Iowa’s longest-running film festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary with its biggest festival weekend yet. The Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival runs April 9-12 and features 65 films — all with Iowa ties.

In an era when many book clubs fizzle out within a few years, the Browning Literary Club, Ingleside Study Club and Serendipity Book Club are among those quietly defying the odds — by decades.

Tom Chouteau created a dazzling, dreamlike world of color, light, and unending reflection with Kaleidoscope Odyssey, a mind-bending new exhibit on view through Sept. 7, 2026.

The Adventures of Sam Steele continues at The Black Box Theatre, 1623 5th Avenue in Moline Thursday through Saturday, April 2, 3 and 4, at 7:30 p.m.

The Quad Cities River Bandits and Figge Art Museum are teaming up to celebrate the intersection of baseball, history, and art with the donation a painting by contemporary artist Preston Sampson.

New York City-based soprano Lily Arbisser and pianist Dimitri Malignan, with violist Deanna Petre, will present a special free concert Thursday, March 26 at 6 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum.

In this episode of Talking Art, Tech/Arts Education Specialist Meghan Hollister joins the conversation to discuss her recent work illustrating a map of the Quad Cities Ecological Corridor for the National Wildlife Federation in collaboration with Quad City Arts.

Violins of Hope, a project built around a private collection of over 70 restored instruments connected to musicians before and during the Holocaust, is currently touring the state.

Hooooo-wee! Dig out your cowboy boots and Stetson hats and head on down to Circa 21 Dinner Theatre’s current production of Honky Tonk Angels by Ted Swindley and directed by Tristan Tapscott. Tapscott has pulled out all the stops to deliver a Texas-sized, down home celebration of country music’s female icons.