Drawings and paintings by a trio of terrifically gifted Iowa artists will be decorating the walls of the Quad City Arts Center through March 18, with the Rock Island venue housing expressive and beautiful works by Emily Minnie of Iowa City, Jennifer Vess of Dubuque, and Grace Fundenberger of Bettendorf.

Presented as part of the Davenport museum's free “Thursdays the the Figge” programming, the Academy Award-nominated documentary Finding Vivian Maier will be screened on February 10 in the “Film at the Figge” series, with the critical consensus at Rotten Tomatoes reading, “"Narratively gripping, visually striking, and ultimately thought-provoking, Finding Vivian Maier shines an overdue spotlight on its subject's long-hidden brilliance.”

A little-known but historic event in the history of the Hoover administration will be presented as part of the Davenport Public Library's virtual 3rd Thursday at Hoover's Presidential Library & Museum programming, with retired Stanford University staffer Evelyn McMillan, on February 17, discussing how the Brussels Lace Committee, the Hoovers, and two major relief organizations came together to support the lacemakers of Belgium during World War I in the virtual program A Successful Humanitarian Story Hidden in Belgian War Lace of 1914-1918.

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."