Kinetic is the word that comes to mind when speaking with Chef Laken. It’s a Wednesday night and I am sitting down to share a meal and a conversation with another incredible Chef. The restaurant, The Kitchen Brigade, 210 E. River Drive, Davenport. The food, Wings and Cakes (Double fried chicken wings, sticky honey chow […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – This fall, Western Illinois University is experiencing the highest international student enrollment in 30 years, and is also seeing an increase in new graduate student enrollment. The number of international students enrolling this fall – 658 total, which includes new (424) and returning (234) international students – is a historical record for […]
Librarians are pretty excited about getting people signed up for library cards during National Library Card Sign Up Month. To help get the word out about all the wild and amazing things you can do with a library card, Rock Island Public Library and three other Illinois Quad City libraries will show up this Friday […]
The Western Illinois University Counseling Center (UCC) will host a Fresh Check Day for WIU students from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23 on the Multicultural Center lawn (rain location: Multicultural Center). The annual event is a day to check-in with college students regarding mental health awareness and suicide prevention. “This is an uplifting day […]
BREAKING NEWS: Illinois students, teachers and school staff with confirmed and probable covid-19 infections are now required to be banned from schools and school activities due to an executive order signed by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. The executive order, signed late Friday night, states that people are required to remove themselves from schools or school […]
MACOMB, IL — Celebrating Town & Gown, the annual signature Western Illinois University and Macomb community event, will kick off 2021 WIU Homecoming activities Thursday, Sept. 23 and include the latest Rocky on Parade unveiling. The event is hosted by WIU and the City of Macomb. This year’s event is the inaugural Town & Gown […]
In an age of complex environmental challenges, why not look to the ingenuity of nature for solutions? The forms, patterns, and processes found in the natural world—refined by 3.8 billion years of evolution—can inspire our design of everything from clothing to skyscrapers. This approach to innovation, called biomimicry, is becoming increasingly popular. Nature’s Blueprints: Biomimicry in […]
Parents and other caregivers now have two options for storytimes at the Rock Island Public Library. In addition to the library’s ongoing virtual storytimes, offered at 10:30 am on Tuesdays via Facebook Live, the library has begun a limited in-person Friday storytime at the Rock Island Public Library Southwest branch, 9010 Ridgewood Road. The in-person version […]
BREAKING NEWS: Theo’s Java Club, which has been one of the most fertile hangouts for the Quad-Cities creative scene and one of the most unique coffeehouses in the area for almost three decades, will close its doors for the last time as Theo’s on Wednesday, Oct. 6. As previously reported on QuadCities.com, owner Theo Grevas […]
Nikulski Financial, Inc., a fee only Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) firm located in Bettendorf, is excited to announce the construction of their new corporate headquarters in the Shops of the Woodlands business development. The new site will be conveniently located off of 53rd Street, between Devils Glen and the roundabout at Middle Road, just behind […]
