Drawing from musical influences that include everyone from Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, and Ricky Skaggs to Brad Paisley, Justin Timberlake, and Michael Jackson, Nashville sensations the Dugger Band, composed of brothers Jordan and Seth, play a March 9 concert as part of the Rhythm City Casino Resort Rhythm Room's Country Vibes Series, with Center Stage Magazine raving, "When it comes to fun and great entertainment, the Dugger Band has you covered."

With Glide magazine calling the ensemble's style a "refreshing take on the neo-soul/funk sound, unbound by modern cliches," the lauded R&B, funk, and groove artists of Joslyn & the Sweet Compression headline a March 9 concert event at Davenport's Redstone Room, with Billboard magazine adding to the acclaim by labeling the musicians a "magical" group that "gives everybody the joy.”

Delivering an evening of well-known jazz and standard selections, the area vocal ensemble the Quad City Singers will bring their collective talents to Davenport's Redstone Room in the March 8 concert event Just Jazz, the night's repertoire including "Moon River," "The Shadow of Your Smile," "Misty," "Birdland," "Taking a Chance on Love," "The Nearness of You," and many additional favorites.

Performing in a special Chamber Music Quad Cities concert at Davenport's Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Parish Hall on March 10, Quad City Symphony Orchestra principal cellist Hannah Holman and guest cellist Raman Ramakrishnan team up with CMQC co-directors Gregory and Thomas Sauer for an afternoon of solos, duos, and trios for cello and piano in A Cello-bration, a fun-filled salute to the prince of string instruments.

A brand-new, interactive stage show featuring characters from the globally beloved preschool property, Baby Shark's Big Broadwave Tour! coasts its way to Davenport's Adler Theatre on March 9 and 10, bringing the series and its earworm theme song to life through an original story involving the title character and his undersea friends.

Serving as the latest event in the German American Heritage Center's new "Kaffee und Kuchen" series, the March 10 presentation Working with the Enemy: German, Italian, & Japanese Prisoners of War in Iowa During the Second World War will explore, in fascinating detail, the relatively quiet and under-publicized government program in which thousands of enemy soldiers invaded Iowa in 1943.

In celebration of National Quilt Day on March 16, Davenport's Figge Art Museum will showcase a number of colorful and hand-crafted functional artworks in the March 12 through 17 Mississippi Valley Quilters Guild Exhibition: Art Inspires Quilting, with a special Appreciation Night for the exhibit's gifted artisans scheduled for March 14.

A faithful dramatization filled with adventure, courage, love, and the triumph of good over evil, C.S. Lewis' timeless tale The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe will enjoy a three-performance run at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts March 8 through 10, its presentation by Young Footliters Youth Theatre boasting a gifted cast of student actors from grades six through 12.

Based on the beloved Janet Letnes Martin and Suzann Nelson book Growing Up Lutheran and an ever-popular stage entertainment for nearly 20 years, Church Basement Ladies makes an eagerly awaited return to Rock Island's Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse, its March 6 through April 27 run sure to demonstrate why Broadway World called the experience “a completely fun evening” that's “really, really funny.”