15 Mar 2018

Spring Break Film Camp!

By Joseph Flynn

Local Quad City teens spend their Spring Break gaining resume and career skills while creating PSAs and Videos for local non profits Closest2Closet and Food Rescue Partnership.

Instead of sitting on the beach, these teens are learning to create and collaborate.

14 Mar 2018

Guitar Great comes to Quad Cities!

By Ellen Clow

Mississippi Valley Blues Society presents world famous guitarist Paul Nelson

01 Mar 2018

Florida Georgia Line and Earth, Wind & Fire Added to the Iowa State Fair Grandstand

By Mindy Williamson

DES MOINES, IA (02/26/2018) (readMedia)-- The 6th and 7th Acts have been announced for the 2018 Iowa State Fair and they keep getting better and better! Country smash duo, Florida Georgia Line brings their multi-platinum sound to the Iowa State Fair on the final night of the 2018 Fair, Sunday, August 19. Decades spanning, chart toppers Earth, Wind & Fire take the stage on Thursday, August 16.

28 Feb 2018

First sensory-friendly film experience hits the Quad Cities on March 11

By Casey Levigne

Feb. 23, 2018 (Davenport, Iowa) –  The Putnam GIANT Screen Theater will premiere the first sensory-friendly film experience in the Quad Cities on March 11 at 1:45p.m., with the film Wild Africa.

Sensory-friendly screenings of documentaries on the GIANT Screen are offered every second Sunday of the month. On April 8 at 1:45p.m., Dream Big will premiere and additional showings will be announced at a later date.

28 Feb 2018

QC Native Corey Kendrick to return as a visiting artist

By Margot Day

Rock Island, Ill.  – Tuesday, March 6, 2018 - Quad City Arts’ Visiting Artist Series welcomes home jazz pianist Corey Kendrick for a week of residency activities.

28 Feb 2018

World renown bassist Victor Wooten returns to the Redstone Room

By Alex Burkamper
DAVENPORT - The River Music Experience, in partnership with Polyrhythms, is excited to bring world-renowned bassist Victor Wooten for a concert in the Redstone Room on April 25th. Wooten will also host a workshop on the day of the concert.
28 Feb 2018

14-time Grammy winner Jerry Douglas coming to Redstone Room March 9th

By Alex Burkamper
DAVENPORT - The River Music Experience is excited to bring dobro master and 14-time Grammy winner Jerry Douglas to the Redstone Room on March 9th. Kendra Swanson will perform as the opening act.
 
27 Feb 2018

What happens with Brewmasters listen to Classical Music

By Quad City Symphony Orchestra
QCSO Brew Tunes Episode I | Bent River Brewing Company
26 Feb 2018

Tesla Quartet to share their talents in Quad Cities March 5-10

By Margot Day

Rock Island, Ill., Monday, Feb. 26, 2018 - Award-winning string quartet in QCA residence March 5-10

The Tesla Quartet will be in residence during the first week of March, thanks to Quad City Arts’ Visiting Artist Series. The quartet recently took Second Prize as well as the Haydn Prize and Canadian Commission Prize at the 12th Banff International String Quartet Competition.

26 Feb 2018

Quad City Symphony Orchestra’s Postcards from Germany and Austria Presents Powerful Works from the Masters

By Mark McLaughlin
IA/IL QUAD-CITIES – No overview of the world’s finest classical music could omit the German and Austrian masters. All were adept at combining great power with incredible subtlety – and on March 3 and 4, music lovers in the Quad-Cities area will enjoy a sampling of their timeless works when the Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) presents Postcards from Germany and Austria, the fifth entry in the Masterworks concert series.

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