Ignite Peoria is Aug. 8 at Civic Center; go see a show at Five Points, Shore Acres and Corn Stock; plus Municipal Band finale; Friends of Rocky Glen fundraiser at Pour Bros.; River City Soul Fest and Gospel Fest at the Riverfront and India Fest at CEFCU Center Stage; BIIRD “street party” at Kelleher’s
Look for “Rivals of Amziah King” and “Late Fame” and “Dog Stars” are in theaters this month; plus what’s streaming on NetFlix, Amazon Prime and more
Winning works will be displayed on billboards throughout central Illinois, and in the Civic Center lobby
Arc Light Productions is staging “A Shot Rang Out” at Limestone High and returns to its usual venue at Illini Bluffs in Glasford for a double feature (“Belle and That Beast Guy” and “Supervillains Anonymous”).
Kim’s Academy of Dance presents “Bright Lights, Big City” at the Civic Center Theater.
The Bach Festival returns at Westminster Presbyterian Church, the Texas Tenors perform at Five Points Washington and the Central Illinois Jazz Society is playing at Trailside Event Center.
“The Death of Robin Hood,” “Supergirl,” “Toy Story 4” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” in theaters. A new “Cape Fear” and “Office Romance” on Netfilix. An seven-part doc on Larry David, “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness” on HBO
Folksinger/activist to headline to benefit LULA to help people without adequate shelter, food or medical care is May 19 at Contemporary Art Center
Award-winning singer and Notre Dame High School graduate who sang with Prince and the Revoluttion, will lead ‘LiV’In it Up’ on April 17 at Civic Center
Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. “Black and Jewish America” on PBS. “The Muppet Show” returns to ABC & Disney+ and Kevin James stars in “Solo Mio” and an ambitious “Wuthering Heights” has Margot Robbie Jacob Elordi in Theaters.
Watch for British bits ‘Best Medicine’ on Fox and ‘The Game’ on Britbox; Al Pacino in ‘Deadman’s Wire’ and Jodie Foster in ‘A Private Life’ as well as the First Lady in ‘Melania’ hit theaters; Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are in ‘The Rip’ on Netflix and ‘Game of Thrones’ spinoff ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ is on HBO Max
“Cover-Up” is about investigative journalist Seymour M. Hersh, who won the Pulitzer for reporting on the My Lai massacre, and “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” is on Netflix. “The First Snow of Fraggle Rock” is on Apple TV+. “Percy Jackson & The Olympiads in a Sea of Monsters” is featured on Disney+, “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and Neil Diamond film “Song Sung Blue” in theaters
