River Cities' Reader

The River Cities' Reader is a locally owned alternative newspaper situated in Davenport, Iowa. Established in 1993, it is distributed across the Quad-Cities region and its surrounding areas.

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Free Will Astrology: Week of June 25, 2025

4 days ago | rcreader.com | Rob Brezsny |Mike Schulz

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Hawaiian word pō refers to a primal darkness from which all life flows. It's not a fearsome void, but a fertile mystery, rich with future possibilities and the ancestors’ hopes. In the coming weeks, I invite you to treat your inner life as pō. Be as calm and patient and watchful as an Aries can be as you monitor the inklings that rise up out of the deep shadows.
Dierks Bentley, July 5

4 days ago | rcreader.com | Mike Schulz

Saturday, July 5, 5:45 p.m.TPC at Deere Run, 3100 Heather Knoll, Silvis ILWith his June recording Broken Branches hailed by Cryptic Rock as "phenomenal from top to bottom," singing/songwriting superstar and Grand Ole Opry member Dierks Bentley performs a July 5 engagement in the 2025 John Deere Classic's "Concerts on the Course" series, the artist's studio albums accounting for 27 singles on Billboard's Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, 18 of which reached number one.
The Zac Brown Band, July 6

4 days ago | rcreader.com | Mike Schulz

Sunday, July 6, 5:45 p.m.TPC at Deere Run, 3100 Heather Knoll, Silvis ILMulti-platinum-selling artists with three chart-topping albums to their credit, the country and Southern-rock sensations of the Zac Brown Band play a July 6 engagement in the 2025 John Deere Classic's "Concerts on the Course" series, treating fans to a repertoire that has thus far resulted in nine Grammy Award nominations, three wins, and more than a dozen number-one hits on the Billboard charts.
Davina & the Vagabonds, July 10

4 days ago | rcreader.com | Mike Schulz

Thursday, July 10, 8 p.m. The Redstone Room, 129 Main Street, Davenport IA Performing in support of their 2024 release Shoot the Moon, and treating music lovers to what Glide magazine calls their “inexplicable way of giving old-time blues and jazz a fresh, contemporary feel,” the touring musicians of Davina & the Vagabonds headline a July 10 concert event at Davenport's Redstone Room, their latest album praised by KAXE radio as "catchy and hopeful with the group's usual dose of fun, while...
Jackson & the Janks, July 4

4 days ago | rcreader.com | Mike Schulz

Friday, July 4, 7 p.m. Raccoon Motel, 315 East Second Street, Davenport IA Praised by American Blues Scene for delivering "a full-throttle dose of rhythm & blues" with "introspection and grace," the touring artists of Jackson & the Janks headline a 4th of July concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, Holler Country Music adding, "With their New Orleans-inspired take on the protogenic power of rhythm & blues, the band uses early rock & roll as a loose template and turns it on its head." With...
Precocious Neophyte, July 5

4 days ago | rcreader.com | Mike Schulz

Saturday, July 5, 7 p.m. Raccoon Motel, 315 East Second Street, Davenport IA With the group's most recent album Home in the Desert hailed by the Chicago Reader for its "tranquil warmth" that "calms and comforts like a hearty stew on a winter evening," the touring shoegaze musicians of Precocious Neophyte headline a July 5 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the Chicago ensemble's 2024 EP also praised by PM Press Blog as a recording that "hits like a dream pop avalanche." As stated at...
The Heligoats, July 10

4 days ago | rcreader.com | Mike Schulz

Thursday, July 10, 6 p.m. Raccoon Motel, 315 East Second Street, Davenport IA Headlining a July 10 evening at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the Heligoats – what NPR called “a strange name for a guy strumming a guitar, but oddly befitting someone who stuffs his songs with so many sideways ideas and observations” – delivers acoustic indie rock courtesy of singer/songwriter Chris Otepka, whom NPR declared “writes songs that are brainy in the best way: clever without straining for cuteness, wry but...
JD McPherson, July 5

4 days ago | rcreader.com | Mike Schulz

Saturday, July 5, 8 p.m. Codfish Hollow Barn, 5013 288th Avenue, Maquoketa IA Touring in support of his 2024 album Nite Owls, a recording that Tinnitist said "delivers the signature sounds of vintage garage-rock while also seamlessly bridging the sounds of David Bowie and Alan Vega, rockabilly and R&B singer/songwriter JD McPherson headlines a July 5 concert at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, Metacritic adding that "Nite Owls is McPherson's most fully realized front-to-back example of his...
“Mary Poppins,” July 9 through September 6

4 days ago | rcreader.com | Mike Schulz

Wednesday, July 9, through Saturday, September 6 Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 Third Avenue, Rock Island IL Boasting warmth, humor, magic, and unforgettable songs including "A Spoonful of Sugar," "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "Let's Go Fly a Kite," "Step in Time," and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," an Oscar-winning family classic becomes a Tony-winning stage spectacular in the theatrical version of Mary Poppins, which will enjoy its long-awaited debut presentation at Rock Island's Circa '21...
“The Fox on the Fairway,” July 10 through 20

4 days ago | rcreader.com | Mike Schulz

Thursday, July 10, through Sunday, July 20 Richmond Hill Barn Theatre, 600 Robinson Drive, Geneseo IL Hailed by the New York Times for being an "old-fashioned British style of farce with an elaborate plot and dizzy characters," Tony Award nominee Ken Ludwig's golf-themed comedy The Fox on the Fairway enjoys a July 10 through 20 run at Geneseo's Richmond Hill Barn Theatre, the praise continued by ChicagoCritic deeming it "perfect family fare" and the Chicago Sun-Times calling the play "a riot...