Lauded by Rolling Stone as “absolutely incredible” and Broadway World as “an eye-popping display of storytelling that's like nothing else you've ever seen,” the electrified talents of Lightwire Theater bring their stage sensation A Very Electric Christmas to the University of Dubuque on November 28, a holiday-themed family event by the America's Go Talent competitors whom judge Sharon Osbourne declared “spectacular in every sense of the word.”

Family audiences are invited to the TaxSlayer Center from November 18 to 21 to experience the wonderful world of Disney – on Ice – in the brand-new touring sensation Mickey's Search Party, with the Moline venue transformed into an enormous skating rink and some of the studio's most beloved characters joining Mickey Mouse and friends for an unforgettable adventure.

Best-known for his third-place appearance on season four of NBC's Last Comic Standing, nationally touring comedian Chris Porter brings his standup set to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Rhythm Room on November 21, the Midwestern funnyman also famed for his hour-long comedy special Ugly & Angry.

In the Davenport Public Library's latest virtual program in its monthly 3rd Thursday at Hoover's series, the November 18 presentation A Tale of Two Famines will offer a fascinating exploration into the role Herbert Hoover played during the Russian famines of 1921 and 1932, with the humanitarian effort viewed from the perspective of speaker Robert Zapesochny's grandparents who experienced it and were ultimately fed by Hoover.