Daily planner, Oct. 10, 2012


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Brandon Xplicit (poet/spoken word artist)

11 a.m.-1 p.m., Hawk's Nest, Second Floor, Building 4, Black Hawk College, 6600 34th Ave., Moline. Free, (309) 796-5464.

Daniela Olszewska And M. Bartley Seigel (SPECTRA Poetry Reading Series)

8 p.m., Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island. Free, (563) 324-1410.

Vietnam Veterans' Roundtable (Port Byron Historical Society)

7 p.m., River Valley Library, 214 S. Main St., Port Byron. Free, (309) 523-3654.

Wisenheimer (Uncensored Long-Form Improv) (ages 18 and up)

8-9:30 p.m., Establishment Theatre, 220 19th St., Rock Island. $5, (309) 786-1111.

Salad Luncheon

11 a.m.-1 p.m., Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, 2312 18th Ave., Rock Island. $7, (309) 788-4050.

Muddy Boots Nature Club: Trees Are Terrific

3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., Nahant Marsh Education Center, 4220 S. Wapello Avenue, Davenport. $3, (563) 323-5196.

Alan Sweet (Live Lunch)

Noon, Community Stage, River Music Experience, 129 Main St., Davenport. Free, (563) 326-1333.

Harvest Bazaar and Dinner

3-7 p.m., Illinois City United Methodist Church, 12507 238th St. W., Illinois City. $9; $3.50 children, (309) 791-0024.

Open mic and jam

6:30-9:30 p.m., Community Stage, River Music Experience, 129 Main St., Davenport. Free, (563) 326-1333.

Christian Consumer: Living Faithfully In A Fragile World, Dr. Laura Hartman

7 p.m., Bettendorf Library, 2950 Learning Campus Drive, Bettendorf. Free, (563) 344-4175.

"Noises Off" (farce)

7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday, Richmond Hill Barn Theatre, HK Robinson Drive and S. Stewart Street, Geneseo. $8 Thursday; $10 Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, (309) 944-2244.

Rozz-Tox: Pageant of Shadows

Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island. Free.

Signature Chefs Auction For The March Of Dimes (The Edgar Crockett Quartet)

5:30-9 p.m., RiverCenter, 136 E. 3rd St., Davenport. $80; $600 table of eight, (563) 265-8387.

"Smokey Joe's Cafe" (musical revue)

Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 3rd Ave., Rock Island. (309) 786-7733 ext. 2, circa21.com.

Readers' Theater By Children

7 p.m., Moline Library, 3210 41st St., Moline. Free, (309) 524-2480.






















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  Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.




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