The funny bone of one of the United States' most revered presidents will be explored at Coal Valley's Robert R. Jones Public Library on February 11 when historian and former professor Dr. William Hampes presents The Humor of American Lincoln, a program focusing on the types of humor that Lincoln used, how he used them in politics and his personal life to achieve his goals, and what his sense of humor demonstrated about his personality.

With the touring sensation boasting an original score by Grammy Award winners Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance and a book by screenwriter J.F. Lawton and legendary director Garry Marshall, Pretty Woman: The Musical makes its area debut at Davenport's Adler Theatre on February 12, this song-filled adaptation of the smash film comedy recreating one of Hollywood’s most beloved romantic tales of all time.

Nominated for seven 2017 Tony Awards and the winner of the prestigious Olivier Award for Best New Musical, the comedy-classic adaptation Groundhog Day: The Musical makes its Quad Cities debut at Moline's Spotlight Theatre February 7 through 16, the stage hit lauded by the New York Times as a "dizzyingly witty" work "so outrageously inventive in ringing changes on the same old, same old, that you can’t wait for another (almost identical) day to dawn."

Writing about the iconic stage presentation The Vagina Monologues in a 2018 article, the New York Times stated, “No recent hour of theatre has had a greater impact worldwide.” And patrons of Moline's Playcrafters Barn Theatre will no doubt understand why that claim was made when Eve Ensler's revered work is staged in a February 6 through 9 production, the Times adding that the play is "probably the most important piece of political theatre of the last decade."

With the City Circle Theatre Company's latest presentation a winner of the 2000 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical, the concert version of Andrew Lippa's Wild Party enjoys a February 7 through 16 run at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, this delicious stage hit's 13 Drama Desk Award nominations including those for castmates Brian D'Arcy James and Idina Menzel.

Always an eagerly awaited series at the Figge Art Museum, the latest incarnation of Young Artists at the Figge will be on display through May 25, with the Davenport venue celebrating the accomplishments of budding creative talents of local elementary and junior-high art students whose works will be showcased in a continuing series of individual exhibitions.

A concert-opera adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize-winning work, and what will surely stand as a landmark event in Quad Cities entertainment, Omar’s Journey will continue the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's 2024-25 Masterworks IV season with performances at Davenport's Adler Theatre on February 1 and Augustana College's Centennial Hall on February 2, the production promising an unforgettable exploration of resilience, faith, and the enduring human spirit.

Lauded by The Aquarian as employing "a unified approach to performance and songwriting, crafting aural mosaics through adept instrumentation and humble precocity," the New Jersey-based funk, jazz, and rock ensemble Dogs in a Pile headline a February 3 concert at Davenport's Redstone Room, the group's output also hailed by Go-Set.net as "fun and jovial, hot and sexy, funky and weird, contemplative and dreamy."

Performing from a heavy-metal repertoire that boasts 11 studio albums, eight live albums, three EPs, and 49 singles, the hard-rocking talents of The Four Horsemen: Metallica Tribute bring their touring show to East Moline venue The Rust Belt, their January 31 engagement treating fans to classics from the third-best-selling music artist since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, selling in excess of 67 million albums in the United States alone.

Delivering a special tribute to our 16th American president at the Rock Island Public Library's Main Branch on February 4, gifted singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Chris Vallillo will treat patrons to his touring event Abraham Lincoln in Song, a performance in the Tuneful Tuesdays series that led Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum director of theatres Phil Funkenbusch to rave, "Vallillo takes the audience on a musical journey, making history come alive with his excellent blending of music and storytelling.”

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