Playcrafters Barn Theatre, 4950 35th Ave., Moline, has announced its 98th season of live community theater, featuring six mainstage productions and a special holiday presentation in 2027. As Playcrafters approaches its centennial, the 2027 season celebrates the variety that has long been at the heart of community theater, it says in the season release. From classic stories […]
Get ready for the beat to drop!The High School Battle of the Bands is taking over the Milan Harvest Festival with powerful performances from some of the area’s top student musicians at Camden Park, 2701 1st St. E, Milan! Bands will play throughout the day starting with the festival’s opening at 9 a.m. Each band […]
THE DRIFTLESS, a film shot in Iowa and featuring local actors including Justin Marxen and Tristan Tapscott, will be shown at The Last Picture House on September 1. The movie, directed by Tim Connery, has won a number of awards worldwide, and will be making its regional debut in Davenport that day. The film features […]
Fresh Films, the Rock Island-based national production company, is premiering their funny, family-friendly movie “Groundhog Gary: 6 More Weeks” as part of the Alternating Currents festival. The film will screen for free both Saturday, Aug. 15 at 11:30 a.m., and Sunday, Aug 16 at 12:15 p.m. at The Last Picture House (325 E. 2nd St., […]
Aside from being familiar with the earworm “Let It Go,” and admirer of much of the leading voice cast of the Disney animated blockbuster “Frozen,” I came into Sunday’s Spotlight Theatre production of the 2018 stage musical knowing very little about the show. As a friend of mine also in the nearly sold-out audience (in […]
You really don’t need to be a Harry Potter buff to enjoy the supremely silly new production of “Puffs,” now at The Black Box Theatre in downtown Moline. The rambunctious, enthusiastic cast gives the word “madcap” whole new meaning. With “Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic,” which also was […]
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Another killer play is coming to Playcrafters Barn Theatre, with “Murder by Poe,” by Jeffrey Hatcher, presented at the Barn, 4950 35th Ave., Moline, at 7:30 p.m. Fridays Aug. 7 and 14, Saturdays Aug. 8 and 15, and at 3 p.m. Sundays Aug. 9 and 16. Playcrafters, in its 97th year, presents “Murder by Poe,” […]
The Red, White and Boom! fireworks have been rescheduled to Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, and will now take place during the Alternating Currents festival. The fireworks display will begin at 9:30 p.m. and will be launched from two barges on the Mississippi River between Downtown Davenport and Rock Island. The show will be synchronized to […]
For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the story of the Puffs… who just happened to be there too. A tale for anyone who has never been destined to save the world. “Puffs” will be performed Aug. 6-15 […]
