Art’s Alerts

Arts Alerts: ‘A Few Good Men,’ ‘Frozen the Musical,’ ‘Beetlejuice, Jr.,’ ‘Oklahoma!’ at local theaters

Whisper and Shout: Open mic night, Country Rock Classics: A Weekend Honoring CCR and the Eagles, Garage Band Open Stage,
Wildlife Prairie Park has its ‘Wild Nights/Wildfire Concerts’ and Pour Bros.’ Courtyard Concerts continue

Screens: Check out what you can see by pointing and clicking this month

‘Human Footprint’ series will address the notion of ‘The Enemy of My Enemy …,’ on PBS; ‘The Summer Hikaru Died’ anime manga series and ‘The Gringo Hunters’ are on Netflix; ‘Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story’ is a documentary about the iconic 1975 Spielberg film on National Geographic; ‘Washington Black’ tracks adventures of George Washington “Wash” Black on a Barbados plantation on Hulu

Giants of our planet

You can learn a lot about Sauropods, the Earth’s ‘Largest Dinosaurs,’ at interactive exhibit at Riverfront Museum

Arts Alerts: Pour Bros. summer series starts; Garage Band Open Stage is back; musicals ‘Shrek’ and ‘Ruth’ plus ‘Wizard of Oz’ at local theaters’

‘Cows in the Gallery’ reception July 11 and Barry Cloyd and Band performing at Wildlife Prairie Park; Peoria Municipal Band concerts at Sundays at Glen Oak; Peoria Heights Community Band at Tower Park July 31; open houses at Pettengill-Morron House July 3, 13, 17, 27 and 31; and at Flanagan House on Glen Oak Avenue July 6 and 20.

Arts Alerts: Check out what’s going on in central Illinois during the month of June

Artwork from “Paint The Path” on display at Five Points Washington; Foster Gallery hosts “Reckoning Home” by Angel Ambrose and “In Full Bloom” by Oksana Greer. Bach Festival at Westminster Church; Big Band sounds of the Glenn Miller Orchestra at ICC’s Performing Arts Center; Stephanie Aaron and John Miller & The Romaniacs perform at the Contemporary Art Center for “Live at the Five Spot.” The Peoria Heights Community Band plays at Tower Park.

Arts Alerts: Paint the Path artwork at Five Points; Grease at Peoria Players; 9 to 5: The Musical at Cornstock

Peoria Area Civic Chorale presents “Sing On!” at Five Points Washington; Bradley’s Dingeldine Music Center will be shaking with five events May 2-5; Cousin Eddie performs May 23 at the Contemporary Art Center for “Live at the Five Spot.” The Peoria International Choir will perform at First Christian Church. Vocalist Stephanie Aaron is at Trailside Event Center for the Central Illinois Jazz Society’s monthly production.

Arts Alerts: Screens

“Four Seasons” is a star-studded series about three couples on Netflix. “Thunderbolts” might be Marvel mimicking DC’s “Suicide Squad,” but its cast and transitional place in the MCU makes for eccentric anti-heroes; “Hummingbirds of Hollywood” is an episode of “Nature” on PBS, focusing on a woman who cares for injured hummingbirds in the heart of Hollywood

Arts Alerts: ‘Birds of a Feather’ on display at Library; ‘Harvey’ at Shore Acres; Tambora, Nathan Taylor & Friends at CAC

“Diamond of the Season Ball” at Wildlife Prairie Park; ‘Almost, Maine’ at ICC Theater; “Tapestries of Innovation” exhibition is at Contemporary Art Center; Louis CK performing at Jukebox