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QUINCY — The Quincy Art Center will begin to present on Friday “Wonder and Praise: Sun Smith-Forêt – Sculpture, Painting, SilverScreen Quilts, Riverwork Project,” an exhibit showcasing the artistry of Sun Smith-Forêt, an artist based in Alton. Visitors are invited to experience Smith-Forêt’s work through August 3 in the galleries of The Quincy Art Center,…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Area String Orchestra will present its annual spring concert at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, in the Roland Fine Arts Center, 2800 Palmyra Road. The public is invited to attend. Admission is free, but a free-will offering will be taken to help cover the cost of music and other…
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QUINCY — Fall-Com will hold a Halloween celebrity screening and autograph signing of “Scary Movie” on Saturday, May 18, at State Street Theater. The event begins with actors Dan Sheridan and John Abrahams of “Scary Movie” meeting with fans from 1 to 5 p.m. in the District Art Gallery in the Quincy Town Center. The…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Area Youth Chorus is inviting area singers in grades 3-12 to audition at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 18, at Luther Memorial Church, 1210 Jersey, for its 29th season of performances. Accepted singers will perform as an ensemble at two concerts and join the Quincy Symphony Orchestra and Adult Chorus for its…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Spring Festival of Country Music will begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 17, at the Admiral Coontz Recreation Center. Admittance is free but donations will be accepted for the band. Food and drink concessions will be available from Curryville Christian School. The show will feature music performed by Memory Lane,…
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Quincy Art Center seeking high school students for summer youth employment; deadline to apply May 24
QUINCY — The Quincy Art Center is seeking high school students and 2024 graduates to apply for a paid summer student employee position through its Summer Youth Employment in the Arts grant funded by the Illinois Arts Council. Applicants should be interested in pursuing careers in visual art or education and able to commit to…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The May/June Art for the Health of It exhibit at the Hannibal Arts Council’s satellite gallery within Blessing Health Hannibal features works by artist Dennis Babbitt. Babbitt lives on 60 wooded acres outside of Louisiana that inspires him to capture the beauty and calm surrounding him in his paintings. Babbitt works primarily…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Classic music from the 1970s and 1980s will “rock you” with Queen Flash performing the music of Queen at The Legacy Theater in Carthage at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 11. Vocalist Johnny Zatylny has been honoring the musical tradition of Queen’s lead singer, Freddie Mercury, since 2000. He is one of…
Read Full Article QUINCY — In collaboration with Quincy Public Schools, the Quincy Civic Music Association is the host of a concert by Wild Prairie Winds chamber music group to be held at St. John’s Anglican Church, 701 Hampshire, at 7:30 p.m. May 11. The group is devoted to small communities through disaster relief, diversity inclusion and awareness…
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QUINCY — Local artists Laura Sievert and Jaycie Womack Spake were each selected to be part of the University of Iowa’s “Herky on Parade” series which recently was unveiled in Iowa City. A total of 100 of the 7-foot tall fiberglass statues now dot Johnson County Iowa, with two statues each by Sievert and Womack…
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QUINCY — The red carpet awaits. Who can you become when Quincy Children’s Museum’s Discovery Loft turns into your own personal stage? “Our Stage is Yours” made its debut at the May Member’s Night on May 3. Children can visit the museum and explore backstage, bring puppets to life, choose the perfect prop, make endless…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Twenty students were presented Young Master Select awards during the Young Masters student art exhibit held annually at the Hannibal Arts Council. Young Masters features selected works by students from Hannibal’s fifth- and eighth-grade public and parochial schools and Hannibal High School Art Department. Awards were presented at two separate awards receptions.…
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CANTON, Mo. — Megan Eaton, a junior musical theatre major at Culver-Stockton College junior, has accepted an apprenticeship at Theatre Aspen in Aspen, Colo., for the summer season. She will be an apprentice in lighting. Apprentices reside in the mountain setting of Aspen for the summer. The theme for the theatre’s summer performances is “Celebrating…
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CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College’s Camerata 808 is set to deliver an evening of innovative and experimental music with its final concert of the spring semester on Tuesday, May 7. The concert will take place at the idiosyncratic time of 8:08 p.m. in the Merillat Recital Hall on the campus of C-SC. This event is…
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QUINCY — Meredith Becks Ringhausen is partnering with the Quincy Children’s Museum to host a sensory night on Saturday, May 4, at the museum. The first time slot of 4 to 5 p.m. has been filled, but openings remain for the 5 to 6 p.m. slot. Cost is $2 for children ages 1-12. Any child…
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QUINCY — The Salvation Army Quincy Area Command unmasked Ben Dombroski as the fan favorite at its “Unmasking the Singer” fundraiser on Friday, April 26. The head-to-head singing competition, where Quincy and Hannibal area celebrities/community members donned mascot costumes and sang for votes, raised money for the Salvation Army to continue to provide shelter to people experiencing homelessness in Quincy…
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CARTHAGE, Ill. — Magician Jason Hudy will perform his show, “Mesmerizing Magic,” at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 3, at the Legacy Theater in Carthage. With more than 8,000 performances around the world in the last 20 years, Hudy’s one-man show specializes in lively action and audience participation. In a press release, Tom Robbins, new…
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Muddy River turns three, Dues sneaks up on 50 and Ashley and Brittany get you ready for Cinco De Mayo in another field trip to The Liquor Booth.
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Mark Twain Chorale will present its annual spring concert at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 6, in the auditorium of Fifth Street Baptist Church, 111 N. Fifth. The concert, which has a theme of “Treasures from the Homelands,” is under the direction of Allen Means and accompanied by Alyssa Pyne. There…
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QUINCY — The Quincy University Symphonic Band will present a spring concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 28, in the Connie Niemann Center for Music, 17th and Seminary Road. This concert is free to the public. The concert will feature six student conductors who will each lead the ensemble through a piece of their…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Concert Association’s fifth and final concert of its 2023-2024 concert season is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 28, with renowned cello and vocal duo Branden and James with special guest Effie Passero in the Roland Fine Arts Center’s Parker Theater on the campus of Hannibal-LaGrange University. Passero was a…
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QUINCY — The Quincy University School of Fine Arts and Communication will be the host of the fourth annual QU Honor Jazz Band Festival on Friday, April 26, at the Connie Niemann Center for Music, 17th and Seminary Road. The concert is free and open to the public. High school musicians were selected through a…
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QUINCY — Brendan Shea is returning to Quincy Community Theatre as the education director starting June 1. In a press release, Shea said, “There are so many more stories left for us to tell together on the QCT stage. To say that I’m excited to reunite with our amazing students is a serious understatement. In my…
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Let’s head down to Pittsfield, where in the shadow of the Pike County courthouse’s red dome you can find Nucci’s. Brittany Boll and Randy Phillips bring you this installment of Taste of the Town, brought to you by SEE Quincy, the Quincy Convention and Visitor’s Bureau.
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Artists from several states will converge on the communities of Hannibal and Canton for the River Bluffs Paint Out, a two-day plein air painting event Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5. Plein air events invite artists to communities where they capture the community by creating paintings outdoors and on-site. The general public is…
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