A special “sound and visual meditation” featuring artists in the realms of music, photography, and literature will unfold at Rozz-Tox on February 21 when the Rock Island venue hosts All Colors Present, an evening of aural and visual magic boasting co-headliners Jon Mueller and Tom Lecky and local poet and Midwest Writing Center director Ryan Collins.

The 1999 winner of the United Kingdom's Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play, Conor McPherson's arresting and chilling drama The Weir enjoys a February 21 through March 2 run hosted by Circle's Edge, an offshoot of City Circle Theatre Company. Dedicated to immersive-theatre experiences, the company will stage McPherson's tavern-set tale in an actual Coralville tavern: Pat & Fran's Irish Pub.

Although most people are more familiar with New Orleans' Mardi Gras and Brazil's Carnival, Germany has its own extravagant regional celebration known as Fasching, and on February 23, Kathlyn Hoffman will deliver a presentation on this exuberant street party in Fascinating Fasching, a program in the popular "Kaffee und Kuchen" series at Davenport's German American Heritage Center.

Hailed by RogerEbert.com's Nick Allen as "an impassioned and unabashedly intellectual documentary" that "helps us stand back and remember just how essential science is to progress," The Hunt for Planet B serves as the fifth presentation in this year's QC Environmental Film Series hosted by River Action. Its February 23 presentation at Davenport's Figge Art Museum will treat viewers to what Science magazine called "a behind-the-scenes view of the technical complexities, personalities, and politics that go into building a multi-decade space mission."