With the special holiday event also boasting a performance by the talents of Illuminaughties Burlesque, Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn presents its final Barn performance of 2025 with the October 31 treat Codfish Halloween, the night featuring performances by the musical talents of MoonShroom and Brooks Strause.

A legendary holiday-film perennial and thrilling song-and-dance showcase for Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye will be brought to theatrical life when Rock Island's Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse presents the eagerly awaited return of Irving Berlin's White Christmas, its November 5 through December 28 run treating audiences to a Tony-nominated treat featuring timeless Berlin hits in “Blue Skies,” “Happy Holiday,” “Let Me Sing and I'm Happy,” and “I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm.”

The funny, moving, and profound stage version of one of literature's all-time classics enjoys a November 6 through 9 run at the University of Dubuque's Heritage Center when the Department of Fine and Performing Arts presents Of Mice & Men, John Steinbeck's adaptation of his revered 1937 novel included as one of Amazon's list of “The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written.”

With the show based on the multi-award-winning television series that thrills viewers nationwide, the stage spectacle Masters of Illusion comes to Davenport's Adler Theatre on November 5, this evening of jaw-dropping magic combining fantasy, fervor, and flair via headlining illusionists, colorful birds, beautiful dancers, and hysterical comedy.

With the event held in partnership with Lulac Council 10, Ascentra Credit Union, and Hola America, Davenport's Figge Art Museum will house a delightful Día de Los Muertos celebration in the November 2 Day of the Dead Family Fiesta, an afternoon-long tribute honoring the memories of passed loved ones through music, dance, food, and community.

A winner at the Iowa Independent Film Festival and Cedar Rapids Film Festival, as well as an official selection of the Archaeology Channel and Landlocked Film Festival, Fourth Wall Films' documentary Lost Nation: The Ioway and its sequel enjoy a special November 6 screening at Clinton Community College, this acclaimed work by area moviemakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle shining a light on a forgotten tale of American conquest and Native survival.

With both artists hoping that viewers will take some time to look for meaning in their works and enjoy a diversion from the tensions of the day, talents from Iowa and Wisconsin will be showcased at the Quad City Arts International Airport Gallery, the Niebuhr & Ryan exhibit, through January 5, boasting arresting oil paintings by Michael S. Ryan and mixed-media works by Gary Warren Niebuhr.

On November 1, Muscatine Art Center invites families to celebrate an autumnal Mexican holiday through its Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) festivities, an afternoon of free, hands-on activities, artmaking, and bilingual performances that honor this vibrant Mexican tradition.

With the project supported by Quad City Arts' re-granting program Arts Dollars, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Hubbell-Waterman Foundation, and the Quad Cities Community Foundation - Isabel Bloom Art Education Endowment, Lucas Berns' exhibition Artificial and Still: Woven Works on Paper is on display at St. Ambrose University's Morrissey Gallery through December 12, a Q&A and reception scheduled for November 6.

An eclectic mix of practical lettering and expressive pieces that involve letters, historical recreations, and three-dimensional collages, Cheryl Jacobsen's Lettering and Assemblage: (things I love, my art so far) is on display at St. Ambrose University's Catich Gallery through December 12.

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