ATTENTION LOCAL ARTISTS! QuadCities.com is starting up the QuadCities.com Virtual Art Gallery to display your work! We’ll display up to a half-dozen of your artworks, along with an artists bio and pic of you and a link to your patreon, paypal or contact info so interested patrons can contact you to buy your artworks! If you’re interested, email Director of Digital Media Sean Leary at Sean@QuadCities.com!  Read More

Are you a local performer, theatrical actor, theater, or arts organization? We’re looking to provide you a virtual stage on the QuadCities.com site and social media! With covid rampaging, we know it’s a crazy time and we want to showcase your organization. No one can come to you but that doesn’t mean you can’t come to them. Along those lines, we’re producing a Virtual Cabaret called The Show Must Go On(line) and we want you to be part of it! The “live” event will air on our Facebook page on Friday, August 28 at 7 p.m. Submissions are due Sunday, August 23 by 7 p.m. Use WeTransfer... Read More

Hey Quad Cities, are you ready to Rev It Up for a great cause? The annual Rev It Up for Awareness Ride, which normally happens the first weekend in May, will take place this Saturday Aug 22. In addition to the Motorcycle Awareness ride, the event will also feature vendors, raffles, live music and more, near The Shed at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds (2815 W Locust St. Davenport) from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. The Awareness Ride will depart from the Fairgrounds promptly at 10:30 a.m. Participants will then travel to Ducky’s Lagoon (13515 78th Ave W Taylor Ridge) and onto Missippi Brew (107 Iowa Ave.... Read More

Saturday In The Arts is a weekly feature looking at a person, topic, or trend of interest in the Quad-Cities and nationwide.   This past week was a historic one for women in U.S. politics and the electoral system. One day after the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (giving some women the right to vote), California U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, accepted the Democratic Party nomination to be vice president Wednesday night. The 55-year-old (who would not only be the first woman, but the first black and south Asian to take that office) recognized the... Read More

The Napoleon Dynamite: Movie & Conversation, originally scheduled for Saturday, September 26, 2020 at the Adler Theatre, has been rescheduled amid COVID-19 concerns. The rescheduled date has been confirmed for Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.  No action is required at this time. Previously purchased tickets will be honored for the new date on Saturday, September 25, 2021. Patrons requesting a refund will need to contact the original point of purchase. Due to the unprecedented volume of postponements and cancellations, please expect to receive a refund in as soon as 30 days. For questions... Read More

Local artists are being sought by the city of Moline and Renew Moline to create a $10,000 public art display on the Spiegel Building, 200 20th St., just north of River Drive on the ground floor’s boarded windows. The vacant Spiegel Building is owned by the city, and is one of the few remaining factory buildings in downtown Moline from the industrial era – originally built between 1928 and 1930 as the Eagle Signal Building, according to Renew Moline, a nonprofit organization and public-private partnership. The project intent is “to beautify and draw attention to the building, a city-owned... Read More

As many orchestras nationwide have cancelled in-person concerts for the fall, the show must go on for the Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO). It’s proceeding with fall Masterworks concerts at Davenport’s Adler Theatre, which will undergo some major changes. Following recommendations from the Scott County Health Department, the QCSO has altered its October, November and December programs – to cut the ensemble size in half, to about 40 musicians; allow only 25 percent capacity in the Adler for both Saturday night and Sunday afternoon concerts; require masks and social distancing, and eliminate... Read More

Music certainly has the power to comfort and unify people, as exemplified in a new video by Rock Island native Lissie Maurus, who encouraged her fans to submit short videos from their recent life in quarantine. The five-minute compilation – set to her soulful 2018 song “Peace” – was released Aug. 11, and Lissie did a CNN International interview on the project from her family’s Rock Island home on Aug. 15. “Needless to say, these have been very disorienting, painful, reflective times,” the 37-year-old singer/songwriter posted on Facebook on Aug. 12. “I tear up with every view! And... Read More

Looking for some socially-distant fun with live music and a great cause? Crunk Chocolate presents THE FESTIVAL: A School Drive, which takes place this Saturday Aug 22 from 5 – 11 p.m. at Renwick Mansion (901 Tremont Ave Davenport). This jam-packed evening will feature music from house DJ K1ng Supr3m3 and multiple performers of differing genre styles. A food truck will also be onsite to fulfill all appetites. Don’t miss out on the raffle fundraiser for a chance to win some amazing items. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. However, if you bring any school supplies and/or PPE (masks,... Read More

Let’s party in the parking lot! Oh So Sweet by Tiphanie and Fat Sacks are excited to announce that they’ve teamed up to host a socially distanced outdoor movie night! Join Downtown Davenport Outdoor Movie Night this Saturday Aug 22 and watch the movie JAWS in the outdoor parking lot behind Kilkenny’s Pub (300 W 3rd Street Davenport)! Grab your friends (groups should be 6 people are less) and arrive at Kilkenny’s at 7 p.m. Upon arrival, you will be checked in and you and your group will be shown to your reserved, socially distanced space. Once you’re relaxed and settled in, the guys from... Read More