Todd McGreevy & AD in the Morning on WQUD Discuss the October Edition of River Cities’ Reader



River Cities’ Reader publisher Todd McGreevy talks with WQUD GM Aaron Dail about the contents of, and items related to, the October edition of the River Cities’ Reader, Issue N° 1026. The issue’s tagline, “Ballets and Ballots,” is an apt summation, and you can get more of the former — the aht, the cultchuh, the cine, the théâtre, the musique, the danse — at the Reader Events Calendar. It truly is the best way to know what’s going on in the QCA. Continue reading Todd McGreevy & AD in the Morning on WQUD Discuss the October Edition of River Cities’ Reader


October 17, 2024, on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Saturday Night,” “The Apprentice,” “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,” “Piece by Piece,” and “Terrifier 3”



Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk movies:

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October 3, 2024, on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “The Wild Robot,” “Lee,” “Will & Harper,” “My Old Ass,” and “Megalopolis”



Mike Schultz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk movies:

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September 26, 2024, on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “The Substance,” “Never Let Go,” “His Three Daughters,” and “Transformers One”



When it rains, it pours, and Mike Schulz, after wandering through a virtual desert of cinema these last couple weeks like a sundowning Moses, has defied expectations, stayed alive, and made it to the Promised Land to lay down the law, to kibitz over the commandments, with Dave Levora and Darren Pitra.

Well, four of them, anyway:

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Scott County Iowa Sheriff Candidate People’s Forum – September 21, 2024



Incumbent Scott County Sheriff Tim Lane (Republican) and challenger Tom Gibbs (Democrat), convened for nearly an hour to answer questions from the People’s Forum membership (questions previously provided) and those in attendance provided on note cards to the moderator (approximately 30 people in attendance) at this open to the public forum. The event was held inside a spacious meeting room at the Eastern Iowa Community College downtown Davenport, Iowa campus.


Scott County Iowa Auditor Candidate Forum – September 21, 2024



Incumbent Scott County Auditor Kerri Tompkins (Republican) and challenger Matt Trimble (Democrat), convened for nearly an hour to answer questions from the People’s Forum membership (questions previously provided) and those in attendance provided on note cards to the moderator (approximately 30 people in attendance) at this open to the public forum. The event was held inside a spacious meeting room at the Eastern Iowa Community College downtown Davenport, Iowa campus.


September 19, 2024, on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Speak No Evil” and “The Killer’s Game”



Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra get right into it this time around — very light on the “hail-fellow-well-met” pleasantries and straight onto the business at hand.

And business isn’t, well, good:

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September 12, 2024, on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” and “The Front Room”



Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra spend some time on the back-half talking about the cinematic iterations of Batman (meaning, Burton and Nolan) and the coming Joker: Folie à Deux, which, if Todd Phillips feels he must continue genuflecting to Martin Scorsese in his sequel, he will have to somehow incorporate his love of New York, New York (1977, starr Liza Minelli and Robert De Niro) as well.

Hmmmm. . .

These, here, now, the films:

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