Presented on April 20 as part of the Davenport Public Library's 3rd Thursday at Hoover's Presidential Library & Museum series, the virtual program An Audio-Visual Potpourri will find Lynn Smith – the audio-visual archivist at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum – showcasing a variety of favorite still images from the venue's collection, sharing Hoover home movies and newsreels, and pointing out a few unusual items from the Hoover archives.

Boasting a discography encompassing more than two decades and collaborations with diverse artists ranging from The Doors and Eminem to Boyz II Men, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, hip-hop and rap artist Tech N9ne plays East Moline's The Rust Belt on April 15, the musician currently touring nationally in support of his most recent release Asin9ne.

Hailed as "remarkable" by the Chicago Tribune, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's principal flute player will be the featured performer in the QCSO's recital Up Close with Jessica Warren, the April 16 event at Davenport's Figge Art Museum finding the artist delivering a vibrant afternoon of music alongside pianist Kuang-Hao Huang.

With Music Taster's Choice labeling the musician “one of the top 10 guitarists in the world,” the acclaimed blues rocker Anthony Gomes plays Davenport's Redstone Room on April 14 in support of his most recent release High Voltage Blues, a recording that inspired Blues Rock Review to rave, "Whether you’re a long-time Gomes fan or you’re just discovering him, there’s plenty to dig into," adding that "the overall production might be the best of any Gomes album to date."

Taking a momentary break from its regular venue at Bettendorf's Rivermont Collegiate (as the stage there is currently set for a school play), the monthly Polyrhythms' Third Sunday Jazz Series continues at Rock Island's Sound Conservatory Music Academy & Shoppe on April 16 with a performance by the gifted artists of ML III & Friends, an ensemble composed of Quad Cities favorites Manuel Lopez III on drums, Steve Grismore and John Miller on guitar, and Ron Wilson on bass.

Touring in support of his most recent album Please Take a Seat, a recording that Paste magazine called "a wondrous adventure for anyone who is willing to hold on through its twists and turns," the Chicago-based avant-pop multi-instrumentalist Nnamdi Ogbonnaya – also known as Nnamdï – headlines an April 16 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, with Paste adding of the artist “whether it be hip-hop, indie rock, electronica or bubblegum pop, he stays true to who he is."

Currently on tour in support of their new release Lover's Game - an album that finds its artists, according to NPR, "showcasing their genre-crossing essence” - married musicians Michael and Tanya Trotter bring their outfit The War & Treaty to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on April 15, treating guests to an evening of what the Boston Globe called “a spectacular combination of fervent gospel, Ike & Tina-style R&B, and sweet, steel-flecked country soul."

Dessa, April 14

Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as a talent who "achieves a sublime synthesis" as a pop/hip-hop singer and a rapper/poet, Dessa headlines an April 14 concert event at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the performer lauded by The Current as "an artist who is growing ever sharper, galvanized by her pain and empowered to tell the truth about the dark side of love, power, and hard-fought success."

Opening this year's concert season at the Codfish Hollow Barn precisely one day after the release of their latest album A River Running to Your Heart, Eric D. Johnson and his outfit Fruit Bats headline an April 15 engagement at the Maquoketa venue, the musicians' previous recording – 2021's The Pet Parade – lauded by Flood magazine as "harmonious, reflective, and lyrically mature.

With the New York Daily News calling the play "lunatic fun that keeps you in stitches" and the Village Voice hailing it as a "hearty mixture of thrills, laughter and extravagant showmanship," author Charles Ludlum's stage sensation The Mystery of Irma Vep makes its long-awaited area debut at Moline's Black Box Theatre April 13 through 22, the New York Post having added, "The story has to be seen to be believed."

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