WVIK Community Calendar

Wednesday, March 9


The Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University is sponsoring the 22nd Annual Rural Community Economic Development Conference today and tomorrow at Peoria's Holiday Inn City Centre. This year’s theme is Rural Recovery in Illinois provides an opportunity for individuals to learn new strategies that have been successfully applied in other communities. For more information, call 800-526-9943.

Rock Island High School is looking for munchkins for their spring play production, The Wizard of OZ. Munchkin auditions are today at 2:30pm in the Rock Island High School Choir Room. Students who are in 3rd – 6th grade and about 5 feet tall are welcome to try out. The play is scheduled for May 5, 6 & 7 in the Rock Island High School Auditorium, 7:00 p.m. For more information, contact Dorie Foster, 309-793-5950 ext. 1146.

Seeds of Peace co-founder Barbara Gottschalk will present a film and lecture Beyond Ideas of Wrong-Doing and Right-Doing at 7 p.m. in the Rogalski Center of St. Ambrose University. The event is free and open to the public.

Tomorrow morning, senior investment specialist Jeanie Knigin will present A World of Opportunity at 10:30 a.m. at Augustana College in Centennial Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, call 309-794-7721.

Tomorrow, the United Township High School Music Department will present the Mid-Winter Band Concert at 7 p.m. in the UT Auditorium. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend. For more information, call 309-752-1633.

Tomorrow, the Quad City Audubon General Membership Meeting will be held at the Butterworth Center in Moline at 7 p.m. Mikael Holgersson will speak about a study of resident turtle populations at Nahant Marsh. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 309-799-7192.

Tomorrow, Dan S. Malachuk will present Henry David Thoreau and the Hudson River School of Painting for the Thursdays at the Figge program at 7 p.m. For more information, call 563-326-7804.

Beginning tomorrow, New Ground Theatre will present the drama And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 7:30 p.m. Thursday thru Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 563-326-7529.

Beginning tomorrow, Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport will present the drama Frost/Nixon at 8 p.m. Thursday thru Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call (563) 449-6371

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.