One of the area's most eagerly anticipated sales events returns to Rock Island's QCCA Expo Center November 1 through 3, as Melting Pot Productions, Inc. presents this year's autumnal 2024 Antique Spectacular Vintage Market Quad Cities, allowing hunters of vintage goods an all-weekend opportunity to shop for a wide range of quality antiques.

Appearing in a pair of relaxed, 45-minute public events as a guest in Quad City Arts' Visiting Artists Series, renowned pianist, composer, actress, and author Robin Spielberg hosts respective presentations in Rock Island and Muscatine on November 5 and 7, this lauded Steinway artist and founding member of the Atlantic Theatre Company also a national celebrity artist spokesperson for the American Music Therapy Association.

Beloved guest performers on two of the most successful sitcoms in television will be demonstrating their gifts for standup at Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre on November 2, with the touring sensation Where Are they Wow! showcasing the singular comedy stylings of Steve Hytner, who played Kenny Bania on NBC's Seinfeld, and Marc Price, beloved from NBC's Family Ties as Alex Keaton's pal and Mallory's not-so-secret admirer Skippy.

Lauded by the New York Times, which said that "No one is doing stand-up comedy more hilariously," Brad Williams brings his headlining tour to Davenport's Adler Theatre on October 27, the funnyman famed for his frequent television appearances and being the first stand-up comedian to headline a Cirque de Soleil show in the organization's 30-year history.

Boasting a community write-in opportunity, an open-mic set, and a trio of evocative poetry readings, the Midwest Writing Center's latest SPECTRA Reading Series event will take place at Rock island's Rozz-Tox on October 24, this literary celebration featuring the talent of Melissa Conway, Zafirah Hassan, and showcased poet Gina Franco.

Michael Angelos 1953-2024 : “An Oasis of Liberty”

Michael Charles Angelos, 70, passed away peacefully on the evening of Tuesday May 28, 2024 at his home in Davenport, Iowa.  Angelos was quiet, reserved, soft-spoken, and a relentless driving force for restoring Liberty in Iowa. Those of us who loved him and enjoyed his revolutionary spirit will be celebrating Angelos' life on what would have been his 71st birthday on Sunday, November 3, at the Freight House's Front Street Brewery (421 West River Drive, Davenport IA), beginning at 3 p.m. Please join us in celebrating Angelos' tireless effort to make the Quad Cities an oasis for Liberty.

Peg Rounds is friends with the ghosts of John Hauberg and Susanne Denkmann Hauberg.

Despite the author's 19th-century output, audiences shouldn't expect a performance of traditional 19th-century dance – not unless folks in the 1800s were also hoofing it to Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppelin, and Jimi Hendrix.

With its guest appearing in a special virtual program hosted by Illinois Libraries Present and the Rock Island and Silvis Public Libraries, the October 22 presentation Raise Your Voice with Jason Reynolds will offer a uniquely personal hour with the number-one New York Times bestselling author, as well as the recipient of a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, a Carnegie Medal, an NAACP Image Award, and multiple Coretta Scott King honors.

Last February, in the 50th-anniversary season of Quad City Arts’ Visiting Artist Series, hip-hop dancing and beatboxing illustrated how elusive world peace may be possible.

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