Learning doesn’t stop at childhood! Check the Rock Island Public Library calendar for details about these August events for adults: World War I History talk, Pershing’s First Army (online): August 11 at 6 pm, via Zoom. Non-fiction Book Club, The Tipping Point, August 12 at 6 pm, in person at Longview Park, weather permitting. Garden […]
Justin Wells will be performing at 7 p.m. Aug. 12 at the Raccoon Motel, 315 E. 2nd St., Davenport! For tickets click here! For more info click here!
Artists in Conversation is a weekly column running Wednesdays on QuadCities.com. It features a conversation with a local creator or creators going into their artistic process, projects and more. Get to know your local arts scene and local creators better on QuadCities.com with Artists In Conversation! If you’re a local creator and would like to […]
Pitch Black Manor, the Quad-Cities’ first and only goth rock band, came out strong in 2020 after 25 years in seclusion with “Monster Classics,” and now Pitch Black Manor returns to kill it again with “Night Creeps.” The new record scares up a gritty tale of a city gripped with unsolved murders and a mad […]
Playcrafters Barn Theatre continues its Barn Owl season with The Whistleblower’s Dilemma, an original dramedy written by Jim Sederquist, Bettendorf. The show will be presented Aug. 13th through Aug. 22nd at the Barn Theatre, 4950 35th Ave., Moline. Joe loves his community and the factory that his grandfather helped build from scratch. When Joe discovers the factory’s current […]
Volunteers are needed for the 75th Annual International Softball Congress Men’s World Tournament on August 14-21 at Sheridan Meadows in Eldridge. Check out the volunteer opportunities at https://buff.ly/3ijYYgw
The 2021 Hunter Classic, benefiting the HAVlife™ Foundation, will be held Monday, October 4, 2021, at Crow Valley Country Club, 4315 E. 60th Street, Davenport, IA. Registration will be held at 11 a.m. with a shotgun start at 12 noon. A total of 144 golfers can compete. Funds raised will benefit the HAVlife™ Foundation, a […]
It’s always important for performers to get out in front of a live audience to test material, and it’s fun and exciting to be in the audience listening to something being created and shared for the first time. Along those lines, and because we at QuadCities.com love our local comedy scene, we’re presenting a new […]
The Figge Art Museum has acquired an early painting by renowned American artist Kehinde Wiley, who’s best known for being commissioned to paint the official presidential portrait of Barack Obama for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. The untitled oil-on-plywood panel painting recently acquired by the Figge was done in 1998, while Wiley was an undergraduate […]
One of the finest young country talents in the world will be performing August 10th at the Raccoon Motel, 315 E. 2nd St., Davenport! Vincent Neil Emerson will be stopping here after his Hinterland appearance a few days prior. For those of you who were lucky enough to catch Colter Wall and Tyler Childers at […]
