The first TEDx conference in the Quad Cities was held recently at the Figge Art Museum on March 7, 2018. Organized by Andrea Olson, CEO and founder of prag’madik, it featured fourteen different speakers who delivered short but powerful talks on a variety of ideas ranging from empowerment through technology, to financial literacy, to deeply personal subjects such as the importance of forgiveness and overcoming personal obstacles. Other Episodes ... Read More

The Penguin Project Quad Cities is performing Beauty and the Beast, Jr. at the Brunner Theatre on the Augustana College campus February 23-25 and March 2-4. Other Episodes September 11, 2023 Talking Art with Cory Christiansen and Melanie Alexander Listen to the conversation here with artist Cory Christiansen and with Muscatine Art Center... Read More

Charlotte Blake Alston is a master storyteller, narrator, and librettist, and is spending two weeks in our community as a Quad City Arts Visiting Artist. She tells stories in the tradition of an African griot, interspersing both traditional and contemporary tales in a celebration of both African and African-American oral history and traditions. Other Episodes September 11, 2023 ... Read More

The second annual GAS Feed & Seed Festival will be held February 15-17 in Davenport, featuring 20 bands, playing in two locations over three fun-filled nights. Other Episodes September 11, 2023 Talking Art with Cory Christiansen and Melanie Alexander Listen to the conversation here with artist Cory Christiansen and with Muscatine Art... Read More

Joy and Gaye Shannon were new to the Quad Cities when they became students at Rock Island High School in the early 1970s. It was a time when political tension and unfair treatment of African American students persisted in schools. In 1972, this angst resulted in a week of unrest at Rock Island High School — often referred to as the Rocky riots. Other Episodes March 31, 2021 ... Read More

Mikey Loy is the guitarist and lead vocalist for the local indie/rock band The Penny Serfs. Other Episodes September 11, 2023 Talking Art with Cory Christiansen and Melanie Alexander Listen to the conversation here with artist Cory Christiansen and with Muscatine Art Center Director Melanie Alexander, about the legacy that Jon Fasanelli-Cawelti... Read More

Rock Island High School juniors Amber and Amy Haskill were separated by the foster system for four years, forced to live with separate families. The twins doubted they would ever get to live with each other again, let alone be adopted before they turned 18. Other Episodes March 31, 2021 Growing up in the Cook's Point barrio Artist Irene... Read More

Augustana College students will perform “In the Next Room, or the vibrator play” at the college’s Brunner Theatre in January and February of 2018. Other Episodes September 11, 2023 Talking Art with Cory Christiansen and Melanie Alexander Listen to the conversation here with artist Cory Christiansen and with Muscatine Art Center Director... Read More

Nate Lawrence is the executive director of Polyrhythms, a local non-profit organization dedicated to provide exposure to the arts. Other Episodes September 11, 2023 Talking Art with Cory Christiansen and Melanie Alexander Listen to the conversation here with artist Cory Christiansen and with Muscatine Art Center Director Melanie Alexander,... Read More

The John Deere headquarters in Moline holds one of the best corporate art collections in the world, thanks in large part to the vision of former chairman Bill Hewitt. Other Episodes September 11, 2023 Talking Art with Cory Christiansen and Melanie Alexander Listen to the conversation here with artist Cory Christiansen and with Muscatine Art... Read More