Steven Martens/Quad-City Times Students from Elaine Johnson's third-grade class at Hoover Elementary School in Bettendorf presented a quilt and book of stories written by the students about pieces of fabric on the quilt to Gilda's Club in Davenport. Pictured clockwise from lower left are Jacob Waugaman, Michelle Larsen, Cole Bunn and Tori Wood.
(NBC PHOTO) Saturday Night Live's Darrell Hammond stays in touch with his stand-up roots, doing about 20 one-nighters a year, including the annual "Look Who's Laughing" concert Friday at the RiverCenter/Adler Theatre in Davenport to benefit Gilda's Club Quad-Cities.
Cancer survivor Rosie Dreesen attends a six-week series of classes at Gilda's Club in Davenport that deals with health, nutrition and exercise in the post-treatment transition. (Jeff Cook/ Quad-City Times)
CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS Getting into character can be quite an exercise for comedian Lily Tomlin. Some of her signature personas include, clockwise from top left, Edith Ann, Trudy, Ernestine, Tomlin as is, Tommy Velour and Lupe.
The Second City Improv touring troupe will perform during a luncheon at the River Center on Friday, April 17 as part of Gilda's Club Quad-Cities' Week of Laughter.
Comedian and cancer survivor Robert Schimmel kicks off Gilda's Club Quad-Cities' "Week of Laughter" at Penguin's Comedy Club April 10-11.
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