Numerous works by Quad Cities-area poets will be treating to exciting, brand-new interpretations at Bettendorf's Asbury United Methodist Church on March 19, when Chamber Music Quad Cities presents its springtime concert Poem to Song, a special event performed by acclaimed soprano and Quad Cities native Lily Arbisser accompanied by noted area pianist Thomas Sauer.

A special event taking place two days before the 75th birthday of its musical inspiration, the Redstone Room's March 23 concert with Elton Dan & the Rocket Band will pay tribute to one of the most successful and beloved entertainers of all time, the group's Davenport engagement sure to treat patrons to a night of unforgettable hits including “Bennie and the Jets,” “The Bitch Is Back,” “Pinball Wizard,” “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” and of course, “Rocketman.”

A celebration of Nordic music and a half-dozen esteemed composers, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra presentation Up Close with Scandinavia, Nordic Dreams will find a trio of marvelous musicians performing at Augustana College on March 17, the concert event boasting the talents of QCSO concertmaster Naha Greenholtz, QCSO principal cellish Hannah Holman, and pianist Juliana Han.

An Audience Award winner at Washington D.C.'s 2021 Environmental Film Festival and the recipient of the Best International Feature prize at the Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival, the climate-change documentary Inhabitants: An Indigenous Perspective enjoys a March 20 screening at Davenport's Figge Art Museum, serving as the latest informative and entertaining presentation in River Action's QC Environmental Film Series.

The debut presentation in the Figge Art Museum's “Film at the Figge” series – a monthly program featuring award-winning, independent movies about the arts screened in the Davenport venue's John Deere Auditorium – Wim Wenders' critically acclaimed documentary Pina will be shown on March 17, the film an Academy Award-nominated tribute to legendary choreographer Pina Bausch.

After a long 24 months, the Moline venue Rascals Live returns to the hosting of exciting concert events with an eagerly anticipated March 17 performance by the Oz Noy Trio, a sure-to-be-intoxicating night of jazz, funk, rock, blues, and R&B featuring the exceptional talents of guitarist and band leader Noy, bass guitarist Jimmy Haslip, and drummer Dennis Chambers.

Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the inspiration for an Oscar-nominated film, playwright David Lindsay-Abaire's family drama Rabbit Hole enjoys a March 18 through 27 run at Moline's Playcrafters Barn Theatre, the acclaimed work lauded by Entertainment Weekly as “a transcendent and deeply affecting new play which shifts perfectly from hilarity to grief.”

Named one of country music's top 10 touring acts by Billboard magazine and described by The Daily Country as an “energizing stage presence” who's “the definition of a road warrior,” singer/songwriter, guitarist, and Iowa native Jake McVey takes the stage at Davenport's Raccoon Motel on March 19, treating fans to the talents that inspired Hoopla Now to rave, “McVey has a big warm voice that is a pleasure to hear, and he can deliver a guitar solo with an appealing swagger.”

With America's National Park Service now in existence for more than a century, former President Herbert Hoover's contributions to its continued development and massive success will be explored in a March 17 presentation held as part of the Davenport Public Library's virtual 3rd Thursday at Hoover's Presidential Library & Museum programming, with park ranger Jenny Cripe Davis treating virtual participants to the informative program The Progression of America's National Parks.

Performing an eagerly anticipated concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, the Midwestern pop-rockers of the Pork Tornadoes will deliver an eclectic assortment of hits on March 19, their energetic repertoire ranging from Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, and Beyoncé all the way to Lizzo, The Killers, Coolio, and Phil Collins.

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