CLINTON, IOWA (August 16, 2019) — The Felix Adler Children’s Discovery Center, "Clinton, Iowa's Children's Museum," is having a splendid week of fun and play. On Wednesday, customize your own one-of-a-kind butterfly. On Friday, go up, up, and away with Parachute Play; then come read with Ms Cotton on Saturday morning at Storytime Saturday. Each of these programs is free with regular museum admission or membership.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (August 15, 2019) — On exhibit from August 23 through October 11, 2019, will be mixed media works by Lisa Mahar of Rock Island, Illinois, and paintings by Jessica Bingham of Peoria, Illinois.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (August 7, 2019) — Portraits and stories from the Village of Milan were captured this summer by photography students from the Metro Arts Youth Apprenticeship program with direction from lead artist Clint Balsar. Similar to the popular Humans of New York photoblog series, photography students traversed through the town and collected interesting stories and photographs along the way, in an attempt to capture the spirit and essence of the people of Milan.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (August 6, 2019) — The Iowa Poetry Association will soon release its 74th edition of "Lyrical Iowa," the annual anthology comprised of poems by Iowa writers of all ages. According to Editor Marilyn Baszczynski, this year's volume contains 381 poems chosen from 1,845 entries in their contest held earlier this year. Entries came from 77 of Iowa's 99 counties, sent by persons ranging in age from kindergartners to near-centenarians in well over one hundred cities and towns.