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Iowa’s Codfish Hollow Welcomes Them Coulee Boys, Flash In A Pan, Wildwoods TONIGHT!

April 23rd, 2022
Iowa's Codfish Hollow Welcomes Them Coulee Boys, Flash In A Pan, Wildwoods TONIGHT!

Codfish Hollow Barnstormers Presents: Them Coulee Boys, Flash In A Pan, The Wildwoods on Saturday, April 23. Doors are at 5:30 pm  and music will start around 7:30 pm. Tickets are just $20 in advance and $25 day of show/ at the door. Please get your tickets in advance as they are likely to sell out. Advance tickets are available here: Checkout Tickets (showslinger.com)   All our shows are ages 5 and over, we will require proof of full vaccination  (that’s one Johnson & Johnson or two Moderna or Pfizer) in order to attend any Codfish Hollow shows during the 2022 season.  Food and alcoholic... Read More

Alan Parsons Project Coming To Davenport’s Adler Theatre TONIGHT!

April 22nd, 2022
Alan Parsons Project Coming To Davenport's Adler Theatre TONIGHT!

A master of progressive rock, the Alan Parsons Live Project, will perform at the Adler Theatre in Davenport on Friday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. Reserved seat tickets for the event (starting at $30) are on sale in person at the Adler Theatre Box Office (136 E. 3rd St.) and online at Ticketmaster.com. Alan Parsons, now 72, began his storied career as an assistant engineer at the famed Abbey Road Studios working on projects such as The Beatles’ “Abbey Road” and “Let It Be,” and quickly became one of the most sought-after names in the recording industry following his engineering work on Pink... Read More

Looking For Something Fun To Do This Weekend? Listen To Your Weekend In 2 Minutes!

April 22nd, 2022
Looking For Something Fun To Do This Weekend? Listen To Your Weekend In 2 Minutes!

On the lookout for something fun this weekend? Not sure where to find it? Listen to our Weekend in 2 Minutes podcast! It’s got a quick rundown of fun stuff happening in and around the area every week! Monster Trucks are roaring in, comedy hits the Speakeasy, and more in this week’s Weekend! Listen to it HERE!  Read More

Iowa’s Revered Highway 61 Drive In Reopens For The Season TONIGHT!

April 22nd, 2022
Iowa's Revered Highway 61 Drive In Reopens For The Season TONIGHT!

It’s time for some outdoor movies again! The revered 61 Drive In Theatre — only the fourth of its kind in the state — will open up its 72nd season April 22. Films on the slate for the first weekend at the drive-in will be “The Bad Guys” and “The Lost City.” The drive-in movie theater is open Fridays and Saturdays, showing double features. Other upcoming movies include “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Jurassic World Dominion.” Box office opens at 6, films start at 8. For more info, see HERE.  Read More

Iowa Field Of Dreams Hosting Game By Quad City River Bandits

April 21st, 2022
Iowa Field Of Dreams Hosting Game By Quad City River Bandits

Minor League Baseball has announced the August 9 game between the Quad Cities River Bandits and Cedar Rapids Kernels will take place at the now iconic MLB ballpark next to the historic Field of Dreams movie site near Dyersville, Iowa. Similar to last year’s MLB at Field of Dreams game in Dyersville where the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox donned throwback jerseys that replicated their 1919 uniforms, the host River Bandits will become the Davenport Blue Sox (their name during the 1913-1916, 1929-1933 and 1934-1937 seasons), while the visiting Kernels will become the Cedar Rapids Bunnies... Read More

Davenport’s RME Features Soultru, Frankie Fontagne, Zay TONIGHT!

April 21st, 2022
Davenport's RME Features Soultru, Frankie Fontagne, Zay TONIGHT!

The All Sweat Original Series is a curated event to showcase Quad City artists in a way you’ve never seen them before, and the latest show will take place TONIGHT at Davenport’s River Music Experience with doors opening at 6:30pm / Show: 7pm, Tickets: $10. Unlike a standard concert this is an intimate moment for you to truly connect with these musicians and their art. Local songwriters are paired up with top notch QC musicians to act as their own personal backing band, complete with all the fun and community that the Quad Cities as come to know as an All Sweat Productions show. This... Read More

Davenport Public Library to Host a Colonel Davenport House Presentation

April 20th, 2022
Davenport Public Library to Host a Colonel Davenport House Presentation

The Davenport Public Library will host a program on April 25th at 6:30pm  at the Fairmount branch and online. Join William Hampes for a presentation about the Colonel Davenport House. This presentation is a history and visual tour via power point slides of the historic 1833 Colonel Davenport House on Arsenal Island. It will include background information about Colonel Davenport and his house and details about the house and how it has changed over the years. William Hampes is a retired professor who taught psychology at St. Michael’s College, Louisiana State University at Eunice and for... Read More

Quad Cities Business Journal Presents 90 Ideas In 90 Minutes Event Thursday

April 20th, 2022
Quad Cities Business Journal Presents 90 Ideas In 90 Minutes Event Thursday

The Quad Cities Business Journal (QCBJ) announced speakers for its first annual 90 Ideas in 90 Minutes event today. The event invites nine Quad Cities leaders to share 10 of their best ideas and rules to live by that can be applied to any business. Each speaker will have five minutes to present. Speakers can discuss all 10 ideas or focus on a few, but registrants will receive all 90 ideas in an exclusive supplement. The event will be held Thursday, April 21 from 7:30 am.-9:30 a.m. at the Adler Theatre. Tickets are $43 per individual and $25 for students. Breakfast will be provided. For more information... Read More

Republicans Vote To Keep Iowa First In The Nation For Presidential Primaries

April 19th, 2022
Republicans Vote To Keep Iowa First In The Nation For Presidential Primaries

Iowa will keep its first-in-the-nation spot for nominating the presidential candidate in 2024 — for Republicans, at least. The Republican National Committee voted unanimously to keep Iowa as the first spot in the presidential nominating calendar last week. Both the Republicans and Democrats are voting this year whether or not to keep Iowa in the top spot. There’s been some question as to whether the Democratic National Committee is going to keep the Midwest state at the top of the contests, and there’s been speculation that a new state could emerge on the Democratic side to kick... Read More

Iowa Democratic Black Caucus Holding Candidates Event In Davenport

April 18th, 2022
Iowa Democratic Black Caucus Holding Candidates Event In Davenport

The Iowa Democratic Black Caucus and Scott County  Democrats will host an event for candidates and constituents on Sunday, May 1 at Davenport’s River Music Experience from 2-4 p.m. River Music Experience is located at 129 N. Main, Davenport. Appetizers and beverages will be available. Deidre DeJear, Democratic candidate for governor, will headline the event. “Radical Right efforts to deny our Freedom to Vote make this election more important than any other,” Scott County Democratic Chair Matt Trimble says. “It will be a chance for voters to meet the candidates and elected officials who... Read More