DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 2, 2021) — What's better than sitting outside on a nice summer evening listening to ukulele music? Alan Morrison and Rebecca Casad from AM Guitar Works will perform outside of the Eastern (6000 Eastern Ave) on July 20, 6-8PM. Grab your lawn chairs, blankets, sunblock, and bug-spray, and enjoy some beautiful music.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (July 2, 2021) — The TaxSlayer Center unveiled building renovations and improvements at a private event on Thursday, July 1, 2021, as it prepares to reopen the facility for events without reduced-capacity restrictions. Over the fifteen-month shutdown, The TaxSlayer Center has made upgrades to the facility that will make it a safer environment for patrons.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 2, 2021) — After evening the series with a win and an 11-hit performance last night, the Quad Cities River Bandits took a one game lead in the six-game set and continued the offensive barrage as they topped the Cedar Rapids Kernels 12-3 on Thursday night at Modern Woodmen Park.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 1, 2021) — Join us as we celebrate the 47th running of the Bix 7 with a virtual tour of the historic sites and architecturally significant buildings along the race route, including Downtown, the Hilltop, Kirkwood Boulevard, the Village of East Davenport, and McClellan Heights.

PEORIA, ILLINOIS (July 1, 2021) — Bradley University congratulates the 1,000-plus students who earned degrees in May.

Your local students include:

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 1, 2021) Join us for a night of fun creating string art! High Strung by 3M will demonstrate how to make string artwork on Thursday, July 8, 6PM, at Fairmount (3000 N Fairmount St). You will create a Mason Jar vase with artificial flowers. Space is limited to 15 adult participants.

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 1, 2021) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announces survivors of assault are now eligible to enroll in the Safe at Home address confidentiality program overseen by his office. Previously, participants included survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, trafficking, and stalking. The expansion of the program is part of a new law signed by Governor Kim Reynolds on June 17. 

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 1, 2021) — Keep Iowa Beautiful is announcing the 12th Annual Keep Iowa Beautiful Photography Contest. Iowans have the next six months to grab their cameras, or phones, and enter one or all of the five categories.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 1, 2021) — After being shut out in the series opener, the Quad Cities River Bandits got back to their offensive ways including a six-spot in the seventh inning that helped them top the Cedar Rapids Kernels 9-4 on Wednesday night at Modern Woodmen Park.

The Kernels matched Tuesday’s run total with their first swing of the bat as Edouard Julien took Zach Haake deep with a lead-off blast that gave his club a 1-0 lead in the first.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (July 1, 2021) — The Black Box Theatre in downtown Moline will open the dramedy I and You by Laura Gunderson on July 15. The plot: One afternoon, Anthony (Michael Alexander) arrives unexpectedly at classmate Caroline's (Adrienne Jane) door bearing a beat-up copy of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, an urgent assignment from their English teacher.

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