WVIK Community Calendar

Wednesday, June 22

Beginning today and running thru Saturday, the 21st annual Quad-Cities Senior Olympics will be held at various locations and will feature not only athletic events, but also literary, trivia, performing, and visual arts. For more information, call 309-786-1677.

Sarah Subbert from the Cedar County Conservation Board will present Pueblo Builders for grade school aged kids at 3 p.m. at the Durant Library.  For more information, call 563-785-4725.

River Action’s Riverine Walk this week will be Birds of the Mississippi River which will be held at 6:30 p.m. tonight and repeated 9 a.m. Saturday at the Credit Island pavilion in Davenport.  Pre-registration is required; call 563-322-2969.

Open-mic night with Alan Sweet and Siri Mason will begin at 7 p.m. at Mojo's Cafe, River Music Experience in Davenport. Bring an instrument or play with the house band. For more information, call 563-326-1333, ext. 105.

Thursday thru Saturday, the Midwest Writing Center will hold the David R. Collins Writers' Conference at St. Ambrose University in Davenport. For information on workshops or a schedule of events, call 563-324-1410.

Tomorrow, the Quad City Botanical Center in Rock Island will host The Garden Party at 6 p.m. featuring music, dishes from area chefs, a silent auction, and more.  Reservations are required; call 309-794-0991.

Countryside Community Theatre will present the musical Gypsy at North Scott High School in Eldridge at 7:30 p.m. Thursday thru Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.  For tickets or more information, call 563-285-6228.

Thru Aug. 13, Circa ’21 in Rock Island will present the musical Hairspray. For tickets or more information, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.

The Genesius Guild will present the comedy The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare next Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. at Lincoln Park Classic Theater in Rock Island.