Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Tuesday, April 27

A screening of the documentary A Mirror to the Heart: Breaking the Stigma of HIV/AIDS will be held at 5:30 p.m. in Olin Auditorium of Augustana College. There will be an open question and answer period after the screening.


Dr. Mohammad Chaichian will present Racial Segregation in Rural South Carolina and Urban Iowa: Past Meets Present at 6 p.m. at the Davenport Fairmount St. Library. For more information, call 563-326-7832.

Poet Mary Crockett Hill, author of A Theory of Everything, will read from her works at 7 p.m. at the Quad City Arts Center in Rock Island. For more information, call 309-796-5433.

Several Comedy First-Timers and Amateurs will take to the stage to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at Penguin’s Comedy Club. The show is for 21 and over. For more information, call 563-324-5233.(563) 324-5233

The River Action Environmental Book Club will discuss Four Wings and a Prayer: Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly by Sue Halpern at 7 p.m. at River Action in Davenport. For more information or to RSVP, call 563-322-2969.


Dr. Myron Fodge will speak on Early Rock Island Church History at 7 p.m. at the Rock Island County Illinois Genealogical Society meeting at the Historical Society Library in Moline. For more information, call 309-797-6352.

A student recital will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Madsen Hall, Galvin Fine Arts Center of St. Ambrose University. For more information, call 563-333-6251 for details.

Illinois State Historic Site archaeologist Bill Iseminger will present Cahokia's Mound 72: Sacred Space and Mortuary Ritual at 7:30 p.m. at Singing Bird Nature Center of Black Hawk State Historic Site in Rock Island. For more information, call 563-324-0257


Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island will present the children's musical Miss Nelson has a Field Day. Show-only performances begin at 10 a.m. 1 p.m. shows will also be available on certain dates. For more information, call 309-786-7733.

Wednesday, April 28

Nursing instructor Becki Maxson will speak on Cancer: Hope, Progress, and Answers at 1 p.m. at the Davenport Fairmount St. Library. For more information, call 563-326-7832.

Dr. Thomas Gouttierre, Dean of International Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, will present Afghanistan: Are We at Last on the Right Path? at 7 p.m. at the Bettendorf Library. For more information, call 563-355-4390.

The Augustana Guitar Ensemble will perform at 8 p.m. at Denkmann Hall of Augustana College. For more information, call 309-794-7236 for details.

Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport presents Rent at 8 p.m. Wednesday thru Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 563-449-6371.

On Friday, Quad City Flutes Unlimited will perform 2010: A Flute Odyssey at 7 p.m. at Butterworth Center in Moline. For more information, call 309-765-7970.

Beginning Friday, New Ground Theatre will present 'night, Mother at the Village Theatre in Davenport. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Tuesday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call 563-326-7529.

Beginning Friday, the drama The Seagull by Anton Chekhov will be presented at the Potter Theatre in the Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts of Augustana College. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call 309-794-7306.

On Saturday, the Rock Island and Moline Branch of the American Association of University Women will hold the final event of their 100th anniversary celebration at 9:30 a.m. at the Butterworth Center in Moline. Brandy Welvaert, editor of Radish Magazine, will talk about Culinary Changes over the years: Lard to Low Fat.

Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island will present the children's musical Miss Nelson has a Field Day. Show-only performances begin at 10 a.m. 1 p.m. shows will also be available on certain dates. For more information, call 309-786-7733.

Thursday, April 29

Donna Dubberke will present The National Weather Service at 1:30 p.m. for the Putnam Museum Guild at the Museum in Davenport. For more information, call 563-324-1933

An Outstanding Young Artists exhibit featuring work by Moline Elementary School students will run from 6-8 p.m. at Butterworth Center in Moline. For more information, call 309-743-2701.

The program A Jewish Music Experience will be presented by Dr. Dan Auerbach and Dr. Richard Steinbach at 7 p.m. at the Moline Library as part of the Jewish Cultural Series. For more information, call 309-762-0609.

Abby Stokes, author of Is This Thing On?" A Computer Handbook for Late Bloomers, Technophobes, and the Kicking and Screaming will speak at a meeting of the Quad-Cities Computer Society at 7 p.m. at the Tri-Cities Jewish Center in Rock Island. For more information, call 309-314-1780

Adjunct professor of history Dr. Arthur Pitz will speak on The American Eugenics Movement: Precursor to the Holocaust at 7 p.m. in the Science Building of Augustana College.

Catherine Carter Goebel of Augustana College will speak on Prints After Whistler at 7 p.m. for the Thursdays at the Figge program at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport. Also, there will be a reception for Hu Hung-shu. For more information, call 563-326-7804

The second annual Quad City Spells will be held at 7 p.m. at the Bettendorf Library. Audience members have the opportunity to participate and win a prize. For more information, call 563-344-4182.

Out Loud, an open poetry/prose reading session, will begin at 7 p.m. at the Midwest Writing Center in Davenport. Participants are invited to read their best works. Listeners also are welcome. For more information, call 563- 324-1410.

Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport presents Rent at 8 p.m. Wednesday thru Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 563-449-6371.

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