Thursday, February 3, 2011

Thursday, February 3

The American Shakespeare Center will make Shakespeare come alive for audiences in a free workshop open to the public at 10:30 a.m. in Augustana’s Centennial Hall. The text of As You Like It will be explored. The company will then perform the play at 8 p.m. also in Centennial Hall. For more information, call 309-794-7323.

A Meet the Artists reception will be held for the Works of Heart Art Show at the DeWitt Opera House Theater from 1 to 4 p.m. The exhibit will be on display in the theater’s gallery through March 10. For more information, call 563-659-4100.

The Feminist Tea-Hour Series will continue at Augustana’s Tredway Library at 4:30 p.m. featuring Dr. Allison Beck of the Biology department who will present A Fish Out of Three Bodies of Water: Adventures of a Female Paleontologist in Niger.

Conductor Mark Russel Smith will discuss this weekend’s Quad City Symphony concerts 5 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport. For more information, call 563-322-0931

First Lutheran Church in Rock Island is hosting Folk Arts programs beginning at 6:00 p.m. this week focused on Yeast - making breads for home and friends. History, styles, and techniques will be shared. On Thursday, Cardamom Coffee Bread & Rolls will be made. On Friday, Swedish Rye and Sour Dough. And Saturday’s program will be on Liquid Bread, Beer-Making. For more information, call 309-788-9661.

The seventh annual Big Band Bash fundraiser will begin at 7 p.m. at the University Club in Moline featuring jazz bands from three Moline schools. For more information, call 309-743-1622

The American Shakespeare Center will present As You Like it at 8 p.m. at Augustana College’s Centennial Hall. For more information or tickets, call 309-794-7306.

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.


Friday, February 4

The Sankofa Performing Arts Ensemble will present No Man Can Hinder Me: A Musical Journey from Africa to America, From Slavery to Freedom at the Rock Island High School Auditorium at 5:00 p.m. on Friday and at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, call 309-793-5950, ext. 1206.

Four bands will play an all-ages show at 7 p.m. in the Performance Hall of River Music Experience in Davenport. For more information, call 563-326-1333.

The Galesburg Civic Art Center will be hosting The Best Of Black Earth Film Festival over the next four Friday nights beginning at 7:00 p.m. For more information, call the Art Center at 309-342-7415.

The Muscatine Masquers Community Theater will present Love Letters at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday in the Bob Roach Little Theater at Muscatine Community College.

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.

The Augustana Jazz Ensemble will play at 8 p.m. in Centennial Hall. For more information, call 309-203-9879.

Every Friday and Saturday, ComedySportz Quad Cities will perform improv at 7 p.m. at Establishment Theatre in Rock Island. For more information, call 309-786-1111.

On Saturday, an Augustana Four Choirs concert will be held at 4 p.m. in Centennial Hall. For more information, call 309-203-9879.

On Saturday, Ray Blue and The Westbrook Singers will perform a concert in Reece Morgan’s honor at 7 p.m. in Lyceum Hall of Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport. Proceeds will support the Dreams Come True program. For more information, call 563-349-1870.

On Saturday, Beatles tribute band The Liverpool Legends will perform for Come Together for Music Education at 7:30 p.m. at Moline High School. Proceeds will benefit the school's music department. For more information, call 309- 743-8833.

This weekend, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra will perform works by Bach, Hertel, and Mozart as part of their Masterworks IV concert. The concert will be held at 8 p.m. at the Adler Theatre in Davenport on Saturday, and at 2 p.m. in Augustana College’s Centennial Hall on Sunday. Concert Conversations with Kai Swanson and Mark Russell Smith will begin an hour before each performance. For more information, call 563-322-7276.

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.

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