Community Calendar, July 30th to August 2nd, 2010

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, tours of Colonel Davenport House are conducted from noon to 4 p.m. on the north shore of Arsenal Island. For more information, call 563-388-9657.

The Westbrook Singers will perform at 6 p.m. at North High School Auditorium in Davenport. For more information, call 888-361-947.

The Bucktown Center for the Arts will celebrate its 5th anniversary on Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Bucktown Bash will feature over 100 visual and performing artists including musicians and Comedy Sportz Quad Cities. In addition, opening receptions are scheduled for Steve Banks and Terry Rathje as well as Helen Boyd and Jacki Olson plus the grand opening of Wild Willey LLC. For more information, call 309-737-2066.

Tonight and tomorrow night, ComedySportz will be performing two shows to benefit the Longfellow Elementary Playground Fund. The show will be held in Augustana College’s Wallenberg Hall at 7 p.m. both nights. For more information, call Audrey at 309-236-6804.

The Bettendorf Park Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Bill Bowe Memorial Bandshell in Veterans' Memorial Park in Bettnedorf. For more information, call 563-344-4113.

Countryside Community Theatre will present the musical Annie at North Scott High School in Eldridge. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 563-285-6228.

The Osmond Brothers will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf. For more information or tickets, call 800-843-4753.

Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport will present the parody Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 563-449-6371.


Saturday, July 31
A Putnamology Plus program on Aviation, for ages 10 and up, will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Putnam Museum in Davenport. Roald Tweet will lead a model-airplane-building session, and guests can see the Take Flight: Aviation, Up Close and Personal exhibit and the film Legends of Flight 3D. To register, call 563-324-1054, ext. 266.

The Family Museum in Bettendorf will host Iowa Authors' Day from 10 a.m. Six authors will participate in readings, discussions, and signings. For more information, call 563-344-4106.

Wyatt Earp’s Olde West Day will be held at the Wyatt Earp’s Birthplace Historic House Museum in Monmouth from noon to 4 p.m. The celebration will feature kids’ games, horse demonstrations and historical re-enactments. For more information, contact 309-734-6771.

The Backdoor Independent Film Cafe Festival will be held at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport with the movies The Lottery showing at 3 p.m. and Ondine at 5:15 p.m. For more information, call 563-326-7804.

ComedySportz will be performing two shows to benefit the Longfellow Elementary Playground Fund. The show will be held in Augustana College’s Wallenberg Hall at 7 p.m. both nights. For more information, call Audrey at 309-236-6804.

Marsha Johnson will perform a dramatic reading of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax at 7 p.m. at Fisherman's Corner amphitheatre in East Moline. For more information, call 309-794-5338.

Countryside Community Theatre will present the musical Annie at North Scott High School in Eldridge. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 563-285-6228.

The Genesius Guild will present the comedy Ecclesiazusae by Aristophanes at 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday night at Lincoln Park Classic Theater in Rock Island.

Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport will present the parody Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 563-449-6371.



Sunday, August 1
The Honor Flight Open, a disc golf fundraiser, will begin at 11 a.m. at Prospect Park in Moline. Proceeds will help WWII veterans visit memorials in Washington, D.C. on an Honor Flight. For more information, call 563-344-7074.

Freddie Weber will perform Being Here Now, a one-woman musical, at 1 p.m. at the Unity Church of Christianity in Moline. For more information, call 563-762-1066.

Countryside Community Theatre will present the musical Annie at North Scott High School in Eldridge. Performance is at 2 p.m. For more information or tickets, call 563-285-6228.

Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport will present the parody Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead at 2 p.m. For more information or tickets, call 563-449-6371.

Ellen Bowlin will perform an organ recital at 3 p.m. at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Davenport. Flutist Lisa Crews and cellist Maureen Currier also will perform. For more information, call 563-322-5318.

The Genesius Guild will present the comedy Ecclesiazusae by Aristophanes at 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday night at Lincoln Park Classic Theater in Rock Island.

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory will be shown at 8 p.m. at Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport. Proceeds will go to the Genesis Flu Free QC Fund.

Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island will present the comedy Squabbles through August 28. For more information or tickets, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.

Big River will be presented by the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre through Aug. 8. For more information or tickets, call 563-242-6760.

Monday, August 2
Historian Dr. Art Pitz will speak on The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Late 19th Century to WWI at 6 p.m. at the Rock Island Library. It is the first in a four-part series cosponsored by the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities. For more information, call 309-732-7323.

A discussion of Mark Twain's short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County with the Short & Sweets Discussion Group will be held at 7 p.m. at the Davenport Eastern Ave. Library. For information and to register, call 563-888-3371.

Freddie Weber will give a workshop, Losing Your Mind to Heal the World, at 7 p.m. at the Unity Church of Christianity in Moline. For more information, call 563-762-1066.