With its source material named "the best American children's book of the past two hundred years" by the Children's Literature Association, the stage version of E.B. White's beloved Charlotte's Web enjoys a July 19 through 28 run at Moline's Playcrafters Barn Theatre, this adaptation by playwright Joseph Robinette praised by the Chicago Tribune as a theatre piece that "manages to hit the emotional and humorous high points of the original."

Praised by Broadway World as "a nostalgic and enormously entertaining musical revue," the peppy and winning stage treat The Marvelous Wonderettes closes the 2024 summer season at the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre, the show's July 25 through August 4 run treating audiences to delightful renditions of 1950s and '60s pop classics including "Lollipop," "Dream Lover," "It's My Party," and "It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)."

Held in conjunction with the dazzling collection of colorful wonders on display in Walter Wick: Hidden Wonders!, Davenport's Figge Art Museum will host a Highlights Tour of the exhibit on July 25, with a museum docent guiding visitors through the works of a talent who has fascinated people of all ages since 1992, when his first children's-book series I Spy landed on the bookshelves of millions of American households.

Praised by Rolling Stone for "marrying world-weary lyrics with ebullient melodies," the multi-platinum-selling alternative rockers of Gin Blossoms headline a July 19 concert event at Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center, the band beloved for such top-10 Billboard smashes as "Found Out About You," "Follow You Down," "'Til I Hear from You," and their signature hit "Hey Jealousy."