19 Aug 2025

Bett Community Expo Showcases Community Organizations and More August 22

By Celeste Miller

BETTENDORF, IOWA (August 19, 2025) — The Bettendorf Community School District is excited to announce the Bett Community Expo, a celebration of local organizations offering valuable information and opportunities for families. The event will be held Friday, August 22, 4:30–6:30PM, along the drive in front of Bettendorf High School, 3311 18th Street.

19 Aug 2025

River Action Celebrates 26 years of Annual Senior Citizen Golf Cart Tours

By Kathy Wine

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 19, 2025) — River Action’s Senior Citizen Golf Cart Tours allow participants to experience and learn about our Mississippi riverfront while riding in the front seat of a golf cart along beautiful riverfront, Nahant Marsh, or Duck Creek. These guided golf cart tours of riverfront trails on both sides of the Mississippi, Iowa and Illinois, are a fun way to gain knowledge on the past, present, and future of riverfront development and conservation initiatives.

13 Aug 2025

Crawford, Murphy, and Tilly Ribbon-Cutting October 21

By Deanna Jensen-Valliere

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 13, 2025) — Crawford, Murphy, and Tilly will hold a ribbon cutting to celebrate their new Iowa location on Tuesday, October 21, 12PM. The new office is located at 4550 E 53rd Street, Suite 100, in Davenport, Iowa.

12 Aug 2025

Quad City Psychotherapy Ribbon-Cutting September 18

By Deanna Jensen-Valliere

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 12, 2025) — Quad City Psychotherapy will host a ribbon cutting to celebrate their new location on Thursday, September 18, 3PM.

The business is located at 2805 Eastern Avenue in Davenport, Iowa.

Quad City Psychotherapy is excited to have completed the purchase and renovation of their new home in Davenport.

11 Aug 2025

AKWAABA QC'S Second Annual Gala

By Nana Ouro-Agoro

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (August 11, 2025) — AKWAABA QC is having its second fundraising gala on November 8, 5-9PM, at Believers Together Community Center in Moline.

07 Aug 2025

YWCA Quad Cities Offers Summer Pre-Apprenticeship Jobs Program for Youth

By Jenna Panicucci

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (August 7, 2025) — The YWCA Quad Cities is proud to continue its Pre-Apprenticeship Jobs Program for a second consecutive summer.

06 Aug 2025

Center for Active Seniors Inc (CASI) Market Day Saturday, August 9

By Center for Active Seniors Inc

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 6, 2025) — Stop by CASI for a morning of shopping and fun with more than forty vendors.

CASI's Market Day features more than forty vendors with amazing products and services, including crafts, baked goods, clothes, towels, jewelry, plants, pens, woodworking, flower arrangements, 3D paper shadowboxes, Pampered Chef, birdhouses, lighthouses, wreaths, books, art, flea-market items, and more!

The Café will be open!

06 Aug 2025

Red Sand Project Meeting August 8 at Leach Park, Bettendorf, 12PM

By Elle Sweborg

BETTENDORF, IOWA (August 6, 2025) — It has been done in all fifty states and seventies countries with more than a million participants. It is a great summer activity.

05 Aug 2025

Alternating Currents Mural Fest Announces 2025 Artist Lineup

By Jennifer Walker

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 5, 2025) — Alternating Currents and Quad City Arts are proud to announce the artists selected for this year’s AC Mural Fest for five locations in Downtown Davenport, Bettendorf, and Rock Island. The murals will be installed beginning the week of August 10, 2025, transforming blank walls into bold, meaningful public art.

01 Aug 2025

Arts and Entertainment Lineup Set for Alternating Currents, August 14-17, in Downtown Bettendorf

By Jennifer Walker

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 1, 2025) — For the third consecutive year, Downtown Bettendorf will come alive with music, food and public art as part of this year’s Alternating Currents festival, happening August 14–17.

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