The Common Place Family Learning Center’s Teen REACH will sponsor a Lights On Afterschool rally on Thursday, October 20, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., at Common Place, 514 S. Shelley Street, Peoria, Illinois. The rally will be one of more…
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Heartland Festival Orchestra Announces Special Family Matinee
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What: Beethoven Lives Upstairs When: Sunday, October 9, 2011- 2:00 PM Where: Five Points Caterpillar Performing Arts Center Tickets are $10 per person with Open Seating! Beethoven Lives Upstairs is a dramatic and musical portrait of the mysterious and difficult…
Attend the ‘Creatures of the Night’ hike at Forest Park Nature Center on Oct. 15
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The Peoria Park District’s Forest Park Nature Center will hold a “Creatures of the Night” hike on Friday, October 28, at 7:00 p.m. Summon your courage and prepare to enter the dark of the forest on a walk through trails…
Peoria Symphony Orchestra
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Oct 17 – Peoria Symphony Guild Musical Monday – coffee @ 9:30 & program @ 10:00 a.m.,Trinity Lutheran Church, 135 NE Randolph Ave. to commemorate anniversary of the American Civil War. Oct. 22- @ 8:00 p.m. @ Grace Presbyterian Church…
Progressive – and proud of it!
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For progressive-minded radio fans who love variety in their music and local personalities on the dial, the Peoria area can be frustrating. It’s worse when stations licensed to certain communities ignore those towns. So increasingly, listeners seeking voices and tunes…
America, the Light is Fading …
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by Ed Klein, Peoria, IL After Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s union busting bill was signed, Mahlon Mitchell of the firefighters union said, “It doesn’t feel like America. Where the hell are we?” I can answer that. We’re in an era…
A Woman for President?
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by Dolores M. Klein, Peoria, IL Now that a woman may be nominated by the Republican Party for President, the questions arise again, and by now should have been addressed many times over. A woman’s abilities, etc., etc., etc. The…
Improve Your Quality of Life by Improving Your Health and Well-Being
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Google the phrase “health and well-being,” and you’ll garner over 20 million Internet search results. The two words are linked so often, it’s easy to forget that each one holds a specific meaning—by definition and in our lives. Knowing the…
9/11 Remembrance Event
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The City of Peoria today announced plans to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of September 11 by holding a 9/11 Remembrance Event at O’Brien Field on September 10, 2011, from 10:00 until 11:15 a.m. This special service, which is free and…
September Happenings
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Sept 2 – 3 – 23rd Annual Blues Festival at the Riverfront Park. Call 309-863-5121 . Features great blues entertainment on three stages at beautiful downtown Peoria´s Riverfront Park. Sept 4 – “Party with a Purpose,” hosted by OSF & the…