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Augustana Puts Female Spin on Classic Faustian Tale In New Production
Jonathan Turner Entertainment
The classic bromance of Faust bargaining with the devil, becomes a feminist, queer bond in a new Augustana College production opening tonight, Oct. 29, at the Brunner Theatre Center’s Blackbox...
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Celebrate Halloween With Fun Events At Your Local HyVee
Sean Leary Bettendorf
Celebrate Halloween with the friendly faces of Hy-Vee! Local Hy-Vees will be providing Outdoor Halloween Events this Saturday Oct 31 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Join Hy-Vee outside for a socially...
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Hocus Pocus! It's Halloween At The Blue Grass Drive-In
Sean Leary Blue Grass
It's Halloween at the Blue Grass Drive-in (774 W Mayne St. Blue Grass)! Come out early this Saturday Oct 31 for Trunk or Treat. Then stick around for some DISCOUNTED movies. This screen will have...
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Quad City Arts Visiting Artist Series Has New Format Online
Jonathan Turner Art
Quad City Arts launched its new collection of online educational materials for the 47th-annual Visiting Artist Series on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The site,...
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Black Sheep Closing In Downtown Rock Island, May Reopen in Davenport
Sean Leary Business
A second large bar in downtown Rock Island is closing its doors. Just weeks after Billy Bob's shut down, The Black Sheep Pub is closing. Owner Shawn Cirlos posted on social media that he'd been...
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Whitey's Locust Street Closing Temporarily Due To Covid
Sean Leary Business
Whitey's Ice Cream's Locust Street location in Davenport will be temporarily closing due to a positive covid test by one of their employees. Whitey's issued the following statement today on social...
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Dogtoberfest Howling This Saturday
Sean Leary Bettendorf
Calling all goblins, witches, canines too, grab your best costume for a fun boo! Experience Dogtoberfest this Saturday Oct 31 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Iron + Grain Coffee House (585 12th Avenue...
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Ballet Quad Cities Flying In With Dancing For Dracula
Sean Leary Davenport
Join Ballet Quad Cites for a delicious three course sit-down dinner and a lively, playful Halloween fundraiser performance! Enjoy Dancing for Dracula and You! in the beautiful ballroom at The...
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Western Illinois University Alumnus Named Officer of the Year
Sean Leary Business
Western Illinois University 2003 School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration Graduate Byron Nudd has been named Officer of the Year by the Illinois State Police (ISP). "Assigned to...
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Quad-Cities Institutions Put Their Money Where the Equity Is
Jonathan Turner Bettendorf
Thirteen banks and credit unions serving the Quad-Cities have pooled their resources to give more than $130,000 to the United Way’s United for Equity Fund, created to address and solve inequities...
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First Quad Cities Corporate Games to Kick Off Next June and July
Jonathan Turner Bettendorf
The inaugural Quad Cities Corporate Games (QCCG), a project of the Iowa Sports Foundation in partnership with Visit Quad Cities and the Davenport Parks and Recreation Department, will be held June 1...
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Moline's Spotlight Theater Presents Spooky Spotlight Spectacular: A Halloween Cabaret
Sean Leary Entertainment
Make plans to experience the Spooky Spotlight Spectacular: A Halloween Cabaret, this Thursday Oct 29 and Friday Oct 30 at The Spotlight Theatre (1800 7th Avenue Moline). Doors open at 6 p.m. and the...
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Moline Ready For A Not-So-Normal Spooktacular Trick Or Treat
Sean Leary Entertainment
Put on your best costume and join the Moline Parks and Recreation Department for a Not-so-Normal Spooktacular trick or treat this Thursday Oct 29 from 3 – 7:30 p.m. at Stephens Park (7th Street and...
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Guest Op-Ed: Why Joe Biden should be an Honorary Iowan
Web Master Bettendorf
(Editor’s note: QuadCities.com is proud to publish this guest editorial by Tony-nominated playwright Sarah Ruhl, whose parents grew up in Davenport. Ahead of the Nov. 3 election, former vice...
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Downtown Davenport Partnership Presents New Master Plan
Jonathan Turner Business
Despite the Covid crisis, the Downtown Davenport Partnership (DDP) -- an affiliate of the Quad Cities Chamber – has been very busy for the past eight months. The result of all that work was...
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Western Illinois Beta Alpha Psi Achieves Superior Chapter Status
Sean Leary Education
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – For the 31st consecutive year, the Western Illinois University Zeta Beta Chapter (No. 141) of Beta Alpha Psi (BAP) has achieved Superior Chapter status from Beta Alpha Psi...
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Quad-Cities' IHMVCU Helping People To Get To The Polls To Vote
Sean Leary Bettendorf
The 2020 presidential election is less than two weeks away. Are you ready to vote? Better question: Do you have a ride to cast your ballot? According to data from the 2016 Survey of the...
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Second Rock Island Public Library, Augustana College Frieze Lecture Rescheduled to Thursday, November 5
Sean Leary Books
The second Rock Island Public Library/Augustana College Frieze Lecture, Tip of the Iceberg: Understanding the Bigger Picture of Pandemic Disease Severity with Dr. Rebecca Heick has been rescheduled...
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Exclusive Reviews

“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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What A Croc
Tim Brennan Movie Reviews
The Pool is streaming on Shudder. There aren’t too many animals that genuinely scare me. Sure, I know that my place on the food chain isn’t...
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Love, Die, Repeat
Tim Brennan Movie Reviews
Sometimes, the best-case scenario is to be wrong. We all have our blind spots, right? I was wrong about Andy Samberg. Wrong as hell. For a while...
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Local Quad Cities Columns

Guest Op-Ed: Why Joe Biden should be an Honorary Iowan
Web Master Bettendorf
(Editor’s note: QuadCities.com is proud to publish this guest editorial by Tony-nominated playwright Sarah Ruhl,...
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Meet Our Pupper Of The Week... Sophie!
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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Greatest GIF In History, Featuring Quad-Citian Khalil Hacker Eating Donuts, Brought Into Existence
Sean Leary Entertainment
Possibly the greatest GIF in the history of the young digital artform has been brought into existence and gained...
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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...
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It's Time For The Video You Deserve, Herr Kommissar...
Sean Leary Entertainment
The '80s were a magical era of fun songs, creative videos and plenty of one-hit-wonders. But it was pretty rare that...
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10 Fun Things To Do Week of October 25th: Dogtoberfest, Dracula, Dancing and MORE!
Tess Abney Entertainment
Are you feeling the swirls of spookiness in the air? If you’re a lover of all things fall and freaky – there is no...
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Quad-Cities' Halloween, Haunted Houses Are Different Under Horror of Covid
Jonathan Turner Art
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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Is This Man Really A Time Traveler From The Year 2485???
Sean Leary Comedy
There’s been a long history of people claiming to be time travelers. And there’s been an even longer history of...
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Enough With The Political Crap. People And Small Businesses Are Hurting. Pass The Damn Stimulus.
Sean Leary Alpha
I'm sick of the politics. I'm sick of the politicians. With more people struggling than ever, with more...
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Meet Our Pupper Of The Week... Mabel!
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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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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