Hailed by Roger Ebert for its "delightful wackiness" the iconic film critic adding that the movie "has the damnedest ingratiating way of making us sit there and grin at its harebrained audacity," the cult classic Bubba Ho-Tep enjoys a trio of June 13 screenings at Davenport's The Last Picture house: two inside the theater, one on the rooftop, and the VIP Experience event featuring a meet-and-greet with the noted team of Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl.

Presented as the third in a month-long series of screenings held in celebration of Pride Month, 1990's seminal, critically documentary Paris Is Burning lauded enjoys a June 18 screening at the Figge Art Museum, this special series made possible by the Art Bridges Foundation in conjunction with the Felix Gonzalez-Torres exhibition now on view at the Davenport venue.

A Billboard-charting indie-rock and folk ensemble that has released more than a dozen albums and EPs since 2000, the multi-instrumental and vocal outfit DeVotchKa headlines a June 12 concert at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, the musicians performing a tribute to an Oscar-winning comedy scored by the band: 2006's Little Miss Sunshine.

Currently touring in support of their fifth LP No Fun in the Chrysalis, a 2025 release hailed by Folk Alley for songs that "shine gem-like, sparkling with the light of love and joy," the Midwestern artists of Them Coulee Boys enjoy a headlining engagement at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn on June 6, the group inspiring Jam & Toast to rave, "With a unique blend of Americana, folk-rock, bluegrass, and punk influences, they have cultivated a sound that is both familiar and refreshingly original."

Launched in 2023 by the Azubuike African American Council for the Arts and taking place in various area locales June 4 through 7, the fourth-annual Pulling Focus African American Film Festival of the Quad Cities will again bring together filmmakers, artists, educators, and audiences for independent film screenings, filmmaker conversations, cultural dialogue, and community celebration throughout the Quad Cities region.

Touring in support of his most recent album Winged Victory, which Glide magazine praised as "timeless folk music" that "addresses these times without being straight-out protest music," singer/songwriter Willi Carlisle headlines a June 5 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Moon, the artist's frequently cheeky recording also hailed by SputnikMusic as "Chock-full of innuendos, comedically verbose tangents and brutally honest horniness."

Praised by the Memphis Flyer for "eschewing de rigueur hoarse screaming for simple but effective melodies (and yes, screaming!)," resulting in "an irresistible combination," the Japanese punk rockers of TsuShiMaMiRe return to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on June 6, the female trio famed for mixing pop instrumental sounds with idiosyncratic, quirky, and oftentimes funny and disturbing lyrics.

Touring in support of 2025's remastered version of their album In a Perfect World, a 30th-anniversary release for which, according to New Noise magazine, the artists were "sounding as powerful and vital as ever," the post-punk and alternative rockers of Season to Risk headline a June 8 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, other fan-favorite albums including 1-800-Meltdown, Men Are Monkeys, Robots Win, and their sefl-titled 1993 debut.

Hailed by Saving Country Music as "the hot thing of the Austin honky tonks," singer/songwriter Ellis Bullard headlines a June 9 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artists' sophomore album Honky Tonk Ain't Noise Pollution lauded by Metal Planet Music as "a damned fine slice of good ol’ country music: well written, well played, well sung, and very well produced."

Touring in support of their 2026 recording Grace in Decay that Headbangers Australia said "moves with complete and total purpose," the heavy-metal artists of Spiral Fracture headline a June 10 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the group's latest also hailed by Rock-Expert as a work that "reflects the band's view of the modern world, exploring themes of inner struggle, collapse, resilience, and personal truth."

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