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. The traveling exhibit “Race: Are We So Different?,” in 2019 at Davenport’s Putnam Museum, had a profound impact on […]
Valor & Victory Gardens: WWII in the Hawkeye State will fly into Davenport through Jan. 17 at German American Heritage Center & Museum (712 W 2nd St. Davenport) WWII was a global conflict that forever altered society and touched the lives of people around the world, including right here in Iowa. The year 2020 marks […]
Goodwill of the Heartland on Friday announced a significant donation of $10 million from billionaire writer and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott as part of a generous gift presented to 384 organizations across the nation. This is the largest single gift to Goodwill of the Heartland in its 55-year history, the nonprofit said in a release. The […]
The YWCA Quad Cities is celebrating a surprise holiday gift this week. It is among 384 charities throughout the United States that have received a donation from MacKenzie Scott, a 50-year-old American novelist, billionaire, and venture philanthropist. She has donated $4.1 billion to nonprofit organizations in all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, and […]
Taylor Swift isn’t the only recording artist to release two albums during quarantine. Even though she didn’t write or record them during the shutdown since March, country-rock star Margo Price released a live album and her third studio record in 2020. The outspoken 38-year-old native of Aledo, Ill., also has been a powerful, busy voice […]
Join us for seasonal holiday lights display at Fejervary Learning Center! We were so ‘Happy’ with last year’s display that we simply ‘Can’t Stop the Feeling’ and will be bringing it back with even more lights this year! Shows last approximately 15 minutes with a new show starting every 30 minutes beginning at 5 PM; […]
Please welcome for their first appearance at Gypsy Highway, 2606 W. Locust St., Davenport, the 7 piece band from Cedar Rapids, Airwaves, at 7 p.m. Friday! They were highly recommended to book for a show by several customers in the venue. This should be fun! Airwaves was first formed in December 2011 and remains Eastern […]
Maddie Poppe is bringing a great holiday concert and tunes to get you in the Christmas mood to the Adler Theater in Davenport! American Idol winner and Iowa native Maddie Poppe is coming to the Adler Theatre in Davenport at 7 p.m. on Saturday, December 19, 2020. Tickets are on sale now! The Adler Theatre […]
The Davenport Public Library is pleased to partner with the Hoover Museum and Presidential Library for this live webinar! Join us Thursday, December 17th at 6:00 pm “The 1929 Christmas Eve White House Fire,” presented by Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum Archivist Craig Wright. To register, please visit https://bit.ly/dpl-thirdthursdaydecember. On Christmas Eve 1929, smoke […]
For over three decades, the music department of First Presbyterian Church in Davenport has presented free large-scale Christmas concerts featuring several of its choirs plus orchestra. Like everything else, this year is different. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 concert will take place virtually. The concert — featuring solo and small group performances from 39 of FPC’s adult […]
