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Will It Play in Peoria?

By C.E. Gauf, Peoria Heights, IL The question is, whether or not downtown Peoria is ready for a museum (Sear’s block) of this magnitude. With only one half of one per cent of the population in the Greater Peoria area…

Forest Park Nature Center Activities

Bird Walk at FPNC on April 10th at 7:30 a.m. – Search for spring migrants and resident birds of Forest Park with a guide from the Nature Center or Peoria Audubon. Bring your binoculars. Ages 10 and up. Donations requested.…

Let’s Knock Out Breast Cancer Training Day 6th Annual Breast Cancer Survivor Retreat Saturday, April 17th – 7:15 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. at Wildlife Prairie State Park

This retreat is a unique program designed to help women who have had a diagnosis of breast cancer. Cancer not only affects the body, but the mind, emotions and spirit. A great deal of care and time is spent addressing…

Three Sisters Folk Art School April Classes

This 2010 Spring Session Classes will be held in the Three Sisters Park Pavilion in Chillicothe. The ten classes of American Folk Arts are: Pictures from the Loom: Beginning Tapestry Weaving, Copper Jewelry Making, Slab, Coil & Pinch! Pottery, Let’s…

11th Annual Spirit of Living Dinner is April 30

Peoria’s Cancer Center for Healthy Living (CCHL) is excited to announce its eleventh annual “Spirit of Living Dinner” is scheduled for Friday, April 30th at the Packard Plaza. The dinner will celebrate those who are an inspiration to cancer survivors…

Wildlife Prairie State Park FUNdraiser & Rutherford Family Conservation Award Banquet to be held April 25

Wildlife Prairie State Park (WPSP) is pleased to announce its 3rd Annual FUNdraiser and Rutherford Family Conservation Award Banquet will be held at the park on April 25 from 4:00 – 7:30 p.m. featuring comedian Tim Bedore. The festivities will…