Sauk Valley Community Concert Association

The Sauk Valley Community Concert Association is proud to present our 2018-2019 season as they kick off this year’s membership drive. Current members and recent members have received their membership material.  The Association is offering several incentives to encourage renewal and to bring in new members.  To subscribe or for

Symphony and Guests to Perform Haydn’s “Creation”

The Clinton Symphony Orchestra, two choruses, and three guest soloists will perform Joseph Haydn’s oratorio, The Creation, at 7:30 p.m., on Saturday, April 28, 2018, in Vernon Cook Theater at Clinton High School, in Clinton, IA.  Two of the guest soloists have area connections.

Sterling Municipal Band Annual Spring Concert

The Sterling Municipal Band will hold its 28th Annual Spring Concert on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at 7:00 p.m., at Sterling High School’s Centennial Auditorium, 1608 Fourth Avenue, Sterling, IL.  The concert will feature Guest Conductor Colonel Arnald Gabriel, USAF (Ret.) and Guest Saxophone Soloist Master Chief Petty Officer Dale

Timber Lake Playhouse May and June Shows

Timber Lake Playhouse (TLP), the premier professional summer theater of Northwest Illinois, is busily preparing for the Tuesday, May 8, 2018, opening of the season.  Don’t miss all the exciting events at Timber Lake this summer. For more information, visit the TLP website or call the Box Office at 815-244-2035.  Box

Black Box Theatre Debuts Crowns: A Gospel Musical

The Black Box Theatre is proud to present the area premiere of “Crowns:  A Gospel Musical” by Regina Taylor.  The play with music and dance is adapted from a book by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry. “Crowns” weaves together a variety of stories from different characters, time periods, and perspectives

The Audience Decides “Who Dunnit?”

The audience is in on the action.  Did Miss Scarlet do it in the kitchen with a wrench?  The audience decides in The Black Box Theatre’s newest offering production, “Clue:  The Musical.”  Based on the board game, the action follows six characters who may, or may not, be the murderer

Symphony to Feature Young Artists

Two Clinton High School musicians, chosen from Clinton Symphony Orchestra’s annual Young Artist Auditions, will appear as soloists with the orchestra on Saturday, February 24, 2018.  The concert begins at 7:30 p.m., in the Morrison High School Auditorium, 643 Genesee Avenue, Morrison, IL.  Tickets are $15 for adults; all students

Timber Lake Playhouse Auditions on February 17

Timber Lake Playhouse (TLP), the premier professional summer theatre of northwest Illinois, announces Local Auditions for four of the six plays in the 2018 Summer Season.  Auditions will be held for Beauty and the Beast, Born Yesterday, The Full Monty, and Fiddler On the Roof. They will be held at

Black Box Theatre Opens with “Sleuth”

“Think of the perfect crime…and then go one step further.”  The Black Box Theatre, 1623 5th Avenue, Moline, IL, opens its new season with “Sleuth.”  Starring Phillip Dunbridge, left, and Pat Flahrety, right, the run opens Saturday, January 27, and continues through Sunday, February 11, 2018.  “Sleuth,” by Anthony Shaffer, was

Sterling Municipal Band Pops Concert January 5

Sterling Municipal Band hosts the 24th Annual Pops Concert on Friday, January 5, 2018, at 7:00 p.m.  Doors open to the public at 6:00 at Abiding Word Church, 806 E. Lynn Boulevard, Sterling, IL. Greg Beyer’s Special Guest Artist Group “Acromusical” will perform a musical selection with the band plus

Timber Lake Playhouse Receives Grant

The Mount Carroll Foundation awarded Timber Lake Playhouse a $700 grant for their Summer Youth Employment in the Arts project. The grant went towards the Education Director who oversees the Apprenticeship Program. This project created paid apprentice positions, for area teens interested in pursuing careers in the theatre arts. TLP

Million Dollar Quartet Comes to Timber Lake

Timber Lake Playhouse will present the much-acclaimed and Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, “”Million Dollar Quartet”,” Friday, September 8, 2017, through Sunday, September 17, in Mount Carroll, IL. The production, directed by Courtney Crouse, will play a total of eight performances over two weekends. “Million Dollar Quartet” is the true-life story

Miller Program: History of 108th Infantry Regiment

The Volunteer Millers at de Immigrant windmill in Fulton, IL will host their monthly program on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. The event will be held at the Windmill Cultural Center, 111 10th Avenue, in downtown Fulton, IL, across from the authentic Dutch windmill. These programs are supported

Sterling Municipal Band Starts June 7

Opening its ten-week summer season of “Music Under the Stars,” the Sterling Municipal Band will have their first concert on Wednesday, June 7, 2017.  Music will start at 7:30 p.m. at Grandon Civic Center, 212 E. 4th Street, downtown Sterling, IL.  Under the direction of Jon James, the band will

Free Symphony Concert June 4

Clinton Symphony Orchestra’s annual free outdoor Pops Concert is Sunday, June 4, 2017. Music will begin at 6:30 p.m., in Clinton’s Riverview Park, located at 251 Ballpark Drive, Clinton, IA. Conductor Brian Dollinger, marking his 10th season with the orchestra, has programmed music ranging from contemporary music of the Beatles,