Looking for cool things to do in the Illinois and Iowa Quad-Cities this weekend? You need to listen to the Weekend in 2 Minutes podcast! Maple syrup tapping, pancake breakfasts, murder mysteries, St. Patrick’s Day events, live music at Common Chord and more pops up in this week’s Weekend!  Read More

The Middle East is erupting in violence. People are protesting. We’ve got two senile people running for president. And yet we’ve got bigger things to worry about, people! Like this: A TIME TRAVELER FROM THE YEAR 2485 IS PREDICTING THE WORLD IS GOING TO END!!!! When???? When???? When?????? Well, glad you asked, because it allowed me to get rid of some of those question marks I had left over after I stocked up on them during covid. Well, listen to a story about a man named Jed. Poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed. But then one day, he was shooting at some food, and up through... Read More

Join the Moline Public Library on Wednesday, March 6 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm for <https://url.emailprotection.link/?be4duaZ58Hr0HFYaIDljJsXTqt0qtCKAijEVXYX2l2Iq6m4mz2WLr-MsgxzGR9XZTI-zJt6ATkmrjq4mWkNRYTIANw8Mx7RCX3iakLpGH7nRD82kETld1VeU-Cce7pngd4AEgZWwjJsAww-R_ouZGi_3O9oBHQFQVUiRL7UvcASk~> Blooms and Brews<https://url.emailprotection.link/?bbXu3UO5fe-cHt-z2APcU9SKpD3OPsIMaEJ3m3azoub9bt_GqIwjXlUTYLeEcPW2maSbW_tpgWWkvJUckBoHO0HJ1EELcJpQ9yIuVQV_b1kKJ48uLDgd0CP49hfo4cl5sk2LsqXXhHjRSKPZvVI4FEQUyZ50sBdiXtgqXgkkmpkeg0Pmfqj3lJnhuVmGhW5UQHLqkxBc9n3u6GF3EwGvx0w~~>, a fundraiser for the Moline Library... Read More

The Western Illinois University School of Music will present a Guest Recital featuring flutist Leslie Marrs at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2 in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall. Leslie Marrs is an associate professor of Flute at Drake University. The recital will be followed by a masterclass with WIU flute students, from the studio of Suyeon Ko. The program will include: Songs of the Open Road – Daniel Dorff (1956b) 1. Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road 2. However calm these waters we must not anchor here 3. Strong and content I travel the open road 4.... Read More

MEN ARE FROM MARS WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS LIVE!   is coming to Adler Theatre Event Date: Thursday, March 7 at 7:30 PM Surprise your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day with tickets to the off-Broadway hit comedy based on the best-selling book by John Gray! Use promotional code: MARS Buy Tickets Now 1. Go to the Ticketmaster.com event page 2. Locate the UNLOCK BOX, generally in the upper right-hand corner of the page, and put the code in. 3. Click “Unlock” 4. Select seats & complete your purchase  Read More

The Quad Cities Cultural Trust is excited to announce the 2022 grant recipients of the Adler Theater Fund. Five worthy local organizations have received a total of $245,000.  All grants will help underwrite programming at the Adler Theater. The Quad Cities Cultural Trust partnered with the Adler Theater Foundation in November 2021. This partnership’s goal was to advocate for the performing arts here in the Quad Cities and encourage organizations with programs that encourage diversity and equity to apply for funding to perform at the Adler Theatre in Davenport, IA. The 2022 Adler Theater Fund... Read More

Chicago artist Ashley January will have a solo exhibition, “Human | Mother | Black,” on display Tuesday, Jan. 17 – Friday, Feb. 24 at the Western Illinois University Art Gallery. A reception for the artist will be held from 4:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31. The artist will speak about their work at 5 p.m. January creates contemporary paintings informed by her maternal experience. Due to pregnancy complications that led to her son’s premature birth, her body of work addresses the crisis of the Black maternal mortality and morbidity rate in America. Recently, January became the first... Read More

I always love it when a batcrap crazy conspiracy theory gets trumped by an even more insane one, and so, imagine my surprise and delight this week. I’d already been getting ready to write about the conspiracy theories surrounding the death of Queen Elizabeth, which included her being a lizard person, her being a clone, her being a body double for the real Queen who was an immortal lizard person who was going to now possess Meghan Markle’s body, and, not to be outdone, that she was assassinated as part of the plot to reinstate Donald Trump as president, known, like an ’80s hair... Read More

Jay Chandrasekhar will showcase his stand-up routine for two shows in the Rhythm Room on Friday, February 23 at 7 PM and 9:30 PM! Tickets will be available online at rhythmcitycasino.com or at The Market at Rhythm City for $25 plus applicable online/phone ticketing fee (this fee is waived when tickets are purchased at The Market Gift Shop inside Rhythm City Casino Resort). Director/writer/comedian/actor Jay Chandrasekhar has contributed and appeared in a wide variety of critically acclaimed television programs and films throughout his career. After graduating, Chandrasekhar and his classmates from... Read More

The Quad Cities River Bandits are excited to host our second Sports & Trading Card show on February 24th from 11 am to 4 pm. Admission is free. We have a ton of space on our suite level for this card show, so please share with anyone who might be interested in attending or interested in being a vendor. Special online only presale for vendor tables at a discount until January 8th by using this link: https://www.milb.com/…/river-bandits-sports-and-trading.    Read More