Appearing locally to discuss his acclaimed non-fiction that the New York Post called an "essential work of sports reporting" and that the Library Journal deemed a "tragic, moving story that will linger with readers," author and sportscaster Reid Forgrave visits the Davenport Public Library's Fairmount Street Branch on March 28 to discuss matters of sports, health, and children's safety in his presentation Love, Zac: Football, Concussions, & Raising Boys in 21st-Century America.

With her 2021 book Broken (in the Best Possible Way) debuting at the number-three spot on the New York Times Bestseller list, lauded author Jenny Lawson participates in a virtual March 30 program hosted by the Moline Public Library, the critically acclaimed writer's most recent publication also named Best Humor Book of the Year at the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards.

With America's National Park Service now in existence for more than a century, former President Herbert Hoover's contributions to its continued development and massive success will be explored in a March 17 presentation held as part of the Davenport Public Library's virtual 3rd Thursday at Hoover's Presidential Library & Museum programming, with park ranger Jenny Cripe Davis treating virtual participants to the informative program The Progression of America's National Parks.

The University of Dubuque's 2021-22 Performing Arts Series continues in magical style on March 11 with the Heritage Center arrival of internationally touring illusionist Mike Super, the gifted performer from Penn & Teller: Fool Us who remains the only magician in U.S. history to win a live magic competition on prime-time network television.