Fire-Damaged Barrel House Pub to Reopen with New Ownership Guided by Multimedia Radio Marketing and Technology Partners

Waiting for the elevator inside the south entrance lobby to the first-floor Barrel House pub currently being renovated in downtown Davenport, one is greeted by semi-finished renovations and a large flat screen showcasing over a dozen tenants' brands with a presence in the three-story building.

Lauded as "one of the best YA writers working today" by the New York Times Book Review, author A.S. King makes a special November 16 visit to the Bettendorf Public Library, the critically revered talent appearing locally for a book signing and presentation titled Literacy: The Secret Sauce to Life.

In a virtual presentation on November 12, the Silvis Public Library invites participants to engage in an important and thoughtful conversation with the acclaimed author, educator, poet, and cultural organizer whose work will be explored in Words, Power, & Community with Dr. Eve L. Ewing, an exploration of race, education, identity, and community hosted by Illinois Libraries Present.

Inspired by her upbringing at the turn of the 20th century and considered “Iowa’s first feminist writer,” Ruth Suckow was largely forgotten until researchers rediscovered her story in the 1980s. Consequently, the Ruth Suckow Memorial Association, with the support of Humanities Iowa, has developed a traveling exhibition celebrating the life and work of this Iowa novelist and short-story writer who lived from 1892 to 1960, the exhibit Everyday Lives, Extraordinary Voices: Ruth Suckow's Iowa on display at Davenport's German American Heritage Center through November 15.