Friday, September 17, 2010

WVIK Community Calendar - Saturday, Sunday & Monday

Friday, September 17

Today and tomorrow, Churchstock Gospel Fest will be held in Veterans' Memorial Park in Bettendorf. Hours are 5 to 10 p.m. on Friday, and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, call 563-505-4801.

The Citizens to Preserve Black Hawk Park will host an evening campfire and bluegrass music at 6 p.m. at the Singing Bird Nature Center fire circle in Black Hawk Park. For more information, call 309-788-9536.

Backdoor Independent Film Cafe will show The Salt of This Sea at 6 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport. For more information, call 563-271-6173.

The season premiere of the old style radio show The Bucktown Revue will begin at 7 p.m. in the Performance Hall of River Music Experience in Davenport. Scott Tunnicliff hosts with The Barley House Band. Guests include musicians, singers, poets and the Brer Bucktown Traveling Tent Show Dramatic Society. For information or tickets, call 563-326-1333.

Leslie Goddard will portray temperance and women's rights activist Frances Willard at 7 p.m. at the Butterworth Center in Moline. For more information, call 309-743-2701.

United Township High School in East Moline will present the play Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at 7 p.m. For more information or tickets, call 309-752-1633.

New Ground Theatre will present the comedy Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 563-326-7529.

Playcrafters Barn Theatre in Moline will present the musical Hard to Believe at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 309-762-0330.

The Internet Players will present the premier production of The Tragedy of Sarah Klein by Nathan Porteshawver at the Nighswander Theatre in Davenport at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 563-383-6089.

Saturday, September 18

Walk with Travis, a 5K suicide awareness walk, will be held at Scott County Park in Eldridge. Check-in is at 7:30 a.m.; the walk starts at 9 a.m. For more information, call 563-650-5641.

Auditions for the Holiday Pops Children's Chorus will be held at Moline High School for children aged 8 to 13 whose voices have not yet changed. Auditions will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and from 4 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday. The Children's Chorus will perform with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra at the Holiday Pops concert on Nov. 20. For more information, call 563-322-0931.

Today and tomorrow, MidCoast Fine Arts will hold the 23rd annual Riverssance Festival of Fine Arts in Lindsay Park in Davenport featuring artists from across the nation, music, children's art activities, and more. Hours on Saturday are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call 563-386-7013.

Shea Doyle will present an All the World's a Stage playwriting workshop at 1 p.m. at the Midwest Writing Center in Davenport. For more information, call 563-324-1410.

Playcrafters Barn Theatre in Moline will present the musical Hard to Believe at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 309-762-0330.

New Ground Theatre will present the comedy Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 563-326-7529.

The Internet Players will present the premier production of The Tragedy of Sarah Klein by Nathan Porteshawver at the Nighswander Theatre in Davenport at 8 p.m. on Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 563-383-6089.

Angela Hand and Stephen Burnaman will perform at 8 p.m. at Wallenberg Hall in the Denkmann Memorial Building of Augustana College. For more information, call 309-203-9879.

Sunday, September 19

MidCoast Fine Arts will hold the 23rd annual Riverssance Festival of Fine Arts in Lindsay Park in Davenport featuring artists from across the nation, music, children's art activities, and more from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 563-386-7013.

The 38th annual Arrowhead Ranch Round-Up will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the ranch in Coal Valley. It will include auctions of vehicles and furniture, craft and flea market vendors, games, entertainment, and an antique car show. For more information, call 309-799-7044

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers offers tours of Lock and Dam 15 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Mississippi River Visitor Center on Arsenal Island. Advance registration is required; call 309-794-5338.

The Figge Art Museum in Davenport will hold a Looking at Art tour beginning at 1:30 p.m. which will cover what to look for in a variety of painting styles. For more information, call 563-326-7804

The Internet Players will present the premier production of The Tragedy of Sarah Klein by Nathan Porteshawver at the Nighswander Theatre in Davenport at 2 p.m. For more information or tickets, call 563-383-6089.

New Ground Theatre will present the comedy Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 2:30 p.m. For more information or tickets, call 563-326-7529.

The Third Sunday Jazz Workshop and Matinee Concert will begin at 3 p.m. at the Redstone Room of River Music Experience. This month features the Petra van Nuis Quartet. For more information or tickets, call 309-373-0790.

Playcrafters Barn Theatre in Moline will present the musical Hard to Believe at 3 p.m. For tickets or more information, call 309-762-0330.

A Jed Poust organ concert will begin at 6 p.m. at United Methodist Church in Orion. The 1918 instrument has recently been refurbished. For more information, call 309-526-8511.

Monday, September 20

Auditions for the Holiday Pops Children's Chorus will be held at Moline High School from 4 to 7:30 p.m. for children aged 8 to 13 whose voices have not yet changed. The Children's Chorus will perform with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra at the Holiday Pops concert on Nov. 20. For more information, call 563-322-0931.

Stanlee Stahl will speak on Jews and Their Rescuers During the Holocaust at 7 p.m. at Rogalski Center of St. Ambrose University. For more information, call 309-793-1300.

A discussion of Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now with the Classics Book Club will be held at the Moline Library at 7 p.m. For information, call 309-524-2473.

As part of the Scriptural Authority series, the Reverend Lynn Carver will lead the presentation, The Ethic of Love, at 7 p.m. at the Bettendorf Library. For information, call 563-344-4175.

Tomorrow, United Township’s fall choir concert will be held at the High School at 7 p.m. The UT Singers, Concert Choir, and Jazz Choir will perform. For information, call 309-752-1633.

Tomorrow, the annual faculty recital will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Galvin Fine Arts Center of St. Ambrose University. For information, call 563-333-6001.

Tomorrow night, an Evening with Gaelic Storm will begin at 8 p.m. at the Redstone Room of River Music Experience in Davenport. For more information or tickets, call 563-326-1333.

New Ground Theatre will present the comedy Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or tickets, call 563-326-7529.

Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island will present the musical revue A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline through Nov. 6. Evening performances are on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. A matinee performance is held on Wednesday as well. For more information or tickets, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.

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