A lauded actor, comedian, and community leader best known for his portrayal of DEA Agent Steven Gomez on the Emmy-winning AMC series Breaking Bad, Steven Michael Quezada is the February 12 headliner in the "Laugh QC" Thursday Night Comedy Series held in the Mississippi Hall of the Davenport RiverCenter, the performer also boasting roles in Magnum P.I., Strange Darling, and Documentary Now!

With their works deemed “fresh and innovative” by the Chicago Tribune and “so imaginative, so playfully revisionist, so superbly realized” by the Chicago Sun-Times, the Windy City hoofers of Chicago Dance Crash bring their new stage show LXIV (six.four) to Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre on February 7, the company’s fusion-style moves creating intensely physical, authentic, and narrative-driven art.

Employing contemporary newspaper clippings and photographs for his fascinating and insightful program, author and frequent River Cities' Reader contributor D. Ezra Sidran, PhD will present How Davenport Became the Wickedest City in America at Davenport's German American Heritage Center on February 8.

Delivering the Spring 2026 Michael Lester Wendt Character Lecture for the University of Dubuque's Heritage Center, the institution's president Travis Frampton, PhD will speak on Heroes, Villains, & Leading Roles: How Stories Shape Character, this insightful program taking place in the John and Alice Butler Hall on February 9.

On January 30, patrons of Moline's Vibrant Arena at the MARK are invited to witness as the most fearless racers shred the arena's solid ice track with more than 2,000 razor-sharp studs in their tires, the World Championship ICE Racing “Crazy Train” Tour finding its competitors hitting off-the-chart speeds, and going from zero to 60 mph in less than three seconds, as they battle for the World Championship ICE Racing Title.

Lauded by St. Louis' STL.com for his "quick wit and fast thinking," and beloved for his YouTube channel on which he posts content and occasionally streams a show titled Dog Vlog, standup comedian Drew Lynch returns to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center on January 30, his credits including a recurring role in the final season of IFC's hit series Maron and several appearances on TBS' Conan.

For one night only, on January 30, the LeClaire Community Library will be locking its doors and turning down the lights for face painting, snacks, crafts, a sing-along, and more in the KPop Demon Hunters After-Hours Party, with area youths invited to join Huntrix or the Saja Boys in hunting down demons hiding in the library – and in the dark.

In the latest exhibition at Davenport's German American Heritage Center, guests are invited to explore how German immigrant traditions transformed local musical life through Play On! German Immigrants & the Quad Cities' Musical Legacy, this showcase of ingenuity celebrating the enduring organizations, venues, and rich riverfront behind area-wide music culture.

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 through February 15, the fascinating exhibit exploring the evolutionary battle between protection and predation.

An engaging and fascinating exhibit developed by the Davenport venue's curatorial staff, the Putnam Museum & Science Center's Indigenous Roots of Mexican Americans will, through March 22, treat guests to artifacts and textiles from areas in Mexico that are housed together alongside some 250,000 objects from the Putnam’s collections.

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