Author Archive for Bill Knight

Arts Alerts: Contribute art to “Flowers for Ukraine” at Contemporary Art Center; Avett, Doobie brothers in town; “Sister Act,” “Rock of Ages” in theaters

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

  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

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

BILL KNIGHT

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…