WVIK Community Calendar

Wednesday, August 31
Karen O'Connor will present Your Family Tree: Finding Your Roots at the Davenport Fairmount St. Library at 1 p.m. Following the program, attendees may go to the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center at the Main Street library to conduct research.  For more information, call 563-421-2198.

Mayor Bill Gluba will speak on Youth Activities in Davenport at the Evening Optimist Club meeting at 6 p.m. in the Davenport’s Clarion Hotel Conference Center.

Open-mic night with Alan Sweet and Siri Mason will begin at 7 p.m. at Mojo's Cafe, River Music Experience in Davenport. Musicians are invited to play solo or with the house band. For more information, call 563-326-1333, ext. 105.

Scott McLeod, a leading academic expert on school technology, will be speaking at Bettendorf High School at 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts Room on the impact of technology on 21st century learners.  The public is invited to attend this free presentation.

Tomorrow morning, Marc Prensky and Dr. Mark Bauerlein will debate technology and its impact on social relationships for the convocation program at 10:30 a.m. at Augustana College’s Centennial Hall.  Questions will also be taken from the audience.  For more information, call 309-794-7494.

This week’s Thursdays at the Figge program will feature fall studio preview art demonstrations with Heidi Hernandez, Andi Naab, and Donna Young beginning at 5 p.m. For more information, call 563-326-7804.

The 2nd annual Great Rock River Sweep will be held on Saturday, September 10 with an open invitation for all to participate.  For details about how, when, and where to volunteer, please go to www.rockriversweep.org.

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.