WVIK Community Calendar - Tuesday & Wednesday

Tuesday, September 7

Teen Night for ages 12 to 18 will be held at the Rock Island Library on select Tuesdays through December. Activities will be different each week and begin at 6 p.m. For more information, call 309-732-7330.

A Davenport Parks Comprehensive Plan community meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Duck Creek Lodge in Davenport. For more information, call 563-326-7812.

Award-winning journalist Bill Knight will present the Eighth Annual John Hallwas Liberal Arts Lecture at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in the University Union Grand Ballroom at WIU Macomb and at 3 p.m. on Wednesday in Room 102-AB at WIU Quad Cities. The lecture is entitled I Read the News Today – Oh, Boy: Journalism, Empathy and the Liberal Arts.

A discussion of Michael Gruber's novel The Book of Air and Shadows will be held by the Pageturners Book Discussion group at the Moline Library at 7 p.m. For information, call 309-524-2470.

Tomorrow morning, a meeting of the Association of Fundraising Professionals will be held at 11:45 a.m. at the Butterworth Education Center in Moline. Human Resource Issues for Non-Profits will be the topic. For more information, call 563-322-1731.

Tomorrow, ballad singer Judy Cook will perform Songs of Mark Twain's America at 1 p.m. at the Putnam Museum in Davenport. Then on Thursday, she will perform Songs of Abraham Lincoln's America at 10:30 a.m. For more information on either program, call 563-324-1933.

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.

Senior citizens can participate in guided riverfront golf cart tours this Thursday. There are five different tours from which to choose. For more information or to register, call River Action at 563-322-2969.

Wednesday, September 8

Terry Swails will speak on The Parkersburg Storm, the May Chase, and the World of Today's Meteorologist at a meeting of the Port Byron Historical Society at noon at the River Valley Library in Port Byron. For more information, call 309-523-3654.

Ballad singer Judy Cook will present Tenting Tonight: Songs and Stories of the Civil War at 6:30 p.m. at the Putnam Museum in Davenport. It will include excerpts from her great-great-grandparents' correspondence. For more information, call 563-324-1933.

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.

A discussion of Garth Stein's novel The Art of Racing in the Sun will be held by the Between the Lines Book Discussion Group at the Davenport Eastern Ave. Library at 7 p.m. For information, call 563-326-7832.

The documentary The River is Life, the story of two men’s ten state journey down the Mississippi, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. at Den Besten Park in Fulton. For more information, call 815-589-4545.

Tomorrow morning, Elizabeth Royte will speak on You're Drinking What? Bottled Water or Tap: What's the Difference and Why Should We Care? for the convocation program at 10:30 a.m. at Augustana College’s Centennial Hall. For more information, call 309-794-7306.

Tomorrow through Saturday, the fifth annual Trains, Planes, and Automobiles event will be held in downtown Geneseo. It will begin with a Stearman fly-in with airplane acrobatics at 2 p.m. Thursday. For more information, call 309-944-2686.

Tomorrow, Gregory Gilbert will present Mercedes Matter: An Overview of the Retrospective Exhibition for the Thursdays at the Figge program at 7 p.m. For more information, call 563-326-7804.