With the Moline Public Library's guest on November 28 a noted author and speaker, Dr. Ellen M. Tsagaris will deliver the presentation American Doll and Toy Museum, a lecture on the Rock Island venue for which she currently serves as executive director, with Tsagaris also showing some inclusion from her extensive collection and talking about the history of toys and dolls.

Lauded by The Sun Chronicle for their “distinct vocal harmonies, choreography, and performances [that] have helped bring a cappella into the mainstream of music,” the chart-topping pop singers of Pentatonix bring their seasonal "The Most Wonderful Tour of the Year" to Moline's Vibrant Arena at the MARK on November 27, showcasing the talents that have thus far resulted in three Grammy Awards and numerous appearances on the TV smashes The Sing-Off and The Masked Singer.

With Davenport's Common Chord co-presenting its event alongside the Rocktown Entertainment Group, rap and hip-hop artist El Hitta headlines the Redstone Room's "Sagittarius Bash" on November 24, the Chicago-based talent performing on the Friday-night bill with a quartet of additional genre talents.

Touring in support of their October release Till You Return, the group's 30-minute recording that mxdwn Music called "an exciting album with a personal and important message that drives through guitar riffs and killer vocals," the indie rockers of Teenage Halloween headline a November 29 engagement at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, with Till You Return also praised by Post-Trash as a release in which "every moment is exciting, subverting your expectations whether it makes you want to cry, dance, or punch someone in the face."