Join Davenport Public Library Saturday, September 18th at 8:00 pm at the Eastern Library (6000 Eastern Ave.) for a free outdoor movie night! Bring your own blankets and lawn chairs. The movie is rated PG. Call the Library for the movie title. This event is FREE and open to the public. For more information visit […]
The Davenport Public Library is pleased to partner with the Hoover Museum and Presidential Library for this live webinar! Join us Wednesday, September 16th at 6:00 pm for Little Fashionista on the Prairie” presented by Laura Keyes. To register, please visit https://bit.ly/dpl-thirdthursdayseptember. Have you ever found yourself wondering what Laura Ingalls Wilder actually wore during […]
Rock Island broke ground on a new YMCA building in its downtown yesterday! Mayor Mike Thoms posted the following on social media to celebrate: We broke ground on another exciting project downtown Rock Island. The YWCA is building a 45,000 square-foot new facility, at the former Zimmerman car dealership lot. Their services are greatly utilized […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – – Western Illinois University’s Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) student chapters on the Macomb and Quad Cities campuses both received a 2020-21 Superior Merit Award designation from the national chapter of SHRM for providing excellent growth and development opportunities to student chapter members. The SHRM student chapter merit award program encourages […]
Omaha native and LA resident Kil Theodrick (as seen on Netflix, Hulu, Comedy Central) is coming through the Quad Cities while on tour for a surprise one night only event at 7 p.m. Thursday! Don’t miss your chance to see Kil live before you’re seeing him on your TV weekly. Hosted by Joshua Kahn Also […]
BREAKING NEWS: Southern Illinois regions have run out of available ICU beds, a dangerous metric that could trigger new, harsher covid-19 mandates from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. Southern Illinois reported Monday that it had no available ICU beds in an area of almost a half-million people, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. That […]
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 […]
QC CAN’s Reading Assistance Dogs are specially trained, along with their handler, to provide the environment needed to help children improve their reading skills! These special pups will visit Eastern (6000 Eastern Ave.) Thursday, September 16th from 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm. They can’t wait to help kids of all ages read! This event is […]
There is plenty going on in our Quad Cities community as we enter the fall season for 2021. Every month, Sean Leary from QuadCities.com comes back to KWQC-TV6’s “Paula Sands Live” to give an overview of current and upcoming news or events that always emphasize the positive. Everything Sean talks about is detailed (including location, […]
The Bettendorf Public Library’s Trax in the Stax program is returning to in-person programming on Thursday, September 23rd at 7:00 PM. The unique music listening event will feature librarian Lucas Berns as he offers attendees a brief introduction to the popular “Rough Guide” CD series. The free event will take place at the Bettendorf Public […]
