Appearing in a special March 20 program offered by Illinois Libraries Present, a two-time Oscar winner will reflect on her remarkable career in the virtual conversation Ruth E. Carter: Interweaving Tradition & Imagination Through Costume Design, this creative force behind Black Panther and its follow-up Wakanda Forever noted for being the first Black woman to win multiple Academy Awards in any category, as well as the first costume designer to win for a first film and its sequel.

Lauded by St. Louis' STL.com for his "quick wit and fast thinking," and beloved for his YouTube channel on which he posts content and occasionally streams a show titled Dog Vlog, standup comedian Drew Lynch brings his national tour to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center on March 8, his credits including a recurring role in the final season of IFC's hit series Maron and several appearances on TBS' Conan.

A brand-new, interactive stage show featuring characters from the globally beloved preschool property, Baby Shark's Big Broadwave Tour! coasts its way to Davenport's Adler Theatre on March 9 and 10, bringing the series and its earworm theme song to life through an original story involving the title character and his undersea friends.

In a program offered through a partnership with the Bix Beiderbecke Museum & Archive, patrons of the Davenport Public Library's Eastern Avenue Branch are invited to celebrate 100 years of record music through conversations with Dr. Charlie B. Dahan and Bob Jacobsen in Bix Beiderbecke & Gennett Records, a March 9 event held in honor of the 121st anniversary of the jazz great's birth.

Serving as the latest event in the German American Heritage Center's new "Kaffee und Kuchen" series, the March 10 presentation Working with the Enemy: German, Italian, & Japanese Prisoners of War in Iowa During the Second World War will explore, in fascinating detail, the relatively quiet and under-publicized government program in which thousands of enemy soldiers invaded Iowa in 1943.

For more than 100 years, a “magic mirror” from Japan has been sitting in a local collection without anyone's knowledge, and through March 31, this unique artifact will be viewable at Davenport's Putnam Museum & Science Center, treating patrons to the sight of an object that the Putnam's curatorial team initially discovered in 2022.

One of the area's most eagerly anticipated sales events returns to Rock Island's QCCA Expo Center March 1 through 3, as Melting Pot Productions, Inc. presents this year's pre-spring 2024 Antique Spectacular Vintage Market Quad Cities, allowing hunters of vintage goods an all-weekend opportunity to shop for a wide range of quality antiques.

With special attention paid to Roddewig Schmidt Candy Company, Velma Chocolates, and other former Quad Cities institutions, Davenport's German American Heritage Center will, through May 19, explore different candy manufacturers in our area in the exhibition Sweet Treats: German Influence on the QC Candy Industry, demonstrating how the Quad Cities were once home to numerous candy manufacturers of German heritage popular both locally and regionally.

Designed as a brilliant artistic revival and celebration of China’s rich cultural heritage, the stage artists of Shen Yun bring their national tour to Davenport's Adler Theatre on February 27, with the Chicago Tribune calling the event's performers "a beautiful and haunting ensemble" that boasts "a nimble mastery of traditional talents."

Beloved by comedy fans for directing and starring in the Broken Lizard films Club Dread, Beerfest, Super Troopers, and its 2018 sequel, Jay Chandrasekhar brings his national standup tour to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Rhythm Room for two shows on February 23, the artist's credits including serving as a television director on many episodes of Community and The Goldbergs, and helming 2005's movie reboot of The Dukes of Hazzard.

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