Delivered as part of the Davenport Public Library's virtual 3rd Thursday at Hoover's Presidential Library & Museum programming, the April 15 Zoom webinar Shaping a Presidential Imagine: The Curious Case of Herbert Hoover will boast an expansive and historically fascinating presentation by Dr. George H. Nash, the Hoover biographer best-known for his 1976 book The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945.

Delivering an original performance boasting a company of 13 graduate and undergraduate dancers, the University of Iowa Dance Company will, on April 8, present a recording of its recent Home Concert in a Figge Art Museum presentation that highlights diverse experiences in American culture via a quintet of thrillingly choreographed vignettes.

The art of storytelling from an immigrant's experience will be explored on April 11 when Davenport's German American Heritage Center presents the online program Our Words, Our Truths: Storytelling as Performative Memoir for Collective Identity & Community Engagement, a workshop in which Dr. Ada Cheng will discuss her own experience as a producer who creates various platforms for people to tell community stories.

Hosted by the Moline Public Library as a companion program to WQPT-TV's new Ken Burns documentary Hemingway, the virtual presentation A Visit from Ernest Hemingway will, on April 12, treat viewers to an audience with the legendary writer as portrayed by Brain “Fox” Ellis, the award-winning storyteller and historical interpreter who last portrayed famed industrialist John Deere in a February event for the library.

Appearing in a special presentation hosted by the Moline Public Library, a best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize recipient will be showcased in the virtual program An Evening with John Sandford, an April 14 event with the author of the wildly popular Prey series that boasts 30 books (and counting) featuring crime-solving protagonist Lucas Davenport.

A fascinating virtual program in the Bettendorf Public Library's popular “Community Connections” series, Endless Possibilities: Iowa's African American History will boast a presentation by members of Cedar Rapids' African American Museum of Iowa, the April 8 event continuing the venue's stated mission “to preserve, publicize, and educate the public on the African American heritage and culture of Iowa.”

The history of one of America's most notable public-work-relief efforts will be explored on April 5 when Iowa author Linda McCann discusses The Civil Conservation Corps, a virtual program co-presented by the Scott County Iowa Genealogical Society and the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center of the Davenport Public Library.

Performing under the direction of George de la Peña and Alex Bush, and featuring a company of 13 graduate and undergraduate dancers, the University of Iowa's UI Dance Company will deliver diverse and exciting performances in their April 3 home concert – a virtual celebration of the innovation, athleticism, and perseverance of the university's dance community featuring a quintet of thrilling, debuting vignettes.

A special event held in honor of the former First Lady's March 29 birthday, the Davenport Public Library's virtual presentation Lou Henry Hoover: A Life of Adventure will find Leslie Hoover-Lauble – President Hoover’s great-granddaughter – and Hoover Library Archives Technician Spencer Howard sharing stories and photos illustrating the amazing life of Lou from independent girl to scientist to world traveler to First Lady.

Classical-music fans can enjoy a little bit of “A ittle Night Music” when area composer Jacob Bancks, on March 28, delivers the virtual presentation Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, a German American Heritage Center program that uses this much-loved composition to explore how listeners can develop particular habits of listening to music.

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