‘The Last Five Years’ could be a summer-season highlight at Eastlight
after the theater needed to re-schedule the show for July 28-Aug. 5
A show must go on: ‘Musical-theater emergency’ at Eastlight
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America’s Pastime: Illinois base ball in 1800s fun, first
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‘Ballists, Dead Beats and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois’ is a 250-page gem about the game’s early origins around the state
Bill Knight: Can bipartisanship outdo ‘Cavity Caucus’ and Big Ag for next Farm Bill?
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Forecast to cost $700 billion over five years, the next Farm Bill will determine how food is grown, who has access to it and at what cost. It can seem too complex, which is how political mischief can occur.
RESCUE MISSION: Veronicah Richards returning to Kenya to help abused women
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“Our mission is to give hope to women and children of Kenya, to help them survive and thrive through food, shelter and rehabilitation from abuse. Our vision is to change one life at a time by giving a hand up not a handout.”
Bill Knight: Rich tax dodgers cost us all
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Federal budgets gutting the IRS, whose audits target “earned income” homes over the wealthy. … Candidates say they support “law and order.” But it’s really for some.
Arts Alerts: Contribute art to “Flowers for Ukraine” at Contemporary Art Center; Avett, Doobie brothers in town; “Sister Act,” “Rock of Ages” in theaters
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The deadline to apply is midnight June 10. Also opening June 30 (in Gallery 3R), “Vera Scekic: Synthetic Being” showcases her fondness for manipulating paint as it’s affected by gravity.
INSIDE OUT: Amazing ‘Body Worlds RX’ at Riverfront Museum brilliantly exposes life — and health
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Donating bodies to science goes beyond helping medical students and harvesting organs, as shown by the world-renowned “Body Worlds RX” exhibit opening May 13 at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. Today, seniors are warned to pay attention to their hips…
ARTS ALERTS: Lakeview Ledger, Kid-created Newspaper; Bobcat Goldwaithe at Jukebox; Wedding Singer at Peoria Players
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ART • Bradley University’s Heuser Gallery has two exhibits in early May: Nichle Gronvold-Roller’s MFA show continues through May 3, and a Graphic Design Portfolio Show is scheduled for May 6. • The Contemporary Art Center has two exhibits displayed…
Bill Knight: Medicaid benefits are on the ropes
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It’s one thing to enrich the wealthy through targeted tax cuts, etc., but must government make the poor needier? That’s looking likely since Congress in its Consolidated Appropriations Act, enacted Dec. 29, 2022, set March 31 of this year as…
Stamp out hunger: Common ground feeds those in need as SNAP slashed, prices soar
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On Saturday, May 13, the morning will start slow for thousands of volunteers from coast to coast. At the USPS Persimmon Annex just south of the State Street Post Office, Cub Scouts from Pack 219 will meet, grab a snack,…