Paintings by Holly Kimball & Brad Bisbey, with wood sculptures by Jay Stratton will be exhibited at Quad City Arts Gallery, Rock Island Feb. 2-March 23. There’s an opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 2 at the gallery, in the District, Rock Island. The event is free. In our fast paced world, it’s […]
Storyteller and librettist Charlotte Blake Alston will be in residence Feb. 12-23, thanks to Quad City Arts’ Visiting Artist Series. Charlotte Blake Alston is a nationally acclaimed storyteller, narrator, instrumentalist, librettist and singer who performs in venues throughout North America and abroad. She is the host of “Sound All Around,” the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Preschool concert […]
Do you know someone in your congregation who is enthusiastic, Inspirational, or has gone way above and beyond for his fellow parishioners? Someone who makes a difference, respects others, has a cheerful disposition and a positive outlook? Nominate him for the “Church Basement Man of the Year Contest”. “We had so much fun with our […]
Crusin’, a Quad-Cities area band featuring luminary Max Allan Collins, is among the inductees into this year’s class for the Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame. The Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Music Association is honored to be able to recognize Iowa artists with induction into the Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame and […]
Local theater fans will be hearing (and seeing) “Wedding Belles” this weekend. “Belles” will ring in the year as the first production of 2018 for the Pearl City Players Theatrical Society, with shows Jan. 12-14 in the Bob Roach Little Theatre at the Muscatine Community College. A fried chicken dinner begins pre-show at 6 p.m. […]
Today the Java Journey takes us to Iowa. Nestled inside the Green Thumbers flower shop on Brady Street, is a lovely place where you can have a coffee and enjoy the sight and smell of true natural beauty. The coffee shop has been a part of the beautiful floral Nursery for slightly over a year. […]
Want to get together with your Backstreet Boys and Spice Girls and get your music tastes ‘NSync even though the temperature is far from 98 Degrees? Then join all the New Kids on The Block and the Boys II Men at 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan 6 for Boy Band Review at Missipi Brew, 107 Iowa […]
In a storied history that began as a Sash and Door Works, traveled through time as a notorious Millwork company, was decimated multiple times by fire and then finally rebuilt as the edifice today known as the QCCA Expo Center, the building at 2621 4th Avenue in Rock Island has seen its share of muddled […]
It’s that time of year again, when every critic rolls out his or her best of for the last 365 days, in hopes of turning other people on to new music and showing off their own music tastes to the world, particularly other critics, who we all desperately try to one-up in our selections. And […]
It’s the end of one year and the beginning of the next, which means that everyone is lining up their goals and resolutions to ignore and feel guilty about in the next 365 days or so. Most of those goals will involve some sort of fitness regimen or losing weight, getting in shape or dieting. […]
