Lifelong Woodstock resident Angela Boe is putting her artistic flair on this year’s Groundhog Days.Having taught elementary art for 31 years in Crystal Lake School District 47, Boe retired in […]
The Afro-Brazilian art form that is capoeira has been slowly drawing learners of the practice to Woodstock, making the Woodstock Square the only place outside of Chicago to offer the […]
By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com Whether it is screenplays, novels, nonfiction, video game scripts, or even business writing, author Jay Bonansinga says there is one thing that never changes, one constant: […]
All School Art Show works by students in Woodstock School District 200 are on display until Jan. 9 throughout the main and upper floors of the Woodstock Public Library, 414 […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com A vintage Christmas display from worldwide collectors Dave Harms and Lynne Eltrevoog have returned to the McHenry County Historical Museum in Union after a two-year hiatus. Visitors […]
Fresh off NBC’s “Today Show” sharing the holiday spirit of Woodstock with the nation during a Merriest Main Street segment, the Cherry Tree Inn B&B was already in the midst […]
Quilts dating from the 1870s to the 1940s will be on display Jan. 5 to 31 in the Community Room of the Woodstock Opera House. The quilts, from the collection […]
For most of her post-college career, Savannah Steiner has been focused on the little moments – literally. As a stop-motion animator, the 2009 Woodstock High School graduate spends days maneuvering […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock will officially kick off the holiday season with the annual Lighting of the Square and the Christmas parade the weekend after Thanksgiving. Tens of thousands of […]
TLC’s Art of the Land art show this weekend The 14th annual Art of the Land art show and fundraiser of The Land Conservancy of McHenry County will be from […]
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