Richmond Hill Players continue their 2026 season with the romantic comedy-drama “The Rainmaker” by N. Richard Nash. The show is presented Thursdays through Sundays, June 4-14 at the Barn Theatre in Geneseo, directed by Joe DePauw. In the story (which premiered in 1953 as a live TV play), during a paralyzing drought in the American West, a […]
Downtown Bettendorf will be the place to be on Saturday, June 6, 2026, offering a full day of fun that moves from a family-friendly outdoor festival to an evening of live music throughout downtown Bettendorf. The day kicks off with a free outdoor festival from noon to 7 p.m. at 15th Street Landing (15th and […]
If you, like me before May 30, have never been to Timber Lake Playhouse in Mt. Carroll, Ill., then you’re truly missing out on a treasure in northwest Illinois, for its beautiful, bucolic setting alone. The professional summer theater (62 miles northeast of Moline) is worth the drive, especially given the absolute banger that’s opening […]
Rock Island’s West End Revitalization (WER) will host a community discussion on the future of the Centennial Bridge corridor and its potential impacts on the West End, on Tuesday June 2, at 6 p.m., at the Martin Luther King Center, 630 9th St., Rock Island. As the June 3 state public comment deadline approaches, WER […]
For the first time since 2022, a Major League Baseball game will be played in Iowa, with MLB at Field of Dreams is returning to Dyersville, Iowa, with a Thursday, Aug. 13, matchup between the Phillies and Twins at the refurbished site. “Major League Baseball is excited to return to Iowa in 2026 and to deliver […]
The city of Bettendorf is benefitting from three new grants from Scott County Regional Authority, which were announced last week. Of nearly $1.4 million in total spring grants, supporting 48 Quad Cities projects, three main ones apply to Bettendorf: $166,667 for The Landing water park and ice rink, part of $4 million in total SCRA […]
The Channel Cat Water Taxi returns for the 2026 season beginning Friday, May 22. The water taxi will operate daily through end of September with weekend-only service continuing through mid-October, weather permitting. Operating hours are as follows: Monday – Thursday: 11 a.m. to 7:40 p.m. Friday – Sunday: 9 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. The Channel […]
For the past 25 and 10 years, respectively, Opera Quad Cities and Black Box Theatre have both been known for presenting productions and performances of the utmost sensitivity, grace, emotion and class. Seeing them partner for their latest — the area premiere of “Master Class” by Terrence McNally – is a natural, and an unparalleled, […]
Anderson Taylor of Cambridge, Illinois, at just age 11, has officially been recognized by Guinness World Records as the youngest museum curator in the world. He was just 9 years and 340 days old when he opened the Cambridge Natural History Museum on August 10, 2024. What began as a childhood fascination with fossils, minerals, dinosaurs, and natural history has quickly grown into […]
Six Black Hawk College students recently were honored for their artistic talent in the 2026 Student Art Exhibition at the Quad-Cities Campus. The juried competition garnered 50 entries with 27 pieces selected for the show by juror and BHC alum Abi Kongkousonh Frey, interim marketing director for Quad City Arts. Justyce Watson of East Moline won […]
