WVIK Community Calendar - Thursday

Thursday, November 25

The Turkey Trot will be held at the Davenport Family YMCA beginning at 8:30 a.m. For more information, call 563-322-7171.

Bob Vogelbaugh's 40th annual community Thanksgiving dinner will be held from 4 to 6:30 p.m. in the SouthPark Mall food court in Moline. All are welcome.

The Quad City Arts' 25th annual Festival of Trees at the RiverCenter in Davenport will open from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call 563-324-3378.

Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island will present the musical Jack Frost Saves Christmas at noon on Friday. For more information or tickets, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.

Final Friday festivities will run from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Bucktown Center for the Arts in Davenport, featuring the opening of Festivus for the Rest of Us and Changes with works by Helen Boyd, Jacki Olson, and William Webster, music by Sarah Allner and more. For information, call 309-230-1594.

ComedySportz Quad Cities will perform an improv shows at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the new Establishment Theatre in Rock Island. For more information, call 309-786-1111.

The Curtainbox Theatre Company will present Henrik Ibsen’s drama Hedda Gabler at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 563-322-8504.

Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport will present the comedy The Complete History of America (abridged) at 8 p.m. on Friday and at 2 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, call 563-449-6371.

This weekend and next, Bishop Hill’s Julmarknad, or Christmas Market, will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Attractions include Swedish folk characters, traditional holiday decorations, workshops and exhibits. For more information, call 309-927-3345.

The state historic sites in Galena have scheduled several activities for the upcoming holiday season. The Old Market House in downtown Galena will be the site of Santa’s House, which will be open from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, with additional hours on Saturday and Sunday. Lamplight tours of the Ulysses S. Grant Home State Historic Site will be offered from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday thru Sunday. The home’s oil lamps will be lit and 1870s Victorian Christmas decorations will on display.