15 Oct 2024

WÖR, October 28 and 30

By Reader Staff

Hailed by WOMEX as "astonishing musicians" known for "coaxing fantastic sounds out of their chosen instruments," the musicians of WÖR serve as the latest guests in Quad City Arts' Visiting Artist Series, their October 28 and 3 area performances showcasing a band whose curiosity, passion, and talent has led to a niche goldmine of 18th-century melodies from the Flanders region of Belgium melodies, recreated in stunning contemporary arrangements.

15 Oct 2024

The Travelin' McCourys, October 30 and 31

By Reader Staff

With their eponymous 2018 release the winner of the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, the Nashville-based The Travelin' McCourys brings their two to two area venues this month, the lauded artists headlining the "Codfish Halloween w/ the Travelin' McCourys" at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn on October 30, and an actual Halloween show at Davenport's Redstone Room on October 31.

15 Oct 2024

Chamber Music Quad Cities: “In C,” October 27

By Reader Staff

Their October 27 event boasting works by Chopin, Brahms, Dohnányi, and Korean composer Unsuk Chin, whose piano étude gives the program its title, Chamber Music Quad Cities opens its 2024-25 season at Davenport's Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Parish Hall with In C, in which violinist Serena Canin and violist Lee Taylor will join CMQC co-artistic directors Gregory Sauer, on cello, and Thomas Sauer, on piano, for a thrilling exploration of that musical key.

15 Oct 2024

David Liebe Hart, October 30

By Reader Staff

On October 30, Davenport's Raccoon Motel will host one of the most singular artists yet to headline this downtown venue, with outsider artist, musician, painter, puppeteer, and actor David Liebe Hart, the entertainer best-known for appearances on Adult Swim's Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, performing bizarre puppetry and singing in a variety of voice characterizations.

15 Oct 2024

Flight Attendant, October 31

By Reader Staff

With its lead vocalist and keyboard player Karalyne Winegarner lauded by Glide magazine as a talent who "commands your attention like Freddie Mercury working the crowd in an arena," the indie rockers of Flight Attendant headline a Halloween-night concert at davenport's Raccoon Motel, their October 31 set sure to demonstrate why Rolling Stone proclaimed, "Flight Attendant delivers an experience."

13 Oct 2024

Young Footliters Youth Theatre's “Disney's My Son Pinocchio Jr.,” October 18 through 20

By Reader Staff

With its songs by theatre legend Stephen Schwartz and its original life-size puppets created by West Liberty's Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre Company, Disney's My Son Pinocchio Jr. serves as the 2024-25 season opening for the students talents of Young Footliters Youth Theatre, the one-act show's October 18 through 20 run at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts treating audiences to a brand-new take on the beloved cartoon masterpiece.

11 Oct 2024

“The Sunshine Boys,” October 18 through 27

By Reader Staff

A three-time Tony Award nominee that stands as one of the most popular, enduring, and beloved comedies on the résumé of playwright Neil Simon, the vaudeville salute The Sunshine Boys enjoys an October 18 through 27 engagement at Moline's Playcrafters Barn Theatre, this 1972 Broadway smash inspiring a run of 538 performances and an Oscar-winning movie adaptation.

10 Oct 2024

“Soirée: A Night in Italy,” October 19

By Reader Staff

An elegant evening at Davenport's Figge Art Museum and one of the most annually popular fundraising events in the Quad Cities, this year's Soirée: A Night in Italy will, on October 19, find Quad City Symphony Orchestra musicians Emily Nash, Madelin Capistran, Bruno Vaz Da Sila, and Laura Shaw performing in a special event boasting a cocktail hour, dinner, and live auction with Maestro Mark Russell Smith as auctioneer to benefit the QCSO’s education programs.

10 Oct 2024

“The Rocky Horror Show,” October 18 through 27

By Reader Staff

If Halloween is approaching, it must be time for that annual theatrical command: “Let's do the 'Time Warp' again!” Consequently, the Circa '21 Speakeasy will stage its ninth-annual presentation of the cult-musical smash The Rocky Horror Show from October 18 through 27, treating audiences to live performances of classic songs in this nutty, interactive experience that has been delighting show regulars and virgins alike for more than half a century.

10 Oct 2024

“It's Fine. Everything Is Fine.”, through December 6

By Reader Staff

A wide variety of artworks – thoughtful, arresting, disturbing, even hilarious – by nearly four dozen area artists will be on display at the Quad City Arts Center through December 6, with the Rock Island venue presenting a series of fascinating takes on the prompt of the exhibit's title: “It's Fine. Everything Is Fine.”

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