WVIK Community Calendar

Wednesday, April 20

Stephen A. Steely will perform for the Lenten Noontime Concert Series at 12:15 p.m. at Two Rivers United Methodist Church in Rock Island. For more information, call 309-788-9384.

The afternoon Contemporary Books Discussion Group will discuss Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos at 1 p.m. at the Bettendorf Library. For more information, call 563-344-4179.

Storm is the Off-beat Independent Film to be shown at 6 p.m. at the Davenport Fairmount St. Library.  A discussion will follow. For more information, call 563-326-7832.

The Stylin' Against Breast Cancer wine and cheese party will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf. Proceeds will benefit local breast cancer survivors and promote education about breast cancer and health. For more information, call 309-764-7610.

The evening Contemporary Books Discussion Group will discuss The Land Remembers: The Story of a Farm and Its People by Ben Logan at 7 p.m. at the Bettendorf Library. For more information, call 563-344-4179.

Solo Greene, an educational specialist with the Nez Perce tribe of northern Idaho, will give a free public lecture Stop, Look, and Listen at 7:30 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Rock Island.  For more information, call 309-796-5433.

Cirque du Soleil will present Dralion at 7:30 p.m. at the i wireless Center in Moline. For tickets or more information, call 800-745-3000.

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. Wednesday thru Saturday and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 563-322-8504.

Opening tomorrow, Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport will present the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at 8 p.m. Thursday thru Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 563-449-6371.

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.


Thursday, April 21

Solo Greene, an educational specialist with the Nez Perce tribe of northern Idaho, will perform traditional songs and talk about the experiences, traditions and history of Nez Perce people in Building 1, Room 101G of Blackhawk College in Moline.  For more information, call 309-796-5433.

Gary Paul Nabhan, writer and conservation biologist, will present Chasing Chiles: Hot Spots Along the Pepper Trail for the convocation program at 10:30 a.m. at Centennial Hall of Augustana College. For more information, call 309-794-7494.

The sixth annual Stylin' Against Breast Cancer fashion show and luncheon will begin at 11 a.m. at the Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf. Survivors will model as their inspirational stories are shared. Proceeds will benefit local breast cancer survivors and promote education about breast cancer and health. For more information, call 309-764-7610.

Members of a Monmouth College academic team that recently explored the Galapagos Islands will present the program at the next monthly meeting of Monmouth Associates at noon in the Whiteman-McMillan Highlander Room of the Stockdale Center.  The program is free and open to the public.

Carl Sandburg College will present The Good Woman of Setzuan by Bertolt Brecht at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, in the Fine Arts Theatre located in Building F on the Main Campus in Galesburg.  For information, please call 309-341-5287.

As part of Thursdays at the Figge, Dr. Emil Kramer will present Egypt, Athens, Rome -- and Us: Five Millennia of Connections Through Art at 7 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum. For more information, call 563-326-7804.

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. Thursday thru Saturday and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 563-322-8504.

Harrison Hilltop Theatre in Davenport will present the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at 8 p.m. Thursday thru Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 563-449-6371.

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.