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Midway through construction, Opera House offers unprecedented peek By Tricia Carzoli news@thewoodstockindependent.com The historic Woodstock Opera House has been under construction for two months now.   Since the building closed […]

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MCC art galleries welcome two new exhibits in August

Works by Christine Forni and Ginny Krueger are featured Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com  McHenry County College will be hosting two unique art exhibits now through Sept. 13 in Galleries One and […]

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‘Sticks and Stones and Dead Man’s Bones’

TWI writer Eileen Millard to debut her ‘cozy’ mystery at Read Between the Lynes’ 19th birthday party By Susan W. Murraynews@thewoodstockindependent.com When Read Between the Lynes marks its 19th birthday […]

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‘Jazz feels so much more personal’

Take a peek at the monthly Jazz on the Square at Stage Left Café By Amanda Burr news@thewoodstockindependent.com On June 21, Stage Left Cafe came alive with a full house […]

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Sweeney Todd returns to Opera House

Audience favorite opens June 21 with a nine-performance run By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock’s Theatre 121 is bringing the Tony-award-winning Broadway favorite “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” […]

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Creative Living tickets on sale now

Full season of six speakers is on the schedule for 2024-25 season ByEileenMillard news@thewoodstockindependent.com The Woodstock Fine Arts Association will begin its 61st season this October after the Opera House […]

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WNHS parent choir hits the right notes — Paul Rausch shares the joy of music beyond the student body with adult choir

ByKevinLyons District 200 While leading the Woodstock High School choir for many years, Paul Rausch hoped to one day expand the joy of music and singing beyond the classroom, but […]

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‘To those we’ve cherished and lost’ Theatre 121’s ‘Steel Magnolias’ celebrates the strength and resilience of Southern women

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‘Different people meet’: Trans-Farm-Ation punk music fest finds home in Woodstock area

By Julian Senn-Raemont news@thewoodstockindependent.com Ramshackle Farm seems the perfect venue for a music festival featuring seven punk-bands. Trans-Farm-Ation is the brain-child of Shannon Mingalone, one of the owners of Ramshackle […]

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