Lynn Allen Performing At Kavy’s New Year’s Eve! Check out classic rock band Lynn Allen TONIGHT to celebrate New Year’s Eve at Kavanaugh’s Hilltop at 1228 38th St., Rock Island. Listen to great Lynn Allen tunes like “Last Night,” “Domino,” “Streetlight,” “She’s Lookin At Me,” “Surprise Surprise” and more, and enjoy the always amusing anecdotes and antics from frontman Billy Peiffer. Don’t miss it!  Read More

WINTER NIGHTS WINTER LIGHTS POWERED BY MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY OPEN DAILY THROUGH JANUARY 1 5-9 PM *Open: New Year’s Eve and the night of New Year’s Day *Closed: Christmas Eve and Christmas $10 Adults | $6 Youth 2-15 | Free Under 2 Members $8 Adults | $4 Youth 2-15 | Free Under 2 The outdoor gardens will be in winter bloom with over 160,000 glowing lights, featuring new, entertaining experiences. Explore the Sun Garden, Children’s Garden, lawns, pond and pocket gardens of our outdoor light exhibit as you experience our largest fundraiser of the year. New this year, visit the Conductors’... Read More

QuadCities.com is happy to partner with Quad City Animal Welfare Center, 724 2nd W. Ave., Milan! Interested in adopting a pet? Check out our Pet of the Week every Monday! QCAWC Adoption & Education Center is at 724 2nd Ave. W. Milan, IL 61264. The number is (309) 787-6830. QCAWC Spay/Neuter & Wellness Clinic is at 612 1st St. W. Milan, IL 61264. Number is (309) 787-6830. Also check out qcawc.org This week’s Pet of the Week is… Buster! Buster is day dreaming about the day he busts out of here… Buster is a 3-year-old Heeler Mix seeking a loving, active home! He loves to go on walks... Read More

Rock Island Police Department and Rock Island Fire Department took part in the annual Police and Firefighters for Christmas event Friday at Walmart. The officers and firefighters were paired up with 40 children chosen by the Rock Island-Milan School District to go shopping for gifts for their loved ones. When shopping was done, the presents were transported back to the Police Department where elves wrapped the gifts while the kids enjoyed a holiday meal. #rockisland #Christmas  Read More

In the action-packed fantasy novel The Arimathean, the three wise men and Joseph of Arimathea are ninja wizards, part of a secret society of warriors of the supernatural, who are entrusted to protect Joseph and Mary on the road to Bethlehem as King Herod and a cadre of demons led by Satan attempt to kill them before Jesus can be born! It’s a wild, fun, roller coaster ride of a novel that tells a totally different and fantastic version of the Christmas story! The novel is available at The Book Rack, 4764 Elmore Ave., Davenport, and online here. You can also get a signed copy for $16 postage... Read More

With the show nominated for three Tony Awards including Best Musical and described by Broadway World as “a twinkling Christmas delight,” Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse will bring loads of holiday cheer to area audiences in the yuletide treat A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL. Running through December 30, this sensational opener to the dinner theatre’s 2023-24 season inspired the New York Times to rave, “You’d have to have a Grinch-sized heart not to feel a smile spreading across your face,” and its Rock Island production boasts a top team of professional talents. A CHRISTMAS... 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

“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

Quad City Animal Welfare Shelter is participating in BISSELL Pet Foundation Empty the Shelters Holiday of Hope Event. Now through Saturday Dec. 16th adult dog adoptions will be $50 and adult cat adoptions are $20! Come adopt your new furry family member. Animals available for adoption: https://qcawc.org/adopt   #BissellPetFoundation #cathyBissell #qcawc #adopt #emptytheshelters #holidayofhope #tagtheqc #quadcities  Read More