Tickets for the first Quad City Storm playoff game in franchise history are on sale now.  The Storm is scheduled to play a home playoff game on April 12th, 13th or 14th depending on the opponent they face.  Puck drop will be at 7:10 PM and the exact date and opponent will be finalized by April 10th; the last day of the SPHL regular season. $1 beers will be sold at all Storm home playoff games. The SPHL playoffs feature the top eight teams in the league.  In round one seeds are paired #1 vs. #8, #2 vs. #7, #3 vs. #6 and #5 vs. #4.   Winning teams from each matchup are then reseeded for the... Read More

The following article is part of QuadCities.com’s partnership with local music website The Echo. For more, check out theechoqc.com! UT alumnus, English professor and Music Director Anthony Greer would never have guessed he’d be returning to his alma mater to teach. However, he does come from a large family of UT instructors. “My grandfather, grandmother, and great-uncle taught here until 1999, and my father is retiring this year. I applied in 2015 without high expectations, and I was surprised when I got the call! I have loved my time at UT and couldn’t imagine teaching anywhere else.” UT... Read More

Join Downtown Muscatine/GMCCI for this year’s Girls Getaway on April 2. Girls Getaway starts out with a delicious brunch with a complimentary mimosa at the Merrill Hotel in their gorgeous grand ballroom! Enjoy a fabulous style show by The HallTree Boutique and have a chance to win great door prizes from our favorite local businesses! Following the morning program, grab your swag bag and head out for a day of shopping in Historic Downtown Muscatine. Participating stores will have special deals and happenings for you the enjoy! The doors open at 8:00 A.M. Please check muscatine.com and the Downtown... Read More

Quad City Music Guild will present the area premier of Disaster! The Musical April 1-10! It’s 1979 and New York’s hottest A-listers are lining up for the opening of a floating casino and discotheque.  Also attending is a faded disco star, a sexy nightclub singer with her eleven-year-old twins, a disaster expert, a feminist reporter, an older couple with a secret, a pair of young guys who are looking for ladies, an untrustworthy businessman and a nun with a gambling addiction.  What begins as a night of boogie fever quickly changes to panic as the ship succumbs to multiple disasters such... Read More

The Black Box Theatre located in downtown Moline opens the thriller, Veronica’s Room by Ira Levin. “Most people know Ira Levin for ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ and ‘Veronica’s Room’ is just as thrilling,” said director Lora Adams. The synopsis for the play states “This chilling mystery thriller by the author of Rosemary’s Baby explores the thin line between fantasy and reality, madness and murder. Students Susan and Larry find themselves as guests enticed to the Brabissant mansion by its dissolute caretakers the lonely Mackeys. Struck by Susan’s strong resemblance to Veronica... Read More

The Greater Muscatine Chamber of Commerce and Industry has just announced two exciting grant opportunities through their tourism department, Visit Muscatine. “The success from last year’s grants made the decision to do it again in 2022 very easy,” says GMCCI’s Director of Strategic Initiatives, Jodi Hansen. “Last year we helped fund eight events, seven of which were brand new for Muscatine. We are excited to help get new and innovative events in Muscatine and to help showcase existing ones. Our intent is to encourage events that will help bring visitors to Muscatine to increase local... Read More

Looking for something to do? Listen to our Weekend in 2 Minutes podcast! Lots of live music, theater, and more in this week’s Weekend in 2 Minutes! Listen HERE!  Read More

Over the past several weeks, the Western Illinois University COVID-19 Response Committee has reviewed the numerous updates and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other public health guidelines regarding the pandemic. With the continuing decline in COVID-19 positive cases, capacity limits for select indoor events/activities on WIU’s campuses will be lifted, effective immediately, across numerous campus locations, including the University Union, Campus Recreation, dining centers and other non-academic facilities. Other protocols (face coverings, travel, and other... Read More

There have been a myriad of takes on the infamous Will Smith slap of Chris Rock at the Oscars Sunday night. Some people think it was straight up assault, and that Smith should’ve been arrested on the spot and jailed that night. Some people think Smith was a bully and that if the person telling the joke was the 6’1” 250 lb The Rock rather than the 5’6” 150 lb 54-year-old Chris Rock, he probably would’ve stayed seated and continued laughing. And, some people think that Rock went too far with a joke that seemed as fresh as a Foghat concert about a movie from the ‘90s, and that Will was... Read More

BREAKING NEWS: Group O announced today that Kevin Kotecki has been appointed its new CEO. A visionary leader with a unique combination of skills and accomplishments from both large corporations and entrepreneurial businesses, Kevin will continue the momentum built by Gregg Ontiveros. Gregg Ontiveros’ entrepreneurial spirit and continuous interest in emerging technologies has taken Group O from a $49M company in 1999 to the thriving $900M multi–faceted enterprise it is today. As principal owner, Gregg Ontiveros will continue to focus his time and talents to building new and existing client... Read More