27 Aug 2020

WQPT Special Screening at Blue Grass Drive-In

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (August 27, 2020) — WQPT will host a 45 minute screening of the Ken Burns documentary The Gene: An Intimate History, on Thursday, September 17, 7:30PM, at the Blue Grass Drive In as part of the Quad City Engineering and Science Council’s “Teacher’s Night Out” series.

The Bluegrass Drive In Theatre is located just off of Hwy 61 in Blue Grass, Iowa at 774 W Mayne Street.

19 Aug 2020

WQPT Offers a Special On-Line Screening of “The Gene: An Intimate History”

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (August 19, 2020) — WQPT is holding a special screening of Ken Burns Presents: The Gene: An Intimate History. followed by a 45-minute talk with "Charles Darwin" (actor Brian "Fox" Ellis, storyteller and science teacher). Immediately following, "Darwin" will answer questions from the audience.

13 Aug 2020

The Black Box Theatre Presents “The 39 Steps: A Live Radio Play,” Opening 08/20

By Lora Adams

 

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (August 13, 2020) — The Black Box Theatre once again presents a 1940’s style radio play with “The 39 Steps: A Live Radio Play” by Joe Landry. The show is scheduled for August 20 to 30. Tickets on Thursdays are $13 and $16 all other performances.

02 Jul 2020

The Black Box Theatre to (Finally) Present “The Turn of The Screw” by Jeffrey Hatcher

By Lora Adams

 

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (July 2, 2020) — The Black Box Theatre was in rehearsal for the Jeffrey Hatcher adaptation of The Turn of The Screw when Covid-19 shut everything down. As Illinois enters Phase 4 of re-opening, the actors are once again rehearsing and looking forward to performing.

The theatre will open the show on July 16 and close July 19.

18 Jun 2020

WQPT to Stream Juneteenth Celebration Friday, June 19, at 11AM

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (June 18, 2020) — WQPT will stream a virtual commemoration of the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth on June 19 at 11AM.

Six leading Black museums and historical institutions from coast to coast have joined forces to launch a digital commemoration of Juneteenth, the day that the Emancipation Proclamation was officially enforced, ending enslavement in Texas.

28 Feb 2020

The Black Box Theatre Presents Jeffrey Hatcher’s "Turn of The Screw" in March

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (February 28, 2020) — The Black Box Theatre presents Jeffrey Hatcher’s Turn of the Screw March 26 through April 5.  Based on the Henry James book, it is a tale of suspense, horror, and repressed sexuality. A governess journeys to a lonely English manor house to care for two recently-orphaned children. However, she is not their first governess.

16 Jan 2020

WQPT and WIU-QC to Host 5th Annual Campus Art Show

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (January 16, 2020) — Quad Cities’ Student Services invites all Quad Citizens to submit images of art, photos, and designs for possible display in the 5th Annual Campus Art Show.

13 Jan 2020

WQPT and Quad City Vet Center to Host 3rd Annual Patriot Derby

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (January 13, 2020) — WQPT, PBS for the Quad Cities Region, and the QC VET Center will host the 3rd Annual Patriot Derby Challenge on Saturday, February 15, at Western Illinois University — Quad Cities Campus (3300 River Drive, Moline).

09 Jan 2020

The Black Box Theatre Presents “I Never Saw Another Butterfly” in Honor of Holocaust Remembrance

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (January 8, 2020) — The Black Box Theatre in downtown Moline will open their fourth season with “I Never Saw Another Butterfly,” a play by Celeste Raspanti.

11 Dec 2019

WQPT Director of Capital Projects and Planning Retires

By Lora Adams

 

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (December 11, 2019) — In April 2013, Mary Pruess was named General Manager of WQPT, Quad Cities PBS. During her tenure, WQPT moved offices, restructured master control and programming, and continued with a focus on the creation of local television-programming, to be aired along with PBS programming. As Mary put it, “We are creating a new way of being a public broadcasting station.”

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