Quad City Arts

 

 


Free First Friday Series 
Quad City Arts Center Gallery
1715 2nd Ave Rock Island, Illinois 61201

 








                          


Quad City Arts
invites you to enjoy FREE
entertainment featuring local and regional
artists in a variety of musical performances,
visual art exhibit openings, literary and
dramatic presentations on selected Fridays
at the Quad City Arts Center. The
atmosphere is informal, but the
entertainment is first class! Check out the
upcoming Free First Friday Series events
below...

2008 Schedule of Events

Feb. 22: Raymond Yeager
Opening Reception, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Join us for the opening reception for
Raymond Yeager from Jacksonville, IL.
Yeager’s solo exhibition will be part
installation and part painting. There will be
food, art, and fun! The exhibit will be up to view
through the end of March. Want more
information? Click here.

March 7: Susan McPeters & Jonathan Turner
"This & That" Musical Performance, 7:00 p.m.

Quad City Arts welcomes Susan McPeters and
Jonathan Turner with their production of “This
and That.”  They will be presenting an intimate
evening of cabaret-type music for Free First
Fridays at the Quad City Arts Center. Come and
enjoy a classy evening of art and music.


March 14: Buffalo Carp vol. 5
Release Party, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Come celebrate the release of the 5th
anniversary issue of Buffalo Carp, Quad
City Arts' literary magazine. Every
contributor will be invited to read, birthday
cake will be served (plus five candles) and
more! Copies of the issue will be available
for $10 and bundles of all 5 issues will be
available at a special discount rate. 

March 28: Poetry Reading
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Visiting poets from Wisconsin will read
selections of their work, including Prudence
Tippins (Two of Us Make a World), Cordon
Glass (The Blood Truck), and E.P. Schultz
(Third Floor Window, Misprints and Legends). 
Part of Quad City Arts Free Friday Series
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April 4: LoJo Russo
Live Music, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Words that evoke images, ideas, thoughts
and emotions. All these words have been
used to describe the music of Lojo Russo.
We invite you to enjoy the eclectic sounds
of an artistthat desires us to take a chance,
to think outside the music box.

April 11: Guy Davis
Live Music, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Whether Guy Davis is appearing on
“Late Night with Conan O’Brien”
or
nationally syndicated radio programs such
as Garrison Keillor’s, “A Prairie Home
Campanion,"
 “Mountain Stage” or David
Dye’s,“World Café," in front of 15,000
people on the Main Stage of a major festival,
or teaching an intimate gathering of
students at a Music Camp, Guy feels the
instinctive desire to give each listener
his all when playing the blues. We invite you to
come and enjoy the musical performances of
this celebrated bluesman.

April 18: 31st Annual High School Art Exhibit
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Local High School students will display their
work in the gallery. The High School Art
Exhibition is an annual favorite that brings in
large numbers of art goers to the gallery.
Come and enjoy an awards ceremony,
refreshments and great art of our area youth.

April 25: National Poetry Reading Month
Event, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
An event dedicated to poetry. Come enjoy
refreshments and the appreciation of
poetic verse.


**If you are a local or regional performing artist and would like to be considered for the Free Friday Series, please e-mail Dawn Wohlford-Metallo with "Free Friday Series" in the subject line, or send a resume, performance tape or video, and fee information to:
 

Free Friday Series
Quad City Arts
1715 2nd Avenue
Rock Island, IL  61201


 

                                         



                          

Quad City Arts Center 1715 2nd Ave Rock Island, Illinois 61201
Phone: 309.793.1213
Fax: 309.793.1265