Arts and culture mean business, and help create thriving communities. One of the main reasons I love the Quad-Cities (and have made it my home since fall 1995) is because of its outstanding, vibrant and growing arts scene – more than a dozen theater companies, a world-class symphony orchestra, exquisite professional ballet, top-quality art museum, […]
LATEST: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a bill that would allow employees to escape employer covid mandates, including vaccination mandates, and allow greater use of medical and religious exemptions for people to refuse covid restrictions. On Friday night, Reynolds signed the bill, which the Iowa House and Senate had passed Thursday. It makes it […]
Adler Theatre and VenuWorks present Carrot Top on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. at the Adler Theatre in Davenport. Reserved seat tickets are on sale in person at the Adler Theatre Box Office (136 E. 3rd St.) and online at Ticketmaster.com. Tickets are $29, $39 and $52. Scott “Carrot Top” Thompson has been […]
The Raccoon Motel will be hosting Joy Oladokun and Bre Kennedy April 23, 2022 and we couldn’t be more excited about this special booking. This will be the smallest place she plays on the entire tour and is poised to be a breakout superstar in 2022. Just give a listen to her pained and soulful […]
Take your music appreciation to the next level! On Monday, November 1st at 6:00 pm at the Main St. Library (321 N. Main St.) Dr. Eugene Bechen from St. Ambrose University will put four essential rock songs under the microscope to give you a whole new level of understanding. We’re going to drill down into […]
A curiosity about the history of automobile dealers in western Illinois, and visits to search through the Western Illinois University Archives, has turned into a unique story of a Macomb man finding members of his biological family in the process. Gary Neuhardt and his wife, Marika, moved to Macomb from Arlington Heights, IL, in 2018, […]
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! Less than a year after launching their own musical theater company, Quad-Cities theater veterans (and best buds) Steph […]
Sunday the Quad City Storm will hold its first Pucks and Paws day of the season featuring a dog costume contest for Halloween! Puck drop is at 2:00, dog tickets are free at the box office and you can get tickets for you and all your human friends here: https://bit.ly/2XNec7B
The Artsy Bookworm, 1319 30th St, Rock Island, is accepting any and all community members to bring their decorated pumpkins for a contest! Community vote will determine the winners on Nov. 1, 2021. First place will win a $50 gift card to The Artsy Bookworm, second place will win a $25 gift card. Anyone can […]
Illinois Department of Employment Security in partnership with IowaWORKS, will host the ILLINOIS Quad-Cities Success Fair to assist Veterans, transitioning soldiers and the community in finding employment, resources and education opportunities. The event will be Wednesday, November 10 from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm at the Holiday Inn — 226 17th St Suite 100, Rock […]
