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Free backpacks to be given away at select QCA Verizon stores
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -Free backpacks will soon be handed out at six local Verizon stores for the back-to-school season. On Sunday, July 28 at 1 p.m., Verizon retailer Round Room will hold their twelfth annual “Schools Rock Backpack Giveaway” at participating Verizon stores across the country. It is...
Clinton National Bank Congratulates Geno’s Pizza on 50 years in the Pizza Business
Congratulations to Geno’s Pizza on 50 delicious years in the pizza business! And a special shout out to our friends at Sweetheart Bakery for creating this adorable pizza cookie to celebrate Geno’s anniversary. We’re lucky to have these awesome businesses in our area serving tasty food and treats for all of us to enjoy!
Lopiez Pizza celebrates 5 years
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -There’s a special eatery located at the Bix 7 finish line that is celebrating 5 years in business. Lopiez Pizza’s fifth anniversary was marked in June with a plaque as a special commemoration from the Downtown Davenport Partnership because it is not easy for small businesses to achieve the 5-year mark.
“An Infantryman from Hero Street,” August 6
Tuesday, August 6, 1 p.m. Robert R. Jones Public Library, 900 First Street, Coal Valley IL. Presented at Coal Valley's Robert R. Jones Public Library on August 6, a screening of An Infantryman from Hero Street will find local Emmy Award-winning filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films sharing their moving, 30-minute documentary with area audiences, this fourth work in the Hero Street series followed by a question-and-answer session with the area talents.
Davenport filmmaker’s newest movie includes ‘Facts of Life’ actress
It’s a fact of life: Award-winning Davenport filmmaker Stephen Folker just wrapped a movie based on the book “My Heart Remembers.”. And among its stars is a face familiar to fans of a long-running television sitcom. Folker was hired to direct and film (cinematographer) after Melinda Myers, one...
Get Dinner And Party With Goose Tonight At Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh
Hy-Vee is celebrating a big milestone, and you're invited!. This year, Hy-Vee's quick and convenient Fast & Fresh is turning 5 years old, and they're celebrating with a 5 Year Anniversary Outdoor Bash. $1 Hot Dogs from the grill. Face Painting. Door Prizes. Grand prize of $100 Hy-Vee Gas Card...
Help Moline Parks pick playground for Browning Park
The Moline Parks and Recreation Department is bringing a new playground to Browning Park in 2025 and they need the public’s help to decide what should be included. Now through August 12 at 11:59 p.m., the public can vote for the playground they want to see installed at Browning Park, 15th Street and 22nd Avenue. […]
‘Pay What You Want’ Rock Island Public Library book sale
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - The Rock Island Public Library is having a book sale where patrons can pick their price. According to a media release, this ‘Christmas in July for booklovers’ event will be held on July 26-27 from 10:00 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Rock Island Downtown Library located at 401 19th Street.
Quad City Music Guild's “Fiddler on the Roof,” August 2 through 11
Prospect Park Auditorium, 1584 34th Avenue, Moline IL. From August 2 through 11, audiences at Moline's Prospect Park Auditorium are invited to cheer a rousing “L'chaim!” when the talents at Quad City Music Guild present Fiddler on the Roof, a new staging of the beloved theatrical masterpiece from Tony winner Joseph Stein and Pulitzer Prize winners Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick.
“Ripcord,” August 2 through 11
With the Hollywood Reporter raving that "there’s no shortage of funny lines and inspired moments of physical comedy," Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner David Lindsay-Abaire's winning frenemy comedy Ripcord enjoys its area debut at Moline's Spotlight Theatre from August 2 through 11, the play hailed by Time Out New York as "great fun," "genuinely moving," and "a compelling look at the pleasure of a challenge and the challenge of finding pleasure."
REVIEW: Charlotte's Web at Playcrafters Barn Theatre
Eudora Welty once wrote that: “As a piece of work it is just about perfect and just magical in the way it is done.” That’s a perfectly apt description of Playcrafters Barn Theatre’s current production of the adaptation of E. B. White’s Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal winner Charlotte’s Web, adapted for the stage by Joseph Robinette and directed by Erika Seabloom.
New Athens Players' “Susan Glaspell & Friends,” July 30
Augustana College's Honkamp Myhre Black Box Theatre, 3750 Seventh Avenue, Rock Island IL. Following the success of last year's Spotlight on Susan Glaspell by the debuting theatre company New Athens Players and its founder (and Reader theatre reviewer) Mischa Hooker, the play's reader's-theatre followup Susan Glaspell & Friends will enjoy a July 30 presentation at Augustana College's Honkamp Myhre Black Box Theatre, the evening a celebration of works by Davenport writer Glaspell and two of her fellow females connected to the highly influential Provincetown Players: Edna Ferber and Djuna Barnes.
Moline’s Heidi Lung Receives IMA Leadership Award ’24
Moline, IL – – Heidi Lung, Director of the Museum Studies Graduate Program at Western Illinois University, has been named one of the recipients of the Iowa Museum Association (IMA) Leadership Award for 2024. The IMA Leadership Award honors exceptional contributions to the museum field through visionary leadership.
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