WVIK Community Calendar

Friday, February 25

The Knox College Computer Science Department will presents its 9th Annual Sumo Robot Competition, at 4 p.m. in Umbeck Science-Mathematics Center in Galesburg.

The Bi-State Literacy Council will host the annual Winter Blast for Literacy: A Novel Evening from 5 to 9 p.m. at Stoney Creek Inn in Moline. There will be a food, raffles, auctions, and a magic show. For more information, call 309-799-3155, ext. 3150.

The feature length documentary Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer, chronicling the life, art and creative process of the Des Moines visual artist and musician, will be screening at Bucktown Center of the Arts at 6 p.m. Admission is free.

Final Friday festivities will run from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Bucktown Center for the Arts in Davenport, featuring a slam poetry showcase at the Midwest Writing Center, a painting demonstration, music, chili cook-off, and exhibits. For more information, call 309-230-1594.

An opening reception for the Wonders of Nature exhibit will be held at the Quad City Arts Center in Rock Island beginning at 7 p.m.  For more information, call 309-793-1213.

Tonight and tomorrow night, Pleasant Valley High School will present Invasion Earth: As Seen on TV written by Pleasant Valley High senior Tim Bawden and his father at 7 p.m. For more information, call 563-332-5151.

A Trivia Night for Habitat for Humanity QC will be held at the Community Center in Milan with play starting at 7 p.m.  For more information, call 563-508-3063.

Former United States Poet Laureate Kay Ryan will read from and talk about her work at 7:30 p.m. at the Galvin Fine Arts Center of St. Ambrose University. For more information, call 563-333-6251

The musical All Shook Up will be presented at 7:30 p.m. at the Adler Theatre in Davenport as part of the Broadway at the Adler Theatre series. For tickets or more information, call 563-326-8522.

Tomorrow, the Clinton Symphony Orchestra's annual Young Artist concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Morrison High School Auditorium.  Heather Elfline, a Morrison High School sophomore flutist, will be the featured soloist.
The orchestra will also perform works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Aram Khachaturian and Brahms.  Tickets will be available at the door.


Saturday, February 26

Gretchen Small will conduct a Pbs Kids Go Writing Contest Workshop for grades K through 3 at 10 a.m. at the Moline Library.  The workshop is for entrants in the PBS Kids Go Writing Contest, but participants are not required to enter. Registration for the workshop is required, however.  Call 309-524-2480.

A live broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera's Iphigenie En Tauride by Christoph Willibald Gluck will be shown at noon at Rave Motion Pictures 53 in Davenport.

The Davenport Community School District Legislative Advocacy Committee is sponsoring an Education Conversation at noon in the West High School Library.

Charlotte's Web will be performed by Davenport Junior Theatre at the Mary Fluhrer Nighswander Theatre in Davenport at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call 563-326-7862.

A Humor Writing Workshop with Cyn Kitchen will be held at 1 p.m. at the Midwest Writing Center in Davenport.  For information, call 563-324-1410.

The one-person show MR. U. S. GRANT will be performed at the Harrison Hilltop Theatre on Saturdays only at 4:30 p.m. through April 2.  For tickets or more information, call 563-449-6371.

A Book Arts Showcase will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Galvin Fine Arts Center of St. Ambrose University and will feature demonstrations of printmaking techniques and bookbinding, and presentations by visiting artists.  For information, call 563-333-6150.

Pleasant Valley High School will present Invasion Earth: As Seen on TV written by Pleasant Valley High senior Tim Bawden and his father at 7 p.m. For more information, call 563-332-5151.

The Great River Collegiate Wind Symphony Festival concert will begin at 7 p.m. at Galvin Fine Arts Center of St. Ambrose University with musicians from Ambrose, Clarke and Loras colleges, University of Dubuque, and Ashford University performing. For more information, call 563-333-6001.

The Clinton Symphony Orchestra's annual Young Artist concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Morrison High School Auditorium.  Heather Elfline, a Morrison High School sophomore flutist, will be the featured soloist.
The orchestra will also perform works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Aram Khachaturian and Brahms.  Tickets will be available at the door.


Sunday, February 27

The Figge Art Museum in Davenport will conduct a Motion in Art tour at 1:30 p.m.  For more information, call 563-326-7804.

Charlotte's Web will be performed by Davenport Junior Theatre at the Mary Fluhrer Nighswander Theatre in Davenport at 2 p.m. For more information, call 563-326-7862.

Michael Godsil from Knox College will present From Daguerreotypes to Digital Inkjet Prints: The Evolution and Challenges of Photographic Equipment and Processes at 2 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport.  For more information, call 563-326-7804

A Welsh and Cornish cultural celebration will begin with a concert by The Edison Folk Dance Band and students from area schools at 2:30 p.m. at Gloria Dei Presbyterian Church in Rock Island. A tea will start at 3:30 p.m., followed by Celtic vespers with hymns and prayers at 5 p.m.  For more information, call 309-788-8986

The Knox College Choir will preview its 2011 Spring Tour with a free, public Sendoff Concert at 3 p.m. in First Lutheran Church in Galesburg.

The Quad City Wind Ensemble will perform at 3 p.m. at the Galvin Fine Arts Center of St. Ambrose University. For more information, call 309-786-8617.

Two music events will be held on Feb. 27 in the Kasch Performance Hall of Monmouth College’s Dahl Chapel and Auditorium. Both events are free and open to the public.
The Monmouth Winds will present their annual winter concert at 2 p.m.  Then at 6 p.m., the Western Illinois University Gospel Choir and Monmouth College’s Colorful Voices of Praise will present a Gospel Music Extravaganza.

Tomorrow is the deadline to reserve a spot on the Quad City Botanical Center’s Surf n' Turf Bus Trip to the Chicago Flower and Garden Show and Shedd Aquarium.  The trip will take place on Thursday, March 10.  All proceeds from bus trips help support the mission of the Quad City Botanical Center.  For more information or to RSVP, call Beth at 309-794-0991 ext. 30.


Monday, February 28

The Midwest Writing Center will hold Beat Poets' Night from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mojo's Cafe, River Music Experience in Davenport. For information, call 563-324-1410.

The Swenson Center will hold a Swedish conversation class for the next five Monday nights at 6:30 p.m. in the Center located in the Denkmann Building of Augustana College.

Community Care, Inc. presents CCI Night at the DeWitt Opera House Theater featuring a screening of the film Justin Bieber – Never Say Never and the Works of Heart Art Show. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. A portion of the proceeds will benefit CCI.  For more information, contact Teresa LaBella at 563-659-4100.

John Gruber-Miller, professor of classics at Cornell College, will deliver Monmouth College’s 27th annual Bernice L. Fox Classics Lecture at 7:30 p.m. in the Wells Theater.  He will discuss his research into the works of the second century Roman travel writer Pausanias who remains an important source for the art and architecture of Ancient Greece.

Tomorrow, Barney's Birthday Bash! will be presented at 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Adler Theatre in Davenport. For tickets or more information, call 800-745-3000.

Tomorrow, Daniel Tobin will present In the Suburbs of Ulro: The Metaphysics of Work in Irish-American Poetry at 7 p.m. at the Rogalski Center of St. Ambrose University as part of The Ubiquity of Work series. For more information, call 563-333-6253.

Tomorrow, the Martin Luther College Choir will perform at 7 p.m. at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Davenport. For more information, call 563-359-0144.

Tomorrow, the Pageturners Book Discussion Group will discuss Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford at 7 p.m. at the Moline Library. Registration is required.  For more information or to register, call 309-524-2470.

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.