28
Oct
2014
Spooky Book Signing
A spooky book signing and sale featuring local horror writers on Friday, October 31st at 7 p.m. at the Midwest Writing Center in Davenport. Free. www.midwestwritingcenter.org
SPECTRA Poetry Reading Series
Sean Thomas Dougherty will be leading a unique writing workshop at the Midwest Writing Center in Davenport, where he will talk about writing your own poetry on Saturday, November 1st at 8 p.m. Topics will include creating your own poetic forms, and playing with extending existing forms. Free & open to the public. www.midwestwritingcenter.org
QC Symphony Concert
The QC Symphony Orchestra invites you to join us for the Masterworks II: A Passion for Life concert with a world premiere and violinist Erin Keefe. Concert dates and times are as follows: Saturday, November 1st at 8:00 pm at the Adler Theatre in Davenport, IA; and Sunday, November 2nd at 2:00 pm at Centennial Hall in Rock Island, IL. www.qcso.org
Over the Ledge: The Great Pumpkin Drop
Bring your Jack-o'-lanterns to the Family Museum on Saturday, November 1st at 11 a.m., and we will drop them over the ledge! Will they splat? Will they explode? Come and find out at this popular event! www.familymuseum.org
Learn about the '48ers
Learn about the "Forty-eighters" at the German American Heritage Center on Sunday, November 2nd at 2 p.m. who were individuals who emigrated from Europe in the late 1840s & early 1850s after fighting unsuccessfully with both pen and sword for liberty, democracy, and national unity. Many of the German Forty-eighters immigrated to the United States, with a large number from the present-day state of Schleswiwg-Holstein choosing Davenport & Scott County, Iowa, as their adopted home. www.gahc.org
