The
River Music Experience last week announced the lineup for its 2006
River Roots Live festival along with a new partnership with Living
Lands & Waters. The festival, which will be held
September 22 and 23 in Davenport's LeClaire Park, will feature two
stages of music this year. The Black Crowes will headline, and other
acts will include Umphrey's McGee, Martin Sexton, Bo Ramsey, Susan
Tedeschi, Junior Brown, The Make Believe, The Gourds, The Hackensaw
Boys, L'il Brian & the Zydeco Travelers, Calexico, Alejandro
Escovedo, Girlyman, and Scott H. Birum. River Music Experience
President and CEO Lon Bozarth said following the press conference
that Living Lands & Waters would receive a portion of the event's
profits; he said he hoped profits for this year's festival would be
$100,000. In its inaugural year, River Roots Live drew roughly 8,000
people and finished about $4,000 in the black, Bozarth said. This
year, he said, he's targeting attendance of 7,500 each day. For
more information on River Roots Live, visit
(http://www.riverrootslive.com). To view an edited version of the
press conference, visit the River
Cities' Reader's online multimedia repository:
(http://www.qcspan.com).
The Figge Art Museum currently has volunteer opportunities available in the areas of education, tours, studio classes, museum programming, special events, and membership. Individuals interested in leading museum tours may register for the docent-preparation program, a nine-month program that begins in September. To learn about Figge Art Museum volunteer opportunities and the docent-preparation program, attend a special information and registration session on Wednesday, August 2, at 10 a.m. To register or for more information, call (563)326-7804 or e-mail (clerk@figgeartmuseum.org).
The Trinity Mid-Week Market is held on Wednesdays from 3 to 7 p.m. in the parking lot south of the John Deere Commons on 15th Street in Moline. As a new market to the area, an application was filed to allow the farmers to accept the WIC/FMNP coupons. WIC and Senior FMNP recipients may now redeem their coupons at participating Mid-Week Market vendors. The WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) is designed in conjunction with the WIC program to prevent health problems for women, infants, and children nutritionally at-risk. The Senior FMNP serves income-eligible people age 60 and older. Those receiving coupons from the programs shop at the authorized farmers' market and upon checkout present the farmer with the coupons. For more information, contact Moline Centre Partners at (309)762-7804.
To help rebuild hurricane-ravaged areas, Habitat for Humanity-Quad Cities has committed to assist in the building of a home in the Gulf Coast area. Each week, the international Habitat for Humanity organization needs 1,500 volunteers to support the construction of 250 homes in the region. The Quad Cities affiliate will be taking a volunteer crew to Biloxi, Mississippi, the week of October 15. Donations for the One for One fund can be sent to "One for One," Habitat for Humanity-Quad Cities, 2235 Grant St., Bettendorf IA 52722. For more information, contact the Habitat for Humanity-Quad Cities office at (563)359-9006 or visit (http://www.habitatqc.org).
The Davenport Public Library's19th annual Bix Porch Party will be held on Thursday, July 27, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the steps of the main library. Main Street will be closed to vehicular traffic, and the party will include live jazz from Don Estes' Prairie Ramblers. The event will feature free popcorn and lemonade, with bargain prices on hot dogs. Visitors may stop in the library afterward and visit the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections center to learn more about Bix and to see the display of Bix Jazz Festival posters. For more information, call (563)888-3371.
At its spring concert on April 9, the Quad City Youth Symphony Orchestra recognized 25 of its members with scholarship awards totaling $22,625. That number represents the largest dollar amount given to-date as part of one of the largest youth-scholarship programs in the Quad Cities. The Youth Symphony Orchestra maintains a scholarship fund drawn from contributions by individuals, civic organizations, and divisions of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra Association, including the Board of Trustees and Volunteers for Symphony. All members of the Youth Symphony Orchestra are eligible to receive scholarship awards, which are made based upon the member's musical ability and progress, attitude, attendance, and general contribution to the musical life of the orchestra. Awards are to be used to assist the recipient in furthering his or her music studies. The Quad City Youth Symphony was founded in 1958 as a training ensemble for middle-, junior-high- and high-school-aged musicians. It is composed of 80 instrumentalists drawn from 22 school districts. Youth-orchestra rehearsals begin in August, with sessions normally scheduled for Saturday mornings and Sunday afternoons. The music director and conductor of the youth orchestra is Thomas Hageman.
The Bettendorf Jaycees and Goodyear Duck Creek Tire & Service have joined a partnership in which the Bettendorf Jaycees sell coupon booklets for four oil changes for $30. The booklets can be purchased by calling (563)359-6111. This project benefits needy families at Thanksgiving and Christmas, along with other Bettendorf Jaycees programs.
