With its latest show described as “colorful, energetic, and wonderfully silly” by TheatreJones.com and praised for its “sweetness, humor, and energetic high spirits” by the New York Times, Davenport Junior Theatre treats family audiences to the company's debut of Seussical Jr., a one-act, all-student-performed version of the Tony-nominated storybook musical.

Independent musicians from across the country, across the Atlantic, and right here in the Quad Cities will gather for the Village of East Davenport's wintertime Gas Feed & Seed Festival – a three-day, genre-hopping celebration hosted by Moeller Nights and featuring concert sets at the Village Theatre and Triple Crown Whiskey Bar & Raccoon Motel.

Highlighting nearly 30 examples of solo pieces, collaborations, and innovations within the art form, the Figge Art Museum's new exhibition Steve Sinner: Master Woodturner will, from February 17 through June 24, showcase the talents of the Omaha native and Bettendorf resident whose beautiful, hand-crafted works can be found in galleries and collections from California to Ohio to New York.

One of the Windy City's most acclaimed jazz vocalists brings his significant talents, and his talented ensemble, to Davenport's Redstone Room in the latest concert in Polyrhythms' Third Sunday Jazz Series – an evening with the Saalik Ziyad Quartet featuring guitarist Larry Brown Jr., bass player Steven Manns, and drummer Dushon Mosley.

Great Sounds Promotions and Davenport's Redstone Room will treat music lovers to a special Valentine's-weekend event on February 10, when the 14th annual Smooth Jazz Valentine's Concert is headlined by acclaimed R&B and jazz vocalist Selina Albright, lauded by The Hollywood Times for her “stylish nod to jazz with a really identifiable sound.”

While there are fascinating nights to behold in the Figge's many art exhibitions, the museum will soon be housing fantastic smells and tastes, as well, in both February 10's culinary event Valentine's Dinner with Marilyn, and in February 13's sixth-annual Cajun Cook-Off.

On February 10, one of the most successful and enduring bands in North American history takes the stage at the Rhythm City Casino Resort, when the chart-topping rockers of The Guess Who treat fans to hits from the group's five-decade repertoire that include “These Eyes,” “Share the Land,” and the iconic “American Woman.”

Fronted by Canadian singer/songwriters Devan Glover and Khalid Yassein – described by PopMatters.com as “two fabulous singers who harmonize perfectly, like two people born to perform together – the indie-folk quartet Wild Rivers plays a Moeller Nights concert on February 11, creating a sound the Web site also deemed “completely contemporary and fresh.”

A quartet that, according to Vanyaland.com, “laces modern folk and Americana with an electronic jolt, waltzing along the grooved edges of dream-pop, synth-pop, and Brooklyn's mid-aughts guitar-rock revival,” the musicians of Kuinka perform an RME Member Appreciation Show on February 9, demonstrating why NPR raved about the ensemble's “joyful noise” and “joyous organic sound.”

Presented in celebration of America's oldest, largest civil-rights organization and its local members, the Figge Art Museum will house History of the Davenport NAACP February 10 through April 22, a new exhibition focusing on area contributions to this nationwide effort that boasts more than 2,200 branches and roughly half a million members worldwide.

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