Performing a salute to the legendary Americana/country musicians who have amassed five Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music Awards, and three Country Music Association Awards, the Nashville-based River City Boys headline an August 23 concert event at Maquoketa's Ohnward Fine Arts Center, delivering highlights from a 47-year career in their "Salute to the Songs of The Statler Brothers” with a tribute to the group's iconic 2002 farewell concert.

A box-office hit from 2000 lauded by Quentin Tarantino as "a brilliant retelling of the Superman mythology," M. Night Shymalan's psychological superhero thriller Unbreakable enjoys a special August 22 screening at Davenport venue The Last Picture House, the event hosted by, and featuring a subsequent Q&A with, therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright, both of the nationally renowned podcast Cinema Therapy.

Boasting a 91-percent approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and hailed by the site's critical consensus as "a bitingly satiric and hugely entertaining parody," director/co-writer Edgar Wright's 2007 cult classic Hot Fuzz enjoys an outdoor screening at Rock Island's Rozz-Tox, the August 22 event treating fans to the second part of Wright's "Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy" that also includes Shaun of the Dead and The World's End.

I’m assuming you’ve already seen coverage of the Democratic Texas state legislators who fled to Illinois to prevent a Republican-backed redrawing of congressional district lines in their home state. Their absence means their Legislature doesn’t have enough members to legally conduct business.

K: Dolly Parton famously said, “It takes a lot of money to look this cheap.” Likewise, it takes many hours of rehearsal to make a show look humorously under-rehearsed.

M: Ironically, it’s necessary to play a bad actor well.

With the Midwest Writing Center's literary magazine THE ATLAS celebrating the publication of its 20th volume, a release party, open-mic night, and DJ set honoring the Young Emerging Writers (YEW) program will be held at Rock Island venue Rozz-Tox on August 14, the evening boasting readings from YEW alumni and copies of new and back issues of THE ATLAS available for purchase.

For this year's annual Riverfront Pops concert event in Davenport's LeClaire Park, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra and Quad City Bank & Trust invite audiences to rock out with the talents of Jeans 'n' Classics and conductor Hisham Bravo Groover – as well as unforgettable hits of iconic ’70s horn bands – during the August 16 extravaganza Chicago & More!

With their 2023 Wandering Star praised by Americana Highways as "an upbeat celebration of commitment" and by No Depression as "a collection of songs that feel timeless right out of the gate," the country and Americana talents of Flatland Cavalry headline an August 21 concert at Davenport's Capitol Theatre, the group's recent compilation album Flatland Forever hailed by Holler Country Music as "a brilliant collection" and "a stunning mix of the old and the new."

Hailed by Americana Highways as a duo that "kicks ass in its country-flavored bluegrass rock n’ roll hybrid," the touring talents of Teddy & the Rough Riders headline an August 20 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel in support of their 2024 album Down Home, a recording that Twangville hailed as "a throwback to earlier country themes without invoking the slightest hint of bro country cliche."