The Common Place Family Learning Center’s Teen REACH will sponsor a Lights On Afterschool rally on Thursday, October 20, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., at Common Place, 514 S. Shelley Street, Peoria, Illinois. The rally will be one of more…
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Heartland Festival Orchestra Announces Special Family Matinee
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What: Beethoven Lives Upstairs When: Sunday, October 9, 2011- 2:00 PM Where: Five Points Caterpillar Performing Arts Center Tickets are $10 per person with Open Seating! Beethoven Lives Upstairs is a dramatic and musical portrait of the mysterious and difficult…
Attend the ‘Creatures of the Night’ hike at Forest Park Nature Center on Oct. 15
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The Peoria Park District’s Forest Park Nature Center will hold a “Creatures of the Night” hike on Friday, October 28, at 7:00 p.m. Summon your courage and prepare to enter the dark of the forest on a walk through trails…
Peoria Symphony Orchestra
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Oct 17 – Peoria Symphony Guild Musical Monday – coffee @ 9:30 & program @ 10:00 a.m.,Trinity Lutheran Church, 135 NE Randolph Ave. to commemorate anniversary of the American Civil War. Oct. 22- @ 8:00 p.m. @ Grace Presbyterian Church…
Illinois, Peoria Recent Hot Spots for Politicians
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D.C. Democrats visit Central Illinois while Governor Quinn reveals a new use for shingles. Home State Tour Campaign 2012 is revving up across the country and Illinoisans are seeing some early signs—most notably President Barack Obama’s bus tour across the…
Improve Your Quality of Life by Improving Your Health and Well-Being
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Google the phrase “health and well-being,” and you’ll garner over 20 million Internet search results. The two words are linked so often, it’s easy to forget that each one holds a specific meaning—by definition and in our lives. Knowing the…
September at Peoria Park District
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Xbox Football Game Tournament – Compete in the Peoria Park District’s new Xbox 360 “Madden NFL 11” Tournament. Players will go head-to-head on Saturday, September 10, starting at 7:45 p.m. at the Glen Oak Amphitheatre. The Xbox 360 will be…
Fifth Annual Recovery Walks! 2011 – Best Ever
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The Proctor Health Care Foundation and the Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery at Proctor Hospital are pleased to announce Recovery Walks! 2011 Saturday, September 24.The Walk, to benefit the Ameel Rashid Scholarship for Addiction Recovery, will be held from 10:00…
Proctor Hospital Sponsors Free Medicare Help Desk
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Proctor Hospital, in association with BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois’ Services in the Neighborhood program, offers a free Medicare Help Desk the fourth Wednesday of every month, from 9:00-11:00 a.m., in the Lobby at Proctor Hospital. The next scheduled Medicare Help…
First-ever African-American broadcast television network to AIR in Central Illinois To Debut on Sept. 26
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Bounce TV (http://bouncetv.com), the nation’s first-ever over-the-air broadcast television network programmed for African-American audiences, launches in Central Illinois on Monday, September 26 on WMBD 31.2 owned and operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc (Nasdaq: NXST) and serving Peoria/Bloomington. Bounce TV,…