WVIK Community Calendar - Tuesday & Wednesday

Tuesday, January 18

Ken Lilly of the Illinois Department of Employment Security will present How to Apply for Federal Jobs at 9 a.m. at the Moline Library. For more information, call 309-524-2440.

A silent march for Martin Luther King Day will begin at Christ the King Chapel on St. Ambrose University and go to the Center for Health Sciences Education at Genesis and back starting at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call 563-333-6264.

Jonathan Turner will perform at noon at Mojo's Café in River Music Experience in Davenport. For more information, call 563-326-1555.

The exhibition Social Commentaries opens today at St. Ambrose University’s Catich Gallery, featuring the work of nine book artists. The gallery, located in the Galvin Fine Arts Center, is open noon to 5 p.m. Monday thru Friday. A reception will be held on Saturday, Jan. 29 beginning at 5 p.m. For more information, call 563-209-1287.

J. Q. Adams will speak on 21st Century Black Leadership at Monmouth College’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration beginning at 4:30 p.m. in the Whiteman-McMillan Highlander Room of the Stockdale Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Rhonda Weimerskirk from the Mississippi Bend AEA will present a program on Handwriting Without Tears at 6:30 p.m. at the Bettendorf Library. Registration is required; call 563-344-4175.

Quad City Civil Rights Watch will host David Goodner speaking on Predatory Lending in Iowa at 7 p.m. at St John's United Methodist Church in Davenport.

A discussion of Jennifer Haigh's book The Condition 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.

On Thursday, River Readings at Augustana will present a staged reading of Davenport native Susan Glaspell's turn-of-the-century play Trifles at 7 p.m. in Augustana College’s Wallenberg Hall. For more information, call 309-794-7231.

Wednesday, January 19

Thomas Banks will lead a discussion of Homer's novel The Iliad for the Contemporary Books Discussion Group at 1 p.m. at the Bettendorf Library. For information, call 563-344-4179.

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.

United Township High School in East Moline will present the musical Leader of The Pack at 7 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday and at 2 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, call (309) 752-1633

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory, a Martin Luther King re-enactment and gospel performance, will be presented at the Galvin Fine Arts Center of St. Ambrose University at 7 p.m. For more information, call (563) 333-6264.

Augustana College’s Hispanic Film Festival begins tonight with the film Lake Tahoe which will be shown at 7 p.m. at the Hanson Hall of Science. The festival continues over the next three Wednesdays. The films are in Spanish with English subtitles. For more information, call 309-794-7323.

The Contemporary Books Discussion Group will discuss Daniel Woodrell's novel Winter’s Bone at 7 p.m. at the Bettendorf Library. For information, call 563-344-4179.

Responding to the Financial Crisis is the first topic in Monmouth College’s Great Decisions program which will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Tartan Room of the Stockdale Center. For more information, call 309-457-2102.

Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island will present the musical revue All Shook Up thru March 19. For more information or tickets, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.

On Friday, the documentary Made in Pakistan will be shown at 7 p.m. at the Hanson Hall of Science of Augustana College. The film's executive producer, Ayesha Khan, will lead a discussion afterward. For more information, call 309-794-7323.