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 career as a dance instructor on hold at the age of 55, she used the time to take stock of her life’s journey. The result […]
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 on Sunday April 16, starting at 2 p.m. at Stage Left Café, 125 W. Van Buren St.. This concert will also benefit the organization’s annual […]
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 Stage Left Cafe, 125 W. Van Buren St. The concert will feature Cape Cod-based Grace Morrison and folk and blues musician Radoslav Lorkovic. Local favorites […]
“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 to hold stories. Our narrative history. There is so much power in that. Storytelling is our human industry.” – Kathi Appelt, children/young adult author and writing […]
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 trivia night consists of 20 questions, including a halftime question, final question, and bonus round. Music is played between questions, giving players enough time to […]
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 $20,000. The contribution has been earmarked toward replacement of the ceiling in the Opera House Community Room, which serves as a gallery for local artists […]
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 to share in $106 million from the Downtowns and Main Streets Capital Program that is part of capital project funding through Rebuild Illinois. The $2.96 […]
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