Following in the footsteps of the venue's springtime hit Sense & Sensibility, a theatre piece adapted from Jane Austen's classic novel, Moline's Playcrafters Barn Theatre will present a delightful stage production of Little Women July 21 through 30, reacquainting audiences with all of the beloved characters, comedy, drama, and romance adored by generations of Louisa May Alcott fans.

Winner of the Best Feature Film prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," Cheryl Dunye's The Watermelon Woman enjoys a Bettendorf Public Library screening on July 21 in conjunction with the summertime "Find Your Voice" series, a program focused on works about people from marginalized communities that have been historically underrepresented in film.

Industrial rockers whose Billboard-charting hits include Destroy What You Enjoy, Builders of the Future, and the platinum-selling Tonight the Stars Revolt!, the musicians of Powerman 5000 headline a July 22 concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, the group's most recent album The Noble Rot having received a five-out-of-five rating by Cryptic Rock, which called the recording "a must-listen if you're a fan of Powerman 5000 or the fantastic camp of a B-movie."

A popular, Chicago-based touring outfit composed of lead vocalist Billy Yost, guitarist Jonny Ifergan, and bassist Daniel Leu, The Kickback headlines a July 24 concert event at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, with Rolling Stone raving that the band "conjures the very best parts of The Veils and The Walkmen and The Killers, writing lean, nervy songs that snarl and snap."

Touring in support of his 2022 album Nation of Heat Revisited, a remastered take on his 2009 EP debut with the songs in a different track order and with added instrumentation, Maryland-based folk singer/songwriter Joe Pug headlines a July 27 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's latest inspiring No Depression to rave, "Pug has achieved something impressive: the songs feel fresh yet familiar, speaking to their timelessness."

Held in conjunction with the vinyl-release after-party for his full-length concept recording of piano and electronics, the Together We Rise Farewell Concert with St. Ambrose University professor William Campbell will be held at Rock Island's Sound Conservatory Music Academy & Shoppe on July 22, the contemporary-classical composer stating of his latest, "This music was created in my belief that we can all work for the common good and justice for everyone within our society.”

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If fellow Reader reviewer Alex Richardson can publicly declare his distaste for Rodgers and Hammerstein, I feel safe sharing my own opinion that Tennessee Williams and The Glass Menagerie are overrated.

A gifted singer/songwriter and one-man band musician who has performed more than 4,000 concerts nationwide to audiences of all ages, Rick Kelley is the latest special guest in the Butterworth Center's and Deere-Wiman House's Music on the Lawn series, the popular children's musician delivering a July 19 performance filled with humor and original songs.