and
they took a lot of time and attention with their goods.”
Ungs and Lengeling have been working to develop
Marella’s unique range of gift items for about nine
months. The store will offer a variety of distinctive giftware lines including metalware from Michael Aram,
Mariposa, and Nambe; holiday items such as ornaments from Christopher Radko and whimsical carolers
from Byers Choice; plus napkins, tableware, and other
holiday décor.
The name of the new business seems to fit equally as
well. “Actually I just came upon it,” reports Ungs. “I was
googling and looking in the thesaurus trying to find
something that meant ‘avant garde’ and something
bright and shiny and new and unique and came across
this name online and it just so happens it means ‘shining star of the sea’ in Celtic. I’m Irish. I didn’t choose
it because of that, it just happened to be. When I got
thinking of all the merchandise I was going to have in
here – bright, shiny jewelry, vases, glassware, metalware – it seemed like the appropriate name.”
“We also carry a lot personal items like slippers and
pretty cosmetic bags, blankets and throws,” notes
Ungs, “a beautiful, luxurious line of bath and perfume
products from Lollia, which is an Oprah favorite this
year. I try to tune into a little bit of that too – what’s
going on, what bigger markets are doing, and bring it
here to our own Tri-State area.”
While Lengeling is a full-time physician with some prior
experience in being an entrepreneur, Ungs is embarking on a new career. “I was in corporate America for
16 years and decided it’s time for something new,
completely new, and that’s how it came about,” she
said. Ungs draws on experience as an advertising sales
representative, during which she became familiar with
some of the classic shops on Bluff Street and Cable Car
Square, learning what merchandise was popular and
how merchants promoted their business.
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{ marella }
knick-knack heaven!
make you feel good about what you give
or something you’d like to receive too.”
Marella also offers a free gift-wrapping
service and personal shopper service to
help out busy professionals during the
holidays or when that birthday or anniversary pops up unexpectedly. In addition to great holiday gifts, Marella will
have a bridal and baby registry. Ungs
also has resources to find other unique
items customers might have in mind to
order merchandise the retail store might
not keep in stock. “Unique, distinctive,
something you’re not going to see coming and going,” Ungs says of Marella’s
mechandise, “something that’s going to
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In addition to the out-of-the-ordinary,
Marella will offer everyday items like
quick snacks and candies, including Betty
Jane’s and Trappist Caramels, as well as
magazines, best-selling titles from the
New York Times list of books, and corporate gifts. Marella is located in the lobby of
the Roshek Building at 700 Locust Street
in downtown Dubuque. Hours through
the holidays are Monday through Friday,
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.; and Sundays, 12 to 4 p.m.
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i do believe she could whoop my butt.
Mistletones present Snowbiz
Mystique Casino
Friday, December 16, 8 p.m.
Saturday, December 17 at 8 pm.
The Mistletones will present Snowbiz for two performances at Mystique Casino. The shows will
take place on Friday, December 16 and Saturday,
December 17 at 8 pm.
Snowbiz will spread the holiday cheer with a variety show
for all audiences. The Mistletones is comprised of six exceptional vocalists and a seven piece orchestra. Snowbiz celebrates the sounds of the holiday season with a variety of
favorite Christmas songs.
The Mistletones will perform one show on Friday, December 16,
2011 at 8 PM and one show on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 8
pm. Tickets are $10. Tickets are on sale at the Allure Club. Must be
21 or older to attend the show.
Eastern Iowa Outlaws Roller Derby
‘Twas the Fight Before Christmas
Saturday, December 10 Five Flags Arena
Just in time for the holidays, the
Eastern Iowa Outlaws Roller Derby
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team hosts another bout on the home
track at Dubuque’s Five Flags Arena. The
Outlaws present ‘Twas the Fight before
Christmas, Saturday, December 10, a
derby double-header featuring the Outlaws and the Key City Krushers. As charity
of choice for this bout is Toys For Tots, the
Outlaws are asking derby fans to bring
a new, unwrapped toy to make a child’s
Christmas brighter. (Great idea!!)
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Doors for the double-header bout open
at 5 p.m. with the Eastern Iowa Outlaws
all-star squad taking on the Des Moines
Derby Dames at 6 p.m. The second bout
will follow, pitting the the Key City Krushers
against the Crash Test Dolls. In between
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bouts, punk rockers the Bucket House Hooligans will perform. The Dubuque-based
group has recently been putting the finishing touches on a new album of original
punk rock and should be in fine form.
The Outlaws will be back at Five Flags January 7, 2012 with a double header featuring
the Outlaws versus the Farm Fresh Roller
Girls and the Key City Krushers versus Humboldt DC/DC.
Tickets for ‘Twas the Fight before Christmas roller derby are $10 in advance and
are available at the Five Flags box office (or
from your favorite roller girl), and $13 the
day of the event with kids five and under
free. For more info about the Eastern Iowa
Outlaws, including the bout schedule,
bios and photos of the team, visit www.
easterniowaoutlaws.com. Follow the team
on Facebook to keep up with other roller
derby news like local Outlaws appearances.
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when will little river band make the transition to a larger river?
UPCOMING MOON BAR ENTERTAiNMENT!
Jim Wand
Saturday,December10th,7&9:30p.m.
It’s Master Hypnotist Jim Wand in
a rare hometown show! Dr. Wand
has worked with such greats as Larry The
Cable Guy, Carrot Top,
Jay Leno, the Chicago
Bears and many more.
This show includes
adult
content.The
7:00pm show is “PG13”. The 9:30pm show
is rated “R”.
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Hairball
Thursday Dec 15, 8 p.m.
A Tribute to 80’s Rock Legends
Hairball is the world’s ultimate
“80’s Rock” impersonation act,
recreating
the
good-time party
atmosphere of the
decadent decade
with unmatched
authenticity.
Hairball’s unique dual frontman assault
sets them apart from all other “80’s”
tributes. You’re not going to find Guns ‘n
Roses, Whitesnake, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard,
Motley Crue, Ozzy, AC/DC, Journey, Poison
and more on the same bill anywhere else!
Tickets: $10, $15, $20.
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were given a spin-off show entitled
WILDBOYZ, which aired on MTV and
MTV2 and lasted four seasons. In 2009 he
competed on ABC’s hit show, DANCING
WITH THE STARS, and lasted six weeks,
despite an injury and having virtually no
dancing ability whatsoever.
Arch Allies
Saturday December 17th, 8 p.m.
Why settle for one tribute band
when you can see the classic three!
Journey, Styx & REO. Be part of an epic
night of rock with the greatest hits of these
three high-demand bands. If you close
your eyes you’ll
swear it’s the real
thing! Don’t miss
this great tribute
act to Reo, Styx
and Journey...
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Air Supply
Friday February 3rd, 8 p.m.
“Lost In Love”, “Every Woman In The
World”, and “All Out Of Love” were be
the first of eight Top
#5 chart hits for Air
Supply. America still
can’t get enough
of the ‘Australian
Boys.’ Tickets: $30,
$50, $60
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Collin Raye
Thursday February 9th, 8 p.m.
Collin Raye is nothing if not
passionate. His fiery delivery has made
country standards
of such searing
ballads as “Love,
Me,” “In This Life,”
“Not That Different”
and “Little Rock.”
Tickets: $30, $40
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“Steve-O: The entirely too much
information tour. - 2 SHOWS !
Friday, December 16th , 7 & 9:30 p.m.
Steve-O (a.k.a. Stephen Glover) has
become a household name and
it all started when he snatched a video
camera from his father’s closet when he
was fifteen years old. The rest is history.
MTV aired the first season of JACKASS in
2000. In 2001, Steve-O launched his own
“Steve-O Don’t Try This At Home Tour”,
establishing himself as an accomplished
stage performer, at venues throughout
the U.S. and in a dozen countries. When
the JACKASS TV series ended in 2002,
the team moved on to JACKASS: THE
MOVIES one, two and three, released by
Paramount . Shortly thereafter, Steve-O
and fellow JACKASS alum, Chris Pontius,
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Little River Band
Rescheduled to Thursday Feb. 23, 8 p.m.
The Anniversary Tour will feature all their
hits. By 1982 they became the only act – from
anywhere – to have a top ten US single for
six consecutive
years. 25 million
records. 16 hit
singles say it all.
Tickets $35-$55.
You must be 21 to attend all shows at the
Diamond Jo Casino. Visit diamondjo.com.
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{ movies }
is twilight doen yet... please?
555 JFK Road, Behind Kennedy Mall
www.mindframetheaters.com
coming to theaters :
Movie Hotline: 563-582-4971
Now Showing @ MINDFRAME
Friday, Dec. 9 - Thursday, Dec. 15
The Muppets (PG)
Fri - Thu: (11:30 AM), (1:45), (4:10), 6:45, 9:05
(Matinees in parentheses)
New Year’s Eve (PG-13) No Passes
Fri - Thu: (11:40 AM), (2:10), (4:45), 7:20, 9:50
The Sitter (R) No Passes Allowed
Fri - Thu: (11:35 AM), (1:25), (3:20), (5:10), 7:30, 9:25
Arthur Christmas (PG)
Fri - Thu: (11:20 AM), (1:40), (4:00), 6:40
Hugo (PG) In 2D
Fri - Thu: (12:15), (3:00), 6:55, 9:30
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (PG-13)
Fri - Thu: (11:25 AM), (1:55), (4:30), 7:10, 9:40
Jack and Jill (PG)
Fri - Thu: 8:50 PM
New Year’s Eve (PG-13) DEC 9 celebrates
love, hope, forgiveness, second chances
and fresh starts, in the intertwining stories
told amidst the pulse and promise of
New York City on the most dazzling night
of the year. The Sitter (R) DEC 9 When
the world’s most irresponsible babysitter
takes three of the world’s worst kids on
an unforgettable overnight adventure
through the streets of New York City, it’s
anyone’s guess who’s going to make it
home in one piece. Sherlock Holmes:
A Game of Shadows (PG-13) DEC 16
The cunning Moriarty is always one step
ahead of Holmes as he spins a web of
death and destruction-all part of a greater
plan that, if he succeeds, will change the
course of history. Mission Impossible:
Ghost Protocol (PG-13) DEC 16 This is
not just another mission. The IMF is shut
down when it’s implicated in a global
terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is
initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new
team must go undercover to clear their
organization’s name. No help, no contact,
off the grid. You have never seen a mission
grittier and more intense than this. Alvin
and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G)
DEC 16 Brace yourself... their shipwrecked
on a not-so-uninhabited island.
THE BUZZ...
Sony Pictures and Sandler’s Happy
Madison Productions are now in talks
to start to develop a sequel to 2010’s
abysmal Bad Boys of SNL reunion (plus
Paul Blart), Grown Ups. So... whatever.
Though Michael Bay officially denied
a previous report that he was in talks
with Paramount to direct Transformers
4, Vulture claims those talks did happen
and have advanced to the final stages of
negotiations, assuring us Bay’s unified
vision of staring into a malfunctioning
blender will continue into another film
in the franchise.
In a partnership that could create a
powerful near-monopoly in the thinhot-action-lady business, Angelina Jolie
and Luc Besson may be teaming up on
a thriller in the near future. The project
is reportedly a “big-scale” film closer in
tone to Besson’s earlier work--more La
Femme Nikita and it’s described as a
“dramatic thriller that is rooted in true
scientific elements.”
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Up director Pete Docter is taking a
Pixar film “inside the human mind,” and
Disney/Pixar chief creative officer John
Lasseter appeared on Charlie Rose Friday
to tell us it will be a girl’s mind and this
girl’s emotions are individual characters.
Les Misérables will not be in 3D, and John
Cater From Mars is now just john Carter,
both in a effort to appeal to a broader
audience of vanilla loving Americans.
RoboCop and Buckaroo Banzai star Peter
Weller is expected to expand his sci-fi
legend and join the cast of J.J. Abrams’
upcoming Star Trek sequel. Sweet!
Like Total Recall and RoboCop before
it, Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 film Starship
Troopers was a social and political
satire disguised as violent sci-fi film for
the masses. And also like those films,
Starship Troopers is now going to get an
updated remake that will almost surely
trade in the original film’s message for a
larger CGI budget and the presence of
one “Olivia” actress or another.
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{ 4-d movies and $1 music }
Toys For Tots Final Days
We’re entering our critical last days of toys collecting for the 2011 Holiday season, so right
now it’s all about filling in where donations
have not covered fully and this year, as with
every year, that seems to be older girls. We
serve kids to 18 years of age for some agencies and when you hit that 14-15 age range, it
gets so hard to fulfill the wish lists. This area
gets outside of toys to beauty products, jewelry, electronics, etc. but people often don’t
think of those items when they think Toys For
Tots. So while we would love any toys donated
and will use every one, if I could ask for a targeted donation, I would say go shop for a 15
year old girl and forget the term “toy”. This
is the best way right now to see that we hit
our goals and serve
every child equally
and with the things
they’d really like to
have for Christmas.
Suggested Items:
Beauty kits with soaps, make-up, hair products, brushes, etc. Hair dryers and curlers, jewelry boxes, watches, mp3 players, handbags,
teen decor items like lava lamps and funky
clocks and radios, as well as art supplies.
Stuff the Truck at Fareway Foods
Saturday, December 10, 10 a.m. - Noon.
Fareway Food Store and Coca-Cola are
joing the Stuff the Truck movement
with a very special event Saturday, December 10th from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. featuring a live
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all the toys for toys you can eat!
remote supercast by Radio Dubuque. Join the
Coca-Cola polar bear as Santa Claus arrives to
take photos with kids, and make a donation
to Toys For Tots!
and following the second period, chuck
that sucker out onto the ice. Last year
excatly 1000 stuffed animaly took flight
and it was quite a scene to behold Lets
try yo break the record this year! Queen B
Radio and the big man himself will be on
hand as the team celebrates Here Comes
Santa Claus night!
Fighting Saints Teddy Bear Toss
Saturday, December 17, 7 p.m.
Mystique Community Ice Center
Flnally, the second annual Teddy
Bear Toss for Toys For Tots will take
place at the Dubuque FIghting Saints
home game on December 17th, 7 p.m.
vs. the Waterloo Balckhawks. Bring a new
plush toy (or any toy). Put the toy in a bag,
like a grovery bad to ensure it stays clean,
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$5 in free Slot play for
filling Santa’s Sleigh
Sunday, December 11, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Diamond Jo Casino
Adults are encouraged to bring a
new, unwrapped toy to Diamond Jo
Casino’s Diamond Club between 10 a.m. and
8 p.m. on Sunday, December 11, 2011. Diamond Jo Casino will give each donor $5 in
Diamond Dollars (free slot play). How great
is that? You can also give a cash donation
instead in case you forget to bring a toys. “We
are happy to partner with Tri-States Toys for
Tots to help provide the magic of Christmas
for local children,” Todd Moyer, Diamond
Jo Casino’s general manager said. “Toys for
Tots’ long history of helping families in their
time of need has become a Tri-State holiday
tradition.” The sleigh will remain parked
at Diamond Jo Casino, 301 Bell Street, until
Monday morning.
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{ budweiser live music listings • december 8 - 21 }
Comedian Joel Lindley
Laughing Moon Comedy Club/
Diamond Jo Casino, 8 p.m.
“Controlled Chaos” Open Mic
Monk’s Kaffee Pub, 9 PM
Open Mic with Jeff & Jimmy
R Bar, 9 PM
TRI- STATE LIVE MUSIC
Thursday, December 8
Dueling Pianos
Mississippi Moon Bar @
the Diamond Jo Casino, 8 p.m.
Campfire Kings
The Cornerstone, 9 PM
12 Car Pile Up
Sandy Hook Tavern, 10 PM
Boys Night Out
Spirits, 9 PM
Comedian Tim Sullivan
Bonkers Comedy Club
Myatique Casino, 10 p.m.
Half-Fast
Jumpers, 9 PM
Satursday, December 10
Open Mic with Cal
Okham’s Razor
Grape Escape, 2 PM
Friday, December 9
The Wundo Band
Rosalie Morgan
Asbury Eagles Club, 7 PM
Jake Bender
Crust, 7 p.m.
Ian Gould
Frank O’Dowd’s Pub, 7:30 PM
Crude But Effective
Galena Brewing Co., 7:30 PM
Steve Cavanaugh &
Randy Droessler
Spirits Bar & Grille, 8 PM
Misbehavin’
Dubuque Driving Range, 8 PM
Andrew Houy
The Cornerstone, 8:30 PM
Boogie Nights
Mississippi Moon Bar/
The Uniphonics
The Lift, 9 PM
Honest John’s Trading Co.,
Galena, 4 PM
Andrew Houy
Galena Brewing Co., 7 PM
Hypnotist Jim Wand
Diamond Jo Casino,
7 PM (PG) 9:30 (R)
Johnny Trash
Hammerhead’s, 9 PM
Jabberbox
Denny’s Lux Club, 9 PM
Massey Road
Georgie’s Skyline, 9 PM
The Fast Clydes
Kalmes Hilltop, 9 PM
The Safes
Grape Escape, 9 PM
Enemies of Confusion
Embe Eatery & Lounge, 9 PM
The Wundo Band
Fried Green Tomatoes, 7 PM
Corey Jenny & Mojo Busted
Mystique Casino, 9:30 PM
Ian Gould
Renegade
Eichman’s, 9:30 PM
Boys Night Out
Aaron Williams & the Hoodoo
Boots Hefel Band
Comedian Tim Sullivan
Bonkers Comedy Club
Myatique Casino, 10 p.m.
Laura & the Longhaired Goats
The Barn, 8 PM
Michael Breitbach
Rosalie Morgan
Hairball
Mississippi Moon Bar, 8 PM
Saints Anyway
The Bank Bar & Grille, 9 PM
Molly Gene “One Whoa-Man Band”
29 Cents a Pound
Open Mic with Cal
Friday, December 16
Just Cuz
Courtside, 7 PM
Jake Bender
Crust, 7 p.m.
Jordan Danielson
Katie Sullivan
The Mistletones Snowbiz
Mystique Casino, 8 PM
Comedian Steve-O of “Jackass”
Diamond Jo Casino, 7 & 9:30 p.m.
Adam Beck & Dan Anderson
Boys Night Out
Bronco Inn, 9 PM
Brown Bottle Bandits
Bryce Reeg
Keil’s Tavern, 9 PM
Adam Beck & Dan Anderson
Andrew Houy
Black Water Gin
Okham’s Razor
Grape Escape, 2 PM
Sunday, December 18
Blue Willow
Stone Cliff Wine Bar, 7 PM
Fever River String Band
Council Hill Station, 1 PM
Country Tradition Christmas Dance
Mooney Hollow Barn, 7 PM
Open Mic
Jake Bender
Crust, 7 p.m.
Larry Michael
Wheel Inn, 3:30 PM
Charity Rouse
Sun Green
Iron Horse Social Club
Katie Sullivan
Arch Allies
Mississippi Moon Bar, 8 PM
Tuesday, December 20
New Voices: Open Mic
Rendezvous Coffee & Tea, 6:30 PM
The Mistletones Snowbiz
Rosalie Morgan
Riverboat Lounge, 7 PM
Roy Schroedl
Former Thieves, Wretches
James Leg, Kerosene Circuit
Off Minor, 9 PM
The Resistors
Shark’s Roadhouse, 8 PM
Open Mic with Cal
Friction Brothers
Off Minor, 9 PM
Wednesday, December 21
Bad Habits
Northside Bar, 9 PM
Acoustic Jam
Cornerstone, 6:30 PM
Pash N Brew
Shenanigan’s Pub, 9 PM
Comedian Johnny Beehner
Boys Night Out
98 in the Shade
Ken Wheaton
Black the Sun
Jumpers, 9 PM
Adobanga
The Lift, 9 PM
Hard Salami
Kodiak Flats
Half-Fast
Budde’s, 9 PM
Dueling Pianos
Positively 4th Street
Riverboat Lounge, 6 PM
Kevin Beck & Johnnie Walker
Buzz Berries
Dagwood’s, 9 PM
The Lonely Goats
Sunsday, December 11
Council Hill Station, 1 PM
Open Mic
Open Mic with Dave, Cricket, & Tim
The Lift, 9 PM
Dredge, Aseethe, Acoustic
Guillotine, Bologna Lips
Off Minor, 9 PM
Awesome Sauce
Shark’s Roadhouse, 8:30 PM
The Lonely Goats
Jumpers, 9 PM
Briar Rabbit
Pash N Brew
Northside Bar, 9 PM
Clovis Mann
The Lift, 9 PM
Big Foot’s Brother
Taste Like Chicken
The Hub, 9 PM
Stumble Brothers
Northside Bar, 9 PM
Menace
Dirty Ernie’s, 9 PM
Menace
Denny Garcia
Bad Fished
R Bar, 9 PM
Open Mic with Cal
Briana Lynn Hardyman
Grape Escape, 9 PM
Johnny Trash
Doolittle’s, Cuba City, 9 PM
Friday, December 23
Christmas Drag Show
Off Minor, 9 PM
Wednesday, December 14
Matt McPherson
Keil’s, 9 PM
Apple Dumplin’s
Wheel Inn, 9 PM
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The Lonely Goats
Acoustic Jam
Denny Garcia
Lulu’s Seldom Scene, 7 PM
Rosalie Morgan
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Andreas Transo
Tony Leonard
Randy Rogers
Keil’s Tavern, 7:30 PM
Dave Panico
Galena Brewing Co., 7:30 PM
Tami & the Bachelor
Comedian Dobie Maxwell
Untamed
Broom Street Drifters
Broken Rubber Band
The Lift, 9 PM
Boogie Nights
Pat Smith & Richard Wagor
Mississippi
Northside Bar, 9 PM
Bad Fished
Budde’s, 9 PM
R Bar, 9 PM
Tony Leonard
Dueling Pianos
Open Mic with Cal
Friday, December 30
L.A. Suess
Johnny Rocker
Grape Escape, 9 PM
Tony Leonard
Taste Like Chicken
Cascade Bowling Alley, 9:30 PM
Marty Koppes
Spirits, 8 PM
Eugene Smiles Project
Kevin Beck & Johnnie Walker
TKO
Andrew Houy
Okham’s Razor
Grape Escape, 2 PM
Okham’s Razor
Steve’s Pizza, 8 PM
Dertones
Boogie Nights
Six Nights Alone
Fizgig
Northside Bar, 9 PM
Sunday, December 25
Five & Dimers
Sunshine
WigWam Bar, 9:30 PM
Merry Christmas!
Tony Leonard
Open Mic with Cal
Wednrsday, December 28
Acoustic Jam
Crystal Leather
NEW YEAR’S EVE
Andrew Houy
Okham’s Razor
Grape Escape, 2 PM
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The Lads
Crust, 3 - 6:30 PM
Country Tradition
New Year’s Dance
Mooney Hollow Barn, 6 PM
A Neil Diamond Tribute
Ohnward Fine Arts Center, 7 p.m.
Tony Leonard
New Year’s Eve Party
with Dueling Pianos
Jake Bender
Crust, 7 p.m.
Steve Cavanaugh & Randy Droessler
Impulse
ENTERTAINMENT VENUE FINDER
Laura McDonald & Jeff Weydert
Spirits, 8 PM
Statue of Liberty
The Legends
Dubuque Knights of Columbus,
8:30 PM
The Fast Clydes
Live Music TBA
Live Music TBA
The Lift, 9 PM
Cornerstone
125 N. Main • Galena • 815-776-0700
Catfish Charlie’s River Club
1630 East 16th Street 563-582-8600
Courtside
2095 Holliday Dr • 563-583-0574
Dagwood’s
231 First Ave. W • Cascade, IA • 563-852-3378
Denny’s Lux Club
3050 Asbury Rd • 563-557-0880
Diamond Jo Casino
400 E. 3rd St. 563-690-2100
Dino’s Backside (The Other Side)
68 Sinsinawa • East Dubuque • 815-747-9049
Buzz Berries
Budde’s, 9 PM
Taste Like Chicken
Northside Bar, 9 PM
Anton’s Saloon, 8 PM
Club Rondezvous
1850 Central
Live Music TBA
Tantrym
Knicker’s, 9 PM
The Brews Brothers
Ace’s Place
107 Main St W • Epworth, IA • 563-876-9068
Asbury Eagles Club
5900 Saratoga • Asbury, IA • 563-588-4458
The Bank Bar & Grille
342 Main • 563-584-1729 • bankdbq.com
Budde’s
10638 Key West Dr • Key West, IA • 563-582-0069
Champps Americana
3100 Dodge St. 563-690-2040
Jason Brown The One Man Band
Grape Escape, 9 PM
Kevin Beck & Johnnie Walker’s
Finger Lickin’ Good Band
Bad Fished
The Bronco Inn, 9 PM
Pash N Brew
Shenanigans, 9 PM
Cheap Skates
Reddoor
Jumpers, 9 PM
Awesome Sauce
Dagwood’s, 9 PM
Jabberbox
Zero 2 Sixty
Courtside, 9 PM
Black Water Gin
New Diggings General Store,
10 PM
Crude But Effective
Stumble Brothers
Dirty Ernie’s
201 1st St NE • Farley, IA • 563-744-4653
Embe Eatery & Lounge
233 S. Main St. • Galena, IL • embegalena.com
Handle Bar
736 Burtons Furnace Rd., Durango, IA • 563- 552-2291
The Hub
253 Main • 563-556-5782
Irish Cottage (Frank O’Dowd’s Pub)
9853 Hwy 20 • Galena, IL • 815-776-0707 •
theirishcottageboutiquehotel.com
Jumpers Bar & Grill
2600 Dodge • 563-556-6100
Knicker’s Saloon
2186 Central Ave • 563-583-5044
The Lift
180 Main • 563-584-1702
Mississippi Moon Bar ( Diamond Jo Casino)
Port of Dubuque • 563-690-2100 • diamondjo.com
Monk’s Kaffee Pub
373 Bluff St • 563-585-0919
Five Flags Civic Center
405 Main • 563-589-4254 • Tix: 563-557-8497
Mooney Hollow Barn
12471 Hwy 52 • Green Island, IA • 563-580-9494
Galena Brewing Co.
227 N. Main Street, Galena 815-776-9917
Murph’s South End
55 Locust • 563-556-9896
Gobbie’s
219 N Main St • Galena, IL • 815-777-0243
Mystique Casino
1855 Greyhound Park Rd • 563-582-3647
mystiquedbq.com
Doolittle’s Cuba City
112 S Main • Cuba City, WI • 608-744-2404
Doolittle’s Lancaster
135 S Jefferson St • Lancaster, WI • 608-723-7676
Dubuque County Fairgrounds
14569 Old Highway Road, 563-588-1406
Dubuque Driving Range (Highway 52)
John Deere Road • 563-556-5420
Eagles Club
1175 Century Drive • 563-582-6498
Eichman’s Grenada Tap
11941 Route 52 N • 563-552-2494
Grape Escape
233 S Main • Galena, IL • 815-776-WINE •
grapeescapegalena.com
New Diggings General Store
2944 County Rd W • New Diggings, WI
608-965-3231 • newdiggs.com
Noonan’s North
917 Main St • Holy Cross, IA • 563-870-2235
Northside Bar
2776 Jackson • 563-583-3039
Perfect Pint /Steve’s Pizza
15 E Main St • Platteville, WI • 608-348-3136
Pit Stop
17522 S John Deere Rd • 563-582-0221
Sandy Hook Tavern
3868 Badger Rd • Hazel Green, WI • 608-748-4728
Spirits Bar &Grill (inside Days Inn)
1111 Dodge • 563-583-3297
Stone Cliff Winery
Port of Dubuque • 563-583-6100
stonecliffwinery.com
Thums Up Pub & Grill
3670 County Road HHH • Kieler, WI • 608-568-3118
Tony Roma’s (inside Grand Harbor Resort)
Port of Dubuque • 563-690-4000 •
grandharborresort.com
The Yardarm
Dubuque Marina • Near Hawthorne • 563-582-3653
If you have live entertainment and would
like to be included in our listing, contact us:
[email protected] or 563-588-4365.
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Uncle Ike’s Music & Sound
Stretches out in a new location
by Mike Ironside
Area musicians: Have you been naughty or nice this
year? If you’re thinking, “Yeah … let’s not go there,”
you might shopping for that new guitar on your Christmas wish list on your own. In that case, you’ve got to
check out Uncle Ike’s Music & Sound at their brand
spankin’ new location at 4989 Radford Court (just off
Radford Road across from Eleanor Roosevelt Middle
School).
Uncle Ike’s new store is an expansive 9,000 square feet
– more than double and nearly three times the space
of the old store in the lower level at 2300 JFK Road. So
we stopped by the new space to get the scoop from
Uncle Ike’s owner Kevin Hedley.
“Actually I’ve been out looking for a long time,”
explains Hedley of the move. “If you’ve been in the
old store, you know we were cramped. It was tight.
But we were making it work. I think a lot of it was that
we started doing a lot more business on the internet,
we were buying in bigger quantities and having a real
hard time making that function. Where do you store
it? How do you ship it? Where do you box it? All of
that just wasn’t working in that location. We almost
got 20 years out of that JFK spot so we had taken it I
like a kid in a candy store, or a guitar store as the case may be.
think as far as it could go. So maybe about four years
ago I started going out and seeing what was out in the
market.”
But with a well-established location, any new space
had to be worth the move. “I just had a checklist of
things I wanted in the next building and one of them
was I wanted to stay put for another 20 years or so,”
Hedley said laughing. “I wanted it big enough and the
access was obviously important, and I wanted people
to be able to get in and out, and the parking to be right.
I was a little worried about location, but not as much.
We’re kind of a destination business. Most of the time
people will seek us out. They know where we’re at and
they come back to visit. We have a nice return clientele
so it’s not like we’re out there looking for a whole lot
of new people. So it wasn’t that so much, it’s just the
changes in the way we function now, growth on the
internet, the fact that we’re stocking more quantity of
things – all of that really squeezed us out of the last
location.”
Still after nearly 20 years, that’s not any easy transition
to make. “I liked it there,” admits Hedley. “It had a cool
vibe. It had a real feel to it that I’d like to get here again,
but it will take time to get there.”
feel real bad about this but I think I’m a little bit of a
hoarder,” said Hedley. “I just kept everything. I kept
old displays, and broken things … we’d rob parts off of
stuff and we do a lot of used gear, so things will come
in that aren’t quite working right and I was always like,
‘I’ll get to it later, I’ll get it fixed.’ Sometimes that never
happens. We had pieces in the store that had been in
there probably 15 or 20 years. So all that was there.”
The flip side is that having stuff around for spare parts
did occasionally prove useful and eventually, old gear
becomes “vintage.” “It would make sense at some
point to fix it and make it work,” said Hedley with a
chuckle, “it got old enough to be valuable again. I see
things in a different light now. Some of those early guitars that were kind of marginal when they were out are
now cool, weird guitars.”
“I still kept way too much stuff,” he admits. “But we
had all kinds of nooks and crannies at that last place
so I would chuck ‘em full of everything. You know
those long steps that you came down – all of that
underneath was storage. You couldn’t get to the
front of those steps in probably the last 8 or 10 years
because it was so jammed with things. I did find
stuff in there that I had forgotten about. I’m still over
there cleaning up.”
Of course the other part about moving is finding
all that stuff you didn’t even know that you had. “I
Along with his staff, Hedley had a number of volunteers to help with the move, about 20 people in all to
move his massive inventory to the new store. Once
moved, Uncle Ike’s staff had a couple days to try to create some kind of order out of the chaos of merchandise in time to reopen.
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hey, kevin, can i have a stick to test these cymballs for an hour or so?
Now organized and open for business, Uncle Ike’s is
bigger and better than ever with an expansive main
show room floor, a dedicated amplifier room, and an
acoustic guitar room.
“That was a big thing for us,” said Hedley of the acoustic room. “Acoustic guitars have done really well and
we added Martin to our lineup about a year ago. So
with Martin, Taylor, Guild, Ovation, Takamine, and
Washburn, we’ve got a great lineup of acoustic guitars. We had one at the other store but that acoustic
room was so small it was really tight and hard to demonstrate or hear anything, so we invested a lot. This
new acoustic room is 800 square feet. It sounds good.
It’s sound-proofed so you can go in there and try out
guitars. I like that room a lot.”
We asked him how that compares to his first Uncle Ike’s
store on Central Avenue, which he started 25 years ago
this summer. “We probably had maybe four or fivehundred square feet in the first store so I’ll go in (the
acoustic guitar room) and I’ll think, ‘I could’ve set up
shop in this at one point.’ Everything that we did could
have been done right here.”
program going strong. It’s been full force; we had real
nice attendance at the last store, almost always had
a waiting list, so I looked at that and thought, ‘We’re
doing okay with lessons so why not take it a little bit
further?’”
With plenty of parking, a comfy waiting area for parents, and the proximity to Eleanor Roosevelt Middle
School, expanding capacity for music lessons just
makes sense.
The Radford location also has a dedicated amplifier
room so guitar and bass players can “test drive” an
amp at stage volume so they can really hear what it
will sound like. “With the new store we put in an amp
room so now we’re able to take a lot of the high-end
amps – we carry Vox, and Orange, and Mesa Boogie,
and we do a lot of used and vintage stuff – so we’ve
got all that in a room where we can open it up and let
people really hear it,” Hedley explained. “We double
insulated the walls so they can go in and really crank
it. It’s nice because in our last store, people would try
out an amp and it stopped conversation. You couldn’t
take a call, if somebody was at the counter trying to
buy something you had to yell at one another. Now
it’s nice. We can converse in the store with that door
closed.”
The new store also gave Uncle Ike’s an opportunity
to expand music lesson capacity with more lesson
studios. “We try to be full service and we did expand
the lessons program quite a bit,” said Hedley. “We had
three lessons studios at the old store and I put in seven
here so we have an intention of keeping the lesson
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With space to spare, Uncle Ike’s is adding G&L guitars
to the already full line of brands that include Peavy,
Ibanez, ESP, Music Man, the afore-mentioned Vox,
Orange, Mesa Boogie, and Marshall amps, Pearl and
Tama drums, Zildjian and Sabian cymbals, and a variety of other percussion, hand drums, keyboards, PA
gear, lighting, and even horns.
The extra room also allows Uncle Ike’s to expand the
range of strings, sticks, and other music accessories. “I
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my next band will be all mandolins and bongos.
want to take on I can jump into it.”
Uncle Ike’s Music & Sound is located at
4989 Radford Court on Dubuque’s West
End. For more information or to shop
online, visit www.uncleikes.com.
sold something because they didn’t
want it, but it might be exactly what
someone else needs.”
dig the hardware store thing,” said Hedley. “I like the ability to go in and find
all that little stuff that helps keep the
gig going. Accessories I’m always real
big on.”
Ike’s also will continue to buy and sell
used gear of all types. “We do a lot in
used gear and always have,” said Hedley.
“I dig it. I like walking into a store with
used gear, again, you see those weird,
funky things; so you might see something you haven’t seen in a while. Plus
there’s some value there. Somebody
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Ike’s will work with musicians on tradein gear toward new purchases as well,
explained Hedley, “It works for that guy
that wants to buy that $2,000 amp and
doesn’t have $2,000. So he brings in his
old amp and we’ll work a trade on it.”
While he definitely has the space to do
so, Hedley doesn’t expect to expand
his line of merchandise immediately,
but rather take his time to find those
few things that might complement the
existing inventory. “We’ve got a great
lineup of manufacturers so I’m sure we’ll
start to explore their catalogs a little
deeper now because we’ve got more
room to expand,” he said. “Our trade
show is coming up in January so I can go
there with a different eye now. I’ve got
room now so if I see something I really
Uncle Ike’s also carries rental equipment
– PA and lighting gear for that band that
is starting out or suddenly books a gig
in a room bigger than those little PA
speakers can handle. Now with easy pull
up access, there’s no more hauling gear
up and down the long front steps! “You
can drive up behind the building. It’s
got double doors!” said Hedley. “So that
will be nice.” \
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you want some cheese with that whine?
Dubuque Museum of Art
Winter Exhibits
Opening Reception, December 16
The holiday season is suddenly
upon us. To celebrate, the Dubuque
Museum of Art presents three new exhibits:
Urban Landscapes by Mary Phelan, David
Plowden’s Iowa, and Fire Department by
Brent Houzenga. An opening reception for
the exhibits is scheduled for Friday, December 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Admission free
and open to the public.
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Urban Landscapes
Mary Phelan
December 9, 2011 – March 25, 2012
Sponsored by Cottingham & Butler
Scenes of Chicago neighborhoods celebrate the artist’s hometown and bring to
mind the civic pride found in 17th century
Dutch cityscapes. Mary Phelan is inspired
by feng shui in her compositions, which
together with soft lighting and a subdued
color palette take these everyday scenes
to a higher level. Phelan has a gift for seeing the poetry of the ordinary in the city
environment and she seeks to connect the
viewer with what is often overlooked. This
exhibition features 13 oil on linen paintings. Phelan’s artwork was included in the
Museum’s last Biennial exhibition.
David Plowden’s
Iowa Photographs from a nostalgic journey
December 9, 2011 – March 25, 2012
American photographer David Plowden was
born in Massachusetts in 1932. He studied
with Minor White and Nathan Lyons and was
awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1968.
He is best known for his photographs of
industrial scenes, steam trains, Midwest farmlands, and small towns, although the places
and people of Iowa hold a special place in
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the artist’s oeuvre. He has traveled the state
for decades photographing the landscapes,
towns, and people that crossed his path. The
exhibition consists of over 60 black and white
prints and was organized in partnership with
Humanities Iowa as a traveling exhibition
that will debut in Dubuque and then go on to
several other venues across Iowa.
Fire Department
Brent Houzenga
December 9, 2011 – April 1, 2012
The Museum also hosts a new amuse
bouche exhibition in the museum’s balcony gallery features an installation of
painted window panes by Des Moinesbased artist, Brent Houzenga. Fire Department by Brent Houzenga showcases the
artist’s signature punk rock style combined with antique portraiture.
The Dubuque Museum of Art is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Regular admission is free through the year
of 2009, thanks to a generous sponsorship
by the local office of Prudential Financial. The Museum is located at 701 Locust
Street in Dubuque. For more information,
visit www.dbqart.com, or call the Museum
of Art at (563) 557-1851.
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One Eleven Main
locavoreasaurus!
at Martini’s Grill when he was only 14. At age 19 he was
appointed Executive Chef of the Dockside in Cedar Rapids.
He went on to study at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute
in Scottsdale, AZ. After graduating Ryan enhanced his
career through associations with Chef Stefano Mazzi
at the Blue Fig and Chef Mark Tarbell’s Barmouche in
Scottsdale and The Oven in Denver. Chef Boughton then
moved to Galena and was soon awarded the Executive
Chef’s position at Oscar Pike’s which was subsequently
closed and reopened down the street as One Eleven Main.
by Rich Belmont
Ryan’s Sous Chef is Joe Berg. Joe is one of the original
cooks from Vinny Vanucchi’s Galena location. He is the
resident butcher as well as Assistant Chef.
One Eleven Main is a great place to visit. When you
go you should take some time to explore the entire
restaurant. There are dining rooms on three floors. The
bar is on the second floor and was hand made by local
craftsman Mike Harris. The detail in the bar is exquisite.
There are wooden panels that replicate the designs in
the ceiling. Look at some of the large black and white
photos adorning the walls of the main dining room. They
One Eleven Main
One Eleven Main gets its name from its address in Galena,
IL. If you are not sure where it is you can get directions
from any locavore in the Tri-States. You might not be
aware of them; nonetheless locavores are all around
us. They are people who enjoy good food that is locally
produced and preferably trucked less than 100 miles
between grower and consumer.
Locavores love One Eleven Main. The restaurant
specializes in creating artful and unusual dinners
showcasing the products, talents and knowledge of
local farmers, bakers, artisans, food purveyors, brewers
and vintners. The menu is ingredient-centric and totally
dependent on locally supplied meats and vegetables
available or in season.
One Eleven Main is owned by Jack and Deb Coulter, who are
also the proprietors of Vinny Vanucci’s Sicilian Restaurant,
the Irish Cottage Boutique Hotel and Frank O’Dowd’s
Irish Pub and Grill. You could say when Jack created One
Eleven Main he came full circle from his original business in
Dublin, Ireland. Back there he purchased fresh vegetables
from local farmers and took them directly to consumer’s
homes selling them door to door.
One Eleven Main opened in November, 2007. The first
dinner served was Crown Roast of Pork. Ryan Boughton,
Executive Chef, remembers it well. He was a little
nervous because he prepared a banquet for a room full
of local dignitaries. He need not have worried, though,
because Ryan was already a skilled and experienced
Chef. Originally from Burlington, IA, he began cooking
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111 N. Main Street, Galena, IL 61036
815-777-8030 * www.OneElevenMain.com
HOURS: Mon – Thu, 4 -9 p.m., Fri – Sat ,11 a.m. – 10 p.m.,
Sun, 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
DINING STYLE: Casual NOISE LEVEL: Conversational
RECOMMENDATIONS: BBQ Pork with White Cheddar,
Smoked Brisket, House Pulled Mozzarella, Grilled
Portobello, Stuffed Pork Loin, Grilled NY Strip Steak, Beef
Stroganoff, Pecan-Encrusted Salmon, All Daily Features
LIQUOR SERVICE: Full Bar, Liquors are from regional
small batch distilleries
PRICES: $9 to $27 RESERVATIONS: Recommended
PAYMENT: Cash, Debit, Credit Cards (No Visa Gift Cards)
ACCESSIBILITY: Front Door and First Floor Restrooms
KIDS POLICY: Welcome! Children’s Menu,
High Chairs & Booster Seats
CATERING: Yes
TAKE OUT: Yes
DELIVERY: No
PARKING: On Street
are depictions of many of the local suppliers including
Arnold’s Farm, Cynthia’s Extra Batch, Jamie’s Wine Studio
and Kaladi’s 925 Coffee Bar.
(From Left: Michael Winkens, Jack Coulter, Joe Berg, Ryan
Boughton, Nate Darlington)
When you enter the lobby you might want to look to your
left at the first stair landing. There hangs a photograph
taken by Chef Boughton. It’s a picture of the outside of
the building and Ryan says when he took it he did not
see anything unusual. However, when the picture was
developed an image appeared suggesting there might
be spirits lurking in the area. You see the building was
originally the home of Samuel Allerton and then after a
time it was used as a funeral home. Some say mysterious
things happen when no one is looking like objects
getting moved from one place to another. Perhaps there
is a resident ghost!
You will also notice two signs by the hostess stand. One
indicates the nightly specials and the other announces
the new arrivals of meat, fish and vegetables.
Since everything in this restaurant is made from scratch
and only fresh ingredients are used it is a good idea to
sample all of the courses. The appetizers are all meant
to be shared. The Rushing Waters Smoked Trout is a
horseradish dill cheese spread made with Wisconsin
smoked trout. The Grilled Portobello mushrooms are
served with house mozzarella and roasted tomatoes.
The Cheese Board has a collection of delicious cheeses
supplied by Galena River Wine and Cheese, and then
there is my favorite: House-Pulled Mozzarella. This is not
your typical pizza cheese. When you place your order the
chef hand pulls cheese curds into a mozzarella ball and
sends it out with a fresh tomato basil salsa.
Only fresh picked greens are used in the salads. My
favorite is the One Eleven Signature Salad sprinkled with
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what’s better than a big bowl of melty mozzerella?
The Pork Ragu is as unusual as it is tasty.
Farm sausage, bacon, caramelized onions,
roasted peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes
and smoked provolone are stirred
together and poured over pasta.
bleu cheese, apples, toasted almonds and
Door County dried cherries.
By far the most popular dinner entrée is
Beef Stroganoff. Strips of sirloin steak and
ribeye caps are braised and mixed into
a creamy stroganoff mushroom sauce,
served over egg noodles.
Stuffed Pork Loin is my favorite dinner.
The pork loins are loaded with spinach
and mushroom stuffing at time of order.
They are coated with a homemade demiglaze and browned so they are crispy on
the outside and tender on the inside. The
demi-glaze is interesting. The kitchen
whatever ingredients are currently available.
I was surprised at how much preparation is
accomplished by Chef Boughton’s talented
kitchen staff. Sous Chef Joe Berg does it all
with just 4 line cooks, 2 prep cooks and 2
dishwashers.
staff takes forty gallons of veal stock and
reduces it until there is only one gallon left!
Obviously, the kitchen depends on the
reliability of its suppliers.
There are
close associations established with many
purveyors. Just to name a few: Lange
Farm Meats, Platteville, WI, provides the
beef, certified organic by the Oregon Tilth
organization. This means there are no
added hormones, antibodies or growth
additives. The pork comes from the Tom
& Jessica Arnold Farm in Elizabeth, IL. The
Arnolds raise beef, pork, lamb, chickens and
turkeys without chemicals and antibiotics.
Rushing Waters Fisheries, Palmyra, WI,
supplies organic trout raised in artesian
spring fed ponds. Produce is contributed
by many farms including Badger Hill Farm,
Shullsburg, WI; Two Onion Farm, Belmont,
WI, and Bluebell Orchard, Dubuque, IA.
When I visited the kitchen I learned all of
the stocks, sauces and dressings are made
in house. The meat is all hand cut and the
menu is always changing to accommodate
Starting in April or May Chef Boughton will
continue his Chef’s Menu Series. These are
set course prix fixe dinners determined
by whatever is being harvested during a 4
The seafood choices are all really good
and the Pecan Encrusted Salmon is a
standout. Maple syrup from Hogback
Haven Maple Farm is enhanced with Jack
Daniels Bourbon and pecans and liberally
applied to fresh salmon.
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to 6 week period. Each course is carefully
designed to build upon the previous course’s
flavor and texture. There are also suggestions
for pairings with specially made cocktails.
Speaking of cocktails I must not forget to
mention even the drinks are part of the “buy
local” program. The liquors are all produced
by handcrafted, small batch distilleries
like North Shore, New Holland and Koval.
The wine and beer is mostly provided by
Midwest regional wineries and breweries.
So check out One Eleven Main. If you are
not already a locavore chances are you will
be soon. One Eleven Main is the place for
honestly fresh, genuinely delicious cuisine!
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sandwiches, as they will be available during the event with all proceeds going to
Toys For Tots. Easy Street will also be collecting toys and cash donations for Toys
For Tots through December 17. Bring in
a new, unwrapped toy or donate $10 or
more in cash and get a free drink! How’s
that for Christmas cheer!
Easy Street Holiday Events:
Easy Street celebrates the holidays with a
couple of unique events.
Turkey & Dressing Eating Contest
Unforgivable Records Christmas Party
Hey there vinyl enthusiasts! (That’s
vinyl records, before you get any kinky
ideas.) Unforgivable Records is hosting a
rock-n-roll Christmas Party Saturday, December 17 from 6 to 9 p.m. in the record store
above Monk’s Kaffee Pub. Even you weirdos
who still listen to music on CDs are welcome.
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holiday record share (bring your favorite and Jon will spin it!); and a crappy
gift exchange. Bring a crappy gift to put
under the tree and it will get redistributed
Santa-style. If you’re a vinyl collector (or
shopping for one), be sure to wear an ugly
Christmas sweater and get 15% off a used
vinyl purchase. To keep up on what else is
going on at Unforgivable Records find the
store on Facebook. Happy holidays!
Unforgivable owner Jon Eagle and friends
will provide some food, eggnog and hot
apple cider, though you’re welcome to
brink another dish to share. Of course
Monk’s downstairs has plenty of
beer and liquor for sale as well.
The party will also feature live
music by The Fast Clydes, Bob Bucko
Jr., and Drew Bissell from Aseethe; a
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Easy Street teams up with Cremer’s
Grocery, masters of the turkey and
dressing sandwich, to present the inaugural Turkey & Dressing Eating Contest.
On Saturday, December 17, contestants
will gather at noon with the contest
beginning at 1 p.m. with the winner taking home $500 in cash. (Entry free for the
competition is $20. Competitors must
sign up by December 14.) Of course you
need not be in the competition to enjoy
Cremer’s famous turkey and dressing
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Ugly Christmas Sweater
Friday, December 23
Party
Now here’s a reason to celebrate:
Easy Street hosts what will undoubtDEC
edly become an annual tradition – an Ugly
Christmas Sweater Party Friday, December 23, from 8:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. Get
digging into the deepest recesses of your
closet, as this is not only a celebration of
those over-the-top Christmas sweaters
and other holiday-themed costumes, but
a contest as well. Easy Street will be giving out prizes of $100 each for Best Costume, Best Sweater, and Sexiest Costume.
To help you get in the “spirit” of the season, Easy Street will have a stocking-full
of Christmas drink specials with $1 cans
of beer, $1 test tube shots, $2 Shot List
shots, and free Christmas cookies! Sounds
like a merry way to kick off the Christmas
weekend.
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from the door at a particular funding dinner
exceed $750, a Runner Up will be awarded
the remaining funds.
Art Gumbo
Grant Application Due: December 22
Soup Dinner: Thursday, December 29
Location TBA
Art Gumbo, the quarterly soup
dinner that supports local art
projects with community-supported microfunding, is now accepting applications from
individual artists or creatives for the winter
funding cycle. Applications for Art Gumbo
mini grants for the fall funding cycle are
available now through Thursday, December
22. Hosted by local arts activists Paula Neuhaus and Megan Starr, the next soup dinner
and grant funding event will be held Thursday, December 29 at a location yet to be
announced. The dinner serves as both the
fundraiser and grant review session for this
quarter’s Art Gumbo mini grant.
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Celebrating the first full year of operation
this September, Art Gumbo has implemented a few small changes to the grant
program. First and foremost, the program
has split the application process for individual artists and organizations or groups
into separate grant funding cycles. As this
month’s event is for individual artists, arts
groups or organizations are not eligible to
apply. The first seven eligible applications
received by 11:59 p.m. on December 22 will
qualify to compete for funding.
Other “tweaks” in the program include the
policy that applicants must be present to
win, and that voters must attend the dinner to vote and will only be allowed to vote
after all presentations have been made (no
more sneaking in, voting, and sneaking out
early). The good news for both applicants
and readers is that he application narrative
has been reduced to 500 words. Applicants will also offer a short verbal pitch for
their proposal after dinner. If the proceeds
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Art Gumbo will also implement a small fee
to submit an application on a sliding scale of
$5-$20. The application fees will go toward
the costs of sustaining the Art Gumbo project (printing copies, posters, handbills,
etc.). Thanks to a grant from Mediacom, Art
Gumbo will also commission local potters
to create Art Gumbo soup bowls that will
be sold at the soup dinners. Patrons will be
encouraged to purchase a bowl and bring
it to Art Gumbo events, reducing waste
and volunteer time, and at the same time
employing local potters and creating a revenue source for the program.
Art Gumbo is an independent communitybased initiative that funds local arts projects
using money collected at quarterly soup
dinners. During each Art Gumbo funding
cycle, artists or arts organizations are invited
to submit a brief project proposal that demonstrates an impact on the Dubuque community. The public is invited to attend and
vote for their favorite proposal. A $10 donation at the door entitles the attendee to a
locally prepared soup dinner and the opportunity to review all submitted proposals and
to vote for their favorite. The Art Gumbo
fund’s nightly proceeds will be awarded to
the proposal that gets the most votes. Winners are invited to return to a subsequent
Art Gumbo dinner to report on progress of
the community art project.
Art Gumbo sessions will be hosted at new
locations each quarter featuring soup by a
regional food source. The next Art Gumbo
Soup Dinner is scheduled for Thursday,
December 29, 6-8 p.m. at a location yet to be
announced. The evening will feature soup
and bread by Trusted Earth Farm & Forage
CSA & Catering.
For more information or to apply, visit artgumbodubuque.blogspot.com or contact
Paula Neuhaus or Megan Starr at art.gumbo.
[email protected].
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{ bob’s book reviews / author events }
bob taking the black and joining bryce on the wall!
Big Time Secrets…Really Big!
by Bob Gelms
There is an old joke that goes something
like this. What is the first thing you will see
if you opened the Secret Archives of the
Vatican? The answer is, the bill from the
Last Supper. That might be a little silly but
it’s not far from wrong. Maria Luisa Ambrosini and Mary Willis have written The Secret
Archives of the Vatican. I. for one, couldn’t
resist because I happen to know some of
the contents; Henry the VIII letter to the
Pope requesting an annulment which didn’t
turn out so well for Henry, it also includes
the document excommunicating him; the
proceedings and verdict of the trial against
Galileo which didn’t turn out so well for
Galileo; the proclamations on the Immaculate Conception, Papal Infallibility and Birth
Control; there also exists a treasure trove
of letters between the Pope and Michelangelo among other notables; documents
surrounding the Blessed Virgin’s appearances at Lourdes, Fatima, and Medjugorje;
documents surrounding the canonization of
every saint in the Catholic Church including
the ones that didn’t make it. None of those
things, however, represent the most desired
aspects of the Archives that have historians
salivating like Pavlov’s dog.
The Archives contain all the reports, correspondences, and state papers made to the
Vatican by every archdiocese in the Catholic
Church for almost a thousand years. There is
also a section that contains all of the Papal
Account books. You might say the check
registers of Il Papa. That part of the Archive
is historically valuable beyond evaluation.
There is somewhere near 50 miles of shelving in the Archives. The Archives are the
personal property of whoever is Pope. They
were formerly part of the Vatican Library
but in the early 17th century Pope Paul V
separated the Archives from the Library
and no one and I mean NO ONE got inside
until 1881 when Pope Leo XIII opened up
the Archives for scholarly research. That
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explores her native Iowa landscape for
inspiration for the illustrations. The Juggler’s pages are filled with the colorful
simple pleasures of starry skies, country sides, farmhouses, and birds. Stormy
Mochal received her degree in painting
from Loras College, has taught at Northeast Iowa Community College, and is the
co-owner of Outside The Lines Art Gallery
in Dubuque. The Juggler, published by
Ice Cube Press is her first children’s book.
research continues to this day but it is still
very, very difficult to get inside. The research
is exacerbated by the fact that a huge chunk
“The Juggler: An Illustration Exhibit” by Iowa Artist Stormy Mochal
December 10-January 16
Opening Reception & Book Signing
on Friday, December 16, 6-8p.m.
of the Archives isn’t catalogued, especially
the manuscripts. The oldest versions of the
new and old testament are in there as are
the writings of St Patrick, St Thomas Moore
and all the church theologians like Justinian,
St Robert Bellermine and St Augustine.
In case you think that once you get in you
can peruse till your heart’s content, you can
only look at documents that you specifically request…no generalization here. Oh
yes, I forget to tell you, everything is written
in Latin or an ancient form of Greek called
Koines that the New Testament is written
in and you have to deal with the way copyists wrote in cursive which can be exceptionally difficult to read. So, even if you do
get in, it ain’t no cakewalk. If, on the other
hand, you have all your ducks in order, The
Secret Achieves is one of the most fascinating places on Earth and the closest we will
ever come is Ambrosini and Willis’ book The
Secret Archives of the Vatican.
One final word about the word “secret,” Wikipedia has this to say, “The use of the word
“secret” in the title “Vatican Secret Archives”
does not denote the modern meaning of
confidentiality. Instead, it indicates that the
archives are the Pope’s personal property,
not belonging to those of any particular
department of the Roman Curia or the Holy
See. The word “secret” was generally used in
this sense as also reflected in phrases such as
“secret servants”, “secret cupbearer”, “secret
carver”, much like an esteemed position of
honor and regard comparable to a VIP.” So
maybe it’s not a secret as we think but it still
makes for a riveting read.
Maquoketa Art Experience welcomes
Iowa artist Stormy Mochal this December
for an exhibition of the original drawings
from her recently published storybook,
written by Jeanette Hopkins, entitled
The Juggler. In her illustrations, Stormy
Maquoketa Art Experience will host an
opening reception and book signing
for Stormy Mochal on Friday, December
16 from 6-8 p.m. at 124 S. Main Street in
Maquoketa. The exhibit will run through
January 16, 2012.
Maquoketa Art Experience is dedicated
to bringing accomplished artists to
Maquoketa for short- and long-term residencies, workshops, and exhibitions. For
more information contact Director Paula
Neuhaus at [email protected] or
by calling 563.652.9925.
Humane Society
Home for the Holidays
... or should that be Howlidays?
Now through January 1st, Dubuque
Regional Humane Society is conducting
its Home for the Holidays appeal.
Tens of thousands of animals
have been adopted through
Dubuque Regional Humane
Society. Those happy endings
would not have been possible without the support of
people like you.
Please, make DRHS your
“pet” charity this holiday
season. Your gift will provide a refuge for homeless
and unwanted animals,
medical care and vaccinations, and a safe place to stay
until that forever home comes along.
The best part is that your gift provides
this not just during the holidays, but all
year long.
Next year, you’ll receive a special holiday card from DRHS. You’ll know that
the story featured in that card was
made possible because you cared,
and that you played a very important
role not just in the life of one animal,
but in the lives of thousands.
To make a gift, go online to
www.dbqhumane.org and
click “Give Now”, or send
your check to our main
shelter at 175 N Crescent
Rdg, Dubuque, IA 52003.
If you have any questions
or would like additional
information, please call
(563) 582-6766.
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{ pam kress-dunn }
i think a house with a gift wrapping room should go to the toys for tots guy!
A Place for Everything and - Oh, You Know
by pam kress-dunn
Has this ever happened to you? There
you are, clad in apron and hot mitts,
running between the stove and the
sink, trying to put together a meal for
your family or company – something
complicated, something you’ve never
tried before, unlike the usual meals you
could probably cook in your sleep. It’s
time to add the carrots to the stew, but
they first have to be cut up. Now you
need to stir in three tablespoons of flour,
but the flour’s in the cupboard under
the sugar, and the only tablespoon
you’ve got is still sticky with the oil you
measured earlier. Even though you
have all the ingredients – somewhere –
none of them is ready to go, and you’re
beginning to sweat, and not just because
the front burner is turned up to High.
There is a way out of this chaos, and
I’m happy to tell you about
it. It even has a cool
name: “mise
en place,”
pronounced
MEEZ ahn plahs.
You just know that
if it’s French, it has to
be good, especially if you’re
talking about cooking. It’s no
wonder Julia Child found her calling
after she moved to Paris.
The term’s literal meaning is “to put
in place.” What it really means is
having all your ingredients prepared
and ready to go before beginning to
cook. If the recipe calls for two stalks
of celery, chopped, you do that first,
before browning the meat, even if the
vegetables are added an hour later.
If there are also onions and potatoes
to be added at the same time as the
celery, they can all be cut up and put
together into a big bowl. But if the
onions are first to be stir-fried in the
oil left over after browning the meat,
you’ll want to keep them separate.
If you watch any cooking shows,
you may have seen evidence of this
method in action. Not that you will
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ever see a celebrity chef measuring
sugar from a bag. Oh, no; her elves
have already done all that work, and
put the precise amounts of everything
needed to make a cranberry clafouti
or beef bourguignon into bowls,
large or small. (Custard cups come in
very handy for small bits of food and
spices.)
To make a proper mise en place,
you must first read the recipe all
the way through. While this may
seem obvious, listen to Julia Child’s
warning in the foreword to “Mastering
the Art of French Cooking:” “Too
often, a debutant cook will start in
enthusiastically on a new dish without
ever reading the recipe first. Suddenly
an ingredient, or a process, or a time
sequence will turn up, and there is
astonishment, frustration,
and even disaster.”
have already minced and dropped into
a bowl with the sliced shallots. It assures
you the chicken will fit in the pot. Here is
your dinner, deconstructed.
Once a meal is cooked, all the ingredients
– the meat, the veggies, the bay leaves
and salt – have been combined like
magic into something altogether
different. E pluribus unum – out of many,
one. And you can eat it! Since you’ve
been so careful about planning your
concoction, you might actually be able
to partake of the meal yourself.
Immersed as we are – ready or not –
once again in this holiday season, I’ve
decided to see how many ways I can
simplify the Holiday Enforced Cheer
Machine by creating one mise en place
after another. I foresee a dining table
cleared off to hold the wrapping paper,
the ribbon, the tape, the bows – my
mise en place for gift disguising. Before
that, I can make one in my car, placing
my purse, my reusable bags, my list, and
the ads from the Sunday paper, carefully
circled and put in order – a mise en place
for shopping.
I’m not saying everything has to be
planned and executed perfectly. (Feel
free to read the “Martha Stewart Living”
December issue for that.) Some things,
like the handing out and tearing into
gifts on Christmas morning, take much
of their pleasure from the feeling of
throwing caution to the winds. But for
those chores that must precede that
joyous time, if it’s going to happen at
all, a little bit of planning and organizing
never hurt.
And when it’s all ready – the gifts
purchased, wrapped, and placed under
the tree, you can set out a tray of cheese,
crackers, and the summer sausage Uncle
Albie sent, as well as a piping hot mug
of chai, and enjoy your mise en place for,
well, what do we call it? Oh, that’s right.
Enjoying, for once, The Most Wonderful
Time of the Year.
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I can relate.
I’ve learned
the hard way
never to assume
there is enough flour on
hand, or brown sugar, or
any of those staples we think
will never run out. Spices are the
worst. Should a cake recipe require
a half-teaspoon of cinnamon, how many
of us simply assume that we have some,
right there in the cupboard? We forget
that even the most basic foodstuffs are
eventually used up. So I force myself
to check the pantry for even the most
mundane things – salt? butter? – before
heading off to the store.
There is also the matter of having the
right equipment. Cooking fresh cherries?
I hope you’ve got a cherry pitter. Craving
popovers? I hate to break it to you, but
you’ll need a popover pan, and those are
hard to come by at Wal-Mart or Target.
A well-done mise en place is a sight to
behold. It tells you that Yes, the peppers
are diced. It shows you that, No problem,
there’s enough oil left to brown the
chicken, plus garlic cloves which you
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{ carnegie-stout / mattitude }
it’s not about willpower when mom makes christmas cookies.
Willpower
by matt booth
Graphic Content: Batman: The Long Halloween
A Graphic Novel Discussion Group
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 13 Mezzanine, 2nd Floor.
The library’s graphic novel discussion group meets every
other month on the second floor mezzanine. On Tuesday,
December 13, we’ll meet from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. to discuss
Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb.
Discussions are open to anyone 18 or older and no registration is required. Copies of the selected book will be
available at the Circulation Desk one month prior to each
meeting. For more information call the Library at 5894225 and ask for the Reference Desk at extension 2224.
Free Movie: Poetry
Carnegie-Stout Public Library in Dubuque will
show the movie Poetry on Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. in Aigler Auditorium
on the Library’s 3rd Floor. Admission and
snacks are free, and open discussion will be
encouraged after the show.
A highly acclaimed Korean drama (100% Fresh
on Rotten Tomatoes), Poetry (2010) is an “achingly exquisite portrait” of a woman’s brave
fight against her illness and her guilt over a
relative’s brutal crime. This movie is in Korean
with English subtitles, is 2 hours and 20 minutes long, and is not rated.
For more information, please call the Library
Reference Desk at 563-589-4225 extension
2224, or visit us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/carnegiestout.
Sony E-Reader FREE Checkout!
Stop at the Reference Desk on the second floor
of the library to check out a Sony e-Reader for
two weeks. Select your books from the library’s
e-Book collection and we’ll load the book on the
Sony e-Reader for you to enjoy!
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How many times have you started something,
only to quit after a short while? Have you ever
said something like, “I just don’t have enough
willpower to finish”? Well, guess what…you
do have enough willpower to finish. You just
have to figure out how willpower works. Willpower is making a plan to change a behavior
and then executing that plan.
Everyone has behaviors they wish they could
change, such as smoking, drinking, over eating, or procrastination. People make a list of
behaviors they want to change and then mistakenly think they can accomplish every item
on the list in a couple of weeks. Willpower is
a limited resource which is why most New
Year’s resolutions are all but forgotten by the
middle of February.
Suppose your goal is to improve your health.
You decide that starting tomorrow, you’re going to wake up early, begin exercising, stop
drinking beer, avoid fast food, quit smoking,
give up soda and go gluten free. Do you think
you have enough willpower to do all of this
tomorrow? Come on, you’ll be out of willpower by 10:00 am and totally stop trying
to improve your health by Tuesday. Heck, by
Thursday, you’ll feel like such a loser when
you wake up at the butt crack of noon that
you’ll drive your car 1 block to the store to
get a case of Bud Light, a cheese burger and
some smokes and then tell your friends that
you “just don’t have enough willpower”.
Attempting to change more than one behavior at once requires more willpower than any-
one has. Willpower is a limited resource and if
you throw a little willpower here and a little
willpower there, you won’t change anything.
Using willpower to attack many behaviors at
the same time is futile. It’s best to pick one
behavior and focus your efforts on it for 3060 days until your new behavior becomes a
habit. When something becomes a habit, it’s
often done automatically like brushing your
teeth before bed or changing your oil every
3,000 miles. Once you’ve established your
new habit, then you can move onto the next
behavior you’d like to change.
I’ve learned that I only have so much willpower. When I try to change many behaviors at
the same time, I fail. If I want to change, I must
focus and direct all of my willpower toward
that one behavior long enough for it to become a habit. Habit puts action on autopilot.
How about you? Do you find yourself out
of willpower three days into your new live
healthy program? Is it too hard and overwhelming to change your behaviors? Willpower is your ability to set a course of action
and stay the course. It runs out quickly, but if
directed intelligently, it can provide the momentum to change your behavior. My challenge for you is to pick one existing behavior
you’d like to change and direct all of your willpower towards it until it becomes a habit.
Mattitude Improvement Tip
Approve of yourself.
“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” Mark Twain
If you don’t approve of yourself, of your behaviour and actions then you’ll probably
walk around most of the day with an undesirable attitude. If you, on the other hand,
approve of yourself then it is very likely you are a positive person to be around. Focus the rest of this year on doing things that you approve of. Not what someone else
thinks you should do. Give yourself approval and allow yourself to do what you want
to do and be who you want to be. Be yourself and improve yourself.
Matt Booth, attitude expert, works with organizations who want to improve people’s
attitudes so they can do what they do better. To find out if one of Matt’s programs would
make sense for your organization, call 563-590-9693 or email [email protected].
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{ advice from sara, pat & megan }
With each passing day, less and
less green grass has been visible in the tri
states and most of the trees have lost their
colorful fall foliage. One easy way to help
overcome winter depression is by forcing
bulbs and growing colorful plants, such as
poinsettias throughout the winter. Here
are some easy to grow plants that can help
you through those winter blues…
Amaryllis: Plant your amaryllis bulb using a
light weight soil mixture in a container just
slightly larger than the bulb itself. Allow the
top 1/4- 2/3 of the bulb to remain exposed
above the soil and water it as the soil dries
out. Since amaryllis do not require cold
treatment, you will be amazed at just how
quickly the bulb will begin to show growth.
Place it in a warm location and then move it
out of the direct sun once the color begins
to develop. After its bloom, remove the
spent blossom and you can treat it like you
would a house plant. If you want to get it
to rebloom, stop watering it and move it
into a dark location for eight weeks. Then
move it out into a bright warm spot and it
will quickly begin to grow again.
Forcing Bulbs in soil: Many bulbs you purchase in the fall can be forced to bloom
indoors in the early spring like hyacinths,
tulips, daffodils and others. Simply start
with a clean container. Using a mix of
lightweight soil, plant your bulbs in groupings, allowing the tops of the bulbs to be
exposed. Also, make sure you allow for
about ¼” of space at the top of the container
to make it easier to water. Once you have
planted your bulbs, place them in a cool
(ideally 35-48 degrees) dark place like a
cellar or even your home refrigerator for
about 12 weeks, watering them as they
become dry. After the cold period, slowly
move the pots into a bright sunny location
in your home and in a few weeks, you will
have gorgeous blooms.
Forcing Bulbs in water: Similar to forcing
in soil, certain bulbs like Hyacinths, Crocus
and Daffodils can also be grown directly in
water. Using a glass bulb grower or a shallow dish lined with gravel, place your bulbs
so the basal plate at the bottom of the bulb
is in contact with the water. Place in cool
dark area for about 4 to 8 weeks and then
place in a bright sunny location. Within
a very short time, you will have beautiful
blooming bulbs.
Growing Poinsettias: These traditional colorful blooming plants are easy to care for.
Simply place them in a bright location, away
from any heat vents or drafty windows.
Water when the soil becomes dry. Yellowing and browning leaves simply mean one
of two things: the plant is being overwatered or underwatered.
Long lasting cut flowers like Star of Bethlehem can also be a great choice during the
winter. These beautiful, bright white star
shaped flowers can last in a vase easily 6-8
weeks. Stop by the Flower Shoppe at Steve’s
Ace Home & Garden to see them in person
or select a gorgeous arrangement to have
delivered to someone to brighten their day.
Have any questions about forcing bulbs?
Email me at [email protected].
Diabetes: Are you at risk?
with nutritionists pat fisher
& megan horstman
Diabetes is not going away. Approximately
26 million adults and children in America
live with diabetes and another 79 million
are at high risk for developing type 2
diabetes. Recent estimates project that
as many as one in three American adults
will have diabetes in 2050 unless proper
preventative steps are taken.
The American Diabetes Association has
deemed November “American Diabetes
Month” to help promote diabetes
awareness. It is important for those with
diabetes to keep blood sugar levels near
normal in order to avoid additional health
problems like heart or kidney diseases.
Here are some basic eating guidelines
that can be followed by those with or
without diabetes to help maintain normal
blood sugar levels.
• Be consistent. Try to eat the same
amount of carbohydrates for meals and
snacks at regular times throughout the
day.
• Carbohydrates are key. Carbohydrates
in food will raise blood sugar. Know the
amount of carbohydrates in the foods you
eat by looking at the food label for total
grams of carbohydrates for the serving
size of food. Most adults need around
60 grams of carbohydrates at each meal.
If you do not know how many grams of
carbohydrates you should be eating,
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contact your health care provider or ask
your local Hy-Vee dietitian.
• Watch portions. One of the keys to good
blood sugar control is watching how
much you eat. Refer to serving size on
the Nutrition Facts panel and measure or
weigh food to become familiar with the
amount in one serving.
• Focus on fiber. Eating high-fiber foods
can help keep blood sugar from rising too
high and fast after you eat. Good sources
of fiber include whole-grain cereals and
breads, flax and chia seeds, fruits and
vegetables and beans.
• Skim the fat. People with diabetes have
an increased risk for heart disease. Watch
the amount of saturated fat and transfat you consume. Choose low-fat dairy
products and lean cuts of meat, limiting
meat portions to three ounces twice daily.
Use monounsaturated fats found in olive
oil and nuts in place of saturated fats.
• Maintain a healthy weight. If you are
overweight, even losing just 5-10% of
your weight can make a big difference in
helping bring down blood sugar levels.
• Use NuVal as your guide. NuVal is a
nutrition scoring system used at Hy-Vee
that rates foods on a scale of 1-100;
the higher the score, the better the
nutrition. When choosing foods at Hy-Vee
remember to compare NuVal scores of
your favorite products and try to “trade
up” to better nutrition by choosing
higher-scored products.
Your Hy-Vee registered dietitian can talk
with you more about blood sugar control,
NuVal and the foods recommended for
those with diabetes. Ask your Hy-Vee
dietitian about in-store blood sugar
screening.
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{ puzzles }
riddle me this...
Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column
down and each small 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.
Answer on page 35.
Spot the Difference
Can you spot 10 differences between the two versions of this photo from
the Jingle Bell Hop in Dubuque. - Answers on page 35.
Answer on page 39
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{ mayor buol on dubuque }
only nixon... and buol, can go to china.
2012 City of Dubuque State Legislative Issues
jobs to our economy, not including the
construction jobs to complete the large
projects. These 1,997 people would
equate to an $85 million annual payroll.
by mayor roy d. buol
There
are
many
issues impacting the
effectiveness of city
government to improve community
life, improve the fiscal future and
service delivery of city government,
and improve the local economy. Our
governmental system needs to allow
flexibility and authority for cities to
meet the challenges of governing
and providing citizens with services,
while at the same time protecting our
City from unfunded or underfunded
mandates, liability or other financial risk,
and restrictions on local control. Due
to the significant number of important
issues, I will highlight a few in this and
subsequent articles to keep citizens
abreast of the State Legislative Issues for
the 2012 Session:
assessment and valuation procedure, 2)
changes to city and county budgeting
processes, 3) developing an alternative
to current property tax limitations, and
4) elimination of the rollback formula
and homestead exemption.
Requested Action: Work with the
Iowa League of Cities, the Metropolitan
Coalition and ISAC to approve
legislation to design a tax structure that
provides tax equity and policies that are
consistent with an overall direction for
state and local government taxation.
Homestead Tax Credit
State Mandates
Cities are often faced with implementing
mandates from the state and federal
governments without receiving the
necessary funds for implementation.
Requested Action: Enact legislation
that exempts local government from
providing any new service or engaging
in any new activities mandated by the
state if the state does not provide full
funding.
Property Tax The current tax structure for state and
local governments is a mix of tax laws,
rates and policies that do not provide
for a fair and consistent tax system.
The Iowa League of Cities and the Iowa
State Association of Counties (ISAC)
have identified key areas needing
revision for a comprehensive tax reform
in Iowa. They include: 1) changes to
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Each year the City of Dubuque tries to
minimize the tax asking for the average
homeowner by not increasing, and
in some years, decreasing the City’s
property tax rate. The State of Iowa has
created a partially unfunded mandate
through the establishment of the
Homestead Tax Credit. The cost for the
lack of full funding of this credit is passed
on to taxpayers and diminishes the City
of Dubuque’s efforts to keep property
tax rates low. The credit was funded by
the State at 85% in 2003-2004, 81% in
2004-2005, 78% in 2005-2006 and 20072008, and 73% in 2007-2008.
resources in communities, codified in
Section 404A.4. Rehabilitation of these
resources contributes to the economic
viability as well as the strength of
our communities.
The secondary
impacts of this historic tax credit on
our communities are countless. The
program provides a tax credit of 25%
of the qualified rehabilitation expenses
for qualified projects.
Thus, each
credit represents an investment in
our community of at least four times
the amount of the credit. Additional
revenues are generated through
increased property taxes, income taxes,
and sales taxes. Dubuque has benefited
from 20 state historic tax credit projects,
more than any other city in the State of
Iowa, which has added far more to our
financial system than a simple single
storefront project.
These projects
have added well over 1,997 permanent
Requested Action: Maintain the
state historic tax credit program at the
current level with a goal of removing
the cap on the historic preservation
tax incentives. Work to ensure that the
administrative rules support private
sector development and best practices.
Notably,
maintaining
frequent
communication
with
our
State
legislators about the importance of
fiscal support for local government
and the key role Dubuque is playing as
an economic engine for the State is of
primary importance.
I invite the 365Ink readers to join me
and all your local elected officials and
community leaders by communicating
the importance of the City’s requested
actions to our 2012 Legislature!
“Those who say it cannot be done
should not interrupt the person doing it.”
- Proverb
Homestead Credit - State should fund
100% of these credits. MFPRSI - State
should fund more of their obligated
percentage for their share (3.79%)
MFPRSI Employee contribution - change
legislation to lift the cap from 9.4% (City
contribution will rise to 30% in 3 years,
employees should help with this cost).
Requested Action: Reinstate full
funding for the Homestead Tax Credit.
State Historic Tax Credits
The Iowa Historic Preservation Tax
Credit was passed in May 2000 to
promote investment in our historic
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{ trixie kitsch }
she’s so trixie!
Dear Trixie,
I know next to nothing about wine, but
at a recent dinner for six the host asked
me to choose the wine. There were eight
different bottles of all brands of wine
and I had no idea what to do. I picked
red wine—not knowing what we were
being served for dinner. It turned out
to be chicken and I was mortified. What
should I have done differently?
- Carl on Caledonia
Dear Carl,
How dare they serve chicken when
you’re drinking red wine! I’ve discovered
in situations like yours it’s best to pick the
one with the highest alcohol content. It
may not go with the meal but after 2 or 3
glasses you won’t really care.
•••
Gaelic Storm number one on the Billboard World Chart.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Five Flags Theater
Tickets on sale Monday, December 19
14 The popular Irish rock band and
FEB
Hooley favorite will perform a special
Valentine’s Day concert at Five Flags Theater, Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Tickets for
the performance will go on sale Monday,
December 19 at 10 a.m.
On tour over 200 days a year, the quintet
has seen a few members pass through its
ranks over its 12 years together. Nevertheless, the center holds firm with main singer,
accordion player and resident Irishman Patrick Murphy along with guitarist, vocalist,
and primary songwriter Steve Twigger. With
a solid lineup over the last two CD releases,
Gaelic Storm is a live act to be reckoned with.
Known for their spirited and engaging live
performances, Gaelic Storm is on tour promoting their most recent album “Cabbage,”
which held the number one position on the
Billboard World Music Album Chart for three
consecutive weeks in 2010. The CD is the
follow up to their 2008 independent release,
“What’s The Rumpus?” which debuted at
Reserved tickets for the Five Flags Theater
performance are $33 for box seats, $26 for
first floor and front balcony seats, and $23
for balcony seats. Tickets are available at
Five Flags Box Office, Ticketmaster Outlets,
or by calling 1-800-745-3000, or on ticketmaster.com. Note that prices do not include
possible facility or service fees.
Concert Announced
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Dear Trixie,
I recently had a married couple visit
from out of town. We had a wonderful
weekend! On Monday I received
a bouquet of flowers. Do I have to
thank her for her thank-you gift?
- Wendy on Westridge
Dear Wendy on Westridge,
Yes, you do. And then she must send
a thank-you card thanking you for
your thank-you card for her thank-you
flowers. This is how true friendships are
properly maintained.
•••
Dear Trixie,
My sister-in-law just asked me why
I haven’t worn the sweater she
gave me. I dodged the question
because I didn’t want to tell her the
truth: it was ugly and I gave it to my
cleaning lady. I just know she’ll ask
me again. What should I do?
- Prada Girl
Dear Prada Girl,
Lie, lie and keep on lying. Studies have
shown the bigger the lie the more
believable it will be. Tell her you were
driving down the street and suddenly
the car in front of you burst into flames.
As the driver staggered from the
burning vehicle you leaped from your
car and beat the flames into submission
with your new sweater. This story will
only work if you live in a large city or if
your sister-in-law lives in another state.
She may not believe you but it will most
likely be the last time she gives you
anything.
•••
Dear Trixie
I just received an invitation to a good
friend’s wedding. How do I know if it’s
okay to bring my girlfriend? - Mac on McCormick
Dear Mac,
There are two ways to determine the
answer to your question. First, did your
girlfriend ever sleep with any member of
the wedding party—and that includes
both bride and groom and their parents.
If the answer is no then look on the front
of the envelope you received and see if
it says, “... and guest.” You may bring her.
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{ dr. skrap / puzzle answers}
Aries 3/21-4/19
You are infuriated by the “War
on Christmas.” You’re really
starting to hate all these politically correct
types. No conflict there.
Taurus 4/20-5/20 You’re freaking out because
there are only two shopping
weeks until Christmas, you still have loads
of stuff on your list to buy, and your credit
card is getting too hot to hold onto. Just
remember you are not too big to fail.
Gemini 5/21-6/21 Now that the “lamestream
media” has derailed the Herman Cain train, you can’t decide whether
to support the serial divorcer or the flipflopper with the fake laugh. Good luck
with that.
Cancer 6/22-7/22
It’s almost mid-December,
there’s still no snow and you
really want a White Christmas. If you get
your wish, no complaints when you’re out
there shoveling!
Libra 9/23-10/22 You’re worried that you might
be addicted to Chex mix. But
that’s impossible, right? I mean, it’s not a
drug. It’s just crunchy, salty, savory little
bits of wonderful, tasty … yeah, you’re
addicted.
Scorpio 10/23-11/21 Finally … early fourth quarter
earning reports indicate that the
economy just might be starting to make a
comeback, which means your stock portfolio might start to regain some of those
’08 losses. There’s that Christmas spirit!
Sagittarius 11/22-12/21 Your conspiracy theory susceptible friend is convinced that
“Santa” is just an anagram for “Satan.”
True, they both wear red but that’s just
crazy.
PUZZLE ANSWERS (From page 32)
Spot the Difference
Capricorn 12/22-1/19 Just because your “Christmas
cheer” comes in a bottle does
not mean you’re an alcoholic. But throwing up before dinner at the in-laws might
indicate you have a problem.
Leo 7/23-8/22 You’re worried that the upcoming GOP debate moderated by
Donald Trump is going to diminish the
seriousness of the presidential campaign.
Don’t worry, this is going to be the biggest, finest debate ever … like it’s solid 24
karat gold…. On second thought, you’re
right. It’s crap.
Aquarius 1/20-2/18 You’re offended by all these
“Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties.” You like your Christmas sweater!
Plus, somebody took a lot of time to
embroider and bedazzle all those snowflakes and Christmas trees and ornaments
and presents. People just don’t get it.
Virgo 8/23-9/22 You can’t believe all the commercialism and greed that has
tainted the Christmas holiday. If you didn’t
want to participate in the gift exchange,
you could have said so.
Pisces 2/19-3/20 You keep telling yourself despite
the holidays, you will not overeat this year. You will not gain weight. It
seems that pie over there that keeps calling
your name did not get the memo.
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i see a holiday in you future.... pretty good huh?
Sudoku
Crossword
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holidays in the tri-states

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