It’s the weekend after Thanksgiving, the first weekend of the Christmas season, and there are plenty of holiday events here in and around the Quad-Cities. And as it goes every week, you can find out about all of them in your Weekend in 2 Minutes podcast! Every week we give you a rundown of some […]
Less than a month after collecting over three million meals in the 39th-annual Student Hunger Drive, and thanks to emergency funding dollars, River Bend Food Bank and its hunger-relief partners are distributing six million meals to people experiencing hunger. President & CEO Chris Ford said the food bank is prioritizing speed and efficiency to turn the […]
After nearly 16 years and 402 episodes, the History reality series “American Pickers” will not film any more new shows, co-star Danielle Colby said recently. “We all have so many projects that we’re working on. I think it’s just the time for it,” she said Thursday, Nov. 20 from her new burlesque museum, Ecdysiast Arts […]
The Quad Cities Community Foundation and nine other area families and organizations are joining forces to launch a new matching gift campaign to benefit community members seeking food assistance through River Bend Food Bank. The River Bend Food Bank Hunger Relief Fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation will collect community donations to help meet […]
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Quad-Cities. Starting Wednesday, Nov. 19, explore the Deck the Downtowns promotions with fun holiday activities, unique local shopping, seasonal displays, ornament hunts, delicious goodies and opportunities to win prizes along the way. Deck the Downtowns is a joint promotion of the Downtown Bettendorf Organization, Downtown Davenport Partnership and Rock Island […]
Rhythm City Casino is going to be rocking the 2025 New Year’s Eve on Wednesday, December 31 at Rhythm City Casino Resort for exceptional New Year Celebrations! Enjoy our $90,000 Rockin’ in the New Year Drawing as three winners each half hour from 1 PM to 4:30 PM, 9 PM to 11:30 PM, and 12:30 […]
Ragged Records and Void Church present Friday November 21st, 2005 at Raccoon Motel (Davenport, IA) 7PM doors 8PM music Tickets at theraccoonmotel.com Music Performances by: Bonnie Trash, Bleached Cross, Everlasting Light Bonnie Trash (On tour from Ontario Canada, All female heavy gothic death rock post punk) https://handdrawndracula.bandcamp.com/album/malocchio Bleached Cross (Chicago Dark Wave) https://bleachedcross.bandcamp.com/album/bleached-cross Everlasting Light (Quad […]
Classic rock band Three Dog Night will be performing in the Rhythm Room at Rhythm City Casino in Davenport on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 8 PM! Tickets will go on sale starting Friday, November 13 at 10 AM at all ticketmaster outlets and the Rhythm City box office.
The following guest column is from Ezra Sidran, who has done intensive investigative reporting on the City of Davenport, in particular regarding the collapse of the Davenport building downtown. In Greek mythology Cassandra was cursed, “to utter true prophecies but never to be believed. In contemporary usage, her name is employed as a rhetorical device […]
A well-known downtown Davenport restaurant is closing its doors forever. This weekend, the spot known for its baked goods and lunches will say goodbye and close its doors for the last time. Tiphanie’s, which has been a downtown Davenport fixture for over a decade, and whose owner was once on the Food Network, is saying […]
