WVIK Community Calendar

Wednesday, July 13

Youthfest will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Centennial Park in Davenport featuring an obstacle course, bounce houses, basketball, skateboarding, chalk art, recycled kite-making, and youth gardening demonstrations.  For more information, call 563-324-3881.

The Figge Art Museum is offering a free information session on the museum’s Candidate Docent Training Program at 10:30 a.m.  The Training Program will run September 7 to December 14.  The information session is free, but reservations are appreciated. Call Ann Marie Hayes-Hawkinson at 563-326-7804 ext. 7887.

Children's musician Thaddeus Rex will perform at 6:30 p.m. for Music on the Lawn at the Deere-Wiman House in Moline.  For more information, call 309-743-270.

River Action’s Riverine Walk Credit Island and War of 1812 will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Credit Island boat ramp in Davenport.  The program will be repeated Saturday morning at 9 a.m. at the same location.  Pre-registration is required; call 563-322-2969.

The Richmond Hill Players will present a special Wednesday performance of the comedy The Importance of Being Earnest at the Barn Theater in Geneseo.  The show will benefit St. Viator High School in Corozal, Belize.  Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.  Regular performances are Thursday thru Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 4 p.m.  For tickets or more information, call 309-944-2244.

The Geneseo Community Choir will perform at 7 p.m. at Geneseo High School to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the town.  For more information, call 309-944-6641.

Alexandra Benedict will speak on Port Byron's Founding Father Nathaniel Belcher at a meeting of the Port Byron Historical Society at 7 p.m. at the River Valley Library in Port Byron.  For more information, call 309-523-3654.

Every Wednesday and Sunday through July 31, Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew will be performed at 7:30 p.m. in Soldiers and Sailors Park in Princeton.  A presentation on Shakespeare will begin thirty minutes before each show.  For more information, call 815-879-5656.

Harrison Hilltop Theatre will present the musical The Last Five Years at The District Theatre in Rock Island at 8 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday, and at 2 p.m. on Saturday. For tickets or more information, call 309-235-1654.

The Festival 56 production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Proof will be presented at the Grace Theatre in Princeton through July 15.  For tickets, show times or more information, call 815-879-5656.

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