Entertainment
'The Secret Garden' ready to bloom at Corn Stock
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- Published on Wednesday, 08 July 2015 17:45
- Written by Paul Gordon
There was a time that Pam Orear didn’t think “The Secret Garden” would...
Bart Shatto returns home from Broadway to perform at Corn Stock
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- Published on Wednesday, 01 July 2015 18:24
- Written by Paul Gordon
Imagine being more than 25 years into a successful career as a musical theatre performer, only to come home to Peoria to find the toughest musical score you’ve worked on to date.
That’s why Bart Shatto, the Peoria native and veteran of Broadway and film, is working on making his...
Peoria Reads! receives grant for project
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- Published on Monday, 15 June 2015 14:22
- Written by The Peorian
Peoria Reads!, the collaborative project of the Peoria Public Library and Common Place, will receive a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to host The Big Read in Peoria next spring.
Movie review: Wait for 'Jurassic World' on video
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- Published on Friday, 19 June 2015 16:56
- Written by Tim Wyman
(5 out of 10 stars)
(124 minutes. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and peril)
Great Work Begins to present 'Antigone'
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- Published on Tuesday, 09 June 2015 23:00
- Written by Paul Gordon
Imagination is as much a part of theatre as anything else, and that goes double for a local theatre troupe that is itself more different than anything else in the Peoria region.
'Les Miserables' back, perhaps for the last time
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- Published on Thursday, 18 June 2015 18:03
- Written by Paul Gordon
Robin Hunt felt blessed to get the opportunity to direct “Les Miserables” in its regional community theatre premiere three years ago at Eastlight Theatre...
'Brigadoon' opens Corn Stock's summer season
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- Published on Wednesday, 27 May 2015 14:30
- Written by Paul Gordon
Love, fantasy, music and dance… What else does a community theatre need to ensure a successful Read more...
'Dixie Swim Club' next up at Corn Stock tent
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- Published on Tuesday, 16 June 2015 17:32
- Written by Paul Gordon
If we’re lucky, each of us will go through with a small group of friends that will always be...
Symphony closes its season with Mahler
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- Published on Thursday, 07 May 2015 16:08
- Written by The Peorian
The music of Gustav Mahler will highlight the Peoria Symphony Orchestra’s final concert of the season Saturday in the Peoria Civic Center Theater.
The concert, titled “Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 7,” begins at 8 p.m. and will close the Peoria Symphony’s 117th...