With each piece chosen by the institutions’ art professors to showcase campus talent and creativity, the Figge Art Museum's 13th installment of the College InvitationaL is on display in the Davenport venue through February 23, artwork from students attending eight area colleges and universities now on view in the museum’s second-floor Katz Gallery.

A music- and multi-media-filled holiday sensation that has been delighted audiences for nearly 40 years, creator Chip Davis' Mannheim Steamroller Christmas returns to Davenport's Adler Theatre on December 28, delivering the group's signature blend of New Age, rock, and seasonal tunes that have led to sales of more than 40 million albums in the United States alone.

An early member of REO Speedwagon whose guitar talents were described by the Michigan Daily as “B.B. King played through Jimi Hendrix (with a touch of Andy Gill),” blues guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, and humorist Duke Tumatoe plays Davenport's Redstone Room on December 28, sharing the talents that enabled the headliner and Chicago native to open for the legendary likes of Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, George Thorogood, and John Fogerty.

His touring act boasting beloved songs popularized by Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Sam Cooke, & and the Belmonts, Conway Twitty, Ricky Nelson, and Bobby Darin, award-winning tribute artist Jesse Aron brings An Evening with Roy & Friends to Maquoketa's Ohnward Fine Arts Center on December 31, the New Year's Eve show taking audiences on a magical trip through time with some of the most legendary voices in rock-and-roll history.

Having sat through, and stayed awake for, Madame Web, Morbius, and three Venoms, I'd be among the first to cheer the death of Sony's Spider-Man(-free) Universe series. But I'm not sure that Kraven the Hunter should be the thing that kills it.

The building that houses the Village Theatre (2113 East 11th Street, Village of East Davenport) has a long and colorful history. Recently sold, it faces an uncertain future, and likely will not be called a theatre in its next act.

Just nine years after earning her second Master of Fine Arts degree, writer and University of Iowa instructor Rachel Yoder sold her first novel, and then the film rights, a year before it was even published.

Hailed by Sea of Tranquility as "arguably the most successful holiday-music outfit in history," the symphonic-metal musicians of Trans-Siberian Orchestra bring their national "The Lost Christmas Eve Tour" to Moline's Vibrant Arena at the MARK on December 20, demonstrating the visual and aural magic that led Kansas City Theater to rave that "the rock band's concerts are arguably the most visually dazzling live events you're ever likely to see."

An intimate performance of music and dance that blends the soulful voice of the violin with beloved songs of the season, Blue Violin Candlelight Christmas will deliver the captivating melodies of its award-winning classical crossover artist amidst a setting boasting 500 lit candles, with performances scheduled for December 20 at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts and December 21 at Moline's Bartlett Performing Arts Center.