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Take a Guided Hennepin Canal Tour
The Geneseo Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the 2020 Cruise the Canal Tours - guided golf cart tours of the historic Hennepin Canal State Parkway. Historic tours of the Hennepin Canal will...
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Quad-Cities Festival Of Praise Is Back!
QC Festival of Praise is back! The festival will take place all day Saturday, Sept. 5 at LeClaire Park in Davenport. The headliner is Christian Contemporary Artist Big Daddy Weave. "After...
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Bix Anniversary Honored With Records From Davenport Home
Fourteen years before Aug. 6 was burned into the world’s memory (with the 1945 U.S. atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, killing more than 70,000 people), that date marked another impactful...
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Backyard Boogie Rolling at Rozz-Tox
Join the Northern Parallels 043 for another open-air event, Backyard Boogie Edition, this Saturday Aug 8 from 7 p.m. – 12 a.m. at Rozz-Tox (2108 3rd Avenue Rock Island). This free, all ages...
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Bettendorf Public Library Commemorates 19th Amendment anniversary with live Canton Visit
In recognition of the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the Bettendorf Public Library will be hosting a historical performance on August 26th at 7:00 PM. Historian Laura F. Keyes will...
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Fee Waiver Offered Through Oct. 31 for International Student Applications At Western Illinois
MACOMB, MOLINE, IL – The Western Illinois University School of Graduate Studies is offering the waiver of the $30 application fee for international students who submit an application through Oct....
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QuadCities.com Virtual Cinema Looking For Local Filmmakers!
We are starting our own Virtual Cinema where local filmmakers can showcase their work to the Quad Cities! Are you a filmmaker that wants in on this?! Email QuadCities.com’s Creative Content...
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QuadCities.com Launching Online Cabaret For Local Performers And Theater Groups!
Are you a local performer, theatrical actor, theater, or arts organization? We're looking to provide you a virtual stage on the QuadCities.com site and social media! With covid rampaging, we...
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Monster Trucks Rolling into the Quad Cities
The Monsters are coming! America's biggest and baddest monster truck show is coming for the first time ever to the Quad Cities this Saturday Aug 8 from 2 – 4 p.m. at the Rock Island County...
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QCSO Presents Signature Series: Fantasie In-Person and Virtually
Quad City Symphony Orchestra presents Signature Series: Fantasie this Friday Aug 7 from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m., live from Allaert Auditorium at the Galvin Fine Arts Center (St. Ambrose University 518...
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Western Illinois University Emergency Management Alumni Recognized by Gov. Pritzker
MACOMB, IL - - Three Western Illinois University School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration graduates were recently recognized at a surprise ceremony by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and...
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QuadCities.com Virtual Art Gallery Features Bruce Walters!
Welcome to the QuadCities.com Virtual Art Gallery! In this feature, we’re spotlighting area artists and their work. Every Tuesday we’ll feature a new local artist. It’s free and our way...
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Cute Doggo Alert! The Pupper Of The Week Debuts On QuadCities.com!
Got a perfect pupper? A great good boi? A darn awesome doggo? QuadCities.com wants to feature your dog in our new Pupper Of The Week feature! Just send a picture of your pet with their...
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Go Beyond the Galleries at Figge Art Museum
Go beyond the galleries with the Figge Art Museum! Beyond the Galleries Tour will take place this Friday Aug 7 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum (225 W 2nd Street Davenport). Andrew...
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Beréskin Gallery Features Marine Life Art by Bettendorf Native
Bold colors and dramatic imagery swim from the paintings of Bettendorf native and marine life artist Brian Buckles. The sea life captured on canvas by Buckles reflects his fascination with these...
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Uncork the Season with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra
Join the Quad City Symphony Orchestra as they kick off the 2020-21 Season. Uncord the Season will take place on Wednesday Aug 5 from 5 – 8 p.m. at Wide River Winery in the Village of East...
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WQPT Features Local Children In PBS Kids Commercial
Along with the usual characters like Thomas the Train Engine, Elmo and Blue, you might see some familiar faces on PBS Kids. Local PBS station WQPT has debuted a new commercial playing between...
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Leathernecks Step Up to Help with Internship Cancelled by COVID-19
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – When the recent pandemic handed Leathernecks a challenge, they worked together to make an opportunity for one graduate student who was left without an internship. Western...
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Exclusive Reviews

Blast From the Past
The Old Guard is streaming on Netflix So there I was, in the midst of a bout of pandemic depression. The old ways of coping were gone for the...
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Their Performance Is an Adventure
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is streaming on Netflix I like to think I’m a relatively knowledgeable guy. I read a number of...
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Critic & Son - MCU Edition
I’m writing this on the morning of July 2. By now, we should have been a couple of months deep into the summer movie season. I’d be lying if I...
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Brothers
Da 5 Bloods is streaming on Netflix I’ve never served in the military. At the tail end of high school, recruiters from the Army bombarded my...
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Girl Kills World
Everyone who’s into movies has a thing. A thing that is endlessly fascinating and that can be refracted through a thousand different lenses. One...
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Ain’t Love Grand?
The Lovebirds is streaming on Netflix If you’re like me, you could use some quiet time. There’s something to be said for bringing back naps...
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Amateurs
Time to Hunt is streaming on Netflix We should be in the summer movie season right now. We should be bombarded by entertainment options: a little...
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Critic & Son - Star Wars Edition
You shouldn’t expect your kids to be into the same things you are. It certainly wasn’t the case with my father and me. Bill was a World War II...
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Touchable
Sometimes the meaning of a life is revealed at the end of it. We’ve seen that in film for decades, and perhaps the best example of this is Citizen...
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The Worst of All Possible Parents
The Willoughbys is streaming on Netflix Once upon a time, there lived a parent. This parent had the colossal misfortune to be a) alive during...
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Local Quad Cities Columns

QuadCities.com Virtual Art Gallery Features Bruce Walters!
Sean Leary
Welcome to the QuadCities.com Virtual Art Gallery! In this feature, we’re spotlighting area artists and their...
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Cute Doggo Alert! The Pupper Of The Week Debuts On QuadCities.com!
Sean Leary
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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You'll Foster Good Will Towards The Latest Video You Deserve
Sean Leary
It’s Monday, and it’s time once again for The Video You Deserve. Now, the past several videos we’ve featured...
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10 Fun Things To Do Week of August 2nd: Monster Trucks, Sausages, Tours and MORE!
Tess Abney
QuadCities.com proudly presents FUN10, a list of the top 10 things to do in the Quad Cities this week, and every week!...
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Hey All You Cool Cats And Kittens, It's Time To Celebrate Your Felines: It's Caturday
Sean Leary
Got a cool kitten? A funky feline? A precious pussycat? QuadCities.com wants to feature your cat in our new...
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Taylor Swift Offers More Than ‘Folklore’ About Her Illuminati Ties
Sean Leary
Listen, I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “Wow! Taylor Swift just released a new album! I wonder...
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Fabric Artist Calla Ritchie Is The Latest Creator In The QuadCities.com Virtual Art Gallery
Sean Leary
Welcome to the QuadCities.com Virtual Art Gallery! In this feature, we’re spotlighting area artists and their...
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How About A Little Jelly Roll? It's The Video You Deserve!
Sean Leary
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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10 Fun Things To Do Week of July 26th: Flamingo Follies, Jazz Fest, Meadstock and MORE!
Tess Abney
QuadCities.com proudly presents FUN10, a list of the top 10 things to do in the Quad Cities this week, and every week!...
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Giving Credit Where It's Due Isn't Just Right, It Helps Elevate The Local Arts Scene
Sean Leary
I want to give kudos to Rein Razer. In our story earlier this week on QuadCities.com on her upcoming burlesque show,...
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Business of the Week

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
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
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Food of the Week

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
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
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