You’ve seen the signs, you’ve heard the names, maybe you’ve met the candidates. Jenni Swanson and Don Mewes. Now, you get to learn a little bit more about them. In today’s Rock Island County elections, there aren’t many contested seats, particularly in the big cities, but there is one city contest which has been especially […]
Prenzie Players’ 17th season continues with the production of William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, directed by Adam Lewis. Opening Night takes place this Friday Apr 5 at 8 p.m. with a Post-Show Audience Conversation. Two sets of twins separated at birth unwittingly inhabit the same city, resulting in the ultimate case of mistaken identity. […]
Recycle the Runway 2019 is back and better than ever! Dress for Success Quad Cities presents Recycle the Runway 2019, which takes place on Thursday Apr 18 from 5:30 – 9 p.m. at the RiverCenter (136 E 3rd Street Davenport). Welcoming back Royal Neighbors of America and welcoming aboard Exelon Generation Quad Cities Station as […]
Earlier this month — for the first time in nearly four decades — Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 25 hosted some of the trade’s top apprentices from across the state of Illinois during the 2019 Apprentice Contest. Organized by the Committee On Training and Education (COTE), 32 apprentices representing 14 unions competed in the categories […]
John Deere’s most popular family event, the Annual Duck Hatching, is back yet again! The 2019 Duck Hatching Event takes place on Saturday Apr 13 and Sunday Apr 14 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the John Deere Pavilion (1400 River Drive Moline). This event features a hatching observation and education program with informational […]
Three Dog Night comes to the Quad Cities! Check out the legendary rock band, Three Dog Night, at the Adler Theatre (136 E 3rd Street Davenport) on Friday Apr 12 at 8 p.m. Three Dog Night, celebrating nearly five decades, hits wind through the fabric of pop culture today, whether on the radio where they […]
Hey Quad Cities, are you ready for a party like none other? Lobo’s Salsa presents The Dawn’s Live Album Release of The Dawn – Live at The Raccoon Motel this Saturday Mar 30 at RIBCO (1815 2nd Avenue Rock Island), beginning at 8 p.m. For the past 13 years, western Illinois based rock/jam band “The […]
Are you ready for some hoppin’ and shoppin’ this weekend? The first ever Bi-State Bunny Hop happens this Saturday Mar 30 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. throughout downtown Rock Island and Davenport. Fill those Easter baskets with some local shopping and fun! Downtown Rock Island and Davenport retailers will be opening their doors for […]
The Speakeasy, in downtown Rock Island, has been home to popular improv comedy shows in the Quad Cities for over 25 years! For 20 years it was the home of ComedySportz and, after that, The Blacklist and The Open Source. Through the years few improv comedy shows have been more popular then SHOTS ‘N’ GIGGLES! First […]
The Black Box Theatre in downtown Moline will present the musical “The Last Five Years,” opening March 28. The Drama Desk winner is an intimate musical about two twentysomething New Yorkers who fall in and out of love over the course of five years, with the woman (Cathy) telling her story backwards, while the man (Jamie) […]
