Monthly outdoor art exhibitions featuring local artists.

Fright! An original live action radio play is the wackiest, spookiest, and most fun thing you’ll enjoy this Halloween season! Featuring classic Halloween characters like you’ve never heard (and seen) before! You’ll sing along and laugh along (and drink along) as they do their best to solve a mystery and perhaps spark a little romance.
Admission is PAY WHAT YOU CAN.
Halloween costumes are encouraged!!!

Explore the darker side of Peoria! Discover the stories behind the ghostly appearances that have startled and puzzled Peorians through the years. Curses, graves, legends and spooky sightings abound.

Lifelong Peorian?
We bet you will still learn something new about our fair city from the two women who have spent the last couple years walking EVERY city street.
Mary Hosbrough and Jennifer Jacobson Wood are the “Pedestrians in Peoria” and they will share some of their discoveries, experiences, and treasures with us.
Whether you are interested in seeing the artwork, walking the pathways, or learning more about the history of Peoria, Pedestrians in Peoria offer a unique opportunity to view our city through their eyes.

Explore the darker side of Peoria! Discover the stories behind the ghostly appearances that have startled and puzzled Peorians through the years. Curses, graves, legends and spooky sightings abound.

First Fridays was created by the Central Illinois Artists Organization (CIAO) to give the community the opportunity to visit artist’s studios after normal business hours. First Fridays has grown so large that we have put all the resources in one place. Below are the links to the First Fridays websites of neighboring cities. Each city has different hours and activities that happen the First Friday of every month.

Family Paint and Pray with Artist, R. Rashad Reed November 20th 3-5 p.m. Join St. Paul UCC of Pekin at Creativity Uncorked!, 819 SW Adams, Peoria for the Second Annual Paint and Pray, creating your own artistic masterpiece! This is an afternoon of inspirational family fun and fellowship while eating, painting, laughing, and encouraging each other as we enter Advent season. No artistic experience is needed. Master Artist and St. Paul UCC Artist in Residence R RASHAD REED will guide you through your Christmas masterpiece. All art supplies are provided at no charge for this Social DIY experience.

First Fridays was created by the Central Illinois Artists Organization (CIAO) to give the community the opportunity to visit artist’s studios after normal business hours. First Fridays has grown so large that we have put all the resources in one place. Below are the links to the First Fridays websites of neighboring cities. Each city has different hours and activities that happen the First Friday of every month.

First Fridays was created by the Central Illinois Artists Organization (CIAO) to give the community the opportunity to visit artist’s studios after normal business hours. First Fridays has grown so large that we have put all the resources in one place. Below are the links to the First Fridays websites of neighboring cities. Each city has different hours and activities that happen the First Friday of every month.

Comedian Steve Treviño is “America’s Favorite Husband.” He has quietly become one of the country’s fastest-rising comics, viewed over 175 million times as of 2020, selling out shows coast-to-coast, amassing nearly 1 million total social media followers, and headlining specials for Amazon, NETFLIX, Showtime, and more.
He opened the 2001 Three Amigos Comedy Tour featuring Carlos Mencia, Pablo Francisco, and Freddy Soto. By 2006, he began headlining. He delivered side-splitting performances on The Late Late Show, Comics Unleashed, and BET Comic View, in addition to writing for Mind of Mencia and producing and writing for international GRAMMY® Award-winning superstar Pitbull’s La Esquina. His first Showtime special, Grandpa Joe’s Son, staked out a spot in the Nielsen Top 20. In 2014, he funded, produced, and shot his runaway NETFLIX hit Relatable. To promote the special, he uploaded a clip entitled “When Your Wife Comes Home From Shopping,” which generated 56 million views on Facebook alone and paved the way for clips like “When You Ask Your Wife If She Wants McDonald’s” [21 million views] and “When Going to Vegas With Your Wife Goes Wrong” [4 million views].2018’s ‘Til Death special maintained his momentum and can currently be viewed on Amazon Prime.
The son of a Vietnam Vet, Steve is passionate about raising money for Helicopters for Heroes, an organization benefitting veterans. In 2020, he and his wife, Renae, unveiled a joint weekly podcast entitled Steve Treviño and Captain Evil, and he filmed his fourth self-produced comedy special, My Life in Quarantine, which was picked up by Amazon Prime. The once-in-a-lifetime pandemic special was shot in front of a masked, socially distant crowd and focused on the ups and downs of getting through quarantine.
In 2021, Steve produced his fifth special at one of his shows in Waco, Texas, entitled I Speak Wife, which will be released this year.

First Fridays was created by the Central Illinois Artists Organization (CIAO) to give the community the opportunity to visit artist’s studios after normal business hours. First Fridays has grown so large that we have put all the resources in one place. Below are the links to the First Fridays websites of neighboring cities. Each city has different hours and activities that happen the First Friday of every month.