ROCK ISLAND, IL - The Quad Cities Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance) Committee announces a call for entries for the "Ida Kramer Children and the Holocaust Essay Contest" and the "Meyer and Frances Shnurman Holocaust Visual Arts Contest" which are open to all Quad City Area students in grades 7-12. The deadline for entries is February 1, 2019.

Both contests offer cash prizes as follows:

First Prize:      $500, with a $100 gift card to the teacher who provided guidance

Davenport, Iowa (January 22, 2019) ― TEDxDavenport will take place on March 27, 2019 at the Figge Art Museum in the John Deere Auditorium from 11:00AM-5:30PM. The independently organized event, licensed by TED, will feature local voices and TED Talks videos under the theme of SOLVE FOR X.  

Museum seeking volunteers for limited-run exhibit, which opens Jan. 26

The Putnam aims to ensure its incoming exhibit, “Race: Are We So Different?” is fully utilized as a springboard to conversation and deeper understanding of equity and inclusion during its four-month run in our community.

A Community Team is working with the Putnam to best achieve this goal. It includes volunteer leaders from business; education; chamber; government; and not-for-profits.

Creativity and engineering will come together Saturday and Sunday at the tenth annual Quad Cities – Davenport FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Qualifiers & FIRST LEGO League Junior (FLL Jr.) E