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The Cities – Pgm #1125

May 15th, 2021
The Cities - Pgm #1125

Other Episodes March 22, 2024 Revitalizing Downtown East Moline: Plans for Infrastructure Improvements and Economic Growth In this episode of the podcast, we delve into the highlights of East Moline Mayor Reggie Freeman's State of the City address. Listen ... Read More

Suburban Warning Signs for Biden and Democrats?

May 14th, 2021
Suburban Warning Signs for Biden and Democrats?

Robert Blizzard, a partner with Republican polling firm Public Opinion Strategies, shares results from focus groups involving suburban voters similar to those in Scott and Rock Island Counties that could lead to problems for Democrats in the midterm elections. Other Episodes March 27, 2024 The Making of an Iconic Jazz Album Through the Lives of Three Famed Musicians ... Read More

The Return of Our Summer Theater Preview

May 14th, 2021
The Return of Our Summer Theater Preview

After a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, our annual summer theater preview returns. Herb Trix’s guest is Mike Schulz, editor and writer for the River Cities Reader. You can also hear Midwest Week Fridays on WVIK at 6:20 pm during All Things Considered. Other Episodes December 30, 2022 Ballot Counting Problems in Scott County On... Read More

Eads Bridge

May 14th, 2021
Eads Bridge

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. They called it the miracle bridge as it slowly arched across the St. Louis waterfront toward Illinois from 1867 to 1874—a web of steel girders and trusses looking much like the largest erector set a boy could ever imagine. A miracle because of its size—a 520-foot central span—and because the massive granite piers supporting the arches had to go down seventy feet through quicksand to a safe foundation. Other Episodes ... Read More

Captain James Eads

May 13th, 2021
Captain James Eads

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. In Walden , Henry David Thoreau asked his readers who would know knives better, a boy who went to Harvard and took all the best courses on metallurgy, or a boy whose father had him dig, smelt and refine iron ore, and then forge, temper, and sharpen a knife himself. Other Episodes December 27, 2023 The Special Edition ... Read More

St. Louis Ice Jam

May 12th, 2021
St. Louis Ice Jam

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. Most springs along the Upper Mississippi Valley, the river awakens from hibernation like a snake, stretching gently to shed its skin of ice. But now and then, as we all do, the Mississippi gets up on the wrong side of the bed. You don’t want to be around when that happens. Other Episodes December 27, 2023 The Special Edition ... Read More

Talking Art with Tubbs and Moss

May 12th, 2021
Talking Art with Tubbs and Moss

The dynamic show Tubbs & Moss: A Vintage Jazz Experience will be held on select Saturday evenings throughout the summer. Performing in the new Blueprint Bar & Lounge within the iconic Spotlight Event Center in Moline, pianist Mason Moss and vocalist Sara Tubbs highlight songs from the Great American Songbook in an endearing and high energy performance that is a joy to experience after a long pandemic year. Sara Tubbs is the co-owner of The Spotlight Theatre and will direct their production of The Sound of Music in December, as well their summer pop-up play, Pinocchio. Mason Moss is an... Read More

Father Alleman

May 11th, 2021
Father Alleman

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. Father John Alleman could well have been a 19 th century Illinois Methodist circuit rider except for two things: he was not a Methodist, and he had no horse. Other Episodes December 27, 2023 The Special Edition This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. ... Read More

Peter Cartwright

May 10th, 2021
Peter Cartwright

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. That brave Dutch boy who stuck his finger in the dike to keep the water back must have seemed like small potatoes to Peter Cartwright, the 19th century Methodist circuit rider. Cartwright was responsible for a spiritual dike that ran through four hundred miles of Illinois counties bordering the Upper Mississippi River. It was a leaky dike at best. Other Episodes December 27,... Read More

Scribble: Remembering Roald

May 8th, 2021
Scribble: Remembering Roald

Other Episodes June 23, 2023 Scribble: The Finale Listen · 29:02 June... Read More