The Putnam Museum and Science Center (1717 W. 12th St., Davenport) invites visitors to step inside a dazzling world of color, light, and reflection with the opening of Kaleidoscope Odyssey, a vibrant new exhibit debuting Saturday, March 14 and on view through Sept. 7, 2026. Featuring more than 24 large‑scale, immersive kaleidoscopes created by world‑renowned […]
Girl power takes center stage as Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse continues its 49th season with the foot-stomping good time “Honky Tonk Angels,” running Friday through April 25. The feel-good country-music revue was hailed by Rochester Media as “heaven on earth.” “Honky Tonk Angels” is a celebration of female country music stars, telling the story of […]
You don’t have to be Irish to feel lucky this Saturday, as downtown Rock Island will celebrate two new events in coordination with the beloved bi-state St. Patrick’s Day Grand Parade. Rock Island’s Arts Alley (1719 2nd Ave.) is turning into a lucky charm of a social shopping spot Saturday, March 14, for its first Shamrock Market. […]
Friends of MLK, Downtown Davenport Partnership, and Quad City Arts are seeking the design and installation of a public mural to be created in Davenport, painted on the north-facing wall of the train bridge on the southeast corner of Brady and 5th streets. It will be across 5th Street from MLK Park and the MLK Interpretive Center. This […]
The Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) continues its 2025–26 Masterworks season with another world premiere from a female composer this weekend. Masterworks V: Beethoven Second Symphony – a dynamic program that highlights rhythmic vitality, artistic innovation, and the power of personal storytelling through music – will be presented Saturday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the […]
The seventh-annual QC Environmental Film Series (QCEFS) ended on a high note Sunday, March 1, at a crowded Galvin Fine Arts Center, Davenport. After the screening of the seventh documentary shown this year (since January, including one double feature), “Reef Builders” (2025), series leaders Kristin Bergren and Kathy Wine explained that they started a new […]
Seeing the tremendously intense, uncomfortable, brutal and cathartic production of “God of Carnage” made me realize again how much I’ve missed the now-defunct QC Theatre Workshop in Davenport. The original 2009 Broadway version of Yasmina Reza’s bitter, black comedy — with the star-studded cast Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden – won […]
The 2026 season at Playcrafters Barn Theatre (4950 35th Ave., Moline) kicks off this weekend and next with the bitter, black comedy “God of Carnage” by Yasmina Reza, hailed by Variety as “elegant, acerbic, and entertainingly fueled on pure bile.” When a playground fight between two boys leaves one injured, their parents agree to meet […]
The Cambridge Academic Foundation invites the community to an evening of suspense, laughter, and intrigue at “Murder at the Mall II: The Class Reunion,” a murder mystery comedy written by Tom Akers. The event will take place Saturday, Feb. 28th at Midland Golf Club in Kewanee, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. and the show […]
I wanted very much to enjoy “word play,” a world premiere from the incredibly prolific playwright, Alex Richardson, and his Barely There Theatre. Unfortunately, I really didn’t, I’m sorry. Despite 11 years of revisions, from when Richardson first tackled his first of many plays, “word play” still feels unfinished, a random collection of pretty brief […]
