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Free Community Yoga Returns to the TaxSlayer!
This time of year, schedules get busier and life can feel more overwhelming. As the weather starts to get colder, those aches and pains can also rear their ugly heads. So why not take advantage of an...
PaperFest Cutting Into Quad-Cities Next Weekend
PaperFest, a new visual arts event in the Quad Cities, will include art demos and family-friendly hands-on art activities, all with paper. Activities planned are paper book folding, foam core...
Alternating Currents Flow into Downtown Davenport
Music. Film. Comedy. Art. That’s right, Alternating Currents returns to Downtown Davenport. Alternating Currents, now in its 3rd year, will take place from Thursday Aug 22 through Sunday...
The Learning Campus Discovery Fair Providing Fun for the Entire Family!
Are you ready for some free family fun this weekend? Hosted by the Bettendorf Public Library with support from the Family Museum, The Learning Campus Discovery Fair will take place this Saturday...
Riverfront Pop Brings the Music of Queen to Rock Island Arsenal
On Saturday, August 17, 2019, at 7:30 pm Quad City Bank & Trust (QCB&T) Riverfront Pops will rock the Quad Cities with a killer setlist of Queen’s greatest hits! Due to the extensive...
OMG Beckyfest Returns to Downtown Davenport with Handmade, Vintage, & Kid Vendors
Crafted QC will be hosting its fifth indie arts festival, OMG Beckyfest, Friday, August 23, 6-9 PM and Saturday, August 24, 10 AM-4 PM, in the Great Hall of the RiverCenter, Downtown Davenport, IA....
Looking To Raise Money? Storm Ready To Help Community In Season Two
The Quad City Storm promised to be the “community’s team” during their inaugural season last year and they put their money where their promise was. After the team won the league’s community...
Good News On Codfish’s Marv, GoFundMe Up To Help
Marv is on the healing path, but he’s not out of the woods yet, and still needs your help to get back on the tractor again. The amiable Marvin Franzen, the upbeat and genial driver of the...
Wine Walk with Friends in the Village of East Davenport
Wine sampling events are always fun, but when you are partaking to help raise funds for a good cause they always seem to feel even better! Gilda’s Club and the Village of East Davenport are...
East Moline’s Freedom Fest Back and Better than Ever!
Are you looking for a full day of fun for the entire family this weekend? Then look no further than the 2019 East Moline Freedom Fest! The 2019 East Moline Freedom Fest is happening this Saturday...
Assassins Shooting For Black Box Theatre
The Black Box Theatre opens the multiple Tony Award-winning musical Assassins. With a book by John Weideman and Stephen Sondheim’s music and lyrics the “panoramic story of our nation's culture...
QC Rollers Return To Rock Quad-Cities
Zipping around the track in a savage ballet, following intuitive patterns as their bodies crash into each other, the women engage, again and again. Muscles sore, sweat dripping from their skin, they...
Floatzilla 2019 Returns with a Splash!
Have you ever wanted to participate in an attempt to break a world record? Well here is your opportunity! Floatzilla 2019 will return in its ‘world-record breaking’ glory, this Saturday Aug...
August Library Events Offer Great Adult Options
While the kids are back in school, the Rock Island Public Library has some great options to help keep adults of all ages keep learning their whole lives. Among other options, adults can learn...
Sweatstock Music Festival Will Take You Around ‘The Bend’
In 1969, the original Woodstock Festival brought together half a million people in a celebration of peace, music and love. Fifty years later, there are anniversary celebrations of Woodstock large and...
Fans Flock To Help Codfish Hollow Icon Marv After Accident
Marvin Franzen, the genial chap in the farmer’s hat and overalls who has charmed visitors to Codfish Hollow Barnstormers while trolleying them from the parking lot to the barn on his tractor, is...
Atlas Two-Part Launch Party Showcases Young Writers
The Young Emerging Writers (YEW) Summer Internship Program will host a two-part launch party for the latest issue of the Program’s literary magazine THE ATLAS on Thursday, August 15th in downtown...
Bryan Adams Brings 'Shine a Light World Tour' to TaxSlayer
Armed with a career spanning over four decades and a signature brand of feel-good rock’n’roll hits, Canadian icon Bryan Adams is coming to the Quad Cities! Bryan Adams brings his ‘Shine a...
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Tripmaster Monkey

Tripmaster Monkey Live At RIBCO For Rob's Benefit
In January 2013, Tripmaster Monkey --- drummer Marty Reyhons, bassist Wes Haas, guitarist Jamie Toal and singer Chris...
Tripmaster Monkey Tour Of The UK Flashback
Back in 1994, the local band Tripmaster Monkey toured the UK to support their debut EP, "Faster Than Dwight," playing...
A Music Video Filmed In the Quad Cities That Was On MTV? Yup.
Back in 1994, the local band Tripmaster Monkey filmed the video for their first single, "Shutters Closed," off their...
Tripmaster Monkey Through The Years
A look back at Quad-Cities indie rock band Tripmaster Monkey, from their start in the late '80s through their heyday in...
Tripmaster’s Masterpiece: Their ‘East’ Is Their Best
It was always stunning to me that Tripmaster Monkey never hit it bigger than they did. Back in the mid-late ‘90s, the...
Tripmaster Monkey New Record 'My East Is Your West' Due August 6!
Tripmaster Monkey, one of the most commercially and creatively successful bands in Quad-Cities music history, will...
The Long Strange Trip Of Tripmaster Monkey
Tripmaster Monkey released its first album in over 20 years, "My East Is Your West," this week, and like the veering...
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Local Quad Cities Columns

Quad Cities Icons: Eric Christian Olsen from Bettendorf, IA – Actor
Jon Burns
The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and...
Quad Cities Icons: Margo Price from Aledo, IL – Country Singer-Songwriter
Jon Burns
The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and...
Quad Cities Icons: Lissie from Rock Island, IL – Singer-Songwriter
Jon Burns
The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and...
Quad Cities Icons: Lara Flynn Boyle from Davenport, IA – Professional Actress
Jon Burns
The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and...
Quad Cities Icons: Bonnie Bartlett from Moline, IL– Professional Actress
Jon Burns
The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and...
Quad Cities Icons: Lisa De Leeuw from Moline, IL – Adult Film Star
Jon Burns
The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and...
Quad Cities Icons: Chasson Randle from Rock Island, IL – Professional Basketball Player
Jon Burns
The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and...
Quad Cities Icons: Roger Craig from Davenport, IA – Three Time Super Bowl Champion
Jon Burns
The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and...
Quad Cities Icons: Acie Earl from Moline, IL – Professional Basketball Player
Jon Burns
The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and...
Quad Cities Icons: Linnea Quigley from Davenport, IA – Actress
Jon Burns
The Quad Cities Icons Series is a collection of paintings by local artist Jon Burns celebrating people of fame and...
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Business of the Week

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
Get Your Kickins At Rustic Pickins!
You’ll find quaint, cute, fun and funky products more folksy than a dropped “g” at Rustic Pickin’s, a new store that... Read More
Blue Flame Burns Bright For Storage Needs
Keeping your items safe and secure is what fires up the owners of Blue Flame, a secure storage facility at 18602 County Road... Read More
Nutrition Outlet Bringing Good Health, Good Vibes
Right off the riverside hustle and bustle of Mississippi Drive in Muscatine is an oasis of calm. You walk in, and you’re... Read More
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Food of the Week

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
Sal Vitale's Offers Delicious Authentic Italian Food
There’s a robust family atmosphere that fills Sal Vitale’s and Sons, with the same richness and flavor of their... Read More
Flamingos Offers Colorful Ice-Cold Creations
If you’re drifting through a haze of heat exhausted and you see a painted shack near the side of the road, don’t worry,... Read More
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
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