14 Dec 2024

Animal Instinct: Iowa City Author Rachel Yoder Explores Perils and Joys of Motherhood at Davenport Screening

By Jonathan Turner

Just nine years after earning her second Master of Fine Arts degree, writer and University of Iowa instructor Rachel Yoder sold her first novel, and then the film rights, a year before it was even published.

06 Dec 2024

The Sound of Music Builds: Downtown Moline Music Hub Has Ambitious Plans

By Jonathan Turner

A little more than a year after breathing buoyant new life into the long vacant former downtown Moline library, Sound Conservatory is writing an ambitious new movement in its sprawling, surging score.

02 Dec 2024

Finding Healing, Hope, and Love: Argrow’s to Celebrate Opening of New Center on December 4

By Jonathan Turner

Wednesday, December 4 will be a big day for Dr. Kit Evans-Ford and the many people served by her life-changing nonprofit organizations.

24 Nov 2024

Life in a New Key: Davenport's Bix Museum to Move Across the Street

By Jonathan Turner

After seven years tucked nearly out of sight in downtown Davenport, the growing Bix Beiderbecke Museum & Archive is raising money for a move across the street.

07 Nov 2024

Walnut Creek’s Re-Routing Increases Habitats at Nahant Marsh

By Jonathan Turner

In its nearly quarter-century of existence, Nahant Marsh in southwest Davenport has worked to grow and improve inside and outside its borders.

06 Nov 2024

Justice for All: New Choir to Give Inaugural Concert in Davenport on November 10

By Jonathan Turner

During a week in which liberty and justice are on the minds of many Americans, it is very fitting that a newly formed Justice Choir of the Midwest is preparing for its inaugural concert on Sunday, November 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Davenport's First Presbyterian Church (1702 Iowa Street).

06 Nov 2024

Turning Tchaikovsky on His Head: “The Hip Hop Nutcracker,” November 27 at the Adler Theatre

By Jonathan Turner

You may think blending the exquisite classical beauty of the Nutcracker ballet with the gritty urban energy of hip hop would be like oil and water. Yet The Hip Hop Nutcracker – making its Quad Cities debut at Davenport's Adler Theatre (136 East Third Street) on November 27 – has entertained audiences nationwide since 2013. The beloved holiday story and enchanting music, paired with staggeringly limber breakdancers, will be performed as part of a tour to more than 25 U.S. cities.

29 Oct 2024

Garden Beauty in Music: ATLYS to Play Moline's Sound Conservatory, November 10

By Jonathan Turner

More than five years in the making, a deeply meaningful string-quartet record will be available to local music lovers five days before its world premiere.

22 Oct 2024

“Midsummer” in Fall: Ballet Quad Cities to Dance in the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's "Masterworks II: Midsummer Night's Dream,” November 2 and 3

By Jonathan Turner

Having kicked off its 110th-season Masterworks series on October 5 and 6 (honoring the 200th anniversary of Anton Bruckner’s birth with his Symphony No. 7), the Quad City Symphony Orchestra has a special program in November.

18 Oct 2024

Building Bridges: New Concert Series to Start at The Deanery on October 29

By Jonathan Turner

The Deanery School of Music is entering a new movement in its score, with a new concert series and new director.

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