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Put On Your Dancing Shoes With Junior Theater Dance Camp!
Pack your dance bag and get ready to leap, turn, and express yourself at Davenport Junior Theater's dance camps! Dancers from beginner to advanced will have fun learning new skills, improving...
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Not Another Bridal Expo Lives Up To Its Name
Not Another Bridal Expo is, well, not another bridal expo. The event, taking place 6:30-11 Friday, March 13, at The University Club, 1518 5th Ave., Moline, bills itself as "a new and exciting...
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Shifting Seasons Mini-Camp Gets Kids Into Performing Arts
Spring into the summer sun before you fall into a winter wonderland at Davenport Junior Theater, 2822 Eastern Avenue! Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will keep students from the...
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Art Gallery Coming To NorthPark? Meeting At Bucktown For Artists
Artists and those who are interested in art can attend a meeting about creating an art gallery in Northpark Mall for local artists to display and sell their art at 1 pm on Saturday, Feb. 29, in suite...
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Deadline Monday To Sign Up For Spring Soccer At East Moline Silvis Soccer Club
There's still time to register for your child to play soccer in the spring! Looking for a great spot for your child to play soccer? Sign up for East Moline Silvis Soccer Club! EMSSC has the...
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Still Time To Register For Mother Son Dance At RiverCenter
There's still time to register for a special night for Moms and their sons! Mothers and their boys can enjoy a fun night together courtesy of Davenport Parks and Rec at the Mother Son Formal...
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Explore Your World With Junior Theatre Camps
Students can adventure throughout Junior Theatre, exploring all elements acting, theater design, and a wide array of other fun topics! Students collaborate on ideas for the creation of their very own...
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Visit with Unseen Guests at Igor’s Bistro
Have you heard that Igor's Bistro in Rock Island is said to be haunted? Many people have had ghostly experiences there. In fact, it has its own chapter in a book written by local authors called...
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Truckfighters, Valley of the Sun, Daykeeper Rev Into RIBCO
Truckfighters, Valley of the Sun, Daykeeper Rock Island Brewing Co. 1815 2nd Ave, Rock Island Saturday, February 22 Doors 7/Show 8 $18/18+ Heavy music devotees in the QCA are used to...
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Sweet! Chocolate Experience A Treat At Quad City Botanical Center
Attention chocolate lovers, and those who love them: The Quad City Botanical Center is hosting Chocolate Experience, a family-friendly event for all ages from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 15! Local...
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Have A Spicy Fat Tuesday With Figge Cajun Cook Off At Rhythm City Casino
Kick off Mardi Gras right here in the Quad Cities, with the Eighth annual Cajun Cook-Off to benefit the Figge Art Museum! The spicy gig will be held at the Rhythm City Casino Event Center on Fat...
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JA Bowl-A-Thons Rolling Into the 20’s
Bowl for Brighter Futures! You can positively change the future one pin at a time! Every year Junior Achievement supporters head out to their local bowling alley to help provide students with...
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Free Family Fun at the Figge This Weekend!
Bring the whole family to FREE Family Day at the Figge Art Museum (225 W 2nd Street Davenport) this Saturday Feb 22 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Enjoy free admission all day and scheduled family-fun...
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Get A Little Sunshine In Your Life With Great Pop Hits At Rock Island's Circa '21
Need a little Sunshine in your life? Tomorrow night, you can cut through the gloom with some great pop songs and performance as Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse is thrilled to be hosting an all-ages...
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Chocoholics Paradise Coming To Rock Island Public Library
If your idea of the perfect day involves chocolate, the Rock Island Public Library is the place to be on February 22. The Rock Island Public Library will offer a Chocoholic Paradise evens that...
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Mardi Gras Music Crawl in Downtown Rock Island
Looking for Mardi Gras plans this weekend? Then look no further than Downtown Rock Island! Head to the District of Rock Island this Saturday Feb 22 for a Mardi Gras Music Crawl! Beginning at 7...
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Late Nite Improv Shows Return At Moline's Black Box Theatre
The Late Nite Shows are back! Catch a double-header of improv comedy after dark at The Black Box Theatre, 1623 5th Ave., Moline this Friday, February 22, from 8 to 10 p.m. The shows, formerly...
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The Perseverance Tour Brings Hell Yeah, All That Remains, Butcher Babies, SAUL & DEEPFALL to the Quad Cities!
It’s official! The Perseverance Tour Live bring Hell Yeah, All That Remains, Butcher Babies, SAUL and DEEPFALL to The Rust Belt (533 12th Avenue East Moline) on Friday Apr 24! Doors open at 5...
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Exclusive Reviews

Objects in Motion
Who can say how we’ll react during a crisis? We all want to believe that, when the moment comes, we’ll step up. We’ll perform admirably and be...
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Feathering the Nest
I like it when something cool comes from something damaged and terrible. For example, the DC Extended Universe. Initially, they were not off to a...
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Drop the Beat
A common belief is that movie critics love to trash movies. It’s thought that we critical types, after emerging from coffins buried in consecrated...
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England’s Greenery
When it comes to directors, there are usually two kinds. The first is the artist. When you watch a film by Spielberg, Scorsese, or Tarantino,...
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Almost, But Not Quite, The Abyss
If you’re a regular viewer of movies, you know you can track the seasons by the kinds of movies playing. Are the theaters jam-packed with big, loud...
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The Endless Trench
We never really reckoned with World War I, not in any meaningful sense. For a while there it was called The War to End All Wars, despite the fact...
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Shifting The Lens
There are two incontrovertible facts: the first is that Louisa May Alcott was a fascinating human being. Her parents were Transcendentalists. She...
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Pressure Drop
As many of us do, the arrival of the year’s end is a time for me to look back. If I were to sum it up, 2019 was all about surprise. Putting aside...
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The Force Ricochets
In the beginning, there was the Word...or a bunch of words, anyway. They began with, “It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from...
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A Death Without a Body
If you’re currently married or you were ever married, I’ve got news for you: your marriage is insane. I hate to be the one to tell you, but there...
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Local Quad Cities Columns

What’s The Good News For February?
Sean Leary
Valentine’s Day is this week, and we at QuadCities.com are giving you our own gift from the heart with the most and...
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And The REAL Winner Of The Iowa Caucuses Is...
Sean Leary
You could tell there was something afowl in Iowa for a while. The scent of something bold, spicy, hot, was in the...
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WOC Could Be A Ratings Giant If They Go For Bigger ‘Fish’
Sean Leary
When’s the last time you listened to WOC? How old are you? If you’re somewhere under the age of 65, you...
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Drive To Get Radio Personalities Back Was Worth A Shot, But It’s Not Happening
Sean Leary
It was worth a shot. But you can stop calling and e-mailing the stations. It ain’t happening. When it was...
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Lemon Making Big Offer For Rock Island County Courthouse, Will They Take It?
Sean Leary
The Rock Island County Courthouse battle will take a new turn at the County Board Meeting tonight. According to...
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WOC’s Jim Fisher Deserved A Better Farewell
Sean Leary
I was never a big fan of Jim Fisher’s show. I know him personally, but not very well. I was a guest on his show a...
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What’s The Good News For January, Quad-Cities?
Sean Leary
It’s a new year and a new decade, and everyone is making resolutions for a more positive life, and we at...
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What’s The Good News, Quad-Cities?
Sean Leary
With the doldrums of winter weather upon us, there’s a need now more than ever for some journalistic sunshine in our...
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QCScene Gets Froggy in Downtown East Moline
Tess Abney
A new craft beer festival celebrated their inaugural debut today and successfully jumped ahead in all the...
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Festival Of Trees Did The Right Thing By Making Fest Apolitical Again
Sean Leary
For the past few months, my Iowa friends have been deeply envious of my Illinois address. Not because of the...
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Business of the Week

Curious About Sci-Fi, Magic, And D&D? Check Out This Dickens Of A Shop
Looking for different dragons to slay than just the ones offering bad pickup lines? A local science-fiction and curio... Read More
Zeke’s Offers Warm Island Fare For Cold Temps
Just off the foreboding paths of Harrison Street, in the wild jungles of a college-student populated strip, and in the midst... Read More
It's Game On For Land of Oz!
Mike Rankins is putting the pep back in Pac Man, the thrills into Evel Knievel’s pinball machine and the spring back in... Read More
Shumaker Guitar Works Offers One-Of-A-Kind Guitars For Unique Musicians
If you’re looking for a custom guitar unique as your playing style, you don’t need to fret those frets, just pick... Read More
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Food of the Week

Redband Coffee Is Pretty Damn Close To Perfect
It’s rare in life you find anything perfect, but you’ll come pretty damn close at Redband Coffee. I’ve been to... Read More
You Need A Hot Potato On A Cold Day
Can you believe this crap? Tons of snow, record cold, ice and sludge and those stalagmites of coal-colored gunk behind... Read More
Bent River’s Raspberry Brings Summer To Fruition
Well, from the looks of things, between the stifling humidity, the oppressive sun between monsoons, and the constant... Read More
Take a Trip to Paradise at Zeke’s Island Café
Just off the foreboding paths of Harrison Street, in the wild jungles of a college-student populated strip, and in the midst... Read More
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