A fascinating and inspiring documentary about the world’s first known “giraffologist," The Woman Who Loves Giraffes will enjoy a February 4 screening at Davenport's Figge Art Museum as the third presentation in River Action's 2024 QC Environmental Film Series, this beautiful nature exploration a Best Documentary and Audience Award recipient at the Sonoma International Film Festival, as well as the Best Feature Film winner at the Global Science Film Festival.

Demonstrating that what unites us is more important than what divides us, the Emmy Award-winning filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films turn their documentary lens on their Quad Cities home base in the Putnam Museum & Science Center's January 27 premiere of Moved by Waters, enabling viewers to discover a network of people and organizations working toward improved water quality in the Upper Mississippi watershed.

Designed to offer the magical chance to see our national symbol in its natural habitat, the second-annual LeClaire Eagle Festival sponsored in part by the Riverboat Twilight will, on January 20 and 21, treat visitors to live eagle demonstrations and educational presentations, as well as opportunities to watch bald eagles soaring through the skies high above the Mississippi River.

Offering a thrilling collaboration between artists of different continents who share in dazzling musical sensibilities, Quad City Arts presents, in the first Visiting Artists performances of 2024, a shared bill between the Swedish quintet Jaerv and the Minnesota duo The OK Factor, this remarkable septet of collected talents playing Augustana College's Gerber Center in Rock Island on January 25 and Moline's Butterworth Center on January 26.