With only two months to plan the event, the Gavers Community Cancer Foundation’s 21st annual Barndance saw attendance and income suffer but did not lack for a good time. After […]
A recent strategic planning workshop of the Woodstock City Council revealed numerous complications within the city’s Arts Commission, which is still searching for an identity 19 months after its inception. […]
After its cancellation last year during the pandemic, the McHenry County Fair returns this August with grandstand and grounds events, a carnival, and livestock and non-livestock shows. This year’s festival […]
After Illinois entered Phase 5, the Woodstock Opera House started gearing up for a fully booked fall season by resuming its summer programming and unveiling a new concession area. Last […]
Since 1986, the Woodstock Folk Festival has brought folk music to Northern Illinois. This July, the festival returns in virtual format, followed by a Zoom session where audience members can […]
As many eyes were focused on the Woodstock City Band in its first concert of the season last week, band members were watching Woodstock Willie during his special appearance as […]
MCC students’ works on display as part of 2021 exhibit at Arts Center
City Band concerts to resume next week in return of outdoor ‘normalcy’
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