WVIK Community Calendar - Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday

Friday, October 15

A closing reception for the Barbara Bianchi exhibit will begin at 6 p.m. at the The ARTery and Gallery West in Rock Island. For more information, call 309-781-7668.

The Backdoor Independent Film Cafe will show Mother at 6:30 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum. For more information, call 563-271-6173.

The Lage Lund Guitar Trio will perform for the Quad City Arts Vanguard Party beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Genesis Heart Institute in Davenport. For tickets or more information, call 309-793-1213.

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.

The Scandinavian Department of Augustana and the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center are hosting a film festival this week called Beyond Bergman: Modern Swedish Film. Tonight’s film, Let the Right One In, will be shown at 7 p.m. at the Hanson Hall of Science. The films are all in Swedish with English subtitles and may have content not be suitable for children. For more information, call 309-794-7204.

New Ground Theatre will present the black comedy August: Osage County at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 563-326-7529.

The multimedia play Wrestling with Angels and Demons will be performed at Potter Theatre in the Bergendoff Fine Arts Building of Augustana College at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 309-794-7306.

The Richmond Hill Players will present the romantic drama The Shape of Things at the Barn Theater in Geneseo at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 4 p.m. on Sunday. The show contains mature content. For tickets or more information, call 309-944-2244.

Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport will present the musical The Rocky Horror Show at midnight on Fridays and Saturdays and at 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For more information, call 563-449-6371


Saturday, October 16

The Beyond Bergman: Modern Swedish Film Symposium will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Wallenberg Hall in the Denkmann Memorial Building of Augustana College. For more information, call 309-794-7721.

The Midwest Writing Center's Bohemian Ball will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Putnam Museum in Davenport. Burlesque le' Moustache, The Barley House Band, and magician David Casas will perform. For more information, call 563-324-1410.

The multimedia play Wrestling with Angels and Demons will be performed at Potter Theatre in the Bergendoff Fine Arts Building of Augustana College at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 309-794-7306.

New Ground Theatre will present the black comedy August: Osage County at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 563-326-7529.

The Richmond Hill Players will present the romantic drama The Shape of Things at the Barn Theater in Geneseo at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and at 4 p.m. on Sunday. The show contains mature content. For tickets or more information, call 309-944-2244.

The Augustana Symphony Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. at Centennial Hall of Augustana College. The concert will feature the debut performance of James Romig’s Percussion Concerto. For more information, call 309-203-9879.

Autumn Chamber Music featuring the woodwind quintet from the Quad City Symphony Orchestra will be performed at 8 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport. For more information, call 563-322-7276.

Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport will present the musical The Rocky Horror Show at midnight on Fridays and Saturdays and at 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For more information, call 563-449-6371.

Sunday, October 17

A dozen internationally acclaimed scholars will meet at Augustana for the Reforming Reformation conference this Sunday through Tuesday. The free, public event will be held in the auditorium of the Franklin W. Olin Center for Educational Technology. For more information on the schedule of event, call 309-794-7721.

The Figge Art Museum will present The Innovators: Tiffany, Wright, Picasso, and Pollock tour beginning at 1:30 p.m. Discover how these artists changed the way we think about art and design. For more information, call 563-326-7804.

The multimedia play Wrestling with Angels and Demons will be performed at Potter Theatre in the Bergendoff Fine Arts Building of Augustana College at 1:30 p.m. For tickets or more information, call 309-794-7306.

New Ground Theatre will present the black comedy August: Osage County at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 2 p.m. today and next Sunday, and at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday thru Saturday. For tickets or more information, 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 Ernest Dawkins' Straight Ahead Quartet. For more information or tickets, call 309-373-0790.

The Davenport Public Library Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center will open the center for genealogy enthusiasts from 4 to 9 p.m. as part of an After-Hours Genealogy Night. For more information, call 563-326-7902.

Environmentalist Bill McKibben will present Moral Life on a Tough New Planet at 4 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport. For more information, call 563-326-3547.

The Richmond Hill Players will present the romantic drama The Shape of Things at the Barn Theater in Geneseo at 4 p.m. The show contains mature content. For tickets or more information, call 309-944-2244.

Il Postino will be shown for the International Film Series at 4:30 p.m. at the Mary Fluhrer Nighswander Theatre in Davenport. There will be discussions before and after the film. For more information, call 563-888-2216.

Monday, October 18

Duncan McPherson, a 1998 graduate of Monmouth College, will return to answer the question What Can You DO with a Classics Major? at 1 p.m. in Room 114 of Wallace Hall. The talk is free and open to the public.

Carl Sandburg College will host more than 50 college, university and vocational school representatives during College Night 2010 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the John M. Lewis Gymnasium on the Main Campus in Galesburg. For more information, call 309-341-5230.

The Mississippi Valley Blues Society’s Blues in the Schools artist-in-residence Billy Branch will perform at 6:30 p.m. at the Davenport Eastern Ave. Library. For more information, call 563-326-7832.

Moms' Night Out for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Putnam Museum in Davenport, featuring hands-on activities, prizes and more. Free childcare for ages 2 and up will be provided with advance registration. For information, call 563-324-1933.

A discussion of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood with the Classics Book Club will be held at the Moline Library at 7 p.m. For information, call 309-524-2473.

Environmentalist Bill McKibben will speak on 350: The Most Important Number in the World at 7:30 p.m. at Wallenberg Hall in the Denkmann Memorial Building of Augustana College. For more information, call 309-794-7721.

The African Children’s Choir will present a concert in Augustana’s Ascension Chapel on Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. On Friday, they will perform a public concert at First Lutheran Church at 7:00 p.m. For more information, call 309-203-9879.

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.