Blackberry Smoke is coming to Rhythm City Casino to perform in the Event Center on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 8 PM! Tickets will be available online at rhythmcitycasino.com or at The Market at Rhythm City. A presale will occur starting on Thursday, June 5 at 10 AM, after which tickets will go on sale on Friday, […]
A FEAST of QC Flavors will be featured at QC Flavor Fest at Common Chord in downtown Davenport Oct. 2 from 5 to 8 p.m. Sample the best that fourteen locally-owned restaurants and food purveyors have to offer during this night of fun, flavors, and music! Fan favorite Chicago Farmer will be providing the entertainment […]
Befitting its real-life subjects, The Black Box Theatre in downtown Moline is presenting an electrifying, glowing tribute to two powerful, strong, and pioneering women with the area premiere of the Lauren Gunderson two-hander “The Half-Life of Marie Curie” — starring Jessica White as Marie Curie and Pam Mautz Cantrell as Hertha Ayrton. This is their first show on […]
Just two months after being sold to a new owner, the Sound Conservatory, 504 17th St., Moline, is planning to close at the end of October. Since November 2023, Sound Conservatory – which first opened in March 2022 in downtown Rock Island – has been in the transformed former Carnegie library (built in 1903). The stately […]
Now’s your chance to help decide which adorable pets will be featured in our 2026 calendar. Every vote is just $1 (minimum of 5 votes per transaction)—and every dollar supports the animals at QCAWC! Rally your friends, family, and coworkers—every vote makes a difference! Show your support AND help your favorite pet climb to the […]
Opening Friday, Sept. 19, The Black Box Theatre in downtown Moline presents the area premiere of the Lauren Gunderson two-hander “The Half-Life of Marie Curie” — starring Jessica White as Marie Curie and Pam Mautz Cantrell as Hertha Ayrton. This is their first show on The Black Box stage. The play is directed and designed by Lora Adams […]
The next exhibit at the Putnam Museum and Science Center has been 500 million years in the making. The new exhibit, “Animal Armor: The Evolution of Armor in Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals,” will open Saturday, Sept. 20. The displays invite visitors to explore the remarkable ways animals across 500 million years have adapted armor for […]
The Galva Arts Council announced Tuesday that it’s been chosen again by the Levitt Foundation as a returning grantee for the 2026–2028 Levitt AMP Galva Music Series, securing a three-year grant totaling $120,000. The grant will be dispersed in annual increments of up to $40,000 and requires a dollar-for-dollar match from the community, according to a press […]
A powerhouse cast of Circa ’21 veterans and tremendous actors making their Circa debuts delivers a spectacularly moving, inspiring new production, with “Come From Away.” The 2017 Tony-winning musical is based on the true events of Sept. 11, 2001, reflecting the fear, chaos and boundless generosity of that day, when the good people of Gander, […]
There’s a good deal to admire in the current Playcrafters production of Agatha Christie’s exotic murder mystery, “Murder on the Nile.” Just don’t ask me to explain the sometimes confounding, labyrinthine plot. In the Playcrafters Barn Theatre synopsis on its website (printed programs were not available the opening weekend), it says: “Kay Ridgeway has led […]
