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Shop Made Indie Market August 19

August 19th, 2023
Shop Made Indie Market August 19

Hit Downtown Davenport for a day celebrating the arts at Made Indie Market in conjunction with Alternating Currents! They will have handmade makers, artists, craftsmen of all kinds, and live music for you to enjoy a day of shopping. All entry proceeds are benefitting Common Chord (formerly RME) Saturday, August 19, 10-8pm Downtown Davenport, IA E 2nd st between Perry & Iowa street. (right by Barrell House, Oh So Sweet, Theo & Co, and Raygun!) Learn more: Made Market QC  Read More

MADE Market Hits Davenport River Center August 19-20

August 17th, 2023
MADE Market Hits Davenport River Center August 19-20

Made Market QC is a handmade and vintage market featuring over 100 vendors with trendy boutiques, vintage finds, and the best handmade goods in the Midwest. Shopping, live music, food + drinks, too! MADE Market Friday, August 19, 5-8pm Saturday, August 20, 9-3pm The River Center Davenport, Iowa Find more details here: RIVER CENTER   Read More

Western Illinois University Quad-Cities to Host First Annual Anime Art Show

August 17th, 2023
Western Illinois University Quad-Cities to Host First Annual Anime Art Show

MOLINE, IL – Western Illinois University Quad Cities Student Services will host the first annual Anime Art Show. All WIU students, faculty and staff are invited to submit artwork by Thursday, Sept. 7. The event welcomes paintings, drawings, sculptures and designs. Artwork or designs that are two dimensional must be a maximum of 36″X36″ in dimension, and sculptures must be moveable. Artwork must be anime themed and is not limited to fan art or original characters. Participants will be notified by Friday, Sept. 8. Accepted pieces can be dropped off from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday,... Read More

Rock Island Artists Market Splashes In This Weekend

August 3rd, 2023
Rock Island Artists Market Splashes In This Weekend

The Rock Island Artists’ Market has announced it will be hosting two events for the 2021 season. Join local artists, makers, and growers on Sunday from 12 to 5 pm in the parking lot of Skeleton Key Art and Antiques, 520 18th Street, Rock Island, IL. This outdoor event is free to the public, and family friendly. Applications are now being accepted for vendors. Interested artists can find more information and the application form under the “Rock Island Artists’ Market” tab on Skeleton Key’s website, www.skeletonkeyqc.com, or in person during regular store hours. The Rock Island Artists’... Read More

Sudden Theatre Hits the Village July 15

July 15th, 2023
Sudden Theatre Hits the Village July 15

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

Beyond Van Gogh Quad Cities Coming To A Starry, Starry Night In Illinois And Iowa

July 1st, 2023
Beyond Van Gogh Quad Cities Coming To A Starry, Starry Night In Illinois And Iowa

Immerse yourself in Van Gogh’s artwork like you’ve never seen it before with Van Gogh Quad-Cities! The iconic works come to life all around you, appearing and disappearing, flowing across multiple surfaces, and heightening the senses with their immense detail,  this weekend at the RiverCenter/Adler Theatre in Davenport! Expanding Vincent’s universe to a sharable and lively 360° experience requires a different way of thinking. Mathieu St-Arnaud and his team worked to make Van Gogh’s works larger than life – while certain paintings are presented in all their simplicity,... Read More

Kids Anime Club Draws Attention At Moline Public Library Tonight

June 28th, 2023
Kids Anime Club Draws Attention At Moline Public Library Tonight

Are you a fan of anime? Interested in drawing attention to your favorite art form? Are you in 5th – 8th grade? Want to learn more about Asian culture? Then stop by the Kids Anime Club at the Moline Public Library! A fun drop-in program where you don’t have to read the same thing everyone else is reading – just come to watch anime, do a fun craft and talk with your fellow anime fans! Held every 3rd Wednesday of the month in the Children’s Programming room! Learn more: ANIME CLUB  Read More

Chalk Art Fest Hits the Pavement June 24 and June 25

June 21st, 2023
Chalk Art Fest Hits the Pavement June 24 and June 25

7th ANNUAL QUAD CITIES CHALK ART FEST hits the sidewalks of Schwiebert Park June 24 and 25! ​In its’ 7th year, Quad City Arts’ Chalk Art Fest will take place June 24-25, 2022 at Schwiebert Riverfront Park in downtown Rock Island, IL. The festival starts at 10 a.m. both days and goes till 7pm on Saturday and 5pm on Sunday. This FREE, live outdoor arts festival brings together hundreds of artists that spend hours transforming the cement pavement at Schwiebert Park into a gallery of chalk art, while competing for cash prizes. Visitors strolling by can see the wonderful works of art as they... Read More

Shakespeare in the Park Returns to Rock Island Tonight!

June 17th, 2023
Shakespeare in the Park Returns to Rock Island Tonight!

Free outdoor theater returns to Lincoln Park as the Genesis Guild season opens with “The Two Gentlemen of Verona!” Come enjoy some free Shakespeare in the park – performances are June 17, and 18 at 7:00 PM. Thought by some scholars to be the first play written by Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy that tells the story of two young men, sent away from home to learn how to be gentlemen, who fall in love with the same woman. Two Gentlemen of Verona is also the Genesius Guild’s annual high school production, with a cast featuring outstanding talent from high schools across... Read More

“Hello, Dolly” Opens at Moline’s Black Box This Weekend

June 9th, 2023
“Hello, Dolly” Opens at Moline's Black Box This Weekend

The Black Box Theatre in downtown Moline opens their production of “Hello Dolly” June 1 and running through the 10th. Hello, Dolly! is a 1964 musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder‘s 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955. The musical follows the story of Dolly Gallagher Levi, a strong-willed matchmaker, as she travels to Yonkers, New York, to find a match for the miserly “well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire” Horace Vandergelder. The show has become one... Read More