With its guest appearing in a special virtual program hosted by Illinois Libraries Present and the Rock Island and Silvis Public Libraries, the October 22 presentation Raise Your Voice with Jason Reynolds will offer a uniquely personal hour with the number-one New York Times bestselling author, as well as the recipient of a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, a Carnegie Medal, an NAACP Image Award, and multiple Coretta Scott King honors.

In celebration of the musical cult classic's 49th anniversary, the iconic entertainment The Rocky Horror Picture Show will enjoy a special screening at Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center on October 20, the event boasting a live shadow cast, audience participation, a costume contest, and the eagerly awaited guest host Nell Campbell, the Rocky Horror co-star who appeared opposite Meat Loaf as Eddie's eccentric love interest Columbia.

With only four weeks left until the upcoming election, the Azubuike African American Council for The Arts is proud to mark its 10th anniversary with a timely and crucial screening of the award-winning documentary One Person, One Vote?, a lauded work by renowned filmmaker Maximina Juson that enjoys a Davenport screening at the Last Picture House on October 20.

Hailed by the Chicago Reader as a stage thriller that "ticks along like a stylish and well-oiled clock," playwright Jeffrey Hatcher's new take on the Alfred Hitchcock classic Dial M for Murder enjoys an October 18 through November 2 run at Moline's Black Box Theatre, the Chicago Sun-Times adding that this "crackling murder mystery" finds Hatcher providing "layers of meaning and 21st-century relevance."

On October 24, Figge Art Museum patrons are invited on a journey through the Davenport venue's Lewis Collection in a guided Musical Tour with Wolfskin & The Wild, an evening with the renowned folk duo designed to bring art to life through the power of music.

Globally touring sensations who have routinely sold out international theatres and concert halls since their 1999 debut, the talents of MANIA: The ABBA Tribute bring their stage spectacle back to Davenport's Adler Theatre on October 12, thrilling patrons with such iconic pop anthems and familiar Mamma Mia! tunes as “Dancing Queen,” “Waterloo,” “The Winner Takes It All,” and “Take a Chance on Me.”

With the rockers in their fourth decade of performance and beloved for songs such as "The Lumberjack," which famously features a chainsaw solo by lead singer Jesse James Dupree, the glam-metal artists of Jackyl bring their nation tour to East Moline venue The Rust Belt on November 11, the band also noted for setting two Guinness world records: one for playing 100 concerts in 50 days, and one for performing 21 concerts in a 24-hour period.

A thrilling night of high-energy blues is guaranteed at the Davenport RiverCenter on October 12 when the venue hosts a shared headlining event with two masterful blues outfits: the Madison, Wisconsin-based touring artists of The Jimmys, and the homegrown talents of the Avey Grouws Band.

Touring in support of his most recent album Jump for Joy that Rolling Stone called "a whirlwind ride of rock and folk elements that is both playful and bouncy," the Grammy-nominated indie-folk Hiss Golden Messenger headlines an October 11 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the group's latest also hailed by The Guardian as "their best yet – a warm distillation of country-soul and folk, and every song tells a story."

With Paste magazine raving that the ensemble's music delivers "the kind of toe-tapping rhythm that sometimes you just need to make it through a day," the touring artists of The Kris Lager Band headline an October 12 engagement at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, their Saturday-night set finding the musicians sharing the talents that led Bandwagon magazine to praise their “brilliant” sound “that few other modern-day bands can offer.”

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