The Genesius Guild is bringing a well-known Shakespeare tragedy back to their stage as they stage Othello July 8, 9, 15, and 16.  All performances begin at 7:00 PM and will be held at the Don Wooten Stage in Lincoln Park. Admission is free. Othello tells the tragic tale of a military commander who marries Desdemona, a beautiful, wealthy Venetian woman, against her father’s wishes. Calm and patient by nature, Othello is slowly tormented by one of his junior officers, Iago, who seeks revenge after Othello passed over Iago for a military promotion. Over the course of the play Iago slowly... Read More

Celebrate the American Truck Driver at the Walcott Trucker’s Jamboree July 15! The feature md events include: • Antique Truck Display • Super Trucks Beauty Contest • Exhibits • Iowa Pork Chop Cookout • Live Music – Diamond Rio! • Trucker Olympics • Fireworks • FREE Admission • FREE Parking And so much more! There is fun for the entire family at the Walcott Truckers Jamboree! Learn more: https://facebook.com/events/s/2023-walcott-truckers-jamboree/153998660895573/  Read More

Do you like to write? Write us a 10-20 min one act on a subject you get July 14th! Do you like to Direct? Get a 10-20 minute script in the morning on July 15th and make a show of it in less than a day! Do you like to act? Ride the creative energy of a show created, directed and fully produced in 24 hours! Want to watch the crazy happen? Come and join us on the evening of July 15th for a showcase of all of the one acts we made from the whole cloth! Learn more: SUDDEN THEATRE  Read More

If you’re looking for fun in Illinois and Iowa this weekend, listen to our Weekend in 2 Minutes podcast! It gives you a rundown of some of the fun stuff going on in and around the Quad-Cities area over the coming week! This week: Othello brings Shakespeare to the park in Rock Island, Circa debuts a new comedy show, Walcott hosts the Truckers Jamboree, and a whole lot more in this week’s Weekend!  Read More

Bettendorf Park Band will perform your favorite tunes tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park in Bettendorf. For more information, see this helpful Facebook page.  Read More

Karaoke at The Speakeasy is back on July 14 at 8:00. What makes then different than other Karaoke events in town? The biggest difference is they have an actual stage you will be performing on! They also have professional stage lighting and sound so you will sound and look great when singing your favorite songs! Doors will open at 7:30 and Karaoke begins at 8. There is no cover charge or advanced reservations. They have tables and chairs and a full bar for any “liquid courage” you may need before hitting the stage! You must be 21 or older to attend. They are also happy to have DJ Johnny... Read More

Shenandoah is truckin’ in to Walcott for the Iowa 80 Truckers Jamboree at 7 p.m. tonight! Shenandoah has added the Walcott Trucker’s Jamboree to their 50+ City Revival Tour! Join us for a FREE live concert at the Iowa 80 Truckstop on Friday, July 14th at 7:00 PM. For more info, see here.  Read More

Randy Rogers Band The Rust Belt | East Moline, IL Friday, July 14 More information see: https://bit.ly/TRBRRB Fronted by singer-songwriter Randy Rogers and featuring Geoffrey Hill (guitar), Jon Richardson (bass guitar), Brady Black (fiddle), Les Lawless (drums), and Todd Stewart (guitar, fiddle, mandolin, keyboards), the Randy Rogers Band was founded in San Marcos, Texas, and has spent the last 20 years bringing the Texas Country tradition to dedicated fans around the nation and beyond. With eight studio albums behind them, global streaming numbers in the hundreds of millions and a reputation for... Read More

What has happened to daytime TV? At one point, it was a wild, wild, west of trash TV shows. However, with all the moral majority whiners returning to gripe about the sinful rot of television, every week a new daytime chatter is getting the short straw. Politicians and pundits are pounding away at the “cultural abomination” oozing about daytime TV. Advertisers are starting to drop shows, and viewers are beginning to cool to such meaty topics as “Hermaphrodites who have slept with their sisters’ husbands and the meth-addicted white trash who love them.” It seems like... Read More

Collective Soul will perform in the Event Center on Thursday, July 13 at 8 PM! As 2023 unfurls, it is clear heaven continues to shine its light down on Collective Soul, a formidable five-man band humming along in unison with many more good vibrations of their own to share with the masses far and wide. 2015’s See What You Started by Continuing was the reset blueprint for how a revamped and revitalized five-man lineup fully gels as a unit. 2019’s Blood was the ensuing coagulant further infused by an in-tune rock ensemble clearly firing on all corpuscles. Collective Soul’s long-awaited 2022... Read More