13 Feb 2018

Charlotte Blake Alston, February 22 and 23

By Reader Staff

One of the nation's most admired storytellers serves as the latest Quad City Arts Visiting Artist when Moline's Buuterworth Center hosts a February 23 public performance with Charlotte Blake Alston, whose talents have been enjoyed worldwide at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Women of the World Festival in Cape Town, South Africa.

13 Feb 2018

Donavon Frankenreiter, February 27

By Reader Staff

With his most recent release The Heart described by RenownedForSound.com as “a deeply personal, sentimental, and intimate album that shines through its musical simplicity and emotional perceptivenes,” acoustic surf rocker Donavon Frankenreiter plays Davenport's Redstone Room on February 27, treating audiences to tuneful, upbeat songs that MusicFarm.com calls “hard not to sing and dance along with.”

13 Feb 2018

“Joseph Lappie: Personal Mythologies,” February 24 through May 20

By Reader Staff

A St. Ambrose University professor whose works can be found in the art collections of Yale Art Library, Ringling College of Art & Design, and the University of Dallas, Joseph Lappie will find his talents showcased locally in the Figge Art Museum exhibit Personbal Mythologies, on display from February 24 through May 20.

07 Feb 2018

8th Annual Red Dress Run, February 17

By Reader Staff

The Quad City Hash House Harriers' Dirty Pirate Chapter – part of the loosely affiliated international organization and a self-described “Drinking Club with a Running Problem” – hosts its 8th Annual Red Dress Run on February 17, with all participants, female and make alike, donning red dresses to show their spirit and draw attention to this charity event.

07 Feb 2018

“Music of the Deep North II,” February 17 and 18

By Reader Staff

A celebration of composers and songs from across the Atlantic Ocean, Music of the Deep North II, the wintertime concert by the professional vocal ensemble the Nova Singers, will treat audiences to moving and exciting arrangements of Baltic and Scandinavian works when performed February 17 at Galesburg's First Lutheran Church, and February 18 at Davenport's St. Paul Lutheran Church.

06 Feb 2018

“A View from the Bridge,” February 15 through 18

By Reader Staff

One of Amerian theatre's most acclaimed and awarded titles will enjoy an intimate yet emotionally grand staging when St. Ambrose University and director Sam Jones present the stage classic A View from the Bridge, Arthur Miller's Tony-winning family drama that runs in the Studio Theatre February 15 through 18.

06 Feb 2018

Lonestar, February 16

By Reader Staff

With album sales in excess of 10 million since the band's 1995 launch, the country superstars of Lonestar play the Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center on February 16, treating fans to a repertoire that includes such chart-topping singles as “No News,” “Come Crying to Me,” and the crossover smash “Amazed.”

06 Feb 2018

“Seussical Jr.,” February 17 through 25

By Reader Staff

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.

06 Feb 2018

Gas Feed & Seed Festival, February 15 through 17

By Reader Staff

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.

06 Feb 2018

“Steve Sinner: Master Woodturner,” February 17 through June 24

By Reader Staff

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.

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