WVIK Community Calendar

Thursday, June 30
The Channel Cat Talk Investigate Arsenal Island History will begin at 9 a.m. at the Celebration Belle Landing in Moline. Pre-registration is required; call 563-322-2969.

Helen Reinold will speak on The Intellectual Origins of the Davenport Forty-Eighters at 5:30 p.m. at the German American Heritage Center in Davenport. For more information, call 563-322-8844.

The Knockoffs will play for the Moline Centre Main Street summer concert series from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Bass Street Landing Plaza in Moline. Bring chairs. For more information, call 309-524-2054.

As part of Thursdays at the Figge, Dr. Owen S. Rogal will present When on My Couch I Lie... at 7 p.m.  Also featured will be music by Tony Hoeppner and the tour Intriguing Images: Docent Picks from the Figge Collection at 6 p.m. For more information, call 563-326-7804.

The Mercer County Community Band will play at 7 p.m. at Central Park in Aledo. Then at dusk, the film Despicable Me will be shown.  For more information, call 309-582-2751.

Opening today and continuing thru July 10, the musical Sweet Charity will be performed by the Timber Lake Playhouse in Mount Carroll.  For tickets, show times or other information, call 815-244-2035.

Tomorrow thru Sunday, the Matherville Centennial Celebration will take place downtown, featuring music, a car show, kids' games, and more.  On Saturday, there will be a parade at 11 a.m. on Saturday, and also a 5K run/walk and kids' race.  Fireworks will take place at 9 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call 309-754-8814.

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 traveling exhibit The Fiery Trial: Iowa and the Civil War will be in Muscatine July 1 thru 4 on 4th Street north of the Muscatine County Court House.  Volunteers are needed to assist visitors. For further information, call 563-263-8895.

Over the next two weekends, the Genesius Guild will present the tragedy Ajax by Sophocles at 8 p.m. at Lincoln Park Classic Theater in Rock Island.