Saturdays in October @ 10:30am
Friday, October 27 @ 5pm
$5/person

New Springfield facility will educate, graduate more aviation mechanics into high-paying field

SPRINGFIELD (Oct. 25, 2017) — A new, $850,000 aviation center at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield is exactly the sort of expansion that will fuel economic progress in the state, Gov. Bruce Rauner said while visiting the college today

Celebrates the positive impact of quality after-school programs

SPRINGFIELD (Oct. 25, 2017) — Noting the importance of student learning extending beyond school hours, Gov. Bruce Rauner today proclaimed Oct. 26, 2017, as Lights On Afterschool Day in Illinois.

He was joined by officials from ACT Now Coalition and the Springfield Urban League to recognize the importance of student learning beyond the school day.

Mount Carroll, IL (October 25, 2017) – Timber Lake Playhouse (Dan Danielowski, Executive Director), the professional, non-profit summer theatre company established in 1961 with a mission of “providing the best expression of theater arts to the regional community by presenting creative works that entertain and inspire while helping aspiring artists transition to the profession” has announced today the appointment of award-winning director and choreographer Paul Stancato as Artistic Di

Metropolitan Community Church of the Quad Cities (MCCQC) invites the community to attend Love, Light and Healing, a contemplative candlelight service to honor Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The service will be held on Saturday, October 28 at 6:00 pm.

Bring the kiddos to downtown Davenport this Saturday, October 28th 2pm for the annual City of Davenport Halloween parade. The 55 entry parade kicks off from 3rd & Brady Streets, rain or shine! Please see the attached maps for road closure information and info on where to park.

Trick-or-treat in Davenport is Tuesday, October 31st 5:30p-7:30p. Please use extra caution on your commute home and don't forget to turn on (or off) your front porch light!

CHICAGO (Oct. 25, 2017) — Today the State sold $4.5 billion in general obligation bonds to pay down a portion of Illinois' roughly $15 billion backlog of unpaid bills. Proceeds from today's bond sale, together with the proceeds from the $1.5 billion Series 2017ABC general obligation bonds that were sold competitively last week, will be used to help cut the State's backlog approximately in half by June 2018.

The State received orders from more than 100 institutional investors.

LIBOR manipulation hurt government entities and not-for-profits in Iowa and nationwide; IPERS to receive $112,800

Independent Scholars’ Evenings.  Oct 26th. 2017 

7.00 p.m.

 Post-Modernism  vs  Modernism :  Is there a difference? 

 Art history and Literary/Cultural categories are a perimeter set out by art critics and historians. Are they valid for all or is it a category only for critics themselves?

Open discussion.

Springfield (Oct. 25, 2017) – Governor Bruce Rauner issued the following statement following General Assembly action on Senate Bill 1905:

“The people of Illinois scored a victory today. The House of Representatives rejected efforts to close a door to job opportunity here.

Instead, courageous House lawmakers stood together to dump the old playbook and move forward to make Illinois more competitive.

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