Exploring how the artist used her body to engage with the landscape and create powerful works of art, the fascinating exhibition Ana Mendieta: Traces will be on view in the Figge Art Museum's Gallery 206 from August 29 through February 28, the displayed works generously lent to the Davenport venue by the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art.

On August 27, Figge Art Museum Co-Senior Curator Joshua Johnson will lead a special tour in the Music & Makers Night event Golden Age for Whom?, the exhibition of the title designed to bring together contemporary artists who respond to the themes and aesthetics explored in the Davenport venue's concurrent exhibition The Golden Age: Featuring Northern European Works from the National Gallery of Art.

With the five featured classics including Academy Award nominees, iconic entertainments, and works that have inspired no end of unforgettable scenes, Davenport's German American Heritage Center teams up with the city's The Last Picture House to present “The Lost Years of German Cinema: 1948-1963," a film-series celebration of cinematic talent and industry boasting Wednesday screenings September 2 through 30.

With the first offering in its series voted "the greatest British film of all time" in a 1999 British Film Institute poll, the German American Heritage Center opens its “The Lost Years of German Cinema: 1948-1963" film screenings with one of the greatest cinematic works of all time, as director Carol Reed's 1949 film noir The Third Man will be shown at Davenport's The Last Picture House on September 2.

Visitors of the Bisignano Art Gallery are invited to experience the University of Dubuque in fresh and unexpected ways through the creative vision of the Plein Air Painters of Dubuque, the exhibition UD Expressions: Plein Air Painters of Dubuque on view through September 25.

For this year's annual Riverfront Pops concert event in Davenport's LeClaire Park, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra and Quad City Bank & Trust invite audiences to rock out with the talents of Jeans 'n' Classics and conductor Hisham Bravo Groover during the August 22 extravaganza The Best of the Who, a night under the starts featuring powerhouse hits including “My Generation,” “Behind Blue Eyes,” “Pinball Wizard,” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”

With this year's musical guests including Nina Nicole Little, the Pippi & Daniel Music Experience, and Erech Bruce, Polyrhythms proudly presents the 12th-annual Bill Bell Jazz & Heritage Festival at Rock Island's Martin Luther King Center and neighboring MLK Park, an August 21 and 22 celebration of cultural heritage in the Quad Cities named after the late musician, educator, and East Moline native lovingly known as “The Jazz Professor.”

On August 21, Figge Art Museum visitors are invited to experience an evening of phenomenal country music and craft beer when music legends Lorrie Morgan and Suzy Bogguss, alongside special guest Angela Meyer, light up the night in the 2025 Art of the Brew, an exhilarating outdoor celebration held on the Figge plaza.

Concluding 2026's Culture Bright Summer Series with a special August 23 evening of music, appreciation, and celebration, Common Chord presents an intimate performance by acclaimed singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright in the Davenport venue's newly reopened Redstone Room.

Hailed by Atwood magazine for delivering a “gritty blend of rock and soul that has a way of stopping people in their tracks,” the blues, Americana, country, and rock artists of Sons of Legion, Adam McInnis and Jack "Daddy Jack" Crenshaw, bring their “Soul to SØL World Tour 2026”to East Moline venue The Rust Belt on August 22, AllMusic adding that the artists have “pushed a vision of mystery and authenticity through their gritty country-rock tunes.”

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