New LGBTQ+ bar opens, housing help for ex-prisoners, prescription drug take-back Saturday: Quad Cities Dailies for 4-19-26
The quiet opening of the Quad Cities new LGBTQ+ bar Together on 2nd, a chance Wednesday to learn about Home for Good legislation to help people released from prison, and the coming Prescription Drug Take Back Day. It’s Quad Cities Dailies for 4-19-26.
Miss Pickle 2026 for Pride and The Deadwood, Braveheart Memorial weekend, ISU adds women’s wrestling: Iowa Dailies for 4-18-26
Miss Pickle in Iowa City raises money for two causes and not just one, women’s wrestling comes to Iowa State University, and Kings & Queens in Sioux City hosts three nights of fundraising for the Cole McClure Braveheart Foundation. It’s Iowa Dailies for 4-18-26.
LGBTQ+ Town Hall, suicide prevention talk, CYFS online seminar for creative ‘littles:’ Central Illinois Dailies for 4-19-26
Lots of learning in today’s Central Illinois Dailies: a Monday LGBTQ+ Town Hall, a midday Tuesday talk about preventing suicide in your LGBTQ+ community, and an online seminar Tuesday by the Center for Youth and Family Solutions about raising creative littles.
The Latest News, Features and Opinion
Ben Greene, ‘transgender Mr. Rogers,’ brings message of cultivated joy to Mount Pleasant, Iowa City
Learn about Ben Greene, author of “My Child is Trans; Now What?” and a public speaker on transgender joy who is appearing at The Belle Center in Mount Pleasant and Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City Sunday.
ADVOCACY: Make homes accessible to people with limited mobility by following the three basics of “visitability”
“Visitability” benefits not just people using wheelchairs, but also “aging parents, young families with strollers, friends with broken legs, and workers hauling deliveries or furniture.” writes quadriplegic, disabled advocate and professional communicator Allaina Humphreys from Bolingbrook, Ill.
Rainbow Cafe Scavenger Hunt seeks sign-ups, proposal to regulate chatbots, Galena poetry slam coming: Illinois Dailies for 4-14-26
Sign-ups are sought for Saturday’s scavenger hunt in Carbondale with Rainbow Cafe. A bill would regulate chatbots in Illinois. And Galena Public Library encourages poets to sign up for its upcoming poetry slam at Miss Kitty’s Grape Escape. It’s Illinois Dailies for 4-14-26.
The Latest Bulletin
The Bulletin for May 8 to 22, 2026, is out! Key topics: a look at context around Juneteenth and LGBTQ+ Pride. Plus our usuals: Animal Welfare Needs, Volunteer Needs, Spirituality Events, and events for all parts of Illinois and Iowa, divided by region. Enjoy!
