Arts & Culture

With some federal help, the Putnam Museum in Davenport is embarking on a multi-year effort to collect and present local history. Tuesday it announced the receipt of 245,000 dollars from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

A local nonprofit will celebrate Davenport neighborhoods by unveiling a new, public work of art.

Listen to our conversation here about how his experience working in Guatemala as a Peace Corps volunteer affected his poetry and world view; his concern for the environment and the love of nature that his subsequent career as an agronomist instilled; and the writing community he has discovered in the Quad Cities within the Midwest Writing Center.

Listen to our conversation here about how his experience working in Guatemala as a Peace Corps volunteer affected his poetry and world view; his concern for the environment and the love of nature that his subsequent career as an agronomist instilled; and the writing community he has discovered in the Quad Cities within the Midwest Writing Center.

Hoping to introduce more people to classical music and build its audience, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra has started a new program called CAP, or Concert Access Pass. Members of ten partner organizations can receive up to four free tickets for any concert.

The east side of the Figge Museum of Art in Davenport has been restored to its original appearance. Very early in the morning of June 6th, gun shots fired from a parking garage across the street broke ten of the building's exterior windows.

Listen to the conversation here with Bassel Almadani about the deeply meaningful contributions that immigrants make within their adoptive countries; how he creatively connects a difficult and often dark subject matter with music that is inherently light and upbeat; and the empathy and understanding that he hopes to inspire through his music.

Listen to the conversation here with Bassel Almadani about the deeply meaningful contributions that immigrants make within their adoptive countries; how he creatively connects a difficult and often dark subject matter with music that is inherently light and upbeat; and the empathy and understanding that he hopes to inspire through his music.

Listen to the conversation here with Ariel Arbisser about the joys of songwriting, the unique training that a cappella groups provided her both collegiately and professionally, and her work as a performance coach in Ithaca, NY.

Listen to the conversation here with Ariel Arbisser about the joys of songwriting, the unique training that a cappella groups provided her both collegiately and professionally, and her work as a performance coach in Ithaca, NY.