Don’t miss the Muscatine Farmers’ Market’s biggest event of the year this Saturday, December 9th 10a-2p at the Muscatine Mall. Over 60 vendors showcasing their handcrafted talent and homemade baked goods. Santa will be there 1p-2:30p. Muscatine Parks and Recreation Elves Workshop will be going 1p-3p. There will be 2 musical talents this year. Third Floor String Band 10a-12p & Frankie Joe & Kinfolk 12p-2p.  Read More

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical is bringing its touring show into the Adler Theatre at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22. Doors open at 6 p.m., tickets are on sale now at the Adler box office and website. The critically acclaimed live stage show Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical returns to entertain families at theatres across North America. The national tour featuring the “most famous reindeer of all” and his friends from the longest running and highest rated holiday television special will soar into Davenport at Adler Theatre on December 22, 2023. Following seven successful years... Read More

A Christmas PJ skate party is going down at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22 at Skate City, 1140 Avenue of the Cities, East Moline. Rolling fun for everyone. Skating, laser tag, updated arcade with 20+ video and redemption games! It’s roller skating at a whole new level! Got those Christmas PJ’s you would just love to show off? This is your night! Come skate with us. Laser tag open too!    Read More

Looking for fun holiday events in the Quad-Cities this weekend? Listen to our Weekend in 2 Minutes podcast! This week we give you a rundown of some of the cool things and holiday events going on in and around the Quad-Cities this coming weekend. Check it out!  Read More

Here it is the weekend before Christmas, which means we’re almost to the end of the pestilent parade of inane Christmas specials. Every year it’s the same old story, and it’s not a good one. The shows can be broken up into the usual categories: Roaming bands of has-beens, never-beens and sometime-before-the-Stone-Age-beens hit the screen to mangle the Christmas songs we know and love. “And now, I’d like to introduce a dear, dear friend of mine, Denny Terrio, who will sing `Silent Night.’ AAARRGGHHH!” Snotty-but-hot stars are given an hour to act... Read More

Three, count ’em, THREE, local pubs are holding trivia nights centered around the movie “Christmas Vacation” at 7 p.m. Dec. 21! Green Tree Brewery, 309 Cody Road in LeClaire, the Barrel House, 211 E. 2nd St., Davenport, and Five Cities Brewing, 2267 Falcon Avenue, Bettendorf. It’s free to play, up to eight people per team, all-ages, and you can win yourself some cash! And don’t worry, the sh***ers won’t be too full, Clark!    Read More

The 2023 Geneseo Christmas Walk presents: Gingerbread House Party You’re invited! Geneseo’s biggest Christmas party of the year is on Saturday December 9, 2023, as the 2023 Geneseo Christmas Walk presents: Gingerbread House Party! Get ready to dance and celebrate the season on State Street in Downtown Geneseo! 🎄Lighted Christmas Parade 🎄Ice Sculptures 🎄Living Windows 🎄Christmas Shopping 🎄Trolley Rides 🎄Luminaries 🎄Gingerbread House Decorating Contest 🎄FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN!!! We’ll see you from 8a to 8p on the second Saturday of December in Geneseo this... Read More

“Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” But wait. A mouse is stirring – because Santa missed his house last year. Before you can say “Merry Christmas,” we’re off on the wild adventures of a mouse, an elf and a spunky little girl who visit the North Pole and just won’t take no for an answer. Don’t miss this joyful tribute to the holiday season! Showing November 24 – December 23, 2023 Show-only performances as well as brunch days available! Visit our website for more information: Circa ‘21  Read More

A new covid variant is spreading through Illinois, leading to new mask mandates in hospitals and other public places and leading to renewed calls for wider mask mandates to halt the potential spread of the new offshoot virus. Illinois as covid numbers have begun to spike again as the year nears its end. In Illinois, 1,225 new COVID-19 hospitalizations were reported last week, up 22 percent over the previous week. The number of counties listed at the “high” level for COVID-19 hospitalizations has doubled from five to 10 Illinois counties in central Illinois, including Sangamon, according... Read More

It’s time to rock out with rock star bingo! Think you know your music trivia? Time to test your skills! Think you know your music? If you know what song contains these lyrics, you would probably love Rock Star Bingo! “And she’s watching him with those eyes, And she’s loving him with that body, I just know it, Yeah ‘n’ he’s holding her in his arms late, late at night.” What is Rock Star Bingo? Just like “regular” bingo, but we replaced bingo numbers, like “B16”, with parts of songs. If you know the song title (no phones, devices or apps – basically no cheating), then... Read More