With FVNTVNV Records playing a range of jazz, soul, funk, and R&B, as well as music from Quad City hip-hop artists. the label and Roaring Rhetoric will host a Vinyl and Poetry Night at Rock Island's Rozz-Tox on November 29, the eclectic evening also boasting spoken-word performances by Aubrey Barnes, Sabur Muhammad, Henry Morray, and Whois Ardimus.

The rain may not start to pour, but staffers at Great River Brewery will be there for you – like they've been there before! – on November 21, the evening of which will find the Davenport venue inviting patrons to share their best guesses on Central Perk factoids in the sitcom- and holiday-themed FriendsGiving Trivia Night.

Enabling visitors to explore the remarkable ways in which animals across 500 million years have adapted armor for survival, and how these adaptations continue to inspire human innovation, the traveling exhibition Animal Armor takes residence in Davenport's Putnam Museum & Science Center from September 20 through February 15, the fascinating exhibit exploring the evolutionary battle between protection and predation.

A massive display of one of the venue's six collections storerooms, the long-awaited open-storage locale The Vault is officially viewable at Davenport's Putnam Museum & Science Center. its shelves featuring countless pieces of fine China dinner sets, 16th-century saddles, a ship wheel, turn-of-the-century furniture, and a full-sized shrine.