WVIK Community Calendar

Saturday, September 24

The Rock Island Horticultural Club will hold a plant sale until noon. It'll be held at 3838 27th Avenue in Rock Island.

The East Moline Library will hold the spring book sale with a variety of books, DVDs, CDs, and more.  Hours are 9 a.m. to noon.  For more information, call 309-755-9614.

A geology walk with Jeff Strasser of Augustana College will be held at 10 a.m. at Watch Tower Lodge, Black Hawk State Historic Site. Collect Devonian age fossils on the Rock River trail.  For more information, call 309-788-9536.

The Hauberg 100th Anniversary Celebration will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Hauberg Civic Center in Rock Island featuring music, demonstrations, old-fashioned children's games, an auction, and more.  For information, call 309-732-2132.

Ballet Quad Cities will present Carmen and Delicatessen at 2:30 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. at their studio at 613 17th St., Rock Island.  For information, call 309-786-3779 to reserve a seat.  For refunds for the Adler performances, call 563-326-8555.

The documentary Country School: One Room -- One Nation will be shown at 2:30 p.m. at the Moline Library. A question-and-answer session with filmmakers Tammy and Kelly Rundle will follow. For information, call 309-524-2440.

The annual Geneseo Harvest Time Music Festival will continue as the Maple Leaf Marching Band Classic will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Geneseo High School football stadium. 

Storytellers will tell Ghost Tales for all ages at 7 p.m. on the lawn of the Colonel Davenport House on the north shore of Arsenal Island.  For information, call 309-786-7336.

The Clinton Symphony will present American's Heartbeat at Centennial Auditorium in Sterling at 7:30 p.m.  For tickets or more information, call 815-625-0922.

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. on Saturday and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 563-322-8504.

An Augustana Symphonic Band Tsunami Relief Concert will begin at 8 p.m. at Centennial Hall.  For more information, call 309-794-7306.

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


Sunday, September 25
The 40th annual Jordbruksdagarna Agriculture Days, a Swedish harvest festival, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Bishop Hill State Historic Site featuring traditional 19th-century harvest activities, demonstrations, music, dance and more.

The annual Geneseo Harvest Time Music Festival will run from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. featuring music, a talent show, games, karaoke, a live auction, and more. Proceeds will benefit Geneseo band, choir and drama students.

Unity Fest International will be held from noon to 5 p.m. at the Putnam Museum featuring multicultural music, performances, exhibits, sports, and activities. There will be a shuttle from the Fejervary Zoo lot. For more information, call 563-349-1870.

Jim and Maureen Schebler will speak on German Influence in Davenport Schools at 1 p.m. at the German American Heritage Center. At 2 p.m., the documentary Country School: One Room -- One Nation will be shown. A question-and-answer session with filmmakers Tammy and Kelly Rundle will follow. For information, call 563-322-8844.

The Curtainbox Theatre Company will present the drama Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 3 p.m.  For tickets or more information, call 563-322-8504.

A Celtic music session and Celtic vespers will be held at Gloria Dei Presbyterian Church in Rock Island beginning at 4 p.m. For more information, call 309-788-8986.

The annual Swedish Hogmassa will begin at 4 p.m. at the Jenny Lind Chapel in Andover. It celebrates the faith of the early Swedish immigrants in western Illinois. For information, call 309-476-8228.

The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto "Che" Guevara will be the topic of the Travel Reads book discussion at 4 p.m. at Carlsson Evald Hall of Augustana College.

The 2010 documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop will be shown at 8 p.m. at RozzTox, 2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island.


Monday, September 26

C. G. Ferrel will present Saving the Planet One Lawn at a Time at 2:30 p.m. at the Sherrard Library discussing sustainable lawn care, indigenous plants, and low-upkeep ground covers.  For more information, call 309-593-2178.

Ella March Chase will read from and sign her book Three Maids for a Crown at 6:30 p.m. at the Moline Library, 3210 41st St. For more information, call 309-524-2440.

The Eldridge Library will host a discussion of In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 563-285-4794.

Rock Island High School will present the fall band and orchestra concert at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. For more information, call 309-793-5950.

Tomorrow morning, Ken Lilly of the Illinois Department of Employment Security will present How to Apply for Federal Jobs at 9 a.m. at the Moline Library. For more information, call 309-524-2440.

Tomorrow, beginning at 5:00 p.m., Mulligan's Valley Pub in Coal Valley is hosting a Taco Tuesday event to support the APRIS program.  The event will also feature a live auction, a 50/50 raffle and more.  For information, call 309-794-7552.

Tomorrow evening, Moline High School will present a choir concert at 7:30 p.m.  For more information, call 309-743-1624.

Tomorrow, Professor Erin Freund will give her debut performance as a new faculty member and dedicate the new harp program at Augustana at 8 p.m. in Wallenberg Hall in the Denkmann Memorial Building.  For further information, call 309-794-7833.

On Thursday, poet Gerald Stern will recite for River Readings at 7 p.m. in Denkmann Memorial Hall of Augustana College.  For more information, call 309-794-7721.

Thursday thru Saturday, Rock Island High School will present Romeo and Juliet at 7 p.m. in the Little Theatre. For more information, call 309-793-5950.