WVIK Community Calendar

Saturday, September 10

Old Settlers' Day, a celebration of the 165th anniversary of Bishop Hill Colony will include a parade at 10 a.m., a concert at 12:15 p.m. and a talk by descendants of Bishop Hill Colony settlers at 1:30 p.m.

The Family Museum in Bettendorf will host Piano Day beginning at 10 a.m. featuring discussions, stories and a piano petting zoo.  There will also be a piano recital at 1 p.m.  For more information, call 563-344-4106.

The Center for Living Arts will present Peter Pan at the Quad City Botanical Center in Rock Island at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.  For tickets or more information, call 309-794-0991.

Rock Island County Historical Society in Moline will host the Rock Island County 180th Birthday Party from 1 to 4 p.m. featuring music, food and antique tractors.  Proceeds will go towards creating exhibits.  For more information, call 309-764-8590.

Midwest Writing Center in Davenport will host an Off Channel poetry reading at 2 p.m. Finalists and winners of the 2011 Mississippi Valley Poetry Contest will read their works from the anthology. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call 563-324-1410.

The drama Touch will be presented at the Studio Theater in the Galvin Fine Arts Center of St. Ambrose University at 3 p.m.  For tickets or more information, call 563-333-6251.

Festival 56 will present The Guys based on the true story of a New York Fire Department captain who lost most of his men on 9/11.  Performances are on Saturday at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Grace Performing Arts Center in Princeton.  For tickets or more information, call 815-879-5656.

The musical Make Me a Cowboy will be presented at Playcrafters Barn Theatre in Moline at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 309-762-0330.

The Quad City Symphony Orchestra's Riverfront Pops Concert, Classical Mystery Tour - a Beatles tribute - will begin at 6:30 p.m. at LeClaire Park in Davenport. There will be fireworks at the end of the concert.  For tickets or more information, call 563-322-7276.


Sunday, September 11

Auditions for the Quad City Wind Ensemble will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Galvin Fine Arts Center of St. Ambrose University. Adult brass, woodwind, and percussion players are eligible. Specific pieces required for auditions are available online.  For more information, call 563-333-6251.

Little Conductors Day will be held at the Quad City Botanical Center in Rock Island beginning at 1 p.m. Kids participate in train games and activities.  For information call Beth at 309-794-0991 ext. 30. 

Blue Man Group will perform at the Adler Theatre in Davenport at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.  For tickets or more information, call 800-745-3000.

A reception for the Carol Leavy exhibit will be held from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the Windmill Cultural Center in Fulton. During the reception the artist will also demonstrate woodcarving. For more information, call 815-589-589-4545.

The seventh annual Music at Hereford Park: 9/11 Tribute will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. at Hereford Park in East Moline.  For more information, call 309-752-711.

Festival 56 will present The Guys based on the true story of a New York Fire Department captain who lost most of his men on 9/11.  Performances are on Friday at 2 p.m. in the Grace Performing Arts Center in Princeton.  For tickets or more information, call 815-879-5656.

The GIFT of the Arts benefit concert will be held at 2:30 p.m. at the Mary Fluhrer Nighswander Theatre in Davenport featuring drum corps, poetry reading, musicians, dancers, and singers. There also will be an art exhibit.  Proceeds will benefit the Frosty Follies holiday show for Family Resources and Gilda's Club.  For more information, call 563-650-6840.

A September 11 10th Anniversary Interfaith Commemoration will begin at 3 p.m. at Centennial Hall of Augustana College. Professor Najeeba Syeed-Miller will present the keynote address.  For more information, call 563-332-5002.

The musical Make Me a Cowboy will be presented at Playcrafters Barn Theatre in Moline at 3 p.m.  For tickets or more information, call 309-762-0330


Monday, September 12

The Bettendorf Parks and Recreation Foundation's golf cart tours of Bettendorf's Recreation Trail will be held at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. beginning at the Palmer Hills Golf Course to Devil's Glen Park and back, with stops at points of interest.  Reservations are required, call 563-344-4113.

Leroy Chiao, astronaut and former commander of the International Space Station, will speak at noon in Room 102 of Western Illinois University-Quad Cities in Moline.

The Alpha Book Club will discuss Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese at 3 p.m. at the Rock Island Library. For more information, call 309-732-7323.

DAGOBAH, the science fiction and fantasy book discussion group, will meet at 6 p.m. at the Davenport Library.  For more information, call 563-326-7832.

On Wednesday, Matt Flynn will speak on Cambell's Island History for the Colonel Davenport Historical Foundation Lunch and Learn program at noon at the Arsenal Island Golf Course. For more information or to register, call 309-786-7336.

On Wednesday, Thomas E. Knoll, vice president, Worldwide Supply Management and Logistics for Deere & Company, will present Managing Risk in a Global Supply Chain at Stoney Creek Inn in Moline at 7 p.m.  For more information or to register, call 309-743-0101.

On Wednesday, Joel Youngs of the Small Business Development Center, Black Hawk College will present Crunching the Numbers for Small Business: What Story are They Really Telling? at 6:30 p.m. at the Moline Library. For more information, call 309-524-2440.

As part of Thursday at the Figge, Professor Dorothy Johnson will present Entertaining Visions: Toulouse-Lautrec and Fin-de-Siecle Paris at 7 p.m.  For more information, call 563-326-7804.

Beginning Thursday, The Curtainbox Theatre Company will present the drama Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 7:30 p.m. Thursday thru Saturday and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 563-322-850.

On Friday, the Bucktown Revue, the old-fashioned radio program featuring music, poetry and humor, will begin it’s new season at 7 p.m. at the Mary Fluhrer Nighswander Theatre in Davenport. For more information, call 563-940-0508.

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.