Introduction to community theater at Opera House for D-200 students All third-grade students in Woodstock School District 200 have been invited to the first “Let’s Put On A Show!” program […]
By Ruth Raubertas news@thewoodstockindependent.com Imagine being in the spotlight, maybe in front of an audience, with hardly any idea of what you are going to say next. That sounds scary […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock North High School senior Amy Cerritos was named winner of the Superintendent’s Award in the Winter Art Show of School District 200. Her work, chosen by […]
Varsity choir members from Woodstock High School were chosen to sing for music teachers attending the Illinois Music Education Conference in Peoria. “I sent in an application with recent recordings […]
By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com “I was thinking about doing a book about the fabulous dressmaking during the Gilded Age,” said Alison Hawthorne Deming, award-winning poet, essayist and nonfiction author. “I […]
Creative Living speaker weaves fashionable tale Poet and essayist Alison Hawthorne Deming will be the next speaker in the Creative Living series at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at the […]
By Lydia LaGue news@thewoodstockindependent.com If you’re hungry for knowledge, Emily Steinwehe has co-written a book that will educate both children and adults. “F is for Food Forest: An ABC Book […]
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: […]
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