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Ashley and Brittany take a tour of the Quincy Museum and talk about some great upcoming events, including a jewelry display by Waylon Rhoads that is happening Wednesday, Dec. 7 and Thursday, Dec. 8, and a Bourbon raffle on December 18.
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QUINCY — Arts Quincy will celebrate the 75th anniversary of America’s First Arts Council on Saturday, Dec. 10 at Quincy Country Club. Guests will enjoy a three-course dinner, drinks and music. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m., followed by the presentation of the Arts Quincy’s George M. Irwin Lifetime Achievement Award to Les Fonza.…
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Ashley Conrad talks to Maureen Klues of Memoirs by Maureen about her business and a contest for you just in time for Christmas. Send us your best holiday memories. They don’t have to be 1,000 words (but they can be) or they can be a couple of sentences. Send them to news@muddyrivernews.com or respond in…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — After two years, more than 35 members of the Mark Twain Chorale are back singing and will present “As the Angels Sang“ on Monday, Dec. 12. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. at Fifth Street Baptist Church, 111 N. Fifth. The Mark Twain Chorale is a traditional community choir which has been…
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We talk about Ashley’s non-pregnancy and non-drug addiction as we try to discuss if really horrible people have any value at all and Frankie gets his wish and works Kanye (ye?) into the conversation. Ashley is also getting over a cold and Bobby is starting to get one.
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QUINCY — One morning, I was having a casual conversation with Sarah Stephens, the Executive Director of the Horizons food pantry. She mentioned how successful their latest benefit was … the Charcuterie in CommUNITY. They had a number of entries in the competition … professional and amateur. They are already making plans for next year’s…
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QUINCY — More than 100 students from Quincy Public Schools music department participated in the Illinois Music Education Association All-District concert and jazz festivals in November. Students were selected either by audition or nomination for each event. The following students participated in the ILMEA Concert Festival held Nov. 5 at Western Illinois University: Elementary…
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QUINCY — Encore!, the volunteer organization of the Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association, announced Monica Hinkamper, manager/director of tennis at Quincy Racquet and PICkLeBaLL Club in Quincy, as the winner of the Battle for the Baton competition which began on Oct. 2. Five local celebrities competed for the honor of conducting “Sleigh Ride” on the Symphony’s…
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QUINCY — Quincy University’s music department choirs will present their December concert, “A Service of Lessons and Carols,” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at St. Francis Church, 1721 College Ave. Choirs will perform under the direction of Kristin Ramseyer, director of choirs, and choral conducting students Evan Conover, Phil Haverstock, Jesse Mose, Hallie Mundle…
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Ashley is almost recovered from whatever crud she had and she and Bob talk about her bouncing back, the loss of another retailer in Quincy and wearing masks.
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Melissa Scholes Young will return to her hometown for a reading and conversation about her second novel, “The Hive,” at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Hannibal Art Council, 105 S. Main. “The Hive” is set in rural Missouri. On a hot summer day on the Mississippi River during the…
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QUINCY — The Beat Arts Academy will perform a hip-hop dance production of the Chocolate Nutcracker at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, at John Wood Community College. The academy is all-inclusive with members ranging in age from 4-14, many from Quincy’s minority community. The group is led by dance instructor Shawn Jones. Tickets for the…
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What started out as a simple status hearing and an opportunity to set a date for a hearing to review eight motions filed by Bradley Yohn ended with Yohn being escorted from an Adams County courtroom Wednesday morning yelling obscenities at Judge Roger Thomson, calling him a “piece of s**t.” And Bob talks to Sophia…
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Bob Gough and Brittany Boll sit in for an ailing Ashley Conrad to talk about what is happening with the City of Quincy’s Food and Beverage Tax revenue and what is the likelihood that it will stay in place when it is scheduled to sunset in 2025.
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QUINCY — In response to high ticket sales, Quincy Community Theatre will have an additional performance of “Little House on the Prairie, The Musical,” the stage adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s popular “Little House” books, at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. Tickets are available, starting at $24, and may be bought online at 1qct.org or…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Youth Chorus will be joined by special guests Dallas Brass at a holiday concert at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, in Morrison Theater at Quincy Junior High School. Since its founding in 1983 by Michael Levine, the Dallas Brass has become one of America’s foremost musical ensembles.…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy University Music Department will host its Hawk Express jazz band Christmas concert at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, in the Quincy University cafeteria, 1800 College Avenue. The concert is free and open to the public. Festive pieces with a jazzy twist will be performed as well as several standard jazz works.…
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QUINCY — Audiences will be treated to a wide variety of holiday vocal and instrumental selections performed by talented area students at John Wood Community College’s Fine Arts Department holiday music concert. The annual event is set for 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, in the JWCC Paul Heath Center Mary Ellen Orr Auditorium on the…
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Ashley talks to the people who help run the local chapter of the American Business Women’s Association and Bob Gough introduces us to the team that will bring you Muddy River Gems.
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Frankie, Bobby and Ashley talk about going out tonight (or not) and enjoying all the food tomorrow. Happy Thanksgiving from Club Muddy!
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The holiday season officially arrives in Quincy with the Festival of Lights opening this week. Ashley talks to Eric Dooley, who revived this tradition at Moorman-Wavering Park. Click this link to donate or sponsor Festival of Lights. Ashley also checks in with Don O’Brien at the Better Business Bureau about what those nasty scammers are…
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QUINCY — Locally-owned Celltech Electronics made two donations totaling $3,100 via checks for $1550.00 each to QMG Foundation Oncology Patient Assistance Fund and to theBlessing Breast Center. The donation checks were presented on Friday, November 18 as the conclusion of Celltech’s October 2022 CARES campaign, anchored around a custom-designed t-shirt whose graphic featured the traditional…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Area String Orchestra will present its annual Christmas concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, in the Roland Fine Arts Center, 2800 Palmyra Road. The orchestra will play 11 pieces, each with a unique style to put you in the Christmas spirit. A sampling of the selection of Christmas and…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Art Center recently named the winners of the 2022 Mary S. Oakley and LeeLindsay Artist Showcase. Submission was open to artists 18 years of age and older living within a 50-mile radius of Quincy. One hundred works of art were selected for the showcase. The juror for the showcase was Janie…
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Dues from The Liquor Booth lets Ashley and Brittany try some beverages to help get them through Thanksgiving with their families. Just kidding, their families are great. But if you need something to go with your turkey and dressing and that might help the tryptophan kick in faster, stop by The Liquor Booth with two…
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