A winter storm can mean extended interruptions of power and heat in your home. Here are tips from Genesis emergency department physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stay safe and comfortable in severe winter weather. In Your Home Plan an alternative source of heat for your home during a power outage. […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – A total of 678 students earned academic degrees or post-baccalaureate certificates after the Fall 2020 semester at Western Illinois University. Bachelor’s degrees were awarded to 508 graduates. Academic distinction was awarded to baccalaureate graduates who achieved high grade point averages. This includes: Summa Cum Laude, 3.90 GPA or higher on a 4.0 […]
Saturday In The Arts is a comprehensive weekly feature looking at a trend, personality, or major subject involving the Quad-Cities arts and entertainment scene. While other Quad-Cities theaters remain closed, Davenport Junior Theatre continues its mission by serving students virtually and in person. Its new projects include a podcast, a second Zoom production in February, […]
Tomfoolery on Tremont, at the Tremont mansion, 901 Tremont, Davenport, is presenting Geoffrey Asmus at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Jan. 15! Table for 2 is $24; a Table for 4: $48 One of our favorites returns to Renwick! Geoffrey won Comedy on State’s “Funniest Person in Madison 2015” and Penguin Comedy Club’s “Funniest Person in […]
The Figge Art Museum (225 W. 2nd St., Davenport) is opening a new exhibit Saturday, Jan. 16, in the second-floor Lewis Gallery. Blakelock: By the Light of the Moon, will feature eight extraordinary pieces of American art — some of which have not been on display in more than two decades. In much the same way […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – As the new year begins, three Western Illinois University administrators will continue serving in their respective interim roles, according to WIU President Guiyou Huang. John W. Smith will continue to serve as WIU’s interim vice president for student services (VPSS), while Teresa Smith and Gary Swegan will continue as the interim Chief […]
In September 1959, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., visited Hawaii – shortly after it formally became the 50th state in the Union, and spoke to its leaders. That little-known trip is the subject of a planned documentary and a Facebook Live discussion with its filmmakers on Monday, Martin Luther King Day. The Quad-Cities […]
The Davenport Archers Association will be hosting one of the NFAA Indoor Nationals Shoot locations on Jan 16 and 17 2021 at 1251 Weindruch Road, Bettendorf. Davenport Valley Archers (DVA) has been an organized archery club since 1967 and is incorporated in the State of Iowa. ISAA and NFAA affiliated. We will have up to […]
Tonight, WVIK Quad Cities NPR will host the latest of its series of “Hidden Conversations” – How the black community is portrayed in marketing and media, on Facebook Live at 6 p.m. Davenport-based leadership and diversity expert Dr. LaDrina Wilson will speak with Quad-Citizens Mikhayla Hughes-Shaw, reporter for WHBF and KLJB news and host of […]
Looking for something COOL to do this week? Hey, don’t give us a FROSTY reception to that joke! No need to be ICY! Just CHILL out and head to Icetravaganza! Here are the details: Icestravaganza 2021: A Chilling Winter at the Freight House Friday, Jan. 15-Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021 | FREE to attend Freight House, […]
