Art Alerts | October 2021 - The Community Word

“Out the Other Side: A Post-Pandemic Celebration?” is a faculty exhibition at Bradley University’s Heuser Art Gallery through Oct. 8.

“Temple” by Michael Aldag through Jan. 29. Closing reception 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Jan 29. Time Gallery, East Peoria.

CINEMA

“Mass,” a drama starring Martha Plimpton in a story about parents of a shooting victim and the perpetrator meet years later, will open in movie houses Oct. 8.

COMEDY

Stand-up comic April Macie will perform at Jukebox Comedy Club Oct. 21-23.

DANCE

Ballet 5:8 presents “Reckless” – Julianna Rubio Slager’s full-length ballet upending stereotypes about sex work – on Oct. 2 at Five Points Washington. It’s based on the ancient story of Hosea and Gomer.

MUSIC

Jason Aldean is scheduled to bring his “Back in the Saddle” tour to the Peoria Civic Center Arena on Oct. 7.
Gretchen R. Iben Arts Series presents Hail César! Friday, October 15, 2021, at 7:30 PM. Thomas Clark-Jones, organ master of the Westminster Church of Peoria takes on a set of major organ works of the French master, César Franck, whose organ writing is second only to the genius of J. S. Bach. A night of brilliant music played on the glorious Visser-Rowland organ. Join us in person. Admission is free. No reservations needed. Masks are required for all. Visit westminsterpeoria.org for more information. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1420 W. Moss Avenue, Peoria, IL 61606.
The Peoria Symphony Orchestra on Oct. 16 presents “A New World,” featuring guest cellist Richard Hirschl, at Grace Presbyterian Church.
The Central Illinois Jazz Society presents a “Bill Evans Tribute” Oct. 17 at Trailside Event Center.

STREAMING

Margaret Qualley stars as a young single mother who leaves an abusive relationship and takes a job as a maid to provide for herself and her daughter in “Maid” (premiering Oct. 1 on Netflix), based on Stephanie Land’s best-selling memoir “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will to Survive.”

TELEVISION

“Queens” is a musical drama about four women reuniting after a successful career as hip-hop stars in the 1990s, after which they’d gone their separate ways. ABC-TV premieres the half-hour series at 9 p.m. Oct. 19.