An exploration into the first urban rebellion against Nazi Germany in the occupied territories during World War II, Dr. Arthur Pitz will present Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The 80th Year Anniversary at the Moline Public Library on May 10, his talk focusing on how remaining Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto were not about to be slaughtered without as much resistance as they could muster.

On May 4, monster trucks, excavators, and garbage trucks galore will be on full display at the Adler Theatre when the Davenport venue hosts the touring presentation and family delight Blippi: The Wonderful World Tour, an invitation to kids of all ages to shake those wiggles out and OJ Twist their way through this brand-new stage-musical party.

For the professional talents at Ballet Quad Cities, this spring is all rite. Despite my proclivity for typos, that actually isn't one, as the Rock Island-based company – for the first time since 2014 – will stage Igor Stravinsky's 35-minute balletic masterwork The Rite of Spring, which will enjoy two performances at Davenport's Adler Theatre on April 22. But that opening sentence is also inaccurate, because Ballet Quad Cities' 2022-23 season-ender isn't entirely all Rite. A quartet of additional, shorter pieces in Act I will precede the Act II presentation of Stravinsky's work, with the entirely of the performance fittingly titled The Rite of Spring, Bolero, & More. As the dance company's Artistic Director Courtney Lyon says of the presentation as a whole, “We're bringing out some pieces that either haven't been seen since before COVID or that played to smaller audiences during COVID, and now we're able to bring them back on a full stage.”

The editor of the New York Times crossword puzzle, author/editor of more than 500 puzzle books, and world’s only academically accredited puzzle master will discuss his fill-in-the-blanks career in the insightful and delightful presentation Secrets of a Puzzle Master: A Virtual Conversation with Will Shortz, an April 25 event offered by Illinois Libraries Present and co-hosted by the Rock Island and Moline Public Libraries.