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Tuesday, January 19

The Board of Trustees of the Sherrard Library will host an open house for new library director Laura Long from 5:30-7 p.m. Call (309) 593-2178 for details.

Tia Payne will conduct a memory quilt class and answer questions about quilting at 6:30 p.m. at the East Moline Library. Call (309) 755-9614 for details.

The Quad Cities Macintosh User's Group meeting will feature Using iWork with Your Macintosh Computer from 6:30 p.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Bettendorf. An open forum for questions will follow.

A discussion of Curtis Sittenfield's novel American Wife with the West End Book Discussion Group will be held at 7 p.m. at the Davenport Fairmount St. Library. For information, call 563-326-7832.

Tomorrow morning, a Hope for Homeowners foreclosure prevention workshop in Spanish will be held at 10 a.m. at the Floreciente Center in Moline. After attending, participants may sign up to meet one-on-one with a housing counselor. Call (563) 355-9900 for details.

Beginning tomorrow and running until Friday, Big Brothers Big Sisters will hold a Putt-A-Round Miniature Golf Tournament at the RiverCenter in Davenport. Corporate, organization, and community teams can sign up. Call (563) 323-8006, ext. 208 for details.

On Thursday, The Future of Film in the Quad-Cities and Iowa will be presented at 1:30 p.m. at the RiverCenter in Davenport. It will cover the positive economic impact of filmmaking, the work of the Iowa Motion Picture Association and the Quad City Film Coalition, and more.

On Friday, the Augustana Percussion Ensemble concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts of Augustana College. Call (309) 794-7236 for details.

Through Mar. 20, Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island will present Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. There are evening performances on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and matinees on Wednesdays. For tickets, call (309) 786-7733, ext. 2.

Wednesday, January 20

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.

A discussion of Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction Olive Kitteridge with the Contemporary Books Discussion group will be held at 1 p.m. at the Bettendorf Library. For information, call 563-344-4175.

The Country Teacher is the Off-beat Independent Film to be shown at 6 p.m. at the Davenport Fairmount St. Library. There will be a discussion afterward. Call (563) 326-7832 for details.

Open mic night for youths and adults begins at 6:30 p.m. at Mojo's in the River Music Experience in Davenport. Call (563) 326-1333, ext. 102 for details.

The Panther Players of United Township High School in East Moline will present the musical Zombie Prom. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday; 2 p.m. Saturday. Call (309) 752-1633 for details.

Secuestro Express will be shown for the 15th annual Hispanic Film Festival at 7 p.m. in the Science Building Auditorium, Augustana College. The film is in Spanish with English subtitles.

A discussion of Nancy Farmer's book The Ear, the Eye and the Arm with the Contemporary Books Discussion group will be held at 7 p.m. at the Bettendorf Library. For information, call 563-344-4175.

Lissie will play at 9 p.m. at the Redstone Room, River Music Experience in Davenport. Call (563) 326-1333 for details.

Thursday, January 21

The Davenport Library will host an open house for the Singing Angel Frieze from 5-7 p.m. The 105-year-old artwork has returned to the library. Mayor Bill Gluba will speak at 5 p.m. Call (563) 326-7832 for details.

The Sudlow Jazz Band will play at 5 p.m. at Mojo's Cafe in the River Music Experience in Davenport. Donations will be accepted to support educational programming at RME. Call (563) 326-1555 for details.

Poets Robin Schiff and Nick Twemlow read from their works for the River Readings at Augustana series held at 7 p.m. in the college’s Wallenberg Hall. For information, call 309-794-7823.

The Panther Players of United Township High School in East Moline will present the musical Zombie Prom. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Thursday; 2 p.m. Saturday. Call (309) 752-1633 for details.

Dr. Francis Halzen will speak on Ice Fishing for Neutrinos: Scientists are Melting Holes in the Bottom of the Earth at 7 p.m. at the John Deere Lecture Hall of Augustana College. The Polar Studies Lecture Series celebrates the opening of the new Center for Polar Studies. Call (309) 794-7721 for details.

A Secret will be shown for the French Film Festival at 7 p.m. at Olin Auditorium of Augustana College. Call (309) 894-7721 for details.

Tonight thru Saturday, Moline High School will present A Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare at 7:30 p.m. Call (309) 743-8833 for details.

Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport and The Starry Night Repertory Theatre will present Vincent by Leonard Nimoy at 7:30 p.m. Call (563) 449-6371 for details.

Beginning tonight, the Curtainbox Theatre Company will present Fool for Love by Sam Shepard at the Village Theatre in Davenport. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Call (563) 322-8504 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: Wild Ocean 3D and Van Gogh: Brush with Genius. Call (563) 324-1933 for showtimes and ticket information.

The Heritage Interpretive Center on the Mississippi in Hampton is hosting the Smithsonian exhibition Journey Stories. Hours are 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; plus 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 1-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Call (309) 755-8398 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.