Tribune News Service columnist Heidi Stevens to speak at Opera HouseBy Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.comHeidi Stevens has been a columnist for the Chicago Tribune since 1998, perhaps best known for her popular […]
Flower Magazine publisher Margot Shaw to talk on ‘looking at life through a botanical lens’ By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.comMargot Shaw, founder of Flower Magazine, will appear at the Woodstock Opera House as […]
Pulitzer Prize-winner Jonathan Eig coming to Opera HouseBy Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.comJonathan Eig – journalist, biographer, and winner of a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for “King: A Life,” a biography of Dr. Martin […]
By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.comWhat do Martha Stewart, Maya Angelou, Judy Collins, Beverly Sills, Gene Siskel, and Bill Kurtis have in common? They have all been presenters of Woodstock’s Creative Living Series.The […]
Renovations shorten Creative Living SeriesPlanned renovation of the Opera House will shorten the 60th anniversary season of the Creative Living speaker series sponsored by the Woodstock Fine Arts Association.WFAA announced […]
By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.comOscar Tatosian, director of Oscar Isberian Rugs in Evanston, traces his passion for the art of Oriental rugs to “a love for family, heart and legacy.”Tatosian was named […]
By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.comBroadway musicals, according to Michael Weber, are a fusion of “opera … operetta … [and] the world of American vaudeville.” Weber, artistic director of Chicago’s Porchlight Music Theatre, will […]
By Eileen Millardnews@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 cared about […]
Creative Living speaker weaves fashionable talePoet and essayist Alison Hawthorne Deming will be the next speaker in the Creative Living series at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Opera […]
By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.comWhether 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: the story […]
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