The Richmond Hill Players’ 2025 season continues with a thriller, “The Woman in Black,” adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill. The show will be presented Thursdays through Sundays, October 2-12 at the Barn Theatre in Geneseo. Dana Skiles, Geneseo, directs the play. The framework of this spine-tingler (penned in 1987) is unusual: a lawyer […]
Haley DeGreve has been justly recognized over the past five years for her tireless, relentless and outstanding work in suicide prevention, as founder and CEO of the Gray Matters Collective. But the 2020 Augustana College alum was still surprised recently to be named one of the JCI USA’s 2025 Ten Outstanding Young Americans (TOYA). Held […]
Kerry Tucker of Moline fulfilled a lifelong dream last January by recording his own songs at the famed Abbey Road Studios in London. His four-song EP, “Undertow,” was released in May (available on vinyl, CD and streaming) and Tucker’s band Einstein’s Sister will perform songs from it, plus others, at the Redstone Room at Common […]
The Third Place QC is proud to announce that its doors will officially open tomorrow, marking a major milestone for the organization and the community it serves. Community partners, neighbors, and media are invited to attend the opening day gathering to: Tour the new downtown Rock Island facility Hear updates on both short-term and long-term […]
Thirty-six local nonprofits are receiving $629,000 through the Quad Cities Community Foundation’s Operations and Program Grants. The Operations and Program Grants are made possible by generous donations to Field of Interest Funds as well as the Quad Cities Community Impact Fund. The grants make up the Community Foundation’s largest competitive grantmaking cycle each year, according […]
For the second time in less than three years, Davenport’s German American Heritage Center and Museum (GAHC + M) has a new boss. Moline native Kirk Marske, 54, took over the reins of the nonprofit in mid-September, succeeding Brian Allen, who left as executive director after 26 months this past spring to become executive director […]
Moline native Hunt Harris – a successful businessman, photographer and tireless volunteer – put in countless hours and dollars in supporting Quad Cities nonprofits his entire adult life. Nearly two years after his death at 74, his family is ensuring his legacy will live on for decades. The Harris family is making a transformative, historic […]
The Figge Art Museum (225 W. 2nd St., Davenport) has a new exhibit of local interest — Kristin Quinn: Luminous Flux Paintings From the Watershed, a new exhibition featuring recent works by local artist and St. Ambrose University professor Kristin Quinn. Quinn’s work is inspired by her connection to the Mississippi River watershed and her travels across […]
The Putnam Museum’s third-annual Recycling Fashion Show, “Garbage Glam,” is scheduled for Saturday, September 27th. The event was initially inspired by the JUNKraft: Global Crisis of Plastic Pollution exhibit two years ago. The exhibit showcased JUNK, a homemade raft which used 15,000 recycled plastic bottles for flotation. With no motor or support vessel, the two-man […]
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