Presented on December 15 as part of the Davenport Public Library's 3rd Thursday at Hoover's Presidential Library & Museum series, the virtual program Spotlight on the Famous Flour Sacks will recount Herbert Hoover's gift of several hundred decorated flour sacks as gifts for his work with the Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB), a program established – under Hoover's direction – to provide food relief in war-torn Europe.

The winners of a Country Music Association Award, three CMT Country Music Awards, and an Academy of Country Music Award citation for Vocal Group of the Year, the chart-topping touring artists of Sawyer Brown headline a December 15 concert at East Moline's The Rust Belt, the group's 41 years of performance boasting such career highlights as a Star Search championship win and three number-one singles on the Billboard Hot County Songs chart.

Lauded by Daytrotter as "one of the greatest indie-folk singer/songwriters around," Minnesota-based musician J.E. Sunde headlines a December 16 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's most recent album 9 Songs About Love praised by Americana-UK for its "deep resonant intimacy that provides a warm and welcoming space in which to experience Sunde's songs."

Best known as the founder and lead vocalist/guitarist for the alternative-country and Americana ensemble American Aquarium, singer/songwriter BJ Barham plays special solo sets at Davenport's Raccoon Motel on December 16 and 17, the artist's 2016 album Rockingham lauded by No Depression for its artist's “ability to capture depth and emotion that is on par with few others.”

A unique blend of multi-genre music and visual created right in front of you will take place at Common Chord's Redstone Room on December 16, with the Davenport venue hosting the rock and alternative musicians of Regan Hatfield & the Abstraction, who will perform original compositions while artist Hatfield paints original works in a groundbreaking new performance-art process.

For those wrestling with the stress of the holidays, Moline's Vibrant Arena at the MARK is offering seasonal decompression via some actual wrestling, as the touring amphitheater presentation WWE Live Holiday Tour Supershow, on December 17, treats fans to thrillingly physical confrontations including the United States Championship Triple-Threat Match between Matt Riddle, Seth “Freakin'” Rollins, and Austin Theory.

Continuing the organization's run of exhilarating Third Sunday Jazz Workshop & Matinée Series concert events held in Bettendorf's Rivermont Collegiate, Polyrhythms presents a December 18 engagement with the gifted Midwestern musicians of the Saul Lubaroff Quartet, with saxophonist and Eastern Iowa mainstay delivering jazz hits and seasonal tunes alongside guitarist Andy Parrott, bass player Scott Barnum, and drummer Paul Cunliffe.

Returning to the Quad Cities in support of his new country songs and his debut EP,the Nashville-based singer/songwriter Timbo plays Davenport's Raccoon Motel on December 19, the rising star's first six-song collection lauded by American Highways' Mason Winfree as a work that “weaves a thread through the emotions of loneliness, longing, and dependency, and leaves the listener yearning for more.”

The talents of three generations of artists will be on display in the University of Dubuque's Bisignano Gallery through December 29, with the venue housing beautiful and evocative drawings, paintings, prints, and more in Lasansky in the UD Collection, an exhibit boasting works by Mauricio Lasansky, his son Tomás, and his grandson Diego, the latter of whom will also speak in a special guest lecture on December 5.

A local author, entrepreneur, and retired combat veteran hosts a special December 7 presentation at the Davenport Public Library's Eastern Avenue Branch, with Dr. Burl Randolph Jr. speaks on Hard Work: The Mind of an Author, describing the differences between being a writer and an author, and whether hard work is a factor in success for being either.

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