As the 117th Congress and General Assemblies in Iowa and Illinois return to work, the Quad Cities Chamber is releasing its 2021 regional advocacy priorities. The Chamber’s priorities are member-driven; its team will provide regular opportunities for businesses to give input on legislative issues through surveys, petitions and more. The Chamber remains committed to advocating for public policies […]
In September 1959, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., visited Hawaii – shortly after it formally became the 50th state in the Union, and spoke to its leaders. That little-known trip is the subject of a planned documentary and a Facebook Live discussion with its filmmakers on Monday, Martin Luther King Day. The Quad-Cities […]
The Davenport Archers Association will be hosting one of the NFAA Indoor Nationals Shoot locations on Jan 16 and 17 2021 at 1251 Weindruch Road, Bettendorf. Davenport Valley Archers (DVA) has been an organized archery club since 1967 and is incorporated in the State of Iowa. ISAA and NFAA affiliated. We will have up to […]
Tonight, WVIK Quad Cities NPR will host the latest of its series of “Hidden Conversations” – How the black community is portrayed in marketing and media, on Facebook Live at 6 p.m. Davenport-based leadership and diversity expert Dr. LaDrina Wilson will speak with Quad-Citizens Mikhayla Hughes-Shaw, reporter for WHBF and KLJB news and host of […]
Looking for something COOL to do this week? Hey, don’t give us a FROSTY reception to that joke! No need to be ICY! Just CHILL out and head to Icetravaganza! Here are the details: Icestravaganza 2021: A Chilling Winter at the Freight House Friday, Jan. 15-Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021 | FREE to attend Freight House, […]
Get in some fitness and help folks in need with the Boozies Fun Run, striding in next Sunday. Benefitting King’s Harvest Pet Rescue, you can WIN PRIZES!! Sunday January 17, with a Sign-Up Deadline Saturday January 16, there’s a $5.00 Entry Fee. Meet at Boozie’s at 3:00pm to get your card, and start running. -There […]
St. Ambrose University’s Galvin Fine Arts Center has received $27,300 from the state of Iowa from the program offering economic relief to the state’s arts and culture industry. The grant (announced late last month) is provided through the Iowa Arts & Culture Recovery Program, and will reimburse Galvin for some losses incurred in 2020 due to […]
The newest children’s theater instructor at Moline’s Spotlight Theatre has traveled far and wide to pursue her passions – theater and history. Lily Maynard – a friendly 34-year-old who’s married to Quad City Arts executive director Kevin Maynard – grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. She earned her BFA in musical theater in 2011 and a […]
It feels like a broken record, but it’s a broken record that keeps playing on the jukebox of 2020 and into 2021 – we NEED some good news! With everything negative happening in the world right now, we need positive news more than ever! That’s why, every month, we give you What’s The Good News? […]
It’s Wednesday. And that means it’s time to rock out with rock star bingo! Think you know your music trivia? Time to test your skills! Think you know your music? If you know what song contains these lyrics, you would probably love Rock Star Bingo! “And she’s watching him with those eyes, And she’s loving […]
