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Embrace the Winter With A Fun Event In Clinton This Weekend

February 2nd, 2024
Embrace the Winter With A Fun Event In Clinton This Weekend

Embrace the Winter next weekend, Feb. 2-4, throughout Clinton and Fulton! Three days of events throughout Clinton & Fulton, engaging all ages & walks of life! Five marquee events will anchor the weekend, with every business & organization encouraged to participate in any way they desire. The goal is to have at least 50 different things for people to choose from over the weekend, & to give out of town visitors a reason to stay overnight. Check the pinned post for a schedule of events which will stay updated as things are confirmed!  Read More

Clinton’s Haunted Wine Walk Coming October 19

October 19th, 2023

Clinton, Iowa’s downtown retailers, friendly local hangouts, and family-owned businesses have something fun a-brewin’ on October 19! It’s The HAUNTED WINE WALK and it will take place on THIRSTY-Thursday, October 19th from 5:00pm – 7:00pm! So get witchy! Call up your ghoul-friends! And fly to downtown Clinton! For some sips of  wine, SCARY good DEALS and a FRIGHTFULLY good time! Wine & Specialty Drinks at participating locations! Adult Trick-or-Treat! GREAT DEALS! Open LATE! FREE broom parking! Costume Contest! Learn more: WINE WALK  Read More

Good Things To Remember On Father’s Day, And Every Day, With Your Children

June 16th, 2023
Good Things To Remember On Father's Day, And Every Day, With Your Children

Time is the only thing you can spend once. As we go into Father’s Day weekend, that’s something to definitely remember. Being a father, bringing another life into the world, is an amazing experience and responsibility, and it gives you a blessing in time to spend with a person who will always be a part of your life, and who is beholden to you for helping to shape them as a person. You can literally make the world a better place by making the time and effort to make your children better people. To be there for them. To enjoy your time with them. To be a parent and friend to help guide... Read More

Quad-Cities Author Sean Leary Offers Book Of Optimistic Tales For Difficult Times

November 10th, 2022
Quad-Cities Author Sean Leary Offers Book Of Optimistic Tales For Difficult Times

Change. We undergo transformations every day of our lives, in ways small and significant, in ways good and bad. Sean Leary’s “Does The Shed Skin Know It Was Once A Snake?” offers 11 award-winning short stories dealing with the life changes many of us face, and the positive ways in which our lives can transform, even in difficult times. “Shed Skin” is available in bookstores and webstores worldwide  as a print book and eBook for every eReader format. It is also available direct from the author at seanleary@seanleary.com and Leary will be signing copies of the book from noon... Read More

Bacon And Brew Fest Sizzling And Sipping In Iowa TODAY!

September 24th, 2022
Bacon And Brew Fest Sizzling And Sipping In Iowa TODAY!

It’s the 3rd Annual Riverview Bacon & Brew Fest! Saturday, September 24, 4:00-7:00pm, join us at the Riverview Park Bandshell! Your $20 ticket gains entrance to the party with free beer samples, $2 bacon-inspired bites from multiple food trucks, and live music by The Mamiltons. Beer for sale provided by Clinton Jay-cees, and free samples provided by fantastic breweries. Get your favorite or try something new! BREWERIES REPRESENTED *Pecatonica *Great Revivalist Brew Lab *Press Seltzers *Toppling Goliath *Wide River Winery *Five Cities Brewing *Lua Brewing *Big Grove Brewery *Exile Brewing... Read More

Find Fun Events In Illinois And Iowa With Your FUN10!

September 18th, 2022
Find Fun Events In Illinois And Iowa With Your FUN10!

Fall is falling in as summer is stepping aside, and there’s plenty of fun to be had in Illinois and Iowa throughout the Quad-Cities during pumpkin spice season! It’s Sunday, and QuadCities.com proudly presents Fun10, a list of the top 10 things to do in the Quad Cities this week, and every week! Every Sunday, we drop a new Fun10, to give you a head start on your week and a heads up on what’s going on over the coming seven days. Check out Fun10 every Sunday for the details on ten awesome events happening around town. It’s a cool read, and a great way to get started planning your entertainment... Read More

Gabriella Torres Art Exhibit Shines In Clinton TONIGHT

June 8th, 2022
Gabriella Torres Art Exhibit Shines In Clinton TONIGHT

Gabriella Torres is an abstract visual artist living and working in Clinton, Iowa. This summer, she is creating an outdoor public art exhibit in downtown Clinton that will run from June through September. The exhibit, designed to be a large-scale abstract forest of art, consists of 12 abstract paintings suspended in custom frames designed by local woodworker, Tim Fuller, that range in size from 4 to 10 feet. This project, partially funded by the Iowa Arts Council, aims to create an immersive art experience to promote the arts in Clinton and to attract visitors from the surrounding area. The opening... Read More

Artist Gabriella Torres Presenting Outdoor Public Art Exhibit In Clinton, Iowa

June 1st, 2022
Artist Gabriella Torres Presenting Outdoor Public Art Exhibit In Clinton, Iowa

Gabriella Torres is an abstract visual artist living and working in Clinton, Iowa. This summer, she is creating an outdoor public art exhibit in downtown Clinton that will run from June through September. The exhibit, designed to be a large-scale abstract forest of art, consists of 12 abstract paintings suspended in custom frames designed by local woodworker, Tim Fuller, that range in size from 4 to 10 feet. This project, partially funded by the Iowa Arts Council, aims to create an immersive art experience to promote the arts in Clinton and to attract visitors from the surrounding area. iel Please... Read More

Quad Cities Mayors Working Together to Reduce Plastic Pollution in the Mississippi River

October 14th, 2021
Davenport Mayor Mike Matson

Local officials, citizen scientists, and community organizations will gather on Friday, October 15, 2021 at Jetty Park in an effort to combat plastic pollution along the Mississippi River. The initiative is being directed through the leadership of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative (MRCTI) and the mayors of the Mississippi River, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme  and the University of Georgia. This is the second pilot phase of the Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative in which local data collection efforts will occur throughout the... Read More

BREAKING: Iowa Covid-19 Numbers Continue To Decline, But State Remains On High Alert

October 13th, 2021
BREAKING: Iowa Covid-19 Numbers Continue To Decline, But State Remains On High Alert

BREAKING NEWS: New Iowa covid-19 numbers show a positive trend, but are still on “high alert,” with over 1,000 daily new cases for the eighth week in a row — a significant increase over summer’s 100 per day average. October numbers for Iowa are down 23 percent from September, with hospitalizations falling 10 percent over the past two weeks. The Iowa Department of Public Health reported Wednesday that 598 Iowans are currently hospitalized for COVID-19, with 150 patients in the UCU. Only 55 percent of all Iowans are vaccinated, which is driving the continued spread, as most... Read More