Performing from a repertoire of favorites includes swinging Frank Sinatra standards and lush blue-eyed ballads, popular stage crooner Ben Jones brings his touring show Let Me Be Frank to Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre on February 14. The Valentine's Day concert also boasts the talents of pianist, composer, and music director Ron Abel, side-splitting laughs, and tunes from the songbooks of Cy Coleman, Duke Ellington, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Brel, and Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Winner of both the American Comedy Award and the Phyllis Diller Award for "Best Female Comedian," and the star of popular streaming specials Bothering Jesus and Hunting Bigfoot, standup sensation and podcaster Kathleen Madigan brings "The Day Drinking Tour" to Davenport's Capitol Theatre on February 20, her lauded talents inspiring the Chicago Tribune to rave, "She has all but perfected the art of crafting and delivering a perfect joke."

With the in-person event held in celebration of Black History Month, an Augustana College graduate, former Moline teacher/coach, and Superintendent of Rock Island-Milan Public Schools takes part in a conversation about his recent memoir in From Dubuque to Selma & Beyond: An Evening with Local Author Dave Markward. The February 19 program at the Rock Island Public Library Watts-Midtown Branch finds Dr. Markward sharing his personal journey of understanding racism in America.

A Dubuque native who enjoys bringing comfort, healing, and honesty to those in need. Melissa Culbertson - better known by her stage moniker Melissa the Medium - will speak to and with audience members at Maquoketa's Ohnward Fine Arts Center on February 15, the professional counselor beloved for employing her Christian background as guidance while she delivers messages from the spirit world.