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Catch Little Shop of Horrors at The Spotlight Theatre
Tess Abney Entertainment
Catch “Little Shop of Horrors” on the big screen this Friday Sep 25 at The Spotlight Theatre (1800 7th Avenue Moline). Doors open at 6 p.m. and the movie begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are just $10....
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Tallent Show to Take Over Renwick Mansion Ground on Sunday
Jonathan Turner Bettendorf
Comedian Sam Tallent will perform Sunday at 7 p.m. outdoors at the Renwick Mansion, 901 Tremont Ave., Davenport, as part of the Tomfoolery on Tremont stand-up series. Food and a full bar will...
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Need Help With Free WiFi? Check Out Davenport Public Library’s OWL New WiFi Schedule
Sean Leary Books
Are you struggling to check emails and help your children with homework? The Library is here to help! You may have seen a large Sprinter van in your neighborhood with a giant owl on it - it’s a...
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Rock Island Public Library, AOK Network Partner to Promote Learning through Play
Sean Leary Books
Families can sign up to pick up a Hug-A-Book: Play kit this week filled with at-home activities to support preschool learning through play. The event kit is available at Rock Island Public Library...
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Factory of Fear Returns!
Tess Abney Entertainment
Halloween is far from cancelled! The Factory of Fear (5027 4th Avenue Moline) opens for the 2020 season this Friday Sep 25. For 25 years, the Factory of Fear has been the QC's #1 rated, largest,...
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Rock the River Six Feet Apart-y
Tess Abney Entertainment
QC Rock Academy and Rock Island Parks and Recreation department have teamed up to bring the Quad Cities a night filled with music, along the river. Rock the River “Six Feet Apart-y” will...
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2020 Augie Grad a Keynote Speaker at Global Suicide Prevention Event
Jonathan Turner Education
Haley DeGreve just graduated from Augustana College in May, but the Alleman High alum and Moline native already has become a national advocate in the fight for suicide prevention. On average,...
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Quad City Arts Invites Area Artists To Exhibit At Their Galleries
Sean Leary Art
Quad City Arts invites artists residing within a 250-mile radius of Rock Island, IL to submit a proposal for a gallery exhibition during 2021-22. Selected artists will be paired with one or two...
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Moline's Black Box Theatre Opens New 'Three Viewings' This Week
Sean Leary Entertainment
The Black Box Theatre in downtown Moline presents “Three Viewings” by Jeffrey Hatcher, opening on Thursday, September 24. “We decided to visit Jeffrey Hatcher again,” said co-founder Lora...
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One Human Family QCA Hosting Memorial For Ruth Bader Ginsberg Tonight
Sean Leary Davenport
One Human Family QCA is hosting an interfaith Zoom Memorial for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg this evening (Wed. 9/23) at 7:30 pm. There will be speakers, music and an invite for all...
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Rock Island Public Library Offers Homebound Resources Program
Sean Leary Books
The Rock Island Public Library recently introduced a Homebound Resources service to deliver library materials to Rock Island and Milan residents who are temporarily or permanently...
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A Review Of Einstein's Sister's 'Humble Creatures'
Sean Leary Einstein’s Sister
Local band Einstein's Sister will be in the spotlight with various stories every day throughout this week, leading up to the release of the band's first single in almost two decades this Saturday,...
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Western Illinois University Food Pantry Open Thursdays During Pandemic
Sean Leary Books
MACOMB, IL – During this time of unprecedented events, the Western Illinois University Food Pantry is open to anyone in need of food or other essential resources. The pantry is open for all...
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WQPT Presenting 'Age Of Nature' Event Tonight
Sean Leary Education
WQPT is presenting a special online preview screening of clips from The Age of Nature followed by a discussion with local experts in the area of nature conservation. The event begins at 6:30 pm on...
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Bettendorf Public Library Offers Craft Days With Fall Flair
Sean Leary Bettendorf
Decorating your home for Halloween won’t be a problem with the help of the Bettendorf Public Library. Starting on September 24th, take home kits designed for people ages 16 through adults will...
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Spotlight Theatre Continues to Shine With New Programs
Jonathan Turner Art
While the two-year-old Spotlight Theatre, 1800 7th Ave., Moline, continues to be closed to big productions during Covid, it also continues to shine a light on creative alternative...
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QC HIVE Created Connection, Invaluable Support For The Quad-Cities Arts Community
Jonathan Turner Art
When Quad-Cities musician Donovan Gustofson created QC HIVE six months ago, to help others hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, he had little idea how it would grow and flourish. The Facebook...
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Einstein's Sister Video Details The Band's First Single In Almost Two Decades
Sean Leary Einstein’s Sister
Einstein's Sister is releasing their first songs in almost twenty years, and the band's songwriter, guitarist and singer Kerry Tucker is talking about it on a new video. The group collaborated...
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Exclusive Reviews

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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Blast From the Past
Tim Brennan Movie Reviews
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
Tim Brennan Movie Reviews
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
Tim Brennan Movie Reviews
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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Local Quad Cities Columns

Meet This Week's Local Artist In The QuadCities.com Virtual Art Gallery!
Sean Leary Art
Welcome to the QuadCities.com Virtual Art Gallery! In this feature, we’re spotlighting area artists and their...
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Meet Pookie, Our Pupper Of The Week!
Sean Leary Articles
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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It's The Video You Deserve, and M M M M M To The B, M To The B...
Sean Leary Film And Web Video
The Video You Deserve does not live on vintage videos alone. Sure, most weeks we give you a cheesy video to start...
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10 Fun Things To Do Week of September 20th: Live Music, Haunted Houses, Movies and MORE!
Tess Abney Art
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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Quad-Cities High School and College Arts Struggle, Adapt During Covid
Jonathan Turner Art
Saturday in the Arts is a comprehensive, in-depth look at a personality, issue, or trend in the Quad-Cities arts and...
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'Tenet' A Beautiful, Big Scale Mind Bender
Connie Corcoran Wilson Connie Wilson
Director Christopher Nolan started tinkering around with the concept of time many years ago on a much smaller budget...
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Netflix' 'Social Dilemma' Is A Dark, Must-See Mirror Into Our World
Sean Leary Entertainment
There are very few shows you can deem “must see” anymore, although not as much due to their quality, as due to the...
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This Week's Featured Quad-Cities Artist Is Kevin Richard Schafer!
Sean Leary Art
Welcome to the QuadCities.com Virtual Art Gallery! In this feature, we’re spotlighting area artists and their...
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Meet Diesel, Our Pupper Of The Week!
Sean Leary Family
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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Soy Un Perdidor... It's The Video You Deserve Baby
Sean Leary Art
It's Monday. The weather over the last week has sucked. Covid and 2020 suck. And in general you're feeling like a...
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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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