WVIK Community Calendar - Friday

Friday, January 7

Today thru Sunday, Bald Eagle Days will be held at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island. Attractions will include birds of prey, wolves, and exotic animals, plus tours to see eagles feeding on the Mississippi River. For more information, call 309-794-5338.

What the Fest II, a two day music festival, will begin today at 4 p.m. in the Performance Hall of River Music Experience in Davenport with performances by over twenty bands. For more information, call 563-326-1333.

Pleasant Valley High School will present All in the Timing, six one-act plays by David Ives, at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. For more information, call 563-332-5151.

A reception for the painting exhibition On/Out, Apart by Mark Hansen will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Quad City Arts Center Gallery in Rock Island. For more information, call 309-793-1213, ext. 109.

A Christmas Story will be shown for Friday Family Movie Night at 7 p.m. at the Mary Fluhrer Nighswander Theatre in the Annie Wittenmyer complex in Davenport. For more information, call 563-326-7812.

The Illowa Community Folk Dance and Twelfth Night celebration will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Singing Bird Nature Center in- Black Hawk State Historic Site in Rock Island. Traditional Twelfth Night festivities will include a mummers' play, an English rapper sword dance, and king cakes. For more information, call 309- 788-8986.

Tonight and tomorrow night, the improv comedy troupe The Blacklist will perform at 8 and 10 p.m. at The Speakeasy in Rock Island. For more information, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.

Tomorrow morning, an altered books workshop will be held at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport at 10:30 a.m. Instructor Christina Allen will show how to create your own contemporary collage and transform any graphic book into a new work of art. To register, call 563-326-7804 ext 2045.

On Sunday, an opening reception for the Margery Franklin and Amy Scott exhibit will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Quad City Botanical Center in Rock Island. For more information, call 309-794-1572.

On Sunday, the Quad City Civil War Round Table will feature Doug Lambert speaking on Grierson's Raid at 2 p.m. at Butterworth Center in Moline. For more information, call 309-236-3475.