Polyrhythms 8th Annual Bill Bell Jazz & Heritage Festival will be held August 19-21 in Rock Island and Bettendorf! Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center (Outside) 630 Martin Luther King Drive Rock Island, IL Rivermont Collegiate Becherer Hall Auditorium 1821 Sunset Drive Bettendorf, IA MUSICAL PERFORMANCE TIMES: Friday Aug 19 2022 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center 7-8p Charlotte Blu 8:30-9:45p Wes Julien with Club Crib Entertainment Sat Aug 20 2022 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center 5:30-6:30p Saul Lubaroff (alto sax) and Andy Parrott (guitar) Duo 7-8p The Channel Cats 8:30-9:45p Piso’s... Read More

The Quad Cities Chamber, in partnership with the City of Rock Island, today announced that it has been selected to receive a $3 million grant for downtown Rock Island revitalization. As part of the Rebuild Illinois (RBI) Downtowns and Main Streets Capital program, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) awarded $106 million in capital grants to 50 commercial corridors and main streets throughout Illinois, which represents the largest-ever RBI investment focused on community revitalization. “I am thrilled to announce that we are doubling last... Read More

Looking for some good news in your life? Check out What’s The Good News! Every month, QuadCities.com and KWQC-TV6’s “Paula Sands Live” team up to offer you a rundown of some of the fun, interesting, and positive things going on in and around the area. So, what’s the good news this month? Davenport Hires First Wrestling Coach For Girls Team For the first time ever, the Davenport Community School District will have a sanctioned, girls’ wrestling team. Josh Park has been named the head coach and will oversee wrestlers from Davenport North, Central and West High Schools. “I’m every... Read More

It hasn’t been 100 percent confirmed, but, according to inside sources, and a crapton of cheeky memes being pushed out on social media, a new improvisational comedy group based upon the old Comedy Sportz troupe — and possibly also called Comedy Sportz — featuring many of the same performers is coming back to the Quad-Cities. The memes, all with a sports theme, began being pushed out last week, by a number of local improv comedians who had been involved with Comedy Sportz, including bigwigs Jeff DeLeon and Rick Davis. When DeLeon was contacted about what seemed to be an obvious nod... Read More

Looking for some FUN things to do over the next week in Illinois and Iowa, Quad-Cities? 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,... Read More

CERN got started up again this week, possibly flinging us into another dimension. Voyager went down, screwing over me and several million other crypto investors. And James Caan just died. None of these things were predicted by the Time Traveler from 2714, although that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to make predictions. And, despite his track record being dubious, it hasn’t stopped me, and many others, from being amused and intrigued by his b*llshit posts. As regular readers of this column know, I love reading about time travel, and the predictions of alleged time travelers. And... Read More

Looking for some fun things to do in Illinois and Iowa this weekend? Check out our Weekend in 2 Minutes podcast! Every week we give you a rundown of some of the cool things going on in and around the Quad-Cities area, and it’s all free for you to listen to here on QuadCities.com! Two outdoor concert series wrap up tonight, another makes its debut, an Elvis impersonator hits the stage at the Adler and a Disaster wreaks havoc at Circa ’21! All this and more is in this week’s Weekend!  Read More

Ballet Quad Cities, the area’s premier dance company, is returning for an exciting new season of dance in 2022-2023! The schedule for the group is as follows: Ballet on the Lawn August 28th 1:00pm, 3:00pm & 6:00pm The Outing Club, Davenport Our Will to Live October 8th 2:30pm & 7:30pm Adler Theatre, Davenport Halloween Disco at The Club October 20th & 21st 6:00pm The Outing Club, Davenport The Nutcracker December 3rd 2:00pm & 7:30pm The Paramount Theatre Cedar Rapids, Iowa December 10th 2:30pm & 7:30pm December 11th 2:30pm The Adler Theatre, Davenport Love Stories February... Read More

The next St. Joe’s Open Mic Coffeehouse will be Friday, August 12, from 6 – 8 p.m. at the First Evangelical Lutheran Parish House. It will be held outside on the patio and light refreshments and coffee will be available. Donations benefit the St. Joseph Evening Meal that happens at the Rock Island Township Hall. It will be an evening of music, poetry, and fellowship. When: Friday, August 12, 6 – 8 p.m. Where: Parish House back patio at First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1600 – 20th Street, Rock Island, IL.  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! This week’s Pet of the Week is… Apollo! Today Monday August 8th is International Cat Day so our Pet of the Week is Apollo! Meet Apollo! Apollo was born in 2014, he’s neutered, up to date on vaccines, and is microchipped. He is a little shy but he does warm up quickly. He is great with other cats, kids 12+, and possibly dogs after a slow introduction. Apollo is a very playful guy, he likes to play hide and seek, and to make... Read More