by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Arts Alerts: Lots to do to begin New Year this month
Ana V. Fleming’s ‘Until the Darkness’ exhibit at Peoria Art Guild; ‘Puff (or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic)’ at Corn Stock; Comedy at Jukebox and Cafe Santa Rosa
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Arts Alerts: Things to do around central Illinois this December
“Regards from the Black Hole” continues at the Contemporary Art Center; Peoria Ballet’s “Nutcracker” returns to the Peoria Civic Center Theater; music at Dingledine, ICC, Illini Bluffs plus Symphony’s “Home for Holidays”
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Art Alerts: Peoria Symphony performing ‘Joy of Grace,’ Peoria Players staging ‘The Music Man,’ Cornstock doing ‘The Aliens’
Metamora comic Jeff Bailey headlining at the Jukebox Comedy Club Nov. 3-4. Central Illinois Jazz Society says Todd Kelly’s Central Illinois Jazz Orchestra will play Nov. 19 at the Trailside Center.
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Arts Alerts: Natural exhibits at Contemporary Arts Center; Blue Ridge Farm concert series; art and music at BU; see ‘Clue,’ ‘Jeckyl and Hyde,’ Destry Rides Again’
Two nice natural exhibits run through Oct. 14 at Contemporary Art Center; Two concerts left at Blue Ridge Farm near Chillicothe; Brazilianaires playing at CAC on Oct. 27; ‘Clue: On Stage’ at Barn III; ‘Jekyl & Hyde: The Musical’ at Peoria Players; ‘Destry Rides Again’ at Cornstock this month
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Listen local: Here’s some music not to miss in central Illinois this month
Check out King Purp’s new album, Heartland Festival Orchestra’s “Sounds of Hope,” Big Huge at 3300 Event Center, Soft Spoken Live at the Five Spot, Emily the Band at Pour Bros., Grey Slush, The Forecast at Kenny’s Westside, Matt Miller at Neon Bison, and Revel in Red in Downtown Pekin
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Arts Alerts: Check out Municipal Band finale; party on Water St.; Erin Feis Aug. 25-27; Titanic at Corn Stock
ART • ArtsPartners of Central Illinois announced the winning artists and their works for the 2023 Sky Art Peoria program, an initiative supported by Adams Outdoor Advertising, which mounted 48×14-foot reproductions of the works on five billboards throughout Greater Peoria…
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Arts Alerts: BU Homecoming Concert at St. Mark’s, Jazz Society at Trailside; new shows at Players, Cornstock; Art Guild camp registration open, vintage hats at Historical Society
ART • ArtsPartners of Central Illinois on Jan. 27 announced that Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright has accepted the position of Executive Director of the organization, following Jen Gordon and Suzette Boulais. Executive Director of Big Picture Initiative, the Peoria native…
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Arts Alerts: February kicks off with Laugh for a Cause at Mission BBQ, Heartland Festival Orchestra playing West Side “Stories”
ART • On Feb. 9 the Fine Arts Society of Peoria will present Chicago artist Juarez Hawkins at the Peoria Riverfront Museum to lecture on David C. Driskell, who’s credited with using his work, writing and teaching to promote the…
by Lisa Nelson Raabe • • Comments Off on Inland Art: 22VA highlights therapeutic benefits from creativity art for veterans
Upon entering the 22 VA Art Exhibit last November in the Downtown Branch of the Peoria Public Library, I immediately felt connected to a wide range of creative works. Walls were lined with paintings, photos, recycled art, quilts, writing, carvings,…
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Arts Alerts: Zen and the Art of Sprinkler Maintenance, Nate Craig coming to Jukebox
BOOKS • Writer (and Community Word co-owner) Burt Raabe will be signing his poetry collection “Zen and the Art of Underground Sprinkler Maintenance” and reading selections at I Know You Like A Book on Jan. 11. • Former U.S. Attorney…