Below, check out top events happening in the next few days. Use buttons for more extensive regional and themed calendars, and to look farther ahead.
Coming Up in Iowa
Zodiac Series: Pisces Pond Resin Pendant & Earrings • Iowa City Feb 22, 10:00 am. Celebrate February with this Pisces-themed class, where you'll learn to make aquatic-themed earrings and encase them in resin to create a set of earrings and pendant. Registration includes instruction from Alyssa Jakowchuk, all materials, and large-screen demos. Sign up here or call 319-388-1566.
- Make Bonita's Nebula Beads • Iowa City Feb 22, 3:00 pm.
"Explore the galaxy and find some nebulas," with instructor Karen Kubby.
- Sunday Bingo • Cedar Rapids Feb 23, 12:00 pm.
Gather at NewBo every Sunday for Bingo, sponsored by Collins AeroSpace and Fast-Trans for people with disabilities.
- Make Capped Caged Earrings • Iowa City Feb 23, 1:00 pm.
Let Zanette Hoehle guide you to create a wire woven cage, atop a bead, and create some fun dangly earrings. Registration of $72 and includes all materials, one-on-one instruction, and large-screen demos. Register here or by calling 319 338-1566, or on-line.
- Iowa LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce Mixer • Des Moines Feb 26, 5:00 pm. Network with other LGBTQ+ owned businesses over cocktails and mocktails. Guests welcome to this Regino 1 gathering of the Iowa LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce.
- Workout Meetups • Marshalltown Feb 26, 5:00 pm.
Gather with Marshalltown LGBTQ+ for weekly walks.
Coming Up in Illinois
- Trans Community Dinner • Carbondale Feb 21, 7:00 pm.
The Downstate Illinois Trans Organization hosts this potluck gathering for transgender, nonbinary and "gender-variant" people and their loved ones.
- The Coldest Night of the Year • Carbondale Feb 22, 4:00 pm.
Come out to walk for local charities that help address "hurt, hunger and homelessness." This event, part of a nationwide network of similar events, benefits the Carbondale Warming Center, which has provided over 300,000 meals since it opened in 2019.
- "Drag Show" • Carbondale Feb 22, 8:00 pm.
It's the first-ever drag show at this Carbondale watering hole. This adults-only event is hosted by Faim Lee Jewls and features Lumber Jill, Sofia Starz, Holly Haliwell and Jayden Licious. $7 cover.
- Comedy Open Mic • Rock Island Feb 26, 7:00 pm.
Try your hand at stand-up comedy, and enjoy Quad City comedians James Draper, Kassandra Johnson, and Chris Starman, at this adults-only, BYOB event. Admission is $5.
- Mugs & Musings • East Peoria Feb 27, 10:00 am.
Gather to talk, think and connect, with membership coordinator Regina Stanley.
- Outspoken LGBTQ+ Storytelling • Chicago Mar 4, 7:00 pm. Gather for monthly storytelling from a cross-section of the LGBTQ+ community. Six speakers will be featured.
- Comedy Open Mic • Rock Island Mar 5, 7:00 pm.
Try your hand at stand-up comedy, and enjoy Quad City comedians James Draper, Kassandra Johnson, and Chris Starman, at this adults-only, BYOB event. Admission is $5.
