With the latest production in the theatre's 2022 season, Rock Island's Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse is inviting audiences to get a clue -- literally -- in the slapstick comedy-thriller Clue: The Musical, the tune-filled entertainment that inspired the Maryland Theatre Guide to ask, "Who wouldn’t want to be immersed in a classic board game full of mystery and fun?!”

With All About Jazz praising their self-titled album as a work whose "relaxed ambience breathes friendship and family even as it pays tribute to the cool jazz that inspired both brothers at an early age," the sibling musicians of the Levin Brothers - keyboardist Pete and bass and cello player Tony - headline a special September 15 concert at Moline's Rascals Live, the pair offering an intimate evening of jazz alongside Ali Ryerson on flute and Jeff Siegel on drums.

One of the most successful and beloved country crooners of all time will be celebrated at Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Rhythm Room on September 18 when recording artist Alan Turner performs The Gambler: Ultimate Kenny Rogers Tribute, a musical journey through the career of the American icon who has sold more than 120 million albums worldwide and racked up two dozen number-one hit singles, among them "Lady," "Islands In The Stream," "Lucille," and, of course, "The Gambler."

Currently touring in support of Reckless Abandon, the artist's second Rip Cat Records release with his ensemble The Abandoned, the celebrated Orphan Jon – in a performance co-presented by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society – plays an afternoon set at Davenport's Gypsy Highway Bar & Grill on September 18, the blues master and his touring musicians lauded by Rock & Blues Muse as “an important addition to the American roots- and blues-music tapestry.”

An early member of REO Speedwagon whose guitar talents were described by the Michigan Daily as “B.B. King played through Jimi Hendrix (with a touch of Andy Gill),” blues guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, and humorist Duke Tumatoe plays Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Rhythm Room on September 16, sharing the talents that enabled the headliner and Chicago native to open for the legendary likes of Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, George Thorogood, and John Fogerty.

The traditional German and Austrian art of Blaudruck – the dyeing process for linen or cotton fabrics that creates a white pattern on a blue background – will be showcased at Davenport's German American Heritage Center through May 21, with guests invited to explore both history and art in the exhibition Preserving a Dyeing Art: German Blueprint.

Presented on September 15 as part of the Davenport Public Library's 3rd Thursday at Hoover's Presidential Library & Museum series, the virtual program How the Hard Winter of 1880-81 Became The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder will deliver as insightful overview of the Hard Winter of 1880-81 as found in the newspaper record, followed by an exploration of some of Wilder’s struggles to convert her family’s experiences into her acclaimed novel.

With the mystery thriller produced as a special, 75th-anniversary tribute to the publication of Mickey Spillane's first novel I, the Jury, famed novelist, screenwriter, and playwright Max Allan Collins presents a one-night-only staging of Encore for Murder: The New Adventures of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, a special September 17 event held in the Muscatine High School Auditorium, and staring Gary Sandy of WKRP in Cincinnati fame.

A high-energy, interactive stage production will bring a hit culinary TV show to life when Davenport's Adler Theatre hosts the September 21 tour stop of MasterChef Junior Live!, with this immersive family experience finding season eight's winner, finalist, and fan favorites taking part in head-to-head cooking demonstrations and sometimes messy challenges.

Outdoor adventurers are again invited to paddle, mountain bike, and run their way to the top in the eagerly anticipated, 16th-annual Taming of the Slough Mississippi River Adventure Triathlon, the River Action-sponsored test of endurance set to take place on Sunday, September 18.

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