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tWIHARDs ReJoIceEdward and Bella take a trip down

the aisle in “Breaking Dawn: Part 1.” If you’re not exactly alive, how does

“till death do we part” work?

4 Thanks a millionNo Botox was needed for this 100-year-old’s facelift. CSPS looks like a million bucks thanks to some elbow grease and grant dollars.

12 Fore!Yep. You heard right. Mini golf and master artists. Now sink that putt into the gaping mouth of Edvard Munch’s screamer.

14 Power playBetween “Uncharted �,” “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare �” and “Super Mario �D Land,” there’s a new game for everyone.

21 A to ZJay-Z is the focus of a new class at Georgetown University, where students study the gifted hip-hop artist’s life and music. Swag.

22 Live and localCheck out Pulse’s live music listings for the sounds going down in Eastern Iowa. Whatever your groove, Pulse has it covered.

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Ten-and-a-half feet soaked the first floor of the historic brick building on Third Street SE in Cedar Rapids, along with much of the rest of the neighborhood during record flooding in 2008.

It was truly devastating, but it was also the catalyst that brought CSPS back to its original glory: Without the flood, there wouldn’t have been $4.8 million in I-JOBS grants for Legion Arts to restore everything quickly.

“The purchase of the building was really tied to the flood,” said F. John Herbert, executive director of Legion Arts. “The kind of dramatic renovations we were able to do (were) possible because of the flood.”

Instead of just fixing a door here and there like officials were planning to do before the flood, Legion Arts — which started as an arts nonprofit in 1990, renting spaces in CSPS beginning in 1992 — went all out, renovating the spacious theater into a 150-seat performance art side and a visual arts gallery. Inaccessible spaces were modified by moving the entrance and adding an elevator, and little-used rooms were transformed into expansive meeting places and other spaces for various needs of the community.

The roof was replaced, the box office was moved to the new entrance, a “black box” theater was added and classroom and office areas were put in place. Yet some cavernous, brand-new rooms still lead out to old staircases and dead ends.

CSPS getS a faCeliftamie steffen | PulSe writer

a hundred yearS ago, CSPS waS a CzeChoSlovakian fraternal organization.

ten yearS ago, it houSed Several buSineSSeS, inCluding a Printing ComPany on the firSt floor.

three yearS ago, it waS under water.

“People are surprised how it has air conditioning, modern elevators, modern conveniences — and it retains the old building feel,” said Mel An-dringa, co-founder of Legion Arts. “You can get very lost in it if you’re not careful.”

But you can also find some gems. Furniture that survived more than a century of use was sold to Legion Arts, which placed it throughout the building. Chairs, tables and even a janitor’s list of rules were put up as his-torical artifacts.

“There’s an 1892 photograph with that pedestal,” Andringa said, point-ing out an old wooden table.

CSPS also wants to be a place where local up-and-coming artists are fea-tured. Three art galleries feature local and regional artists, like Cedar Rap-ids-based Vaclav Hasek. The performance theater has hosted several music acts and has several more added to the calendar.

Artists can stay next door in an old firehouse Legion Arts bought and renovated into a living and working area for them. There also are plans to transform the courtyard into a green space for viewing outdoor films dur-ing the summer, and an overgrown lot behind Third Street near the river will become a parking lot.

The renovation has inspired some owners of other historic buildings in the artsy area to rebuild in a neighborhood where some places are still boarded up. Bars and live music venues are popping up on one corner, while artist lofts occupy another part of the street.

“I think because CSPS was publicly funded and very visible, it’s a kind of psychological boost to other people in the neighborhood,” said Herbert.

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Catie CurtisSaturday, Nov. 5 @ 8 PM $17 advance | $21 doorCatie Curtis’ has toured extensively, playing a number of diverse venues ranging from Chicago’s legendary Old Town School of Folk Music to the White House. With her intoxicating brand of folk pop music, smart and enduring lyrics and engaging personal-ity, Curtis has created a dedicated following that has grown steadily over the course of her 20-year career. Her latest album, “Stretch Limousine on Fire,” dropped in August.

tom Freund & Jess KleinSunday, Nov. 6 @ 7 PM$11 advance | $15 doorThough he’s well-schooled and widely-traveled in a variety of genres — from heartfelt folk to buoyant pop to boho jazz to straightforward rock ‘n’ roll, and beyond — Tom Freund ultimately comes across simply as a singer-songwriter with his own singularly distinctive and engaging voice. Jess Klein’s music has been called primal, raw, sassy and sensual. She’s been compared to Emmylou Harris and Joan Os-borne by Billboard magazine.

dobet GnahoréWednesday, Nov. 9 @ 7 PM$20 advance | $25 doorA remarkable young singer, dancer and percussionist from the Ivory Coast, Dobet Gnahoré sings in seven languages and embraces musical styles from Mand-ingue melodies to Congolese rumba, Ivory Coast ziglibiti to Cameroon bikoutsi. She is widely and internationally hailed as one of the freshest talents in new African music. Onstage, Gnahoré is a whirl of motion and passion, her dreadlocks flying as she dances and sings.

Kiran ahluwaliaSunday, Nov. 13 @ 7 PM$20 advance | $25 doorExpressing her muse through ghazals and Punjabi folk songs, Kiran Ahluwalia ex-plores the language of the heart with beau-tiful artistry and smoldering intensity. Born in India, raised in Canada and now living in New York City, her enchanting and se-ductive music has garnered glowing praise from critics around the world. Hers is “a voice destined to enchant more than one generation” says fROOTS magazine.

ruth moody bandWednesday, Nov. 16 @ 7 PM$17 advance | $21 doorBest known as the soprano voice for The Wailin’ Jennys, Ruth Moody is an artist of exceptional depth and grace in her own right. Critics have lauded her ethereal vo-cals, impressive multi-instrumentalism (she plays guitar, banjo, accordion, piano and bodhrán), and her talent as a songwriter. Moody’s songs are timeless, universal and exceptionally well-crafted, all sung with an intimacy and honesty that is unmistakably her own.

the nieldsFriday, Nov. 18 @ 8 PM$17 advance | $21 doorNerissa and Katryna Nields make their long-awaited return to CSPS Hall, with their effervescent music and personalities in full force. The sisters grew up singing folk songs in the kitchen and in the back seat of the family car. Katryna learned to sing melody with their father while Nerissa tackled the harmonies, providing a natural counterpoint to her sister’s vibrant lead. Since then, the Nields sisters have released 14 albums and toured the world.

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Roster McCabe, the Minneapolis-based quintet whose sound pointedly dabbles in funk, reggae, disco, rock, metal, soul and R&B is touring in support of its latest album, “Through Space and Time.”

Roster McCabe pulls together such a wide variety of genres thanks to each band mem-ber’s musicianship. Their influences are strong and apparent, from sweeping references to the prog rock of The Mars Volta to soul legends like The Coasters and Percy Sledge.

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Since their beginnings in the Kansas heartland a decade ago, guitarist Aaron Moreland and vocalist/harpist Dustin Arbuckle have been explor-ing the visceral spirit of the early 20th-century Delta blues to create what the New York Post calls “a raw, dirt-under-the-fingernails garage-band attack in almost every song that flips between Stax-style soul, stinging Chicago blues and Allman-style jams.”

With the August release of “Just a Dream,” the band focuses on the rock aspect of blues with its own potent brand of grit. Moreland & Ar-buckle’s second album adds a few layers of sophistication to the rootsy sensibility previously captured in the band’s 2010 “Flood” release.

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tWilight (2008)bella Swan has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother remarries and sends bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Wash., she doesn’t expect much of anything to change. then she meets the mys-terious and dazzlingly beautiful edward Cullen. edward is a vampire, but he doesn’t have fangs and his family is unique in that they choose not to drink human blood. intelligent and witty, edward sees straight into bella’s soul. Soon, they are swept up in a passionate, thrilling and unorthodox romance. to edward, bella is what he has waited 90 years for — a soul mate. but the closer they get, the more edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. but what will edward and bella do when a clan of new vampires — James, laurent and victoria — come to town and threaten to disrupt their way of life?

tWilight: neW Moon (2009)Following bella Swan’s ill-fated 18th birthday party, edward Cullen and his family abandon Forks, Wash., in an effort to protect her from the dangers inherent in their world. as the heartbroken bella sleepwalks through her se-nior year of high school, numb and alone, edward’s image comes to herwhenever she puts herself in jeopardy. her desire to be with him at any

cost leads her to take great risks. With the help of her childhood friend Jacob black, bella refurbishes an old motorbike to carry her on her adventures. bella’s frozen heart is gradually thawed by her budding re-lationship with Jacob, a member of the mysterious quileute tribe, who has a supernatural secret of his own. When a chance encounter brings bella face to face with a former nemesis, only the intervention of a pack of supernaturally large wolves saves her from a grisly fate, and the en-counter makes it frighteningly clear that bella is still in grave danger. in a race against the clock, bella learns the secret of the quileutes and edward’s true motivation for leaving her. She also faces the prospect of a potentially deadly reunion with her beloved that is a far cry from the one she’d hoped for.

tWilight: eclipse (2010)bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. With her graduation quickly approaching, bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life — she must choose between edward and Jacob, knowing that her decision may ignite the ageless strug-gle between vampire and werewolf.

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Antonio BAnderAs, sAlmA HAyek, ZAcH GAlifiAnAkis An animated story about the events leading up to the sword-fighting cat’s meeting with Shrek and his friends.

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Tower HeisTeddie murpHy, Ben stiller, cAsey Affleck When a group of hard working guys find out they’ve fallen victim to a wealthy business man’s Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence.

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rHys ifAns, VAnessA redGrAVe, dAVid tHewlisA political thriller advancing the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare’s plays, set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex Rebellion against her.

kAl penn, JoHn cHo, neil pAtrick HArrisSix years after their Guantanamo Bay adventure, stoner buds Harold Lee and Kumar Patel cause a holiday fracas by inadvertently burning down Harold’s father-in-law’s prize Christmas tree.

Justin timBerlAke, AmAndA seyfried, cilliAn murpHyIn the future people stop aging at 25 and must work to buy themselves more time, but when a young man finds himself with more time than he can imagine he must run from the corrupt police force to save his life.

JoHnny depp, GioVAnni riBisi, AAron eckHArtAmerican journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1950s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the ex-patriots who live there.

cHAnninG tAtum, Al pAcino, Juliette BinocHe, trAcy morGAnA young cop is assigned to a precinct in the working class neighborhood where he grew up, and an old secret threatens to destroy his life and his family.

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In Time October 28

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas November 4

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A sound effect or a real person screaming in frustration when, swing after swing, they fail to hit a ball into the gaping mouth of Edvard Munch’s famous screamer.

The Pavilion’s newest exhibition is a nine-hole course in art. Mini Masters is an indoor miniature golf course, and each hole features a famous artist of the 20th century.

“It’s something new and fresh and an excuse to visit and revisit the Pa-vilion. Where else can you play mini golf indoors in Iowa in the winter?” said Shannon Farlow, development and marketing director for the Wa-terloo Center for the Arts.

In addition to introducing players to such artwork as Andy Warhol’s

pop art Campbell soup can and Salva-dor Dali’s surrealistic melting clocks from “The Persistence of Memory,” the course has roughs, hazards and traps.

The idea had been percolating for several years at the Waterloo Center for the Arts and gained momentum last year. Planning and building the elaborate course took months.

The design team was lead by cura-tor Kent Shankle, education director Bonnie Winninger and Pavilion man-ager Carolyn Carpenter, who also selected artists to illustrate each golf hole. Chris Dahl of the Quad Cities, a former longtime volunteer designer, was the course’s architect.

Dahl, who spent his career design-

ing office buildings, worked on the project last winter, roughing out the holes in different shapes “and cutting them out of construction paper and arranging them in an attractive way. It was challenging to make each hole meaningful to the artists, to try to give them some significance and tie it all together,” he said.

“It was all pretty tricky because we had several requirements. It had to be built as components that would fit in the gallery space and the compo-nents had to fit in the elevator,” said Carpenter. “The way it’s been built, we can easily store it and eventually may rent it out because it can be easily transported.”

Tom Klenske and Dean Schwake of the Toolbox Handyman Service built the components off-site over two months and assembled it in the gallery, a process that took about two weeks. It took some maneuvering to get large pieces through the Pavilion’s series of double doors and into the freight elevator, Klenske recalled.

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The launch of “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2” a year ago shattered records left and right, racking up more than $300 million in sales.

Oh, did we mention that’s more than any movie has ever made in a weekend? In fact, almost

double the best

Hollywood opening weekend? And that was in one day.

Expect a similar amount of hype and

launch-day lines wrapping around the block for “Mod-ern Warfare 3” — and stay off the Internet so we can play without lag, yeah?

Indiana Jones stand-in Nathan Drake is back for his third treasure-hunting ad-venture in the cinematic “Uncharted” series. Explore locations from a chateau in France to the dunes of the Arabian desert in this action/adventure hybrid.

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Expect a similar Expect a similar amount of hype and amount of hype and

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The launch of “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2” a year ago

records left and right, racking up more than $300 million in sales.


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sUper Mario 3d LandTwo words: Tanooki Suit.OK, a few more: Mario in three dimensions. Goombas with

tails. The return of Boom-Boom. Koopa Troopas. Cheep-Cheeps. Lakitu. The Big Boo. Piranha Plants that spit ink. Airships. Fire Flowers. Power Mushrooms. 1-Ups. An Italian plumber wearing suspenders.

If you’re a Mario fan, this soon-to-be classic should already be on your radar — and your Christmas list if you haven’t pre-ordered.

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S urprise: Batman is awesome.This is old news to fans of the Caped

Crusader, of course, or to anyone who played 2009’s award-winning “Batman: Arkham Asylum.” The sequel, “Batman: Arkham City,” aimed for bigger and better — and nailed it on both counts.

The sheer size of Arkham City, a section of Gotham sealed off to hold the former inmates of Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Prison, makes the grounds of the last game look like a kiddie pool. Movement isn’t as restricted, either; Mr. Wayne can’t initially enter many buildings, but almost the entire overworld is traversable from the get-go.

This extra freedom allows for the inclu-sion of several side missions, like saving politi-cal prisoners from thugs and deciphering the markings of a mysterious masked observer.

The Riddler’s trophies and puzzles are back in full force. It’s easy to get lost for a few hours between core missions, clam-bering up and down buildings searching

for that green glow.Trophies that can’t be reached yet

are now taggable on the map using Batman’s detective mode, and other locations can be discovered by interro-gating his informants throughout the city.

That function is really useful for the pink trophies, which can only be picked up by

Catwoman, another playable character — if you buy the game new and if your code works.

I won’t hold the publisher’s decision to milk out a few extra dollars against the game, but I wouldn’t want to play without the Catwoman segments. They help keep the game fresh.

Yes, Batman has some new toys and new moves, but the general mechanics are the same as in “Asylum” — which is just fine, because they work so well. But that extra layer of some-thing new in Catwoman’s chapters helps to re-invigorate the rest of the game.

Selina Kyle isn’t the only extra guest, either: Robin can be purchased as a playable character for challenge maps, and the roster of villains trapped in Arkham City is impressive.

“Asylum” focused mostly on the Joker, with Poison Ivy and many lesser-known baddies thrown in. “City” has the Joker, Ivy, Penguin,

M r . Freeze and Two-Face all locked up in the same space; they con-trol various por-tions of town with their own henchmen and their own agendas.

Joker may or may not be dying, Penguin’s kidnapped Mr. Freeze, and Dr. Hugo Strange, the tower-dwelling overlord of Arkham City, knows Batman’s identity and has a mysterious master plan. Through it all, the Dark Knight is tak-ing names as he steathily puts down one goon after another. Nobody does it better.

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of Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Prison, of Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Prison, of Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Prison, makes the grounds of the last game look like makes the grounds of the last game look like makes the grounds of the last game look like a kiddie pool. Movement isn’t as restricted, a kiddie pool. Movement isn’t as restricted, a kiddie pool. Movement isn’t as restricted, either; Mr. Wayne can’t initially enter many buildings, but almost the entire overworld is traversable from the get-go.

This extra freedom allows for the inclusion of several side missions, like saving politision of several side missions, like saving politision of several side missions, like saving political prisoners from thugs and deciphering the markings of a mysterious masked observer.markings of a mysterious masked observer.markings of a mysterious masked observer.

The Riddler’s trophies and puzzles are back in full force. It’s easy to get lost for a few hours between core missions, clambering up and down buildings searching

for that green glow.Trophies that can’t be reached yet

are now taggable on the map using Batman’s detective mode, and other locations can be discovered by interrogating his informants throughout the city.

That function is really useful for the pink trophies, which can only be picked up by

elder scrolls V: skyrimAn epic fantasy adven-ture, “Skyrim” features an open world that lets player make more decisions than ever. Pick your race, abilities and weapons before setting out to explore everything from rugged mountains to ancient dungeons.PC, PS3, X360; nov. 11.

LeGo harry potter: Years 5-7Brush up on your dueling — including the Unforgiv-able Curses — before taking on He Who Must Not Be Named in the conclusion of the “Harry Potter” saga. Unlock characters like Bellatrix “Crazytown” Lestrange and Fenrir Grayback.3DS, DS, PC, PSP, PS3, Wii, X360; nov. 11.

Metal Gear solid hd collectionIf they haven’t remade your favorite PlayStation-era game in high-defintion yet, it’s only a matter of time. For fans of the “Metal Gear” series, that time is now. Experience the stealthiness of secret agent Solid Snake — now with more pixels per inch than ever!PS3, X360; nov. 8.

Lord of the rings: War in the northThe events of “War in the North” are set during though are not connected to the War of the ring. Don’t worry — your ranger, elf or dwarf hero will cross paths with characters well-known and obscure while playing alone or with up to two friends.PC, PS3, X360; nov. 1.

sonic GenerationsPlay as Classic Sonic or Modern Sonic on high-definition tracks from the entire series, then play the maps again to beat challenges. One question: If Modern and Classic Sonic touch each other, does it open some sort of wormhole that will destroy the Earth? Better not take any chances.PS3, X360; nov. 1.

Fate/extraWritten by the man behind the “Fate” PC series, this new rPG includes several characters from that world. The protagonist, however, wakes up in a strange virtual world with no memories and has no choice but to fight for the Holy Grail — and survival — while trying to uncover their identity.PSP; nov. 1.

trapped in Arkham City is impressive.“Asylum” focused mostly on the Joker, with

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ing names as he steathily puts down one goon ing names as he steathily puts down one goon after another. Nobody does it better.after another. Nobody does it better.after another. Nobody does it better.

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Selina Kyle isn’t the only extra guest, either: Selina Kyle isn’t the only extra guest, either: Selina Kyle isn’t the only extra guest, either: Robin can be purchased as a playable character Robin can be purchased as a playable character Robin can be purchased as a playable character for challenge maps, and the roster of villains for challenge maps, and the roster of villains for challenge maps, and the roster of villains for challenge maps, and the roster of villains trapped in Arkham City is impressive.trapped in Arkham City is impressive.trapped in Arkham City is impressive.

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Yes, Batman has some new toys and new moves, but the general mechanics are the same moves, but the general mechanics are the same as in “Asylum” — which is just fine, because as in “Asylum” — which is just fine, because as in “Asylum” — which is just fine, because they work so well. But that extra layer of some-thing new in Catwoman’s chapters helps to rething new in Catwoman’s chapters helps to re-invigorate the rest of the game.invigorate the rest of the game.invigorate the rest of the game.

Selina Kyle isn’t the only extra guest, either: Robin can be purchased as a playable character for challenge maps, and the roster of villains for challenge maps, and the roster of villains trapped in Arkham City is impressive.trapped in Arkham City is impressive.trapped in Arkham City is impressive.

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F or more than 30 years, the Waterloo Center for the Arts has been recognized internationally for its fine and extensive collection of Haitian

art treasures.In recent years, a gift of 50-plus pieces of art created

by the Bahamian artist Amos Ferguson has given the center impetus to expand into a Caribbean collection. A symposium featuring “Master Artists of the Bahamas,” including Kendal Hanna, Max Taylor, Dave Smith, Stan Burnside, Jackson Burnside, Antonius Roberts, John Beadle, Eddie Minnis and John Cox, futhered that aim.

The art exhibition, featuring those artists and work by the late Brent Malone, runs through Jan. 31. In ad-dition, a secondary exhibition will feature the works of Ferguson.

Director Cammie Scully is amazed at how rapidly the expansion has taken place, beginning with long-time WCA friend and noted Caribbean art expert Ute Stebich’s donation of the Ferguson collection.

A viewing of the film “Artists of the Bahamas” by award-winning director Karen Arthur and filmed by Thomas Neuwirth led to a WCA research trip to the Bahamas.

“These are sophisticated artists and many got their education in the United States, and their work com-pares to other contemporary artists and represent a wide range of media and style,” Scully said.

Scully and curator Kent Shankle have forged a rela-tionship with Arthur and the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas; the Bahamian Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture; and the American Embassy in Nassau. The common goal is to provide exposure for the artists.

The Caribbean and Haitian collections overlap, said Shankle. “There are shared interests between these is-land nations. They share the same sensibilities, and art-ists in both countries create art that reflects their con-cerns and cultural interests.”

Tourists often visit the Bahamas, Scully said, but sel-dom venture off the beaten path to “experience the rich cultural offerings of the island. We want to increase awareness of these artists.”

Featured artwork ranges from easel paintings to sculpture and mixed media installations. Artist Anto-nius Roberts will create a sculpture as part of an arts residency at the University of Northern Iowa.

“He’ll be working primarily in the UNI sculpture lab and working from remnants of wood found in our 2008 flood. His work will become part of the exhibition and perhaps a part of the community landscape,” Scully added.

The exhibit is expected to travel in the future to such locations as Brown University in Providence, R.I., the Rhode Island School of Design and the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, D.C.

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After an eventful year on the charts and on the road, the Grammy Award-win-ning Zac Brown Band has proven that overnight success is actually years in the making. New fans drawn by the irresistible hit singles may have made it seem like the band emerged from nowhere, but the group has paid its dues for years.

Zac Brown Band’s second major label studio album, “You Get What You Give,” was released in September 2010 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Grammy honors include a nomination for Best Country Album and a win for Best New Artist.

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During 18 years with RCA Records, Martina McBride grew into one of country music’s most consistent recording stars —and one of America’s most respected vocalists. A petite woman with a huge voice, McBride be-came known for issue-oriented female anthems while showing off the dy-namic power of her instrument. With “Eleven,” the 45-year-old mother of three presents her most diverse album ever. Among the changes, McBride now contributes more as a songwriter, helping compose more than half of her new album. From the cheerful pop-rock of “One Night” to the is-land sway of “Always Be This Way” to her cover of the rock band Train’s hit “Marry Me” (performed as a duet with Train’s Pat Monahan), McBride proves she can handle a variety of musical styles with convincing convic-tion.

— Michael McCall, The Associated Press

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Most pop singers are jumping on the super uptempo, European-flavored dance bandwagon. Not Joe Jonas. Instead, he’s trying to ride the contempo-rary R&B train. He recruited hit songwriters and producers for his solo debut, with assists from top producers and Justin Timberlake. Oh, and Chris Brown co-wrote and co-produced two songs, and Lil Wayne appears on a remix. Jo-nas took all the right steps to making a decent album. Too bad the result is poor. Overall, “Fastlife” is lifeless. Vocally, Jonas is boring. Lyrically, the former boyfriend to Taylor Swift (and Demi Lovato, and Ashley Greene, and Camilla Belle) is mainly singing about the downside of relationships. And sonically, most of the songs play like Timberlake and Brown leftovers. Jonas doesn’t add much to the mediocre tracks throughout the album, and on some songs he even sounds robotic. Try again.

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Throughout “Fastlife” Jonas is a vocal disappointment, but his best effort is on the groove “Sorry.”

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Professor, author and radio host Michael Eric Dyson has long been an

ardent proponent of hip-hop, and now he’s teaching a course on one of the

genre’s biggest purveyors: Jay-Z.

The course, “Sociology of Hip-Hop: Jay-Z,” is a three-credit, twice-

weekly lecture in session at Georgetown University, where Dyson has

been a professor since 2007.

“I’d written a book on Nas, one rhetorical genius, and I wanted to focus

on another,” Dyson said.

“I wanted my students to understand that when you’re dealing with

an artist like Jay-Z you’re dealing with a genius — a crafter of words,

an all-time literary great. (Jay) gives us such powerful poetic passion. I

wanted my students to understand that.”

This isn’t the first time Dyson has brought out the academia of a

rapper. He previously offered a course on Tupac at the University of

Pennsylvania and penned an acclaimed book on the slain emcee. Pick-

ing Jay-Z as his next focus was easy, he said.

“He’s a guy from the Marcy Projects that’s now worth half a bil-

lion dollars, married to arguably the best entertainer out there be-

hind Michael Jackson. I wanted to probe all of these dimensions of

Jay-Z as one of the most gifted and talented musicians of our time,”

Dyson said.

Students are required to read Jay’s book “Decoded,” Adam Brad-

ley’s “Book of Rhymes” and Zack O’Malley Greenburg’s “Empire

State of Mind.”

Dyson also has students examine his lyrics, and they watch

“Fade to Black,” his 2004 concert documentary.

Dyson’s course attracted 140 students, nearly four times the

size of an average course at Georgetown, he said. He hopes to

tackle Nas, Lauryn Hill and the Roots for future courses.

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The wundo Band 7 p.m., Galena Brewing Co.

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iOwa CiTyGrand Tetons with emperor’s Club and derek lambert and the Prairie Fires 9 p.m., The MillJamie decker Band 9 p.m., WildwoodKol Shira 7 p.m., Uptown Bill’sMagnetos 4 p.m., Shuey’s (Shueyville)

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dUBUqUe & GaleNaian Gould 7:30 p.m., Frank O’Dowd’sJust Cuz 7 p.m., CourtsidePositively 4th Street 9 p.m., Grape EscapeTaste like Chicken 9 p.m., Jumpers

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Waller’s Work rounded upMELODY PARKER | PULSE WRITER

Waller has rediscovered the elegance of mathematical equations, the lyri-cism of paradigms and the notion of hyperbolic discounting, or the human brain’s capacity to make choices and decisions detrimental to our well-be-

ing, knowing full well the piper must be paid in the near-distant future.

Robert James Waller be-lieves he’s written his last novel.

At 72, former University of Northern Iowa College of Busi-ness Administration dean and best-selling author of “The Bridges of Madison County” has returned to his roots.

His new manuscript merges his first love, economics, with decision-making and cognitive psychology. Still, he hasn’t lost his sense of romance and gift for prose, calling the piece “The Summer Nights Never End Un-til They Do: Social Traps, Vi-cious Circles and the Lure of the Short-Run.”

“How’s that for being pon-derous,” Waller said, laughing. “Writing fiction is not especially difficult and it’s kind of fun, but it started to feel self-indulgent. This is a good project for a gen-

tleman my age. I wanted to an-swer the question, ‘Do I know what I think I know, and if so, how well do I know it?’ Were there gaps in my thinking? Sure enough, there were gaps, not major ones, but it took me months to think it through and three years of work to write the manuscript.”

Casual observers might be astonished that Waller, who now lives in Texas Hill country, would ditch fiction. After all, he belongs to an exclusive club of best-selling authors whose total sales figures place him in that rare multi-million sales category. “Bridges of Madison County” has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide and is published in 40 languages. Five subsequent books have been New York Times best sellers, in-cluding “Slow Waltz in Cedar

Bend” (1993) and “Border Mu-sic.” “Bridges” became a major motion picture and film rights were sold to “Slow Waltz,” “Border Music” and “Puerto Vallarta Squeeze.”

Instead Waller has rediscov-ered the elegance of mathe-matical equations, the lyricism of paradigms and the notion of hyperbolic discounting, or the human brain’s capacity to make choices and decisions detrimental to our well-being, knowing full well the piper must be paid in the near-dis-tant future.

“It’s certainly the best piece of work I’ve ever done and I’m having fun with it. It’s been a walloping good time. I’m good at research and documentation and obsessive to the point of be-ing insufferable, and I fully ad-mit to that.”

Submit a caption for this cartoon. Pulse staff will choose the best of the sub-missions, and the winner will get a copy of “The Best of the Rejection Collection: 293 Cartoons That Were Too Dumb, Too Dark, or Too

Naughty for the New York-er.”

Send your caption to [email protected] with the subject line “caption.” Deadline is Friday, Nov. 11. Now get going, rejects. You’ve got work to do.

You, too, can be a reject

TIFFANY RUSHING / PUlSe PHoToGRAPHeR

W ho were The Beatles? That question is a no-brainer for those who grew up in the

1960s. They were four lads from Liv-erpool, England, whose band helped revolutionize music and transform a generation during one of the most turbulent decades in modern history.

But the early vinyl records pro-duced by John, Paul, George and Ringo were first issued almost 50 years ago. In that time, Baby Boomers have been followed by Generations X, Y and Z. Classic rock ’n’ roll has been re-is-sued in multiple formats and today is more likely to be downloaded to an iPod than purchased in a brick-and-mortar store.

While cultural icons of my youth, The Beatles are ancient history to to-day’s young students. Little has been published about the Fab Four aimed

specifically at young readers.“Who Were the Beatles?” is a chap-

ter book filled with fun illustrations. Aimed at 9- to 12-year-olds, the basic biography explores the lives of the in-dividual members of the band and the history of Beatlemania. It also explains the band’s eventual breakup and each member’s solo career, as well as the deaths of John Lennon and George Harrison.

Author Geoff Edgers, a newspaper reporter and longtime Beatles fan, has a knack for writing to this age group in an intelligent and enjoyable manner. He takes time to explain terms like mop top and British Invasion. One of this book’s strengths is Edgers’ ability to clearly put 50-year-old pop culture references into today’s terms. Jeremy Tugeau’s illustrations are a charming addition.

RicK chAsE | PULSE WRITERPaperback Writer

Peter Mayer Group live at the Adler

T he Peter Mayer Group, featuring guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Peter Mayer, will perform at the Adler Theatre in Davenport on Friday, Nov. 11. The Whooz Dads will

open the show at 7 p.m.Peter Mayer has melded a unique and multi-faceted writing style, a

distinctive voice and inspired musicianship to create compelling and accessible music that is electrifying in live performance. Mayer has culled influences from his childhood in India that ranged from tra-ditional Indian music to the Beatles. Add the many years that he has shared the stage with Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band, James Tay-lor, Mac McAnally, Sonny Landreth, Don Henley and others, and you begin to trace the musical storyline of the Peter Mayer Group.

Peter Mayer GroupFriday, Nov. 11 @ 7 p.m. Adler Theatre, Davenport$25 & $30 | Adler Theatre box office | Ticketmaster.com | 800.745.3000 | petermayer.com

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Over the past decade, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have changed TV programming.

Their blend of sex and sutures on “Nip/Tuck” redefined the TV medical drama, while “Glee” has created a new mold for teen angst programs by giving it a musical soundtrack.

Now, the creative team is taking aim at reinventing the family drama with “Ameri-can Horror Story,” a new FX series that slips between sadomasochism and the supernat-ural to examine the horrors of everyday life, from adultery to a weak economy.

“I think that the main thing when we were writing the script, it was never really about horror, although that certainly was in the water. It really was about a marriage and infidelity,” says Murphy. “The show talks about all kind of American horror stories that we are sort of being bombarded with on a day-to-day basis. So I do think that it’s a show that’s definitely of its time.”

It starts with a creepy house, where Vivien (Connie Britton) and Ben (Dylan McDer-mott) Harmon are trying to start a new life with their teenage daughter, Violet (Taissa Farmiga). The house comes with the weird-est supporting players since “Rosemary’s Baby,” including a spooky neighbor (Jessica Lange), scarred naysayer (Denis O’Hare) and a mysterious housekeeper (Frances Conroy and Alexandra Breckenridge) who appears either old or young depending on who’s doing the viewing.

At the heart of the horror is the couple played by Britton and McDermott.

Britton comes to the show after playing

television’s most popular Texas wife in “Fri-day Night Lights.” She was surprised when she got the call about being in the series be-cause she has a fear of the horror genre.

“But that was part of the reason, too, that I wanted to do it. Ryan said to me, ‘This is something that you have never played before, you’ve never done before.’ And that was intriguing to me,” Britton says.

Britton has such a dread of horror mov-ies that she wasn’t certain if she could watch the new series. She discovered after seeing the first episode that it was a lot like the first time she watched “Friday Night Lights.”

“I’m not also very much into football, never have been. But in that same way, when I watched this, I found it to be such a beautiful piece of art to watch. I just think that Ryan put together this amazing other thing. For me, it transcends whatever my perception has always been of horror any-way, because, to me, it’s not just horror, in the way that ‘Friday Night Lights’ wasn’t just football,” Britton says. “It’s this psycho-sexual sort of strange psychological thing going on in this house. And that interests me a lot.”

McDermott was initially drawn to the series because it had elements of horror films that he loves: “Rosemary’s Baby,” ‘‘The Shining,“ ‘‘Repulsion.” As he read the script, McDermott became more intrigued by the psychological horror that was rooted in the reality of a broken family.

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