Tuesday, September 14, 2010

WVIK Community Calendar - Tuesday & Wednesday

Tuesday, September 14

Registration deadline is today for the Is your business prepared for a disaster? symposium which will be held next Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the i wireless Center in Moline. Seating is limited. For more information or to register, call Black Hawk College at 309-796-5714.

Today and tomorrow, the Friends of Trinity will hold a Books are Fun sale from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 1 of Trinity Rock Island. For information, call 309-779-2343.

As part of the World Adventure Travelogue Series, filmmaker Rudy Thurau will present Rhine River Adventure at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7 p.m. at the Putnam Museum IMAX Theatre in Davenport. For tickets or more information, call 563-324-1933.

Quad City Arts will host a party for Visiting Artists Synergy Brass Quintet at 6 p.m. at the Rogalski Center of St. Ambrose University. For tickets or more information, call 309-793-1213.

The Bettendorf Library will show the 1988 film Hairspray at 6:30 p.m. as part of the Library’s Civil Rights Project. Local author and film buff Michael Thomas Masters will introduce the film. For more information, call 563-344-4175.

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

The San-Trapp Duo will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Galvin Fine Arts Center of St. Ambrose University as part of the Year of the Piano celebration. For information, call 563-333-6001.

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.

Wednesday, September 15

A discussion of Rufus Burrows' work Martin Luther King, Jr., for Armchair Theologian with the Contemporary Books Discussion Group will be held at the Bettendorf Library at 1 p.m. For information, call 563-344-4179.

Venice Berry will speak on Racialism in the Media at 4:30 p.m. at Rogalski Center of St. Ambrose University, addressing modern racism in news, sex and violence in rap music, black male and female stereotypes in film, and more. For information, call 563-333-6264.

A reception for the Wood and Words exhibit, a unique combination of two and three-dimensional artist works by artists Amy Nielsen and Bill Wohlford, will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Rock Island Library. The show will be on display through October 31.

In Love We Trust will be shown at 6 p.m. at the Davenport Fairmount St. Library as part of the Off-beat Independent Film series. A discussion will follow. For more information, call 563-326-7832.

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.

Tonight through Friday night, 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.

The Java Jews Klezmer Band will perform at 7 p.m. at Wallenberg Hall in the Denkmann Memorial Building of Augustana College as part of the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities’ Cultural Series. For more information, call 309-793-1300.

A discussion of Simon Winchester's book The Professor and the Madman with the Contemporary Books Discussion Group will be held at the Bettendorf Library at 7 p.m. For information, call 563-344-4179.

The Figge Art Museum is conducting a Wisconsin Fall Art Tour on October 16th. Experience quaint towns and art galleries, chat with artists as they demonstrate their works, and finish off the day with a visit to a winery. Space is limited. To make reservations, contact Heather at 563-326-7804, ext. 2045.

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