On November 4, you're invited to make unforgettable memories with your little ones at Sesame Street Presents! Elmo’s Got the Moves, an exciting experience at Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre that brings Elmo and his Sesame Street friends to the stage with singing, dancing, and favorite songs like “Sunny Days,” "Letter of the Day," and the show's bouncy title tune.

With the event held in conjunction with the Rock Island venue's current exhibition The Monster Under My Bed, Quad City Arts will host A Conversation on Mental Wellness at the Arts on October 26.

One of the millennium's biggest animated-film hits enjoys a raucous, colorful, and tuneful stage presentation when Young Footliters Youth Theatre presents Madagascar: A Musical Adventure Jr. at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, a delightful family treat, running October 30 through November 1, reuniting audiences with Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the hip-hip-Hippo, and all of their other Dreamworks favorites.

Lauded by Entertainment Weekly as a "totem for the thrills and trials of making art, with all the sacrifices and empathy it requires," the Oscar-nominated musical Tick ... Tick ... Boom! enjoys a November 5 screening at Davenport's Figge Art Museum, this showcase for the musicianship of Rent creator Jonathan Larson and star Andrew Garfield praised by Rotten Tomatoes' critical consensus as "an impressive feat for debuting director Lin-Manuel Miranda."