By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com Dancing was always an emotional outlet for author Antonia Deignan. But when a freak bicycle accident in 2018 forced her to put her dancing and her […]
By Lydia LaGue news@thewoodstockindependent.com With the arrival of spring comes warmer weather, birds singing – and people gathering to sing, too. The Woodstock Folk Festival is holding its spring concert […]
Folk Festival spring concert set for April 16 at Stage Left Woodstock Folk Festival has scheduled its first in-person spring concert since 2019 for 2 p.m. Sunday, April 16, at […]
“Telling stories and having them received is so important. That dialogue is everything. I tell my students all the time that what separates us as human beings is our ability […]
By Lydia LaGue news@thewoodstockindependent.com For a night of knowledge, music, and camaraderie, Stage Left Cafe offers Pub Trivia Night every Thursday at 7 p.m. Provided by Pub Trivia USA, each […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com The Woodstock Fine Arts Association, the oldest resident company of the Woodstock Opera House, has continued its support of the historic theater with its latest donation of […]
Major improvements to Woodstock’s 133-year-old Opera House are the focus of a nearly $3 million state grant the city received this week. Woodstock is the only community in McHenry County […]
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