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Adoptable 4-Legged Friends: Meet “Heimdall”
GENESEO, Ill. (KWQC) -Kristen VerStraete from the Henry County Humane Society-Geneseo Chapter, introduces viewers to a long-haired cat named Heimdall that needs a new home. The feline came to the shelter after a concerned community member that had reported spotting a cat that had been hit by a car. A vet determined that one leg had to be amputated. He has since recovered and is ready for a fur-ever happy ending.
Geneseo Art League and Gallery
GENESEO, Ill. (KWQC) -Geneseo Art League and Gallery is a non-profit, all-volunteer league with more that 50 members ranging in age from 3 to 99. The group has been going strong since 1957 when the founders set out to promote art in the community and provide a place for display and instruction. Over the years, the league has grown and added a lot more fun to the itinerary.
REVIEW: 84 Charing Cross Road at Richmond Hill Players Barn Theatre
Wowsers! What a theatre weekend I had! It began on Thursday at Geneseo’s Richmond Hill Players with its production of 84 Charing Cross Road, an adaptation by James Roose-Evans of Helene Hanff’s memoir of the same name. The result is a charming, funny, endearing, and poignant production, here wonderfully directed by veteran Jennifer Kingry.
Food Truck Fight to take over The Rust Belt this weekend
EAST MOLINE, Ill. (KWQC) - The countdown is on for the return of Food Truck Fight Quad Cities. The event will include all of the same things attendees know and enjoy about the event, like mouth-watering food from local and regional food trucks, live music, and drinks, but this year, it’ll just be in a different location.
Author Martha Bergland set to give book talk in Bishop Hill
BISHOP HILL, ILL.– Author Martha Bergland will be on hand this weekend to discuss her latest book, “The Birdman of Koshkonong: The Life of Naturalist Thure Kumlien.”. Bergland will drop by the Steeple Building Museum, located at 103 North Bishop Hill St., on Saturday, July 20, at 1 p.m. for a free one-hour book talk and book signing.
Over 1,000 works of art dress up downtown windows
Who knows? The early works of the next Pablo Picasso or Georgia O’Keeffe may be on display in the windows of downtown Kewanee stores during the annual Prairie Chicken Arts Festival July 19-20. Volunteers posted the artwork of 1,022 students from eight schools in store windows on Monday for...
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