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ARTS ALERTS: ‘Through a Feminine Lens’ this month at Foster Gallery; ‘Streets Belong to Me’ on July 3 at Glen Oak; ‘The Little Mermaid’ at Peoria Players; Corn Stock presents ‘Oliver’

Nathan Taylor & Friends performing July 12 at Contemporary Art Center; Tres Rojas Winery featuring Barry Cloyd on on July 19; Dave Hoffman & Friends return to the CIJS stage at Trailside Event center on July 21; ‘Fragrance of Praise’ gospel show featuring Darius D. Darling and others, scheduled for July 26 at the 3300 Event Center.

ARTS ALERTS: Open mic plus Juneteenth Celebration at Contemporary Arts Center; blacksmithing at Wheels O’ Time and more this month

Party at Tres Rojas; Stephen Still tribute at 3300 Event Center; Nitsch Theatre Arts presents “All Shook Up;” “Forbidden Broadway” at Eastlight; Chillicothe Players perform “Shrek Jr.”

Arts Alerts: New Peoria Sculpture Walk, Blacksmithing at Wheels O’ Time; Peoria Area Civic Chorale performing

“Arts in Education Spring Celebration” runs through May 15 outside the Peoria County Courthouse with performances by local students. … “Big Fish” will be at Peoria Players Theater on May 3-5 and 9-12

Op-Ed: Let us revisit history of Israel and Palestine

The Nazi Holocaust did not justify the Nakba. The Nakba did not justify Jewish expulsion from the Middle East. Jewish expulsion did not justify system of apartheid. The apartheid system does not justify the murder of 766 civilians in Israel on Oct. 7th. And October 7th does not justify the 20,000 civilian deaths in Gaza since Oct. 7th and the starvation of a population of almost 2 million people.