WVIK Community Calendar

Saturday, April 30

The Putnam Museum will celebrate the opening of Uwé Warúmi: The Trading Place at 10 a.m., a new discovery center designed to show the trade relationships between Iowa’s native peoples and Euro Americans.  Cheyenne Native American Larry Lockwood will present information on Plains traditions from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.  For more information, call 563-324-1933.

This weekend and next, Davenport Junior Theatre will present the children's play Alice in Wonderland at the Mary Fluhrer Nighswander Theatre in Davenport at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday; and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call 563-326-7862.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will be performed at The Center for Living Arts in Rock Island at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.  For more information, call 309-788-5433.

The Boat Puppeteers will present a puppet show in Spanish at 2 p.m. at the Moline Library. For more information, call 309-524-2440.

Venus Envy Quad Cities, an arts festival featuring works by women, will be held from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Bucktown Center for the Arts in Davenport and feature music, dance, theater, visual arts, and more.  The art exhibits will run thru May 27.  For more information, call 309-230-1594.

Pleasant Valley High School will present the mystery Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie at 7 p.m.  For more information, call 563-332-5151.

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 Saturday, and at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. There will be a discussion after Saturday’s performance with members of Augustana's 1989 cast of Our Town.  For more information, call 309-794-7306.

AlWood Middle/High School in Woodhull will present the musical Sing Down the Moon: Appalachian Wonder Tales at 7:30 p.m.  For more information, call 309-334-2102.

The Augustana Symphony Orchestra will perform Brahms' Symphony No. 1 and Overture by Shostakovich at 8 p.m. at Centennial Hall.  For more information, call 309-794-7306.

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. For tickets or more information, call 563-326-8500.

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.

Tomorrow, Don Wooten will present Celebrating the Life and Music of Robert Schumann at 2 p.m. at the German American Heritage Center in Davenport. It is the 201st anniversary of the composer and pianist's birth and 155th anniversary of his death.  For more information, call 563-322-8844.


Sunday, May 1

The Quad City Botanical Center in Rock Island will celebrate May Day with a maypole and May basket making from 1 to 3 p.m. All ages are welcome.  For more information, call 309-794-0991, ext. 30.

Don Wooten will present Celebrating the Life and Music of Robert Schumann at 2 p.m. at the German American Heritage Center in Davenport. It is the 201st anniversary of the composer and pianist's birth and 155th anniversary of his death.  For more information, call 563-322-8844.

Ballet Quad Cities will present Cinderella with the music of Sergei Prokofiev at the Adler Theatre at 2 p.m.  For tickets or more information, call 563-326-8500.

This weekend and next, Davenport Junior Theatre will present the children's play Alice in Wonderland at the Mary Fluhrer Nighswander Theatre in Davenport at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday; and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call 563-326-7862.

Author Sandra McCone will host the Mayday Fairy Tea Party at The Kensington in Galesburg beginning at 2 p.m.  Reservations are required, call 309-221-3288.

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.

Geneseo High School will present the musical The Music Man at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call 309-945-0399.

The Quad City Wind Ensemble will present A 25th Anniversary Celebration at 3 p.m. at the Galvin Fine Arts Center of St. Ambrose University. A reception will follow.  For more information, call 309-507-2971.

The annual Moline Boys Choir concert will begin at 3 p.m. at Augustana College’s Centennial Hall.  For more information, call 309-762-5117.

The 30th annual Community Remembrance of the Holocaust will begin at 7 p.m. at Temple Emanuel in Davenport. The featured guest speaker will be Walter Reed, who was a hidden child, a refugee, and a U.S. Army soldier.  For more information, call 563-326-4419.

Quad City Choral Arts and The Augustana Youth Choir will perform a Spring Choral Collage Concert at 7 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport.

The Augustana Percussion Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts of Augustana College. For more information, call 309-794-7306.


Monday, May 2

The Alpha Book Club will discuss Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford at 3 p.m. at the Rock Island Library.  For more information, call (309) 732-7323.

Walter Reed will present a Holocaust Remembrance lecture on his experiences as child refugee, and U.S. soldier at 7 p.m. in Wallenberg Hall in the Denkmann Memorial Building of Augustana College. For more information, call 563-326-4419.

Dr. David Snowball will present How to Manage the Information Overload at 7 p.m. at a meeting of the Quad-Cities Computer Society at the Butterworth Center in Moline. The program is free and the public is invited.  For more information, call 563-265-1728.

Scott Mezvinsky will speak on Building the Yum! Restaurant Dynasty at 7 p.m. at Rogalski Center of St. Ambrose University.  For more information, call 563-333-6266.

First Christian Church, 510 E. 15th St. in Davenport, will hold an Evening in Paris style show and luncheon on May 7 beginning at 11:30 a.m.  Proceeds will benefit Our House Preschool. Reservations are required and are due May 2.  For more information, call 563-322-0929.

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.

The Davenport Public Library, in partnership with the Figge Art Museum, will begin offering Museum Passes for checkout beginning May 2.  Anyone with a library card can visit one of Davenport Public Library’s locations a check out a Museum Pass, which will give a family of four free admission into the Figge Art Museum for 1 week. The passes are available on a first-come, first-served basis.  For more information, call 563-326-7832.

The Midwest Writing Center is now accepting applications for the month-long Collins Poetry Residency that will take place in April 2012. The poets must be residents in one of the following counties: Henry, Mercer, or Rock Island in Illinois, or Clinton, Muscatine, or Scott in Iowa. The application deadline is August 31.  For more information, call the Midwest Writing Center at 563-324-1410.