WVIK Community Calendar

Saturday, March 5

The annual Pen in Hand Writing Conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Midwest Writing Center in Davenport featuring four workshops. There also will be free workshops on slam poetry and middle school poetry. For more information, call 563-324-1410.

Green eggs and ham will be served at a Breakfast with Dr. Seuss from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the River Valley Library in Port Byron. The Cat in the Hat will read a story.  To sign up, call 309-523-3440.

Auditions for entertainment at River Bandits games, especially singers for the national anthem, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport. For more information, call 563-324-3000

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 voice recital by M. Andrew Jones will begin at 5 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Davenport.

This year’s Big Read kicks off with a 7 p.m. performance at The Orpheum Theatre featuring David Keltz as Edgar Allan Poe. Attendees will receive a free copy of The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.  For more information about Big Read events, call Karly Steele at the Galesburg Public Library at 309-343-6118.

The St. Ambrose University Jazz Ensemble and STAMVOJA will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Galvin Fine Arts Center of St. Ambrose University. For more information, call 563-333-6001.

On Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m., the Dubuque Symphony will present works by Bach and Mozart at the Five Flags Center in Dubuque.  The Dubuque Chorale will join the symphony to perform Magnificat, one of Bach’s greatest chorale works.  For more information, visit the Dubuque Symphony website.

The Quad City Symphony Orchestra will perform works by Plog, Williams, Daugherty, and Holst as part of their Masterworks V 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 will begin an hour
before each performance. For more information, call 563-322-7276.


Sunday, March 6

Recognition ceremonies for the children from Davenport schools who participated in the Young Artists at the Figge exhibit will begin at 1 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum. For more information, call 563-326-7804.

A reception for the new exhibit featuring works by Jeanne Steinmetz and Carol Boehl O'Melia will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at MidCoast at Centre Station gallery located at 1200 River Drive in Moline. For more information, call 309-786-2430.

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

At 2 p.m., the Dubuque Symphony will present works by Bach and Mozart at the Five Flags Center in Dubuque.  The Dubuque Chorale will join the symphony to perform Magnificat, one of Bach’s greatest chorale works.  For more information, visit the Dubuque Symphony website.

The Quad City Symphony Orchestra will perform works by Plog, Williams, Daugherty, and Holst as part of their Masterworks V concert at 2 p.m. in Augustana College’s Centennial Hall. Concert Conversations with Kai Swanson will begin an hour before the performance. For more information, call 563-322-7276.

The documentary Country School: One Room -- One Nation will be shown at 2 p.m. at the Mary Fluhrer Nighswander Theatre in Davenport. There also will be a question-and-answer session with filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle and other film participants. For more information, call 563-326-7862.

Award-winning blues-rock, singer-songwriter Joe Bonamassa and his ace touring band will perform in concert at the Adler Theatre at 8 p.m. For tickets or more information, call 800-745-3000.

United Neighbors will host a public forum entitled Our Schools Cannot Educate Children Without the Support of Parents, Families, and Communities on Thursday, March 10 at 4:30 p.m. at the Rogalski Center of Saint Ambrose University in Davenport. To register, call 563-322-7363 by March 7.


Monday, March 7

The Alpha Book Club will discuss Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout at 3 p.m. at the Rock Island Library.  For more information, call 309-732-7323.

The Maia Quartet will perform at the Clinton Community College Technology Center beginning at 7 p.m.  For more information, contact Ann Eisenman at 563-244-7040.

Audiologist Dr. Molly Parker will discuss Hearing Aids and Computer Technology at 7 p.m. at a meeting of the Quad-Cities Computer Society at the Butterworth Center in Moline. The event is free and open to the public.  For more information, call 563-265-1728.

Dr. Art Pitz will present The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Late 19th Century to World War I as the first part of a four part series at 7 p.m. at the Bettendorf Library.  For more information, call 309-793-1300.

Dr. Brian D. Peer will present The Wonderful World of Avian Brood Parasites at 7 p.m. at the Singing Bird Nature Center in Black Hawk State Historic Sited. The program will cover birds which do not build nests, but lay eggs for other birds to raise.  For more information, call 309-788-9536.

A Classical Trio concert with Jim Fudge, Lynne Hart, and Joan Trapp will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Galvin Fine Arts Center of St. Ambrose University.  For more information, call 563-333-6001.

The Tian Kong Choir from Huazhong University in Wuhan, China and the Augustana Choir will perform at 8 p.m. at Centennial Hall.  For more information, call 309-794-7306.

Tomorrow, the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society will hold the 17th annual Bix Birthday Bash at the Davenport Eastern Ave. Library from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Bix All-Star Band will perform.  For more information, call 563-326-7893.

Tomorrow, the LimeLight Dance Company Student Showcase will begin at 7:45 p.m. at the Family Museum in Bettendorf.  For more information, call 563-344-4106.

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.