Although most people are more familiar with New Orleans' Mardi Gras and Brazil's Carnival, Germany has its own extravagant regional celebration known as Fasching, and on February 23, Kathlyn Hoffman will deliver a presentation on this exuberant street party in Fascinating Fasching, a program in the popular "Kaffee und Kuchen" series at Davenport's German American Heritage Center.

Whether one head-banged with Rob Zombie and Black Sabbath in the 1990s, enjoyed dinner and a Broadway musical downtown in the 2000s, or busted a gut at a John Crist tour stop in 2024, the experience inside the Adler Theatre on show night always begins on a positive and classy note thanks to the heretofore unheralded volunteer usher corps.

Winner of both the American Comedy Award and the Phyllis Diller Award for "Best Female Comedian," and the star of popular streaming specials Bothering Jesus and Hunting Bigfoot, standup sensation and podcaster Kathleen Madigan brings "The Day Drinking Tour" to Davenport's Capitol Theatre on February 20, her lauded talents inspiring the Chicago Tribune to rave, "She has all but perfected the art of crafting and delivering a perfect joke."

With the author's latest book The Backyard Bird Chronicles a collection of sketches and essays that debuted at number one on both the New York Times and the Indie Bestseller list, the Virtual Illinois Libraries Present program Slowing Down with Amy Tan will be hosted by the Rock Island and Silvis Public Libraries on February 19, its guest also lauded as a National Humanities Medal winner beloved for her debut bestseller The Joy Luck Club.