Tuesday, January 12, 2010

WVIK Community Calendar

Tuesday, January 12

Tutor/mentor training for school volunteers will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Scott County Extension in Bettendorf. Call (563) 336-5028 for details.

Special Olympics Illinois will host the Alpine skiing competition at Snowstar Winter Sports Park in Andalusia. Opening ceremonies are at 11:45 a.m. Twelve athletes will compete in the giant slalom and Super G ski races. Call (309) 734-5903 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.

David Dorris will sign his book Life is Too Short: Choices in Life from 5-7 p.m. at the Davenport Fairmount St. Library. Call (563) 328-6833 for details.

The Knit or Crochet for Good group will meet at 6 p.m. at the Rock Island Library. Members make items to donate to nonprofit organizations including Trinity Medical Center, and the Red Cross. Bring needles or hooks; yarn will be provided. Call (309) 732-7315 for details.

A Hope for Homeowners foreclosure prevention workshop will be held at 6 p.m. at the Moline Library. After attending, participants may sign up to meet one-on-one with a housing counselor. Call (563) 355-9900 for details.

Every Tuesday, Quad Cities Social Dancing will host a swing dance at 7:15 p.m. at 1502 6th Ave., Moline. There will be a lesson at 6:30 p.m. Call (815) 590-6446 for details.

A presentation on Identity Theft will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Solid Rock Cafe at the Center in Davenport. Learn about how to protect yourself, family, and business. Call (563) 505-0471 for details.

Joel Brown will give a guest artist recital at 8 p.m. at Denkmann Hall of Augustana College in Rock Island. Call (309) 794-7236 for details.


Wednesday, January 13

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.

John and Kay Retzl will play beginning at 1:30 p.m. for Social Dancing and Listening at the Center for Active Seniors in Davenport. Call (563) 386-7477 for details.

Ages 9 and up can watch a demonstration and learn to draw Caricatures with Artist Bill Douglas at 6:30 p.m. at the Moline Library. Registration is required; call (309) 524-2480 for details.

25 short-term training programs at Black Hawk College will be discussed Jan. 13 at the Discover a Gold Mine of Programs Informational Career Night from 6:30-8 p.m. at the college’s Outreach Center in East Moline. For more information, call (309) 796-8223.

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 Between the Lines Book Discussion Group will discuss Escape by Carolyn Jessop at 7 p.m. at the Davenport Fairmount St. Library. Call (563) 888-3371 to register.

The Augustana Hispanic Film Festival will begin at 7 p.m. in the Science Building room 102. A different film will be shown each Wednesday through February 10. This week’s entry is the Argentinian film Valentin. The festival films will be shown in Spanish with English subtitles and are free and open to the public. Call 309-794-7721 for additional information.

The holiday meeting of the Quad-Cities Computer Society at 7 p.m. at the Tri-City Jewish Center in Rock Island. Call (309) 314-1780 for details.

Today and tomorrow, see a preview of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice at Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island. For tickets, call (309) 786-7733, ext. 2.


Thursday, January 14

The Tredway Library of Augustana College will host a reception celebrating Augustana College's 150 years from 4-5 p.m. There will be displays of memorabilia and souvenirs, a book signing by Tom Tredway of his new work Coming of Age: A History of Augustana College 1935-1975, and more. Call (309) 794-7316 for details.

The Quad Cities Transportation Advocacy Group will hold Walk and Roll: State of Alternative Transportation in the Quad Cities at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport. Snacks and social time will begin at 5:30 p.m.; the program will be at 6:30 p.m. Civic leaders will discuss and answer questions. Call (563) 326-7804 for details.

The Community Caring Conference will sponsor a Rock Island County candidates' forum at 6:30 p.m. in the Little Theatre of Rock Island High School. Candidates for sheriff, clerk, treasurer and District 15 of the County Board are expected to attend. Call (309) 786-0345 for details.

Dr. Jay Kitzman will present The Biology of Stress at a meeting of the Institute of Noetic Sciences Quad Cities Community Group at 6:30 p.m. at the Bettendorf Library. Call (563) 332-7259 for details.

The Grocer's Son will be shown for the French Film Festival at 7 p.m. at Olin Auditorium of Augustana College. Call (309) 894-7721 for details.


Danika Holmes and Paige Popejoy will play at 7 p.m. 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.

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.

See a preview of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice at Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island. For tickets, call (309) 786-7733, ext. 2.


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: Where the Wild Things Are, Wild Ocean 3D, and Van Gogh: Brush with Genius. Call (563) 324-1933 for showtimes and ticket information.

The Family Museum in Bettendorf . 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.

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.

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