Daily planner, Dec. 5, 2012


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Oscar in the AfterNoon (Academy Award-Winning Film)
2 p.m., Davenport Library, 6000 Eastern Ave. Free, (563) 326-7832, davenportlibrary.com.

(Open [Mike) Interruption] Comedy open-mic night (ages 17 and up)
8-11 p.m., Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island. Free, (309) 200-0978, info@rozztox.com, rozztox.com.

Chicken dinner
4:30-7 p.m., American Legion Post 246, 1623 15th St., Moline. $6, (309) 762-1126, post246@mchsi.com.

Wisenheimer (uncensored long-form improv) (ages 18 and older)
8-9:30 p.m., Establishment Theatre, 220 19th St., Rock Island. $5, (309) 786-1111, info@establishmenttheatre.com, establishmenttheatre.com.

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

Joy of Christmas Past and Present (The Ascension Singers, The Augustana Brass Ensemble, Larry Peterson)
7:30 p.m., Augustana Lutheran Church, 628 6th St., Andover. Free, (309) 521-8127, augustana-lutheran.org.

"Miracle on 34th Street: The Musical"
Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 3rd Ave., Rock Island. (309) 786-7733 ext. 2, circa21.com.

Ken Paulsen Quartet
6-9 p.m., Rusty Nail, 2606 W. Locust St., Davenport. Free, (563) 386-1900, newrustynail.com.

Open mic and jam
6:30-9:30 p.m., Community Stage, River Music Experience, 129 Main St., Davenport. Free, (563) 326-1333, bdale@rivermusicexperience.org, rivermusicexperience.org.

Flute and Clarinet Choir
8 p.m., Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Memorial Building, Augustana College, 3520 7th Ave., Rock Island. Free, (309) 794-7306, augustana.edu.

Goya, Karissa Buchman
7 p.m., Larson Hall, Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts, Augustana College, 3701 7th Ave., Rock Island. Free, augustana.edu.

Racing Left and Right: How Color-Blind Narratives Impact Activists Across the Political Spectrum, Dr. Meghan Burke
4:30-5:30 p.m., Room 17-18, Carlsson Evald Hall, Augustana College, 3601 7th Ave., Rock Island. Free, (309) 794-7210, augustana.edu.





















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  Today is Monday, May 20, the 140th day of 2013. There are 225 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A petition is being circulated asking the city council to order awell bored in Market Square. It would be a great accommodation to the public.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 p.m. on May 18 the Mississippi River flooded its banks atRock Island and destroyed the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber Co. and damagedRock Island Arsenal power plant. Total loss is estimated at $100,000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of Sough Rock Island Township are circulating apetition favoring the annexation of that area to the City of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: A group of state members of the National Grandmothers Clubmeeting in Rock Island are making plans to petition for the observance of a NationalGrandmothers Day.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere and Co. reported today that its U.S. and Canadian sales forthe first half of the 1963 fiscal year set an all time record of $323,716.628.
1988 -- 25 years ago: William G. Lawrence, first administrative director, has retired fromPECO Enterprises, Inc. Prior to his service at PECO, Mr. Lawrence was the civilianpersonnel officer at the Rock Island Arsenal.






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