Arts Alerts: 'Birds of a Feather' on display at Library; 'Harvey' at Shore Acres; Tambora, Nathan Taylor & Friends at CAC

ART EXHIBITS

Visit local galleries for studio tours and opening receptions for First Friday on April 4.
Rowen Schussheim-Anderson’s “Tapestries of Innovation” exhibition is at Contemporary Art Center through April 12.
“Birds of a Feather,” featuring six women artists, will be displayed at Peoria Public Library Gallery through April 25.

COMEDY

Jukebox Comedy Club has booked the one and only Louis C.K. for three shows April 5-6.
Standup comic Jeff Dunham’s “Artificial Intelligence” tour stops at the Peoria Civic Center Arena on April 12.

THEATRE

“Harvey” by Chillicothe Players Theatre opens April 3 at the Shore Acres Clubhouse.
“John Proctor is the Villain” is set to be presented April 9-13 at Bradley University’s Meyer Jacobs Theatre.
The Illinois Central College Theatre program presents “Almost, Maine” — a series of nine vignettes about love, friendship and isolation — at the Performing Arts Center on April 16.

MUSIC

The inimitable (if not complete unknown) Bob Dylan returns to Peoria on April 9, bringing his “Rough and Rowdy Ways” tour to the Peoria Civic Center’s Prairie Home Alliance Theater.
Tambora performs April 11 and Nathan Taylor & Friends on April 25 at the Contemporary Art Center for “Live at the Five Spot.”
Peoria Symphony Orchestra presents “Inspired Journeys” on April 11 at the Peoria Civic Center’s Prairie Home Alliance Theater.
Bradley University’s Symphony Orchestra, Community Choir and Chorale Concert will be at BU’s Dingeldine Music Center on April 12.

DANCE

Peoria Ballet Company stages “Coppelia 2025,” a charming and funny ballet about a mysterious inventor, April 12-13 at Five Points Washington.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Inspired by “Bridgerton,” Wildlife Prairie Park is presenting “Diamond of the Season Ball” at locations throughout the park, including a tea party, a formal dinner, “era-appropriate music” and ballroom dancing on April 5.
The Tri-County Urban League is hosting its 24th annual Black and White Gala on April 12 at the Par-A-Dice Hotel & Casino.

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