Monday, January 3, 2011

WVIK Community Calendar - Tuesday & Wednesday

Tuesday, January 4

The film MouseHunt will be shown at the Rock Island Library at 10:30 a.m. for the last day of winter school break. For more information, call 309-732-7360.

Get Crafty, a Teen Night program, will be held at the Rock Island Library at 6 p.m. For more information, call 309-732-7360.

A discussion of Robert Goolrick's novel A Reliable Wife with the Pageturners Book Group will be held at the Moline Library at 7 p.m. For information, call 309-524-2440.

Thursday, January 6 marks the 200th birthday of Reverend Owen Lovejoy, the abolitionist preacher whose home is now a museum in Princeton, Illinois. A celebration will be held at the Princeton Elks Lodge beginning at 6:30 p.m. The event is open to the public and free. For more information, please contact Kim Frey at 815-875-2616.

The Poinsettias and Lights holiday floral show is on through Jan. 16 at Vander Veer Botanical Park Conservatory in Davenport. This year also features A Conifer Christmas with dwarf conifers from around the world. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday thru Sunday. For more information, call 563-326-7818.

The River Music Experience will again offer its Sound Lab Audio Engineering 101 class during the 1st quarter of 2011. The program consists of three 8-week in-depth courses taken in a sequence. For more information regarding The Sound Lab at River Music Experience, please contact Ellis Kell at 563-326-133 ext. 113.

The New Ground Theatre will offer acting classes beginning the week of January 3rd. Classes are offered in three age ranges: 7 to 9, 10 and up, and adult. For more information or to sign up, call 563-326-7529.

NAPM of the Quad Cities, the local affiliate of the Institute for Supply Management, will hold its monthly dinner meeting on Wednesday, January 12th, at the Stoney Creek Inn in Moline beginning at 5:30 p.m. Kevin Nolan of Ecogistics will discuss Environmentalism in Transportation.
The public is welcome. Reservations are required by January 7th and can be made at www.ismqc.org.

Wednesday, January 5

Open-mic night for youths and adults will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Mojo's Cafe in River Music Experience in Davenport. For more information, call 563-326-1333, ext. 102.

Rivermont Collegiate in Bettendorf presents a Young Scholars program the first Thursday of every month for children aged 2 to 4, beginning tomorrow at 9 a.m. The program is free and open to the public. For additional information, contact Cindy Murray at 563-359-1366 ext. 302.

KidTV will meet every Thursday at 4:00 p.m., January through May, at the Davenport Fairmount St. Library. Kids will learn how to write, film, and have fun creating news. shows that will appear on the library’s YouTube channel and other media outlets. The program is free and registration is not required. For more information, call 563-888-3371.

This weekend, 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 on Friday 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.

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

On Saturday, Rave Motion Pictures 53 in Davenport will host a live broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera's La Fanciulla del West by Giacomo Puccini at noon.

On Saturday, the Prenzie Players will hold their fifth annual Twelfth Night Gala at 7 p.m. at Rivermont Collegiate in Bettendorf featuring an evening of enacted play scenes and poetry, live music, and more.

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