WVIK Community Calendar - Tuesday & Wednesday

Tuesday, November 16

Filmmaker John Wilson will present Western Canada 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.

Royal Neighbors of America is hosting a Taco Tuesday at Mulligan’s Valley Pub in Coal Valley from 5 to 9 p.m. to raise funds for the Children’s Therapy Center in Moline. For more information, call 309-732-8254.

Bill Fisher will speak on the Celtic Heritage Trail for the Rock Island County Genealogical Society annual dinner meeting at 5:30 p.m. at the Quad City Botanical Center in Rock Island. For more information, call (309) 786-6197

Blues in the Schools will present Generations of Blues at 6:30 p.m. at the Moline Public Library. Mississippi bluesman Hal Reed will be joined by Ellis Kell for a program of blues songs and stories. For more information, call 309-524-2440.

An interfaith panel discussion, The Three Faces of Jerusalem: The Role of Religions in Peace Making, will be held at 7 p.m. at the Bettendorf Library. For more information, call 563-344-4175.

A discussion of Jhumpa Lahiri's book Unaccustomed Earth 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 Curtainbox Theatre Company will present Henrik Ibsen’s drama Hedda Gabler at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday thru Saturday, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 563-322-8504.

Tomorrow, the annual Genesis Remembrance Tree Lighting will be held at Bechtel Park in Davenport beginning at 6 p.m. For more information, call 563-421-6865.

Tomorrow night, guitar virtuoso Monte Montgomery will perform in the Redstone Room with special guest Lojo Russo at 8:30 p.m. For tickets or more information, call 563-326-1333.


Wednesday, November 17

A discussion of Alan Dershowitz's The Case for Israel with the Contemporary Books Discussion Group will be held at the Bettendorf Library at 1 p.m. For information, call 563-344-4179.

The annual Genesis Remembrance Tree Lighting will be held at Bechtel Park in Davenport beginning at 6 p.m. For more information, call 563-421-6865.

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

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

Guitar virtuoso Monte Montgomery will perform in the Redstone Room with special guest Lojo Russo at 8:30 p.m. For tickets or more information, call 563-326-1333.

Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island will present Plaid Tidings through Dec. 31. For more information or tickets, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.

Tomorrow morning, Augustana’s convocation program will be Liberal Arts through the AGES: A Sesquicentennial Celebration at 10:30 a.m. in Centennial Hall. For more information, call 309-794-7721.

Tomorrow, the Mississippi Valley Blues Society will present the duo of Hal Reed and Ellis Kell in a free public performance at 6 p.m. at the Rock Island Library as part of its annual Artist in Residency Series. For more information, call 309-732-7323.

Tomorrow, Terri Switzer will present The Queen of Sins and 'La mort qui danse': Late 19th-Century Femme Fatale Imagery at 7 p.m. for the Thursdays at the Figge. Also, Ballet Quad Cities will present I, Vampire based on the book by Michael Romkey at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 563-326-7804.