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Money raised will be used by the historical society to preserve and share local artifacts and the history of Ralls County.
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QUINCY — The Bay City Performing Arts Foundation will present its inaugural event, “Bay City Live!: Mamma Mia!”, at 4:30 p.m. April 2 at The Venue, 124 N. Fifth, featuring live dinner entertainment by Vancil Performing Arts Center’s Bay City Dance Troupe. “Bay City Live!: Mamma Mia!” will be an opportunity for guests to enjoy…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Civic Music Association is presenting a concert by the Jupiter Quartet at 7:30 p.m. March 26 at St. John’s Anglican Parish. The Jupiter Quartet is based at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. It consists of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister) and cellist Daniel McDonough…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. – The Historic Hannibal Marketing Council will be the host of the 12th annual Chocolate Extravaganza on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Twenty-seven businesses, primarily in the downtown area, are participating in the Chocolate Extravaganza. With a Chocolate Extravaganza passport, attendees may redeem passport tickets for select items at the participating businesses – including, but not…
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Auditorium at Quincy Community Theatre to be named April 9 after longtime managing artistic director
QUINCY — Quincy Community Theatre will formally dedicate the Barbara Rowell Auditorium on April 9. “As managing artistic director from 1983 to 2006, Barbara’s impact on QCT’s past, present and future cannot be overstated,” artistic director Brandon Thomsen said in a press release. “Perhaps most visible of Barbara’s diverse legacy is the very building that…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal’s Victory Over Hunger Garden needs more volunteers this year. A meeting at 9 a.m. Saturday at Java Jive is for anyone interested in helping the garden continue. Last year’s harvest was about 2,785 pounds of fresh vegetables, which was donated to Hannibal food pantries. This is the sixth year for the…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Kroc Center’s Education and Fine Arts Department is offering new education courses to the community in the coming weeks. Discovering Computers and Tablets will help particpants ages 14 and up to brush up on their skills with today’s technology. The class will be offered on Thursdays from March 17-April 7 from 11…
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LOUISIANA, Mo. — “Letters Home, a USO-Type Radio Show,” an evening of dinner, music and dancing at the American Legion Post 370, is set for March 26. This fund-raising event is provided by the Joyful Noise Band, the Centenary United Methodist Church bell choir and several local vocalists. The Joyful Noise band was formed about…
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QUINCY — Anyone curious about the St. Jude Quincy to Peoria Run, as well as veteran runners and volunteers, is invited to a kickoff party for this summer’s run at 6 p.m. Friday in the Museum Room of the Dick Brothers Brewery Complex, 929 York. The party is an opportunity for prospective runners and volunteers…
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QUINCY — The Quincy University Music Department will present the spring choir concert “Your Story Matters” at 7 p.m. Thursday in the QU Chapel in Francis Hall, 1800 College. The concert is free and open to the public. Under the baton of Kristin Ramseyer, director of choirs, and accompanied by pianist Laura Kammerer, the concert will…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Quincy University’s Gray Gallery will be the site of the annual QU Faculty Selects 2022 Student Art Exhibition from March 21 to April 15. The exhibition will feature a variety of student artwork selected by art faculty and produced during the current academic year by students (majors and non-majors) enrolled in various art courses offered by…
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QUINCY — The Historical Society of Quincy & Adams County is having its first trivia night at 7 p.m. March 19 at the St. Francis Parish Center, 1721 College. Categories will be general trivia, music, movies, television and special categories on Quincy and local history. Tables are $100, and teams may have up to eight players. Participants should bring…
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QUINCY — The Wilhelm Johnson Scholz STEM Lab will be the site of the first Rube Goldberg Science Fair from 1:15 to 2 p.m. March 11 at St. Peter School, 2500 Maine. This fair will be prepared by students in grades 4-6 who learned of Rube Goldberg during STEM class. The students have created machines…
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QUINCY — The Kroc Center’s KROC Kids, character-building troops, will serve an all-you-can eat pancake breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. March 26 in the Kroc Center’s Meadows. The breakfast also will feature bacon, eggs, milk and coffee. The cost is $6. Children ages 4-11 can eat for $3, Children age 3 and under can…
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QUINCY — “Unmasking the Singer” is a head-to-head singing competition and fundraiser on April 29 during which Quincy and Hannibal area celebrities/community members don area mascot costumes and sing for votes. This year’s event at The Atrium on Third will be a fun-filled night of raising money for The Salvation Army so it can continue to…
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QUINCY — Quincy University will the site of a prayer vigil for Ukraine at 7 p.m. Sunday in front of Francis Hall, 1800 College. The public is invited to attend and join the campus community in music, prayer and reflection. “During this time of tribulation, it is important that we come together as a community in…
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QUINCY — Parishioners of Quincy and Hannibal’s Catholic churches will be asked to contribute funds to the Quincy Notre Dame Fund Drive during the school’s Commitment Weekend on March 5-6. More than 4,000 Catholic families will hear testimonies from QND students during Mass and be asked for pledges and donations. This year’s fund drive has…
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QUINCY — A spring cleanup at Greenmount Cemetery, 1701 S. 12th, will be from March 14-18. Everything should be removed by March 13 and not replaced until March 19. A spring cleanup of Roman Catholic cemeteries in Quincy (Calvary, St. Boniface and St. Peter) will be from March 27 to April 1. Everything should be…
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The Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce has announced the Dogwood Festival will begin May 6 and the parade will make its way down Maine Street once again on Saturday, May 7. The theme for the Blessing Health System Dogwood Parade is “Celebrating Our Community Blessings!” Parade participants are encouraged to use the theme to showcase…
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QUINCY — The John Wood Community College Heath Center art gallery will be the site of artwork by Amanda Brown-DeClue through March 25. Brown-DeClue is originally from Camdenton, Mo., and now lives in Quincy and works for the Quincy Art Center as the administrative assistant and the Beaux Arts Ball and volunteer coordinator. She has…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Auditions for Quincy Community Theatre’s “On the Road” touring production, “Miss Electricity,” will be held March 7-8. This production is QCT’s first touring production since 2019. “Miss Electricity” by Kathryn Walat tells the hilarious and heartwarming adventure of a young girl whose newfound superpowers cause her to lose sight of what’s important in life…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Concert Association’s final concert of its 2021-22 concert season is at 7:30 p.m. March 5 in the Roland Fine Arts Center’s Parker Theater on the campus of Hannibal-LaGrange University. The concert will feature the jazz, fusion and swing stylings of Dawn Weber’s Jazz Garden. They will perfo Without a season…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. – A “Watercolor Wash” Arty Party is set for 7 p.m. March 11 at the Hannibal Arts Council, 105 S. Main. Participants will create a watery meadow/floral composition with splashes of color using transparent watercolor over a permanent marker line drawing on a 16-inch by 20-inch cotton canvas panel. The project will be led by…
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QUINCY – Quincy University has rescheduled its fourth annual QU Alumni Day for Tuesday, March 1 in remembrance of the university’s first day of classes on Feb. 6, 1860. QU alumni are encouraged to wear a QU Alumni button and QU gear to work and attend the day’s events. “Alumni day has become a tradition at QU, and we…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. – Upcoming exhibits at the Hannibal Arts Council include an invitational group exhibit, an open exhibit of area artists’ recent work and two digital photography exhibits, including the first-ever featured youth photographer. Five artists will be featured in the “A Curious Collection” invitational group exhibit — painter David Awbrey of Pittsfield, Ill., painter…
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