Allies, enemies, and the United States' rapidly shifting standing on the global stage will be explored in the latest presentation by the World Affairs Council of the Quad Cities (WACQC), with internationally noted speaker and author Dr. J. Martin Rochester visiting Davenport's St. Ambrose University for the March 27 lecture “Gulliver's Travails: U.S. Foreign Policy in an Age of Globalization & Global Disorder.”

Taking place at the Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center on March 29, the 2018 Quad Cities Women's Leadership Conference will find nationally recognized speakers – among them headliners Tamron Hall and Jeanette Walls – sharing wisdom and expertise on a wide range of personal and professional development topics, with the event held to inspire and help develop the next generation of female leaders crucial to the future of area businesses and industries.

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Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto of a gun-dealer licensing bill last week took a lot of folks by surprise. It probably shouldn’t have.

A storybook classic comes to magical stage life at Davenport's Adler Theatre when the professional talents of Ballet Quad Cities present their March 24 world premiere Alice in Wonderland, a full-length family ballet bursting with unforgettable characters, vibrant colors, astounding dancing, and live music by Orchestra Iowa composed by the legendary Pyotor Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

A Steven Spielberg movie smash becomes a lavish, tuneful, funny, and romantic Quad City Music Guild presentation in Catch Me If You Can, the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit that runs March 22 through 25, and a show that Variety magazine praised for its “swinging orchestrations” and “considerable entertainment value.”

Described by American Songwriter as “a standout live act that loosely interprets the label of a 'folk' band,” the talents of Humming House will also share their roots-rock and bluegrass stylings in a Moeller Nights concert on March 27, demonstrating why Glide magazine stated, “Over years of touring, the group has managed to craft a sound that is incredibly tight but also unbelievably catchy.”

In the latest big-screen event in its World Adventure Series, the Putnam Museum & Science Center will explore one of the most beautiful, contentious, and frequently misunderstood regions on Earth in the documentary The Promised Land: Adventures in the Middle East, its two March 27 screenings followed by Q&A sessions with the film's writer/director Rick Ray.

* Paisley's show was cancelled on March 23 due to potential inclement weather.

One of the 21st Century's most iconic country-music superstars brings his “Weekend Warrior World Tour” to Moline's TaxSlayer Center on March 24, as singer/songwriter Brad Paisley shares the chart-topping talents that have earned him no fewer than 14 Academy of County Music (ACM) Awards, five of them for Top Male Vocalist of the Year.