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
Make Netted Flower Earrings • Iowa City Feb 20, 1:00 pm. An ombre cast of colors! That's right: check out this experimental and simple project, as Karen Kubby guides you to use a Huichol inspired netting stitch to create your own netted flower earrings. Class registration of $70 includes one-on-one instruction, large-screen demos, and all materials and tools. Sign up here or call 319-338-1566.
- History on Tap • Davenport Feb 20, 6:00 pm. Promising "a more engaging and refreshing approach to learning," this monthly series features speakers on topics ranging from "ancient civiliations" to "modern innovations," paired with your favorite cold brew of beverage. All on the scenic Lardner Balcony. Cash bar with snacks.
- 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.
- Workout Meetups • Marshalltown Feb 26, 5:00 pm.
Gather with Marshalltown LGBTQ+ for weekly walks.
Coming Up in Illinois
- Mugs & Musings • East Peoria Feb 20, 10:00 am.
Gather to talk, think and connect, with membership coordinator Regina Stanley.
- 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.
