WVIK Community Calendar

Friday, April 22

Gloria Dei Presbyterian Church will begin the 33rd annual 3-mile Community Cross Walk at 8:55 a.m. at Rock Island City Hall and end at the church at 4200 12th St. about 11 a.m.  For more information, call 309-788-8986.

The Midwest Writing Center in Davenport will host a Slam Poetry competition. An open mic for readers but not competitors starts at 6 p.m. The slam starts at 7 p.m. Competitors should bring three original poems and arrive by 6:45 p.m. For more information, call 563-324-1410.

The Backdoor Independent Film Cafe will show the 2009 movie The Answer Man starring Jeff Daniels and Lauren Graham at 6:30 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum. A discussion will follow. For more information, call 563-271-6173

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

A Cocktail Party with the Arts, a fundraiser for QC Pride, will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Hotel Blackhawk in Davenport. Entertainment will include musicians, poets and more.  For more information, call 309-738-3011.

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

The Speakeasy in Rock Island will host a comic open-mic night at 8 p.m. For more information, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.

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.

An Evening with Mason Jennings will begin at 8:30 p.m. at the Redstone Room, River Music Experience in Davenport. Living Lands and Waters will give away free trees to celebrate Earth Day. For tickets or more information, call 563-326-1333.

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.


Saturday, April 23

An Earth Day cleanup will go on from 9 a.m. to noon at Black Hawk State Historic Site in Rock Island. Meet in the parking lot; bring gloves and shovels. Free lunch will be provided. For more information, call 563-322-2969.

Conservationist Don Banning will present Nature Makes a Comeback at 11 a.m. at the Robert R. Jones Library in Coal Valley.  For more information, call 309-799-3047.

Rave Motion Pictures 53 in Davenport will host a live broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera's Capriccio by Richard Strauss at noon.

The Wapsi River Environmental Education Center in Dixon will present two programs; a Wildflower Hike at 11 a.m. followed by Wild Edibles at 1 p.m. which will include a hike, taste testing, and recipes.  To register or for more information, call 563-328-3286.

The Geneseo Library will host a Library Out Loud open poetry reading at 2 p.m.  Original or favorite poems are welcome to be read. For more information, call 309-944-6452.

A poetry chapbook launch party for Sappho, I Should Have Listened by Ellen Tsagaris will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Midwest Writing Center in Davenport. For more information, call 563-324-1410.

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

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.  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.  For tickets or more information, call 563-449-6371.


Sunday, April 24

Salley Mavor returns to the Muscatine Art Center with her newest illustrations for her book, Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes, an exhibition of Mavor's fabric relief artwork opening today.  In conjunction with the exhibition, Mavor will present a workshop in the studio of the Muscatine Art Center Saturday, May 21 at 10:00.  For more information, call 563-263-8282.

The Figge Art Museum in Davenport will offer an Easter brunch and tour. Brunch seatings are at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.; tours begin at 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. Reservations are required; call 563-726-2087.

The Quad City Botanical Center in Rock Island will hold an Easter egg hunt at 1 p.m.  All ages are welcome.  For more information, call 309-794-0991, ext. 30.

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.

Beginning Friday, the drama Our Town by Thornton Wilder will be presented in Potter Theatre in the Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts of Augustana College at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. There will be a discussion after the April 30 performance with members of Augustana's 1989 cast of Our Town.  For more information, call 309-794-7306.

Next Saturday, Rave Motion Pictures 53 in Davenport,\ will host a live broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera's Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi beginning at noon.

Next Saturday, the Augustana Symphony Orchestra will play in Centennial Hall at 8 p.m. performing works by Brahms and Shostakovich.  For more information, call 309-794-7306

Vegetable Gardening Boot Camp will be held on Sunday, May 1 at the Milan Community Center beginning at 10 a.m.  Presenters include Charles Voigt, author of Vegetable Gardening in the Midwest and Duane Friend, state expert on natural resource management.  Registrations are due by Tuesday, April 26.  For more information or to register, call 309-756-9978 Ext 10.


Monday, April 25

The Rock Island County Regional Office of Education will hold the fourth annual Kindergarten Readiness Fair from 4-6 p.m. at the Viking Club in Moline. Community agencies, school districts, and child care centers will be available to answer questions. For information, call 309-736-1111, ext. 111.

A Beat Poet's Night will be held at Mojo’s in River Music Experience beginning at 6 p.m.  All poets and musicians are welcome, but profanity is not allowed.  For information, call 563-324-1410.

Tomorrow, a panel discussion on Uprisings in the Middle East will be held at 7 p.m. at the Bettendorf Library. The event is cosponsored by the World Affairs Council of the Quad-Cities and the World Community Institute. For more information, call 563-344-4175.

On Wednesday, the documentary Prisoner of Her Past will be shown at 7 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport. Afterward, Howard Reich will talk about his mother, the subject of the film. The Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities sponsors the program.  For more information, call 309-793-1300.

On Thursday, Dr. Lisa Brothers Arbisser will present Health Care: Business or Calling? at 7:30 p.m. in Room 102 in the Hanson Hall of Science of Augustana College.  The lecture is free and open to the public.

Next weekend, Ballet Quad Cities will present Cinderella with the music of Sergei Prokofiev at the Adler Theatre at 8 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $10, $14, $22, $25, and $32. For tickets or more information, call 563-326-8500.

On select dates thru May 7, Circa '21 in Rock Island will present the children's musical Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day at 10 a.m. For tickets or more information, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.

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