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Quincy Art Center’s latest satellite exhibit at Quincy Medical Group, “SeeMe: Race and Culture” by artist Faye Dant, will be on display through Dec. 22. The exhibit is on the second floor near the breezeway at Quincy Medical Group, 1118 Hampshire, and will be open during QMG’s regular business hours. An artist talk with Dant…
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QUINCY — The Brubeck Brothers Quartet will be playing at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Morrison Theater in Quincy Junior High School. The Brubeck Brothers Quartet are making their centennial tour, a huge multimedia musical extravaganza focusing on Dave Brubeck, the great musician’s life and work. His famous musician sons play glorious jazz on…
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QUINCY – To say Sami Bearden was a reluctant superstar would be an understatement. In 2017, Sami and two Quincy friends, Savana Santos and Sam Backoff, decided to head off to Nashville to pursue a dream. Their band, “Avenue Beat”, had performed locally and the three young ladies decided to see where their talents would…
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CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College’s wind ensemble will perform its fall concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Alexander Campbell Auditorium of the Robert W. Brown Performing Arts Center. The concert titled, “War and Peace,” represents powerful and dramatic musical arrangements such as Barber’s “Commando March,” as well as emotionally moving peaceful works featuring Holsinger’s…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Art Center is in search of artwork for the upcoming Mary S. Oakley and Lee Lindsay Artist Showcase. It is open to artists age 18 and older living within a 50-mile radius of Quincy. Artists may enter original work in any medium. All works must have been completed since November 2018…
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QUINCY – Quincy University’s Gray Gallery in Brenner Library will be the site of an art exhibition featuring recent works from the Great River Watercolor Society members. The GRWS also will include its popular 2×2 paintings as well as new work produced in the last year. The exhibit will run Nov. 1 through Dec. 9. It is free and…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. – The Hannibal Arts Council is offering free “Take and Make” pinecone owl project kits for kids ages 5-12 on two Saturday nights. The h-OWL-o-ween project is a free, fun and quick activity to take home and complete. Free project supply kits can be picked up at the Hannibal Arts Council, 105 S…
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Photos from Thursday night’s Quincy Notre Dame Homecoming Parade courtesy of Quincy Notre Dame and Erin Humphrey Haugh.
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The 25th QHS Octoberfest Invitational Parade and Field Competition will be held Saturday. Marching bands from Illinois, Missouri and Iowa will travel down Quincy’s Maine Street beginning at 2 p.m. The parade will begin at 30th and Maine streets and continue west to Quincy Junior High at 14th and Maine. Area and traveling marching bands…
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Matthew Kirby submitted these photos of the annual Hannibal Band Day field show. The parade and field show celebrate local high school marching bands and is usually held on the second Tuesday in October.
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Exhibitors will fill the streets of Hannibal’s historic Main Street on Oct. 16-17 for the Hannibal Arts Council’s 45th annual Folklife Festival. Festival hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. The festival features artists, artisans, makers selling traditional arts, fine arts…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. – The Hannibal Arts Council recently recognized several community members with 2021 Paragon Art Awards. Award winners were presented original, one-of-a-kind award pieces by Hannibal painter Greg Celenze. Rita Plowman won the Ultimate Paragon, the highest award presented each year. Plowman was recognized for her commitment and dedication to the Hannibal Arts Council,…
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QUINCY — Twenty-nine performers will make up the cast for “Beauty and the Beast” production by the Quincy Community Theatre on Nov. 26-28 and Dec. 2-5. Cruel and vain, a prince is cursed to live as a hideous beast unless he learns to love and be loved in return. Strong-willed and smart, Belle is a…
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Brittany Boll shows you the biggest walk-in beer cooler in Quincy and gets a tour of whiskey, wine, seltzers, rums and tequilas, including her beloved Jose, as the city’s newest liquor store opens its doors today.
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The “Art For The Health Of It” exhibit at the Hannibal Arts Council’s satellite gallery within the Hannibal Clinic will feature works by Martha Mudd Adrian through the end of November. An award-winning local artist, Mudd Adrian paints in oils and acrylics and enjoys a variety of subjects with many of them evoking memories of family and…
Read Full Article QUINCY – Quincy University’s music department will be the host a fall choir concert featuring the university’s Concert Choir, Chamber Choir and Clara Voce at 3 p.m. Oct. 17 at 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…
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“This is not a time for jokes, Brittany.” Ugh. If I had a penny for every time that I had to hear that one … I would probably have a dollar. But if that lady with the cringeworthy, nagging voice knew the power behind laughter when used to combat pain … I’d probably only have…
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QUINCY – The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded Arts Quincy, America’s first arts council, the 2021 Arts Engagement in American Communities Award. The award includes a $10,000 grant to support community arts access projects in the coming year. The award recognizes nonprofits committed to engaging their communities in the arts through robust outreach, multi-disciplinary collaboration…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — An exhibit of 103 original works by 57 artists living within a 50-mile radius of Hannibal is open to the public and runs through Oct. 30 at the Hannibal Arts Council, 105 S. Main. The Hannibal Art Club’s 57th annual area artist exhibit and competition is called ORiGINALE. A variety of achievement,…
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QUINCY — The John Wood Community College Heath Center art gallery will be the site of the Quincy Artists Guild’s art show, beginning at 5 p.m. Tuesday with an opening reception to view artwork and meet the artists. Handmade greeting cards will be available for purchase during the reception. Visitors also will learn about the…
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Avenue Beat’s Sami Bearden, Savana Santos and Sam Backoff came onto the Nashville music scene with clever, relatable songs and a fresh sound. With wry songs like “Delight” and “Be A Bro,” and relatable anthems “Ruin That For Me” and “Broke,” Avenue Beat charmed their way into the hearts of fans and industry members alike. After signing with Big Machine Label Group’s…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Quincy Community Theatre will celebrate its 85th season with a lineup of eight performances that balances classic and contemporary and celebrates hope and happiness. A season reveal party was held Thursday night in the large shelter house at Upper Moorman Park. “In crafting the season for 2022, I wanted our audiences to experience sheer…
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QUINCY — Quincy University’s Office of Equity and Diversity is joining Campus Ministry to co-host a Catholic Spanish Mass in the QU Chapel, 1800 College, at 6 p.m. Saturday in celebration of Latin American Heritage Month. “The presence and contributions of Latin American culture in the United States are invaluable,” said Measha Ferguson Smith, program…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Arts Council will present its eighth annual art history luncheon at noon on Oct. 1 at the Hannibal Arts Council, 105 S. Main. The luncheon will educate, enrich and engage through focusing on a famous painter, painting or art period, and it’s designed to fit into a workday lunch hour. …
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QUINCY, Ill. – Quincy University will once again light up Friars Field, 20th and College, with 10 hot air balloons on Thursday, September 30. This free event will start at 6 p.m. The balloons will light up from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Food and beverages will be available for purchase from TCBY, The Yum Factory, The Red Light…
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