A feature-length documentary, which included an interview with Western Illinois University Film Professor Richard Ness, was recently awarded a Mid-America Emmy. “Jean Seberg: Actress • Activist • Icon” was produced by Garry McGee, of McMarr, Ltd., who is one of Ness’ former students, as well as Kelly and Tammy Rundle, previous Emmy winners from Fourth […]
In September 2022, The Black Box Theatre performed “My Brother’s Gift,” as a part of the Out of Darkness: Holocaust Messages for Today initiative. The play is based on the remarkable true story of Heinz Geiringer, neighbor and friend of Anne Frank. The production will air on WQPT on November 17 at 8:00 pm and […]
28 Days Haunted, featuring local ghost hunter Aaron Thompson and his team, who were formerly featured on QuadCities.com, is in the top five among all Netflix shows this week! The show’s creator posted the following on social media: 73.4 million Netflix subscribers in the U.S. 17 million in the UK. 223 million globally. Not counting […]
28 Days Haunted, featuring local ghost hunter Aaron Thompson and his team, who were formerly featured on QuadCities.com, is in the top five among all Netflix shows this week! The show’s creator posted the following on social media: 73.4 million Netflix subscribers in the U.S. 17 million in the UK. 223 million globally. Not counting […]
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 […]
BREAKING NEWS: Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the creative duo behind the award-winning blockbuster hit “A Quiet Place,” are opening a new two-screen movie theater, The Last Picture House, on the corner of 2nd and Iowa Streets in downtown Davenport. Cheekily named after the Peter Bogdonovich film, “The Last Picture Show,” the venue owned by […]
I’ll be curious to see how the rom-com “Ticket to Paradise” does. My prediction? It’s going to FLOP. Yup. I predict a Julie Roberts and George Clooney rom-com is going to FLOP. Why? Recent history. Now, over the past week, we’ve seen the ninnies on the far right and far left vomiting ignorant effluvium from […]
Join the Davenport Civil Rights Commission and the Davenport Public Library for a screening of the film “Riding the Rails to Hero Street” on Wednesday, September 21 at 6:30pm at the Davenport Public Library Branch on Fairmount Street. The film details the lives of Mexican American families that lived in Cook’s Point, Holy City, and […]
Shocking! Stunning! Amazing! All three of those words would likely accompany any “Better Call Saul” spinoff at this point. With the “Breaking Bad” prequel wrapping things up two weeks ago, with Saul Goodman stuck in jail for 86 years (give or take a few for good behavior), it’s looking like the story of our favorite […]
WQPT, Quad Cities PBS will be holding a virtual screening event featuring excerpts from the documentary “Scattering CJ” on Thursday, September 1 at 7:00 pm. Following each excerpt there will be a panel discussion about the film and suicide prevention. “Scattering CJ” explores the devastating effects of suicide, the extraordinary generosity of strangers and one […]
