Rock Island Park Board is offering various basketball clinics and leagues this winter season! Playing basketball is an enjoyable sport that suits many skill levels and ages, owing to its worldwide popularity. Playing a team sport, such as basketball, can provide unique physical and mental benefits. Research found that playing a team-based sport has a positive effect on bone strength. Check out the upcoming youth basketball programs: Basketball Clinic w/ Coach Tolivar (1st – 4th grade) Three day clinic: Saturdays 10/30, 11/6, 11/13 Basketball Skills & Drills (PreK – Kindergarten) Three... Read More

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is ready to sign a new amendment that would allow employers to fire workers for refusing covid protocols including mandatory vaccinations, reports say. The Health Care Right of Conscience Act amendment bans employees from using their moral beliefs as a reason to refuse to comply with a workplace’s covid mandates, which could include mandatory vaccinations. The Illinois Senate voted 31-24 to approve the proposal late Thursday night. This measure passed out of the House on a 64-52-2 vote Wednesday. The new amendment now heads to Gov. JB Pritzker to be signed into... Read More

BREAKING: Illinois employers could very soon be allowed to fire employees who refuse to get vaccinated or comply with other covid-19 regulations. The Health Care Right of Conscience Act amendment bans employees from using their moral beliefs as a reason to refuse to comply with a workplace’s covid mandates, which could include mandatory vaccinations. The Illinois Senate voted 31-24 to approve the proposal late Thursday night. This measure passed out of the House on a 64-52-2 vote Wednesday. The new amendment now heads to Gov. JB Pritzker to be signed into the law, and it certainly looks... Read More

The Artsy Bookworm, 1319 30th St, Rock Island, is accepting any and all community members to bring their decorated pumpkins for a contest! Community vote will determine the winners on Nov. 1, 2021. First place will win a $50 gift card to The Artsy Bookworm, second place will win a $25 gift card. Anyone can enter and entrance is free, just make sure staff know which pumpkin is yours and that we have your contact information! For more info, see: facebook.com/bookwormqc  Read More

Illinois Department of Employment Security in partnership with IowaWORKS, will host the ILLINOIS Quad-Cities Success Fair to assist Veterans, transitioning soldiers and the community in finding employment, resources and education opportunities. The event will be Wednesday, November 10 from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm at the Holiday Inn — 226 17th St Suite 100, Rock Island, IL 61201. “This value-added event is bridging the gap to employment, education and community services to the Quad City area businesses, the community, veterans and transitioning service men and woman of the Arsenal,” said Mark... Read More

Rock Island Park Board is offering various basketball clinics and leagues this winter season! Playing basketball is an enjoyable sport that suits many skill levels and ages, owing to its worldwide popularity. Playing a team sport, such as basketball, can provide unique physical and mental benefits. Research found that playing a team-based sport has a positive effect on bone strength.   Check out the upcoming youth basketball programs: Basketball Clinic w/ Coach Tolivar (1st – 4th grade) Three day clinic: Saturdays 10/30, 11/6, 11/13 Basketball Skills & Drills (PreK – Kindergarten) Three... Read More

That sweet transvestite is back at the Circa ’21 Speakeasy, 1828 3rd Ave., Rock Island, this October with his motley crew! On the way to visit an old college professor, two clean cut kids, Brad Majors and his fiancée Janet Weiss, get caught in a storm and end up at the home of a mad transvestite scientist, Dr Frank’n’furter, who is in the midst of one of his maniacal experiments! WARNING: The Rocky Horror Show is not recommended for the easily offended. This show deals with MATURE subject matters in an IMMATURE way!! If sex, drugs, rock & roll, adultery, cross-dressing, aliens, homosexuality... Read More

Rock Island, Illinois musician Jeff Konrad has remixed a classic track from Quad-Cities band Pitch Black Manor: Pitch Black Manor – Over and Over Again (Jeff Konrad Remix): Direct Download: 16-BIT WAV   Available now   Length: 2:35 FCC Clean Joshua Bentley, Chad Fifer, and Lyle Erickson gave birth to Pitch Black Manor (Quad Cities first Goth Rock band) over 25 years ago in East Moline, IL. In 2020 Pitch Black Manor returned with “Monster Classics” and in 2021 delivered “Night Creeps”. Bentley approached fellow Quad Cities producer/musician Jeff... Read More

The Artsy Bookworm, 1319 30th St, Rock Island, is accepting any and all community members to bring their decorated pumpkins for a contest! Community vote will determine the winners on Nov. 1, 2021. First place will win a $50 gift card to The Artsy Bookworm, second place will win a $25 gift card. Anyone can enter and entrance is free, just make sure staff know which pumpkin is yours and that we have your contact information! For more info, see: facebook.com/bookwormqc  Read More

Quad City Arts invites artists residing within a 250-mile radius of Rock Island, IL to submit a proposal for a gallery exhibition during 2022-23. Selected artists will be paired with one or two additional artists for a 2-month long exhibition taking place after August 2022 in one of our two large exhibit spaces. Cohesive bodies of work are highly desired. All media will be considered. For details and entry form, go to https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=8676 The entry fee is $10. The deadline: Jan. 9, 2022. Quad City Arts is a nonprofit local arts agency dedicated to enriching... Read More