Held in conjunction with Black History Month, a series of thoughtful and engaging pieces will be in display in Black Hawk College's ArtSpace Gallery through February 23, with the Moline institution presenting paintings by Kathy Schumacher in the exhibition Freedom's Daughters.

With the exhilarating stage spectacle making a Valentine's Day stop at the Adler Theatre on its national tour, the 50th-anniversary production of the legendary rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar comes to Davenport on February 14, its unforgettable lyrics and music crafted by Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT) winners Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

One of America's most beloved and enduring comedies opens the 2024 season at Moline's Playcrafters Barn Theatre when the venue presents the February 9 through 18 return of Mary Chase's Harvey, the Pulitzer Prize-winning delight's original 1944-49 Broadway engagement a smash that ran for 1,775 performances and was directed by Tony Awards namesake Antoinette Perry.

A gripping two-man musical that, according to the New York Times, "lands like a well-placed punch, arresting and a bit breathtaking," Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story opens the 2024 season at Moline's Black Box Theatre, its February 9 through 24 run sure to demonstrate why the Hollywood Reporter raved that it "combines the extravagant emotions and ensemble couplings of verismo opera with musical sounds and styles drawn from Broadway and the bittersweet ballads of Franz Schubert and Kurt Weil."

A special Valentine's Day fundraising event devoted to the joys and agonies of romance, the Playcrafters Barn Theatre's February 14 Love/Hurts Cabaret will be presented on February 14, with all the proceeds raised at this showcase for local talent going to support the Moline theatre's 2024 season and help offset the high utility bills encountered during this particularly harsh winter month.

Presenting many of the Corridor’s most talented performers in a Broadway event like no other, the City Circle Theatre Company will stage a concert version of the lauded revue Sondheim on Sondheim February 9 through 11, its engagement at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts delivering audience-favorite songs from Into the Woods, West Side Story, Company, A Little Night Music, and numerous other works by the legendary composer.

With the powerhouse talent delivering a captivating full-length performance followed by an intimate conversation revealing her background and collaborative ventures, Amirah Sackett showcases her gifts in a February 10 public event at Davenport's Putnam Museum & Science Center, the hip-hop dancer and choreographer the latest guest in Quad City Arts Visiting Artist Series.

An official selection at the SXSW Film & TV Festival, the Denver Film Festival, the Tallgrass Film Festival, and more than a dozen additional gatherings for fans of cinema, the acclaimed documentary Join or Die will enjoy a February 11 screening at Davenport's Figge Art Museum, with audiences invited to follow the half-century story of America's civic unraveling through the journey of legendary social scientist Robert Putnam.

A pair of iconic titles from Hong Kong's legendary writer/director Wong Kar-wai will enjoy a special double-feature screening at Rozz-Tox on February 9, with the Rock Island venue hosting back-to-back showings of In the Mood for Love and Happy Together, both works included on Sight & Sound's esteemed list of the greatest motion pictures of all time.

Lauded by the Washington Blade as a "visceral yet lyrical film" and by The Movie Isle as "a strange ride, but in the best possible way," writer/director Jeremiah Zagar's coming-of-age drama We the Animals enjoys a February 15 screening at Davenport's Figge Art Museum, this critically hailed work the recipient of the Sundance NEXT Innovator Award and a nominee for five 2019 Independent Spirit Awards.

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