WVIK Community Calendar

Wednesday, August 24

The deadline to apply for the Midwest Writing Center’s Fall Poetry Workshop Series is today. Those interested in attending the six-session series with award-winning poet Shane McCrae must complete the online application form and send in two writing samples by that date. Class size is limited.  For more information, call 563-324-1410. 

River Action’s Riverine Walk Rock Island Hydropower Plant will be held at 6:30 p.m. at 5200 11th St., 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.

Tomorrow 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.

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.

Timber Lake Playhouse will cap off its 50th Anniversary season with the latest installment of a wildly popular Late Nite Catechism series.  Til’ Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3 will run for 12 performances August 25 to September 4.  For tickets or more information, call 815-244-2035.

As part of Bucktown’s Final Friday Event, the Afghan Women's Writing Project open mic will be held at 7 p.m. at the Midwest Writing Center in Davenport.  The event is open to the public.  Those interested in reading can visit the Afghan Women’s Project website to find an essay or poem to share.  For more information, call 563-324-1410.

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.

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.