Saturday in the Arts is a weekly feature covering a trend, subject, event or personality of local interest. It runs every Saturday morning on your site for the best entertainment and arts coverage in the area, QuadCities.com! The following article is part of QuadCities.com’s partnership with local music website The Echo. For more, check out […]
Do you like baking, reading, or both? Then this video series may be for you! In this series, one of our reference librarians will attempt to make dessert recipes drawn from beloved fiction books. They’ll also recommend the books and media which inspired the recipes, available from our Rivershare libraries. Packets with the recipes and […]
The River Music Experience, 2nd and Main streets, Davenport, has brought back the free Live@Five on Fridays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The RME courtyard will host live music featuring a wide range of genres and styles. This year’s schedule of bands is: Sept. 3: The Bobby Ray Bunch sponsored by MidAmerican Energy Sept. 10: […]
Color (run) for the kids! The Western Illinois University RockyTHON (Dance Marathon) will hold its third annual Color Run for the Kids Sunday, Sept. 19. The event is part of the student organization’s year-round effort to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals, St. Louis Children’s Hospital and SSM Health Cardinal Glennon. The event culminates […]
Ragged Records x Rozz-Tox Present ANGEL BAT DAWID (solo performance) at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8 at Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island. Want to hear her music? Check it out HERE. International Anthem recording artist, composer, clarinetist, singer & spiritual jazz soothsayer Angel Bat Dawid descended on Chicago’s jazz & improvised music scene just […]
The Rock Island Grand Prix is roaring again through the streets of downtown Rocktown this weekend! One of the most coveted victories in North American #karting, the #kingofthestreets, returns to the #quadcities this #laborday weekend. From the first king, Joe Janowski (@nkaonline principal), to the reigning king @race_liberante, the Rock Island Grand Prix has crowned […]
Equal parts hard rock, heavy metal and Southern rock Jackyl is coming to The Rust Belt with special guests Electric Shock! Jackyl, with special guests Electric Shock, rocks in Tuesday, October 19. To get tickets: https://bit.ly/TRBJackyl From the moment their first album was released in 1992, Jackyl has defied gravity. They were introduced at a […]
Listen, folks, if you can’t trust time travelers and aliens posting on TikTok, really, who can you trust? And those time travelers and aliens are BOTH in agreement that the Pumpkin Cold Brew is far superior to the overhyped Pumpkin Spice Latte. And I agree with them. But aside from that incredibly important information, the […]
Veteran defenseman Joe Sova will return to the Quad Cities for his 10th pro season. A native of Berwyn, Illinois, Sova steadied the Storm blue line for 32 games in the 2019-2020 season and picked up 17 points. He, along with netminder Peter Di Salvo, are the only players currently rostered with the Storm under […]
Kewanee Hog Days starts TOMORROW and runs through Monday! The Spotlight is on Saturday, Sept. 4! This day is huge with entertainment! We start the day with the Kewanee Library Book Sale. Then go right into the Senior Citizens Hog Days Breakfast! For all you runners and walkers, you won’t want to miss the Hog […]
