On June 22, patrons of the East Moline Public Library are invited to meet the victorious general whose strategy and tenacity won the Civil War as writer/performer Dan Haughey presents his historical recreation Mr. U.S. Grant: A Man & a Patriot, a solo stage piece that focuses on Grant’s early life, his time as a citizen in Galena, Illinois, and his rise to Civil War fame.

With this year's program focused on the theme “Epiphany,” a dozen lauded speakers will take to the Adler Theatre stage in TEDxDavenport 2022, a June 25 event hosting innovative, distinctive viewpoints on topics of all kinds, ranging from stories of entrepreneurship to creating new art forms.

While many cities and towns in Iowa are thriving, and have always been, a number of them since the state's inception have been all but completely forgotten, and it's these communities that the German American Heritage Center will acknowledge when the Davenport venue hosts the in-person program Off the Map: Stories of Abandoned & Disappearing Towns Around Iowa, a June 12 event presented by Iowa State University graduate Rosa Snyder.

A terrifically popular standup, podcast host, and contestant on Last Comic Standing, comedian Dan Cummins brings his acclaimed national tour to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center on June 10, the artist touring in support of two major 2020 achievements: his third one-hour special Dan Cummins: Get Outta Here, and his eighth comedy album Live in Denver.