
‘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 […]

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 […]

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” […]

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 […]

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 […]


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 […]

By Lydia LaGue news@thewoodstockindependent.com A new place to let creativity shine has come to Woodstock. Established in 2011 as a nonprofit studio, Creative Arts offers a variety of classes for […]

MCC Art Gallery features prints about migrant issues “Nuestras Historias,” an exhibit by artist Juana Estrada Hernández, will be on display through March 22 in the Epping Gallery at McHenry […]

Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock High School junior Giavanna Kozlow was the winner of the Superintendent’s Award in the 2023-24 Winter Art Show in School District 200. Hundreds of pieces of […]
It is a truth universally acknowledged that when a passion for the wilderness, a lifetime devoted to the study of anthropological history, and an interesting family lineage intersect, a novel […]
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