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Mason Moss, a 32-year-old alum of Rock Island High School, is literally living his dream, as music director, conductor and keyboard player for “Come From Away” at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
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British filmmaker Ken Russell's 1971 film "The Devils" adapts Aldous Huxley's 1952 non-fiction classic "Devils of Loudun," detailing how an entire French city tore itself apart over allegations of witchcraft stemming from manipulation by the church and state.
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What do we owe each other as Americans? That’s the question that kicks off The Work in Progress, a timely, new documentary that features everyday Americans — including several Iowans — in conversation with one another. The film will screen in Iowa City on Oct. 16.
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The Iowa Gold Star Military Museum at Camp Dodge in Johnston is welcoming a first-of-its-kind exhibit that focuses exclusively on military nurses. The display will open to the public during a dedication event on Saturday.
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Tom Cruise transforms himself into a balding, beer-bellied oil tycoon in Digger, a cataclysmic dark comedy from Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu.
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Baltimore-based artist Amanda Burnham created the exhibition, Everything to Everyone. The exhibit opens Saturday, with an artist talk held Thursday, Oct. 8, at 6 p.m.
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This Friday night, Oct. 9, will be a special one at Quad City Arts, 1715 2nd Ave., Rock Island, celebrating a new exhibit and a 25-year employee.
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Collected Stories continues at Richmond Hill Players Barn Theatre in Geneseo, Thursday through Saturday, October 8 through 10 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 11 at 3:00 p.m.
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John Waters has been called many things: the king of camp, the Pope of trash, obscene. But one thing he can’t be called is boring. The trailblazing filmmaker behind the cult classics Pink Flamingos and Hairspray will grace the Englert Theatre stage in Iowa City on Friday for his latest live comedy show.
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Tapestry Farms invites the community this week to the second-annual Harvest Moon Celebration, music and traditional Arabic sweets in support of refugees rebuilding their lives in the Quad Cities.
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The Refocus Film Festival is ringing in its fifth year, and this time it’s “bigger and bolder” than ever. From Oscar contenders to special guests, see what’s in store during the four-day festival hosted by FilmScene in Iowa City Oct. 22-25.
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Spencer Stanley leads The Billy Joel Legacy, a multi-media tribute to the Piano Man, which will take over Davenport’s Adler Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026 at 7 p.m.