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Hostetler’s Houses: 701 Brady Street
We’ve featured many of the J.B. Hostetler portraits in this space, but our collection of the Studio’s images also includes a few photographs of area residences. If you are headed up Brady Street hill as a participant in the Bix 7 this July, or otherwise, be sure to take note of the house at 701 (Brady and 7th Streets, NW corner).
Quad City Animal Welfare Shelter Announces Two New Events
The Quad City Animal Welfare Center is thrilled to announce two exciting humane education drop in events (no need to sign up in advance) on Saturday, July 20th, designed to engage and educate families about animal welfare. Wags & Tales Reading Event – Join the QCAWC at The Atlas Collective,...
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.
Happy Taco Tuesday! Shop Local At Quad-Cities Taco Stops With Our Handy List Of Restaurants!
If you’re puttin’ on the ritz and looking to celebrate Taco Tuesday tonight, why not shop local and get some delicious Mexican food from the variety of awesome local restaurants here in the Quad-Cities?. Here, we offer you a list of local Mexican restaurants, bars and cafes that...
2024 Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, August 1 through 3
An eagerly awaited weekend of live performances returning to the Quad Cities for the 53rd time, the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival will, from August 1 through 3, again enjoy residency at the Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center. For 2024, the Davenport venue will host performances by eight local and national jazz acts: Chicago Cellar Boys; El Dorado Jazz Band; Graystone Monarchs; Mike Davis’ New Wonders; Paul Asaro & His Rhythm; T.J. Muller’s Jazz-O-Maniacs; The Dooley Band; and the Bix Youth Jazz Band.
Dirty Honey announces final US tour behind ’Can’t Find the Brakes’ album
Dirty Honey has announced a U.S. tour, marking the final dates in support of their Can’t Find the Brakes album. The outing runs from Sep. 13 in East Moline, Illinois, to Nov. 2 in Highland, California. Presales begin Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time; tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
Meet Keke The Cat, The Illinois And Iowa Pet Of The Week
QuadCities.com is happy to partner with Quad City Animal Welfare Center, 724 2nd W. Ave., Milan! Interested in adopting a pet? Check out our Pet of the Week every Monday!. This beautiful girl is ready to leave shelter life behind! Keke is the sweetest girl there is, who loves to receive affection and curl up with you! She loves a cozy and warm blanket to snuggle up with! Keke was born in 2022, is spayed, up to date on vaccines, and is microchipped. Keke does have a pelvic injury, so she needs an adopter that is able to take care of her medical needs. Is this delightful cat the prefect fit for you?
Scholar Presentation: Dr. Sandra Hindman, “Illuminated Manuscripts,” August 1
Figge Art Museum, 225 West Second Street, Davenport IA. Showcasing exquisite examples of manuscripts from her gallery, Les Enluminures, along with period jewelry, renowned professor, scholar, and gallerist Dr. Sandra Hindman will participate in an August 1 Scholar Presentation at Davenport's Figge Art Museum, providing a rich, historical context for her remarkable artifacts, and delivering an insightful presentation in celebration of the venue's exhibit Illumination: Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts from the Figge Collection.
German heritage center in Davenport to be named national historic site
An eastern Iowa museum that’s dedicated to preserving the German immigrant experience for future generations is getting a new accolade. The German American Heritage Center and Museum in Davenport will be named this week as the newest site in the Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area, which covers a large portion of northeast Iowa.
REVIEW: Songs for a New World at The Black Box Theatre
Wowsers! What a theatre weekend I had, installment #3: I wrapped up this trifecta of entertainment on Saturday at The Black Box Theatre’s uplifting production of Songs for a New World with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and co-directed by Shelley Cooper and Kelsey Walljasper. Cast members...
Windjammers circus music coming to Quad Cities
MOLINE, Ill. (KWQC) -Close your eyes and envision the clowns, trapeze artists, elephants, tigers and all the musical fanfare childhood memories of the circus evokes. The musical sounds of the big top will come alive when Windjammers Unlimited marches into the Quad Cities for its annual convention this week. Some...
Humility in Davenport to get some harmony
On Wednesday, July 17th at 4 p.m., Humility Homes and Services Inc. (HHSI) will host country artist Steven Cade from Giving Guitars at its shelter at 1016 W. 5th St., Davenport. He will perform at Humility Homes, playing a few songs and then donating the guitar for it to live...
“Quad Cities Beer: A History,” July 28
German American Heritage Center, 712 West Second Street, Davenport IA. Presented on July 28 as the latest program in the German American Heritage Center's popular "Kaffee und Kuchen" series, Quad Cities Beer: A History will find authors Michael McCarty and Kristen DeMarr celebrating the heady heritage of the region, with patrons invited to purchase a copy of their local-history book before or after the event and have it signed by the authors.
WIU raising money for Museum Studies lab renovation
Western Illinois University is undertaking a Museum Studies Lab Renovation Project on the Quad Cities campus in Moline. It has recently received significant funding totaling $21,500, from the Hunt and Diane Harris Fund at the Quad Cities Community Foundation, and the Shepherd B. Runge Memorial Endowment Fund at the QCCF as well.
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