Friday, August 13, 2010

WVIK Community Calendar Friday through Monday

Friday, August 13

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 24th annual Great River Tug Fest will take place in downtown Port Byron and LeClaire Friday and Saturday. For more information, call 563-289-3946.

Kathy and Emily Odean will sign their new children’s book, First Day of School Surprise! at Borders Books in Davenport today from 3 to 5 p.m. and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to noon. Local illustrator, Sue Lent will also be signing books. Emily Odean will read at the beginning of each signing.

Ya Maka My Weekend will begin at 5 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday in the Rock Island District Great River Plaza. For more information, call 309-788-6311.

The 5th Annual Doggie Dip will be held at Fejervary Family Aquatic Center from 6 to 7:30 pm. Dogs of all ages, shapes and sizes can enjoy a refreshing swim in the pool. Proceeds will be donated the Humane Society of Scott County. For more information, call 563-359-3475.

The Richmond Hill Players will present the comedy Christmas Belles at the Barn Theater in Geneseo at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 4 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 309-944-3340.

Quad City Music Guild will present the musical Curtains at Prospect Park Theater in Moline at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 309-762-6610.

The Curtainbox Theatre Company will present Wit at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 563-322-8504.

Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport will present the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 563-449-6371.

Saturday, August 14

The Art of Percussion family workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum and River Music Experience in Davenport. Participants will make percussion instruments at the Figge followed by a parade to the River Music Experience, where musicians will perform and hold a drum circle. For more information, call 563-326-7804.

Today is the last day of the 24th annual Great River Tug Fest taking place in downtown Port Byron and LeClaire. For more information, call 563-289-3946.

Strut Your Mutt returns to The Plaza at Bass Street Landing in Moline beginning at 11:00 a.m. A 3k Dog Trot will take place at 11:30, and a dog show will be held around noon. For more information, call 309-524-2054.

Ya Maka My Weekend will begin at noon today in the Rock Island District Great River Plaza. For more information, call 309-788-6311.

An old-fashioned Ice Cream Social and Pie in the Park will be held in historic Bishop Hill on from 1 to 4 p.m. The Ice Cream Social is held in conjunction with the 4th Annual Bishop Hill Clay and Fiber Fest.

The Richmond Hill Players will present the comedy Christmas Belles at the Barn Theater in Geneseo at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 309-944-3340.

Quad City Music Guild will present the musical Curtains at Prospect Park Theater in Moline at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 309-762-6610.

The Curtainbox Theatre Company will present Wit at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday; and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 563-322-8504.

Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport will present the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at 8 p.m. on Saturday; and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 563-449-6371.

Sunday, August 15

Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport will present the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at 2 p.m. For more information or tickets, call 563-449-6371.

Quad City Music Guild will present the musical Curtains at Prospect Park Theater in Moline at 2 p.m. For more information or tickets, call 309-762-6610.

Lois Deloatch premieres her new recording, Roots: Jazz, Blues and Spirituals at the Third Sunday Jazz Workshop and Matinee Series in the Redstone Room in Davenport. The Third Sunday Jazz event begins with the workshop at 3 p.m., followed by the matinee concert at 6 p.m. For more information or tickets, call 309 373-0790.

The Curtainbox Theatre Company will present Wit at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 3 p.m. For more information or tickets, call 563-322-8504.

The Richmond Hill Players will present the comedy Christmas Belles at the Barn Theater in Geneseo at 4 p.m. For more information or tickets, call 309-944-3340.

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.

On Tuesday, a taco dinner benefit for the Children's Therapy Center will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. at Mulligan's Valley Pub in Coal Valley. Royal Neighbors will match the first thousand in funds raised. For more information, call 309-799-7515.

On Wednesday, the Central High School jazz and marching bands will play for Music on the Levee at 7 p.m. at LeClaire Park in Davenport. For more information, call 563-888-2235.

On Thursday, Vintage Voices will perform radio scripts from the golden age of radio at 1:30 p.m. at the Bettendorf Library. For more information, call 563-344-4175.

Monday, August 16

Wee Wiggler Toddler Time will be held on each Monday in August at 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. in the Children’s Program Room of the Moline Public Library. For more information, call 309-524-2480.

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope will be discussed with the Classics Book Discussion Group at the Moline Library at 7 p.m. Copies of the book will be available to borrow for those who register. To sign up, call 309-524-2470.

On Tuesday and Thursday mornings, as part of River Action's Explore the River series, the Channel Cat Talk will be River Folk Tales and Music beginning at 9:00 a.m. Departure is from the Moline Channel Cat landing. For more information, call 563-322-2969.

Tomorrow, The Whoozdads? will play at Schwiebert Riverfront Park in Rock Island at 7 p.m. A line dance lesson will be offered at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 309-732-7275.

On Tuesday, Stephen Swedish will perform a concert, French Impressionism in Painting and Music, at 6 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport. West Music cosponsors the program. Reservations are required, call 309-764-9300.

On Wednesday, a luncheon with Janet Martin, the co-author of the Growing Up Lutheran books that inspired the Church Basement Ladies musicals, will be held at the Radisson Quad City Plaza Hotel in Davenport beginning at noon. Janet Martin will present the program Hot Flashes, Hot Pads, and Hot Dishes – A Humorous Look at Growing Up in the Late '50's. For information or register, call 563-324-1410.

On Wednesday, Music in the Park will present The Westbrook Singers and Community Outreach Church of God in Christ Choir at 7 p.m. at The Quarter Welcome Center in East Moline. Concession proceeds will benefit the East Moline Volunteer Corps. For more information, call 309-796-0170.

On Thursday, Dale Fisher, director of education at the University of Iowa Museum of Art will speak on Adirondacks I by John Marin for the Thursdays at the Figge program at 7 p.m. For more information, call 563-326-7804.

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