The keynote presentation for the 25th-annual Quad Cities Youth Conference at the RiverCenter in Davenport on January 24 and 25 will be the MWAH! Performing Arts Troupe, an acronym for Messages Which Are Hopeful.

At its third appearance at this conference in the past nine years, the issues-oriented ensemble will combine real-life drama with contemporary music and audience interaction. An overall focus is what's happening with today's youth and their families, and a common thread is the importance of making the right choices. Current MWAH! troupe members range in age from nine to 19 and live in 11 cities and towns in the western suburbs of Chicago and across northern Illinois.

River Cities' Reader - Issue #766 - Winter Guide - November 24, 2010    

Music

The Judds: The Last Encore

i wireless Center

Sunday, November 28, 7 p.m.

By now, I'm presuming, we all pretty much know that Wikipedia shouldn't be taken as the final word on any given subject. But I'll admit that I was still taken aback by the very first sentence in its entry on a legendary musical act: "The Judds were an American country-music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynnona Judd." May I ask, Wikipedia: What the hell's with the past tense?!