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FamilyCore Dine-to-Donate at Granite City
FamilyCore Dine-to-Donate at Granite City

Join us at Granite City Food and Brewery for a Dine-to-Donate day that will benefit FamilyCore! Just have a meal any time on Tuesday, February 5th at Granite City, mention the FamilyCore Dine-to-Donate, and 20% of your check will benefit our mission of "Strengthening Families for a Stronger Community!"

https://www.facebook.com/events/2378431475776739/



Creative Arts Discover Club
Creative Arts Discover Club

Creative Arts Discovery Club

This is a fine art club for children ages 5-14. Classes run every Tuesday night from 6-7:30. During each session, children will create piece of art while learning fine art skills and each quarter we will host an art reception to showcase the pieces we create. All supplies are provided for the class. Please register online for this class so we are prepared for your student. 

** Peoria Art Guild Members use code PAGMEMBER for a $5 discount per class.

Register your child here: https://www.peoriaartguild.org/classes/?fbclid=IwAR0q8c6T8JvYnO_ruJqGxJ266cr30bXR2MJhd8rW6ICgSvpANVQWkl_PSXg



Think & Drink Tuesday Trivia Night at Kennys Westside Pub
Think & Drink Tuesday Trivia Night at Kennys Westside Pub

Join us for Kenny's Westside: THINK & DRINK TUESDAY TRIVIA NIGHT at Kenny's Westside Pub! Enjoy our delicious food & drinks while you go head-to-head against Peoria's best & brightest!

Hosted By: Chase A. Listenby "The One & Only Trivia Master, The Man Behind The Curtain, C-Liz The Science Wiz"

Visit the Group Page for you half time trivia answers!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/514681705312774



Mountain Sprout wsg Comatose Catfish at Kenny\'s Westside Pub
Mountain Sprout wsg Comatose Catfish at Kenny\'s Westside Pub

Get ready for a wild night of bluegrass pickin' at Kenny's courtesy of the psychobilly boys in Mountain Sprout with special guests Comatose Catfish!

Kenny's Westside Pub presents:
Mountain Sprout
with Comatose Catfish
Friday, February 8th, 2019 at Kenny's Westside Pub
Show: 10:00PM
21+
More info: bit.ly/MountainSprout-Feb8

Stick around for drinks after the show! Bar's open till 4:00AM!N

See the full calendar of events at KennysWestside.com



Valentines Date Night at Wheel Art Pottery
Valentines Date Night at Wheel Art Pottery

Email to sign up for our Valentine's Date Night!
wheelart.potterystudios@gmail.com



The Princess Bride: Dinner & A Movie
The Princess Bride: Dinner & A Movie

The Princess Bride: Dinner & A Movie

Sat, Feb 9 | 6 PM

Grand Lobby & Giant Screen Theater

Doors open at 6 pm, dinner is served at 6:30 PM

Prepare to say "As you wish" while enjoying a catered dinner, desserts, and live music at the Riverfront Museum this Valentine's Day weekend. There will be "Fencing, Fighting, Torture, Revenge, Giants, Monsters, Chases, Escapes, True Love, Miracles", and that's just in the movie! 

Ticket includes:

Dinner

Movie

2 Drink Tickets

Popcorn

Souvenir Photo 

Admission to Museum Galleries

Dinner is open seating at tables of 8 and 10.

To request a vegetarian meal contact DStief@peoriariverfrontmuseum.org  

Buy tickets online now - click here!



Peoria Symphony: Romance
Peoria Symphony: Romance

ROMANCE returns to the Peoria Civic Center Theater on February 9, 2019, at 7:30 pm with an evening of charm, jazz, wit, grace, and beauty.

Make it a full evening and join us for our third annual ROMANCE AFTER PARTY in the Peoria Civic Center Lobby following the concert featuring The Judy Page Project!

From Strauss’ "Wine, Women, and Song" and Copland’s "Rodeo," to Duke Ellington’s "Piano Concerto (A New World A-Comin')," this will prove to be a romantic evening for everyone. Be prepared to laugh along with comic M.C. BUTLER RYAN and watch the enrapturing dances of the Central Illinois Ballet. Todd Kelly & Friends will perform original music. The PSO’s 2018-2019 Artist in Residence, Geoffrey Duce, joins on piano.

Whether it’s a first date or you are attending with friends, love will be in the air!

Romance
George Stelluto•Conductor
Geoffrey Duce•Piano
Todd Kelly & Friends
Butler Ryan•Concert MC
Central Illinois Ballet

6:30pm lobby opens
7:00pm house opens for seating
7:30pm concert starts
9:30pm after party

Ellington: Piano Concerto (A New World A-Comin’)
Mendelssohn: Rondo Brilliant
Strauss: Sweetheart Waltz
Strauss: Beautiful Blue Danube
Strauss: Wine, Women, and Song
Copland: Saturday Night Waltz
Copland: Hoedown
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 1

To purchase tickets: https://peoriasymphony.secure.force.com/ticket/#details_a0S1J000006dB4pUAE



Romance by the Peoria Symphony Orchestra
Romance by the Peoria Symphony Orchestra

ROMANCE returns to the Peoria Civic Center Theater on February 9, 2019, at 7:30 pm with an evening of charm, jazz, wit, grace, and beauty.

Make it a full evening and join us for our third annual ROMANCE AFTER PARTY in the Peoria Civic Center Lobby following the concert featuring The Judy Page Project!

From Strauss’ "Wine, Women, and Song" and Copland’s "Rodeo," to Duke Ellington’s "Piano Concerto (A New World A-Comin')," this will prove to be a romantic evening for everyone. Be prepared to laugh along with comic M.C. BUTLER RYAN and watch the enrapturing dances of the Central Illinois Ballet. Todd Kelly & Friends will perform original music. The PSO’s 2018-2019 Artist in Residence, Geoffrey Duce, joins on piano.

Whether it’s a first date or you are attending with friends, love will be in the air!
Tickets:  https://peoriasymphony.org/events/romance/?fbclid=IwAR1pz_GJaqTFn-qaAF_UQmuWZerIDa4Qqa8lhTy0_ZBR11zgHJcjzAP-t-k


Romance
George Stelluto•Conductor
Geoffrey Duce•Piano
Todd Kelly & Friends
Butler Ryan•Concert MC
Central Illinois Ballet

6:30pm lobby opens
7:00pm house opens for seating
7:30pm concert starts
9:30pm after party

Ellington: Piano Concerto (A New World A-Comin’)
Mendelssohn: Rondo Brilliant
Strauss: Sweetheart Waltz
Strauss: Beautiful Blue Danube
Strauss: Wine, Women, and Song
Copland: Saturday Night Waltz
Copland: Hoedown
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 1



THE UNHANDSOME DEVILS AT MARTINIS
THE UNHANDSOME DEVILS AT MARTINIS

Elton John, Van Morrison, Doobie Brothers, Prince to Motley Crue, Guns ‘n Roses, Sixx:AM, Avenged Sevenfold & Pantera.

 

http://www.martinisonwater.com/?ai1ec_event=the-unhandsome-devils&instance_id=678



Chachuba • Willie Waldman Project at Kenny\'s Westside Pub
Chachuba • Willie Waldman Project at Kenny\'s Westside Pub

Join us for a night or improv & electronic mayhem when Chachuba and Willie Waldman Project return to Kenny's!

Kenny's Westside Pub presents:
Chachuba • Willie Waldman Project
Saturday, February 9th, 2019 at Kenny's Westside Pub
Show: 10:00PM
21+
More info: bit.ly/Chachuba-WWP-Feb9

Stick around for drinks after the show! Bar's open till 4:00AM!N

See the full calendar of events at KennysWestside.com

About Chachuba:
Chachuba is a four-piece band from Chicago, who flawlessly meld bold electronic elements with their improvisational, jazz-fusion backbone. Greatly influenced by electronic dance music, Chachuba's large repertoire of original music is fueled heavily by melodic guitar riffs, trancey synths, and pulsating bass, that take listeners on a journey that could only be grounded by the beat of their own drums. The band consists of Nate Beitz (bass), Sean DiCosola (keyboard/synth), Gary Goodheart (drums), and Jimmy Klimek (guitar). From the famous House of Blues Chicago to the State Bridge Amphitheater in Colorado, Chachuba has begun to spread their infectious music across the United States.

About Willie Waldman Project:
The name might not strike an immediate chord but Willie Waldman is one you'll find in the liner notes of great artists and groups such as Banyan, Rob Wasserman, Perry Farrell and the late Tupac Shakur. While the list goes on, there's much more to this trumpet players credit than simply recording as a sideman on many of today's contemporary artists albums.

Willie Waldman was born July 5th, in Santa Ana, California, summer of 1965. Since Willie was three years old he's been infatuated with music, specifically one instrument, namely, the trumpet. For years he begged his mother for the prize until she finally purchased his first trumpet at the age of seven, with the exception that he would learn to play. Now living in Westville, In. (Just East of Chicago) Saturday mornings brought those lessons with Mr. Claude, Willies first music instructor. Soon thereafter Willie found himself in school and in his first large ensemble situation with the Chesterton High School Marching Band in Chesterton Indiana. The band had won many state and national marching band competitions that led to Willies eventual scholarship with Memphis State University. This is where Willie feels he received his first real training.

Beale Street is where the action is in Memphis, and Willies calling beckoned him to find work playing on the famous strip. He met living legends Herman Green, Calvin Newborn and Jimmie Ellis (Willies first actual paid gig) at Club Handy. Willie recalls, "I would go there and sit in and they would have me playing John Coltrane songs. I was so horrible and lost. I remember Herman saying, If you want to keep coming and stinking up my stage you'd better take some lessons! So I started taking lessons from Herman and slowly honed my skills."

Now a member of Herman Green & the Green Machine (The Memphis Giant that produced such greats as James Williams, Mulgrew Miller, Kirk Whalum and others) Willie was playing five plus nights a week. As Willie and Herman became better friends they decided to try playing their music with a different approach in hopes of reaching a younger audience. Something with more of a rock/fusion flavor. Their conception and direction led to the 1987 formation of Freeworld. Freeworld became an educational breeding ground for many of Willies life long friends and fellow musicians and the group toured with huge name acts like Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Robert Cray Band, Albert King and Joe Cocker.

After several years of playing and touring with Freeworld, Willies drive brought him to California in 1994 to meet up with friend and engineer David Aron. At the time, Dave was working with Death Row Studios mixing and recording Snoop Dog's latest release and Snoop wanted to polish the disc with a brass touch. Willie was in the City of Angels less than one week and was already recording with Raps biggest superstar! He went on to record with Tupac Shakur, The Dogg Pound, Dazz & Kurupt, K Ci & Jo Jo, Exhibit and Nate Dogg. Although the situation was different, the experience and musical level was never the less very much the same. It proved valuable as well because this eventually led to session work on studio soundtracks such as Tombstone, Under Seige 2 and 101 Dalmations and also many commercials.

In 1997 Willie met Perry Farrell of Janes Addiction. Willie states, "Perry opened the door to the whole alternative rock scene for me. I did horn parts for Perry's project Gobalee using the original Earth, Wind & Fire horn section and went on to meet Janes Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins." A Waldman and Perkin's friendship ensued and Willie played, wrote and co-produced the second Banyan recording Anytime at All including some of Willie's original Memphis crew Clint Wagner and Ross Rice. Working with Clint and Ross also brought Willie yet another musical connection with the introduction of Rob Wasserman of the Grateful Dead. Wille recorded on Wasserman's Space Island project and Willie was once again, an integral part of the project, writing, playing and co producing.

Willies first album, The Willie Waldman Project was recorded largely in the summer of 2000. Produced and engineered by Dave Aaron, Willie has brought an array of talent to the table showcasing the musicianship of: Daniel Shulman (Garbage), John Molo (Mickey Hart/Phil Lesh), Tony Franklin (The Firm/Jimmy Page), Greg Kurstin (Sheryl Crow/Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Stephen Perkins (Janes Addiction/Banyan/Methods of Mayhem). An all original album, Willies thoughts are that this recording encompasses the roots of Memphis and the freeform of L.A. bringing an eclectic, jam oriented jazz album that will definitely knock your socks off! Twelve tunes strong, dip into the light Latin tinged Spanish Nights and the Acid feel of Surfin' Dog and Happy Days to start. You'll hear a definite Miles touch on Magic of Bear and Ursa Major while the back-beat of Rise Rise will make you want to shake your Memphis tail-feather! If avant-garde is your bag than it's here as well. Take a trip on the Cygnus X1. Rounding out the project are the percussive "7 8" and "6 8" with just enough electric piano and Latin bump/funk to make any fan hussle.

A testament to his style, experience and roots, Willie Waldman has arrived and the proof is here in the Willie Waldman Project. Simply said, Willie Waldman will be the "next big name" years and bios apart from today's first project and you'll still see his name on credits everywhere!