ART EXHIBITS

• First Friday on June 7 features studio tours and receptions at local galleries around Metro Peoria.
• “Selections and Stories” an exhibit of architectural drawings and ephemera continues until June 28 at the Peoria Public Library.

SPECIAL EVENTS

• “Whisper and Shout,” an open-mic night for poetry, is scheduled for June 6 and 20th at the Contemporary Art Center.
• Blacksmithing demonstrations are scheduled at Wheels o’ Time Museum June 8 and 22nd, continuing on the second and fourth Saturdays through October.
• Contemporary Art Center’s annual Juneteenth Celebration takes place on June 19.
• AerFire presents “Let’s Go to the Movies” featuring aerial arts, music, dance, and theatre on June 22.

MUSIC

• The Peoria Public Library’s free community concert “Music in the McKenzie” on June 2 at the North Branch, featuring The Bashful Youngens.
• On June 21, the Singer Songwriter series at Tres Rojas Winery in Washington will be a patio party musician showcase.
• “For What it’s Worth, A Tribute to Stephen Stills in Song & Story” featuring Barry Cloyd and David Raitt will be at the 3300 Event Center on June 22.
• Soft Spoken (above) will perform on June 28 as a part of the Live at the Five Spot series at the Contemporary Art Center.
• Grammy Award-winning Bonnie Raitt brings her “Just Like That …” Tour to the Peoria Civic enter Theater on June 28.

THEATER

• The Tony Award-winning “Cher Show” will be at Peoria Civic Center Theater on June 4-5.
• Nitsch Theatre Arts presents “All Shook Up” in Washington on June 13-15.
• The comedy/parody musical revue “Forbidden Broadway” will be staged June 14-22 at Eastlight Theatre.
• Chillicothe Players perform “Shrek Jr.” on June 20-22 at the IVC High School in Chillicothe.

CLASSES & LECTURES

• Peoria Public Library holds the first event in a new series, “Family History at Lincoln Branch” on June 22.

— For more information and details, check out the full online calendar at artspartners.net.

SCREENS

As my high school Latin teacher used to say when she thought a girl came to class with a skimpy top, “June is busting out all over!” Summer’s kicking off with interesting shows on TV, cable and streaming, and in moviehouses.

June 1-2 — “The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson” is a two-night documentary on Lifetime, seeking to clarify who she was and what happened in her killing. Dozens of people are featured, along with the victim’s voice.

June 4 — The eight-episode “Star Wars: The Acolyte” on Disney+ follows a Jedi Master investigating a crime spree. A former apprentice appears with the fading Jedis and the rising Sith.

June 4 — In a funny, bittersweet hour-long special recorded at New York’s Apollo Theater, comic actor Marlon Wayans’ “Good Grief” recounts recent losses in his life, continuing on Amazon Prime.

Live: sports & awards — the NBA finals start June 6 on ABC; the 51st Daytime Emmy Awards are on CBS June 7; the Belmont Stakes will be in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., this year and show on Fox June 8; the Stanley Cup wraps up the NHL season June 13 on ESPN; the 77th Tony Awards will be June 16 on CBS; and cycling’s 11th Tour de France will be telecast starting June 29 on NBC.

June 7 — In theaters, “Ballerina” is a spinoff of the “John Wick” films starring Ana de Armas as an “artistic” assassin. Featured are Keanu Reeves, Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, Ian McShane, and the late Lance Reddick.

June 14 — In cineplexes, the sequel “Inside Out 2” is inside the head of now-teenager Riley (who might feel new emotions). The animated picture’s vocal cast includes Amy Poehler and Lewis Black.

June 14 — Apple’s eight-episode remake of novelist Scott Turow’s “Presumed Innocent” stars Jake Gyllenhaal in a thriller about Chicago prosecutors thrown into chaos when a colleague is suspected of homicide.

June 19 — “Hope in The Water” travels the planet to show the creative solutions and breakthrough “blue food” technologies that could feed the world and help save threatened seas and fresh waterways. David E. Kelley produces, and food philanthropist José Andrés (World Central Kitchen) is a special guest. The three-part docuseries airs on PBS.

— Compiled by Bill Knight