January 6th, 2021
Arts & Entertainment News
It’s time to rock out with rock star bingo! Think you know your music trivia? Time to test your skills! Think you know your music? If you know what song contains these lyrics, you would probably love Rock Star Bingo! “And she’s watching him with those eyes, And she’s loving him with that body, I […]
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January 5th, 2021
Arts & Entertainment News
One of the last remaining video rental shops nationwide, Family Video, will close their Quad-Cities locations and ALL of their over 250 remaining locations nationwide starting Wednesday. The 43-year-old company will sell off all its inventory online and in stores while they remain open. Most of the chain’s stores are expected to remain open beyond […]
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January 5th, 2021
Arts & Entertainment News
Trivia Night Live is coming to The Tangled Wood in Bettendorf! TRIVIA NIGHT LIVE Every Tuesday Night @ 7pm Starting June 16th! Free To Play Up To 8 People per Team Various Categories Win House Cash! And we are kicking things off with a trivia theme night! Disney Trivia – June 16th Sixteen Candles Trivia […]
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January 5th, 2021
Arts & Entertainment News
Bethany Sanders is only 24 years old, but already has 21 years of dance experience and is quickly gaining a reputation as a passionate teacher and choreographer. The Pleasant Valley High alum started taking tap and ballet lessons when she was 3 and hasn’t stopped moving since. “I absolutely loved it, and added theater to […]
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January 5th, 2021
Arts & Entertainment News
Since few things go better with cozy wintertime reading than a hot cup of cocoa, Rock Island Public Library will launch its 2021 Books Like Us Winter Reading Challenge with a Curbside Cocoa Kickoff. The free drive-through event for all ages is offered from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on Friday, January 8 in the Curbside […]
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January 5th, 2021
Arts & Entertainment News
Though long-awaited funding for live-music venues is part of the federal Covid stimulus bill recently signed into law, several Quad-Cities entertainment spaces are taking a “wait and see” attitude regarding the reality. Scott Mullen, executive director of Moline’s TaxSlayer Center, said the $15-billion “Save Our Stages” act that was approved had included language noting some […]
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January 4th, 2021
Arts & Entertainment News
Illinois is celebrating high times in regard to its recreational marijuana sales. It was a year ago, Jan. 1, 2020, when the state officially opened its first legal marijuana dispensaries, and there’s been plenty of green brought in by the green. According to data released Monday by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, […]
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January 4th, 2021
Arts & Entertainment News
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Western Illinois University Board of Trustees Chair Polly Radosh announced that Martin Abraham will serve as WIU’s provost and academic vice president beginning January 2021. Abraham, who was originally hired as Western’s new provost in 2019, had served as acting/interim president since July 2019. Interim Provost Billy Clow will return to the […]
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January 4th, 2021
Arts & Entertainment News
Like plants? Like coffee? Come get your caffeine fix and learn how to propagate a different plant on the first Tuesday of each month! You will learn about the featured plant, how to grow it, and then get to take a cutting home for your own enjoyment! Coffee will be provided for your enjoyment. In […]
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January 4th, 2021
Arts & Entertainment News
Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse, Rock Island, has only been open for two months since March 14, yet it has creatively, persistently found alternate ways to offer local entertainment for people like me who are desperate for it. Far from a luxury or a frill that can be easily excised, arts and culture have proven to […]
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