The first indication that I was in serious trouble came when the second defense attorney I contacted in Washington, DC, informed me that the Constitution—the supreme law of the land in the United States – did not apply in our nation’s capital. The first attorney who told me that was just wrong, I thought. But when the second guy told me the same thing,

With the Chicago Blues Guide deeming them “excellent” and Emmy-nominated actor Hugh Laurie upping the praise by calling them “bloody excellent,” the blues artists of Reverend Raven & the Chain Smokin' Altar Boys featuring Westside Andy return to Davenport's Gypsy Highway Bar & Grill on January 18 in a concert co-presented by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society, the artists noted for albums include Slow Burn, Shake Your Boogie, and Live! At the Bug Bull.

Continuing Chamber Music Quad Cities' 2025-26 season at Davenport's Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Parish Hall, the ensemble's musical co-directors Gregory Sauer and Thomas Sauer lend their respective cello and piano talents to the January 18 program Between Worlds, the lauded brothers joined for the afternoon's repertoire by acclaimed violinist Timothy Summers.

With more than 250 shows under their belts to date, the tribute talents of Decade of Decadence have rocked stages all across the Midwest, and on January 17, the group brings the sights, sounds, and energy of '80s arena rock to life at Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre, playing the biggest and best anthems of the hair-metal era.

Performing as the first guest in the "Laugh QC" Thursday Night Comedy Series held in the Mississippi Hall of the Davenport RiverCenter, comedian and ventriloquist Taylor Mason brings his act to the Quad Cities on January 15, demonstrating his quick wit, flawless delivery, and polished material that have made him a hit with audiences of all ages.

Opening its 2026 with a musical comedy hailed by Tripod as "sublimely silly and highly entertaining," the Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse presents the Quad Cities debut of Lucky Stiff from January 21 through March 7, this delightful song-and-dance slapstick inspiring RachelReviewsTheatre.com to rave that the stage treat "has that energy a good farce should have, and I was laughing throughout."

Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 2023 Florida Film Festival, as well as the Rising Star Awards at the Naples Film Festival, director/editor/cinematographer Brendan Hall's Out There: A National Parks Story serves as the first presentation in 2026 QC Environmental Film Series hosted by River Action.

Thanks for turning my favorite movie of the year – of many, many years – into the financial, cultural, and awards-season behemoth it's become.

An Augustana College graduate, former Moline teacher/coach, and Superintendent of Rock Island-Milan Public Schools takes part in a conversation about his recent memoir From Dubuque to Selma & Beyond, a pair of January 15 "Community Connections" book talks with Dave Markward that finds the author, at the Bettendorf Public Library, sharing his personal journey of understanding racism in America.