Crossword Puzzle: August 27, 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 04:39 pm

To download a PDF of the puzzle, click here. For the answers, check back on Tuesday, September 3. For the answers to last week’s puzzle, click here.

Darling, I Love You, but Give Me Park Avenue: "Blue Jasmine," "The World’s End," and "You’re Next" 26 Aug 2013 | 04:41 am

BLUE JASMINE Woody Allen’s new drama Blue Jasmine is modeled, both loosely and very specifically, on Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, and if you’re familiar with that stage classic – or,...

Rauner Shows Smart Strategy in Early Moves 25 Aug 2013 | 04:24 pm

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner has focused like a laser on his absolute disgust with public employee unions such as AFSCME, the Illinois Education Association, and the Illinois Federa...

Art in Plain Sight: LeClaire Park Bandshell and Bix Sculpture 23 Aug 2013 | 04:29 pm

Fifty years ago – on August 23, 1963 – approximately 2,000 people gathered at the LeClaire Park bandshell for a civil-rights rally that served as a warm-up for the national March on Washington. Twenty...

Ted Rall: Crime and Punishment 22 Aug 2013 | 09:09 pm

Photos from River Roots Live, August 16 and 17 in LeClaire Park 22 Aug 2013 | 08:34 pm

Photos from River Roots Live, held August 16 and 17 in Davenport’s LeClaire Park. For more work by Matt Erickson, visit MRE-Photography.com. For more from Roberta Osmers on the Quad Cities music scen...

Now Playing: Friday, August 23, through Thursday, August 29 22 Aug 2013 | 07:20 pm

For show schedule information, visit: Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Davenport Nova 6 Cinemas, Moline Putnam Museum, Davenport Regal Moline Stadium 14, Moline

Meat on the Bone: Understanding the Housing-Development Boom in Downtown Davenport 22 Aug 2013 | 06:50 pm

It would be natural to look at the volume of housing being developed in downtown Davenport and infer some coordinated process or a major new incentive program. Roughly 300 market-rate apartments are e...

Fall Guises: Theatre in the Quad Cities and Surrounding Areas, August through November 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm

Stephen King, Agatha Christie, the Headless Horseman, Dracula, Medusa, Witches, Murder, Horror, Ghost Brothers ... . Halloween’s more than two months away, and our area’s fall-theatre lineup is alread...

Ask the Advice Goddess: August 22, 2013 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm

Barn Yesterday For two summers, I’ve traveled to work on a small organic farm. There, this woman and I had this amazing romance, including lovemaking during summer thunderstorms and dancing naked in ...