Arts Alerts: Check out what’s going on this month in central Illinois

“New Dimensions” by Alan Atkins is at the Follow Your Arts Gallery; Penn & Teller’s Wes Barker will be at Jukebox Comedy Club; “Sangan: A Confluence of Indian Classical Dance and Rhythm” at ICC; Nathan Taylor Band playing at the Peoria Public Library’s North Branch; Symphonic Band/Winds at Dingeldine Music Center; Joe Stamm Band at Crusen’s on Farmington; John Miller & the Romaniacs at Trailside; Prairie Wind Ensemble and Heartland Festival Orchestra performing “French Impressions” at Five Points Washington; Peoria Players Theatre presents “Bright Star,” Corn Stock Theatre will stage “Night, Mother”

How sweet the sound

Indie rocker Emily How has appeared on ‘The Voice’ and fronts a band with an album out last June. The Peoria musician’s career is taking off

Bill Knight: Too much caving going on already

BILL KNIGHT

Capitulating to the ‘Bully in Chief’ is passive complicity — and just as useless as making deals. Whether cowardice or conflicts of interests, billionaires or corporate leaders, too many institutions haven’t stood up to Trump. We must stand tall