Annual explosions of fun followed by literal explosions in the air will be taking place in Davenport's LeClaire Park and Quinlan Court and Rock Island's Schwiebert Riverfront Park when the Quad Cities hosts its Fourth of July celebration Red, White, & Boom!, the bi-state July 3 event delivering a spectacular fireworks display over the Mississippi River as well as live music, food and beverage vendors, special presentations, family programming, and more.

Authors of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and more will share their talents and help strengthen the talents of others during the Midwest Writing Center's David R. Collins Writers Conference at Rock Island's Midwest Writing Center located in the downtown public library, a June 23 through 25 celebration of the written word (taking place both in-person and virtually) boasting workshops, readings, book pitches, and more.

Designed to bring some serious swing into the summer, the John Deere Classic returns to Silvis' TPC at Deere Run from June 29 through July 3, with this professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour taking place two weeks before the Open Championship for the first time in its 50-year history.

Recognized by Food & Wine magazine, Esquire, and the James Beard Foundation as "Rising Star Chef of the Year," an author and former contestant on season 13 of Top Chef will make a virtual appearance in a June 22 program at the Rock Island Public Library, with An Evening with Kwame Onwuachi finding the celebrity discussing his exciting career in food as chronicled in the man's bestselling memoir Notes from a Young Black Chef.