WVIK Community Calendar - Wednesday & Thursday

Tuesday, October 19

Q.C. Prescribed Fire Alliance will present a public forum on upcoming controlled burns in the area at noon at the Surrey Heights Fire Station in Bettendorf. Lunch is available to those who RSVP by calling 563-391-1403, ext. 3.

Hy-Vee dieticians Stacy Mitchell and Kristen Decker will present You Are What You Eat! Top Food Myths Affecting Women at noon at The Outing Club in Davenport as a luncheon meeting of The Women's Connection. For more information or to register, call 309-631-0167.

Filmmaker Sid Nolan will present Rails Across Russia at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7 p.m. at the Putnam Museum IMAX Theatre in Davenport as part of the World Adventure Travelogue Series. For more information, call 563-324-1933.

This week, Rave cinemas in Davenport will host two special screenings. On Tuesday, sing-a-long version of The Sound of Music will be shown at 6:30 p.m. And on Thursday, they will show a live performance of A Prairie Home Companion at 7 p.m. For more information, visit Rave cinemas’ website.

Upper Louisiana musicians Dennis Stroughmatt and Creole Spirit will perform at 6:30 p.m. at the Moline Library. For more information, call 309-524-2470.

A discussion of Steig Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with the West End Book Discussion Group will be held at the Davenport Fairmount St. Library at 7 p.m. For information, call 563-888-3371.

The Rogalski Center of St. Ambrose University, W. Lombard Street and N. Ripley Street, Davenport, will show the documentary China Blue at 7 p.m. It is part of The Ubiquity of Work series. For more information, call 563-333-6253

The Mississippi Valley Blues Society’s Blues in the Schools artist-in-residence Billy Branch will perform at 7 p.m. at Borders in Davenport. For more information, call 563-359-7830.

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

Wednesday, October 20

The Cities of Moline and Rock Island will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the West Rock River Bridge Trail Connector at 10:00 a.m. The ceremony will take place on the trail, south of 52nd Avenue between 7th Street and the Rock Island-Milan Beltway on-ramp in Moline. Parking is available across 52nd Street at Trinity Medical Center, 7th Street Campus Parking Lot.

A discussion of Thomas King's Medicine River with the Contemporary Books Discussion Group will be held at the Bettendorf Library at 1 p.m. For information, call 563-344-4179.

A film from the Everyone's a Critic series will be shown at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 7 p.m. at the Putnam Museum IMAX Theatre in Davenport. Titles are not announced in advance. For more information, call 563-324-1933.

The Moline Library will show Children of Men, based on the novel by P.D. James, at 6:30 p.m. as part of their Dystopian Film Series. For more information, call 309-524-2470.

Author Linda Hirshman will present the lecture Get to Work: The Rights and Wrongs of Women's Attitudes Toward Paid Work in the Market Economy at 7 p.m. in Rogalski Center of St. Ambrose University. The presentation is free and open to the public. For more information, call 563-333-6253.

The Mississippi Valley Blues Society’s Blues in the Schools artist-in-residence Billy Branch will perform at 7 p.m. at Mojo's Cafe in River Music Experience in Davenport. For more information, call 563-326-1333, ext. 102.

Curt Roseman will present Historic Bridges of the Quad Cities at 7 p.m. at the Butterworth Center in Moline. For more information, call 309-764-6228

A discussion of Kerry A. Trask's Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of America with the Contemporary Books Discussion Group will be held at the Bettendorf Library at 7 p.m. For information, call 563-344-4179.

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.