The latest manic adventure from the QC troupe Haus of Ruckus will take over The Black Box Theatre, 1623 5th Ave., Moline, this weekennd and next. “Zooted Suits!” was written by Cal Vo and T Green, directed by Green. Puppets, sound, and projections by Cal Vo, set by Miguel Cabral, costumes by Juliette Carizey and […]
Since graduating from St. Ambrose University in Davenport in 2015, Brooke (Schelly) Galvan has made an impressive career in creative writing. Her latest passion project brings her full circle, as the bubbly married mom of two is coming back to the QC from her Texas home to see her new adaptation of “Peter Pan,” performed […]
Every Bucktown Americana Music Show is special, but the one scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, April 18 is one for the history books – as the down-home, warm-hearted variety show will play its last gig at Davenport Junior Theatre (DJT), 2822 Eastern Ave. The former Bucktown Revue (as it was called before rebranding as the […]
Two classic piano concertos, two world premieres by female composers and a Quad Cities premiere of a new saxophone concerto are among highlights of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) 111th season, announced Saturday, April 5. The 2025-2026 lineup will feature featuring six dynamic Masterworks, four intimate Up Close chamber concerts, Quad City Bank & […]
I have been on vacation since Feb. 10 — no, I do NOT have a job with that generous paid time off. That blessed respite and escape from the real world comes in “Escape To Margaritaville,” the new QC Music Guild show for which I am assistant music director and playing keyboard (rehearsals began that […]
Elvis Presley has been dead now longer than he was alive, which is hard to believe. Nearly 48 years after the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s passing at 42, his revolutionary career has again been brought to blazing, passionate life in the area debut of the tribute jukebox musical, “Heartbreak Hotel” at Rock Island’s Circa […]
In the action-packed fantasy novel The Arimathean, the three wise men and Joseph of Arimathea are ninja wizards, part of a secret society of warriors of the supernatural, who are entrusted to protect Joseph and Mary on the road to Bethlehem as King Herod and a cadre of demons led by Satan attempt to kill […]
Writing a new play is murder. Well, it certainly was for busy Q-C actor, director, and theater owner Tristan Tapscott, whose latest original work – “Murder at Mistwell Manor” – is a breezy blast. Known in part — before he opened The Mockingbird on Main theater last summer — for penning a new musical adaptation […]
The latest production at Moline’s intimate Black Box Theatre isn’t one necessarily to be enjoyed, but is a terrifying thriller – tailor-made for fans of suspense, mystery and horror. The whiplash-inducing, psychological roller-coaster “Veronica’s Room” (1973) truly puts the “black” in Black Box. Director and co-founder Lora Adams warns as much in her brief introduction […]
Ballet Quad Cities is unspooling a classic Lewis Carroll tale in dance, with “Alice in Wonderland” presented today, Saturday, April 9 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Adler, 136 E. 3rd St., Davenport. Tickets are $25 for adults, $19 for students and seniors, and $15 for children 12 and under, available HERE. Ballet […]
