WVIK Community Calendar

Saturday, April 9

Trinity Rock Island will hold the 11th annual Butterfly Blessings: A Memorial Ceremony at 2 p.m. in Jardine Auditorium. The pastoral care department invites those who have experienced the loss of a baby before or soon after birth. All ages from all communities are welcome, and the loss need not be recent. Reservations are strongly encouraged. Call 309-779-2989.

Arlene Malinowksi will perform a one-woman show with sign language, Aiming for Sainthood, at 7 p.m. at Wallenberg Hall, in the Denkmann Memorial Building of Augustana College. For more information, call 309-793-1213.

Sherrard High School will present the musical The Sound of Music at 7 p.m.  For more information, call 309-593-2135.

The Clogustana Showcase, featuring the Augustana clogging team, will be held at 7 p.m. at Centennial Hall. For more information, call 309-794-7306.

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

The Curtainbox Theatre Company will present the comedy Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday thru Saturday and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. A reception and questions and answers with the cast will be held after Sunday’s show.  For tickets or more information, call 563-322-8504.

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.

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. For more information, call 309-278-8426.

Tomorrow, explore Scandinavian Lenten and Easter traditions at a community family craft workshop for all ages First Lutheran Church in Rock Island’s Fellowship Hall from 2 to 4 p.m.  All materials will be supplied, but registration is requested. Call Helene Leaf at 309-757-7606.

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.


Sunday, April 10

The Augustana Chamber Singers spring matinee will begin at 2 p.m. in the Denkmann Memorial Building of Augustana College. For more information, call 309-794-7236.

Explore Scandinavian Lenten and Easter traditions at a community family craft workshop for all ages First Lutheran Church in Rock Island’s Fellowship Hall from 2 to 4 p.m.  All materials will be supplied, but registration is requested. Call Helene Leaf at 309-757-7606.

Kevin Lonergan will present The Zouave Units in the Civil War at a meeting of the Quad City Civil War Round Table at 2 p.m. at Butterworth Center in Moline. For more information, call 309-236-3475.

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. For more information, call 309-278-8426.

Dr. Ellen Tsagaris will present What a Doll: Barbie and Lilli - An American Icon and Its German Predecessor at 2 p.m. at the German American Heritage Center in Davenport. For more information, call 563-322-8844.

The Curtainbox Theatre Company will present the comedy Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday thru Saturday and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. A reception and questions and answers with the cast will be held after today’s show.  For tickets or more information, call 563-322-8504.

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.

The Davenport Library will host a Genealogy Night from 4 to 9 p.m. Use the genealogy databases, books, and census records in the Special Collections Center. Registration is are required. Call 563-326-7902.


Monday, April 11

The Short and Sweets Short Story Discussion Group at the Davenport Fairmount St. Library will have dessert and discuss The Trial of Love by Mary Shelley from 10-11 a.m. To register, call 563-328-6833.

The Exonerated, a dramatic reading of true stories of exonerated death-row inmates, will begin at 6 p.m. at the Rogalski Center of St. Ambrose University.  A discussion will follow. For more information, call 563-333-6308.

Minda Powers-Douglas will present a memoir-writing class, Everyone Has a Story. What's Yours? at 6 p.m. at the Rock Island Library. For more information, call 309-732-7303.

Mark Dvorak and the American Folk Song will be presented at 7 p.m. at the Moline Library.  For more information, call 309-524-2470.

The Curtainbox Theatre Company will present the comedy Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday thru Saturday and at 3 p.m. on Sunday.  For tickets or more information, call 563-322-8504.

Thursday thru Saturday, Moline High School will present the musical Bye Bye Birdie at 7:30 p.m.  For more information, call 309-743-1624.

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.

Opening Friday, the children's play A Little Princess, adapted from the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett, will be performed at North Scott High School Auditorium at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 563-285-8181.

Opening Friday, Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde will be presented at the Galvin Fine Arts Center of St. Ambrose University at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 3 p.m. on Sunday.  For tickets or more information, call 563-333-6251.

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.  For more information, call 309-278-8426.

Next weekend, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra will perform works by Toch, Stravinsky, and Beethoven as part of the Masterworks VI concert on Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Adler Theatre in Davenport, and on Sunday at 2 p.m. at Centennial Hall of Augustana College. Concert Conversations with Kai Swanson and Mark Russell Smith will begin one hour before each performance.  For tickets or more information, call 563-322-7276.