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Community Arts Calendar

thu22oct7:00 pm9:00 pmLaughing Horse Quartet7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Betty Jayne Brimmer Center for the Performing Arts, 1327 E Kelly Ave Event Organized By: Betty Jayne Brimmer Center for the Performing Arts Event Type :Music Cost: 7-10 Social Distancing Enforced: Yes Face Mask Required: When social distancing can't be maintained

fri23oct4:00 pm9:00 pmWildlife Scary (But Safe) Park4:00 pm - 9:00 pm Wildlife Prairie Park, 3826 N Taylor Rd Event Organized By: Wildlife Prairie Park Event Type :Special Event Cost: 10 Social Distancing Enforced: Yes Face Mask Required: When social distancing can't be maintained

fri23oct6:00 pm8:00 pmEd Kaizer6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Rhythm Kitchen Music Cafe, 305 SW Water St Event Organized By: Rhythm Kitchen Music Cafe Event Type :Music Social Distancing Enforced: Yes Face Mask Required: When social distancing can't be maintained

fri23oct6:30 pm9:00 pmDrag ‘N” Paint Halloween Edition6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Betty Jayne Brimmer Center for the Performing Arts, 1327 E Kelly Ave Event Organized By: Betty Jayne Brimmer Center for the Performing Arts Event Type :Special Event Cost: 20-25 Social Distancing Enforced: Yes Face Mask Required: When social distancing can't be maintained

sat24oct1:00 pm2:00 pmLaser Fright Light1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Peoria Riverfront Museum, 222 SW Washington St Event Organized By: Peoria Riverfront Museum Event Type :Special Event Cost: 5-8 Social Distancing Enforced: Yes Face Mask Required: Yes

sat24oct2:00 pm3:00 pmLIVE at the Museum | Tim Wallis2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Peoria Riverfront Museum, 222 SW Washington St Event Organized By: Peoria Riverfront Museum Event Type :Music Social Distancing Enforced: Yes Face Mask Required: Yes

sat24oct6:00 pm8:00 pmCasas Jones6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Rhythm Kitchen Music Cafe, 305 SW Water St Event Organized By: Rhythm Kitchen Music Cafe Event Type :Music Social Distancing Enforced: Yes Face Mask Required: When social distancing can't be maintained

sat24oct6:00 pm8:30 pmSarah & The Underground at Cyd's in the Park6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Cyd's in the Park, 5805 N Knoxville Ave Event Organized By: Sarah & the Underground Event Type :Music Social Distancing Enforced: Yes Face Mask Required: Yes

sat24oct7:00 pm8:00 pmVirtual EventSongwriter Sessions: Steve Lawless7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Event Organized By: Lit. on Fire Used Books Event Type :Music Cost: FREE Social Distancing Enforced: N/A Face Mask Required: N/A

sat24oct8:00 pm9:00 pmVirtual EventMerry Pranks8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event Organized By: Peoria Symphony Orchestra Event Type :Music Social Distancing Enforced: N/A Face Mask Required: N/A

sun25oct1:00 pm4:00 pmBrushville Unplugged1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Mackinaw Valley Winery, 33633 State Route 9 Event Organized By: Mackinaw Valley Winery Event Type :Music Social Distancing Enforced: Yes Face Mask Required: When social distancing can't be maintained

wed28oct8:00 pm11:00 pmOpen Mic Comedy8:00 pm - 11:00 pm Jukebox Comedy Club, 3527 W Farmington Rd Event Organized By: Jukebox Comedy Club Event Type :Special Event Cost: 5 Social Distancing Enforced: Yes Face Mask Required: Yes

fri30oct5:00 pmVirtual EventDracula: Dance on the Dark Side5:00 pm Event Organized By: Central Illinois Ballet Event Type :Dance Cost: 15-25 Social Distancing Enforced: Yes Face Mask Required: Yes

fri30oct6:30 pm7:30 pmVirtual EventDia De Los Muertos: Love Never Dies6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Event Organized By: Art Inc. Event Type :Special Event Cost: 35-75 Social Distancing Enforced: N/A Face Mask Required: N/A

fri30oct7:00 pm10:00 pmChicago Farmer7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Mackinaw Valley Winery, 33633 State Route 9 Event Organized By: Mackinaw Valley Winery Event Type :Music Cost: 10 Social Distancing Enforced: Yes Face Mask Required: When social distancing can't be maintained

Time

(Friday) 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Location

Mackinaw Valley Winery

33633 State Route 9

Social Distancing Enforced

Yes

Face Mask Required

When social distancing can’t be maintained

Event Details

We are very excited to welcome Chicago Farmer, a “Central Illinois” native to the vineyard from the neighboring town of Delavan. His acoustic show and story telling folk style connects with his audience whether in Chicago or down home in Central Illinois. “I love the energy, music, and creativity of Chicago, but at the same time, the roots and hard work of my small town,” he shares. Growing up in Delavan, Illinois, with a population less than 2,000, Diekhoff’s grandparents were farmers, and their values have always provided the baseline of his songs.

This son of a small-town farming community, Cody Diekhoff logged plenty of highway and stage time under the name Chicago Farmer before settling in the city in 2003. Profoundly inspired by fellow Midwesterner John Prine, he’s a working-class folk musician to his core. His small-town roots, tilled with city streets mentality, are turning heads North and South of I-80.

He writes music for “the kind of people that come to my shows. Whether in Chicago or Delavan, everyone has a story, and everyone puts in a long day and works hard the same way,” he says. “My generation may have been labeled as slackers, but I don’t know anyone who doesn’t work hard – many people I know put in 50-60 hours a week and 12-hour days. That’s what keeps me playing. I don’t like anyone to be left out; my music is for everyone in big and very small towns.”

Cody listened to punk rock and grunge as a kid before discovering a friend’s dad playing Hank Williams, and it was a revelation. Prine and Guthrie quickly followed. The name Chicago Farmer was originally for a band, but the utilitarian life of driving alone from bar to bar, city to city – to make a direct connection to his audience and listener, took a deeper hold.

“You can smell the dirt in the fields, hear the wind as it blows across the plains, and see the people that Chicago Farmer sings about. Each track captures a moment in time, whether for a person or a particular place. Imagine if a John Steinbeck short story had been written as a song, and this will give you a fairly good idea as to what Chicago Farmer accomplishes on his albums.”— HONEST TUNE

Cody will share his original songs and songs from Flyover Country, released in February 2020, his sixth full-length studio album. This album comes on the heels of his double-disc live release, Quarter Past Tonight, and the new one signals a turning point for Diekhoff as a performer and artist.

$10 pp band cover and kids 12 and under free. Bring a lawn chair to enjoy lawn seating or call to reserve seating for an additional fee of $5 pp. You may bring your own foods just no beverages of any kind. Wine tasting and wine, beer, sodas, pizzas, cheese & crackers, and chocolates for sale. Concert is planned RAIN OR SHINE.

Cost

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Organizer

Mackinaw Valley Winery309-359-9463 33633 State Route 9, Mackinaw, IL

Mackinaw Valley Winery33633 State Route 9

fri30oct7:30 pm9:00 pmVirtual EventCorn Stock Digital Play Series: THE WAR OF THE WORLDS7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Event Organized By: Corn Stock Theatre Event Type :Theatre Cost: 15 Social Distancing Enforced: N/A Face Mask Required: N/A

Time

(Friday) 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Social Distancing Enforced

N/A

Face Mask Required

N/A

Event Details

Corn Stock Theatre is excited for the FOURTH installment in our Digital Play Series! Yes, we are producing entertainment that you can stream from the comfort of your own home!

Next up – THE WAR OF THE WORLDS: The 1938 Radio Script by Howard E. Koch!

For this production Corn Stock has partnered with Broadway On Demand’s ShowShare platform! THE WAR OF THE WORLDS will stream on Broadway On Demand’s ShowShare on Friday, October 30, 2020 at 7:30 PM CDT!

To purchase your ticket today or to view information about the show, please visit: http://bit.ly/cstwaroftheworlds!

Tickets are $15 plus a $3.95 service fee. Your ticket allows you to livestream the show on Friday, October 30, 2020 at 7:30 PM CDT plus you get access to playback the show for 24 hours after the livestream!

For questions, please call the Box Office at 309-676-2196 or email tickets@cornstocktheatre.com.

Synopsis: An alien invasion throws humanity into chaos in the classic sci-fi novel The War of the Worlds–but all it took to cause real-life panic in the streets was Orson Welles’s 1938 radio adaptation, which listeners took for news. The cast features Chris Peterlin, Zachary Robertson, Jeramie Glass, Jeff Joyce, Newton Holt, and Patrick Bell.

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