WVIK Community Calendar

Saturday, October 15

WQPT will show the documentary Freedom Riders at 10 a.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Rock Island. Diane Nash, one of the leaders of the Freedom Riders Civil Rights movement, will also speak.  For more information, call 309-764-2400.

The fifth annual Gathering of Authors will return to Bishop Hill from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the second floor of the Blacksmith Shop.  Many Midwest authors will be present to read selected passages from their books. For more information, call 309-932-3008.

Dr. Jennifer Eastman Attebery will present Blending Celebrations in the Rockies: How Midsummer Became American and Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Pioneer Day Became Swedish at 7 p.m. in Room 102 of the Hanson Hall of Science of Augustana College. For more information, call 309-794-7204.

Alleman High School in Rock Island will present the musical The Sound of Music at 7 p.m. on Saturday and at 4 p.m. on Sunday.  For more information, call 309-786-7793.

The drama Real Girls Can't Win will be presented at Potter Theatre in Bergendoff Hall of Augustana College at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. The play is recommended for junior high school age and up.  For more information, call 309-794-7306.

New Ground Theatre will present the comedy God of Carnage at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 7:30 p.m. Thursday thru Saturday, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 563-326-7529.

The Augustana Symphony Orchestra will open its season with Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 and Joseph Haydn’s London Symphony at 8 p.m. in Centennial Hall.  For more information, call 309-794-7306.

Thru Oct. 30, the District Theatre in Rock Island will present the musical Chicago at 8 p.m. Thursday thru Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 309-235-1654.

Thru Nov. 5, Circa '21 in Rock Island will present the musical The Marvelous Wonderettes. For tickets, show times or more information, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.


Sunday, October 16

The drama Real Girls Can't Win will be presented at Potter Theatre in Bergendoff Hall of Augustana College at 1:30 p.m. The play is recommended for junior high school age and up.  For more information, call 309-794-7306.

The Figge Art Museum will offer the tour Art and Advertising: A Look at Turn-of-the-Century Posters at 1:30 p.m. For more information, call 563-326-7804.

From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Moline Organ Fest Walking Concert will feature a variety of music styles played on antique reed organs at the Butterworth Center, Butterworth Education Building, Deere/Wiman House, and the Rock Island County Historical Society.  For more information, call 563-381-3652.

Author Milena Oda will talk about her work and experiences in Germany and Iowa at 2 p.m. at the German American Heritage Center in Davenport. For more information, call 563-322-8844.

New Ground Theatre will present the comedy God of Carnage at the Village Theatre in Davenport at 2 p.m. For tickets or more information, call 563-326-7529.

Thru Oct. 30, the District Theatre in Rock Island will present the musical Chicago at 2 p.m. on Sunday and at 8 p.m. Thursday thru Saturday. For tickets or more information, call 309-235-1654.

The Chris Greene Quartet will be the featured performers for the Third Sunday Jazz Workshop and Matinee at the Redstone Room of River Music Experience. The workshop begins at 3 p.m. and the matinee concert at 6 p.m.  For more information, call 309-373-0790.

The Blackhawk Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will present Hoots and Hollers: Music Outside the Bachs at 4 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Moline. For more information, call 309-762-3375.

Alleman High School in Rock Island will present the musical The Sound of Music at 4 p.m.  For more information, call 309-786-7793.

A discussion of Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia by Harriet Brown will be held at 6:30 p.m. in Room 244 of Ambrose Hall of St. Ambrose University.  For more information, call 563-333-6113.

The University of Notre Dame Glee Club will perform at 7 p.m. at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Bettendorf. For more information, call 563-332-7910.

The High School Chamber Choir Festival Sampler will begin at 8:30 p.m. at Wallenberg Hall in the Denkmann Memorial building of Augustana College.  For more information, call 309-794-7306.

Thru Nov. 5, Circa '21 in Rock Island will present the musical The Marvelous Wonderettes. For tickets, show times or more information, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.


Monday, October 17

The High School Chamber Choir Festival Mass Choir concert will begin at 4:30 p.m. at Centennial Hall of Augustana College.  For more information, call 309-794-7306.

As part of the meeting of the Sons of Norway lodge, Laura Reich will present Norwegian Mythology and Runic Notation at 7 p.m. at the Viking Club in Moline.  The event is open to the public.  For more information, call 563-355-7778.

Tomorrow, RIA AUSA and the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce will host a Sea of Goodwill luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at the RiverCenter in Davenport. Col. David Sutherland, Special Assistant to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will speak. Reservations are required; call 563-823-2676.

Tomorrow, the Andover Historical Society will hold a meeting on at the American Woman's League building in Andover. Guest speaker David Renneke, professor emeritus of physics at Augustana College will discuss Where are We Going with All Those Gadgets?  Lunch at 1 p.m. at the Andover Cafe will precede the meeting.

Tomorrow, as part of the Frieze Lecture Series, Dr. Jane Simonsen of Augustana College will present The Impact of the Civil War on Gender Roles at 2 p.m. at the Rock Island Library. For more information, call 309-732-7323.

Tomorrow, Storm Chasing and Tornadoes with Chasing4Life will be presented for grade school children at 3 p.m. at the Rock Island Ridgewood branch, and for teens and older at 6 p.m. at the Rock Island Library. For more information, call 309-732-7323.

Tomorrow, the Quad-Cities KIX Orchestra will perform at 7 p.m. on the Community Stage of River Music Experience in Davenport.  For more information, call 563-326-1333.

Tomorrow, Opera Quad Cities will present The Three Little Pigs at 7 p.m. at the Moline Library.  For more information, call 309-524-2440.

Thru Oct. 30, the District Theatre in Rock Island will present the musical Chicago at 8 p.m. Thursday thru Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. For tickets or more information, call 309-235-1654.

Thru Nov. 5, Circa '21 in Rock Island will present the musical The Marvelous Wonderettes. For tickets, show times or more information, call 309-786-7733, ext. 2.