An associate professor of painting and drawing and the director of graduate studies at the University of Arkansas, acclaimed visual artist Musgnug explores both nature and the painting process in her latest touring exhibition of works on paper.

With current registration already having broken last year's record of 403 Corvettes, LeClaire's annual late-summer car show will again celebrate classic vehicles and America's servicemen, with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting Vietman Veterans of America, Chapters 299, 776, and 669.

The final area festival of 2017's summer will commence in this inaugural celebration of music, film, comedy, and visual art, with performances and activities scheduled at 14 downtown-Davenport venues.

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David F. Sandberg's horror prequel isn't terrible. In truth, it's considerably better than the creepy-porcelain-doll antics of 2014's dreadful Annabelle. It's even an improvement over last summer's The Conjuring 2, whose 2013 precursor gave us our first look at the franchise's titular “character”: a house-dressed Chucky with dead eyes and blond braids. But while it would be easy to over-praise this genre outing merely for not sucking, Annabelle: Creation still emerges as only moderately effective at best – a late-summer chiller that finds a demonically possessed plaything the only truly believable thing about it.

Chicago has vast property wealth and the largest population by far in Illinois. But it also has a large amount of that property wealth locked up in Tax Increment Financing districts.

Hosted by LiveFit with Lupus, this fourth-annual outing will raise funds for those suffering from lupus and related autoimmune diseases through a four-person-scramble event followed by clubhouse drinks and dinner.

Performing from their repertoire of funk, soul, and hip-hop, the Nashville-based indie musicians of The Lonely Biscuits will perform in a Moeller Nights concert with opening sets by Okey Dokey and Hannah Aldridge.

Co-sponsored by the Village of East Davenport Business Association, the eighth-annual Village of East Davenport Wine Walk will allow attendees to sample numerous local, domestic, and imported wines in a summer fundraiser for Gilda's Club of the Quad Cities.