The Horns are calling! Augie’s Horn Choir is performing on Sunday, February 5 at 4:00 p.m. at Wallenberg Hall on Augustana Campus. This recital will include performances of Wagner, Saint-Saens, Strauss, and many more! The first half of the program will be performed by junior hornist, Alina Lundholm, accompanied by Dr. Charles Schmidt and a duet will be performed with senior hornist Bri Meyer. The Horn Choir will join them for the second half. Wallenberg Hall is located at 3520 7th Ave in Rock Island and this event is free. This’ll definitely be a rare experience you won’t want to forget! I... Read More

      The gripping drama Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley will be playing on the Kim and Donna Brunner Main Stage at Augustana College from January 27 through February 5. The play tells the story of the three McGrath sisters, together again in their hometown of Hazelhurst, Mississippi. Lenny is the caretaker of their granddad. Meg, the middle sister, left home to pursue stardom as a singer in Los Angeles, but so far has only found happiness at the bottom of a bottle. The youngest of them all, Babe, has just been arrested for the murder of her abusive husband, Zackery Bottrelle.... Read More

Augustana College’s Jenny Lind Vocal Ensemble will perform their concert titled, “Anchored & Unbound: Songs of Faith, Hope & Freedom” at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 29 at First Lutheran Church in Geneseo, Ill. The group is a select women’s ensemble for singers who wish to develop advanced choral skills. The group is conducted by Dr. Michael Zemek and accompanied by Gail Baldwin. The ensemble is named after Jenny Lind, a nineteenth-century Swedish opera singer often known as the “Swedish Nightingale.” Concert highlights will include “Les balons” composed... Read More

This week, you can pour yourself up some heady conversation with some hoppy beverages with Pub Theology. Grab a coffee or a beer and head to Cool Beanz Coffeehouse on Thursday, Dec. 22 at 8:00 p.m. for their monthly Pub Theology gathering. This month, the Pub Theology will discuss what is great and what is awful about Christmas. Pub Theology is a group that has been established since 2014. The purpose of this group is to meet and discuss in a respectful and open manner about God, faith, wonder, and doubt. These topics are chosen by Robb McCoy. You can contact Cool Beanz at (309) 558-0909. Cool... Read More

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and what better way to celebrate it than with Christmas at Augustana? The college’s holiday themed extravaganza has its first event taking place on Saturday, Dec. 3 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. It is the Quad Cities Christmas Premier Concert, featuring performances by the Augustana Brass Ensemble, Ascension Ringers, Augustana Symphony Orchestra, Augustana Choir, Augustana Concert Chorale and Jenny Lind Vocal Ensemble, consisting of three hundred student musicians. Both performances are being held at Centennial Hall, 3703 7th Ave. Rock Island. You can order... Read More

On November 19th, 2016 at 7 p.m. Augustana College’s Dance Company will take the stage at Centennial Hall in their Fall Show titled “Dance with a Purpose.” Each school year, Augustana’s D. Co, puts on two shows, one during Fall Term and the other during Spring Term, each with a central theme and different dance routines to entertain their audience. Tickets can be purchased at a table in the Brew, which is located in the Gerber Center For Student Life, 3435 9 1/2 Ave, Rock Island or at the information Desk (309) 794-7742 for $3 from Nov. 16th through Nov. 18th, or tickets can be purchased... Read More

Four-time Grammy nominee and Five-time Dove Award-winning Female Vocalist of the Year Natalie Grant comes to town with Two-time Dove nominee and K-LOVE’s 2016 Male Artist of the Year Danny Gokey, on their nation-wide “Be One” tour at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 at Centennial Hall Auditorium, Augustana College, 3703 7th Ave, Rock Island. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at BeOneTour.net

 “Be One” is Natalie Grant’s current top-selling album, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums Chart and features the title track radio single and theme: “why... Read More

Rock Islanders were busy founding a new City in 1841, but that wasn’t the only notable event of that year. The 2016 Frieze Lecture Series discussion theme celebrates “1841: The Year That Rock Island Began.” The lecture series began last week and continues this week and beyond with free events at the main library. The series continues with Dr. Meg Kunde, speaking Oct. 25 on “The Longest Inaugural Address in History,” Dr. Kelly Daniels, speaking Nov. 1 on “A Punch of Literary Humor,” and Dr. William Hammer, speaking Nov. 8 on “The Dawn of Antarctic... Read More

Rock Islanders were busy founding a new City in 1841, but that wasn’t the only notable event of that year. The 2016 Frieze Lecture Series discussion theme celebrates “1841, the Year That Rock Island Began” and the current events that surrounded its founding. The series of four lectures by Augustana College professors are from 2:00 to 3:00 pm Tuesday, October 18 through November 8, in the Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street, in the Community Room. Free coffee,  cookies and conversation are offered after each lecture. 2016 marks the 19th year for annual partnership between... Read More

Tim’s Corner began with an act of kindness, and 34 years later, the Rock Island comic book shop, at 2963 14th Ave., is still providing a fun, warm environment for comic book fans to hang out, chat and pick up their favorite comics. “My brother was in the hospital in Davenport with a minor stroke, and he had always been into comics, so I picked him up some comic books and every day I would get him books and go hang out with him,” said Tim Cederoth, owner and comics sensei at Tim’s. “I was between positions, I’d just been let go at IH, and I would go to this shop in Moline to get them.... Read More