The Pokey LaFarge concert originally set for Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 8 PM – 11 PM at Codfish Hollow Barnstormers has been postponed. For more information, see the Codfish Hollow Facebook page.

Tonight the Rock Island-Milan Education Foundation Facebook page will announce the RIHS Top Ten, Austin Academic Achievement Award Department winners, and the RIMEF Scholarship recipients! The 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗙 𝗔𝗔𝗔𝗔 & 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 video will be posted to this page at 6:30pm this evening. It’s a celebration of academic excellence at Rock Island High School! For […]

Get those cars ready to race! Pinewood Derby cars, that is! Support Cub Scout Pack 199 Lourdes, as they host their first Virtual Pinewood Derby this Saturday May 16 from 1 – 3 p.m. A limited number of adults and NO Scouts will be setting up and running the cars down the track. All while […]

Quad Cities Cruisers will be participating in a Masonic Home Drive-By Cruise this Saturday May 16 at 10:30 a.m. Cars will meet at the Masonic Lodge parking lot just off Grant St between 28th and 23rd St at 10:30 a.m.  Then drive through the masonic village starting on 1st St and go to 2nd and […]

Countryside Community Theatre has joined the host of area venues canceling their summer slate due to concerns about covid-19. The Eldridge-based group released the following statement on Facebook today: We are sad to announce that our Summer 2020 shows, The Music Man and The Fantasticks, will not be happening this summer due to the Covid-19 […]

Relatively few Quad-Cities artists and arts organizations have received Covid-19 relief funding from Iowa or Illinois, and both states are proceeding in their next round of grant awards. Illinois Humanities recently gave out 24 emergency relief grants (of $2,500 each) – including the Rock Island-based Midwest Writing Center and Bishop Hill Heritage Association. These general […]

Because of coronavirus, the 36th-annual Ride the River on Father’s Day is canceled, and Davenport-based River Action is substituting a month-long outdoor alternative – “Ride and Seek” – during June. River Action collaborated with both the Scott County and Rock Island County Health Departments and “received support to move forward with social distancing practices to ensure that […]

Join Freddy Allen for some Virtual Tunes At The Tulip this Saturday May 16 from 6 – 7:15 p.m. Freddy is in the Mansion, all by himself for a special Virtual Concert to help support efforts in preserving Hauberg Estate. 100% of the tips go towards Hauberg. You can donate through PayPal.   For more […]

When schools were shut down recently, many students found themselves saying goodbye to the idea of in-person gatherings, extracurricular activities and what they knew as a ‘normal’ end to their school year, all together. But some of those students were saying goodbye to graduation ceremonies, diploma handoffs and parties they’ve waited their entire lives for. […]

Join in on the fun with Sunny Cove – A Maker’s Marketplace (903 1st Avenue Silvis) for an Anniversary Party Drive By this Friday May 15 from 6 – 6:30 p.m. From Sunny Cove’s Facebook page: “Come celebrate our first anniversary of owning the store with us!  Nooooo we can’t have a big ole party […]