Music Feb. 1: Bloodmoney, Wit’s End, Bite. 7 p.m. RAIL II. 966-2971. Feb. 2: The Brazilionaires “Live at the Five Spot: 5:30 p.m., Contemporary Art Center. 674-6822. Feb. 3: “Kickin’ & Pickin’ at Pour Bros.” 8 p.m. Pour Bros. Craft…
Columns
by Ray LaHood • • 0 Comments
America Needs A Comprehensive Infrastructure Program As I began writing for the Community Word one year ago, my emphasis was on the idea that Congress should pass a comprehensive infrastructure bill which provides the funding to begin getting America back…
by Roger Monroe • • 0 Comments
Tami Lane Update No one from Peoria has ever achieved the success that Tami Lane has in the movie industry. She’s been nominated twice for an Academy Award, winning it once for her work as a prosthetic makeup artist. The…
by Bill Knight • • 2 Comments
As Americans get excited or annoyed by the latest Oval Office tweets or other outrages from President Trump, a dozen troublesome issues bubble through Capitol Hill like an attack of irritable bowel syndrome. Maybe we need a “National Narrator” to…
by Doug and Eileen Leunig • • 0 Comments
The Greatest Arts Community in America — Part 9
by Paul Krainak • • 0 Comments
Bob Emser’s body of public works are at ease in prescribed settings like urban plazas and sculpture gardens. The contours of his work are clear, adaptive and organic. He’s situated his sculpture on concrete and on soil, riffed on constructivist…
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
MUSIC Jan. 6: Sunshine Daydream Grateful Dead tribute band. 10 p.m. Kenny’s Westside Pub. 676-1693. Jan. 6: “New Year’s Greeting – That’s Amore!” Heartland Festival Orchestra, with guest vocalists Sarah Jane McMahon and Sal Viviano. 7:30 p.m. Five Points Washington.…
by Mike Miller • • 0 Comments
Trumpeter Swans return With a wingspan of over 7 feet and weighing close to 30 pounds, the Trumpeter Swan is considered the largest native waterfowl species in North America. It is a bird that once nested across the upper United…
Reflections From A Secular Humanist
by contributor • • 0 Comments
A Humanist View of Religion’s Role in Environmental Protection BY HARRY ELGER According to NASA, greenhouse gas emissions and mass extinctions are making the Earth less inhabitable. As role models of ethics and morality, shouldn’t religions be stronger supporters of…
by Sharon McBride • • 0 Comments
Members of Seniors on the Go donated food items for the Stuff-a-Bus food drive during their December meeting. Stuff-a-Bus collected more than 10 tons of food during the 30th annual food drive for Peoria Friendship House. Peoria Friendship House then…