Touring in support of their 2024 EP I Am Not Much Help that Music Arena GH deemed "a beautifully chaotic masterpiece" that "a blend of garage rock, glam-bop ballads, and heartfelt lyrics," the indie talents of Hotel Mira headline a November concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the group also praised by The Pentatonic for "the band’s incredible ability to write alt-pop hits infused with raw, introspective lyricism."

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Friday's opening-night performance of director Jane Watson's The Sunshine Boys drew lots of big laughs from a smallish crowd. This one definitely deserves a bigger audience.

With its creator a noted artist and instructor based in Chicago, the fascinating exhibition Evergreen will be on display at Cornell College's Peter Paul Luce Gallery through November 20, with painter Marina Ross employing the visual symbolism of the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz to explore cultural and personal memory, grief, and performance.

In the Muscatine Art Center's new exhibition Muscatine History Revisited, on view through August 25, patrons can take a delightful and informative journey back in time, the exhibition featuring artifacts and historic photographs from the permanent collection, with visitors of all ages are invited to immerse themselves in stories of the community’s past, while learning about the businesses and industries that helped shape Muscatine into the city it is today.

Boasting a community write-in opportunity, an open-mic set, and a trio of evocative poetry readings, the Midwest Writing Center's latest SPECTRA Reading Series event will take place at Rock island's Rozz-Tox on October 24, this literary celebration featuring the talent of Melissa Conway, Zafirah Hassan, and showcased poet Gina Franco.

Hailed by Backstage as "an entertaining and ribald report from the battle of the sexes with plenty of sparkling Shavian wit," George Bernard Shaw's 1905 comedy The Philanderer opens the 2024-25 season of student-directed  theatre  at Rock Island's Augustana College's, the work a biting, rarely staged piece by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Man and Superman, Pygmalion, Major Barbara, Heartbreak House, and Saint Joan.

Lauded for their amalgamation of metalcore and pop-punk heard in albums such as Common Courtesy, You're Welcome, and their chart-topping Bad Vibrations, vocalist Jeremy McKinnon, rhythm guitarist Neil Westfall, percussionist/drummer Alex Shelnutt, and lead guitarist Kevin Skaff bring their rock outfit A Day to Remember to Moline's Vibrant Arena at the MARK on October 26, this night to remember sure to feature hits including "Feedback," "Miracle," and the number-one sensation "Paranoia."