WVIK Community Calendar

Saturday, August 27

River Action’s Riverine Walk Rock Island Hydropower Plant will be held at 9 a.m. at 5200 11th St., Rock Island.  Pre-registration is required; call 563-322-2969.

To celebrate their 31st anniversary, WVIK invites the community to the Brats and Brahms open house from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Guests will be able take tours, visit with staff members, be on hand during a special edition of Saturday Morning Live! and enjoy lunch for a small fee. WVIK is located at 3808 8th Ave. in Rock Island.  For more information, contact Keri Rursch at 309-794-7721.

Monarch butterfly workshops will be held at the Putnam Museum in Davenport at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 1 p.m. Bob Motz and Greg Wolf will present a slide show at 12:15 p.m. Attendees should bring a clear glass container with a lid with holes. Reservations are required.  To register or for more information, call 563-324-1054, ext. 266.

The 10th Silvis Moonlight Festival and Parade will run until 10 p.m. featuring a craft show, a bags tournament, a kids' zone, entertainment, and the crowning of the Zinnia Princess. The lighted parade, "Decades of Music," will start at 8:30 p.m. with fireworks at 9:30 p.m. For information, call 309-755-5203.

The Princeton Players will present the melodrama He Done Her Wrong, or Wedded But No Wife! at the Community Center in Princeton, Iowa at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.  For more information, call 563-289-4282.

An open house for the Quad City Arts Metro Arts Summer Youth Employment Program art exhibit will be held from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Moline Library.  For more information, call 309-524-2440.

The Wine Walk for Gilda's Club Quad Cities will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Village of East Davenport, featuring live music, wine samples and more.  For information, call 563-650-7187.

Park ranger Lindy Tarkington will present Fun, Food, and Fire Safety at 7 p.m. at Fisherman's Corner in East Moline. Learn how to cook camping recipes with a paper sack, aluminum foil, and coffee cans. An adult must accompany ages 11 and under. For information, call 309-794-5338.

The Acrobats of Cirque-tacular will perform at 8 p.m. at Augustana College’s Centennial Hall. For information, call 309-794-7306.

Country music singer Johnny Henry will perform at 8 p.m. at the Redstone Room of River Music Experience in Davenport.  Proceeds will go to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.  For tickets or more information, call 563-326-1333.


Sunday, August 28

The Quad City Animal Welfare Center will host a Soggy Doggy Splash Party at the Milan Sprayground in Dickson Park from noon to 2 p.m. for dogs 20 inches and shorter and 2 to 4 p.m. for dogs taller than 20 inches. No puppies under the age of four months.  For information, call 309-787-6830.

A book discussion of The Pencil by Henry Petroski will be held at 2 p.m. at the German American Heritage Center in Davenport. For more information, call (563) 322-8844.

Closing ceremonies for the All Era Veterans Healing Field of the Quad Cities Tribute to Our Fallen will be held at 4 p.m. at Memorial Park in Davenport.  The exhibit will be open 24 hours a day prior to the close.

As part of the ninth annual Jewish Film Series, Nora's Will will be shown at 4 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport.  For more information, call 309-793-1300.

A Quad City Wind Ensemble open rehearsal will be held at 6 p.m. at the Galvin Fine Arts Center of St. Ambrose University. Adult musicians who play brass, woodwind, and percussion are welcome to sit in and then can audition on Sept. 11. For more information, call 563-333-6251.

The film Defend the Gulf will be shown at 6 p.m. at the Rogalski Center of St. Ambrose University.  For more information, call 571-259-4624.

The deadline to apply for the April 2012 Collins Poetry Residency is August 31st.  Any poet who has not yet published a chapbook or book length collection of poetry and who lives in any of the six counties of the Quad Cities area is eligible.  To apply, submit a cover letter, a writing resume, five representative poems, a purpose statement and availability. For more information, call 563-324-1410.

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 until September 4.  For tickets or more information, call 815-244-2035.

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.


Monday, August 29

Register today for the Quad City Arts Festival of Trees gingerbread village workshop will be held on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the RiverCenter in Davenport. Guests will learn hints, techniques, and recipes, and will have a chance to win door prizes and buy gingerbread goodies. To RSVP, call 309-793-1213, ext. 100.

Rock Island County 4-H is holding informational meetings for youths and adult volunteers.  The meetings will highlight all the different classes, clubs, camps and activities 4-H offers and explain how to become a 4-H club member or adult volunteer.  Meeting dates are Monday, August 29, 6:30 p.m. at the Rock Island Public Library; Tuesday, September 6, 6:30 p.m., East Moline Public Library; and Thursday, September 15, 6:30 pm, Moline Public Library.  For more information call (309) 756-9978 Ext 17.

Auditions for The Blacklist, an adult improv comedy troupe, will be held at The Speakeasy in Rock Island. Ages 18 and up are welcome. No experience needed and no photo necessary.  Auditions will include improvisational exercises.  For information, call 309-786-7733, Extension 2.

The deadline to apply for the April 2012 Collins Poetry Residency is August 31st.  Any poet who has not yet published a chapbook or book length collection of poetry and who lives in any of the six counties of the Quad Cities area is eligible.  To apply, submit a cover letter, a writing resume, five representative poems, a purpose statement and availability. For more information, call 563-324-1410.

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 until September 4.  For tickets or more information, call 815-244-2035.

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.