Come out to Washington Park June 25-27 for the 7th Annual Midsummer Arts Faire! Enjoy & buy art from 59 talented and diverse fine artists. Eat great food from Butcher Block, Pop’s Pizza and The Olive. Listen to great music including Blues in the District on Friday night, family-friendly entertainment all day Saturday and Sunday [...]

The Quincy Art Centers art camp will be starting soon! Camps are offered for children of all ages. Pre-school camp is for students 4 to 5 years old and must be potty trained, kindergarten through third grade camps are for those students who have completed Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade. 4th to 6th grade [...]

I was recently contacted  by Forte International Exchange Association. They are a non-for profit organization helping place foreign exchange students. One student is seeking a host family for the 2010-2011 school year for Quincy Notre Dame. This is a great opportunity to expand your family’s culture and make a difference in the life of young [...]

Standing Bear Council will its monthly meeting on Sunday May 2nd at 2pm,at the Sirloin Stockade Restaurant,3461 Main St in Keokuk Iowa.All persons welcome, you don’t have to be of Indian blood, this is a gathering for the all people.we discuss upcoming events,gatherings, powwows and emergency preparedness for the future.Also talk of educational teachings, Please [...]

Young Professionals of the Quincy Area is pleased to announce the 5th annual Big Dam Film Festival, to be held May 6 & 7, 2010 at two locations in Quincy.  This year the festival will feature locally produced films as well as an Academy Award-nominated film.  The new format is meant to showcase award-winning independent [...]

On Saturday, January 30th from 1pm to 3pm The Quincy Public Library Presents: Making Maki Sushi: A Teen Sushi Workshop The hottest craze hitting the gastronomic stage is sushi. The traditional form of sushi is fermented fish and rice, preserved with salt in a process that has been traced to Southeast Asia, where it remains [...]

On Saturday, January 23rd  from 10am-12pm The Quincy Public Library presents World-wide Crafts: Ceramics. It’s sure to be a great event for the entire family. There is a very long history of ceramic art in almost all developed cultures, and often ceramic objects are all the artistic evidence left from vanished cultures, like that of [...]

Pick up some great works by local artists