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NOTE: During severe weather, local events may be cancelled or postponed. So this week, your best bet is to call the organization to check for last minute changes.

Tuesday, December 8
Have a Live Lunch with Steve Couch at noon at Mojo's Cafe, River Music Experience in Davenport. Donations will be accepted to support educational programming at RME. Call (563) 326-1555 for details.
The Romance Readers Discussion Group will meet at 12:30 p.m. at the East Moline Library. Call (309) 755-9614 for details.
A foreclosure prevention workshop will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Moline Library. Call (309) 788-6311 to sign up.
Barbara Ehrenreich, the author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America, will be at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport. She will sign books at a reception starting at 6 p.m., and speak at 7 p.m. The program is part of Western Illinois University's Theme Speaker Series. Call (563) 326-7804 for details.
The German American Heritage Center in Davenport will host a Christmas sing-a-long at 7 p.m. Call (563) 322-8844 for details.
A Community Band concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. on the second floor of Building 4 of Black Hawk College in Moline. Call (309) 796-5000 for details.
A student recital will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Madsen Hall in the Galvin Fine Arts Center of St. Ambrose University. Call (563) 333-6251 for details.
The annual Season of Light multimedia planetarium show will be presented at 7 p.m. weeknights and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in the John Deere Planetarium at Augustana College. The program is not recommended for ages 7 and under. The Fryxell Geology Museum will be open weeknights from 7:30-8:30 p.m. and weekends from 1-4 p.m. Reservations are requested; call (309) 794-7327 during business hours.
Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island will present the children's musical Frosty's Magic Hat. There will be both matinee brunch and show-only performances. Call (309) 786-7733 for showtimes and details.

Wednesday, December 9
Have a Live Lunch with "Tennessee" Tony Cavitt at noon at Mojo's Cafe, River Music Experience in Davenport. Call (563) 326-1555 for details.
The Tea-Hour Series: Early Illustrated Editions of Pride and Prejudice discussion will begin at 4 p.m. in Room 128 in Augustana College’s Old Main. Women's and Gender Studies sponsors the program. Call (563) 324-1410 for details.
Jan Keessen will read from her book Cardinal Men and Scarlet Women: A colorful Etymology of Words that Discriminate at the South End of Augustana College’s Tredway Library at 4 p.m.
The film White Christmas will be shown at 6:30 p.m. at the Quad Cities Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf.
Broadway Presbyterian Church in Rock Island will host a Community Christmas concert at 6:30 p.m. The Chancel Choir, Mosaic Band, Bell Choir, and the Intermediate Academy Peace Choir will perform. Call (309) 786-2631 for details.
Rock Island High School will present the winter orchestra concert at 7 p.m. in the Little Theatre. Call (309) 786-4142 for details.
A Between the Lines Book Discussion of Stewart O'Nan's book Last Night at the Lobster will be held at the Davenport Fairmount St. Library at 7 p.m. For information, call 563-326-7832.
Dr. Naoko Gunji, assistant professor of art history and Asian studies, will speak on Ukiyo-E in the East and West at 7:30 p.m. at Larson Hall in the Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts of Augustana College.
Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island will present Holly Jolly Christmas until Dec. 31. There are evening performances on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and matinees on Wednesdays. For tickets, call (309) 786-7733, ext. 2.
Thursday, December 10
Assistant professor of religion Cyrus Ali Zargar will speak at a convocation program What Can We Learn From Iran Today? at 10:30 a.m. at Centennial Hall of Augustana College. The talk will examine the art, poetry, and customs of contemporary Iranian society.
The Wapsi River Environmental Center in Dixon will host The Madagascar Experience at 6:30 p.m. AmeriCorps naturalist Katie van der Linden will share her three-week experience in Madagascar through photos. Call (563) 328-3286 for details.
A discussion of Dickinson's poems about mountains and volcanoes led by St. Ambrose University Professor Bea Jacobson will be held at the Bettendorf Library at 7 p.m. in honor of the poet’s birthday. For information, call 563-344-4179.
Brent Langley and Barb Scott will present Neotropical Birding at 7 p.m. at the Butterworth Center in Moline, at a meeting of the Quad City Audubon Society. It is an overview of a three-week Sierra Club trip to Costa Rica. Pie and coffee will follow. Call (309) 799-7192 for details.
Ageless, Lord Green, Pictures of a City, and The Cloud Burial will perform an all-ages show at 7 p.m. in the Performance Hall of River Music Experience in Davenport. Call (563) 326-1333 for details.
Rock Island High School will present the winter choral concert at 7 p.m. in the Little Theatre. Call (309) 786-4142 for details.
The Black Hawk College holiday choirs concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church in Moline. The Community Chorale, the Concert Choir, and the Chamber Singers will perform. Call (309) 796-5478 for details.
Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport will present Birth by Karen Brody. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Proceeds will benefit Friends of Iowa Midwives. Call (563) 449-6371 for details.
Currently Ongoing
The A to Zither exhibit is at the German American Heritage Center in Davenport, through Feb. 28. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; noon-4 p.m. Sunday. Call (563) 322-8844 for details.
Now showing at the Putnam Museum IMAX Theatre in Davenport: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Polar Express and Van Gogh: Brush with Genius. Call (563) 324-1933 for showtimes and ticket information.
The Family Museum in Bettendorf is currently hosting the Blue Man Group: Making Waves exhibit. The exhibit takes families through a multi-sensory exploration of sound and music. Hours are 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Call (563) 344-4106 for details.
Through Dec. 11, sculptures by Stewart Wessel are at the ArtSpace Gallery in Building 4 of Black Hawk College in Moline. Exhibit hours are 8 a.m-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Call (309) 796-5478 for details.
Through Dec. 29, the Dream of Consciousness installation of sculptures by Lori Roderick will be at the Rock Island Library. Library hours are 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Call (309) 732-7323 for details.
Until Jan. 3, the Mississippi Valley Quilters Guild will present the Stitches for the Holiday quilt show at the Quad City Botanical Center in Rock Island. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Call (309) 794-0991, ext. 30 for details.
Until Feb. 14, the Figge Art Museum will host the exhibit Branching Out: The Art of Wood which highlights the art of woodturning. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday. Call (563) 326-7804 for details.
Through May 23, Silent Influences: Photographs by Hunt Harris will be on display at the Augustana College Art Museum in Centennial Hall. The gallery is open from noon-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Call (309) 794-7231 during business hours for details.