With her documentary hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "a soulful slice of Americana" that has been covered by national outlets including CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 and the Hallmark Channel's Home & Family, former Quad Citizen Beth Howard brings her film PIEOWA: A Piece of America to the Bettendorf Public Library, the May 30 screening featuring an appearance by the filmmaker and, fittingly, a bit of dessert, to boot.

The Sheep Detectives is kind of like Babe meets Paddington meets The Wild Robot meets Agatha Christie … which means, unexpectedly yet delightfully, it's also kind of perfect.

Presented by Time Travelers VHS Cinema and the Latchkey Movie Club, one of the most iconic zombie films of all time, if not the most, enjoys a May 15 screening at Rock Island venue Rozz-Tox, George A. Miller's 1978 horror classic Dawn of the Dead famously hailed by Rober Ebert with a four-star review and his certainty that it was “one of the best horror films ever made.”

There's a line, or rather a lyric, that fully encapsulates what Michael is about, and it's found in Jackson's 1983 smash “Billie Jean”: “And be careful of what you do / 'Cause the lie becomes the truth.”