WVIK Community Calendar

Saturday, August 20

The fourth annual Kids Experience will be held at the Bettendorf Library beginning at 9 a.m.  The event will feature short classes on many subjects - magic, face painting, storytelling, origami and more - plus a petting zoo and a visit from the LemonAid car.  For information, call 563-344-4194.

The Floatzilla Paddlesports Festival will be held at Lake Potter in Rock Island’s Sunset Marina beginning at 9 a.m. The Guinness World Record attempt for the largest canoe and kayak raft will be at 2 p.m.  For more information, call 563-322-2969.

The Andover Art Show will be held until 3 p.m. at the Andover Historical Museum. Artists of all ages are invited to participate at no charge.  For more information, call 309-845-0168.

The 17th Annual Galesburg Heritage Days Living History Festival will be held thru Sunday at Lake Storey Park, featuring a Civil War encampment and battle re-enactment, as well as a recreation of the pre-1840 early American colonial frontier.  The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 309-342-6159.

Today and Sunday, the Clay and Fiber Fest will be held in Bishop Hill featuring pottery workshops, spinning, weaving, broom-making, and other hands-on activities.  For more information, call 309-927-3008.

River Roots Live and Ribfest will take place at LeClaire Park in Davenport from 11 a.m. to midnight.  For more information, call 563-322-1706.

The Richmond Hill Players will present the musical The Spitfire Grill at the Barn Theater in Geneseo at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and at 4 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 309-944-2244.

New Ground Theatre will host readings of one-act plays Bad Habits, Malnati Mondays, and The Long Journey to Our Shortcomings at 7:30 p.m. at the Village Theatre in Davenport.  The audience can vote for the plays they feel should be produced. Discussion will follow.  For more information, call 563-326-7529.


Sunday, August 21

The 17th Annual Galesburg Heritage Days Living History Festival will be held at Lake Storey Park, featuring a Civil War encampment and battle re-enactment, as well as a recreation of the pre-1840 early American colonial frontier.  The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 309-342-6159.

The Clay and Fiber Fest will be held in Bishop Hill featuring pottery workshops, spinning, weaving, broom-making, and other hands-on activities.  For more information, call 309-927-3008.

Davenport Junior Theatre will present the one-man show Mr. U.S. Grant: A Man and a Patriot written by and starring Daniel Ferguson Haughey at the Nighswander Theatre in Davenport at 2:00 p.m. For more information, call 563-326-7862.

Sustainable Clinton, the discussion and action series working to achieve a more Earth-friendly lifestyle, will meet at 2:00 p.m. at The Canticle in Clinton.  The free, public forum will include updates the Community Garden. For details call Sisters of St. Francis at 563-242-7611.

An opening reception for the In Praise of the Pencil exhibit will be held at 2 p.m. at the German American Heritage Center in Davenport.  For more information, call 563-322-8844.

The Manny Lopez Quartet will be the featured performers for the Third Sunday Jazz Workshop and Matinee at the Redstone Room of River Music Experience. The workshop begins at 3 p.m. and the Matinee concert at 6 p.m.  For more information, call 309-373-0790.

As part of the ninth annual Jewish Film Series, the 2010 French movie La Rafle will be shown at 4 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum.  For more information, call 309-793-1300.

The Dixie Cats will play at 4 p.m. for a Concert on the Lawn at Broadway Presbyterian Church in Rock Island.  For more information, call 309-786-2631.

The Richmond Hill Players will present the musical The Spitfire Grill at the Barn Theater in Geneseo at 4 p.m.  For tickets or more information, call 309-944-2244.

The Mississippi Valley Blues Society will present slide guitarist and singer-songwriter Eric Sardinas at 5 p.m. at Rascals Live in Moline.  For more information, call 309-797-9457.


Monday, August 22

As part of the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities' Jewish Cultural Series, A Fine Romance: Love Songs of Jewish Songwriters, 1950-1970 will begin at 6 p.m. at the Davenport Eastern Ave. Library.  Susan McPeters, Brian Nelson, and Sheryl Hassell-Bennett will perform.  For more information, call 563-326-7832.

Pajama Story Time will be held at 7 p.m. in the Children’s Program Room of the Moline Public Library.  Kids ages 4 to 8 can wear their p.j.s and bring their favorite stuffed animal to hear new stories.  Registration is not required.

Tomorrow and Thursday morning, the Channel Cat Talk River Rafting Logs to QC Mills will begin at 9 a.m. at the Celebration Belle Landing in Moline. Pre-registration is required; call 563-322-2969.

Opening on Tuesday and continuing through Sept. 17, the Augustana College Art Museum in Centennial Hall will display A Memorial Tribute to Jim Konrad; an exhibit of the artist's life work.  The gallery is open from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday thru Saturday.  For more information, call 309-794-7231.

Tomorrow, the Institute of Noetic Sciences’ book discussion group will meet at Benningan’s in Bettendorf at 6:30 p.m. to discuss Serpent of Light Beyond 2012, by Drunvalo Melchizedek.  The event is free and open to the public.

Tomorrow, the Henry County Humane Society will hold a Dog Days of Summer picnic and ice cream social at City Park in Geneseo.  Food will available starting at 5 p.m.  The River City 6 will play at 7 p.m.  For more information, call 309-945-2916.

As part of Thursdays at the Figge, Ann Marie Hayes-Hawkinson and Lynn Gingras-Taylor will present New Activity Spaces for Families at 7 p.m. at the museum in Davenport. Also featured will be music by Ellis Kell beginning at 5:30 p.m. For more information, call 563-326-7804.

Thru September 24, Circa ’21 in Rock Island will present the comedy Nana's Naughty Knickers. For tickets or more information, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.