A New Year’s Eve tradition for the last nine years is back at The Speakeasy in downtown Rock Island as the theater welcomes Bottom’s Up Burlesque to ring in 2022 with an all new show! “We’re thrilled to be continuing this tradition after having to skip last year,” said Brett Hitchcock, Speakeasy director of audience […]
Hip-Hop legend Tech N9ne will hit East Moline’s The Rust Belt stage with special guests Joey Cool & Jehry Robinson Music on January 21, 2022! Tickets are on sale now. TICKETS –> https://bit.ly/TRBTechN9ne
FREE Rhythm Room acts coming in January! Avey Grouws Band – Jan. 7th, 7:30 PM The Hotrods plus Horns – Jan. 8th, 7:30 PM Junior Talley – Jan. 8th, 9:30 PM Matthew Kane & Greenbrier – Jan. 14th, 7:30 PM Don’t miss out! All these shows and MORE are free to attend in our Rhythm […]
PETER WOLF CRIER with JUDE SHUMA TONIGHT at the RACCOON MOTEL! Tickets: https://www.tixr.com/groups/raccoonmotel/events/peter-wolf-crier-w-jude-shuma-32587
Emo Night: Before the night before Christmas. We’ll be playing all your favorite Emo and Pop Punk tracks from your youth. We’ll be having a Best-Dressed Emo Contest, Emo themed drinks and more. Come hang out and sing your lungs out! Let’s do this! Tickets here: https://www.tixr.com/groups/raccoonmotel/events/emo-night-32751
The 2nd Annual Bettendorf High School Wiffle Ball Tournament will be held Wednesday, Dec. 22! Have some fun with friends and help support the BHS Baseball Team at their 2nd Annual Wiffle Ball Tournament on Wed., Dec. 22! More information? Click HERE…
BREAKING NEWS: Illinois covid numbers have ripped up another 20 percent over the past week, omicron is surging around Chicago, statewide healthcare officials are pleading people to be cautious as hospitals are overwhelmed, and events cancellations continue as the possibility of another statewide shutdown looms. Health officials in Cook County, which encompasses Chicago and the […]
DAVENPORT – Opera Quad Cities will celebrate its return from a two year hiatus with a recital featuring Davenport native Nicholas Fahrenkrug, baritone, and Greek pianist Eleonora Apostolidi. The event, which begins at 7:00 PM Sunday, January 9 in the Great Hall at Davenport’s Trinity Cathedral, is sponsored by Opera Quad Cities and features Mr. […]
When my wife Betsy and I were married in July 1990, in a Quaker meeting house in Evanston, Ill., we included two Catholic priests in the service (in honor of my upbringing), but we “married” ourselves, under the care of the meeting, not repeating vows from a benevolent clergyman. During plans for our interfaith ceremony, […]
A life filled with local, state and national volunteer service has earned a Western Illinois University alumnus the highest award given by the Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB). David Erickson, a 1980 agriculture education graduate, from Altona, IL, was presented the Charles B. Shuman Distinguished Service Award during the IFB’s annual meeting in Chicago earlier this […]
