WVIK Community Calendar - Thursday

Thursday, January 27

Richard Halloran will present East is East and West is West: Will the Twain Never Meet? for the convocation program at 10:30 a.m. in Augustana College’s Centennial Hall. The program is free and open to the public. For more information, call 309-794-7721.

The Works of Heart Art Show, featuring creative expressions by individuals with disabilities opens today at the DeWitt Operahouse Theater and will be on display in the gallery through March 10. On Thursday, February 3, a Meet the Artists opening reception will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information, call 563-659-4100.

Courtney Lyon will present Ballet Quad Cities: Behind the Curtain at the Ballet at 1:30 p.m. for the Putnam Museum Guild Tea at the Putnam Museum in Davenport. For more information, call 563-324-1933.

A Quad City Arts Vanguard Party with Visiting Artists Max Pollak and RumbaTap will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Rogalski Center of St. Ambrose University. For more information, call 309-793-1213.

Robert Wood will present Albania: My Peace Corps Years at The Whiteside Forum at 7 pm at the Odell Library in Morrison Illinois.

The Speakeasy in downtown Rock Island will present Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play at 7:00 and 9:30 p.m. For tickets or more information, call 309-786-7733, Ext. 2.

The Luther College Nordic Choir will perform at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport. For more information, call 800-458-8437.

Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport will present the musical I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change at 8 p.m. Thursday thru Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call 563-449-6371.

The 2009 film Welcome will be shown as part of the Tournees French Film Festival at 7 p.m. in the Hanson Hall of Science of Augustana College. The film is in French with English subtitles. For more information, call 309-794-7323.

On Friday, WQPT will hold the 10th annual Champagne on the Rocks Gala at 6 p.m. at Hotel Blackhawk in Davenport. The evening will feature cocktails, dinner, live and silent auctions, and a musical performance by Larry Adams. To make reservations, call 309-764-2400.

Beginning Friday, the drama Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman will be presented in Potter Theatre in the Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts of Augustana College at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call 309-794-7306.