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Mildred Berry Center To Host Regional Art Exhibit
In celebration of Mental Health Month in May, Mildred Berry Center will host “Trauma Reflected in Art” a travelling art exhibit from the Iowa Juvenile Home in Des Moines, IA. The exhibit will showcase more than 40 unique paintings, photographs, and mixed media pieces.
37th Annual Young at Heart Festival Kicks Off Summer Festivals Friday, May 23 through Monday, May 26
The Young at Heart Festival, annually held Memorial Day weekend, will kick off summer in the Rockford region for the 37th year Friday, May 23 through Monday, May 26, with family fun, great music, fireworks, kid’s fishing derby and the Young at Heart pageant.
The Midway Village Marauders Vintage Base Ball Club will host the Somonauk Blue Stockings Vintage Base Ball Club of Somonauk, Illinois on Sunday, May 4 starting at 2:00 pm at the Midway Village Museum.> More
Six Actors, 57 Characters = The Dining Room
A.R. Gurney’s The Dining Room is full to overflowing with mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, sulky teens, wildly excited small children, carpenters, architects, stressed-out wives, aristocrats, servants and addled grandparents.> More
Weddings Should be Memorable, Not Expensive
When my two older sisters got married in the 60’s and 70’s, my mother says they paid about $50 for the use of the Battle Creek, Michigan Women’s Club Banquet Hall, $200 for the tuxes, $175 for the wedding dress (one sister made her own),> More
Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center Broadway Bound Spring Performance
Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center is pleased to present the Broadway Bound spring performance of Pandemonium! The program will be presented on Friday, May 9th, at 7:00 p.m., and Sunday, May 11th, at 7:30 p.m.> More
RSO announces dramatic opera TOSCA
The Rockford Symphony Orchestra is pleased to present the fully staged opera production of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 17 in the beautiful Coronado Performing Arts Center.> More
Miracle Mile-Rockford invites all businesses and neighborhood residents to join our area in the city-wide clean-up day, Saturday, April 26, 2008, 9:00 a.m. to noon.> More
Top Blues Releases - April 2008 - Sunday Morning Blues Podcast
Top Blues Releases - April 2008 - Sunday Morning Blues Podcast
You’re All I Need is the third CD from Rockford based jazz saxophonist Harlan Jefferson. It’s a disc that is at times sheer brilliance. > More
Are You Listening Now
Sarah Vonderhaar is going to be appearing at the Clearwater Theater in West Dundee at the end of the month. While she's not quite a local artist, she is based out of Lake Zurich - so, she's not far from it. > More
Rhythm and Bows
Very few Rockford natives have earned critical accolades from publications as far reaching and diverse as “The Christian Science Monitor,” “Billboard” and “USA Today.” Randy Sabien is one of those people. > More
Leaders of the Meownarchy
This EP from local band JCVD should please fans of frantic hardcore based extreme music. These guys are the real deal. > More
City Of Echoes
Pelican is a Chicago band that’s headlining a show at The House Café in Dekalb tonight. Fans of doomy, stoner rock should appreciate some of the music onthis disc, but I’d say that overall their sound isn’t exactly a tight fit into that musical style. > More
In Times Like These
Recorded live with a symphony orchestra (the University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra), this is the latest disc from Arlo Guthrie and it might well be his best. > More
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