Touring in support of the 15th anniversary of their seminal album The Fall of Ideals, a recording that The New Fury labeled the group's "crowning achievement," the heavy-metal and hard-rock musicians of All That Remains perform a March 26 engagement at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, playing hits from their extensive repertoire and the 2006 album that Pop Matters deemed "the kind of stylistic leap that most bands can only wish they could pull off."

A collective of powerfully enthusiastic New York City musicians serves as the latest guests in Quad City Arts' Visiting Artist Series, with the gifted touring sensations of the High & Mighty Brass playing performing concerts sets at the DeWitt Community Library on March 22 and Rock Island's Stern Center on March 24.

Appearing virtually in a March 24 Moline Public Library presentation, the critically acclaimed, bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf will be on hand to discuss her most recent suspense novel The Overnight Guest, the January publication that the New York Times praised as "fully realized, wholly absorbing, and almost painfully suspenseful," adding that "the journey is mesmerizing."

The fascinating life of a longtime Iowa resident, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, and close friend to Walt Disney will be explored in a March 27 presentation hosted by the German American Heritage Center, with the Davenport venue hosting the special live event Cartoons & Conversation: A Visit with Ding Darling, a solo performance piece written by and starring Midwestern stage talent Tom Milligan.

With Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes, and Amy Schumer sharing hosting duties, the 94th Annual Oscars are scheduled to air at 7 p.m. CST on Sunday, March 27, and the boldface names and titles below are my official guesses.

Chart-topping progressive rockers and the recipients of four Grammy Awards, the metal musicians of Tool bring their national tour to Moline's TaxSlayer Center on March 17, with the band's most recent album Fear Inoculum earning the group a Billboard Music Award for Top Rock Album and an AMFT Award for Best Metal Performance.

Each time I've attended a show at Augustana College's Brunner Theatre Center, I'm astonished by both the acting and technical brilliance. We had some great performers and techies during my St. Ambrose days, to be sure – but our theatre certainly wasn't equipped like this one. However, my justifiable envy doesn't lessen my enjoyment while at Augustana, including at Tuesday's dress rehearsal for The 39 Steps, directed by theatre professor Jeff Coussens.

What’s the right stance to take here? The answer remains to be seen in the specifics of what Epic Games’ influence does to Bandcamp’s business model, interface, and overall ethos as a company viewed as some kind of benevolent godsend for smaller artists in the music industry without the weight of the entire major label industrial complex behind them.

Canada's Prime minister Justin Trudeau, with the enthusiastic support of his assistant Deputy Minister/Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, unlawfully invoked Canada's Emergency Powers after two weeks of uncontestedly peaceful protest by mostly Canadian truckers using their rigs to occupy the streets surrounding Ottawa’s parliament buildings.  Before Prime minister Trudeau's emergency declaration, local law enforcement and the protestors enjoyed a certain obvious camaraderie because truckers are as beloved as police officers and it was a chance to demonstrate their mutual loyalty, trust, and respect.