Get your Fair Food Fix at the Rock Island County Fairgrounds (4200 Archer Drive East Moline) this week! Westmoreland Concessions will be at the Fairgrounds between Tuesday Sep 1 and Monday Sep 7. Hours will be 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily, except for Sunday when the stand will close at 5 p.m. Enjoy some […]
Kick off the week with some live outdoor music! Join the Plus 60 Club this Monday Aug 31 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. for some live music at Veterans Memorial Park (1645 23rd Street Bettendorf). Pack your favorite beverages, lunch and/or snack and head on over to the Bill Bowe Bandshell – where Dave […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – A total of 238 undergraduate students enrolled at Western Illinois University were named to the 2020 Summer Dean’s List. The total includes 47 students at the WIU-Quad Cities Campus. To receive this award, an undergraduate student must earn at least a 3.6 grade point average on a scale of 4.0, which equals […]
MACOMB, IL – If ever the catchphrase “following in your father’s footsteps” applied to someone connected to Western Illinois University, it would be the late Dean Emeritus of Graduate Studies Hank Sather, and his daughters, Kristi, Signe and Ingrid. Not only did Sather influence nearly a decade of students in the University’s biological sciences department, […]
Ballet Quad Cities presents Ballet On The Lawn this Sunday Aug 30 at 2 and 6 p.m. at the Outing Club (2109 Brady St. Davenport). Enjoy the atmosphere of the 125-year-old, member–owned, private club for a unique and beautiful dance production by Ballet Quad Cities. Professional dancers will transform the lawn at The Outing Club […]
MACOMB IL – Thanks to funding from the National Science Foundation, the Western Illinois University Physics Department’s Astrophysics Research Laboratory provided $3,000 scholarships to two undergraduate students and a full-time Research Assistantship to a graduate student to participate in a 2020 Summer Research Experience. Under the supervision of Professor of Physics Esteban D. Araya, students […]
A prestigious national arts award is back under the baton of a Quad-Cities conductor. Nicolas Propes of LeClaire, who leads the Big River Brass Band, was announced this week as winner of the American Prize in conducting band/wind ensemble, community/schools division for 2019-20. “I was very honored to be selected,” Propes, a 40-year-old native of […]
Ragged Records (311 ½ 21st Street Rock Island) presents: A Socially Distant Record Store Day in the Courtyard this Saturday Aug 29 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Things will be done a little bit different this year by moving the sale outdoors in an attempt to keep everyone as safe as possible but as […]
MACOMB, IL – A 2018 Western Illinois University alumna has won the Seth Sing-Off: Stephanie J. Block edition. Bachelor of Fine Arts graduate Sam Bonzi won the competition, which is part of “The Seth Concert Series.” The edition aired online Monday, Aug. 17. Bonzi submitted a tape of her singing a portion of “The Wizard […]
Looking for a fun-filled night out with friends, without all the headache (literally)? It’s no secret that when most people imagine a night out, whether to meet new people or catch up with old friends, drinks are usually involved. You know, a little ‘liquid courage’ to break the ice, some mixed drinks to ‘further the […]
