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Student cast for 'The Hobbit' announced by Quincy Community Theatre; performances set for Oct. 19-22
QUINCY — Quincy Community Theatre has announced the cast for its upcoming production of “The Hobbit,” which will be performed Oct. 19-22. Before “The Lord of the Rings,” there was “The Hobbit.” Join Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf and Thorin Oakenshield on their legendary quest to reclaim the dwarves’ ancestral home from the sinister dragon Smaug. From…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Original works by 70 artists living within a 50-mile radius of Hannibal are the highlight of the Hannibal Art Club’s 59th annual area artist exhibit and competition, ORiGINALE. A total of 127 works are on display. The exhibit opens to the public from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 22, with…
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QUINCY — Two opportunities to learn how to dance are being offered in Quincy this fall. Instruction to Latin Dance will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. for six Mondays beginning Sept. 25. Classes are free, but donations are appreciated. The classes, in partnership with the Quincy Public Library, will be at the Quincy…
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Bridget Kennington talks to Ashley about her 5K run she has established in memory of her son and Brittany announces who won the Great Quincy Sandwich Debate (hint below).
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CLARKSVILLE, Mo. — The St. Louis-based jazz band Cornet Chop Suey returns to The Apple Shed on Highway 79 in Clarksville for a concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23. The world-traveling group has made a point of playing the Raintree Arts Council venue for years. A mix of acoustics and crowd response keeps the…
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Ashley talks to Brandy Owens with Quincy Area Family Magazine about bringing back the magazine with a focus on family and Madison Badgley with GREDF about its new Business Concierge Program.
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The September/October Art For The Health Of It exhibit at the Hannibal Arts Council’s satellite gallery within Blessing Health Hannibal features works by Hannibal photographer and Alliance Art Gallery member J. Barry Wright. Wright combines the reality of photography and a selective focus of imagination to illuminate the beauty in everyday objects. The…
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The Patio’s executive chef, Chuck Lankey, joins the club this week to talk about the restaurant where he has worked for 20 years and how he has bridged the generations with this iconic Quincy eatery.
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Frankie Murphy Giesing turns the tables and interviews MRN boss J. Robert Gough about starting Muddy River, journalism today and growing up in Perry, Missouri.
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Pilar Brumbaugh from the Quincy Humane Society stops by to talk about the upcoming Mutt Strut and Meg Duncan is in from Hannibal and she and Ashley talk about the latest news from America’s Hometown.
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Barb Holthaus of the John Wood Foundation tells us about the JWCC Wine Pull fundraiser, which is Thursday, Sept. 21 and tickets are still available. Brittany and Ashley also get together for their first Coffee Talk together for a month to give away tickets to Flo Rida and Ludacris in Normal. Congrats to Lacey Ross…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Concert Association 2023-24 concert season begins Friday, Sept. 15 with a performance by Divas 3. The group will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Roland Fine Arts Center’s Parker Theater on the campus of Hannibal-LaGrange University. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Divas 3 features three female singers who sing the…
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PITTSFIELD, Ill. — The first Pittsfield Country Fest will debut in a big way the weekend of Sept. 22-23 when legendary John Conlee comes to Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park at Pine Lakes. The two-day event will feature Madd Hoss Jackson on Friday night, with Conlee performing Saturday night. Additional performers are to be announced. Festival…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Area artists living within a 50-mile radius of Hannibal are encouraged to submit original works of art to the Hannibal Art Club’s 59th annual area artist exhibit and competition, ORiGINALE. The exhibit and competition will be on display from Sept. 22 through Oct. 28. More than $3,000 in prize money will be…
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Ashley’s back! Tanned, rested and ready. She talks to Eric Brandhorst of the Quincy Public Library about the Community Read and our Muddy Buddy Randy Phillips about this weekend’s Stinson airplane event at Baldwin Field.
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QUINCY — The community is invited to Quincy Art Center’s annual ArtFest from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at The Art Center, 1515 Jersey. Admission is free and all ages are welcome. This is a great opportunity for families to come together and get a glimpse of the educational services and programming The Art Center…
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Frankie Murphy-Giesing talks to the head of the Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce about business, growth and development.
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Ray Weast talks golf and tequila with Brittany and Bobby. Steve Eighinger also stops by for his first ever Club Muddy experience. And as we work on our studio conversion, please excuse the hollow audio. We’ll have it fixed for next week.
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QUINCY — The family of Grace Schell will sponsor a concert from 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Oakley-Lindsay Center. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with food, drinks, games, a silent auction and raffles. Be Like Grace apparel will be available for purchase along with apparel for BlackTop South and Matt…
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Bob and Brittany talk to Jim Schultz of Instant Replay as he prepares his wings for this Sunday and the kickoff of the NFL season. Bob also talks to Karen Cobern and learns a little history about the Women’s City Club and an event they are hosting at the Lorenzo Bull House this Saturday.
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Bob and Brittany fill in for the always-vacationing Ashley to launch the Great Quincy Sandwich Debate Poll. You have two weeks to vote, but you can only vote once (unless you’re sneaky). Also, the Covered Bottoms Diaper Drive is coming up and we talk to the organizers. National Diaper Need Awareness Week is scheduled for…
Read Full Article Well, we wrapped up the Great Quincy Sandwich Debate and now it’s time for you to vote! There are no bad choices, but we’re going to make you pick one in our online poll…votes in Facebook comments DO NOT COUNT! One vote per person (or device) and voting closes on Sept. 17 with a winner…
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QUINCY — Quincy Art Center is offering more than 20 classes and workshops this fall for children and adults, including the addition of a special Wednesday night pottery wheel-throwing experience. The Art Center fall class schedule kicks off during the first full week of September with Wednesday Night Wheel-Throwing for students ages 15 and older.…
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QUINCY — Quincy Community Theatre recently named Deborah Currier as its director of student theatre/head of education. Currier has a master’s degree in theatre arts with an emphasis in multicultural theatre, theatre in education, and acting, and a doctorate in theatre arts with an emphasis in acting pedagogy, theatre for youth and directing. Both degrees…
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QUINCY — World-renowned organist Nathan Laube will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, in Salem Evangelical United Church of Christ, Ninth and State. Laube’s program on the church’s Schantz organ will feature selections including Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto in D, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in G-minor (Alla marcia) and Felix Mendelssohn-Batholdy’s Variations…
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