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Midcoast Fine Arts and Davenport's Bucktown Feature Doty, Williams, McFarland Artworks
Midcoast Fine Arts and Bucktown in downtown Davenport have got two great new exhibits adorning the walls over the next month. The art of Jane Doty and Amber Williams runs through March 28 at...
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Tour De Brew Riding Into Quad-Cities For Charity
Tour de Brew QC /Katie's Club is again ready to raise money for area cancer organizations for a 7th year and is gearing up to announce this year's route. The new route will be announced during a...
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Junior Theater's 'Wizard of Oz' Drops This Weekend
Davenport Junior Theatre (DJT) continues its 68th season of theatre “for kids, by kids’ this weekend and next with the Wizard of Oz on the mainstage. Showtimes are at 1 and 4 p.m. Saturdays and...
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Monica Austin Ready to Join Wynonna & The Big Noise at The Rust Belt
Throughout our lives, we all have dreams. It may be a situation we imagine ourselves in, or an encounter with an idol that we play over and over in our heads. The outcome of those dreams and desires...
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Moline Maroons Take On Mundelein Mustangs at United Center
Enjoy a legendary outing at a Chicago Bulls game with Moline High School basketball teammates, family and friends! Moline High School varsity basketball players take their game to the next level...
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Ever Wanted To Be A Writer, Videographer Or Podcaster? Join The QuadCities.com Team!
Have you ever wanted to be a writer? Here’s your chance! QuadCities.com is seeking interested and hard-working high school and college students for our internship program. Interns will get...
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Midwest Writing Center Hosting Young Writers Studio
The Midwest Writing Center will host Young Writers Studio for young writers in the Quad Cities at their offices on the ground floor of the Rock Island Public Library Downtown branch on the third...
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WQPT Roaring Up Patriot Derby Challenge At Western Illinois University Saturday
WQPT, PBS for the Quad Cities Region and the QC VET Center will host the 3rd Annual Patriot Derby Challenge on Saturday, February 15th at Western Illinois University – Quad Cities Campus (3300...
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Introduce a Girl to STEAM at SAU
It may have a new name, but this amazing event for local girls in the Quad Cities is back and better than ever! St. Ambrose University hosts ‘Introduce a Girl to STEAM’, formerly ‘Introduce...
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EMSSC Holding Rock And Roll Bingo Benefit For Youth Soccer
East Moline Silvis Soccer Club (EMSSC) is hosting a Rock n Roll Bingo Night on Friday, March 6th at The Rock in Coal Valley. Doors open at 6 pm and Bingo starts at 7pm. The cost is $10...
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Free Movies For Kids A Sweet Valentine From Rock Island Library
If you’re looking for free ways to engage your child or teen this February, the Rock Island Public Library has some pretty sweet deals planned for you. Two free movies on the afternoon...
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Find Humor in The Worst Valentine’s Day at The Speakeasy
The Speakeasy (1818 3rd Avenue), in downtown Rock Island, has the perfect comedy show for those of you who find it therapeutic (or just funny) to hear about other people’s dating and romance...
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Quad-Cities Restaurant Week Kicks Off With Puck Visit
Quad Cities Restaurant Week celebrates its eighth year for delighting diners during this local culinary celebration on February 24-March 1, 2020, organized by Visit Quad Cities. Visit...
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'Wizard Of Oz' Magically Appears For Davenport Junior Theatre
Davenport Junior Theatre (DJT) continues its 68th season of theatre “for kids, by kids.’ With 500 registrations in the winter theatre and dance programs, DJT now turns its sights to its all...
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Figge Offers Different Idea For Valentine's Day
Show your love for the Figge Art Museum this Valentine’s Day – Friday, February 14! Don’t spend money on flowers that will wilt, or calorie filled chocolate, instead make a gift for the...
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EMSSC Bringing Top Soccer To The Quad-Cities
East Moline Silvis Soccer Club has long brought top soccer play to the area. Now they're bringing TOPSoccer to the Quad-Cities. EMSSC is debuting TOPSoccer, a program for mentally and physically...
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Enjoy Some Havana Daydreamin’ in Downtown Davenport
Are you ready to warm things up this weekend, Quad Cities?! Break out the flipflops and the island gear for an afternoon and night of pub crawls, food, drink, and music, with proceeds benefitting...
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Jason Aldean Makes Tour Stop in Moline
Country music star, Jason Aldean, brings ‘We Back Tour’ to the Quad Cities! We Back Tour takes place at the TaxSlayer Center (1201 River Drive Moline) on Thursday Feb 13 at 7:30 and features...
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Exclusive Reviews

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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The Doughnut Hole
Making a movie is hard. Making a good movie? That’s really hard. Making a good mystery? These days that appears to be damn near impossible, given...
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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

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
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
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