Daily planner, Nov. 29, 2012


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Screwy Cinema (film)
6 p.m., Davenport Library, 3000 N. Fairmount St. Free. (563) 326-7832, davenportlibrary.com.

"It's a Wonderful Life" (musical), Quad City Music Guild
7:30 p.m. today-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday, Prospect Park Theater, 1584 34th Ave., Moline. $15; $10 ages 11 and younger. (309) 762-6610.

Peter Geye (River Readings)
7-8 p.m., Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Memorial Building, Augustana College, 3520 7th Ave., Rock Island. Free. (309) 794-7833, augustana.edu.

Good, The Bad and The Mundane: Western Portraiture in the Late Twentieth Century, Alycia Reed (Thursdays at the Figge)
6 p.m. music; 7 p.m. talk, Figge Art Museum, 225 W. 2nd St., Davenport. Free with admission. (563) 326-7804, figgeart.org.

Out Loud (Open Poetry/Prose Reading)
7-9 p.m., Downtown Central Perk, 226 W. 3rd St., Davenport. Free. (563) 324-1410, mwc@midwestwritingcenter.org, facebook.com/downtowncentralperk.

Gunga Din (Film, Cary Grant Tribute)
6:30 p.m., Bettendorf Library, 2950 Learning Campus Drive. Free. (563) 344-4175, info@bettendorflibrary.com, bettendorflibrary.com.

Randy Leasman (Live Lunch)
Noon, Community Stage, River Music Experience, 129 Main St., Davenport. Free. (563) 326-1333, feedback@rivermusicexperience.org, rivermusicexperience.org.

Solo Steppers (square and round dances)
7:30-10 p.m., Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 415 W. 53rd St., Davenport. $4.50; $4 members. (309) 441-5880, popqc.org.

Jon Wayne and The Pain, Two Peace
9 p.m., Redstone Room, River Music Experience, 129 Main St., Davenport. $7. (563) 326-1333, feedback@rivermusicexperience.org, rivermusicexperience.org.

Open-mic night with Karl
9 p.m., Kilkenny's Pub, 300 W. 3rd St., Davenport. (563) 322-8584.

Inside The Music (Quad City Symphony Masterworks Talk)
5:30 p.m., Hotel Blackhawk, 200 E. 3rd St., Davenport. Free. (563) 322-7276, hotelblackhawk.com.

Holiday Spaliday open house
3-9 p.m., John Taylor Salon and Day Spa, 4102 Blackhawk Road, Rock Island. Free. (309) 786-7090, info@johntaylordayspa.com, johntaylordayspa.com.

Maggie Brown
7-9 p.m., Community Stage, River Music Experience, 129 Main St., Davenport. Free. (563) 326-1333, feedback@rivermusicexperience.org, rivermusicexperience.org.

Aging Parents and The Family Legacy, Dr. Thomas Staley and Daniel Ellard
6 p.m., Kahl Home, 6701 Jersey Ridge Road, Davenport. Free. (563) 421-6861, hughes@genesishealth.com, kahlhomedav.com.

Jam session with John O'Meara and Friends
9 p.m.-midnight, The Muddy Waters, 1708 State St., Bettendorf. Free. (563) 355-0655, info@muddys.info, themuddywaters.com.

Avey Brothers
9 p.m.-midnight, Rascals, 1414 15th St., Moline. (309) 797-9457.



















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  Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.




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