Art at Rock River GAP

I had written previously about Mark Framke and artist Sydni Reubin and believe it or not the Rock River GAP.  That's a cool name, considering "GAP" is short for "Golf & Pool."  The name evokes good memories of my only other experience with the use of that word/acronym with water is passing the Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania each time we drove east/west between the Midwest and East Coast.  To

Now, I'd like to tell you about Art at Rock River GAP and about Sydni's show (with Bettendorf, IA, paper artist Dawn Wohlford-Metallo), now ongoing until May 2011. The promo for it showcases Larry's favorite, her painting of Mark Framke, executive chef at the Rock River.  So do not miss it live and in person, along with getting a good meal (although the menu is not quite where Mark wants to be yet, we highly recommend the house-made balsamic vinaigrette and potato chips -- not together, but that's just our taste).

Dixon's Own Little Shop of Horrors

Here to report we had great fun and were suitably impressed with VIVA! Performing Arts School's first summer musical production Little Shop of Horrors. Unable and thus, not going to attempt to mention all the wonderful performances (ok, let's mention that the plant costumes were awesome (in every sense of the word)), CONGRATULATIONS to EVERYONE involved. Yes, yes, we said it is The Next Picture Show's Performing Arts School and I'm not sure if I know the connection, but there are connections and one of them is Dixon! We are proud and happy to be a part of a community that enables such creatively and professionally done work involving volunteers of many different ages, talents and experiences.

And what's this about re-stocking the Rock River with channel catfish after a devastating fish kill in June? Did we find out for sure what happened? And, the way I discovered it was through a blog! Thank you, Stray Casts & Dale Bowman!