Join us tonight for the return of “Showcase of Bands” as local high school marching bands present their 2021 competition shows at Rock Island High School Stadium. Gates will open at 6PM with performances beginning at 7PM. Admission is $5.00 per person. Concessions will be open. The following bands will be performing: -Assumption High School […]
On Friday, October 22, 2021, Washington Jr. High School unveiled its $2.1 million renovation and expansion project to the community. View photo album>> The project features a secure entryway and cafeteria renovation and expansion. Plans also included administrative offices, two flexible spaces for specialists that serve students, and a space for the school nurse that […]
Diversity in the arts is the latest hot topic on the Quad-Cities arts scene, and it’s certainly a welcome one, as the discussion has long been overdue. There is a definite shortage of minority voices across the arts spectrum, and that needs to be corrected. The only way it will be corrected is by it […]
Yesterday’s IHSA 2A Galesburg Cross Country Regional was tough but these Rock Island Rocks were tougher and qualified for next weekend’s Metamora Sectional Meet. #AllSophs Congratulations to Nora Wright, JP Putnam, Ian Regur!
It’s a surprise Halloween Crafternoon! Drop in for a fun Halloween craft at our Southwest Library, 9010 Ridgewood Road, between 4 to 6 pm on October 25. Craft is suitable for kids with some adult supervision. This event is free and available for any age: School ages Kindergarten-6th grades, Teens ages 12 to 18, Adults […]
Augustana College Theatre Arts Department will present “Island Song” with words by Sam Carner, music by Derek Gregor, and story by Sam Carner, Derek Gregor and Marlo Hunter through TODAY, October 24, 2021. The show will begin at 7:30 pm and will be held in the Honkamp Blackbox Theatre which inside the Brunner Theatre Center. […]
Midwife and Amulets will perform at 7 p.m. TONIGHT at Rozz Tox, 2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island. Tickets are $15 at the door. MIDWIFE https://midwifemusic.com/album/luminol Midwife is the moniker of multi-instrumentalist Madeline Johnston. She lives and works in San Miguel, New Mexico by way of Denver, Colorado, where she spent the better half of the […]
Jared Mahone is rocking RIBCO in downtown Rock Island, 1815 2nd Ave, TONIGHT! As a forerunner of the Midwest “garage soul” movement, Jared Mahone fills out singer/ songwriter tunes with dynamic and transparent live looping and a full band. Jared Mahone has patiently turned hometown open mic night glory into a humble career as a […]
The Rock Island Speakeasy’s latest incarnation of “Rocky Horror” to slink out of the lascivious basement of ill repute is an absolute must-see, a tongue in cheek, tongues in cheeks, ribald riot. Driven in particular by the wonderfully smarmy performance of narrator Doug “Dougie” Kutzli, the powerful and sexy belt of Kira Rangel as Janet, […]
Even as covid numbers slowly decline in the state, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has said there may be tougher covid restrictions ahead. At a press conference this week, Pritzker noted that rather than a removal of the mask mandate and a pulling back of mitigations, covid restrictions may remain and be tightened up if numbers […]
