John LaBella wants to help you find your next favorite book. The area author is helping to organize a string of events at various locales which feature local authors reading and signing their books. The next is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17 at High Ground Café, 301 E Market St., Iowa […]
Quad City Music Guild is holding auditions for its rendition of the holiday classic “A Christmas Carol” from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17 and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18 at Prospect Park Auditorium, 1584 34th Ave., Moline. Dates for the show are Dec. 1-4. Broadway heavy hitters, Alan Menken (Disney’s Beauty […]
Jam Theatricals and the Adler Theatre are thrilled to bring the Broadway musical ELF to the Quad Cities. ELF is part of the 2016-17 season of Broadway at the Adler Theatre presented by Lexus of Quad Cities. Tickets ($43, $53, $73) will go on sale Friday, September 16 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets can be purchased […]
People in the Davenport community and surrounding areas will have the opportunity to receive free dental services at Crow Valley Dental Care on Friday, Sept. 16. Dr. Tiffanie Smith, Dr. Scott Holm and teams at both Crow Valley Dental Care and Duck Creek Family Dental will be improving the oral health of the community as […]
Kids can try their hand at all sorts of science and engineering projects with the Rock Island Public Library’s monthly STEM-Azing after-school events. The next session, on Wednesday, Sept. 14, will feature experiments using wind power. STEM-AZING is offered from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm on the second Wednesday of each month at the 30/31 […]
To say Rock Islanders were a wee bit miffed about city officials blowing $15 million and getting stiffed by Walmart is like saying Bix Beiderbecke played around with music as a little hobby. The outrage has been justifiably hot. As I said in my last column, the city overspent by millions buying up decrepit properties […]
Circa ‘21’s “Million Dollar Quartet” is a million dollar show. It’s expertly presented, from the set to the costumes to the casting to the sound, capturing a fascinating and colorful moment in time in the history of rock ‘n’ roll and doing so with such great energy and reverence that it earned a well-deserved standing […]
All of you fans of hardcore death metal and born to da streets gangsta rap . . . this story is probably not for you. However, those of you who are excited at reading the phrase “Pretty Princess Parties” will be squealing at the news that a PPP is happening Sunday at 10 a.m. at […]
It’s about to get muy caliente for those looking for fun this weekend. That’s because Viva Quad Cities Fiesta will be held from noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 at the Isle of Capri parking lot, Bettendorf. Kids under 12 get in for free and for adults it’s just $5 to check out the […]
Pumpkin spice latte. It’s become a harbinger of fall and a punch line for coffee aficionados, but the fact is, it never would’ve become either if not for one simple fact: Damn, it’s really good. Anyone who knows me well knows I’m pretty much addicted to caffeine. And I have two regular haunts I hit […]
