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.

WHAT: Poetry Out Loud Regional Recitation Contest

WHEN: February, 18th at 4:00 PM

WHO:   High School Students from United Township, and Orion

Quad City Arts announces a regional contest for Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest. On Saturday, February 18th at 4:00 pm students from Orion High School and United Township will participate in the Poetry Out Loud regional contest at Quad City Arts. Attendance at this event is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served. (Snow date will be February 19^th at 4:00.)

The winner of this competition will advance to Illinois' State Poetry Out Loud Competition, being held Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 1:00 pm at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield.  The State champion will advance to the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, DC, where $50,000 in awards and school stipends will be distributed.

The competition, presented in partnership with the Illinois Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poetry Foundation, is part of a national program that encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance, and competition.  Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation is honored to provide travel support for regional and state finals of Poetry Out Loud in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.