Presented in conjunction with the Quad Cities' noted river-cleanup operation founded by Chad Pregracke, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra invites music lovers to a special January 20 concert event at Davenport's Figge Art Museum: Up Close with Living Lands & Waters, a chamber-music celebration of the natural wonders around us boasting Emily Nash and Sabrina Tabby on violin, Bruno Vaz da Silva on viola, Hannah Holman on cello, Kit Polen on bass, and Marian Lee on piano.

Coming off am intensely challenging year personally and professionally, Jason Singer, famed for his popular solo project Michigander, headlines a January 25 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel in support of his EP It Will Never Be the Same, his work leading NPR to rave, "Jason Singer's mix of optimism and vulnerability has been one of indie rock's most exciting stories in the last few years."

With the critically praised singer/songwriter and his ensemble touring in support of their live album Secret Stratosphere, the indie-folk and pop-rock musicians of William Tyler & the Impossible Truth take the stage at Davenport's Raccoon Motel on January 21, Pitchfork magazine raving that the band "maintains the spiritual minimalism of Tyler’s solo work while expanding the sound."

Lauded by Vulture magazine for the playwright's "elegant way with exposition and the stealthy way he lures us down into the deep end of the emotional pool," Samuel L. Hunter's A Case for the Existence of God enjoys a January 19 through February 4 run at Iowa City's Riverside Theatre, this moving and magical drama by the writer of last year's Oscar winner The Whale also hailed by the New York Times as a "must-see heartbreaker of a play."