WHEN: 2-22-12

TIME: 7 p.m.

WHERE: American Legion, 121 W. Bryant St., Walcott, IA 52773

WHAT: Dorris, a resident of Davenport, IA, will be available to sign copies of his Self-Help book, Life Is Too Short: Life Is What We Make It. He will also be speaking on the topic.

Fear not, for in Life Is Too Short: Life Is What We Make It, author David Dorris shows you how to approach life's problems and that making the right choices is easier than you think. Life is like a baseball game where the pitcher is constantly throwing you curveballs. As this is the case, do you want to simply be a spectator, or do you want to get in the game and face life head-on? Although it may sound simple sometimes, life is not an easy game to play. There are many challenges to overcome and many choices you have to make. None of you have a choice as to how you come into the world; however, you do have a choice as to the kind of life you live. Follow David in Life Is Too Short: Life Is What We Make It, and find out for yourself how you too can knock life's curveballs out of the park.

For more information, contact Jim Miller at 888-361-9473 or jim@tatepublishing.com

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WHO:        GENERAL PUBLIC

WHAT:       LOVE & LOGIC PARENTING CLASS

WHEN:      6 WEEKS beginning FEBRUARY 22nd - MARCH 28th from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

WHERE:    IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH, 3834 ROCKINGHAM ROAD, DAVENPORT, IOWA

Immanuel Lutheran Preschool is offering a 6 week Love & Logic Parenting Class Wednesdays 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. February 22nd through March 28th. Cost is $10.00 per workbook. Join us for dinner at 5:30 p.m. (free-will offering for dinner) and childcare is provided.

Would you like to:

Handle misbehavior without breaking a sweat?

Have your kids listen . . . the first time?

Avoid power struggles?

Create limits?

Learn how to preserve your family's history and stories with A Gift That Money Can't Buy, Tuesday February 21st, 7:00 p.m. at the Moline Public Library.  Presenter Jeffrey Bockman explains how to use basic forms to record family data, as well as basics for identifying people in photographs, basic preservation, and how to record unique family stories.

Registration is required for this free event, and can be done by visiting the Moline Public Library at 3210 - 411st Street, Moline, or by calling 309-524-2470.  This program is made possible in part by an award from the Illinois Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois General Assembly.

Mr. Bockman is a genealogy lecturer and writer.  He was a contributing editor for Everton's Genealogical Helper and a feature writer for Heritage Quest Magazine.  He is the author of Giving Your Family a Gift That Money Can't Buy, a book that encourages people to record and preserve their family's history.

A Gift That Money Can't Buy is presented in conjunction with the traveling exhibit In a Nutshell: The Worlds of Maurice Sendak, on display December 28th, 2011 through February 24th, 2012.  In a Nutshell: The Worlds of Maurice Sendak was organized by the Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia, and developed by Nextbook, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Jewish literature, culture, and ideas, and the American Library Association Public

Programs Office. The national tour of the exhibit has been made possible by grants from the Charles H. Revson Foundation, the Righteous Persons Foundation, the David Berg Foundation, and an anonymous donor, with additional support from Tablet Magazine: A New Read on Jewish Life.

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WHO & WHAT: Quad City Arts' mARTch madness -Retro 50's Sock Hop

WHERE: Modern Woodmen Park, Davenport, IA

WHEN: March 30, 2012 6:30-10 pm 

COST: $30 per person in advance; $200 for a table of 8 or $40 at the door

Save the Date! mARTch madness ensues on Friday, March 30th at Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport, IA. Tickets are $30 each, in advance, $40 at the door or $200 for a table of 8 (reservations required for tables). Get out your poodle skirts, bobby sox and saddle shoes or raid your parent's closet to create your 50's look. Enjoy a retro dinner buffet, Rock n' Roll, cash bar, neat-o art, games and more. The object of the madness will be to collect the most artwork for your personal collection and help Quad City Arts sustain the Visual Arts Program.

Tickets may be purchased through our website: www.quadcityarts.com or call Jessi at 309-793-1213, X103.

The Quad City Arts Center Gallery is located at 1715 Second Avenue in the Arts and Entertainment District of Rock Island.  Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. All Quad City Arts programs are funded in part by Festival of Trees; Quad City Arts Partners; and operating grants from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; and the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs. Quad City Arts is a nonprofit local arts agency dedicated to the growth and vitality of the Quad City region through the presentation, development and celebration of the arts and humanities. For more information, contact Dawn Wohlford-Metallo at 309-793-1213, ext. 108 or visit www.quadcityarts.com.