Umut Acar, Chicago's Consul General of the Republic of Turkey, will present the first in St. Ambrose's latest series of Middle East Institute lectures.

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.

Retired Rock Island High School teacher Janet Moline leads an informal discussion on our area's most beautiful flying insects in a new Quad City Botanical Center presentation – offered on August 16 and 19 – in River Action's Riverine Walks series.

River Action hosts its eighth-annual event promoting recreational water trails, canoeing, kayaking, and safe paddling, with participants invited to spend the day paddling from five launch sites along the Mississippi River.