WQPT PBS is launching the Keep WQPT Strong: Community Focus-Community Funded Campaign, an initiative focused on building a strong and sustainable future for public television throughout the Quad Cities region. The campaign will welcome new members, encourage current members to increase their ongoing support, and inspire the community to invest in the trusted educational and […]
State Senator Mike Halpin’s measure to secure the rights of students, faculty and higher education institutions has been signed into law. “With this law, Illinois is holding firm on protecting the First Amendment,” said Halpin (D-Rock Island). “Our students and universities are under attack from every direction when it comes to speech and what should […]
It started happening almost immediately after the announcements began to pour out on social media about her death. Dolly Parton, one of the few universally beloved entertainers remaining on the planet, was dead at age 80. And within a few minutes, both sides of the lunatic fringe were tarring and feathering her. Now, I’m willing […]
Project Now is hosting its third annual Housing Summit today (August 20th) at the Rock Island Holiday Inn—2nd floor ballroom beginning at 8:30 am. We will be exploring the housing continuum from homelessness to housing. Here is the schedule. 8:00 am Registration & Breakfast 8:30 am Opening Remarks-Dr. Dwight Ford 8:45 am Annika O’Melia-Rock Island Line 9:00 am PANEL: Next steps for QC Homelessness Jason Gordon- Davenport Mayor Kelly Thompson- Vice President of Grantmaking and Community Initiatives Quad […]
Since its abrupt closure in downtown Davenport, Mockingbird on Main has taken as its motto one of the famous lines from its source material, “It’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird.” The theater company (founded in 2021 by Tristan Tapscott and Savannah Bay Strandin) has found new life at Black Hawk College, Moline, with “Death […]
The Quad Cities will welcome the 2026 Central States Shrine Association (CSSA) for its Ceremonial Session on August 19-22, 2026, throughout the week, the Ceremonial Session will offer a grand Shrine parade through Downtown Davenport, a marketplace at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, a highly anticipated pub crawl, a golf tournament, and a full lineup of […]
First Lutheran Church of Rock Island is hosting “A Night with the Stars,” benefiting Christian Care, on Sunday, Aug. 30 at Skellington Manor Event Center, 420 18th St., Rock Island. The program features a variety of Old Hollywood’s greatest stars, actors portraying George Burns and Gracie Allen, Jack Benny, Fred Astaire, and Mickey Rooney, among […]
The Quad Cities will explode with tons of fun events (and literally with fireworks) this weekend as Alternating Currents returns August 13-16 with its biggest festival yet. It will transform Downtown Davenport, Rock Island and Bettendorf into a four-day celebration of music, film, comedy, art, culture and creativity. With more than 230 events, representing 600+ […]
Need to know what’s going on in the Quad-Cities this weekend? Or any weekend? Every weekend? Listen to the Weekend in 2 Minutes podcast! Every week, former Dispatch, Rock Island Argus, Quad City Times and KWQC-TV6 reporter Sean Leary gives you a rundown of some of the cool things going on in and around the […]
The Red, White and Boom! fireworks have been rescheduled to Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, and will now take place during the Alternating Currents festival. The fireworks display will begin at 9:30 p.m. and will be launched from two barges on the Mississippi River between Downtown Davenport and Rock Island. The show will be synchronized to […]
