A one-act version of the beloved family musical that received five 2013 Tony Awards, Matilda Jr. enjoys a one-weekend, four-performance run at Mt. Carroll's Timber Lake Playhouse, its July 14 through 16 engagement treating audiences to a delightful entertainment for all ages whose original Matilda: The Musical was praised by the New York Times as “an exhilarating tale of empowerment” told with “astonishing slyness and grace.”

An acclaimed New York City comedian lauded for her darkly hilarious material based on personal, often satirical stories, current Saturday Night Live writer Rosebud Baker brings her national standup tour to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Rhythm Room on July 16, with Rolling Stone raving that her humor "ranges from merciless self-excavation to slashing social satire graced by intelligence and nuance."

Delivered as part of the Davenport Public Library's virtual 3rd Thursday at Hoover's Presidential Library & Museum programming, the July 20 "best of" webinar The Lafayette Escadrille tells the heroic tale of how 38 Americans volunteered to fly, and pay the ultimate price, in the First World War – fighting in the skies to aid France long before our country officially entered the war.

With free admission and programs for the venue's Thursdays at the Figge sponsored by Chris and Mary Rayburn, Davenport's Figge Art Museum will host the special July 20 event The Katz Gallery: Celebrate the Exhibitions of Ansel Adams & Johnny Brian, an arresting exploration into the current exhibits Ansel Adams, the Sierra Club, & the Making of a Landscape Icon and Iowa Night Skies, featuring special guest and the latter exhibit's photographer Johnny Brian of Iowa City.