"Baby," presented by Eastlight Theatre, 2 p.m. April 15, 7:30 p.m. April 18-21, East Peoria Community High School. Tickets: $16/adults, $8/youth high school age and younger. Call 699-7469.
"Patchwork - The Little House Quilts of Laura Ingalls Wilder," YouTheater performance, 10 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. April 18, Civic Center Theater. Tickets: $5. Call 676-8700.
"Woycezk," presented by Crimson Masque theater group, 7:30 p.m. April 18 and 20, 2 p.m. April 21, Wells Theater, Monmouth College. Tickets: $6/adults, $5/students and seniors, $4/MC students and staff. Available at the door.
"The Blue Room," presented by Crimson Masque theater group, 7:30 p.m. April 19 and 21, 2 p.m. April 22, Wells Theater, Monmouth College. Tickets: $6/adults, $5/students and seniors, $4/MC students and staff. Available at the door.
"Hickory Dickory Dead," 7:30 p.m. April 20, Princeville High School Gym, Princeville. Tickets: $3/adults and $2/students in advance, and $4/adults and $3/students at the door. Free senior citizens performance at noon April 20. Call 385-4660.
"Exit the Body," farce presented by Black Hawk East Community Players, 8 p.m. April 20-21 and April 27-28, 2 p.m. April 22 and 29, Black Hawk East Auditorium, Kewanee. Tickets: $7. Call 853-5306.
"Send the Light," 7 p.m. April 20-21 and 27-29 and 2 p.m. April 22, McLean County Museum of History, 200 N. Main St., Bloomington. Tickets: $12/general public, $10/members and $6/students with ID. Call 827-0428.
Disney's "High School Musical," presented by Corn Stock for Kids, through April 29, Corn Stock Theatre Center, Bradley Park. Note: Show's original run dates are sold out. Additional performances available at 7:30 p.m. April 22, 26-27, and 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. April 29. Tickets: $17/adults, $12/children 12 and younger. Call 676-2196.
"Barefoot in the Park," musical presented by Bradley University Theatre, 8 p.m. April 26-28 and 2:30 p.m. April 29, Meyer Jacobs Theatre, Hartman Center, Bradley University. Tickets: $12/general, $10/seniors, $5/students with ID. Call 677-2650.
"The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," YouTheater performance, 10 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. April 27, Civic Center theater. Tickets: $5. Call 676-8700.
"Nunsense A-Men!" through April 29, Conklin's Barn II Dinner Theatre, Goodfield. Performances Thursday-Saturday evenings (doors open 6 p.m., show 8 p.m.) and Sunday afternoons (doors open noon, show 1:30 p.m.). Tickets: $29-33. No performance April 8. Call 965-2545.
"100 Disciples in White Musical," featuring the Ward Chapel Mass Choir, 4 p.m. April 15, Ward Chapel AME Church, 511 N. Richard Allen Drive. Call 685-7844.
Central Illinois Jazz Society presents Illinois Central College Hard Bop Jazz Band at 6 and 8:30 p.m., plus CIJS House Band at 7:15 p.m., April 15, Mozart Room, Radisson Hotel, 117 N. Western Ave. Admission: $5/members, $7/nonmembers, free/children 14 and younger with adult. Call 692-5330 or 691-3259.
Violinist Itzhak Perlman, performing as part of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra World Artist Series, 7:30 p.m. April 17, Civic Center Theater. Tickets: $55-$90. Call 671-1096.
"Come to the Cabaret," featuring 11 regional singers and hors d'oeuvres, 7:30 p.m. April 19, Western Illinois University Union Heritage Rooms, Macomb. Tickets: $25/person. Call 331-4074.
Live at the Five Spot, featuring blues by Rooster Alley, 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 20, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, 305 SW Water St. Admission: $7/CAC members, $10/nonmembers. Call 674-6822.
Central Illinois Youth Symphony spring concert, 2 p.m. April 22, Richwoods High School. Tickets: $8/adults, $4/children 18 and younger, available at the door or at ArtsPartners.net.
Bradley Symphonic Winds and Symphonic Band, 3 p.m. April 22, Dingeldine Music Center, Bradley University. Tickets: $5/general, students free. Call 677-2650.
Bradley High School Honor Band Concert, 7:30 p.m. April 24, Dingeldine Music Center, Bradley University. Tickets: $5/general, free/students. Call 677-2650.
Live at the Five Spot, featuring jazz by Larry Harms and the Illinois Central College Jazz Band, 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 27, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, 305 SW Water St. Admission: $7/CAC members, $10/nonmembers. Call 674-6822.
"The Sounds of Glory," Peoria Area Civic Chorale spring concert, 7:30 p.m. April 27, Riverside Community Church, and 2:30 p.m. April 29, Becker Auditorium, Eureka College. Tickets: $15/adults, $10/students with ID. Call 693-6725.
Bradley Women's Choir concert, 7:30 p.m. April 28, Dingeldine Music Center, Bradley University. Tickets: $5/general, free/students. Call 677-2650.
"Music Mornings," performances by winners of the Knox-Galesburg Symphony Young Pianists Competition, 10 a.m. April 28, Orpheum Theatre, 60 S. Kellogg St., Galesburg. Free. Call 343-6118.
Knox-Galesburg Symphony concert, with piano soloist Graham Scott, 7:30 p.m. April 28, Orpheum Theatre, 60 S. Kellogg St., Galesburg. Tickets: $8 to $15, with children and students half price. Call 342-2299.
Bradley Community Chorus and Symphony Orchestra concert, 3 p.m. April 29, Dingeldine Music Center, Bradley University. Tickets: $5/general, students free. Call 677-2650.
23rd annual Fine Arts Exhibit, through April 15, Wesley Hall, First United Methodist Church, 116 NE Perry. Hours: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sunday, evenings by appointment. Free. Call 673-3641, Ext. 111.
"Great Artists Through the Years," works by Eureka College students Abbigail Stuaan of Bushnell and Emily Williams of Peoria in the styles of well-known artists, through April 16, Burgess Hall Art Gallery, Eureka College. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays and by appointment. Call 467-6866.
40th annual Illinois Central College Student Art Exhibit, featuring award-winning pieces in art, architecture and graphic design, April 18-May 9, Illinois Central College, Performing Arts Center Gallery, East Peoria. Additional student artwork on display in Gallery 131D in the Academic Building. Gallery hours: 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday. Reception: noon-2 p.m. April 18. Free. Call 694-5136.
40th Annual Illinois Central College Faculty Art Exhibition, April 18-August 10, Gallery 305A, Illinois Central College, East Peoria. Gallery hours: 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday. Reception: noon to 2 p.m. April 18. Free. Call 694-5531.
"Perceptions, Thoughts, and Feelings: The Human Form," paintings by Eureka College students Mary Annen of East Peoria and Lynn Geier of Pekin, April 21-May 6, Burgess Hall Art Gallery, Eureka College. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays and by appointment. Reception: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. April 21. Call 467-6866.
"He & She and Song of Solomon," featuring photographs by David Proeber and paintings and drawings by Herb Eaton, through April 25, Eaton Gallery, 411 N. Center, Bloomington. Gallery hours: noon-8 p.m. Wednesdays and 10 a.m.-2 p.m Saturdays or by appointment. Reception: 5-8 p.m. April 18, featuring a conversation with the artists at 6 p.m. Call 828-1575.
Fine Arts Fair Artist Reception, featuring work by Linda Wilmot, 6:30 p.m. April 20, Furrows Winery and Vineyard, El Paso. Tickets: $10/advance, $15/at door. Call 467-2922.
"Art SmArt," an annual exhibit of work from The Peoria Art Guild Studio School students and instructors, April 20-May 12, The Peoria Art Guild. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Reception 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 20. Admission: free/members and $2/nonmembers. Call 637-2787.
"Fourth Annual Area High School Exhibition," April 20-28, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, 305 SW Water St. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Reception: 6:30-8:30 p.m. April 21. Call 674-6822.
"Sunset for the Sighted, Sunrise for the Blind," exhibit for the visually impaired presented by artist Sean Logan as part of the Eureka Lilac Festival and Fine Arts Fair, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 21, Cerf Center, Eureka College. Call 467-2922.
"Structures," paintings by Nichole Gronvold Roller, through April 27, First United Methodist Church, first-floor gallery, 116 NE Perry. Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-noon Sunday. Call 673-3641.
80th annual McLean County Amateur Art Competition-Exhibition, through April 28, Brandt Gallery, McLean County Arts Center, 601 N. East St., Bloomington. Hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, noon-4 p.m. Saturday. Free. Call 829-0011.
Forensics Exhibit, through April 30, Physical Sciences Library, round annex of Currens Hall, Room 201, Western Illinois University, Macomb. Hours: 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Friday, 6-9 p.m. Sunday. Free. Call 298-1407.
Large-scale abstractions by Ioan Florea, an international Illinois-based artist, through April 30, Studio 222, 108 E. Market St., Bloomington. Gallery hours: Noon-5 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Free. Call 829-8222.
2007 Student Art Exhibition, through April 30, University Galleries, Center for the Visual Arts, Illinois State University, Normal. Hours: Noon-4 p.m. Saturday-Monday, 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. Call 438-5487.
Adult Duck Stamp Art Display, featuring 2007 winners of federal contest and sponsored by the Illinois River Refuges of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through April 30, Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown. Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. Call 547-3721.
"Trompe L'Oeil: The Art of Illusion," through May 13. Lakeview Museum, 1125 W. Lake Ave., Peoria. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m Wednesdays, noon-5 p.m. Sundays. Admission: $6/adults, $5/seniors, $4/children 4-17. Call 686-7000.
"Women in War," Peoria women's wartime involvement, through June 30, Flanagan House Museum, 952 NE Glen Oak Ave. Hours: 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Admission: $4/adults, $2/children. Call 674-1921.
"Tea Cups and Top Hats," china and hats owned by Jean Morron, through June 30, Petengill-Morron House Museum, 1212 W. Moss Ave. Hours: 2-4 p.m. Sundays. Admission: $4/adults, $2/children. Call 674-1921.
"Woodcarvings of John W. Hyatt," through July 15, Lakeview Museum, 1125 W. Lake Ave. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays-Saturdays; 10 a.m.-8 p.m Wednesdays; noon-5 p.m. Sundays. Closed Mondays. Admission: $6/adults, $5/seniors, $4/children 4-17. Call 686-7000.
"Presence, Pride & Passion: A History of African Americans in McLean County from 1840 to the Present," featuring artifacts from the museum's Bloomington-Normal Black History Project Collection, through 2008, McLean County Museum of History, 200 N. Main St., Bloomington. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesdays and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Call 827-0438.
Presentation on ancient DNS analysis by Dr. Anne C. Stone, associate professor at Arizona State University's School of Human Evolution and Social Change, 2 p.m. April 15, Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown. Free. Call 547-3721.
Reading by essayist Brian Doyle, editor of Portland Magazine, 7:30 p.m. April 17, Becker Auditorium, Cerf Center, Eureka College. Tickets: $5. Call 467-6420.
Literary performance by Kevin Stein, poet laureate of Illinois, 7:30 p.m. April 19, Becker Auditorium, Eureka College. Tickets: $5. Call 467-6420.
William Rodriguez, 9/11 rescue hero, 2 p.m. April 22, Lakeview Museum Auditorium. Free. Sponsored by the Midwest Chapter of Citizens For Truth. Call 689-9772 or 693-1693.
"Celebrating 45 Years of Fine Arts in Peoria," lecture by Pixie Jacquin and gospel music performance by Zion Inspirational Choir, 7-8:30 p.m. April 24, First Baptist Church, 411 W. Lake Ave. Tickets: $5/adults, $2/students. Call 691-4853.
Lectures by John Steinbeck scholar Robert DeMott, noon April 24, Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg; 4 p.m. April 24, Alumni Room, Old Main, Knox College, Galesburg; 6:30 p.m. April 25, Galesburg Public Library. Free.
Auditions for instrumentalists and vocalists for the Peoria Municipal Band's 2007 summer season. For an application, contact conductor Dr. David Vroman at the Bradley University music department, 677-2605 or dvroman@bradley.edu.
Auditions for Peoria Park District's "Great Expectations 2007," 9 a.m. April 21 at Kids Creative Arts Center, 4303 N. Prospect Road, Peoria Heights. Applicants ages 12 to 18 should come prepared to sing a song of their choice and bring their own sheet music. Wear comfortable clothing for dance movement. No audition fee; however, $15 registration for chorus members. Call 681-2861.
Auditions for Corn Stock Theatre's "The Nerd," directed by Lisa Stout, 2 p.m. April 21-22, Peoria Players Theatre, 4300 N. University. Roles available for four men, ages 20-50, two women, ages 20-50 and one boy, age 8-10. Call 676-2196.
Auditions for Central Illinois Youth Symphony 2007-2008 season, by appointment only. All instruments needed. Prep Orchestra auditions April 26 and April 28. Concert Orchestra and Youth Symphony auditions May 10 (strings only) and May 12 (all instruments). Call (888) 218-4650.
Auditions for Corn Stock Theatre's "The Fantasticks," directed by Liz Landes Reed, 1 p.m. April 28-29, Second Church of Christ, Scientist, 7020 N. Mount Hawley Road. Bring 16-32 bars of memorized music. Accompanist provided. Call 676-2196.
2007 Dance Concert, 8 p.m. April 10-14 and 2 p.m. April 15, McPhearson Theatre, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington. Tickets: $2/general, $1/students. Call 556-3232.
"A Terpsichorean Spring," presented by TazWood Dance Company, 7:30 p.m. April 27-28 and 2:30 p.m. April 29, Performing Arts Center, Illinois Central College, East Peoria. Tickets: $7/adults, $5/students and seniors. Also, shortened matinee performances for groups, 9:15 and 10:45 a.m. April 26. Group prices for April 26: $3/adults, $2/students. Call 694-5136.
David Dorfman Performance Project concert, 7:30 p.m. April 27-28, Harbach Theatre, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, Knox College, Galesburg. Free. Call 341-7827.
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