WVIK Community Calendar, Tuesday July 27th to Wednesday July 28, 2010

Tuesday, July 27
The German American Heritage Museum will be offering free
workshops on the German Immigrant Experience to local
teachers today at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the center in
Davenport. For more information, call 563-322-8844.

Mulligan's Valley Pub will hold a taco dinner fundraiser
for the Quad City Animal Welfare Center beginning at 5
p.m. Mulligan's is located at 310 West First Avenue in
Coal Valley.

The Galesburg Civic Art Center will host its annual Clare
Smith Memorial Lecture at 7:00 p.m. at The Box Gallery
in Galesburg. This year’s lecture will be given by Knox
College Art Professor Mark Holmes. For more information,
please contact the Galesburg Civic Art Center at 309-342-
7415.

A discussionof William Stolzenberg's book Where the Wild
Things Were:l life, death, and ecological wreckage in a land
of vanishing predators with the Environmental Book Club
will be held at 7 p.m. at River Action in Davenport. For
information, call 563-322-2969.

The Main Ave. Jazz Band will perform for the Starlight
Revue Concert at Lincoln Park in Rock Island at 7 p.m. QC
SoDa will also give an East Coast swing lesson. For more
information, call 309-732-2132.

The Geneseo Big Band will play at City Park in Geneseo
beginning at 7:30 p.m. For information, call 309-944-2686.
This Friday and Saturday, 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.

On Sunday, 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.

Wednesday, July 28
I Like to Read with Steve Couch, a concert for kids ages
2 to 10, will be held at the Moline Library at 1 p.m. For
information, call 309-524-2480.

River Actions’ Riverine Walk will begin at the at East side
of Prospect Terrace Overlook in East Davenport at 6:30 on
Wednesday and at 9 a.m. on Saturday. This week’s topic
is The Pre-Civil War Village of East Davenport. For more
information, call 563-322-2969.

Open-mic night for youths and adults will be held from
6:30 to 9 p.m. at Mojo's Cafe in River Music Experience in
Davenport. For more information, call 563-326-1333, ext.
102.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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.