A fascinating virtual presentation by historian Russell Baldner, the German American Heritage Center's Our Daily Bread: Martin Luther & a Mansfeld Boyhood Home will, on February 20, deliver insight into one of the most noted figures of the 20th century, its focus on events surrounding the town that currently houses about 9,000 people in a southwest corner of the German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Held in conjunction with Black History Month, a special presentation of massive cultural import will be held at the Davenport Public Library's Fairmount Branch on February 22, with Black History: The Fight for Civil Rights in Davenport celebrating figures of the Civil Rights movement who have a local connection – among them the formerly enslaved African-American who stayed in Davenport, and whose name is etched in history through the notorious "Dred Scott decision."

Composed of the stirring string musicians and vocalists Ranaan Meyer on double bass and Nicholas Kendall and Charles Yang both on violin, the critically lauded trio Time for Three plays a special February 17 concert at the Bettendorf Performing Arts Center as guests in Quad City Arts' Visiting Artist Series, the performers' eclectic tastes and talents inspiring their self-professed moniker as “a classically trained garage band.”

With Time Out describing the show as “worthy of the gods,” the stage adaptation of Rick Riordan's popular book series debuts at the Spotlight Theatre when the Moline venue houses the 2019 Broadway spectacle The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, its February 18 through 27 run sure to demonstrate why The Hollywood Reporter raved that this family outing “provides an excellent if irreverent introduction to Greek mythology.”