Altrusa Club of Galesburg is hosting a “Scrabble Night” on Friday, September 28, at the American Legion, doors open at 6:30 p.m. Play begins at 7 p.m. The format is more like rounds of word games than traditional Scrabble. It moves along quickly and is quite fun! The evening includes snacks and a cash bar, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )There is plenty to do in Galesburg this weekend! The Galesburg Civic Art Center’s 26th annual Art in the Park will be in Standish Park all day Saturday. Nearly 40 artists will showcase their work, from spray paint art, to photography, to jewelry, to painting and drawing. Knox alumni artists include John Van Kirk ’65, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )The Orpheum Theatre, Prairie Players Civic Theatre and director Kurt Killam partner to present a wholly original co-production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s musical extravaganza, The Pirates of Penzance. As a child, Frederic was apprenticed to a band of tenderhearted, orphaned pirates by his nurse who, being hard of hearing, had mistaken her master’s instructions to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )The Galesburg Civic Art Center’s summer fundraiser, Art Before Your Eyes, is coming up this Saturday, July 14 from 6-8 p.m. at the Art Center, 114 East Main Street. Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased at the Art Center, or by calling 309-342-7415. Enjoy live art being created by artists April Jackson, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Knox’s weekly Jazz Night at McGillacuddy’s Restaurant, 58 S. Cherry Street in Galesburg, will feature a free, public concert by the Dan Cray Group on Thursday, June 14. Cray and his combo will perform from 10 p.m. to midnight. Led by Cray on piano, the group includes Noah Preminger, tenor saxophone, who was the guest [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )On Thursday, June 7 at 7 p.m. at the Figge Art Museum, 225 West Second St., Davenport, Iowa, Michael Godsil will give a talk focusing on the challenges of successfully capturing the spirit of place in a still photograph, and how a photographer increases the likelihood of successfully doing that if he or she is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )The Galesburg Civic Art Center announces a call to artists for its annual Members and Friends Exhibition. Anyone living within a 50-mile radius of Galesburg may enter. There is no mileage limit for Galesburg Civic Art Center members. Entry fees are $15 for non-members and $10 for members. Artwork must be delivered to the Galesburg [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )On June 3, the day following Commencement, Dave’s Autobody and the Go Outside & Play Galesburg initiative present Run Galesburg Run! The event features the Galesburg Half Marathon Express, the Go Outside & Play 5k and the Dave’s Gator 1 Mile Fun Run. The races start at the corner of S. Kellogg St. and E. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )The Adam Larson Quintet will perform a jazz concert on Sunday, May 27 at 5:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 101 North Prairie Street, Galesburg. A freewill offering will be collected with all proceeds going to the Jack Larson Shoe Fund.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )“Social Security” by Andrew Bergman, directed by Melissa Agar ’93, is a fun-filled show about a married couple (Sonrisa Nolan and John Siebken) who are art dealers and whose domestic tranquility is shattered upon the arrival of the wife’s goody goody nerd of a sister (M. E. Fowler) and her uptight CPA husband (Gary Mustain). [...]
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