A popular touring comedian who also hosts the weekly show One More Saturday Night on SiriusXM’s Grateful Dead Channel, funnyman Mike Finoia will headline two nights of standup at Bally's Quad Cities on October 9 and 10, his credits including serving as longtime producer and writer for the comedy ensemble of Impractical Jokers.

Presented in conjunction with the venue's current exhibition Everyday Lives, Extraordinary Voices: Ruth Suckow's Iowa, the latest program in the German American Heritage Center's popular "Kaffee und Kuchen" series is Rev. William Suckow's Autobiography: Family Life in 10 Small Iowa Towns, an October 11 program whose presenter, Dr. Bill Roba, is a Scott Community College retiree currently writing a history of the Iowa-German Experience.

Appearing at Moline's Butterworth Center as part of the IHC Road Scholar Program, Kim Sigafus will present the special program We the Native People on October 12, the speaker an award-winning Ojibwa author who writes Native American fiction, non-fiction, and children’s and young-adult books.

With the event starting with a screening of the short film FREADOM on Trial: Rights and Responsibilities in Island Trees Board of Education v. Pico, the Bettendorf Public Library hosts the Freedom to Read Celebration with Steven Pico on October 5, library director Jillian Aschliman and her panelists answering all your questions about censorship, challenge, and the right to read.