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Holiday Movies Hit Putnam’s GIANT Screen TONIGHT!

December 23rd, 2023
Holiday Movies Hit Putnam’s GIANT Screen TONIGHT!

Celebrate Christmas by seeing your favorite Holiday classic on The Putnam Museum’s GIANT Screen the way that it was meant to be seen. In addition to the annual Christmas Eve showing of the Polar Express, this year the museum will close out the series TONIGHT with White Christmas and Disney’s A Christmas Carol! Tickets are available now on our website: PUTNAM MUSEUM Disney’s A Christmas Carol in 3D! Showtimes: December 23 5:00pm White Christmas Showtimes: December 23 7:30pm  Read More

Polar Express Pajama Party December 14-18

December 14th, 2023
Polar Express Pajama Party December 14-18

Families of all ages can expect tons of fun while attending a Polar Express Pajama Party — a QC holiday tradition that is over ten years strong! You and your family will enjoy the magnificent holiday classic The Polar Express 3D on the GIANT Screen in the comfort of your PJs and take part in holiday activities for all ages, including face painting, hot chocolate bar, a make-n-take sleigh bell station, a souvenir Putnam ornament, and a lights-out adventure through the museum exhibits. This event has proven time and again to be a blast for the entire family and shows sell out FAST! When: December... Read More

Experience a Symphonic “Nightmare” In Davenport This October!

October 28th, 2023
Experience a Symphonic “Nightmare” In Davenport This October!

This Halloween, experience Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas like never before! Follow the earnest-but-misguided adventures of Jack Skellington, Halloween Town’s beloved Pumpkin King, as he attempts to kidnap Santa Clause and take over the Christmas holiday. Watch this timeless holiday classic in its entirety as the Quad City Symphony Orchestra performs every note of Grammy®-winning composer Danny Elfman’s score live to film. FEATURING: Ernesto Estigarribia, conductor Save 10% and keep your favorite seat from year to year with a QCSO at the Movies Subscription! Learn more: QSCO... Read More

Cinephile Cinema Comes to Rozz-tox April 8

March 27th, 2023
Cinephile Cinema Comes to Rozz-tox April 8

Rozz-tox & Death Stitch Custom Clothing presents Cinephile Cinema: April Edition on April 8 at 7pm! Featured films include Christopher Nolan’s “Memento” which has a runtime at 113 minutes and is rated R and Ken Russell’s “Altered States” which has a runtime of 102 minutes and is rated R. As always this is a FREE admission event hosted by the 365 Horror Film Club. A note from the presenter: Some of these films are rated R, so we ask that all attendees be 17 years of age or accompanied by an adult. We try to present these films in a very relaxed setting encouraging conversation at... Read More

‘Two Distant Strangers’ Is A Masterpiece

May 20th, 2021
'Two Distant Strangers' Is A Masterpiece

Art is a powerful tool. It can make us laugh. It can make us cry. It can make us think. It can be used to fictionalize harsh real-life circumstances in order to enhance our acceptance and understanding of actual reality. That’s the power behind the Netflix short (and Oscar nominee and front runner) Two Distant Strangers. Sharply written by Travon Free and directed by Free and Martin Desmond Roe, this 32 minute masterpiece centers around Carter James (an nuanced and solid Joey Bada$$), a clean cut black dude reliving the same day of waking up next to his new fling (an absurdly authentic Zaria... Read More

Hocus Pocus & Beetlejuice at Blue Grass Drive-In

October 6th, 2020
Hocus Pocus & Beetlejuice at Blue Grass Drive-In

It’s finally October and the Blue Grass Drive-In (774 W Mayne St. Blue Grass) has a great lineup of spooky family films coming your way! This week, you can catch classics Hocus Pocus and Beetlejuice in the big screen! For a full list of showtimes, visit https://bgdrive.in/. Hocus Pocus (1993) – 1h 36m After moving to Salem, Mass., teenager Max Dennison (Omri Katz) explores an abandoned house with his sister Dani (Thora Birch) and their new friend, Allison (Vinessa Shaw). After dismissing a story Allison tells as superstitious, Max accidentally frees a coven of evil witches (Bette Midler, Sarah... Read More

Garden Cinema: Hollywood Fumbles at Rozz-Tox

August 18th, 2020
Garden Cinema: Hollywood Fumbles at Rozz-Tox

Rozz-Tox (2108 3rd Ave Rock Island) will be hosting their covid-era outdoor double-feature film series, Garden Cinema, this Friday Aug 21 from 8 p.m. – 12 a.m. This week’s Garden Cinema theme is ‘Hollywood Fumbles,’ films that shouldn’t have been made but we’re glad they were. Movies featured: 8:30 p.m.            Super Mario Bros. (VHS) 1993 | US | adventure/ comedy | PG | 1h 44m a film by Annabel Jankel & Rocky Morton Super Mario Bros was dreamt up as an obvious cash grab to capitalize on the successful video game franchise.  The “film” features an impressive cast... Read More

Quad-Cities Artists Win Several Iowa Film Awards

August 16th, 2020
Quad-Cities Artists Win Several Iowa Film Awards

Several Quad-Cities artists were honored this past weekend with awards at the 29th-annual Iowa Motion Picture Association (IMPA) award ceremony. Due to Covid-19, the Aug. 8 event was held online this year.   The IMPA recognized outstanding creative and technical achievement in Iowa’s moving image production industry, in all its forms. “Sons & Daughters of Thunder,” a docudrama produced by Moline-based Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films, received seven awards, out of eight IMPA nominations. It won five top Awards of Excellence:   Best Live Action Entertainment —... Read More

Movies at Modern Woodmen Park

August 11th, 2020
Movies at Modern Woodmen Park

Take me out to the movies. Take me out with the socially-distanced crowd! Enjoy outdoor movies at Modern Woodmen Park (209 S Gaines St. Davenport) this Friday Aug 14 and Saturday Aug 15 at 8 p.m. Gates and box office open at 6:30 p.m. if tickets are available. Movie Night #1 (Friday Night) will feature Space Jam. Movie Night #2 (Saturday Night) will feature The Goonies. All tickets are $5 per seat and everyone will be seated in the seating bowl with social distancing. Tickets can be purchased now at the Quad Cities River Bandits’ box office Monday-Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., by calling (563) 324-3000... Read More

10 Fun Things To Do Week of August 9th: Hot Air Balloons, Floatzilla, Live Music and MORE!

August 9th, 2020
10 Fun Things To Do Week of August 9th: Hot Air Balloons, Floatzilla, Live Music and MORE!

QuadCities.com proudly presents FUN10, a list of the top 10 things to do in the Quad Cities this week, and every week! Every Sunday, we’ll drop a new FUN10, to give you a head start on your week and a heads up on what’s going on over the coming seven days. Check out FUN10 every Sunday for the details on ten awesome events happening around town. It’s a cool read, and a great way to get started planning your entertainment for the week. As the current health situation in our country continues to force the cancellation of so many regularly scheduled events in the Quad Cities, we are once again... Read More