Public Television darlings Celtic Thunder will play the Adler Theatre in Davenport on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale online at Ticketmaster.com and in person at the Adler Theatre Box Office (136 E 3rd St).  Tickets are $39, $49, $59 and $72. Celtic Thunder IRELAND is a brand-new show that revisits their most popular Irish and Celtic songs of the past decade and celebrates the influence of Irish and Celtic music around the world. “We, like everyone else the world over, are impatient to get our lives back on track. Knowing that we will be out on the road again soon has... Read More

Do you love sewing and your Library? Then you have the perfect combination for adding to our community quilt project! Love your Library, but don’t sew at all? You’re still perfect for adding to our quilt!  Using books, reading, or community as the theme, create your own one-of-a-kind 10″ quilt block to donate to our project. The finished quilt will be displayed at one of our Library locations throughout the spring. Register to pick up a 10″ square to design, or bring your finished block to the service desk at any Library location between January 3rd, 2022 and January 28th, 2022. For more... Read More

The Bettendorf Public Library is giving the community a chance to enjoy local music with its January virtual offering of Brown Bag Lunch. Exclusive access to the music of Tray Rangel and Nervous Neal Smith will be provided via the Bettendorf Public Library’s YouTube channel throughout the entire month. A link to the concert will also be available through the Library’s website at www.bettendorflibrary.com, No registration is required to view this free event, which is made possible through the support of the Friends of the Bettendorf Public Library. Troy Rangel is a local musician who started... Read More

Rocky LaPorte will perform in the Rhythm City Casino Event Center in Davenport on Sunday, January 16th, 2022 at 7:00 pm. Tickets will be $15 and seats will be General Admission. You must be 21+ to attend this show, as the Rhythm Room is on the Casino Floor. Tickets are available now at the following link: https://rhythmcitycasino.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=116  Read More

Comedian Nate Bargatze announced today his The Raincheck Tour is coming to the Adler Theatre in Davenport on Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. Fresh off the release of his highly anticipated second Netflix special, The Greatest Average American, now streaming worldwide on Netflix, The Raincheck Tour will feature all new material. Reserved seat tickets are on sale online at Ticketmaster.com and in person at the Adler Theatre Box Office (136 E 3rd St). Tickets are $39.75, $49.75 and $69.75. Hailing from Old Hickory, Tennessee, stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze is selling out shows across the world.... Read More

A new art exhibit of poetry broadsides will be on display at Sunrise Galleries, 114 E 2nd Street, in Downtown Muscatine. The new art show is an exhibit of Poetry Broadsides, winners (mostly) of the James Hearst Poetry Prize, interpreted by artist-printer Julie Russell-Steuart. Broadside letterpress work was done by Caveworks Press & the North American Review. Julie Russell-Steuart’s work will be on exhibit through February 6.  She will be at Sunrise Galleries for her show’s closing weekend to host a poetry reading on Friday, February 4 at 7PM and a poster-printing workshop on Saturday,... Read More

THE PLAY THE GOES WRONG makes it’s area debut and hits the Circa ‘21 stage January 19!     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

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, this week and every week, running every Sunday, only on your site for fun, free, local... Read More

Oscar season is here and all the buzz around awards season got me thinking about the big snubs in the last 30+ years and how Pam Grier was robbed of a nomination for Jackie Brown. That led me down a mental rabbit hole and got me asking myself, “Who else should have been nominated?!” After scouring my brain for completely useless knowledge I came to a simple conclusion: the Academy should start giving out a special award for past work that was unrecognized. Sounds wild, right? Hear me out. Sometimes the Academy gets it wrong. Sometimes performers make us… laugh… and we know how the... Read More

Check out the newest location in the Quad Cities for Karaoke — The Speakeasy, 1828 3rd Ave., in Rock Island! What makes us different than other Karaoke events in town? The biggest difference is we have an actual stage you will be performing on! We also have professional stage lighting and sound so you will sound and look great when singing your favorite songs! Doors will open at 8:30 and Karaoke begins at 9 on Saturday night. It will end at 1:00 a.m. There is no cover charge. We have tables and chairs and a full bar for any “liquid courage” you may need before hitting the stage!... Read More