24 Oct 2018

Ross King, November 4 and 5

By Reader Staff

A widely lauded writer, critic, and historian will take part in two special Figge Art Museum presentations on November 4 and 5, with best-selling author Ross King speaking on “The Heroism of Modern Life: Edouard Manet and the Impressionsts” on Sunday and his book Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet & the Painting of the Water Lilies on Monday – talks given in conjunction with the Figge's current exhibition French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850-1950.

24 Oct 2018

Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers, November 2

By Reader Staff

Best known as the founder, lead singer/songwriter, and guitarist of punk-rock outfit Against Me!, Laura Jane Grace and her Florida-based band The Devouring Mothers play a November 2 RIBCO concert on the rockers' 2018 “Midwest Takeover Tour,” the artist's 2016 album Shape Shift with Me called “densely packed, vicious, and heartbreaking” by Pitchfork magazine, and the artist herself notable for being one of the first highly visible punk rock musicians to publicly indentify as transgender.

24 Oct 2018

Brett Newski & the No Tomorrow, November 2

By Reader Staff

Serving as concert headliners in the venue's “'90s Alternative Night,” the folk-punk musicians of Brett Newski & the No Tomorrow play Davenport's Redstone Room on November 2, with New Noise magazine saying of the band's Milwaukee-based frontman, “He manages to come off as vulnerable (without all that emo baggage), extremely witty ('D.I.Y.' is one of the finest songs ever written about the realities of playing a show), and smart without pretention.”

24 Oct 2018

Low Cut Connie, November 2 and 3

By Reader Staff

Praised by Rolling Stone for their “gutbucket rock & roll and soulful boogie” and by NPR Music for being “fresh, original, and truly pledged to rock and roll,” the Philadelphia-based musicians of Low Cut Connie headline a pair of Moeller Nights concerts on November 2 and 3, revealing why the Los Angeles Times wrote, “Their ferocious live show … is unmatched in all of rock right now.”

24 Oct 2018

Quad City Symphony Orchestra Masterworks II: “Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto,” November 3 and 4

By Reader Staff

Continuing its 2018-19 season of Masterworks presentations, and held in celebration of the ensemble's 104th season of classical performance, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra will deliver of trio of sublime compositions in the November 3 and 4 concert event Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto, named after the climactic, intensely challenging piece to be played by piano virtuoso Wei Luo.

17 Oct 2018

Craig Ferguson, October 26

By Reader Staff

A Peabody Award-winning comedian and popular television presence brings his national tour to Davenport on October 26, as the Rhythm City Casino Resort hosts an evening with former talk-show and game-show host Craig Ferguson, the Scottish-American sensation that inspired the Los Angeles Times' Robert Lloyd to write, “Ferguson was not the best known of the late-night hosts, but he was the most singular and, for my money, the best.”

17 Oct 2018

Upper Mississippi River Conference, October 24 and 25

By Reader Staff

Hosted by River Action and themed “Our Watershed: Working Together for Healthy Waters and Flood-Resilient Communities,” the 11th-annual Upper Mississippi River Conference will be held at Moline's Stoney Creek Inn Convention Center on October 24 and 25, an event focusing on floodplain issues facing the Mississippi River watershed that covers all or part of 31 states in the nation.

17 Oct 2018

Fright Night in the District, October 27

By Reader Staff

A fun, safe, and eagerly anticipated Halloween event for families returns to the area on October 27, as the District of Rock Island hosts the 2018 Fright Night in the District, an evening boasting trick-or-treating, a scavenger hunt, a costume contest, and more presented by Modern Woodmen of America, Rock Island Parks & Recreation, the Rock Island County Project, Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa & Western Illinois, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Center.

17 Oct 2018

“Celebration of the Literary Arts 2018,” October 25

By Reader Staff

Presenting an address on the importance of “Making Words Count,” Iowa Poet Laureate Mary Swander serves as the keynoate speaker for the Midwest Writing Center's fall fundraiser Celebration of the Literary Arts 2018, an October 25 even held at Moline's CityView Celebrations that will also boast a buffet dinner, cashg bar, 50/50 raffle, and the presentation of the annual David R. Collins Literary Achievement Award.

17 Oct 2018

Artist Talk: Mary Miss, October 25

By Reader Staff

Delivering a special presentation co-sponsored by River Action and Chris and Marty Rayburn, the widely fêted environmental artist Mary Miss serves as the special guest in an October 25 Artist Talk at Davenport's Figge Art Museum, discussing the reshaping of boundaries between sculpture, architecture, landscape design and installation art, and how artists can play a more central role in addressing the complex issues of our times.

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