WVIK Community Calendar

Thursday, April 7

Kevin Goodwin, president and CEO of SonoSite, and an alumnus of Monmouth College, will present the Wendell Whiteman Memorial Lecture at 11 a.m. in the Dahl Chapel and Auditorium, entitled From Monmouth College to CEO.  The talk is free and open to the public.

Nearly 30 businesses are planning to participate in the annual Ashford University Career Fair which will be held from 1 to 5:30 p.m. in Ashford’s Durgin Educational Center in Clinton. Non-profit agencies and for profit businesses will have employment information booths at the fair and refreshments will be served. The public is invited to attend.  For more information, call 877-241-9893, ext. 7019.

J.Q. Adams will deliver the lecture The U.S. Census: How Its Racial Categories Have Shaped American Identity at 3 p.m. in Room 102 of the Western Illinois University’s Moline campus.

Dr. Art Pitz will present The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Late 19th Century to World War I, part one of a four part series on the Middle East conflict at 6:30 p.m. at the Geneseo Library. For more information, call 309-793-1300.

As part of Money Smart Week, Marie Christian will present Budgeting for Life! at 6:30 p.m. at the Davenport Fairmount St. Library.  For more information, call 563-326-7832.

Mojo's Café in River Music Experience will host an evening with George Harrison's sister Louise beginning at 7 p.m. She will talk about her brother and The Beatles and answer questions. For more information, call 563-326-1555.

As part of Thursdays at the Figge, Dr. Catherine Carter Goebel will present Framing Art in the Liberal Arts: Bridging Communities with Liberal Arts through the AGES at 7 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum. For more information, call 563-326-7804.

The Richmond Hill Players will present the comedy Escanaba in da Moonlight by Jeff Daniels at the Barn Theater in Geneseo at 7:30 p.m. Thursday thru Saturday and at 4 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 309-944-2244.

In an improv showdown, Augustana's Heywire will face St. Ambrose's Rough Draft at 8 p.m. in Wallenberg Hall of Augustana College.

The Broadway tour of Grease will be performed at 8 p.m. in Western Hall on the Western Illinois University–Macomb campus.  For tickets or more information, call 309-298-3571.

David Sedaris will perform at 8 p.m. at the Adler Theatre in Davenport. For tickets or more information, call 800-745-3000.

Opening tomorrow, the Prenzie Players will present Romeo and Juliet at the Center for Living Arts in Rock Island at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. There will be a post-show discussion with the cast and crew on opening night. For more information, call 309-278-8426.

NAPM of the Quad Cities, the local affiliate of the Institute for Supply Management, will hold its monthly dinner meeting on Wednesday, April 13, at the Stoney Creek Inn in Moline. This month’s speaker will be Jim Bergman, CEO of Global Supply Management, Inc. Networking begins at 5:30 followed by dinner at 6:00. Reservations are required by April 8th and can be made at www.ismqc.org.

Through June 4, Circa '21 in Rock Island will present the musical Happy Days.  For tickets or show times, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.