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Aside from bloating myself with turkey and to have a clear understanding of what was
assorted turkey accessories over the Thanks- popular in 1991. It was becoming a topic of
giving holiday, I also took in my 15-year conversation. But eventually he pulled out
high school reunion. I have to say, it was a the generation-spanning classics by AC/DC
little lackluster. I guess it was the 15th. Not and moms in black dresses cut-loose on the
as big as the 10th or the 20th. It’s that one dance floor with the girls that they raised
in the middle that I suppose most people, if hell with once upon a time.
not within a decent distance, are going to
sleep through. As I’m a whopping four-min- The biggest change from just five years ago?
ute walk from the Holiday Inn where it took People were tired, ready to call it a night
place, I really didn’t have much excuse for before midnight. There were a few there
who look like they can still whoop it up.
not showing up.
But there were far more moms and dads in
the room who have intimate knowledge of
My best friend from high school was back
Saturday night prime time television.
in the area, as were most who came to the
reunion, for Thanksgiving to visit family. Sometime during the night of scanning for
As is in the script for what seems like 40 familiar faces that you want to encounter,
percent of Iowa college grads, he went to my friend found himself at the bar accepting
Colorado. Unlike many who continued to free shots from generous classmates. I did
wander, he’s still there. We both got hair- not see this happen. But I did see his glazed
cuts before the event. That’s about the only over look at around 11:30 and realized that
prep we did before he had gotten far ahead of me on the ine-
briation scale. By then we
heading out.
had pretty much made the
rounds of our closer friends
I don’t know what
and been cornered more
we expected go-
than once by that person
ing to the event that who keeps talking about
would leave us dis- stuff you don’t really care
appointed. Certainly about but because you lis-
we were happy to tened the first time, you’ve
see the friends who become a safe place to
made it back. But the turnout (about 70) come back to again and again.
was a far cry from the reported 230 at the
ten-year. There were no major surprises to We unceremoniously made our way out, ex-
be announced. A couple more were mar- changing a few phone numbers and address-
ried. A lot more had kids or at least more es. Note here that my generation does not text
kids than the first time. But nobody was fa- message. Just one of many signs that there is
mous yet, at least not that showed up. No a distinct generation gap forming between us
guys brought their boyfriends or vice-versa and the graduates of today. We considered
and we found out at the ten-year who was stopping at Paul’s Big Game Tap on the way
going bald already or who, as they say in home but my friend was fading fast. We’d
Grosse Point Blank, “had swelled.” It was re- have to wait for a nice breakfast. It turned out
ally kind of a status-quo revelation. A few he was in no shape for that either.
had just recently moved back home, having
once vowed to their parents never to do so. I missed a lot of faces I really did want to
In their defense, the Dubuque of today is not see. I think all the people who became doc-
the Dubuque of just 15 years ago. More op- tors must have been on call. They weren’t
portunities and amenities now enhance that there. And there were a lot of them. Hope-
natural beauty, safety and comfort of this fully people will feel nostalgic when 20
place that we could not appreciate as rest- years rolls around. So we have five years to
less 18-year-olds. No one was the “hit” of lose the 50 pounds we gained in the last
the party. While I was happy to see people, 15 and make our fortune. Or maybe those
there were no amazing transformations for aspirations are a little too high. Perhaps we
people to gossip about. We were a genera- should just hope that our knees don’t ache
tion quickly becoming defined from the one too bad when we go to bed and the furnace
that followed us. doesn’t go on the fritz. Or better yet, let’s
just try to still be kicking at all. There’s a lot
Our DJ at the event was from an even fur- of living to do in five years.
ther-removed generation and didn’t seem
The 365ink crew... faces you already know!
Tim Brechlin Mike Ironside Tanya Graves Ellen Goodmann Tim Trenkle Ralph Kluseman Joie Borland Matt Booth Joe Tower Nick Klenske L.A. Hammer Chris Wand
ISSUE # 18
In This Issue of 365ink...
Nov. 29- Dec.13, 2006
Rotary: 4
Community Events: 5 - 7
Arts in the Tri-States w/
Gallery Shows Galore: 8-10
New Life on Old Main: 11
Live Music Focus: 12 - 15
Budweiser True Music
Live Music Calendar: 16& 17
Wando’s Movie Reviews: 18
Video Camera for X-Mas: 19
Mayor Roy Buol: 20
Book Reviews: 21
What’s Your Story: 21
Stranger in a Strange Land: 22
Mattitude: 23
Tim’s Back on a Bender: 24
Dear Trixie / Dr. Skrap’s: 25
365 Tips for Your Home: 26
Crossword / Sudoku: 27
Galena: 28-29
Platteville: 30
365 News: 31
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in this issue of Dubuque365ink. Can you find
the master of movies buried within these pag-
es? Hint: He’s tiny and could be anywhere !
Good Luck! Winners get a free warm fuzzy!
Roy Buol Gary Olsen Robert Gelms Ron Tigges Angela Koppes Joey Wallis
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SANTA CASH!
Santa Cash is here! Tickets are $100
each, but you can win a carload of
cash and your odds are extremely
good as only 200 tickets are sold.
You can win $5,000, $2,500, $1,000,
$1,000 or $500 - and the proceeds
go to a great cause as they benefit
the Crescent Tri-State Community
By Ellen Goodmann Rotary Club of Dubuque was born in
Health Center. The drawing will be
1915, the 198th club in the United States
held at Noon on December 23rd and
“…we do make a difference.” and only the 10th in Iowa. Meeting
Santa Claus himself will be deliver-
twice per month at the Julien,
- Paul Hemmer
ing the cash to the winners’ homes.
the group grew
To purchase a ticket, email Rotary
Communities thrive when acts of service from 23 to 83
([email protected]) with your
and compassion grow. Dubuque has members in 7
name, address, phone number and
long weaved a web of work ethic and months and
email address. A Rotarian will call
volunteer service that has allowed the hasn’t looked
you to arrange a time to deliver a
city to welcome and sustain an ever-in- back since.
ticket to you. Thanks for your inter-
creasing number of service and nonprofit
est in Santa Cash! Sponsored in part
organizations who rely on the people of Some
by the Diamond Jo Casino.
this city to reach out to each other. highlights?
Paul Hemmer, past president of Ro- “ L o c a l l y ,
tary Dubuque, has witnessed the grace, Dubuque Rotary was the
generosity and vision of Dubuque area first service club to step forward
residents who share a common goal: To with a pledge of $50,000 toward the
make a difference in the community and Riverwalk Project,” Hemmer said. “We
in the world. created the popular ‘Swingfest’ events
to raise money to reach that goal then
“Being a member of the Rotary Club of moved on with the ‘Rock ‘n Soul
Dubuque has had a positive and lasting Reunion on the River’ concerts to
affect on my life,” he said, noting that ev- raise money for constructing the
eryone in the organization is set on mak- Welcome to Dubuque landmark We’re In!
ing the world a better place to live. at Hwy 61.”
We decided we should buy a tick-
et at 365, so we did! A few of us
Commonly associated with the flagship Other local projects and orga-
pooled the resources we would have
project (that continues) of virtually eradi- nizations money has gone to-
normally wasted on health insur-
cating Polio from our planet, Rotary has wards? The Maria House, the
ance and electricity and made the
long gathered members and admirers Colts, the Dubuque Rescue Mis-
investment. When we are dancing
around the world. Allegedly the world’s first sion, Dubuque Community Y,
around lower Main Street with our
service club organization, Rotary began in the Grand Opera House and the
winnings and you are not, you’ll be
1905, spearheaded by young lawyer Paul Dubuque Museum of Art, among
sorry you didn’t get your own tick-
Harris. His idea: To gather businessmen many more. In fact, since 1999, Ro-
et. So hurry up and get yours before
together occasionally to enlarge their busi- tary has donated more than $300,000
they’re gone!
ness circles and to develop professional to projects in the Dubuque community.
acquaintances. The meetings rotated every
session … hence the name “rotary.” “The club’s newest local project is a 3-year
commitment to the Crescent Community
In Dubuque, Rotary has meant so much Health Center, including money to outfit
to so many. From the Dubuque Gateway a complete dental suite, plus a donation
Project to the distribution of scholarships of service hours to help with clerical work
to high school students, to the Salvation at the counter,” Hemmer said.
Army Holiday Ringing appeal, the service
organization is one of the oldest and most The club’s mission and focus has, through
respected in the city … and in fact, now the years, developed a strong empha-
has two chapters: Rotary Club of Dubuque, sis on community-area youth, fronting
and Dubuque Key City Rotary Club.
continued on page 6
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OK, so anyone who’s ever been to Dis- com for information on special nights
Bob Larson - 2 Shows Bob Jay and Dave Ing ney World has seen the Main Street sponsored by area businesses and or-
Friday & Saturday, Dec. 1 & 2, 9 PM Wednesday, 12/13/2006, 8PM Electric Parade, with all those oversized ganizations. We can tell you right now
Arthur House Restaurant 3100 Club @ the Midway Hotel floats that have umpteen billion light that Big Red himself, Santa Claus, will
9315 Hwy 80 N Platteville, WI bulbs on them. How about something be in on Monday nights. We strongly
Joel Lindley & Todd Pesick that’s kind of the same deal, except ap- encourage you to pick up a candy cane
Frank Roche and Sal Demilio
Wednesday, 12/6/2006, 8PM Wednesday, 12/13/2006, 9PM proximately 17.4 times cooler? Yeah, from the big guy. Oh, and dogs are wel-
3100 Club @ the Midway Hotel Live on Main @ Bricktown - 2nd Floor sounds good to us, too. come — your canine companion is due
for a special treat, too. Kinda covers ev-
James Wesley Jackson -2 Shows Chris “Boom-Boom” Johnson erything, doesn’t it?
Friday & Saturday, Dec. 8 & 9, 9 PM Wednesday, 12/13/2006, 9PM
Arthur House Restaurant Live on Main @ Bricktown - 2nd Floor
9315 Hwy 80 N Platteville, WI
Kevin Bozeman -2 Shows
365ink Discount Comedy Night!
Friday & Saturday, Dec. 15 & 16, 9 PM
with Bert Kreischer
Wednesday, 12/13/2006, 9PM Arthur House Restaurant
Live on Main @ Bricktown - 2nd Floor 9315 Hwy 80 N Platteville, WI
More Laughter Ahead...
We’re talking about Reflections in the
Park, one of the classic holiday events
Donnie Baker and Friends
staged by those do-gooder folks over More than 100 sponsors, 30 media part-
January 6 @ Live on Main @ Bricktown Entertainment Complex at Hillcrest Family Services. New to ners and 300 volunteers come together
The original “I swear to God” man from the Bob & Tom Show along with Mike the area and familiar with it? Check it: to get everything up and running, and
Toomey from Chicago, whom you’ve also heard on Bob and Tom. You’ve got dozens of oversized displays, we’re sure they’re doing another fantas-
goosed up with tens of thousands of tic job this year. The admission fee will
The Nerds of Comedy
Christmas tree lights. (I think my dad be $7 for a personal vehicle, and $50 for
Wednesday, Janyary 17 used that many lights once. We never tour buses. Reflections in the Park will
Live on Main @ Bricktown Ent. Complex saw the cat again.) Then there are a host be open from 5 until 10 p.m., nightly,
Dean Haglund is best known for his nine sea- of other smaller displays combined with from Thanksgiving evening (November
sons playing Langly, one of the computer geeks special lighting effects, and all you’ve 25) until New Year’s Day.
known as “The Lone Gunmen” from the hit TV got to do is hop into your car and drive
series The X-Files. Mark Price is fondly remem- through the display at Murphy Park. And For more information on this event, or
bered as “Skippy”, the quintessential ‘80s nerd trust us ... it’s amazing. Visitors to the for the hook-up on sponsorship oppor-
on the hit television series, Family Ties. Reflections will be eligible for drawings tunities, call Deb Bell at 563-583-7357,
and prize giveaways, and be sure to keep or shoot her an e-mail at dbell@hill-
Michael Winslow
an eye on 365ink and Dubuque365. crest-fs.org. Eat your heart out, Disney.
Saturday, February 3
Live on Main @ Bricktown Entertainment Complex
Actor and comedian Michael Winslow is known worldwide
for his wacky role as sound-efects spewing officer Larvelle
Jones in the “Police Academy” film series. Michael, a master
of vocal gymnastics, can imitate over 1,000 sound effects us-
ing his voice alone.
Tickets to all the above shows are available at ETIX.com.
Bring in this coupon on Wednesday, December 13th
and get 2-FOR-1 ADMISSION to Live on Main Comedy!
In 1997, Rolling Stone Magazine was looking to write an article about the num-
ber one party school in the country. Not only did it name Bert as the “Number
One Partier in the Nation,” it set in motion his comedy career and a movie made
about his college life: Van Wilder. Come see the legend in person and do it for
half price compliments of 365ink and Live on Main!
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With only three home games left un- Dubuque Rotary
til Christmas, the Thunderbirds have a
lot of new merchandise check out our continued from page 4
product stand for the Thunderbird fans
projects like immunization clinics and
on your Christmas list. Gift certificates
T-Birds Teddy Bear Toss scholarship programs. Rotary members
are available for merchandise or tickets.
also
Season tickets are still available as well.
December 2 & 3
Stop by the product stand during the
• provide weekly programs at meet-
The Dubuque Thunderbirds hockey games or contact the Thunderbirds of-
ings, inviting speakers from all walks
team present third annual Toys for Tots fice 563-557-1228.
of life
drive featuring the Teddy Bear toss Sat-
urday night Dec. 2 during the first in-
• maintain an awareness of the less
termission. Toys will be collected Sat-
fortunate in the community
urday and Sunday at the Thunderbirds
autograph booth. Monetary donations
• offer community entertainment pro-
will also be accepted. Help us help Ma-
grams
rine Bob put smiles on children’s faces
this holiday season. Rotarian Mike Pratt (hat) visits Africa
• direct funds raised towards commu-
to administer polio vaccinations.
nity development
Two Dubuque Rotary Club members,
John Berry’s Love Amazes Me,” which hit #1 • create goodwill among other com-
Mike Pratt and Kent Renier, have spent
on the charts, with other Top 10
munity civic groups by visiting their
time in Africa and India, inoculating
comin’ to town releases including “She’s Taken a
meetings and inviting their members to
thousands of children from polio and
Shine,” “I Think About It All The
do the same
other diseases, Hemmer said.
The hits just keep on com- Time” and “Change My Mind,”
ing here in Dubuque, as among others. He’s set to be tour-
“Our goal is to provide service to our “Through the Paul Harris Fellowship
yet another celebrated ing through the early part of next
community and give all members lead- Program, our members have built wells
musician, this time coun- year, at least, and now his tour
ership training and practical experience in India, donated computers to schools
try star John Berry, comes brings him to the lovely little big
in community affairs.” (www.dubu- and purchased prosthetic limbs for
to Dubuque on Tuesday, city known as Dubuque, Iowa.
querotary.org) persons crippled by war or disease,”
December 5.
General admission tickets for the John he said.
Beyond the borders of the Mississippi
Berry’s a multiple-time Gold and Plati- Berry concert are $24, with a $1 service
num album-seller with several Grammy, fee for orders placed with a credit card. River, Rotary has more than 32,000 clubs Rotary Club meetings are also, sim-
CMA and ACM award nominations, so Tickets can be purchased directly at the in more than 200 countries addressing is- ply, a way to connect with community
it’s safe to say that the man has a little Grand Opera House box office, or over sues from poverty to hunger to illiteracy. members.
bit of talent inside him. He first broke the phone (with a credit card) at 563-
into the scene back in 1994 with “Your 588-1305. “… they are great social occasions
where a spirit of good will and fellow-
ship is clearly evident,” Hemmer said,
6. The date of Christ’s birth is noted in adding that “there is much good-na-
the Book of Matthew in the New Testa- tured ribbing.”
ment. True or False?
Anyone in the community is wel-
Answers on page 31
7. What contribution to the Santa leg- come to sit in at a Rotary Club meet-
end did New York ad writer Robert ing, held Tuesdays at the Dubuque
Christmas Edition... Part 1
May make in 1939? Gold & Country Club. For more
A. The Night Before Christmas Rotary meetings are equal parts information, contact Rotary at
1. Which emperor is credited with stan-
B. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer information and entertainment. [email protected],
dardizing Dec. 25 as Christmas Day?
C. White Christmas
A. Constantine B. Caesar Augustus
D. Silent Night, Deadly Night
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C. Invisibility Cloak D. An Owl “Winter Wonderland” and “Sleighride”
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C. Franklin Roosevelt D. John Adams at Christmas than at Valentine’s Day. AD
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Five Flags Public Skating
Just remember that blades are sharp.
Don’t forget that ‘tis the season for that
insanely icey activity that involves sharp
blades, a lot of slashing and scraping, and
the occasional fall into a heap of mush.
No, not the next Friday the 13th movie!
Public ice skating! It’s always been a
popular activity here in Dubuque, and
until Friday, December 29, public skating
what better way to while away the win-
will be held from 10 a.m. until noon, and
ter doldrums than by sashaying down to
then from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.
the Five Flags Arena, strapping on some
skates, and doing your best Brian Boitano Ticket prices are $4 for adults, and $2.50
impression? for children 12 and under. Skate rental is
only $2. (You can’t even get a beer for that
Public skating will be held on Wednesday,
nowadays!) And special rates are avail-
December 6, from 2 until 4 p.m., and then
able for groups of 10 or more.
two Sundays in a row, December 10 and
17, from 3 until 5 p.m. During the holiday Just don’t use your skates as a weapon
break, the schedule will be altered ... in a when your sister shoves you a little bit
good way! From Tuesday, December 26, into the wall. Rubbin’s racin’.
If it weren’t for you lions wind up with every single starring
role in the annual Christmas pageant.
meddling kids... (That’s like having every member of the
Wayans family be your headlining cast.)
So is this going to be a theatrical disaster
OK, we’ve all dealt with them. Problem of Biblical proportions, or will they actu-
children. The kids who steal your car and go ally pull it off?
joyriding when they’re
14. The kids who The Best Christmas
make sure the fam- Pageant Ever, written
ily cat is never seen by Barbara Robinson,
again. The kids who will be showing at the
decide that cans of Grand Opera House
soda are best used in downtown Dubuque
as ballistic weapons, on the weekends of De-
rather than for con- cember 1-3 and 8-10, with a
sumption. The kids special Wednesday
who like the Chi- performance on De-
cago White Sox. cember 6. The Friday
and Saturday performances
That’s the premise behind will be at 8 p.m., and the Sun-
The Best Christmas Pageant day shows will be at 2 p.m. The
Ever. It’s the story of the Wednesday show will begin at
Herdmans. We’re talking 7:30 p.m. Tickets are only $14,
the worst kids, like, ever. and they can be purchased at
Lying, stealing, lighting up the Grand Opera House box
some fine Cubans ... and office.
somehow, these little hel-
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Red House Winter Exhibition
Just because it’s cold doesn’t capture those elements in my oil paintings,” said Princi-
mean the art goes away. pe regarding her always-evolving artistic style. Her flo-
ral forms reflect light through the flowers on the canvas,
After all, painting is an all- a trademark of her detailed oil works stemming from the
seasons sport. style of the old masters.
That’s what the Red House Art Principe, who studied at the University of Wisconsin
Gallery says, and it’s got the Win- and lived in Chicago for 20 years (including stints at
ter Exhibition to prove it. It’s called the Art Institute of Chicago and the American Academy
Holiday Jewels III, with the featured work of Galena of Art), has also displayed in West Palm Beach, Florida,
painter Sandra K. Principe. As Laguna Beach, California, Austin,
one might expect from the “III” Texas, and Green Bay, Wisconsin,
in the title, this will be the third with additional solo shows at the
annual holiday exhibition for University of Dubuque and the Red
Principe. House.
Principe’s art covers a wide Holiday Jewels III is currently on dis-
range of styles, with large floral play and will continue through De-
and landscape pieces as well as cember 31, and you can take it in
miniature oil and pastel paint- by simply moseying on over to the
ings that have become her sig- Red House in Cable Car Square. It’s
nature mark for collectors and open Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 4
gift-givers over the years. p.m., and Sundays from noon until
4 p.m., and you can also make indi-
“As I put more of my energy and vidual appointments. For more infor-
focus into my paintings, I began mation, contact Susan Farber at 563-
seeing more detail, more depth 585-1116 or redhouseiowa@mchsi.
of color, more richness in tex- com, or visit the Red House’s Web
tures and found that I could ... site at www.redhouseiowa.com.
Glass Artist Charles Lotton and lamps for upscale galleries across
the country, including Dubuque’s own
Upstart Crow Gallery Upstart Crow. Follow-
ing in his footsteps,
New Main Street fine art gallery Upstart Crow his three sons David,
will host a reception for renowned glass artist Daniel and John Lot-
Charles Lotton on Friday, December 8, and Sat- ton have all become respected glass
urday, December 9. One of America’s most fa- artists in their own right. Grandson Jer-
mous contemporary glass artists, Lotton’s work emiah is the third generation of the line
graces the collections of the Smithsonian, the to learn the glass-making tradition.
Corning Museum of Glass and the Art Institute
of Chicago. The visit will mark Lotton’s first- The reception for Charles Lotton will be
ever appearance in Dubuque. held at Upstart Crow Fine Art, on the
first floor of the Platinum Building at
Once a successful hairstylist and salon owner, 137 Main Street in Dubuque, Friday, De-
Lotton began to experiment with glass, melt- cember 8 , at 3 p.m. and Saturday, De-
ing old Coke and brown beer bottles to form cember 9, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Com-
his own creations. He built a small furnace in plimentary wine, beverages and hors
his backyard and though he
had no formal training in glass d’oeuvres will be
blowing, he began a full-time served. Named for a
career in glass art in 1973. Us- derogatory nickname
ing his own formulas to create for Shakespeare, Up-
the vibrant colors of his unique start Crow is a 2,700
work, he has developed a style square-foot fine art
he calls “Multi Flora.” gallery and frame
shop recently opened
Now working from his Crete, by Tracey Briggs. For
Illinois, studio, Lotton creates more information,
his one-of-a-kind bowls, vases call 563-582-7778.
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Why do Canadian Songbirds suddenly appear,
every time Christmas is near?
Keeping with Dubuque holiday tradition, make your version of the Grammy.) So, she’s kind of a big deal.
plans now to catch Anne Murray, presenting What a Her latest album, I’ll Be Seeing You, features such
Wonderful Christmas on December 9 at the Five Flags classic songs as “As Time Goes By,” “Dream A Little
Theater. Murray, a 38-year veteran of the music busi- Dream Of Me,” “Over the Rainbow” and “Don’t Get
ness with 34 albums to her name (that’s, like, the out- Around Much Anymore.”
put of Bob Dylan), embarks on a cross-country tour
on November 11, and she’ll be staging 25 concerts If you’re at all interested in sitting down for an evening
during that time. with Anne Murray, ticket prices are $43 and $37.50,
and, as with all Five Flags events, are available at the
Murray began singing at the age of 7, and has been Five Flags box office or online at Ticketmaster.
considered the pioneer for a string of Canadian sing-
ers such as Shania Twain, k.d. lang and Sarah McLach-
lan. She was the first solo Canadian woman to receive
an American gold record award (for the 1970 classic
“Snowbird”), and through the years she’s racked up
four Grammys, three American Music Awards, three
Country Music Association awards, three Canadian
Country Music Asso-
ciation awards and 24
Juno awards (The Juno
is essentially Canada’s
Ron Tigges him to somehow set off someone’s pace-
maker or accidentally launch ICBMs at
Photography Exhibit
China), and he’s the guy who puts up all
those photos on DigitalDubuque.com.
Photo geeks, unite! Here’s a shout-out to
one of our own from the 365 family. Ron’s going to have an exhibition of his
photography on display at Miguel’s Cof-
You all know Ron Tigges. He’s the guy fee Bar (recently profiled in an issue of
who’s at seemingly every frickin’ event 365ink!), in Wacker Plaza (by Moondog
in Dubuque and is never seen without and Coldstone), all through the month of
a digital camera and about a half-dozen December. Ron’s a ridiculously talented
various other gadgets (we’re waiting for photographer, and this showcase of his
digital work is a great opportunity for you
to get out and see that photography can
be one of the most brilliant forms of art
we can experience. Miguel’s is open from
7 a.m. until 10 p.m. on the weekdays, and
from 7 a.m. ‘til midnight on the weekends.
The coffee bar features free wireless Inter-
net access and one of the best mugs of
cappuccino you can find in the Tri-States.
So, why not take a gander and a gulp?
10 DUBUQUE365ink • I had a bowl of clay once ... but I eated it. • MORE INFO @DUBUQUE365.COM
Double the art, hibition, aimed at showing the progres-
sion of the modern clay art movement
double the fun with regards to both the innovators and
the inspired. After all, clay is like any
other art form ... it has evolved over
If you hadn’t noticed, we happen to time, and it will continue to evolve. This
have a rather neat-o-keen museum of exhibit is aimed at educating viewers in
art here in Dubuque (at 701 Locust, if the history and the philosophies of this
you need a refresher). And there are two simple yet deeply complex art.
pretty snazzy exhibitions going on that
you should definitely try to check out. Opening receptions for both Steven
Gordon’s paintings and
Legacy and Innovation
in Contemporary Clay
will be held on Friday,
December 1, from 5:30
until 7:30 p.m. Steven
Gordon’s work will be
on display until February
18, 2007, while Con-
temporary Clay will run
until February 11, 2007.
The first is a showcase of paintings from
native Dubuquer Steven Gordon, who
was born in 1956 in our fair city and
then picked up a Master of Fine Arts in
painting degree from the University of
Iowa in 1984. (Coincidentally, the year
Ghostbusters was released.) He’s been
up in Alaska since then, living with his
wife, and he became a full-time artist
in 1992.
“My large-scale oil paintings enable the
viewer to see both the loose brushwork
and the realistic image,” says Gordon
about his showcased work, evoking vi-
sions of the Alaskan wilderness, crafted
in a realistic interpretation of this far-off Admission to the museum is $5 for
land. adults, $3 for students and seniors and
free for all museum members as well as
The second exhibition is titled Legacy children under 12. The museum is open
and Innovation in Contemporary Clay, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Tuesday,
the brainchild of some of the foremost Wednesday and Friday, and from 1 - 4
figures in local clay art today: Bill Far- p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. For more
rell, Delores Fortuna and Ken Bichell. information, call 563-557-1851, or log
22 artists are being featured in this ex- onto the Web site at www.dbqart.com.