This vintage, holiday postcard was sent to Morrison, IL, in 1909. On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Odell Public Library and Illinois Humanities invite you to attend “The Happy Invention: History and Significance of Picture Postcards.” The location is 307 S. Madison Street, Morrison. Katherine Hamilton-Smith
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 19, 2024, with Fulton’s Volunteer Millers. “Songs of Ireland” by Chicago-area musician Rick Pickren is the March Miller Program, at the Windmill Cultural Center, 111 Tenth Avenue, Fulton, IL, (across the street from de Immigrant windmill.) Clap your hands and sing
The long form improvisation troupe Wisenheimer was founded in 2011 and features Leslie Mitchell, Jeff De Leon, and Jen Kuhle. Their first appearance at The Black Box Theatre is Saturday, March 2, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. Join the party at 1623 5th Avenue, Moline, IL. Joining Wisenheimer will be Mike
The postponed concert of Chamber Music by Clinton Symphony Orchestra musicians will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 21, 2024, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 715 S. Third Street, in Clinton, IA. The program includes a Dvorak Piano Trio five Madrigals sung by a quartet from Clinton’s RiverChor a
Brady Wease (Jerry Lee Lewis), Alessandro Viviano (Elvis Presley), Collin Yates (Carl Perkins), and Peter Oyloe (Johnny Cash) rehearse, in the Timber Lake Playhouse production of “The Million Dollar Quartet Christmas.” Live, holiday musical performances run Wednesday, December 6, through Sunday, December 10, 2023. The G-rated show runs an hour
Clinton Symphony Orchestra’s annual “Holidays with the Symphony” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, December 9, 2023, in Vernon Cook Theater at Clinton High School, Clinton, IA. The popular, annual concert will feature well-known music and carols of the season, including a selection of Hanukah songs and a carol
The Black Box Theatre opens their holiday show “The Ho, Ho, Ho Show” on Thursday, December 7, 2023, at 1623 5th Avenue, in downtown Moline, IL. The cabaret-styled show runs to Sunday, December 17. Wisenheimer Improv takes over on Friday, December 15, so “The Ho, Ho, Ho Show” returns on
The Black Box Theatre in downtown Moline, IL, presents Tennessee Williams’s gothic drama “Suddenly Last Summer.” Tickets are available at theblackboxtheatre.com or at the door for $16. The show runs October 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, and 28 at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee on Sunday, October 22, 2023, at
The Mike Conrad Trio will perform at Starlight’s Theatre & Lounge, 314 First Avenue, in Sterling, IL. Their set is from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00, on Saturday, October 14, 2023. They will be followed by the soulful sounds of local favorite, the Jerry Criss Band (see photo below), from 9:00
Timber Lake Playhouse will host a Fall Festival featuring BrewFest on Saturday, September 23, 2023, from noon to 6:00 p.m. The event will include tastings of craft beers and wines; hay rides; activities for the whole family. BrewFest features the popular craft beers of local breweries. There will also be
Volunteer Millers of the Dutch Windmill, de Immigrant, will host an evening of “All That Jazz,” featuring a duo from Davenport, IA. Relax with an evening of standard jazz music, in the Windmill Cultural Center, at 111 Tenth Avenue in Fulton, IL, on Thursday, September 14, 2023, starting at 6:00
Timber Lake Playhouse (TLP) brings one of the most-beloved musicals of all time to the playhouse on Thursday, July 20, 2023, for a ten-day run. “9 to 5 The Musical,” with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick, is based on the 1980 hit movie. Set
Timber Lake Playhouse (TLP) brings Alfred Hitchcock’s “The 39 Steps” to its Summer Mainstage Season now through Sunday, June 25, 2023. This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs; over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously-talented cast of four); an onstage plane crash; handcuffs;
Juneteenth is a Federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Deriving its name from combining June and nineteenth, it is celebrated on the anniversary of the order, issued by Major General Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, proclaiming freedom for slaves in Texas. the
Join RiverChor Community Choir, as we journey through life with song along “The Road Home.” The concert will begin at 2:00 p.m., on Sunday , April 30, 2023, at Zion Lutheran Church,439 Third Avenue S., in Clinton, IA. It features a variety of composers including Billings, Mozart, Brahms, Stroope, Barber,