An early member of REO Speedwagon whose guitar playing was described by the Michigan Daily as “B.B. King played through Jimi Hendrix (with a touch of Andy Gill), blues guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, and humorist Duke Tumatoe plays Davenport's Redstone Room on November 1, sharing the talents that have enabled the Chicago native to open for the legendary likes of Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, George Thorogood, and John Fogerty.

Performing from a repertoire that includes such classics as “Uncle John's Band,” “Truckin,” “Alabama Getaway,” and the chart-topping “Touch of Grey,” the rockers of The Schwag return to the Rock Island Brewing Company on November 2, appearing locally in their 28th year as professional Grateful Dead tribute artists.

In the second presentation in the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's 2019-20 Masterworks season, the ensemble's thematic exploration of the human experience continues with November 2 and 3 performances of Masterworks II: Conflict, a repertoire assembled in honor of the 100th anniversary of Veteran's Day, with the program's Adler Theatre and Augustana College presentations boasting a special guest vocalist in baritone Paul Max Tipton.

The political muscle of ComEd/Exelon aced its last major test in 2016, when the energy companies finally passed what one Illinois House member referred to at the time as a "multi-billion-dollar corporate-bailout" by electricity rate-payers to keep two of its nuclear power-plants open.

At my recent screening of The Addams Family, the film was preceded by a trailer for Disney's fairytale sequel Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, and after the preview ended, a little girl in the row ahead of me turned to her mother (I presume) and asked, “Why is Maleficent a bad guy now?”

Debuting just in time for Halloween, the professional dancers of Ballet Quad Cities stage choreographer Deanna Carter's adaptation of Bram Stoker's horror classic Dracula on October 19 and 20 at Moline's High School's new Bartlett Performing Arts Center, with the notorious count of Dracula Unleashed! portrayed by international dance star Domingo Rubio and performances preceded by the debuting vignettes of Halloween IV: The Prom.

Having thrilled international audiences with astounding feats of illusion involving levitations, souped-up super-cars, and an impossible escape from Houdini's water-torture cell, the prestidigitators of Champions of Magic bring their wildly successful stage show to Davenport's Adler Theatre on October 26, with Stage Door stating “Lovers of magic won't want to miss it,” and the Heresford Times calling the production “slick, clever, funny … and amazing.”

Composed of violinists Ilmar Gavilán and Melissa White, violist Jaime Amador, and cellist Felix Umansky, the Harlem Quartet performs locally as guests in Quad City Arts' Visiting Artists series, the musicians' October 21 through 25 concerts sure to prove why The Strad called the group “a formidable ensemble whose members play highly demanding scores with infectious vitality, breezy confidence, and (most importantly) an affectionate warmth that one would scarcely have thought possible.”