Forget Amazon this year, small businesses need you! Join us Saturday, November 28th from 7:00-4:00 for Small Business Saturday! We have 30+ businesses here for our holiday pop-up shop and the Iron + Grain Boutiques are ready to get you in the holiday spirit. Due to the state of IL mandate, only 25 people will […]
Get your hustle on for a good cause anywhere you want to be Nov 30 through Dec 5 with the Festival of Trees Holiday Hustle! For more info, check out https://rrhh.ticketleap.com/ Rock River Hospice & Home is hosting a Festival of Trees Holiday Hustle Virtual 5K Walk/Run. The idea is to set your own goal […]
Looking to escape some Thanksgiving stress and get yourself aligned for the holidays? Check out the Restorative Yoga & Crystal Meditation Workshop 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Friendship Center, 129 W. 2nd St., Muscatine. It’s hosted by Energy 108, and you can get more details here.
Covid cases continue to soar in Illinois and Rock Island County, and health department officials are dreading the coming two weeks as potential infections from Thanksgiving weekend, Blackout Wednesday and Black Friday gatherings arise. The Rock Island County Health Department is reporting three additional deaths from COVID-19: a man in his 90s, a woman in […]
It was a surreal Thanksgiving. My ex-wife and I alternate years on holidays, and it’s always strange and depressing for me when I don’t get to see my son on those days, especially when I’m reminded of the fun times we had the year before in the memories section of social media. This year was […]
The Illinois Office of Tourism today released its annual Illinois Made Holiday Gift Guide featuring one-of-a-kind products by small businesses around the state. All products featured in this year’s gift guide are available for online purchase, with some accommodating curbside pickup, as part of a broader effort by the State of Illinois to encourage safe holiday […]
Looking for that perfect gift for the music lover on your holiday list? Shop local and check out Ragged Records, 311 1/2 21st St., Rock Island for their Black Friday Record Day sale! Black Friday Record Store Day is back at Ragged Records, but this time with new guidelines. Line up outside to get your […]
Looking to get a start on your holiday shopping? Check out the 31st annual Quad City Christmas Arts and Craft Fair coming to Rock Island Friday Nov 27 through Sunday Nov 29 at QCCA Expo Center (2621 4th Ave Rock Island). For more info, see https://www.facebook.com/events/816468328820280. The Quad City Christmas Arts & Craft Fair is […]
All is not lost, procrastinators! If you’ve let your thanksgiving planning go to the very last minute, if you desperately searched around at various spots today for a turkey without having any luck (as we did and reported on earlier!), don’t fret! There are TWO spots in the Quad-Cities where we found turkeys just a […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has not only devastated the U.S. economy and cost more than 260,000 American lives, it is driving record hunger in the greater Quad-Cities region. “The number of people who don’t have enough food to eat in the QCA has increased by over 50 percent since Covid,” Mike Miller, president/CEO of River Bend […]
