The Davenport Public Library and the Davenport Parks & Recreation Department have teamed up with other City organizations to provide fun summer activities! The Library will be visiting eight parks each week providing storytimes, activities, and will also have a large selection of items available for check out. Sign up for a library card and […]
Although cannabis testing is an everlasting topic in the curriculum of the Bachelor of Science in Forensic Chemistry program in the Western Illinois University Department of Chemistry, it was recently revitalized by a $160,181 grant, awarded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and a Certification of Registration (COR), presented by the Drug Enforcement Administration […]
It’s Independence Day weekend, and as such, as you may have heard — literally — people will be lighting off a lot of fireworks! We at QuadCities.com encourage everyone to celebrate in a fun and safe manner, and to emerge from this weekend with all of your fingers and toes intact. We asked our friends […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL — Billy Clow, dean of Western Illinois University’s College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC), has been appointed interim provost and vice president for academic affairs, effective July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022. He previously served as interim provost from January 2019-January 2021. A search for the provost position will be launched this fall. […]
DAVENPORT, Iowa – Each year in the United States, more than 600 deaths are attributed to excessive natural heat. Many of the deaths are preventable. Genesis Medical Center emergency physician David Dierks, D.O., offers these tips to avoid being a victim of the heat: Stay out of the heat when possible. The young and old […]
Local superstar Angela Meyer will be having her Legions & Legends album release show at the Motel Aug. 26th!! Tickets go on sale at noon July 2! It’s going to be a full house so get on those tickets. Tickets are now on sale. TICKETS to all Raccoon Motel shows can be purchased HERE!! TICKETS […]
The Black Box Theatre in downtown Moline will open the dramedy “I and You” by Laura Gunderson – an area premiere — on Thursday, July 15. The plot: One afternoon, Anthony (Michael Alexander) arrives unexpectedly at classmate Caroline’s (Adrienne Jane) door bearing a beat-up copy of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, an urgent assignment from their high-school […]
Join us Friday, July 2nd at 2:30 pm to explore and learn about the curious world of archives and manuscripts at the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center. July’s topic is an introduction to our Archives and Manuscript Collections. We are going to delve into a collection of local sports leagues facilitated by the Davenport Parks and […]
Western Illinois University emergency management students, along with professional emergency personnel and educators, have the benefit of hands-on training and numerous other learning opportunities as a result of a collaborative partnership between the WIU GIS Center, WIU School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration (LEJA)‘s emergency management degree program and the Illinois Law Enforcement Training […]
Pop Art pioneers Roy Lichtenstein, Takashi Murakami, Andy Warhol, and more will truly pop at Figge Art Museum this summer with Pop Power from Warhol to Koons: Masterworks from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. The newest exhibition to arrive at the Figge (225 W. St., Davenport) features more than 100 […]
