Friday, April 2, 2010

WVIK Community Calendar

Friday, April 2

The Putnam Museum and IMAX Theatre will host Greenstock from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring tie-dyeing, recycled crayon making, junk jewelry, nature bookmarks and more. Also take home a tree to plant from Living Lands and Waters. For more information, call 563-324-1054.

Hear about Rock Island Paranormal Society's investigation of Quarters One and historian George Eaton speak about the history before touring the building with the paranormal society. Equipment will be set-up on the third floor of the home. Reservations are required; call 309-793-1601.

An all-ages concert will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Performance Hall of River Music Experience in Davenport. For more information, call 563-326-1333.

The Victory Center Rescue Mission of Clinton will perform their annual musical passion play The Witness at the DeWitt Opera House Theater at 7 p.m. For more information, call 563-503-9745.

The Cowsills will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf. For more information, call 563-441-7000.

Johnny On Point with Cirrus Minor will perform at 9 p.m. in the Redstone Room of River Music Experience in Davenport. For more information, call (563) 326-1333.

This weekend, Oxygen Contemporary Dance will present The Chrysalis at the Mary Fluhrer Nighswander Theatre in Davenport at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call (309) 762-3263.

Saturday, April 3

The exhibit Art Survives: Expressions from the Holocaust will open on Saturday at the Figge Museum, featuring paintings from the film As Seen Through These Eyes. The exhibit will run through June 13. For more information, call 563-326-7804.

The Family Museum in Bettendorf will hold their annual Egg Drop Kerplop beginning at 11 a.m. Work as a family to build a container that will protect an egg from a fall from the balcony. For more information, call (563) 344-4106.

Carol Schaefer will present a program on the Amana Colonies at 2 p.m. at the German American Heritage Center in Davenport. For more information, call 563-322-8844.

River Prairie Minstrels will perform at Mojo’s, River Music Experience at 6 p.m. For more information, call 563-326-1555.

Oxygen Contemporary Dance will present The Chrysalis at the Mary Fluhrer Nighswander Theatre in Davenport at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call (309) 762-3263.

An Evening with Christina Marie, a cabaret benefit for the Genesis Center for Breast Health, will begin at 7 p.m. at the Col Ballroom in Davenport. For more information, call 563-391-3174.

Sunday, April 4

Edgewood Baptist Church of Rock Island is hosting the Quad-Cities Easter Experience at the i wireless center in Moline. Special musical guests FFH will join the celebration and former Major League Baseball pitcher Dave Dravecky, plus puppets, skits, and stories. Call (309) 786-7913 for information and registration.

Oxygen Contemporary Dance will present The Chrysalis at the Mary Fluhrer Nighswander Theatre in Davenport at 2 p.m. For more information, call (309) 762-3263.

Thru May 22, Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island is featuring Church Basement Ladies 2: A Second Helping (. Performances are Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings, plus a Wednesday matinee. For tickets, call (309) 786-7733, ext. 2.

Submissions for 37th Annual Mississippi Valley Poetry Contest must be postmarked by April 9. For information on contest rules, please call 563-324-1410.

The Quad City Book Fair is now accepting registrations from local published authors. The fair will take place on Saturday, May 8th at River Music Experience in Davenport. For more information, call 563-324-1410.

Monday, April 5

The Scott County Library in Eldridge will show the film G-Force at 1 p.m. For more information, call (563) 285-4794

An Alpha Book Club discussion of John Updike's novel Rabbit, Run will be held at 3 p.m. at the Rock Island Library. For information, call 309-732-7323.

As part of Scott County Reads Together, Christina Johansson of the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center will present Swedish Immigration to the Quad-Cities at 7 p.m. in the Davenport Library. For information, call 563-326-7832.

Matt Wilson will perform at Mojo’s, River Music Experience at 7 p.m. For more information, call 563-326-1555.

On Tuesday, Filmmaker Sid Nolan will present Sahel: A West African Journey at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7 p.m. at the Putnam Museum IMAX Theatre in Davenport. For more information, call 563-324-1933.

On Tuesday, Dr. Rossanne Philen from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will discuss the impact of global travel on disease outbreaks at 7 p.m. at the Rogalski Center of St. Ambrose University. For more information, call 563-333-6369.

On Tuesday, Marcia Colish will speak on St. Ambrose of Milan in her talk St. Ambrose: Yesterday and Today at 7 p.m. at Christ the King Chapel of St. Ambrose University. For more information, call 563-333-6419.

Next weekend, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra will perform works by Copland, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky for their Masterworks VI concert. Saturday’s performance will be at 8 p.m. at the Adler Theatre in Davenport. Sunday’s concert is at 2 p.m. at Augustana College Centennial Hall. For information, call 563-322-7276.

On Sunday, April 11, the Theatre Arts Department of Augustana College and the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities will present the Holocaust play, And Then They Came For Me; Remembering the World of Anne Frank by James Still at 7:30 p.m. in Wallenberg Hall of Augustana College. For information, call 309-794-7320.

1 comment:

  1. This listing of calendar events is a bit outdated folks. I came to this site to submit an event, I'll send it over via fax.

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