Friday, August 6The Midwest Writing Center’s Brown Bag Lunch at Noon will feature Max Molleston speaking about the Quad City poetry scene. For information, call 563-324-1410.
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 91st Great Mississippi Valley Fair will be held through Sunday at the fairgrounds in Davenport. Tonight’s featured musical guest, ZZ Top, will perform at 8 p.m. For more information, call 563-326-5338.
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.
Collin Raye 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.
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.
Big River will be presented by the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre through Aug. 8. For more information or tickets, call 563-242-6760.
The Quad City Symphony will hold auditions for the Youth Orchestra and String Ensemble for students in grades 6 to 12. On Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., auditions will be held for woodwinds, brass, percussion, harp, double basses and piano. On Monday and Tuesday, from 3 to 8 p.m., violas and cellos. And on Saturday, August 14 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., violins. All students who wish to audition should contact Rich Stodd, by calling 563-322-0931.
Saturday, August 7
An all-day wildlife painting event and potluck for adults will go on from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at River Valley Library in Port Byron. For more information, call 309-523-3440.
Blues musician Kevin Burt will be at Davenport Public Library Eastern Avenue Branch to headline the first family program at the new library beginning at 1:00 p.m. For more information, call 563-326-7832.
Funeral and mourning customs of the 1830s will be recreated during Death on the Frontier to be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at Apple River Fort State Historic Site in Elizabeth, Illinois. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 815-858-2028.
The Galesburg Civic Art Center present the Studios Midwest Exhibition, featuring works from this year’s Studios Midwest Resident Artist, Michelle Dickson, at The Box Gallery in Galesburg. The artist will be in attendance at the opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Michelle will also give a presentation on her work and summer experience during Lunch at The Box on Tuesday at noon. For more information, call 309-342-7415.
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.
Night And Day, a classic big band show, will be presented at the Orpheum Theatre in Galesburg at 7:30 p.m. as a benefit for the National Stearman Fly-In. For more information or tickets, call the Orpheum Theatre Box Office at 309-342-2299.
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 Genesius Guild will present the comedy Ecclesiazusae by Aristophanes at 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow night at Lincoln Park Classic Theater in Rock Island.
Sunday, August 8
The Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities welcome back the Israeli Scouts - Tzofim Friendship Caravan who will perform at the Tri-City Jewish Center in Rock Island at 3 p.m. Family activities will begin at 1:45 p.m. For more information, call 309-793-1300.
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.
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.
The Genesius Guild will present the comedy Ecclesiazusae by Aristophanes at 8 p.m. at Lincoln Park Classic Theater in Rock Island.
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.
The Midwest Community Development Institute is holding a four day training program in community and economic development, designed to give development professionals, community leaders, elected officials and volunteers the opportunity to learn new approaches to make their communities a better place to work and live. The program begins Monday, Aug. 9 and run through Thursday, Aug. 12 at the Stoney Creek Inn in Moline. For more information, call 309-298-2237.
Bettendorf Police Explorers Open Recruitment Night will be held at Bettendorf City Hall tomorrow night beginning at 6:30 p.m. Bettendorf Police Explorers meet on the second and fourth Mondays of each month.
On Wednesday, a launch party and reading for The Atlas, Vol. 5 will be held at 7 p.m. at the Midwest Writing Center in Davenport. The Young Emerging Writers will read from their works. For more information, call 563-324-1410.
Monday, August 9
The Short & Sweets Short Story Discussion Group at the Davenport Fairmount St. Library will have dessert and discuss the short story Dancing After Hours by Andre Dubus at 10 a.m. For information or to register, call 563-328-6833.
Dr. Art Pitz will speak on The Arab-Israeli Conflict: WWI to the U.N. Partition Resolution of 1947 at 6 p.m. at the Rock Island Library. It is the second in a four-part series cosponsored by the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities. For more information, call 309-732-7323.
Twin Cities author Alexa Stevenson will read from her memoir Half Baked: The Story of My Nerves, My Newborn, and How We Both Learned to Breathe at 7 p.m. at Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City. For information, call 319-337-2681.
Tomorrow, Coupe DeVille will perform for the Starlight Revue Concert at Lincoln Park in Rock Island at 7 p.m. Also, QC SoDa will give a lindy lesson. For more information, call 309-732-2132.
On Wednesday and Saturday, River Actions’ Riverine Walk will begin at the Credit Island boat ramp in Davenport at 6:30 on Wednesday and at 9 a.m. on Saturday. This week’s topic is Credit Island and the War of 1812. For more information, call 563-322-2969.
Beginning Wednesday, Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport will present the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 563-449-6371.
On Thursday, a discussion of The State of Jones by Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer with the Civil War Book Discussion Group will be held at the Moline Library at 6:30 p.m. For information, call 309-524-2470.
Beginning Thursday, the Curtainbox Theatre Company will present Wit at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 563-322-8504.
The Short & Sweets Short Story Discussion Group at the Davenport Fairmount St. Library will have dessert and discuss the short story Dancing After Hours by Andre Dubus at 10 a.m. For information or to register, call 563-328-6833.
Dr. Art Pitz will speak on The Arab-Israeli Conflict: WWI to the U.N. Partition Resolution of 1947 at 6 p.m. at the Rock Island Library. It is the second in a four-part series cosponsored by the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities. For more information, call 309-732-7323.
Twin Cities author Alexa Stevenson will read from her memoir Half Baked: The Story of My Nerves, My Newborn, and How We Both Learned to Breathe at 7 p.m. at Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City. For information, call 319-337-2681.
Tomorrow, Coupe DeVille will perform for the Starlight Revue Concert at Lincoln Park in Rock Island at 7 p.m. Also, QC SoDa will give a lindy lesson. For more information, call 309-732-2132.
On Wednesday and Saturday, River Actions’ Riverine Walk will begin at the Credit Island boat ramp in Davenport at 6:30 on Wednesday and at 9 a.m. on Saturday. This week’s topic is Credit Island and the War of 1812. For more information, call 563-322-2969.
Beginning Wednesday, Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport will present the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 563-449-6371.
On Thursday, a discussion of The State of Jones by Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer with the Civil War Book Discussion Group will be held at the Moline Library at 6:30 p.m. For information, call 309-524-2470.
Beginning Thursday, the Curtainbox Theatre Company will present Wit at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 563-322-8504.
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