News & Features
Wine Down Friday helps fund CYFS foster outreach as nationwide foster shortage builds
A nationwide need for more foster families, plus family counseling and senior support services, are what Friday night’s Wine Down in Peoria Heights will support. The event is a benefit for the Center for Youth and Family Solutions.
Decatur Pride aims for a rebound year with more kids’ fun
Kids’ games, lots of variety shows, drag story hour and free HIV testing are some of the highlights of Decatur Pride Fest Saturday.
Opinion
“Finding each other,” humanity, diversity shine in Nico Lang’s ‘American Teenager’ about gender non-conforming youth
It’s a touching thumbs-up from reviewer Caleb Sneeden, for award-winning author Nico Lang and his true-story compilation “American Teenager,” about gender-non-conforming youth across the country.
Art helps preserve history: “Predictor” and the inventor of the at-home pregnancy test
“Predictor” just wrapped at Urbana’s Station Theatre and will have its off-Broadway premiere in December. Caleb Sneeden writes in his review how the play by Jennifer Blackmer uses humor and frustration to preserve the story of Meg Crane, inventor of the at-home pregnancy test.
The Project Pages
Traditional feel-good story through LGBTQ+ eyes comes to Davenport Friday in ‘The Mattachine Family’
A rare opportunity to see the new film “The Mattachine Family,” featuring Nico Tortorella and Emily Hampshire, comes to Davenport Friday night. Read here about this traditional feel-good story, and the reason it’s showing in the Quad Cities.
“More fun, less of a tournament” melds golf, drag, food and fundraising for TPQC
LONG GROVE, IA. -- Teams are still sought for the upcoming Putts Fore Pride golf tournament Oct. 6, the latest fundraising event from The Project of the Quad Cities at a time when the nonprofit is...
The Green Wave
Opportunities lost if Iowa misses the green wave
Weed, wacky tobaccie, dope, green … or maybe cannabis. For many, legalized or decriminalized marijuana harkens images of 1993’s Richard Linklater classic “Dazed and Confused.” Or the devilish...
CBD oil and cannabis in Iowa: the basics
With laws about cannabis and CBD changing fast in Iowa, in nearby states and at the federal level, it can be overwhelming trying to keep up with what’s legal and what’s not, truth and fiction...
