A celebration of the individuals and organizations that best represent the spirit of true river action in regard to our mighty Mississippi, River Action's Fish & Fire Fundraiser Dinner enters its 24th year with an April 30 event at Bettendorf's Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center, the evening's events including a social hour, silent auction, plated dinner and dessert, live auction, and the presentation of the annual Eddy Awards.

With the event co-presented by the World Affairs Council of the Quad Cities (WACQC) and the Bettendorf Public Library, the special lecture presentation Turkiye Beyond the Headlines: Culture, Food, and Everyday Life will be held at the library on April 28, this fascinating program offered by the married team of Yasemin and Seref Onder.

From April 29 through June 27, audiences are invited to cheer a rousing “L'chaim!” when Rock Island's Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse presents the eagerly awaited return of Fiddler on the Roof, a new staging of the beloved theatrical masterpiece from Tony winner Joseph Stein and Pulitzer Prize winners Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick.

Hailed by the New York Times as a family musical "that knows exactly what it's doing" and "works perfectly," the Tony-nominated A Year with Frog & Toad enjoys an April 24 through May 3 run in the Studio Theatre at Davenport's St. Ambrose University, this stage charmer by Reale brothers Robert (music) and Willie (book and lyrics) based on the beloved Frog and Toad children's stories written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel.

With the event inviting visitors to reflect on themes central to the artist's practice – including the joyful celebration of LGBTQ identity, acknowledgment of ongoing challenges to the community’s rights, and the enduring impact of the AIDS epidemic – a special Art History Talk on the works of Felix Gonzalez-Torres will be held at Davenport's Figge Art Museum on April 30, the program held in conjunction with the venue's current housing of the exhibit "Untitled" (L.A.).

It's the absolute right time for director/co-writer Daniel Goldhaber's new Faces of Death, a tight, scary, unexpectedly crafty meta-commentary built on the notion that we can no longer instinctively believe anything we're shown on-screen. On any screen.

Director Luke Vermeire and assistant director Adrienne Evans, both accomplished actors as well as auteurs, have assembled a wide array of exceptional talent to create this sleek production. But don’t come expecting to leave your troubles outside, as Cabaret’s Emcee urges.

Massachusetts-based Federal U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy suspended Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s (RFK Jr.) reduction of the CDC's Childhood Schedule of Vaccines from 17 to 11, including both Hepatitis A and B; Influenza; Rotavirus; Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV); and Meningococcal vaccines – all absurd inoculations that have no more conclusive science behind them than most of the other vaccines populating the Childhood Schedule on behalf of Big Pharma.

Winners of two Loudwire Music Awards for Live Act of the Year, and one of the only groups to achieve top-five Billboard success on both the Hard Rock and Comedy charts, Steel Panther brings its unique blend of glam metal and hilarious lyrics back to East Moline's The Rust Belt on April 18, the California musicians appearing on their "Twenty Twenty $ex Tour" and lauded by Metal Sucks, which stated that "Steel Panther’s concept is genius" while their songwriting is "preposterously snappy – and relatable.”