Designed to provide hope and celebration for those with cancer and all who love them, the Living Proof Exhibit's and Quad City Symphony Orchestra's opera Karkinos will enjoy a special presentation at Moline's Barlett Performing Arts Center on February 12, with the ensemble's musicians and conductor Mark Russell Smith treating guests to a dazzling new work by Jacob Bancks, whose compositions have been praised by the Philadelphia Inquirer as "frisky, colorful, voluble, and written in a direct musical style."

With ther special concert presentation hosted by local favorites The Dawn and featuring performances by an additional five area ensembles, the Summer Camp: On the Road Tour stops at Davenport's Redstone Room on February 10, with the scheduled musicians competing for a spot on the annual music festival's 2022 lineup, and audience votes doubling as entries for pries, swag, and tickets to the three-day event.

With his discography currently composed of five studio albums, eight mixtapes, 13 singles, and an EP, the platinum-selling R&B and hip-hop musician Chingy headlines a February 12 concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, the platinum-selling artist's professional highlights including three albums that made the Billboard top five and three singles that topped the charts.

An exploration into the innovations that have resulted when the natural world is allowed to be our guide, the new Putnam Museum & Science Center exhibition Mother Nature: Modern Muse is currently on display at the Davenport venue, this celebration following the museum's mission of delivering to patrons "a sense of place, time, and purpose to ignite human potential and inspire our diverse community to learn about and care for our world and all its people."