Described by Time Out New York as a play that “provides a pleasurable ripple of fear down one's spine and an uncomfortable lurch in the pit of one's stomach,” the intimate chiller The Woman in Black enjoys a spooky-season run at Geneseo's Richmond Hill Barn Theatre, its October 2 through 12 engagement inviting audiences to witness an evocative stage tale that The Daily Mail called “a truly nerve-shredding experience.”

Continuing 2025 garden-cinema series with a Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner and one of the most celebrated international titles of all time, Federico Fellini's 1960 masterowkr La Dolce Vita enjoys an outdoor screening at Rock Island venue Rozz-Tox on September 26, its numerous examples of cultural impact including its news-photographer character Paparazzo, who became the origin of the word paparazzi.

Treating patrons to a free screening celebrating a beloved area figure, Fourth Wall Films' Kelly and Tammy Rundle will host a September 30 showing of A Bridge Too Far From Hero Street: William Sandoval's Story at the Davenport Public Library's Fairmount Street Branch, this moving, historical, locally themed doc honoring the life and experiences of a true war hero from Silvis, Illinois.

An eagerly awaited autumnal tradition will get the blood pumping on September 27 and 28, as the weekend brings with it the Vibrant Arena at the MARK's Active Endeavors Health & Fitness Expo on Saturday followed by the 28th Quad Cities Marathon, presented by TBK Bank, on Sunday, the latter a Boston Marathon qualifier and the only such event in the country to incorporate six races, four cities, three bridges, two states, and one island.