The Exhibition takes visitors through galleries providing an up-close look inside the skeletal, muscular, reproductive, respiratory, circulatory and other systems of the human body. Many of the whole body specimens are dissected in vivid athletic poses, allowing the visitor to relate to everyday activities. In addition, authentic human specimens illustrate the damage caused to organs by over-eating and lack of exercise. A healthy lung is featured next to a black lung ravaged by smoking in a vivid comparison more powerful than any textbook image.
 
The human body specimens in the exhibition are preserved through a revolutionary technique called polymer preservation. In this process, human tissue is permanently preserved using liquid silicone rubber that is treated and hardened. The end result is a rubberized specimen, preserved to the cellular level, showcasing the complexity of the body's many bones, muscles, nerves, blood vessels and organs. The full-body specimens can take more than a year to prepare.
 
The Exhibition is currently receiving worldwide acclaim attracting nearly 15 million visitors from cities around the world. 
 
Trinity and the Putnam Museum are collaborating to coordinate a variety of activities in conjunction with the exhibit, including educational seminars, physician presentations, and prevention and awareness events. Trinity healthcare providers also will help serve as guides during the run of the exhibition.
 

Dates: 03/09-07/14
Location: Putnam Museum, Davenport, IA 52804
Call 563-324-1933 for more information.

From April 11 to May 23, libraries and concert halls throughout the Quad Cities region will resound with the beat of uniquely American musical genres.

The six-week series with 19 presentations features documentary film screenings, scholar-led discussions of the 20th century American popular music, and live performances.  The "America's Music: A Film History of our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway" project covers a wide span of musical interests, including blues, gospel, Broadway, jazz, bluegrass and country, rock and roll, mambo and hip hop.

The Quad Cities is one of 50 sites nationwide selected to host this program series.  A full list of performances/presentations and their locations around the Quad Cities is available at www.americasmusicqc.com. 

The River Music Experience along with libraries and other venues in the Quad Cities will host these presentations and concerts.

Dates: 04/11-05/23
Location: River Music Experience, Davenport, IA 52801
Call 563-326-1333 for more information.

Dates: 05/01-08/31
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Putnam Museum, Davenport, IA 52804
Call 563-324-1054 for more information.

This exhibit transforms seven beloved and award-winning picture books into three-demensional learning environments that highlight the six pre-reading skills. Explore books The Tale of Peter Rabbit, If you Give a Mouse a Cookie, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Where's Spot, The Snowy Day and Tuesday. A great way to spend the day with your little ones!

Dates: 05/18-09/08
Location: Family Museum, Bettendorf, IA 52722
Call 563-344-4106 for more information.

Come hear the stories of America’s Music in the Quad Cities, and share your own on Thursday, May 23rd, 6:00 p.m. at Western Illinois University-Quad Cities' Riverfront Atrium.

The final evening of the America’s Music Quad Cities program will celebrate the great variety of music heard in the Quad Cities over the last fifty years as recorded in the archives of our public libraries and in your memories.

Bring your stories, and your instruments too: we invite performers to an open mic to close the evening.

Dates: 05/23
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Western Illinois University - Riverfront Campus, Moline, IL 61265
Call 309-524-2470 for more information.

Free screening of a 33 minute on the Rock Island Civil War prison camp on Arsenal Island, with discussion afterward by members of Heritage Documentaries, who made the film. Free and open to the public.

Dates: 05/23
Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Rock Island Public Library, Rock Island, IL 61201
Call 309-732-7323 for more information.

In the heyday of the 1960s, artists in the United States turned an eye on the wonderful—and sometimes wild—images of American consumer culture. Pop artists reveled in the vibrancy of the urban landscape and in the bounty of the post-World War II economic boom. They adopted images from mass media, billboards, cartoons, tabloid magazines and advertisements. Pop Art glorified and parodied the “things”of everyday life.

Dates: 05/23-05/26; 05/28-06/02; 06/04-06/09; 06/11-06/16; 06/18-06/23; 06/25-06/30; 07/02-07/07; 07/09-07/14; 07/16-07/21; 07/23-07/28; 07/30-08/04; 08/06-08/11; 08/13-08/18; 08/20-08/25; 08/27-09/01; 09/03-09/08
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA 52801
Call 563-326-7804 for more information.

Quad City Arts’ Rock Island Gallery presents mixed media by Max Wilke, mixed media by Rodolfo Salgado, Jr. and fiber art by Tricia Coulson.

The public is welcome to attend the free opening reception on May 24 from 7-9 pm.

This exhibit will be on display from May 24 through July 5; admission is free. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday (10 am – 5 pm), Saturday (11 am – 5 pm) and Mondays by appointment.

The Quad City Arts Center Gallery is located at 1715 Second Avenue in the Arts and Entertainment District of Rock Island. For more information, contact Dawn Wohlford-Metallo 309-793-1213 ext. 108.

Quad City Arts is dedicated to enriching the quality of life in the Quad City region through the presentation, development and celebration of the arts. All Quad City Arts programs are funded in part by Festival of Trees; Quad City Arts Partners; and operating grants from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; and the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs.

Dates: 05/24
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Quad City Arts, Rock Island, IL 61201
Call 309-793-1213 for more information.

Bottom's Up Quad City Burlesque in "KOMIC KAHN"

Bottom's Up Quad City Burlesque - the Quad Cities only burlesque troupe -  will be putting their own spin on the comic and movie scene in their new show "Komic Kahn".  The finest Burlesque dancers in the area will be performing with some great comedians also entertaining you in this unforgettable show!

Ticket price is $18 per person in advance
and $20 at the door.

Doors Open: 7:00 pm. Show Begins: 8:00 pm.

This show is for adult audiences 21 and older.

Dates: 05/24-05/25
Time: 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Location: The Circa 21 Speakeasy, Rock Island, IL 61201
Call 309-786-7733 for more information.

Creekside Vineyards Winery, Two Rivers Massage, & Barefoot del Sole host this relaxing retreat of wine, 3 spa treaments, appetizers & desserts, & ultimate indulgence. 

For more info & online registration visit www.tworiversmassage.com/spaday or call Two Rivers @ 309-78-RELAX (797-3529). 

Space is limited to 10/each event; it's the perfect Friday night to unwind & celebrate for the staff, mothers & daughters, a girls' night out, bachelorette parties, & couples!

Dates: 05/24; 06/28; 07/26; 08/23; 09/27
Time: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Creekside Vineyards Inn & Wine Terrace, Coal Valley , IL 61240
Call 309-797-3529 for more information.