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! Today’s Pets of the Week are Holly and Tiffany! Here are the details on Holly https://qcawc.org/adopt/pet/2022-0130 Tiffany https://qcawc.org/adopt/pet/2022-0116 The Quad City Animal Welfare Center Adoption & Education Center is located at 724 W. 2nd Avenue Milan, IL. Hours of operation are: Mon., Wed., Thurs., Fri., & Sat. from noon to 4:00 pm and closed on Sun., & Tues.  Read More

Burlesque is back March 19! This all new show gives you all the thrills and chills you’ve come to love from Bottom’s Up! Get your tickets now when you visit: https://www.thecirca21speakeasy.com/  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

It’s that time of year again — Icons Martini in downtown Rock Island is holding its St. Patrick’s Day bash after the Grand Parade in downtown that morning! Join us for a “Greenday” of fun & shenanigans starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday! Our girl Amy will be doing 2 types of Breakfast burritos (YEP 1 OF THEM IS CORNED BEEF), ( and the proceeds go to charity)….we will have our buy a cup ( with your cocktail) get a prize special, Jameson (and 7 other Irish whiskeys) and Guinness will be flowing….plus all your favorite people dressed to thrill along with our decked out Irish decor!!!!  Read More

Looking for something fun to do for St. Patrick’s Day this weekend? Here’s a pot full o’ gold of events happening in and around the Quad-Cities for you to check out… St. Patrick’s Society Grand Parade 11:30 a.m. Saturday, 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... Read More

It’s that time of year again — Icons Martini in downtown Rock Island is holding its St. Patrick’s Day bash after the Grand Parade in downtown that morning! Join us for a “Greenday” of fun & shenanigans starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday! Our girl Amy will be doing 2 types of Breakfast burritos (YEP 1 OF THEM IS CORNED BEEF), ( and the proceeds go to charity)….we will have our buy a cup ( with your cocktail) get a prize special, Jameson (and 7 other Irish whiskeys) and Guinness will be flowing….plus all your favorite people dressed to thrill along with our decked out Irish decor!!!!  Read More

I used up almost all my sister’s voicemail the other day. It couldn’t be avoided. There was something of vital importance I had to share with her. Taco’s “Puttin’ on the Ritz” was on the radio and the event had to be recorded for posterity. Especially the part where the robotic voice says “super duper.” You get the feeling that’s the part where the producers were trying not to cackle in Taco’s face. I’m a sick man, I know. But what afflicts me is a malady that most of us share — a love of cheesy pop songs. Not bad pop songs,... Read More

As covid-19 numbers decline overall statewide, some parts of the state are seeing numbers spike up again and some are in the high risk transmission area that could see local officials tell those Illinois residents to mask up again. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has ruled out returning to a statewide mask mandate as long as covid numbers remain at low levels. However, he has said it’s at the discretion of area officials if they want to implement a mandate in their counties. More than 90 percent of the U.S. is now at medium or low risk for covid, and in those areas, the Centers for Disease Control... Read More

See “the funniest show in town” at Circa ‘21 Dinner Playhouse for less now through FRIDAY, March 11! Welcome to opening night of community theatre troupe, Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society’s newest production of an Agatha Christie-like 1920s murder mystery, “The Murder at Haversham Manor” — where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous! The set, the props, the lighting and the sound thwart the performers at every turn. Eventually, a few of these semi-amateur thespians, demoralized by disaster, go rogue. It’s a stage manager’s worst nightmare — and an audience’s... Read More

The Augustana College Department of Theatre presents “The 39 Steps,” March 10-13, 2022. Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have “The 39 Steps”, a fast-paced, farcical, whodunit spoof. This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award winner is packed with nonstop laughs and theatrical hijinks galore! By Patrick Barlow and John Buchan, and directed by Jeffrey Coussens. “This play is based on the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film of the same name, which is based on a 1915 adventure novel penned by author John Buchan. However, you don’t have... Read More