Still regret missing Vampire Weekend playing at Huckleberry’s Pizza way back in the Daytrotter beginnings a decade ago? Now’s your chance to check out one of the band’s primary members, Chris Baio, during one of the Moeller Nights concerts this week. It’s an action-packed week for the former Mr. Daytrotter and here’s the schedule for […]
The Rock Island Public Library Foundation will host a “Books for Kids” Trivia Night on Thursday, Oct. 20, from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm at the Quad City Botanical Center, 2525 4th Avenue, Rock Island. The trivia night raises funds for the Lorene Evans Watts Fund for Children’s Materials, which supports purchases of children’s items […]
MUSCATINE, Iowa – Published authors Erik Therme, Rob Cline, and Lennox Randon will share tips on how to write a page-turning, spine-tingling books during the Fall Fiction Workshop: Writing the Thriller from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20 in Room 27 of Strahan Hall on the Muscatine Community College Campus. The event is […]
The Cornerstone Chorale and Brass will present a powerful message of faith through music in their concert “They Shall Mount Up With Wings” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 at Edwards Congregational UCC, 3420 Jersey Ridge Road, Davenport. The program features a unique combination of traditional choral and instrumental music with narration — woven together […]
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 […]
The return of the Quad City Mallards to the I wireless center ice is among the “cool” things going on in downtown Moline Centre this weekend. Plan to attend the Mercado on Fifth open air market this Friday, October 14, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, there will be special performances by Grupo […]
Arriving as a prelude to Halloween, the QC Theatre Workshop’s latest production is an appropriately goosebump-inducing title for the season: Buried Child, the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by author/actor Sam Shepard. An equal blend of chills, family squabbles, surrealism, and dark humor, this American classic will enjoy its first area presentation in more than 15 years, […]
Fan favorite C.W. Stoneking will bring his voodoo blues and hokum tunes to Daytrotter, 324 Brady St., Friday, Oct. 14. Opening acts are Catch Prichard and Johnnie Cluney. Doors open at 7, show is at 8, tickets are $8 in advance, $12 at the door. For more info on Stoneking, check this out: http://www.cwstoneking.com/. For […]
Two new events are brewing Saturday, Oct. 15 at the German American Heritage Center, 712 W. 2nd St., Davenport. A Genealogy Workshop with Antje Petty runs from 9:30am-12:00pm. Cost is $35 Members $40 nonmembers, pre-registration and payment are required prior to the event. Antje will cover two topics-“Your Family History” (9:30-10:30) and “German-American Resources for […]
Moline Public Library is offering a huge Halloween grab-bag of events this October for parents and children alike. The schedule of cool gigs at the library, 3210 41st St., Moline, is as follows: October 1 – November 18 Audubon Print Exhibit October 3 – November 7 Student Hunger Drive Donation Site Mon., Oct. 3, 10, […]
