WVIK Community Calendar

Saturday, May 7

The Rock Island and Moline branch of the AAUW will meet May 7 at the Butterworth Center in Moline. Doll collector and historian, Ellen Tsagaris will present Oh You Beautiful Doll, a discussion of their connection to women. The program begins at 9:30 a.m.

The spring Beaux Arts Fair will be held at the Figge Plaza in Davenport, featuring artists, music, children’s activities, and more. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

Circa '21 in Rock Island will present the last two performances of the children's musical Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day with show times at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.  For tickets or more information, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.

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.

Students K thru 12 will present the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 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 Augustana Five Choirs Concert will be held at 4 p.m. in Centennial Hall.  For more information, call 309-794-7306.

Rock Island High School will present the musical The Wizard of Oz at 7 p.m.  For more information, call 309-793-5950.

Rockridge High School in Taylor Ridge will present the musical Into the Woods at 7 p.m. For more information, call 309-793-8020.

The Knox-Galesburg Symphony will present a Mother’s Day tribute, featuring vocalist Margaret Carlson performing melodies from The American Songbook at 7:30 p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre in Galesburg.  For more information, call 309-341-7268.

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. For more information, call 309-794-7306.

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.

Augustana College's John Deere Planetarium open house will be held from 8:30 to 10 p.m.  The Fryxell Geology Museum also will be open. There will be indoor and outdoor programs, including telescope views of Saturn and the moon. For more information, call 309-794-7327.


Sunday, May 8

To celebrate Mother’s Day, Niabi Zoo will offer talks on what it’s like to be a mother in the animal kingdom.  Zoo hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Mother’s Day there is no admission charge for moms.  For more information, call 309-799-5107.

The spring Beaux Arts Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Figge Plaza in Davenport, featuring artists, music, children’s activities, and more.

The Figge Art Museum in Davenport will offer a themed tour entitled Ponds, Lakes, Streams, and Rivers at 1:30 p.m.  For more information, call 563-326-7804.

Davenport Junior Theatre will present the children's play Alice in Wonderland at the Mary Fluhrer Nighswander Theatre in Davenport at 2 p.m.  For more information, call 563-326-7862.

Latinos Unidos will show the film My Family about three generations of a Mexican-American family at 2 p.m. in Augustana’s Hanson Hall, Room 102.  A discussion will precede the screening.

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

The St. Ambrose University Chorale and Chamber Singers will perform at 3 p.m. at the Galvin Fine Arts Center of St. Ambrose University. For more information, call 563-333-6251.

The Handbell Choir will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Ascension Chapel in Founders Hall of Augustana College. For more information, call 309-794-7306.

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.


Monday, May 9

A Black Hawk College vocal recital will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Deere-Wiman House in Moline. For more information, call 309-796-5478.

Rock Island High School will present the spring band concert at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. For more information, call 309-786-4142.

The documentary Their Eyes Were Dry about the 1974 Ma'alot Massacre will be shown at 7 p.m. at Rave Motion Pictures 53 in Davenport. There will be a short discussion afterwards. For more information, call 309-793-1300.

Heywire will perform improv and sketch comedy at 8 p.m. at Wallenberg Hall in the Denkmann Memorial Building of Augustana College. For more information, call 309-203-9879.

On Tuesday, the Concert Choir, UT Singers, and Vocal Jazz Ensemble will perform for the Latin Fiesta spring pops concert at 7 p.m. at United Township High School in East Moline.  For more information, call 309-752-1633.

On Tuesday, Moline High School will present a choir concert at 7:30 p.m.  For more information, call 309-743-1624.

On Tuesday, the Black Hawk College Community Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Hawk's Nest on the second floor of Building 4 of Black Hawk College in Moline.  For more information, call 309-796-5478.

On Wednesday, the Bettendorf Library will host Emily Dickinson's War Poetry at 7 p.m., a commemoration of the 125th anniversary of poet Emily Dickinson's death and the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War.  For more information, call 563-344-5705.

On Wednesday, the 19th annual Black Hawk College Jazz Festival will feature Thelonious Assault and The Manny Lopez Big Band beginning at 7 p.m. in the Hawk's Nest on the second floor of Building 4 of Black Hawk College in Moline.  For more information, call 309-796-5479.

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.