On the same day that Zac Bleicher took the stage of the Woodstock Opera House to conduct audience members on a virtual tour of Chicago’s Glasner Studio, the Woodstock Fine […]
Comedy show April 23 to benefit animal shelter Helping Paws Animal Shelter in Woodstock will benefit from “Stand Pup Comedy Show” scheduled for 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 23, […]
Zac Bleicher, executive director of the Edgar Miller Legacy, said he hears a common response after giving a presentation about the 20th century Chicago artist. “Miller’s work is so compelling,” […]
You have only a couple of more days to respond to the survey about whether athletic programs of Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools should be combined. Need more information […]
For “The Sound of Music” director Aaron Gomez, tradition runs deep. “I think this is such a classic,” said Gomez, secretary of Theatre 121. “I think audiences tend to be […]
A polygamist, a thief, and a cheat, James Strang proclaimed himself divine king of earth, heaven, and the 78-square-mile Beaver Island, Mich., before he was assassinated in 1856. “The most […]
Magic, music acts March 27 to benefit families in need An afternoon of magic and music at the Woodstock Opera House will benefit programs of the Woodstock Area Community Ministries […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com More than 130 nominations have been made in in nine award categories for which winners will be announced this month during the 77th annal awards gala of […]
Author Stephen Coss calls the 2020 cancellation of the NCAA March Madness tournament his “Harvard commencement moment.” “Come again?” you say. Several months after it began its deadly course through […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com “The Creation of The Music Man,” Charles Troy’s 90-minute multimedia presentation on the making of the classic musical, will be shown at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
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