Saturday In The Arts is a weekly look at a personality, place, trend or topic of interest to the Quad-Cities. It runs every Saturday morning on your site for fun, free, local entertainment and features, QuadCities.com. It’s a brave new world at Davenport Junior Theatre – as the new artistic director is overseeing the first […]
To celebrate Halloween, I’m dropping multiple columns for your laughs and enjoyment. Hope you all have a happy and safe holiday! Are there Vampire businesses that are open all night? There are a lot of other businesses that amaze me with their tenacity to stay around. I never see anyone there. There are never any […]
Last year, spoken-word artist Aubrey Barnes and singer-songwriter Delores Westbrook-Tingle partnered to make a new song that summarizes what United Way of the Quad Cities is all about – “Together.” That inspiring song – which kicked off the July 2019 unveiling of United Way’s African-American Leadership Society (AALS) and was part of the September 2019 […]
A Western Illinois University School of Law Enforcement professor and director of the WIU Homeland Security Research Program will be a part of the training program this month for over 60 new incoming Illinois police chiefs through the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board Executive Institute. Dean Alexander, who is recognized internationally as a […]
Casa Latina and the Día De Los Muertos Committee at Western Illinois University will host two “Día De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead)” events at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30 in the Multicultural Center. Each event is limited to 25 members of the University community only (students, faculty and staff); pre-registration […]
Despite the PGA Tour 2020 John Deere Classic being canceled this summer due to Covid concerns, it helped raise $12.22 million for 465 local and regional charities, through the annual Birdies for Charity program. Tournament officials Friday also announced that each participating charity will receive a 5-percent bonus in addition to the money raised through […]
Join Howard Health Quarters for a ghoulishly fun Health & Vendor Fair! This Halloween Health & Vendor Fair will take place Saturday Oct 31 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at Volleyball Factory (2060 W River Drive Davenport). Dress up in your favorite Halloween costume for fun and/or to enter into the “Best Costume” contest […]
Hello Empower House friends! Are you ready to support the only brain injury clubhouse in the State of Iowa while getting your Halloween on this year??? Then get ready to partake in the Empower House Spooktacular Virtual 5K Run/Walk this weekend! Bring your family and friends out, dress up in fun Halloween costumes and run/walk […]
Brought to you by your friends at Twisted Mics & The University Club – October 31st 2020 will mark the second annual ‘Nightmare on 5th Ave’ celebration. Set in the heart of downtown Moline in a 100+ year old historical Quad Cities landmark – The Reliance Building (University Club 1518 5th Avenue Moline). So old […]
To celebrate Halloween, I’m dropping multiple columns for your laughs and enjoyment. Hope you all have a happy and safe holiday! It’s Halloween weekend, and along with the tricks and treats, and little goblins and ghouls, there are other things that haunt me. Questions. Queries. Imaginings. Like bumps in the night, especially if they’re really […]
