The Davenport Public Library will host a program to support Small Business owners! Join us on Wednesday, March 30th at 6:30pm to learn more about customer-focused marketing. As a new entrepreneur, you’ll need more than good products or services to grow your business. It’s also important to have strong customer-focused marketing strategies to reach your audience and turn them into loyal customers. Google tools can help you understand and connect with your audience across the customer journey. This program is best suited for adults. Registration is required. Those wishing to attend may... Read More

IowaWORKS, 1801A East Kimberly Road, Davenport,  will be hosting the following employers for hiring events during the week of March 14. Employers are as follows: Monday, March 14 — Norfolk Iron & Metal — 10am to 2pm HIRING: Machine Operators; Warehouse Support; Maintenance Specialists Wednesday, March 16 —  Multi-Employer —  10am to 2pm Employers: Bally’s Quad Cities; Norfolk Iron & Metal; Iowa 80 Group; DES Employment Group; Teams Staffing Solutions/TSI – Muscatine; Manatts Inc.; HNI; Elliott Aviation; ESCP Corporation; LeClaire Manufacturing; Aerotek... Read More

The Gatlin Brothers will perform in the Event Center on March 13 at 7:00pm. Tickets are $25, $30 and $40 plus taxes and additional fees (fees are waived when tickets are purchased at The Market gift shop inside Rhythm City Casino Resort). Doors open at 7 PM for the 8 PM show. All ages are welcome. Tickets in the ADA section are for patrons with mobility disabilities and up to three companions. If companion seating is not available because the ADA section is sold out, Rhythm City Casino Resort will offer seats as close as possible to the accessible seat, if available, at the purchase price of the... Read More

The Davenport Public Library will welcome Dr. Jane Simonson from Augustana College Join us for this program on local women’s history presented by Dr. Jane Simonsen of Augustana College. This program will explore the poems of Mary Brackett Durham, an upper-class white woman who lived in Rock Island in the late 19th century.  Her poems, many of them based on the recollections of early settler Susan Lewis, romanticize race relations in the region and consign Native Americans to a ghostly past. At the same time, they offer glimpses of a more complex set of economic and political relationships... Read More

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 for the week. FUN10 — ten ways for you to have fun in the Quad-Cities, this week and every week, running every Sunday, only on your site for fun, free, local... Read More

The Mockingbird On Main’s AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS plays its final performance tonight in Downtown Davenport! Based on the travel adventure novel by French author Jules Verne, this two person mad-cap comedic version by Tristan Tapscott tells the story of the unflappable duo Phileas Fogg and Jean Passepartout and their crazy trip around the world. AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS features real life power couple Sydney Dexter (as Phileas Fogg, et al) and Alex Richardson (as Passepartout, et al) and directed by Tristan Tapscott and Douglas Kutzli and designed by Savannah Bay Strandin.  Creator and... Read More

St. Patrick’s Day Post-Parade Bash will take place at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, RiverCenter, Davenport Following The Grand Parade, the Society sponsors the Post Parade Bash featuring the presentation of The Grand Parade trophy winners, food, drink, memorabilia, and Irish music and Irish dancers. Pride in Irish heritage and a spirit of celebration abound. Entry to the Post Parade Bash is by St. Patrick Society membership only. Memberships may be purchased at the door for $15.00. You do not need to be Irish to join the St. Patrick Society. Children age 16 and younger, accompanied by a paying adult,... Read More

Mississippi Valley Fair St. Patrick’s Day Bash continues the fun today at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds! It’s back. Free Admission. Saint Patrick’s Day Bash weekend! Fair Food Vendors, Flying Leprechauns, Kids Zone, Music, Food, Beverages and so much more! The Parade is back and scheduled for 3:15 today!  Read More

St. Patrick’s Society Grand Parade is taking place TODAY starting at 11:30 a.m. in Downtown Rock Island, corner of 4th Ave and 23rd St. More info: HERE The only interstate St. Patrick’s Parade in the U.S. It runs from Illinois into Davenport Iowa. The parade begins at St. Mary’s Church and continues through the downtown area crossing the Mississippi to Davenport, Iowa. – – – The parade begins at 11:30 AM at the corner of 4th Ave and 23rd St in Rock Island and winds its way west thru downtown Rock Island following 4th Ave to 20th St to 3rd Ave to 17th St. to 2nd Ave. to the Centennial... Read More

Varieties Nightclub St. Patrick’s Day Bash will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, 822 W 2nd St, Davenport! Drink specials, a drag show, live entertainment and more!    Read More