“I think this is a historic City Band concert,” Woodstock Opera House manager Daniel Campbell said. “To my knowledge, the City Band has never played inside the Opera House before.” […]
Season tickets on sale for four shows by Theatre 121 Theatre 121’s fourth season will feature four Broadway hits starting in October at the Woodstock Opera House. The 2023-24 schedule […]
Art to be displayed, sold during Sunday concerts Art on the Square will bring local artists and their works to downtown Woodstock on selected summer Sundays during concerts arranged by […]
By Ruth Raubertas news@thewoodstockindependent.com Members of the arts community – actors, painters, sculptors, musicians, poets, dancers, chefs, and more – might consider moving to Woodstock in the next few years. […]
With peeks of sunshine through threatening clouds, Woodstock’s annual Summer in the Parks wrapped up Sunday to end five days of activities. People from Algonquin, Huntley, and McHenry, as well […]
Lydia LaGue news@thewoodstockindependent.com The Woodstock Arts Commission will extend the deadline for proposals of an art installation at the city’s first traffic roundabout. During their June meeting last week, commission […]
The most recent album titled “Songs From My Father” by Marian Central Catholic High School alumnus Ryan Knott and his wife, Sarah, was No. 1 on the Contemporary Christian Music […]
By Morgen Neuhauser news@thewoodstockindependent.com The sound of “Governor’s March” by Col. A.F. Hand filled the Square last week, thus beginning Woodstock City Band’s first concert of its 139th season. The […]
Downtown concert series scheduled through August Music will echo off the walls of downtown Woodstock on weekends through the end of August in the Benton Street Summer Concert Series. Every […]
Renovations shorten Creative Living Series Planned renovation of the Opera House will shorten the 60th anniversary season of the Creative Living speaker series sponsored by the Woodstock Fine Arts Association. […]
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