ART
- Bradley University is presenting two lectures from two artists this month. At 5 p.m. Nov. 9, the Baltimore-based painter MaryAnne Arntzen will appear at the Global Communications Center’s Horowitz Auditorium. At 5 p.m. Nov. 16, wood engraver, printer, designer, poet and illustrator Gaylord Schanilec, a publisher based in Stockholm, Wis., also will make remarks in Horowitz Auditorium in the GCC.
CINEMA
- “The Marvels” brings back both Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, now united, for good or not, with Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) and astronaut Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris), together coping with a destabilized universe. Samuel L. Jackson appears.
- Filmmaker Ridley Scott directed Joaquin Phoenix in a historical epic “Napoleon,” in cineplexes Nov. 22. Josephine is portrayed by Vanessa Kirrby, as the romantic edge to the French military strategist and conquerer.
- Bradley Cooper directed, co-wrote and stars as conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein in “Maestro,” out Nov. 22 and scheduled to start streaming on Netflix next month. Co-stars include Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer and Sarah Silverman.
COMEDY
- Standup comic Jeff Bailey (right) is a Metamora native some wags have dubbed “the King of Weed,” and he’s headlining at the Jukebox Comedy Club Nov. 3-4.
- Actor John Cleese, known for Monty Pythn, “Silverado” and many other fine performances, is scheduled to appear at the Civic Center Theater on Nov. 12.
STREAMING
- On Netflix, Shelley Hennig and Nick Zano star in “Obliterated,” about a special-forces team assigned to deal with a threat to Las Vegas. The series is eight episodes, so it’s not an easy task. Premieres Nov. 30.
- The seven-episode mystery “A Murder at the End of the World” launches on Hulu Nov. 14, with Emma Corrin starring as Gen Z sleuth Darby Hart. She’s at a remote retreat when a guest is found dead. Clive Owen is featured.
MUSIC
- Grammy Ward-winning country singer/songwriter Dwight Yoakum is set to perform at the Civic Center Theater on Nov. 3.
- The Peoria Symphony Orchestra is presenting “Joy at Grace” the afternoon of Nov. 4 at Grace Presbyterian Church, where the program will include five concertos and an adagio by composers including Bach, Handel and Vivaldi.
- The Central Illinois Jazz Society says its November show will be performed by Todd Kelly’s Central Illinois Jazz Orchestra Nov. 19 at the Trailside Center.
THEATER
- “Menopause: The Musical,” starring Terri Dixon, Donna J. Huntley, Melanie Souza and Kimberly Vanbiesbrouck will be at the Civic Center Theater for a 3 p.m. performance Nov. 5.
- “The Music Man” will be staged at Peoria Players Nov. 10-12 and 16-19, directed by Mary Ellen Ulrich.
- “How the Barn Stole Christmas” will be at Barn III dinner theater in Goodfield Nov. 12-Dec. 31.
- “Million Dollar Quartet,” based on a legendary Memphis musical meetup of Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, will be live on stage in the Civic Center Theater Nov. 28-29.
- Corn Stock Theatre’s winter season continues with “The Aliens” Nov. 10-12 and 17-19, with Collin Schopp, Drake Newnum and Derrick Antrim as three young men talking and teaching and more in a New England coffee shop.
- The Second City’s “What the Elf?” — described as an “original sketch, variety and improv celebration of the season” — is scheduled Nov. 25 at Illinois Central College’s Performing Arts Center on the East Peoria campus.
TV
- The British comedy series “Ghosts: UK” debuts on CBS-TV Nov. 16.
— compiled by Bill Knight