On Saturday, February 11, local author David Sebben presents “Sol Butler, The Greatest Athlete You’ve Never Heard Of.” The free event is at 11am at the Downtown Library. An accomplished athlete, Butler played for the Rock Island Independents football team and competed in the long jump in the 1920 Olympic games. His free presentation is […]
Noted historian and storyteller Brian “Fox” Ellis joins the Rock Island Public library on February 8 for the first of three performances in his “History . . . in Person!” series. Join us Wednesday, February 8 for his live performance, “Walt Whitman’s Lincoln,” at 6 pm at the Rock Island Downtown Library, 401 19th Street. Ellis […]
Best-selling children’s author/illustrator team of Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham, creators of the acclaimed Friends series for middle-school ages, join us for an online visit at 3pm on Saturday, February 11! Once you register, you will receive a Zoom link and we have an activity packet for you and your child. The authors will talk […]
Check out the Fun10 for the Quad-Cities of Illinois and Iowa! Fun10 — ten ways for you to have fun in the Quad-Cities, this week and every week, running every Sunday, only on your site for fun, free, local entertainment, QuadCities.com! Every Sunday, we drop a new Fun10, to give you a head start on […]
The Quad-Cities is so proud of this year’s All-State Choir crew from Rock Island High School! For the first time we had one or more students in all four vocal ensembles – All-State Jazz, Honors Jazz, All-State Chorus and Honors Chorus. A truly talented and fun group to work with! Congratulations, All-Staters!
The latest installment of the Marvel Comics Cinematic Universe is getting underway this month with “Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” and as usual, some of the media is paying token attention to the late Stan Lee, the Marvel icon who not only acted as the front-facing personality of the company for decades, but became […]
Local actor B.D. Gougeon has created a funny new parody video about Groundhog Day that you’ve got to crawl out of your hole and check out, whether you see your shadow or not! You can find the mix of Lady Gaga and Punxsatawney Phil right here: Check out B.D.’s handle on all the socials (FB, […]
The district’s F.A.C.E team selects a parent/guardian and school each month that goes above and beyond! F.A.C.E (Family and Community Engagement) has started a new initiative to recognize parents/guardians and a RIMSD school who are making a positive impact in our school district and community. Parent/Guardian of the Month Schools can nominate a parent/guarding who […]
The Army National Guard is hosting a Medical Fair on February 7th, 2023 at 9 AM, to introduce students to a variety of military and civilian medical professions. The Intro to Health Careers Class will be attending this event. If your student is not currently taking this course and is interested in attending this exploration experience, please […]
At long last, the state of emergency due to covid-19 is coming to an end in Illinois. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced in a statement Tuesday that the statewide public health emergency declaration will end on May 11, in line with Joe Biden’s announcement that the federal government state of emergency will end that same day. […]
