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Iowa Reports Highest Death Total From Covid-19 Over Last Week
Sean Leary Bettendorf
More people died from covid-19 in Iowa over the last week, and over the past month, than any other time this year, according to new numbers from the Iowa Department of Heath. Today, Iowa...
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“Double Threat” Women To Launch New Bettendorf Musical Theater Studio
Jonathan Turner Bettendorf
Seven months after launching their weekly “Double Threat” podcast about musical theater, choreographer/dance teacher Steph DeLacy and music director/vocal coach Megan Warren are extending their...
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Shop Small With Small Business Saturday
Sean Leary Business
Forget Amazon this year, small businesses need you! Join us Saturday, November 28th from 7:00-4:00 for Small Business Saturday! We have 30+ businesses here for our holiday pop-up shop and the Iron +...
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Festival of Trees Holiday Hustle 5k Walk/Run Hustling In
Sean Leary Bettendorf
Get your hustle on for a good cause anywhere you want to be Nov 30 through Dec 5 with the Festival of Trees Holiday Hustle! For more info, check out https://rrhh.ticketleap.com/ Rock River...
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Get Your Aura Back In Line With This Workshop
Sean Leary Health
Looking to escape some Thanksgiving stress and get yourself aligned for the holidays? Check out the Restorative Yoga & Crystal Meditation Workshop 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Friendship...
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See The Holiday Lights At Fejervary
Sean Leary Davenport
Join us for seasonal holiday lights display at Fejervary Learning Center! We were so ‘Happy’ with last year’s display that we simply ‘Can’t Stop the Feeling’ and will be bringing it back...
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Covid Cases Keep Spiking In Rock Island County; Illinois Statewide
Sean Leary Business
Covid cases continue to soar in Illinois and Rock Island County, and health department officials are dreading the coming two weeks as potential infections from Thanksgiving weekend, Blackout...
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Even In A Strange And Downtrodden Year, There Are Things For Which To Be Thankful
Sean Leary covid-19
It was a surreal Thanksgiving. My ex-wife and I alternate years on holidays, and it’s always strange and depressing for me when I don’t get to see my son on those days, especially when I’m...
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Night People's Dahms and Pearson Coming To Bootleg Hill
Sean Leary Davenport
Are you a fan of Quad-Cities classic band The Night People? You'll want to check out Rob Dahms and Gary Pearson of the band performing 7 to 10 p.m. Friday at Bootleg Hill Honey Meads, 321 E. 3rd...
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Illinois Office Of Tourism Releases Its Illinois Made Holiday Gift Guide
Sean Leary Business
The Illinois Office of Tourism today released its annual Illinois Made Holiday Gift Guide featuring one-of-a-kind products by small businesses around the state. All products featured in this...
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Davenport Public Library Hosting Zoom Program On St. Nicholas Day
Sean Leary Books
Join Davenport Public Library Tuesday, December 1st at 6:30 pm on Zoom as we trace the origins of St. Nicholas Day from Turkey to Germany and around the world. Presented by the German American...
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Winter Nights, Winter Lights Lights Up The Botanical Center
Sean Leary Entertainment
Ready to light up your life this week? Winter Nights Winter Lights begins lighting up the Quad City Botanical Center, 2525 4th Ave., Rock Island, this week! From Nov. 19 to Jan. 10, every night...
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Shop Local At Ragged This Black Friday
Sean Leary Business
Looking for that perfect gift for the music lover on your holiday list? Shop local and check out Ragged Records, 311 1/2 21st St., Rock Island for their Black Friday Record Day sale! Black...
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31st Annual Quad City Christmas Arts & Craft Fair Coming To Rock Island
Sean Leary Entertainment
Looking to get a start on your holiday shopping? Check out the 31st annual Quad City Christmas Arts and Craft Fair coming to Rock Island Friday Nov 27 through Sunday Nov 29 at QCCA Expo Center...
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Need To Find A Turkey Last Minute In The Quad-Cities? TWO Stores Hit The Spot!
Sean Leary Bettendorf
All is not lost, procrastinators! If you've let your thanksgiving planning go to the very last minute, if you desperately searched around at various spots today for a turkey without having any...
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Quad-Cities' River Bend Foodbank Seeing Record Demand Since Pandemic
Jonathan Turner Bettendorf
The Covid-19 pandemic has not only devastated the U.S. economy and cost more than 260,000 American lives, it is driving record hunger in the greater Quad-Cities region. “The number of people who...
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UPDATED: Iowa At "Critical" Level, High Risk of "100 Percent Infection Rate" For Covid-19
Sean Leary Bettendorf
UPDATED: Iowa covid-19 numbers are soaring to record rates, on pace for a "100 percent infection rate" for the state, according to numbers from the Iowa Department of Public Health, Centers for...
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Still Looking For A Turkey In The Quad-Cities? They Might All Be Gobbled Up
Sean Leary Business
Thanksgiving turkeys and supplies have been gobbled up quickly off Quad-Cities grocery store shelves, so if you're still on the hunt for a bird, you might have tough time. A trek to three area...
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Exclusive Reviews

Disorder In the Court
Tim Brennan Movie Reviews
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is streaming on Netflix There’s a long and semi-proud tradition in Hollywood of the courtroom movie. Some of them,...
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Second Verse, A Little Different Than the First
Tim Brennan Movie Reviews
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is streaming on Prime How does he do it? He must have the luck of Loki or some other trickster god on his side,...
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“Yes, God, Yes” a Sweet, Small Film Exposing Enormity of Catholic Hypocrisy
Jonathan Turner Columns
The 70-minute teen comedy/drama “Yes, God, Yes” is a sweet, slight and mostly satisfying film that deftly, gently tackles enormous, weighty...
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Miss Mystery
Tim Brennan Movie Reviews
Enola Holmes is streaming on Netflix Perhaps the best part of a movie, for me, is the first couple of seconds. By that point, I have a broad idea...
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That Old Time Religion
Tim Brennan Movie Reviews
The Devil All the Time is streaming on Netflix I’ve been to the South, but I’ve never been to The South. To clarify, years ago my wife and I...
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Tempest in a Teapot
Tim Brennan Movie Reviews
Cuties is streaming on Netflix Take a seat. Better yet, make a nice, hot cup of tea, pull up your nearest fainting couch, and get ready for some...
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Be Excellent To Each Other
Tim Brennan Movie Reviews
Bill & Ted Face the Music is streaming on Prime Let’s talk about trilogies. Specifically, how unbelievably hard they are to pull off. It’s...
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A Gorilla Never Forgets
Tim Brennan Movie Reviews
The One and Only Ivan is streaming on Disney+. Once upon a time, there was a mall, located in a faraway land known as Tacoma. This mall wasn’t...
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Superheavy
Tim Brennan Movie Reviews
Project Power is streaming on Netflix Next to westerns, there’s no other genre that has the flexibility that superheroes have in terms of...
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Headspace
Tim Brennan Movie Reviews
7500 is streaming on Amazon Prime Americans are not good at empathy. We like to think we are, but the hard truth is, we suck at it. Why? Because...
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Local Quad Cities Columns

Even In A Strange And Downtrodden Year, There Are Things For Which To Be Thankful
Sean Leary covid-19
It was a surreal Thanksgiving. My ex-wife and I alternate years on holidays, and it’s always strange and...
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Meet Our Pupper Of The Week... Reeeeeeanch!
Sean Leary Davenport
Got a perfect pupper? A great good boi? A darn awesome doggo? QuadCities.com wants to feature your dog in our...
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The Next Two Months Will Be Crucial For Getting Our Lives Back. Our Decisions Will Be Crucial To That.
Sean Leary Bettendorf
We all want things to get back to normal as quickly as possible. We look at other countries like Australia and New...
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How About A Little Jelly Roll? It's The Video You Deserve!
Sean Leary Entertainment
Welcome back! It’s Monday, and you all know by now that means today you get your Video You Deserve. That’s...
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Get A Start On Planning Your Week In Fun, Quad-Cities! Here's The FUN10!
Sean Leary Bettendorf
Happy Thanksgiving week! Want something to be thankful for? QuadCities.com proudly presents FUN10, a list of the...
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Davenport’s Renwick Mansion Makes History As A Spot For Comedy To 'Clue' And More
Jonathan Turner Comedy
Saturday In The Arts is a weekly look at a personality, place, trend or topic of interest to the Quad-Cities. It runs...
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Caribou Was More Than Just A Coffee Shop, It Was A Part Of A Life Now Gone
Sean Leary Books
We’re all maps of our experiences, our lives a tapestry of our time spent. Every second, every moment of...
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Meet Our Puppers Of The Week... Sofia And Sonni!
Sean Leary Bettendorf
Got a perfect pupper? A great good boi? A darn awesome doggo? QuadCities.com wants to feature your dog in our...
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Don't Be Too Shy, Check Out The Video You Deserve!
Sean Leary Articles
Welcome back! It’s Monday, and you all know by now that means today you get your Video You Deserve. That’s...
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Looking For Something Fun To Do This Week? Here's Your FUN10!
Sean Leary Film And Web Video
QuadCities.com proudly presents FUN10, a list of the top 10 things to do in the Quad Cities this week, and every...
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Business of the Week

Osaka Is A Godzilla Of Sushi In the Quad-Cities and Muscatine
Looking for a catch of the week that doesn’t involve noodling the flooded Mississippi River? If you’re jonesing for... Read More
Dr. Tuvi Mendel: A Shoulder To Lean On
When it comes to treating and alleviating shoulder pain, patients are finding Dr. Tuvi Mendel a shoulder to lean on. Dr.... Read More
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
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Food of the Week

You Need A Hot Potato On A Cold Day
Can you believe this crap? Snow, record cold, and it’s barely October? Man, I need a vacation,... Read More
You’ll Be Sweet On Radicle’s Strawberries And Cream Beer
You ever wonder what happened to Strawberry Shortcake? You know, Strawberry Shortcake, the cartoon ginger who has had her... Read More
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
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
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