What better way to get rid of that old Jack O’ Lantern than to bring it to the Family Museum’s Great Pumpkin Drop! Bring your pumpkin before 10:50 AM on Saturday, November 4, and at 11:00 AM Family Museum staff will begin dropping pumpkins from the Great Hall balcony down to the floor. This messy […]
Rock Island Library offers free, one-on-one drop-in technology help from 9:00 am to 10:30 am on three Fridays per month. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, November labs will be offered: Friday, Nov. 3 at the Rock Island Downtown Library Reference Desk, 401 19th Street; Friday, Nov. 10 at the 30/31 Library, 3059 30th Street; and […]
Circa ’21 is thrilled to announce auditions for one of the few productions of Fancy Nancy Splendiferous Christmas The Musical to have been licensed in 2017. Auditions will be held at the theatre, 1828 3rd Avenue, in downtown Rock Island, on Saturday, October 28 at 9:00 A.M. This new musical, based on the hugely successful […]
Skeleton Key Art and Antiques invites you to join Rock Island antique shops for a “shop hop” style shopping event this Saturday, October 21. Eight Rock Island antique stores will offer shopping, sales, refreshments, and a chance to win $800 in gift certificates as they welcome shoppers to the Antique Island Shop Hop. Skeleton Key […]
Due to scheduling concerns, the KANSAS: Leftoverture 40th Anniversary Tour date scheduled for Wednesday, November 8, 2017 in Davenport, Iowa, at the Adler Theatre is being rescheduled for Wednesday, April 4, 2018. This concert will still be the Leftoverture 40th Anniversary Tour set. Tickets purchased for the original show date will be honored for the […]
Each wedding day is a unique expression of that couple’s love for each other, and Brides Night Out will help those pairs create celebrations that will lead to lasting memories. The event unveils 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 at Rendezvous Banquet Facility & Catering, 3127 Lucas St, Muscatine. Hosted by Linda’s Linens and […]
Eardrum-splitting, headbanging metal music isn’t usually considered the soundtrack to kindness and altruism, but a cadre of axe shredders are getting together once more for a caring cause at the Headbangers for Hayden Concert from noon to midnight Sept. 30 at Rose Bowl, 1411 Grandview Ave, Muscatine. Hayden Daufeldt, son of Cory and Kendra Daufeldt, […]
The Black Box Theatre is excited to announce that Broadway and television star Gene Weygandt will be performing at the theatre on October 20 and 21 in A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters.” Mr. Weygandt will share the stage with Lora Adams. Weygandt played the “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” in “Wicked” in Chicago and on Broadway. Other […]
Defense carried the days as Mid America Premier – the top-rated U10 soccer team in the region, and perhaps, now it can be said, the state of Illinois – took the gold in the Lincoln Soccer Tournament Sept. 16-17, defeating not only the top teams from downstate Illinois but the official youth team of Major […]
Even though summer is coming to an end, the Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse is turning up the heat with its final presentation in the theatre’s 40th sensational season: Broadway’s sizzling Johnny Cash salute RING OF FIRE, running through Nov. 4. This thrilling musical celebration of The Man in Black was a sold-out smash for the […]
