25 Aug 2026

2026 Senior Citizen Riverfront Golf Cart Tours, September 3 and 4

By Reader Staff

A beloved local tradition designed specifically for seniors continues into its 26th year when River Action, on September 3 and 4, hosts two days worth of self-guided Senior Citizen Golf Cart Tours, with his year’s event including a tour of the Arsenal Island taking place in the early evening, allowing for a normally unseen look at the Mississippi River and the historic island.

12 Aug 2026

“Everyday Lives, Extraordinary Voices: Ruth Suckow's Iowa,” August 22 through November 15

By Reader Staff

Inspired by her upbringing at the turn of the 20th century and considered “Iowa’s first feminist writer,” Ruth Suckow was largely forgotten until researchers rediscovered her story in the 1980s. Consequently, the Ruth Suckow Memorial Association, with the support of Humanities Iowa, has developed a traveling exhibition celebrating the life and work of this Iowa novelist and short-story writer who lived from 1892 to 1960, the exhibit Everyday Lives, Extraordinary Voices: Ruth Suckow's Iowa on display at Davenport's German American Heritage Center from August 22 through November 15.

05 May 2026

“Shaped by Immigrants: Celebrating 250 Years of the United States,” through November 1

By Reader Staff

Over the past 250 years, German immigrants and their descendants, particularly in the Midwest, have helped develop, challenge, and improve the United States. The German American Heritage Center will consequently celebrate their history and accomplishments in Shaped by Immigrants: Celebrating 250 Years of the United States, on display in the Davenport venue through November 1.

14 Mar 2026

“Kaleidoscope Odyssey,” through September 7

By Reader Staff

Featuring more than 24 large-scale, immersive kaleidoscopes created by world-renowned artist and Davenport native Tom Chouteau, the traveling exhibition Kaleidoscope Odyssey will be housed at Davenport's Putnam Museum & Science Center through September 7, this fascinating walk-through event designed to celebrate the intersection of visual art, science, and optics.

19 Aug 2026

Vettes on the River, August 22

By Reader Staff

With more than 250 Corvettes from across the county expected to attend the eagerly awaited event, the city of LeClaire's 10th-annual Vettes on the River: Vettes Supporting Vets will be held at the LeClaire Levee on August 22, the day-long happening boasting raffle drawings, a color guard ceremony, an awards presentation, and much more.

12 Aug 2026

Ms. Pat, August 21

By Reader Staff

Lauded by the Washington Post as "unforgiving and darkly hilarious" and the New York Times as "brutally honest and outrageous," comedian, author, podcast host, and actor Patricia Williams - better known by her stage moniker Ms. Pat - returns to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Rhythm Room on August 21, the headliner beloved as the star of the Emmy-nominated The Ms. Pat Show and new web series Whiskin’ It All.

12 Aug 2026

Tom Briscoe, August 22

By Reader Staff

Instructing and entertaining audiences on the art of “Old Manspaining,” touring comedian and popular radio presence Tom Briscoe brings his comedy show to Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre on August 22, offering hysterical advice on maintaining agood marriage, raising daughters, empty nesting, and the fine art of unsolicited advice.

12 Aug 2026

Kim Sigafus: “Please Meet Singing Bird,” August 27

By Reader Staff

You’ve likely heard about the great Native American warrior Black Hawk who made the Rock Island area his home. On August 27, the Rock Island Public Library's Downtown Branch invites you to Please Meet Singing Bird, Black Hawk's less-memorialized wife whose life story is the subject of this presentation by Illinois Humanities Road Scholar Kim Sigafus.

12 Aug 2026

“Ruth Suckow's Lost Story: Iowa's Great German American Writer,” August 23

By Reader Staff

Held in conjunction with the Davenport venue's new exhibition “Everyday Lives, Extraordinary Voices: Ruth Suckow's Iowa,” The latest event in the German American Heritage Center's popular “Kaffee und Kuchen” series, August 23's Ruth Suckow's Lost Story: Iowa's Great German American Writer, will find President of the Ruth Suckow Memorial Association Barbara Lounsberry exploring the extraordinary backstory of this too-little-known German-American writer.

04 Aug 2026

Floatzilla 2026, August 15

By Reader Staff

An eagerly awaited day of outdoor fun culminating in an attempt to break a pair of Guinness World Records is set for August 15, when River Action hosts the 17th-annual celebration of paddle sports Floatzilla, with participants and spectators gathering at Rock Island's Sunset Park to see if the Quad Cities can boast the world's “Largest Raft of Canoes and Kayaks” and “Largest Simultaneous Kayak Launch.”

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