WVIK Community Calendar

Tuesday, July 19

Today and Thursday morning, the Channel Cat Talk Quad Cities Railroad History and Railroad Bridges will begin at 9 a.m. at the Celebration Belle Landing in Moline. Pre-registration is required; call 563-322-2969.

Author Karen Walrond will present The Beauty of Different for The Women's Connection's luncheon at noon at the Rogalski Center of St. Ambrose University.  To register or for more information, call 309-631-0167.

The Rock Island Preservation Society will hold a Gardens at Hauberg tour at 6 p.m. at Hauberg Civic Center in Rock Island. The event will feature a potluck picnic and areas not regularly accessed by the public.

The Society for Creative Anachronism will present a medieval combat demonstration for ages 10 and up at 6 p.m. at the Rock Island Library Ridgewood branch.  Attendees will watch sparring and learn to make replica weapons and how they were used.  For information, call 309-732-7360.

Today and Thursday, Four Play, a cabaret with the music of Janis Joplin, Carole King, Carly Simon, and Joan Baez, will begin at 7 p.m. at The Speakeasy in Rock Island.  For tickets or more information, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.

Josh Duffee and His Orchestra will play for the Starlight Revue concert at Lincoln Park at 7 p.m. For more information, call 309-732-7275.

The Maple City Band will play at City Park in Geneseo beginning at 8 p.m.  For more information, call 309-944-2686.

Festival 56 presents the courtroom drama Twelve Angry People July 19 to 23 at the Grace Theatre in Princeton. For tickets, show times or more information, call 815-879-5656.

Through Oct. 30, the Brettun and Black Museum in Hampton will feature The Small Town in a Big World exhibit – a look at life in Hampton during the 1950s.  Museum hours are 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday.

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


Wednesday, July 20

River Action’s Riverine Walk Quad Cities Railroad History will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Centennial Bridge Visitors Center in Rock Island.  The program will be repeated Saturday morning at 9 a.m. at the same location.  Pre-registration is required; call 563-322-2969.

The Mississippi Valley Blues Society will present guitarist Matt Schofield at 7 p.m. at The Muddy Waters in Bettendorf.  For more information, call 563-355-0655.

Josh Duffee and His Orchestra will perform for Music in the Park at 7 p.m. at The Quarter Welcome Center in East Moline. Free shuttle service from John Deere Harvester to the concert starts at 6 p.m.  For more information, call 309-796-0170.

Quad Cities Social Dancing will demonstrate and teach Olde English Set Dancing at 7 p.m. at the Moline Library.  For more information, call 309-524-2470.

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 at 2 p.m. on Saturday. For tickets or more information, call 309-235-1654.

Festival 56 presents the courtroom drama Twelve Angry People July 19 to 23 at the Grace Theatre in Princeton. For tickets, show times or more information, call 815-879-5656.

On select dates thru July 28, Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island will present the children's play If You Give a Mouse a Cookie at 10 a.m. For tickets or more information, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.


Thursday, July 21

The Channel Cat Talk Quad Cities Railroad History and Railroad Bridges will begin at 9 a.m. at the Celebration Belle Landing in Moline. Pre-registration is required; call 563-322-2969.

Today thru Sunday, the Train Festival will be held at 1st Avenue and 18th Street in Rock Island. It will feature train excursions, model railroad layouts, small ride-on trains for kids and adults, a children's activity area, and more. Children's musician James Coffey will perform at noon and 2 p.m. each day.  For more information, call 800-747-7800.

The Moline Library will show Hamlet for the Modern Shakespeare Film Fest at 6:30 p.m.  For more information, call 309-524-2440.

The Jim Markum Swing Band will play in Veterans' Park in Kewanee for the Concert in the Park series at 6:30 p.m.  For more information, call 309-852-2175.

Zachary Jack will discuss his book Native Soulmate: A Season in Search of a Love Homegrown at 7 p.m. at the Bettendorf Library. There also will be a question-and-answer session and book-signing.  For more information, call 563-344-4175.

The Tony Hamilton Orchestra will play for the Moline Centre Main Street summer concert series at 7 p.m. at Bass Street Landing Plaza in Moline.  For more information, call 309-524-2054.

As part of Thursdays at the Figge, Gary Gnade will present What Makes an Icon? at 7 p.m. Also featured will be music by Buddy Olson and a Water Views from the Figge Collection tour at 6 p.m.  For more information, call 563-326-7804.

Four Play, a cabaret with the music of Janis Joplin, Carole King, Carly Simon, and Joan Baez, will begin at 7 p.m. at The Speakeasy in Rock Island.  For tickets or more information, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.

Festival 56 presents the courtroom drama Twelve Angry People July 19 to 23 at the Grace Theatre in Princeton. 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.