Art Alerts

ART

Distinctive creations by the late Brian Kjellenberg are on exhibit now through April 8 in the Hartmann Gallery at Bradley University. Titled “Playful Nostalgia,” the show by the award-winning area artist, who worked with students at BU’s Sculpture Lab, features sculptures, paintings, and hand-made metal toys.

CINEMA

Marc Eliot’s “Art of Film” continues the anti-hero series through February at the Riverfront Museum with “Bullitt” Feb. 4 & 6, “The Deer Hunter” Feb. 11 & 13, “Raging Bull” Feb. 18-19, and “Tightrope” Feb. 25-26.

COMEDY

Stand-up comic and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham will perform Feb. 25 at the Civic Center Theater.

DANCE

The Russian Ballet Theatre is presenting choreographer Nadezhda Kalinina’s version of “Swan Lake” Feb. 27 in the Civic Center Theater.

MUSIC

Nashville recording artist Cole Swindell will be in concert Feb. 17 in the Civic Center Theater.

The Betty Jayne Brimmer Center for the Performing Arts is presenting another Young Artist Series performance Feb. 18.

STREAMING

Starting Feb. 2 on Hulu, Sebastian Stan and Lily James star in the eight-episode “Pam & Tommy” series about Pamela Anderson and Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee.

TELEVISION

PBS NewsHour has scheduled a Feb. 24 broadcast about “medical racism,” focusing on five stories about COVID-19 vaccination skepticism by Americans of color.

THEATER

“The SpongeBob Musical” is set for the stage at Peoria Players Theater starting Feb. 4, with Caleb Dean Johnson in the title role and original music composed by the Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, and Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, among others. The show is set to run Feb. 4-5 and 9-13.

­— Compiled by Bill Knight



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