Vander Veer Botanical Park’s Fantastic Plants exhibit is really something! Add a visit to this iconic Davenport spot to your weekend plans! Davenport Parks and Recreation have put together something rather fantastic!  Read More

While the Figge Art Museum is currently closed, their mission to bring art and people together has not ceased! While they miss seeing everyone at the museum, they aspire to connect and interact, practicing social distancing, through the Figge’s online channels. Check their website and follow them on social media to stay engaged with the Figge. Explore the NEW virtual offerings found here.   For more fun things to do in the Quad Cities this week, check out the latest issue of FUN10QC.  Read More

Looking for a little live music from the safety of home this Saturday night? Join River Music Experience for a Solitary Session with Mutts this Saturday May 23 at 7p.m. on Facebook Live. Chicago’s Mutts are a keys/bass/drums trio described as “like Tom Waits fronting a garage band” by Time Out Magazine. For more on Mutts, visit their website at https://www.muttsmusic.com/.   For more fun things to do in the Quad Cities this week, check out the latest issue of FUN10QC.  Read More

Rock Island Library is offering curbside service! The Rock Island Public Library will introduce contact-free curbside pick-up for library materials beginning Tuesday, May 26. There will be no public access to library buildings during this phase of the library’s gradual reopening plan. Curbside pick-up will be available during limited hours by appointment only at the Rock Island Public Library Downtown and Southwest locations. Materials must be requested in advance, either through the Library’s online PrairieCat catalog, or with staff help via phone, email, and Ask a Librarian chat. Library... Read More

Eastern Iowa’s hippest market is going VIRTUAL!!! Ok, since all this crazy COVID19 stuff is happening Good Makers are sad to say they cannot have their market in person, but they can bring the market to you! You’ll be able to shop from the safety of your home. More details coming soon! There are all sorts of good people in the world. These are the people we choose to surround ourselves with. The artists, dreamers and farmers. The collectors, free-spirits, and do-gooders. This is a community we call G o o d M a k e r s and this is our M a r k e t. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/726786804514615/... Read More

Muscatine School Orchestras are excited to present the 11th Annual Giles Joslyn Memorial Stringfest! This year, the format will be VERY different, with performances being entirely online, but the spirit of Stringfest remains the same. Students and performers are hard at work prepping for this event. The performance will be broadcast right here on Facebook Live on Friday, May 22. The concert will feature student performers from 4th grade to 12th, as well as professional musicians around the community and around the country! There is no admission, but with one of the main missions of Stringfest being... Read More

The coronavirus crisis continues to play havoc with outdoor music events in the Quad-Cities, as more summer series are being canceled, while others optimistically remain on the 2020 calendar. Given the ongoing uncertainty due to the Covid-19 pandemic surrounding when exactly public gatherings will once again be permitted, and out of concern for the health, safety and well-being of the Quad-Cities community, Moline Centre has made the difficult decision to suspend the 2020 Bass Street Landing Thursday Night Summer Concert Series until further notice. “This decision did not come easily, as it... Read More

Who is ready for another night of family fun playing Lotería? KWQC’s Montse Ricossa plans to lead the family game via Facebook Live starting at 6 p.m. on Friday May 22. Prizes include both Mercado on Fifth and KWQC swag. Print your cards here and get ready for some fun! https://bit.ly/2QWTuvl If you can’t print at home, they will have some cards available for pickup from 3-6 p.m this Friday at the Mercado Curbside Event at St. John’s Lutheran Church – Rock Island.   For more fun things to do in the Quad Cities this week, check out the latest issue of FUN10QC.  Read More

The creative team at The Spotlight Theatre is feeling anxious to get back to creating and entertaining again. Same goes for all the local talent and performers out there. So, they’ve decided to put together a virtual Cabaret for everyone’s enjoyment right from the comfort of everyone’s couches! Lots of area performers will be singing LIVE via The Spotlight Theatre’s Facebook page! Tune in Saturday May 23rd at 7:00 pm to see lots of familiar faces and voices. Let’s celebrate the healing power of song together. In an effort to help support The Spotlight Theatre, they have a pay what it’s... Read More

It’s been said there are no coincidences. All actions, all events, are part of a lattice of connection that perhaps we can’t see, and of which we’re not aware, but that we all feel, consciously or unconsciously. That’s what it means when you say something feels right. It feels like it should be. It feels like it should be of our time. That seems to be true especially when it comes to entertainment. To be sure, at all times, there is popular entertainment. There is always something moving through the transom of our lives, of our consciousness, taking up the spotlight. But there are so few... Read More