Celebrating his 50th class reunion at the University of Dubuque, Emmy nominee Tony Danza, the beloved star of TV's Taxi and Who's the Boss?, will bring his touring show Standards & Stories to the university's Heritage Center on October 22, the New York Times having raved of the performer, "Tony's a live wire who tap-dances, plays the ukulele, tells stories, and radiates irresistible charm. He exudes the kind of charisma that can't be taught!"

In a special Moline Public Library event held on October 19 in conjunction with the area-wide Holocaust-remembrance project “Out of Darkness” (OutOfDarknessQC.com), Judith Winnick will present an extraordinary lecture about the only all-women's concentration camp established by the Nazis during World War II, her lecture Ravensbrück Concentration Camp: A Story of Courage & Hope detailing imaginative acts of resistance, heroic bonds of friendship, and survival never assured.

Touring in support of their 2022 album Bajascillators that earned five stars from Downbeat magazine and was described as a recording that "works perfectly for the times we’re living in," the Chicago-based psychedelic rockers of Bitchin Bajas headline an October 14 concert at Rock Island's Rozz-Tox, with Downbeat continuing its album rave by stating that "in keeping with the best art, it’s exactly what we need right now."

One of the most famous and beloved comedies in the history of world theatre will enjoy a rousing comeback when Rock Island Augustana College stages Molière's 1664 classic Tartuffe, its October 13 through 16 bringing the French playwright's vision to life in a delightful, rhyme-scheme adaptation by Richard Wilbur that previously starred such acting legends as John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi, and Joan Plowright.