A three-time Tony Award nominee also cited among the 2022 Drama League Award contenders for Outstanding Production of a Play, author Selina Fillinger's uproarious satire POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive enjoys its area debut at Iowa City's Riverside Theatre, its October 4 through 20 run sure to demonstrate why the New York Times' Jesse Green said the work "lets us experience the double-bind of exceptional women unmediated by the men who depend on their complicity."

Lauded by The Independent as "both sweeping and intimate" and by The Upcoming as "a remarkable tale of companionship that hits in all the right spots," Chinese writer/director Guan Hu's Black Dog enjoys an October 10 screening at Davenport's Figge Art Museum, the film's world premiere at this past May's 77th Cannes Film Festival earning it the prestigious Un Certain Regard prize, as well as, for a canine named Xin, the Palm Dog Award last won by Anatomy of a Fall's unforgettable pup Messi.

Touring in support of their 2024 recording Hiyo that AllMusic called "their boldest departure from bluegrass traditionalism to date," the Americana musicians of Chatham County Line headline a September 24 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel the group's latest also inspiring AllMusic to deem it "the work of a talented, imaginative group bravely stepping beyond their borders, and the result is one of their best, most fascinating works to date."

Outdoor adventurers are again invited to paddle, mountain bike, and run their way to the top in the eagerly anticipated, 19th Taming of the Slough Mississippi River Adventure Triathlon, the River Action-sponsored test of endurance set to take place on Saturday, September 28.