A collaboration between the German American Heritage Center and the artist Miriam Alarcón Avila and her "Immigrant Luchadores" project, Todos Somos Luchadores Inmigrantes: We Are All Immigrant Warriors will be housed at the Davenport venue through August 27 , the exhibit an exploration that looks for the connections between immigrants of German origin and Latino immigrants who have moved throughout the American continent and have established themselves as immigrants in the United States.

Winner of two 2008 Tony Awards and the prestigious Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy of 2007, author Patrick Barlow's slapstick thriller The 39 Steps enjoys a June 15 through 25 run at Mt. Carroll's Timber Lake Playhouse, the show's creative team and four-person cast sure to demonstrate why the New York Times called this Alfred Hitchcock celebration/spoof an “indomitably funny” comedy of “virtuosic clowning.”

An Outer Critics Circle Award winner for Best Musical that also earned a Broadway.com Audience Award for Favorite New Broadway Musical, the stage adaptation of Mel Brooks' film classic Young Frankenstein takes over the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre from June 15 through 25, this Tony-nominated riot lauded by the New York Post for its "bright and witty" lyrics and the book's "great job ... in transferring the original script to the stage."

One of William Shakespeare's most delightful and adored comedy classics will enjoy a professional Riverside Theatre staging this summer when the Iowa City company, from June 16 through July 2, presents the romantic and hilarious Twelfth Night in a bucolic outdoor staging at Iowa City's Lower City Park.

Launched by the Azubuike African American Council for the Arts and taking place in various area locales June 16 through 19, the inaugural Pulling Focus Film Festival has been designed as a celebration of local film and culture that focuses on enriching the lives of Quad Cities residents by presenting unique film-watching experiences framed through the lens of African American and Black Diasporic voices.

Lauded by The Atlantic as "brisk, precisely observed, and bracingly non-preachy in its examination of a very tricky subject," writer/director Céline Sciamma's French drama Tomboy enjoys a June 18 screening at Davenport's Figge Art Museum, this 2011 critical sensation the thirdof four award-winning independent films to be shown throughout June in recognition and celebration of Gay Pride Month.

An exhibit of arresting works by arguably the most famous and influential American landscape photographer of the 20th century, Ansel Adams, the Sierra Club, & the Making of a Landscape Icon will be on display at Davenport's Figge Art Museum through August 27, the exhibition showcasing a spectacular suite of images from the artist's Portfolio Three: Yosemite Valley.

Boasting a dozen stunning pigment prints by the Iowa City-based visual artist, the Midwestern-themed exhibition Iowa Night Skies: Photographs by Johnny Brian will be on display at Davenport's Figge Art Museum through August 27, the included works created by the photographer exposing film over long periods after capturing the bustling sky from his backyard.

Performing more than 200 shows a year, and continuing to spread laughter and break down stereotypes regarding people with disabilities, Last Comic Standing champ Josh Blue will headline two comedy sets at Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Rhythm Room on June 22, his standup routine existing in a constant state of evolution and his off-the-cuff improvisational skills guaranteeing that no two shows are ever alike.

An eagerly awaited event complete with food and retail vendors, local- and national-history information, community and resource booths, and fun-filled games and live entertainment for the whole family, the 2023 Quad City Juneteenth Festival will be held at Davenport's Lincoln Center – TMBC on June 17, the day-long celebration held in commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.

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