Weather or Not with Anthony Peoples
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Raining on Your Parade
ORIGINAL POST: Friday, March 12, 2010, 5:30 a.m. Rain is in the forecast Friday night through Sunday morning and this means that it’ll likely be raining on your parade, especially if you’re attending the St. Patrick’s Day parade in the Quad Cities Saturday morning. However, there is some good news. Rainfall amounts from this next storm system will not [...]
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Thunderstorms Lead To a Wet Weekend
MIDDAY UPDATE: March 11, 2010, 12:27 p.m. We’ve officially hit 61 degrees in the Quad Cities, so far, today making this the warmest day since we reached 62 degrees on November 22, 2009. Anthony ORIGINAL POST: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 5:26 a.m. Many hometowns across the Mississippi and Illinois Valleys, including the Quad Cities, experienced our first thunder and lightning of [...]
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MIDDAY UPDATE: Warm Temperatures & Possible Thunderstorms
MIDDAY UPDATE: March 10, 2010, 12:10 p.m. The partial clearing early this morning across Missouri may have tricked me. The clouds are hanging tough this noon hour and it now looks like highs of 55-60 are more realistic! Anthony ORIGINAL POST: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 5:30 a.m. More rain is on the way to the Mississippi and Illinois Valleys over the next [...]
In Depth with Jason Fechner
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Friday’s Viral Video @ 6:30
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, one and all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iUPb7y0hgE
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Thursday’s Viral Video @ 6:30
The talented 5th graders at New York’s PS 22 are back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mZ1zV1l2KQ
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The Weekend Recap and the Week Ahead… and a little Bonus
It was inevitable– I’ve fallen off the blog wagon for more than a week, but I’ll try to “right the ship,” so to say, with some pretty cool announcements here for you… The Weekend Recap 1. Attended my first “trivia night” last Friday on Arsenal Island for the McKinley School PTA. Finally, my inability to clear useless [...]
Entertainment on Review with Thom White
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Fool for Love at The Curtainbox Theatre Company
The more performances I see as a reviewer, the more I ponder and study stagecraft. With many productions, I take away a concept or idea as to what makes a performance good, whether at the individual level or for an entire production. With The Curtainbox Theatre’s Fool for Love, it’s a word: abandon. Directed here by [...]
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse
If ever there is a show that’s commonly staged, it is Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I’ve been part of two productions myself and can’t recall how many I’ve sat through others while in the audience. Every time I hear of yet another production, I cringe. And yet, much like my experience seeing Circa [...]
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Moon Over Buffalo at Playcrafters Barn Theatre
Attending the theatre is typically a form of escapism, a chance to get lost in the magic of the staging and performances. And then there’s Moon Over Buffalo, one of those shows that doesn’t just let you escape into it, but lets you in on the antics of what’s going on off stage. It’s a [...]
